Eneos Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has entered into Share Purchase Agreements (SPAs) with various indirect subsidiaries of Chevron Corp. (Houston, Tex.) to acquire 100% of Chevron’s downstream fuels and lubricants marketing businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, Vietnam…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced the start of green-ammonia production at JGC Holdings Corp.'s (Yokohama, Japan) plant utilizing KBR’s K-GreeN® technology, marking a significant milestone in the success of Japan’s journey towards a clean energy future. The plant, sponsored by New…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced the closing of the equity investment in Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (NMG), a Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, operating in the natural graphite and advanced battery…
Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) has decided to invest in a new facility at the GPI plant, located inside the Mizushima Plant. This will increase the production capacity of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) by approximately 20% from current levels. DCPD is the main raw…
Essar Energy Transition (EET) , which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has completed the Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) stage for one of the U.K.’s largest advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production hubs. Integrated within…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has opened a new, state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) center for advancements in refinery catalysts. The facility is strategically co-located at BASF's largest refinery catalyst production site globally, in Attapulgus, Georgia. The proximity will allow for…
OXEA GmbH (Monheim, Germany), a global manufacturer of Oxo Intermediates and Oxo Performance Chemicals, and Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) are extending their long-standing partnership by renewing their contract for the supply of synthesis gas and hydrogen at the OXEA Industrial…
Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, has entered into an agreement with BioVeritas (Bryan, Tex.; www.bioveritas.com), a sustainable fuels and chemicals technology company commercializing a platform to unlock advantaged…
The TA’ZIZ Methanol Co., a joint venture between Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Co. RSC Ltd. (TA’ZIZ) and Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland), announced that it has achieved financial close on $2 billion in financing for the UAE’s first world‑scale methanol plant in…
With the investment in a new steam compressor at its Dormagen site, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) will reduce its energy consumption in Germany by two percent per year compared to 2025. The company's largest energy efficiency project to date will…