KBR, Inc. (Houston) has entered into a definitive agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd., a leading provider of systems engineering, assurance and technology advisory services, for approximately $400 million in cash. Frazer-Nash delivers high-end systems…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the startup of a facility in Tangier, Morocco, that will produce automotive sealants for local vehicle production. The plant, which marks the company’s first automotive coatings production facility in Africa, initially will supply materials for Renault…
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Global Chemical Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) as a first step to enable the building and operating of a recycling facility in South Korea to transform polypropylene (PP) waste…
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced it has joined Hydrogen Europe, the leading European association working to advance fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) technologies. Chemours joins Hydrogen Europe’s membership at a crucial time when investment in green hydrogen production via…
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), the joint venture (JV) between W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) and Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), announced the award of a full-cycle catalyst management (FCM) agreement by state-owned Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco). The…
Mura Technology, Ltd. has announced that, following Mura and KBR’s licensing agreement Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) for the HydroPRS technology, MCC has decided to develop its first HydroPRS (Hydrothermal Plastic-Recycling Solution) project in Japan. HydroPRS, the process which is…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the startup of its CDAlky alkylation unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd.'s (ZPC) refinery in Zhejiang Province, China. The unit has a capacity of 45,000 barrel/day of alkylate product, making it the largest alkylation…
McDermott International, Ltd (Houston) announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has completed the design of a 40,000 cubic meter liquid-hydrogen sphere as part of a study awarded by a leading natural gas producer earlier this year. "Viable storage solutions…
ENEOS Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it will commence a demonstration project using extracted hydrogen from methylcyclohexane (MCH), an organic hydride that serves as a hydrogen carrier, at ENEOS refining facilities (the Kawasaki Refinery, Wakayama Refinery and Mizushima Refinery are…
bp Australia announced the findings of its study into the feasibility of an export-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Western Australia. The study found that the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia using renewable energy is technically…