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…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is delivering customized state-of-the-art production technology to NatureWorks’ latest biopolymer manufacturing facility which will be located in Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex, Thailand. Developed to support the increasing global demand for polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics, the fully…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and Lantmännen signed a commercial agreement to bring fossil-free fertilizers to market. Produced with renewable energy, these green fertilizers are crucial for decarbonizing the food chain and offering consumers more sustainable food choices. Yara, a…
SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco Technologies Co. and PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) for the exploration of potential petrochemical growth or expansion projects in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement will enable…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) for a new aniline plant in Antwerp, Belgium. Covestro is one of the world’s leading polymer companies, focusing…
Pörner Group (Vienna, Austria) announced that Metafrax successfully commissioned and started up a new Dynea fasil formalin plant in Gubakha, Russia together with its licensor Dynea AS. Pörner Grimma supported Dynea AS as an engineering partner for the piping and…
CropEnergies AG (Mannheim, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (London) have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol near its production site in Zeitz,…
thyssenkrupp Uhde Thailand has been awarded a contract by a leading oleo and specialty chemicals producer in Asia for engineering services and proprietary equipment supply for an Esterification Plant. The plant will employ thyssenkrupp Uhde’s proprietary Jet Reactor technology and…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) signed a joint development agreement with China BlueChemical Ltd. (China BlueChemical), a leading natural gas producer, and the chemical engineering company Wuhuan Engineering Co., Ltd. (Wuhuan Engineering) to promote low-carbon development and utilization of marine gas…