McDermott International Inc. (Houston) announced mechanical completion of a pioneering industrial-scale biosurfactant plant for Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany). Less than two years from contract award, Evonik has achieved initial production of Rhamnolipids, a bacterial surfactant with the potential to…
LG Water Solutions, LG Chem’s business unit specializing in water treatment and the manufacturer of NanoH2O reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, has secured a supply order of seawater RO (SWRO) membrane elements through a local EPC for an expansion of a…
Enapter AG (Berlin, Germany) has received further orders for its megawatt-class electrolyzer, the AEM Nexus 1000. Thanks to their multicore technology, these AEM electrolysers are particularly suitable for the highly efficient production of green hydrogen from renewable energy sources on…
Aker Carbon Capture ASA () today announced an agreement with SLB to combine their respective carbon capture businesses to support accelerated industrial decarbonization at scale. Bringing together complementary technology portfolios, leading process design expertise and an established project delivery platform,…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new facility is designed with an annual capacity of 46,000 metric tons and aims to meet the rapidly growing…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) and the Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio) announced a joint development agreement (JDA) to create a new recycling technology. The vision is to enable efficient conversion of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into recycled polyethylene with near-virgin quality…
A novel technology for cooling and dehumidification is nearing commercialization through several strategic partnerships, including GE Vernova, BASF and Carrier Global. Montana Technologies’ (Ronan, Mont.; www.mt.energy) AirJoule technology employs a metal-organic-framework (MOF) desiccant material that exhibits higher water-uptake capacity and…
Plant Watch EuroChem launches phosphate-fertilizer manufacturing complex in Brazil March 14, 2024 — EuroChem Group (Zug, Switzerland; www.eurochemgroup.com) opened a new fertilizer-production facility in Serra do Salitre, Brazil. With a total project investment of nearly $1 billion, the new phosphate…
New designs and materials overcome high temperatures, pressures and aggressive media In the chemical process industries (CPI), standard equipment is often capable of working universally across many applications. However, this same notion does not apply to the sealing elements used…
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden; www.kth.se) have developed a way to decouple the production of hydrogen and oxygen in water electrolysis, thereby reducing the explosion potential of mixing the two gases. The method, described in a…