Here are recently published books with relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI). September 2021. Engineering of Power Plant and Industrial Cooling Water Systems. By Charles F. Bowman and Seth N. Bowman, CRC Press, 2021, 174 pages, $71.96. 2021 Guide…
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Inc. (Tokyo) as a first step to developing and operating a recycling facility in Japan to transform polypropylene (PP) waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene (UPRP).…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to the production of Eco-friendly Biodegradable Materials and business cooperation with TK Chemical, a subsidiary of the Samla Midas (SM) Group. The MOU specifically…
PETRONAS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), through its subsidiary PETRONAS Gas & New Energy Sdn Bhd (PGNESB), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) to jointly develop a competitive, clean hydrogen supply chain between Malaysia and Japan,…
SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia), in collaboration Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi), will provide Technical Grade Urea (TGU) to manufacture AUS-32 (Aqueous Urea Solution) used in diesel vehicular systems to reduce NO2 emission by over 70% to meet the stringent…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that its cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden, is carrying out its first test run of a feedstock derived solely from vegetable-based waste streams. The test, which will be carried out throughout the month of September,…
Linde plc (Guidlford, U.K.) announced plans to increase production capacity at its air separation plant in Mims, Florida, to meet rapidly growing demand for industrial gases. Through its investment, Linde will increase capacity at Mims by almost 50% to supply…
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) and Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.), announced a letter of intent to jointly invest in building and operating one or more new facilities that would process inedible corn to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF),…
Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand) to perform studies to jointly invest in a new bio-ethanol dehydration plant in Thailand to produce bio-ethylene and I'm green bio-based Polyethylene. If implemented, this…
Shell Ventures BV and BlueAlp Holding BV today announced a strategic partnership to develop, scale and deploy BlueAlp’s plastic waste to chemical feedstock technology. The technology transforms plastic waste, which is tough to recycle, into a recycled feedstock (i.e. pyrolysis…