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10/3/2018

GE Power to deliver India's first low-NOx boiler systems for Tata Chemicals and NTPC

GE Power (www.ge.com/power) announced that it has been selected to provide technology for NTPC and Tata Chemicals to upgrade two coal-fired boilers in India with GE’s low-NOx firing system. This is the first installation of this technology in India. »

Momentive Performance Materials opens new silane production plant in Leverkusen

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) celebrated the official opening of its new NXT silane production facility in the Leverkusen Chempark in Germany. The city of Leverkusen and Chempark officials joined Momentive’s CEO and other leaders to officially cut the ribbon and open the plant. »

BASF and LetterOne sign agreement to merge Wintershall and DEA

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and LetterOne signed a definitive transaction agreement to merge their respective oil-and-gas businesses in a joint venture, which will operate under the name Wintershall DEA. Closing of the transaction is expected in the first half of 2019, subject to approvals of merger control and foreign investment authorities. »

Borealis and Bockatech to develop foam-injection molding solutions for recyclable packaging

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) announced a new strategic alliance with Bockatech, a U.K. early-stage Greentech company. This new material and technology partnership will advance the circular economy by developing low-cost, high performance, reusable and recyclable foam-injection molding solutions. »

ExxonMobil starts producing ultra-low-sulfur fuels at new Beaumont unit

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) said that a new unit at its integrated Beaumont, Texas facility has started operations, increasing production of ultra-low-sulfur fuels by about 45,000 barrels per day (bbl/d). The new unit relies on a proprietary catalyst system developed by ExxonMobil to remove sulfur and meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specifications while minimizing octane loss. »

Johnson Matthey and BP license biofuels technology for Fulcrum BioEnergy site in Nevada

Johnson Matthey (JM; London; www.matthey.com) and BP plc (London; www.bp.com) have signed an agreement to license the companies’ Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology to support biofuels producer Fulcrum BioEnergy and their drive to convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel. The FT technology can operate both at large and small scales to economically convert synthesis gas (syngas). »

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Figure 1. The diagram shows a benzene production process from pyrolysis gasoline

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