DuPont Clean Technologies has announced the successful startup of the STRATCO alkylation units at the Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Company LTC refinery in Zhejiang, China and the Sinopec Shanghai Company (SPC) refinery in Jinshan, Shanghai, China. Both alkylation units at…
The ORLEN Group (Płock, Poland) is launching Hydrogen Eagle, an investment program to develop an international chain of hydrogen hubs powered by renewable energy sources and build innovative facilities to convert municipal waste into zero- and low-emission hydrogen. The project…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is collaborating with Blue Planet Ltd. (Los Gatos, Calif.) on the further development and optimization of Blue Planet’s innovative carbon mineralization process for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) solutions. The ground-breaking process will leverage Sulzer’s…
GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim announced an MOU to explore circular economy solutions to utilize materials from decommissioned wind turbines. Building on LafargeHolcim’s 10+ years of experience in recovering energy from wind turbine blades, the companies are exploring new ways…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide INSITE monitoring and advisory services for three years to Iowa Fertilizer Company's plant at Wever, Iowa. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide INSITE services, part…
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) has received two separate engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract awards from IndianOil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) for the Haldia Refinery and the Barauni Refinery. The first award is an EPCC contract for a…
Schlumberger New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement for the validation and optimization of the new lithium extraction and production process to…
Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands) has successfully delivered a revamp study for the Monómeros Colombo Venezolanos mono-pressure nitric acid plant in Colombia. The detailed report for increasing and optimizing production was completed remotely by Stamicarbon’s Ammonium Nitrate – Nitric Acid…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that its Performance Products division is planning to significantly increase its existing capacity for ULTRAPURE Ethylene Carbonate at its Conroe, Texas facility by mid-2023. ULTRAPURE Ethylene Carbonate is critical to the reliable operation and…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has signed a 10-year agreement with Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will provide Metsä Fibre with sodium chlorate for its new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. Metsä Group is investing…