Following a successful Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study in 2019, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) will continue its partnership with Samsung Engineering to build a methanol production plant for Sarawak Petchem, a state-owned oil and…
Vertex Energy, Inc. (Houston), a leading specialty refiner and marketer of high-quality refined products, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Mobile refinery ("Mobile") located in Mobile, Alabama from Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil…
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract with Zeeland Refinery, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Lukoil (Moscow, Russia), to provide a carbon capture and liquefaction solution in the Netherlands. Cryocap FG is a unique solution that enables…
Vertellus (Indianapolis, Ind.) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ESIM Chemicals’ intermediates and specialties division, IM Chemicals, a leading provider of specialty chemical products serving the pharmaceutical, coatings, and fuel & lubricant markets. The transaction is subject to customary…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has won a SEK 415 million (around $50 million) order to supply processing systems and equipment for feedstock pretreatment to a U.S. refinery that is switching from traditional petroleum refining to renewable biofuel production. The…
Microsoft is establishing a new cloud region in Sweden that will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and be among the most sustainably designed and operated in the world. Microsoft has selected Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) to be a…
NatureWorks LLC (Minnetonka, Minn.) announced the completion of key milestones in their global manufacturing expansion plan for a new fully integrated Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA) production facility that is anticipated to open in Thailand by 2024, subject to shareholder approval.…
POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has acquired the bioethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) in their entirety, expanding the company’s production capacity by 40%. POET is a world leader in green…
Air Liquide (Paris, France) and PAO Severstal, one of the leading steel producers, have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen to the Severstal CherMK site in Russia. Air Liquide will invest around €60 million in the…
Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced a joint development agreement. Under this agreement the companies will co-develop next generation products and processes for Johnson Matthey’s eLNO family of nickel-rich advanced cathode materials using…