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Arkema starts up production at expanded curing-resins facility in China
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has begun production of Sartomer specialty UV/LED curing resins at its expanded facility in Nansha, China, where the Group invested to double the capacity, as announced end-2021. This will support the development of more sustainable solutions…
Lummus acquires acrylic acid and acrylates process technologies from Air Liquide Engineering & Construction
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has reached an agreement with Air Liquide Engineering & Construction to acquire rights to license and market ester grade acrylic acid technology, and light and heavy acrylates process technology. The addition expands Lummus' portfolio…
Thyssenkrupp Uhde awarded contract for green methanol and methanol-to-gasoline plant in Saudi Arabia
thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) has been awarded a contract by ENOWA, NEOM’s energy and water company, for engineering services and the supply, design and procurement of equipment for a new CO2-to-methanol and methanol-to-gasoline demonstration plant at ENOWA’s Hydrogen Innovation and…
Lubrizol and Grasim break ground for CPVC resin plan in India
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) and Grasim Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India) have broken ground on the first phase of a 100,000 metric-ton CPVC resin plant in Vilayat, Gujarat, India. The facility located at the Grasim Industries’ site will be the…
Mitsui E&S completes large-scale hydrogen-supply facility
Mitsui E&S Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has completed the construction of a hydrogen gas supply facility (liquid hydrogen tank, hydrogen gas compressor, etc.) at at Mitsui E&SE&S Tamano Factory, aiming for the early launch of our hydrogen-related business. Mitsui E&S have…
Air Liquide establishes new low-carbon gas-production platform in Québec
Through an investment of more than 140 million euros (more than 200 million Canadian dollars), Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announces that it will establish in Bécancour, Québec (Canada), a breakthrough platform supplying low-carbon industrial gases including hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and…
BP selects Johnson Matthey technology for its first blue hydrogen project
Johnson Matthey plc (JM) and bp plc (both London) have signed a licensing and engineering agreement for Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology at bp’s proposed flagship low carbon (blue) hydrogen facility in Teesside, H2Teesside. Industry in the Tees Valley accounts…
Sumitomo Chemical begins construction on ethanol-to-propylene pilot plant
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The development of this technology is one of…
Linde to supply industrial gases to Indian Oil’s Panipat refinery
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that its entities in India have signed long-term agreements for the supply of industrial gases to Indian Oil Corp.'s. (IOCL) Panipat refinery in Northern India. Linde’s entities will build, own and operate major new on-site…
Chevron to acquire Hess for $60 billion
Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hess Corp. (New York, N.Y.) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hess in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion, or $171 per…