DuPont Sustainable Solutions, a global operations consulting firm, announced it will operate under a new name: dss+ (pronounced ‘dss plus’). Since DuPont Sustainable Solutions became an independent consulting firm after separating from DuPont in 2019, it has evolved and enhanced its…
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that bp plc (London) and Honeywell have signed a licensing agreement for Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining technology. bp is undergoing pre-feed engineering for its proposed diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Western Australia.…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston) have entered into a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing improved capital and operating efficiencies for the production of on-purpose linear alpha olefins (LAO) – including both butene-1 and hexene-1 -for…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) expanded by 0.4% in January following a 1.4% gain in December and a 0.3% gain in November, according to data from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output rose…
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), announced it has made a new investment in Carbon Clean (London), a global leader in cost-effective industrial carbon capture. The size and cost of installing carbon capture technology has…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) has made a final investment decision to expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than any other facility in the world to date. The expansion project will capture up…
Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to divest the Kvarnsveden site in Sweden to Northvolt AB (Stockholm, Sweden). Due to structural decline in demand for graphical paper, in April 2021 Stora Enso…
Vertex Hydrogen, the joint venture between Essar Oil UK and Progressive Energy, has unveiled a report detailing the development of the U.K.’s first large-scale low-carbon hydrogen production plant. The report can be accessed here. The report has been launched by…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) and Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. have started joint development of a process to produce hydrogen by pyrolyzing methane through the use of microwaves, aiming to begin commercial production in the early 2030s, with a capacity…
Grupa Azoty SA (Tarnów, Poland) announced that Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn is implementing a capex project that will involve upgrading the synthesis gas (syngas) compression unit, which is supplying its ammonia plant. The general contractor is Grupa Azoty Polskie…