The following lists recently published books of relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI): The Other Side of Safety: Moving from Results-Based to Behavior-Based. By Robert Palmer, CRC Press, 2023, 154 pages, $71.96. A New Approach to HAZOP of Complex…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for October 2022 (most recent available) fell for the fourth consecutive month, following a long string of monthly increases between November 2020 and June 2022. For the October preliminary data,…
Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) is working with Rio Tinto (London, U.K.) on the development of the BioIron project for low-carbon iron making. As recently announced by Rio Tinto, process effectiveness of the novel low-carbon iron-making process has been successfully proven by small-scale…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is using its advanced separation technologies to enable the world’s first commercial scale e-methanol plant, constructed by European Energy. The innovative facility in Kassø, Aabenraa, Denmark will produce 32,000 metric tonnes of carbon neutral fuels…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) is set to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China, to boost its support for pharmaceutical, personal care, home care, and industrial application customers. The CHF 80 million investment will see capacity increases…
The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a world scale petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia. The ‘Amiral’ complex will be owned, operated, and…
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced they will work together to deploy low-carbon hydrogen (LCH) solutions. The companies will offer JM’s innovative LCH technology, coupled with Honeywell’s leading carbon-capture technology to produce lower carbon…
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been selected as technology provider for a new “Blue Ammonia” plant in the United States by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), the…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announced the doubling of its polyester resins capacity in its Navi Mumbai facility in India, reinforcing the group’s leadership position in the global powder coatings market and its commitment to developing very low-VOC technologies. Arkema invested…