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KBR to support Shell’s hydrogen liquefaction developments

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide professional services to Shell Global Solutions International B.V. for hydrogen liquefaction development.  KBR will provide technical solutions as part of concept studies to advance technology for large…

Orion Engineered Carbons has opened a new carbon-black production line in Italy

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg) began commercial sales from a new reactor for carbon black at Ravenna in Northern Italy. The new production line, which has a production capacity of 25,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), produces both specialty and…

BASF building new alkylethanolamines plant in Antwerp

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is building a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at the Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. After the planned start-up in 2024, the company will increase the global annual production capacity of its alkylethanolamines portfolio containing,…

ExxonMobil planning hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage at Baytown complex

ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) said that it is planning a hydrogen production plant and one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects at its integrated refining and petrochemical site at Baytown, Texas, supporting efforts to reduce emissions from company…

Nuberg EPC awarded contract for FACT Kochi fertilizer expansion

Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) , the leading Indian Global EPC and turnkey project management company, announced that it has been selected by Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT), Kochi, which is expanding its NPK Fertilizer capacity. The project involves…

Honeywell joins Oriental Energy to build large SAF plant in China

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Oriental Energy Company Ltd. jointly announced that a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility with an annual output capacity of 1 million tons will be built in Maoming, Guangdong Province in China. The new…

Gevo and hte investigating proprietary isobutanol dehydration technology

hte GmbH – the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany) was selected last year by Gevo Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) to advance their understanding of the catalytic dehydration of biogenic isobutanol to form isobutylene. This is a key step in the chemical…

Afton Chemical completes expansion of Singapore chemical additives facility

Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.) has completed its phase 3 expansion to add Gasoline Performance Additives (GPA) blending capabilities at its Singapore Chemical Additive Manufacturing Facility. The expansion is in line with Afton’s ‘Made In’ strategy that focuses on effective…

Esso Deutschland sells Exxelon polymer portfolio to The Compound Company

The Compound Company (Enschede, the Netherlands), a leading developer and manufacturer of compounds, announced it has acquired the production site, product portfolio and customer base for Exxelor polymer resins from ESSO Deutschland GmbH, ExxonMobil in Cologne, Germany. The acquisition will…

The Emergent Role of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Technology Cybersecurity

Unlock the potential of artificial intelligence in bolstering your company's cybersecurity defenses with our latest ebook. Dive into the intricate world where AI meets cybersecurity and discover how these cutting-edge technologies can safeguard your business against evolving threats. Harness AI's…