Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and energy company bp plc (London) are entering into a strategic partnership for the use of sustainable raw materials in high-tech plastics production. bp will supply sustainably produced cyclohexane to Lanxess’ production site in Antwerp, Belgium,…
Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Neb.) announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) to pursue a joint venture for producing clean hydrogen and carbon black products in South Korea. Monolith currently produces clean hydrogen and carbon…
BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd (BPC), a joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), intends to expand the production capacity of 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA) from 30,000 to 60,000 metric tons per…
A new partnership between Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) marks a new initiative to efficiently convert waste plastics to circular plastics, keeping them out of the environment and responsibly reclaiming their value. A first step…
Veolia (Paris) is inaugurating three new electric power plants at its waste recovery centers in the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina in Brazil. In all, they will produce 12.4 MW of renewable electricity using the biogas produced from…
Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) has launched HyAccelerator, the first corporate global-scale startup acceleration program focused on hydrogen. The programmed kicked off with the first call for startups, dedicated to players active along the entire hydrogen value chain, from transportation to…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and Axens North America, Inc. (Axens) have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) projects in the United States. As part of the alliance, Axens brings technologies with over 60…
Nova Energies – a joint venture of Technip Energies (Paris) and NIPIGAS – has been awarded a Pre-FEED contract by Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia) to study potential Carbon Capture solutions for its “ZapSibNeftekhim” plant. The scope of Nova Energies'…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague) has announced plans to increase the capacity of its petrochemical operations. Following the completion of a brand-new polyethylene unit (PE3) to produce the cutting-edge high-density polyethylene, the Group now plans to raise steam cracker yields.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected by ACME Group for its breakthrough green ammonia project to be built in Oman. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, catalyst,…