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Técnicas Reunidas joins consortium focused on recycling of mixed composites
The COMAR project is focused on the search of new ways to recycle and reuse waste coming from composites based on thermostable and vitrimeric matrices, through different chemical recycling techniques such as pyrolysis and solvolysis. With its participation in the…
Enterprise to expand LPG terminal in Houston
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) announced that it is moving forward with a key expansion project along the Houston Ship Channel in response to continued strong customer demand for natural gas liquids export capacity. At the Enterprise Hydrocarbons Terminal (EHT),…
Technip Energies to provide low-emissions cracking furnace to Chevron Phillips
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded an Engineering and Procurement contract by Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.) for the supply of a proprietary Low-Emission Cracking Furnace in an existing olefins unit at its facility in Sweeny, Texas. This…
CF Industries taps ExxonMobil for CO2 transport and storage project in Mississippi
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it is moving forward with a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project at its Yazoo City, Mississippi, Complex that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted to the atmosphere from the…
Merck KGaA to sell Surface Solutions pigments business for €665 million
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has signed an agreement to sell its global Surface Solutions pigments business unit to Global New Material International Holdings (GNMI) Ltd. for €665 million in cash. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, intends to use the net proceeds…
Solid-Oxide Breakthroughs Promise Cleaner Hydrogen Production
Solid-oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) technologies are poised to change the face of power generation and hydrogen production. SOEC offers intrinsically higher efficiencies than other electrolysis technologies, such as alkaline, polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) or anion-exchange membrane…
Hystar to provide electrolyzer for Fortum green-H2 pilot plant in Finland
Hystar AS has signed an agreement with Finnish mostly state-owned energy company Fortum to supply a 0.75 MW PEM electrolyzer for Fortum’s hydrogen pilot plant in Källa, Loviisa, Finland. Fortum’s hydrogen pilot plant, located east of Helsinki, is set to be…
Invista announces $17-million investment in HMD plant in Ontario
Invista (Wichita, Kan.) announced its intention to invest approximately $23 million CAD ($17 million USD) in the re-commissioning of hexamethylene diamine (HMD) assets at its Maitland, Ontario, Canada, site. HMD is a key ingredient in the production of nylon 6,6,…
Euglena, Petronas and Eni announce JV for biofuels production in Malaysia
Euglena Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Petroliam Nasional Berhad of Malaysia (Petronas), and Enilive SpA of Italy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni SpA, fave made a final investment decision for a project (hereinafter "the Project") to construct and operate a biofuel…
Kemira expands sodium chlorate capacity in Brazil
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced an investment to expand the capacity of its sodium chlorate manufacturing facility in Ortigueira, Brazil. The investment, a strategic priority for Kemira’s Pulp & Paper business, will enable Kemira to respond to the continued growth…