KBR (Houston) has received a letter of award from Northern Petrochemical Corp. to provide the license and basic engineering design for the ammonia-methanol co-production technology developed jointly by KBR and Johnson Matthey (JM; London, U.K.), global leaders in sustainable technologies,…
Baker Hughes (Houston) has announced an investment in Ekona Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), a growth-stage company developing novel "turquoise" hydrogen production technology. Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader hydrogen and natural gas decarbonization solutions portfolio, further…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) have inked an MoU to fast-track India's transition to cleaner and greener sources of energy by exploring sustainable aviation fuels, first- and second-generation ethanol, compressed biogas (CBG)…
This episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast features Leon De Bruyn, CEO of Lummus Technology. It has been a year since Lummus began operations as a standalone company, rather than as part of a larger firm. In the podcast, Leon…
McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, to collaborate on decarbonizing construction. The agreement enables McDermott and Shell to explore opportunities for…
Aduro Clean Technologies, a Canadian developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle plastics and transform heavy crude and renewable oils into new-era resources and higher-value fuels, has entered into discussions with Switch Energy, a recycler and operator participating in…
Plastic Energy (London, U.K.) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement in the field of advanced recycling of plastics, to increase recycling and decrease plastic waste. Plastic Energy and Axens will market and license…
Hyundai Oilbank and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) will jointly seek to identify opportunities within blue and green hydrogen, waste plastic recycling, bio-refinery, eFuels, CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and other solutions to reduce carbon emissions. The Memorandum of…
Hydro Havrand, Norsk Hydro ASA’s (Oslo, Norway) green hydrogen company, and Shell New Energies Holding Europe B.V. have agreed to explore the potential for joint projects producing hydrogen from renewable electricity. The ambition is to use the hydrogen to help…
Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) has been awarded with a new contract worth around MYR399 million (approx.. $96 million) by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of PETRONAS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Malaysian National Oil Company. The Engineering, Procurement, Construction,…