Key U.S. chemical industry metrics will be higher this year as important end-use markets and export customers recover from the pandemic-related recession, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Mid-Year 2021 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook. Chemical…
GE Gas Power and IHI Corp. (Tokyo) announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed for collaborative development of gas turbine business roadmap (Ammonia Roadmap). The Ammonia Roadmap will support the use of ammonia as a carbon-free fuel…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been selected by two Swiss entities to use technologies developed and patented by the Spanish company, in the preliminary engineering of two industrial plants that will be dedicated to the treatment of solid…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have signed an agreement to internationally promote PROESA, Versalis’ proprietary technology used to produce sustainable bioethanol and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Versalis and Saipem will provide integrated and…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that it has acquired certain technology relating to the production of polyacetal (POM) products from Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnow, Poland), after its decision to discontinue its POM manufacturing. Celanese will take over all existing Tarnoform…
Northern Nutrients (Saskatoon, Canada) plans to build a new sulfur-enhanced urea fertilizer manufacturing facility outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, starting in July 2021 with an expected completion early in 2022. The facility will utilize the Shell Thiogro technology, a patented process…
UPM-Kymmene Oyj (Helsinki, Finnland) has selected Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) to supply electrification, automation and digitalization (EAD) packages for a next-generation biorefinery currently under construction in Leuna, Germany. The biorefinery will be the first industrial-scale facility of its type…
Repsol (Madrid, Spain), Axens and IFPEN (both Rueil-Malmaison, France) have developed a pioneering and patented process to enhance the chemical recycling of plastic waste and boost circular materials production. The Rewind Mix process removes impurities such as silicon, chlorine, diolefins…
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. (S&B) was awarded an engineering and construction contract with Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to engineer and build the company’s second U.S. world-scale unit to produce on-purpose 1-hexene. The asset’s location…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for April 2021 (most recent available) continues the string of sizeable monthly increases. In April, large upticks were observed in the Equipment, Buildings and Construction Labor subindices, while the Engineering…