Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently commenced commissioning of the PENEX isomerisation unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery, in the city of Kstovo. The unit will allow to apply low-temperature isomerisation to light naphtha in order to produce high-octane blending fuel. The…
Following announcement of a joint development agreement in June 2020, Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Shell Chemicals (London, U.K.) now report progress on their technology program to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces. This new route has the potential to significantly…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced an expansion of its coatings manufacturing capacity in Europe for packaging applications. The investments at sites in The Netherlands and Poland will support growing customer demand in the region for the latest generation of coatings for…
Diab Group (Helsingborg, Sweden) has agreed to acquire the ULTEM foam-production line from SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia). Diab will incorporate the ULTEM resin-based foam into its current portfolio under the name Divinycell U. Diab will further the development of ULTEM…
Covenant Energy Ltd. (Saskatchewan, Canada) has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel technology to produce clean diesel from vegetable oil. The 6,500 barrels-per-day renewable diesel unit will be built in Saskatchewan, Canada, and is scheduled to go into operation early in…
Yokogawa Bio Frontier, Inc., a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo), announced that it has commenced sales of 100% plant-derived sulfated cellulose nanofiber (S-CNF). The company is initially providing samples to prospective customers, and will subsequently scale up production in…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has received a Letter of Award from ADNOC Sour Gas, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) , for a new contract related to the Optimum Shah Gas Expansion (OSGE) &…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced a long-term commercial agreement under which LyondellBasell will source Neste RE, a feedstock from Neste that has been produced from 100% renewable feedstock from bio-based sources, such as waste and…
Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) has awarded an engineering services contract to Worley (North Sydney, Australia) for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat…
Messer Americas, a part of Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany), announced plans to build a large-scale air separation unit (ASU) to manufacture liquid atmospheric products in central Texas. The new air separation plant will produce medical and industrial gases…