OCOchem (Richland, Wash.) announced production partnership agreement with ADM Co. (Chicago) to build a groundbreaking field demonstration plant using OCOchem’s Carbon FluX Electrolyzer technology. The plant will be co-located within ADM’s corn processing complex in Decatur, Illinois. It will convert…
SNF Group (Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France) announced the acquisition of Obsidian Chemical Solutions LLC , a leading provider of specialty chemical solutions primarily for completion operations to the oil & gas industry. Based in Midland, Texas, Obsidian has grown rapidly to become…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading global infrastructure investor and a part of BlackRock, sign an agreement related to the sale of a stake of 49.99% in Eni CCUS Holding – a leading global player…
Carbon280 Ltd. (Perth, Western Australia) announced the launch of its new Hydrilyte Pilot Plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. The company raised over $16 million to accelerate its innovative liquid hydrogen storage solution, Hydrilyte. The pilot and laboratory facilities were funded…
Canadian carbon-removal firm Deep Sky (Montreal) announced that Deep Sky Alpha, Canada’s first carbon-removal commercialization center, located in Innisfail, Alberta. has officially begun operations, marking the successful start of carbon removal and North America's first-ever sequestration of CO₂ captured directly…
Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and U.S.-based biotech company Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize a high-quality, natural astaxanthin derived from non-GMO heterotrophic algae. Astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant and red-orange carotenoid pigment found…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at considering comprehensive collaboration with Dangote Industries Ltd. (Lagos, Nigeria), the largest conglomerate in Nigeria, and the consulting firm AAIC Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; AAIC). Dangote was founded in…
HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.hydrograph.com) announced it has signed a lease for a new 20,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Austin, which will replace its current space and represents an increase of nearly 100% in size. The new headquarters will…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Vioneo (Antwerp, Belgium) has selected its Novolen® polypropylene (PP) technology for a new grassroots plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will be part of Vioneo's complex that, once complete, will be the world's first industrial…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has constructed and begun operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works for its new proprietary, direct ethanol-to-propylene process. This new technology is expected to significantly contribute to the petrochemical…