A Texas-based private company, PDS Energy Information (PDS; Austin, Tex.; www.pdsenergy.com), recently announced that it is commercially operating AquaTrade — a tool developed by a National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL; Morgantown, W.Va.; www.netl.doe.gov)-led team that helps oil-and-gas operators find and…
The following are recently published, first-edition books with possible relevance to various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI): Gas-Solid Adsorption Thermodynamics. Edited by Bidyut B. Raha, Tahmid H. Rupam and Hongbin Ma, Elsevier Science, 2025, 352 pages, $188.00. High-Entropy…
This company's NTC-6000 Qwik-Cal LVDT Signal Conditioner brings modern digital outputs to legacy LVDTs sensors, allowing facilities to upgrade to digital control systems without replacing their reliable mechanical sensors. With the NTC-6000, legacy LVDTs, RVDTs, and LVRT half-bridge sensors can…
AstraZeneca (Cambridge, U.K.) announced plans to invest $2 billion to expand its long-standing manufacturing footprint in Maryland. This includes a significant expansion of its flagship biologics manufacturing facility in Frederick and construction of a new state-of-the-art facility in Gaithersburg for…
OCI Global (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) a leading global producer and distributor of nitrogen products, announced that it has reached an agreement for the sale of 100% of its equity interests in OCI Ammonia Holding B.V. (OCI AH) to AGROFERT, a.s.,…
thyssenkrupp Uhde Fertilizer Technology (UFT), a licensing company of thyssenkrupp Uhde, has signed contracts with the Nigerian Company Dangote Fertiliser Limited (DFL) to provide its UFT Fluid Bed Granulation Technology for four new urea granulation trains as part of four…
Inpex Corp. (Tokyo) announced the official opening of Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The facility consists of a blue hydrogen and ammonia demonstration plant, the Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Power Plant and the Hirai Gas Collection Station. Inpex…
In addition to updating standards (for instance, DIN EN ISO 24664) and the integrated media database, the ValveCalc 9.0 design program for industrial refrigeration and heating technology also includes the new HSX high-pressure float product range in a separate calculation…
Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd., a member of Japan’s artience Group, has announced plans to expand liquid ink production at its Gujarat Plant, in western India, to meet burgeoning demand from the country’s packaging market. The new facility, which is…
Veolia (Paris, France) announced its largest and "most transformative" acquisition since the merger with Suez both for its growth acceleration in the U.S. and for the U.S. Hazardous waste. The Group has entered into an agreement with Enviri to acquire…