Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands) announced the successful startup of Brunei Fertilizer Industries (BFI)’s new urea melt plant in Brunei. With a nameplate capacity of 3900 metric tons per day (m.t./d), the plant is the largest to be licensed by…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) has begun the process of bringing its wholly owned dairy manure-based renewable natural gas (RNG) project online. Located in northwest Iowa, the project is known as Gevo NW Iowa RNG, LLC (“NW Iowa RNG”), and it…
OQ (Muscat, Oman) is utilizing Univation Technologies' UNIPOL PE Process for its two 440,000-ton/yr polyethylene (PE) plants located within the Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in Sohar, Oman. OQ started up these two world-scale plants with full-density polyethylene product capabilities allowing…
Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leading science and technology firm Battelle (Columbus, Ohio) to advance development of a decarbonized regional energy cluster in the tri-state region of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. …
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is developing the first phase of Project Catalina in partnership with Enagás, Naturgy, Fertiberia and Vestas. Project Catalina is a pioneering green hydrogen and green ammonia GW-scale project that aims to bring the abundant renewable resources…
Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced its investment in Nexus Circular LLC, a commercial leader in advanced recycling that converts landfill-bound plastics into circular feedstocks used in the production of sustainable virgin plastics. Mark Nikolich, CEO, Braskem America, stated, "At…
SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) has signed an agreement to purchase Clariant’s 50% stake in specialties company Scientific Design, currently a 50/50 joint-venture (JV) with SABIC. Subject to regulatory approval, expected in mid-2022, the transaction will give SABIC full ownership of…
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico) has signed an agreement to acquire Oman-based OCTAL Holding SAOC. This acquisition forward-integrates Alpek into the high-value polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet business segment, closes the gap towards achieving its ESG goals,…
Hexion Holdings Corp. (Columbus, Ohio) announced that it has completed the sale of its epoxy-based Coatings and Composite businesses, which includes the epoxy specialty resins and base epoxy resins and intermediates product lines for approximately $1.2 billion to Westlake Chemical…
TotalEnergies and Veolia (both Paris, France) have signed an agreement to produce biomethane from Veolia waste and water treatment facilities operating in more than 15 countries. The partners will develop and co-invest in a portfolio of international projects, with the…