Compliance with industry- and machinery-specific safety standards and classifications is essential to make the safest possible environment for plant personnel, especially those working in potentially hazardous conditions Navigating the world of industrial safety standards can feel like being in uncharted…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has agreed to acquire 100% of Walco Foods, an Irish trader of animal fats. The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. “This is another important step for Neste in…
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it will be expanding its Chemours Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) capacity to help meet customer needs as they continue transitioning to lower GWP refrigerants. The Opteon YF and YF blends refrigerants are now used…
On this edition of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins speaks with environmental policy expert Deborah Gordon, senior principal in the Climate Intelligence Program at RMI. Gordon heads the Oil and Gas Solutions Initiative at RMI, and is…
INEOS (London) and Sinopec (Beijing, China) signed three back-to-back deals worth a combined value of $7 billion. These landmark agreements are expected to generate a combined turnover of around $10bn from 7 million tons of capacity. The three agreements will…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) has joined the Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) as part of its efforts to accelerate the global shift to zero emission energy and speed the development of a global hydrogen energy economy. “As a leading…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) has made extensive progress in expanding biogums production capacity at two of its plant facilities: Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA and Wulian, China. These expansion initiatives are integral pieces of the company’s significant, multi-year investment program focused on…
LG Chem Ltd. and GS Caltex (both Seoul, South Korea) are establishing a pilot plant to develop a white-bio ecosystem and commercialize bio raw materials following the announcement of their joint development agreement last year. LG Chem’s CEO Hak Cheol…
Cariflex Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), a wholly owned subsidiary of DL Chemical Co., broke ground at a 6.1-hectare site in Jurong Island, Singapore. Cariflex will be constructing the world’s largest and Singapore’s first polyisoprene latex plant on this site. Driven by…
Dow (Midland, Mich) and the Al-Hejailan Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to design, build and operate a methyl diethanolamine (MDEA) plant in the PlasChem Park in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The joint…