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First State Hydrogen awards engineering contract for KBR for new clean-hydrogen plant

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded an engineering services contract by First State Hydrogen, Inc. to support the feasibility and development of its first clean hydrogen production facility in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region. KBR will provide engineering…

Repsol begins large-scale production of renewable fuels in Cartagena

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced the start of large-scale production of renewable fuels at its industrial complex in Cartagena (Spain). This plant is the first on the Iberian Peninsula dedicated exclusively to the production of 100% renewable fuels. The company…

JX and Sumitomo Corporation join forces for large-scale SAF/BECCS project in Louisiana

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. (JX; Tokyo) and Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) executed consortium agreements to manage investment in the Louisiana Green Fuels Bioenergy/Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project at Port of Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. The Project is…

Neste and Lotte Chemicals to collaborate on renewable plastic materials

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Lotte Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) are teaming up for a strategic collaboration to replace fossil resources with renewable raw materials in the manufacturing of chemicals and plastics. This will enable products and applications with a…

Baker Hughes to supply compressors for Snam’s hydrogen-ready pipeline project

Baker Hughes (Houston) was awarded a contract to be booked in the first quarter of 2024 from Snam, Europe’s leading operator in natural gas transportation, storage and regasification, to provide three NovaLT 12 gas turbine driven compressor trains for a…

Phillips 66 announces major milestone in production of renewable diesel

Phillips 66 (Houston) announced a major milestone in its conversion of the San Francisco refinery into the Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex, expanding commercial scale production of renewable diesel. The Rodeo Renewed project has progressed, with the facility now processing only…

ACG demonstrates solar-panel cover glass recycling

AGC Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has succeeded for the first time in Japan in a demonstration test to recycle cover glass for solar panels into float glass. With the success of this test, following the test for recycling into…

Chevron invests in carbon-capture technology company ION Clean Energy

Chevron New Energies (CNE), a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.), announced a lead investment in ION Clean Energy (ION), a Boulder-based technology company that provides post-combustion point-source capture technology through its third-generation ICE-31 liquid amine system. ION…

Evonik Coatings & Adhesives to power acrylates production using renewable energy

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that its Coating & Adhesive Resins Business Line has achieved a significant reduction in carbon emissions by powering the production of DEGACRYL specialty acrylates in Darmstadt with electricity from renewable sources. This initiative, effective…

JGC awarded FEED contract for green hydrogen and methylcyclohexane project in Malaysia

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) was awarded the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a green hydrogen and methylcyclohexane (MCH) production plant in Malaysia by ENEOS Corp.  and Sumitomo Corp. . ENEOS and Sumitomo, in collaboration with SEDC Energy, a company…