Sustainability
SABIC and IOCL collaborate to reduce emissions from diesel systems
SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia), in collaboration Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi), will provide Technical Grade Urea (TGU) to manufacture AUS-32 (Aqueous Urea Solution) used in diesel vehicular systems to reduce NO2 emission by over 70% to meet the stringent…
Borealis begins first test runs using waste-based renewable feedstocks in cracker unit
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that its cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden, is carrying out its first test run of a feedstock derived solely from vegetable-based waste streams. The test, which will be carried out throughout the month of September,…
Chevron and Gevo to collaborate on production of sustainable aviation fuel
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) and Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.), announced a letter of intent to jointly invest in building and operating one or more new facilities that would process inedible corn to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF),…
Shell and BlueAlp to build two pyrolysis-based recycled-feedstock plants in the Netherlands
Shell Ventures BV and BlueAlp Holding BV today announced a strategic partnership to develop, scale and deploy BlueAlp’s plastic waste to chemical feedstock technology. The technology transforms plastic waste, which is tough to recycle, into a recycled feedstock (i.e. pyrolysis…
Chevron announces two new partnerships aimed at advancing U.S. hydrogen economy
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), and Caterpillar Inc. announced a collaboration agreement to develop hydrogen demonstration projects in transportation and stationary power applications, including prime power. The goal of the collaboration is to confirm the feasibility…
Johnson Matthey establishes new Hydrogen Technologies business
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has announced that its Green Hydrogen and Fuel Cells entities are coming together under a new Hydrogen Technologies business. The new combined business unit will accelerate JM’s growth and scale-up in both markets, taking advantage…
LG Chem embarks on recycling project for stretch films used in packaging
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) will partner with Coupang, Korea's largest e-commerce company, to launch an eco-friendly project for the recovery and recycling of plastic waste. This project aims to reduce the surge in waste created from deliveries and…
Aker Solutions launches research project to significantly reduce carbon-storage costs
Aker Solutions and partners have established a research project aimed at cutting costs by 70 percent for new carbon storage facilities. This will be achieved through optimization of the CO2 value chain, with focus on transport and large-scale permanent storage…
Mitsubishi and Shell sign MOU for blue hydrogen project in Canada
Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Shell Canada Products, by its managing partner, Shell Canada Limited (Shell Canada) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the production of low-carbon hydrogen through the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) near Edmonton,…
Gevo to build renewable-fuels pilot plant in Minnesota
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it plans to install an alcohol-to-hydrocarbon process pilot unit at its facility located in Luverne, Minnesota. The pilot unit is being designed to produce market development quantities of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable premium…