Australian renewable-energy firm Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) intend to enter into a long-term agreement for the supply of green hydrogen and its derivatives, including green ammonia. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), FFI and…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa will jointly announce Eastman's plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman's…
bp plc (London) and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Oman signed a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement which will support the potential development of a multiple gigawatt, world-class renewable energy and green hydrogen…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has announced that Indaba Renewable Fuels (Indaba; Newport Beach, Calif.) will build two greenfield refineries in California and Missouri to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) utilizing Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The facilities are expected to begin production of SAF in 2024…
Lummus Technology (Houston) has been awarded a contract from LUKOIL Permnefteorgsintez for a new integrated methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and alkylation plant at LUKOIL's refinery in Perm, Russia. The MTBE unit will use Lummus' CDEtherol technology and the alkylation unit…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) and 6K, an emerging leader of microwave-controlled plasma technology, announced they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the use of 6K's patented UniMelt advanced, sustainable materials production platform to develop novel lithium battery materials…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) and the Reclay Group, international experts in environmental and material recovery management, have joined forces to satisfy increasing market demand for the supply of recyclate material for use in high-end plastic applications. This unique partnership…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing a three-digit million-euro sum in the construction of a new production plant for bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids. The decision to build the plant follows a breakthrough in Evonik's research and development. Rhamnolipids…
Honeywell announced that LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of LUKOIL, will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its refinery to convert low value vacuum gasoil into high value products such as gasoline and propylene. Phase one of the project…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO; Melbourne), Australia's premier national science organization, are evaluating technical and commercial opportunities for the deployment of CSIRO's carbon capture technologies for energy and heavy industry applications. McDermott's…