Bp plc (London) and SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical complex. Building on a long-established relationship between the two companies…
Enegix Energy (Chadstone, Australia) has unveiled the Base One green hydrogen project in cooperation with the Brazilian State Government of Ceará, representing an investment of $5.4 billion. Under the terms of the MoU, Enegix will set up the world’s largest…
The following is a list of recently published books that may be relevant for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI) Digital Transformation for the Process Industries: A Roadmap. By Osvaldo Bascur (edited by Jim O’Rourke), CRC Press, 2021, 320…
Phillips 66 (Houston) and Faradion Ltd. (Sheffield, U.K.; www.faradion.co.uk), one of the U.K.-based companies behind the first demonstration of a sodium-ion powered vehicle, have launched a technical collaboration to develop lower-cost and higher-performing anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Sodium-ion battery…
For the first time in Belgium, hydrogen will be used in a commercial-scale cogeneration plant designed to generate electricity and heat from natural gas. The aim of the pilot project by INEOS and ENGIE is to replace natural gas with…
The topics of energy efficiency and sustainability have dominated the news agenda in recent years, with many countries setting ambitious goals. Examples include the U.K. and Scotland , which set goals to reduce CO2 emissions to be net zero by…
Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS,and a leader in advanced recycling technology, established the joint venture (JV) Cyclyx International LLC., on January 1, 2021. ExxonMobil joined Agilyx to become a founding member of the joint…
With a long term-goal to achieve carbon-neutral metal production, Elkem (Oslo, Norway) is currently conducting a feasibility study for the establishment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The purpose of the study is to assess the technical and economic feasibility…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) has completed the initial phase of a plant trial of a proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for production of high-value polymers. The trial, at the company’s existing facilities in Baytown,…
HCS Group (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) has signed a project memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop and build a renewable hydrocarbon facility at HCS Group’s site located in Speyer, Germany, utilizing Gevo’s low-carbon alcohol to jet (ATJ) technology. The signed…