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Arkema joins Spanish consortium to advance recycling solutions for powder coatings

Arkema (Colombes, France), together with a consortium of companies, is exploring and advancing the recyclability of post-consumer PET (from bottles and other plastic items) to regain monomers for reuse as raw materials for more sustainable polyester powder resins for the…

Neste and Marathon finalize renewable diesel JV

Earlier this year, Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon's refinery in Martinez, California (the Martinez Renewable Fuels…

Air Products to start construction of second liquid hydrogen plant in Rotterdam

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced plans to start construction of a second hydrogen liquefaction plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This new source is in addition to the company's existing liquid hydrogen plant in Botlek, the Netherlands. Once operational in…

BASF partners with RiKarbon to commercialize biowaste-based emollients

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and RiKarbon Inc., a U.S.-based technology start-up, announced the signing of a partnership contract to exclusively license and commercialize proprietary technology from RiKarbon.  RiKarbon’s patented technology allows the upcycling of bio-waste into bio-based, biodegradable emollients for…

KBR and Giammarco-Vetrocoke sign master services agreement for carbon capture technology

KBR Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed a master license and engineering agreement with Giammarco-Vertrocoke S.R.L. for KBR to license its carbon capture technology globally. This carbon capture technology is well proven, energy efficient, flexible and can be integrated…

Brooge Energy and thyssenkrupp Uhde collaborating on green-hydrogen project

 Brooge Energy Ltd., an infrastructure provider, announced that it has engaged thyssenkrupp Uhde to undertake the technical study of its planned Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia plant. The study will cover the green hydrogen production facilities, the ammonia plant, and…

AmSty signs longterm agreement for purchase of circular feedstocks from Encina recycling facilities

Americas Styrenics (AmSty) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.) that will provide the opportunity to purchase up to 250,000 tons per year of circular feedstocks from Encina's facilities. In addition, AmSty has…

Schlumberger and Aramco to collaborate on digital decarbonization platform

Schlumberger (Houston) and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have announced plans to collaborate and develop a digital platform that will provide sustainability solutions for hard-to-abate industrial sectors. The proposed platform will enable companies in industries such as oil and gas, chemicals,…

NextChem announces €194-million grant for waste-to-hydrogen project in Rome

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the "IPCEI Hy2Use" EU project. The project sets up the Hydrogen Valley in Rome, the first industrial-scale technological hub…

Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel and PetroChina form carbon-capture consortium in Singapore

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris), Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), Keppel Infrastructure, and PetroChina announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a consortium that will aim to evaluate and advance the development of large-scale carbon capture, utilization,…