Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has commissioned terminal capacity at ONEOK Inc.’s (Tulsa, Okla.) terminal in Houston, Texas for blending and storing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This is a major step in further expanding the availability of Neste’s SAF to…
Numerous factors influence the efficiency of the enzymes used to produce chemicals. Finding the optimal reaction conditions therefore requires significant time and resources. Researchers from BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), the Austrian Research Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and the University…
Borouge, Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria), The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Wanhua Chemical Group, a leading Chinese chemical company, together with Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a subsidiary controlled by Wanhua, announced the signing of a project collaboration…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its blue ammonia technology has been selected by Shell for its Blue Horizons low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia project in Duqm, Oman. The facility will utilize KBR’s ammonia synthesis loop technology to deliver cost-competitive and low-carbon…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) announced its plan to create a Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon cement and concrete technologies. U.S. national laboratories…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products and the world’s largest producer of ammonia, and POET LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the world’s largest producer of biofuel and a global leader in sustainable bioproducts, announced…
Trelleborg Group AB (Trelleborg, Sweden) has finalized its acquisition of Baron Rubber Ltd. (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). The company is a global leader in the manufacturing of advanced precision silicone components. Baron Group generated sales of approximately SEK 1 billion in…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany intends to acquire Unity-SC, a France-based provider of metrology and defect inspection equipment for the semiconductor industry for a payment of € 155 million plus further performance-based milestones. The combined technologies of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany,…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has signed an agreement to acquire Jindex Pty Ltd, a privately owned Australian company specializing in valves and process flow control. Combining Metso’s extensive experience and offering in slurry handling, hydrocyclones and minerals processing equipment solutions…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded an advisory consulting contract by Kuwait Oil Company for the development of a country wide masterplan for the production of 17GW of renewables and 25GW of green hydrogen by 2050. Under…