Air Liquide (Paris, France) has signed a long-term agreement with Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), one of the largest steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, to supply gaseous oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to SDI’s new Electric Arc Furnace…
TechnipFMC (Houston) has signed a major Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC) for the construction of a new Hydrocracking Complex for the Assiut refinery in Egypt. This EPC contract covers new process units…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) will start development of a world-class manufacturing facility at its current site in Ningbo, China to produce two key intermediates for its organic peroxides business: tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and tert-Butyl alcohol (TBA). Organic peroxides are essential…
Sulzer Chemtech (Winterthur, Swirzerland) has been selected as the sole supplier of column internals, packings and trays for the Dangote integrated oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Lekki Free Trade Zone, near Lagos, Nigeria. These key pieces of equipment will…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Luis Sierra as President and Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, 2020. He will succeed Todd Karran, who previously announced his retirement. “We are delighted…
UbiQD, Inc. (Los Alamos, N.M), an advanced materials company focused on quantum dots, and the Solvay Group, announced that they have agreed to partner on the development of next-generation luminescent greenhouse technology under UbiQD's UbiGro family of specialty agricultural products.…
Linde (Guildford, U.K.) announced it has started up a state-of-the-art hydrogen and carbon monoxide facility in Clear Lake, Texas (TX), as well as a new air separation unit in LaPorte, TX. The plants will supply oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide…
Project development and consulting firm Kenesjay Systems Ltd. (Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with French hydrogen specialist HDF Energy to establish a partnership for the development of the NewGen Carbon-Neutral & Green Hydrogen project.…
Keppel Data Centres, Chevron, Pan-United and Surbana Jurong, with the support of the National Research Foundation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), committing to harness their combined resources and jointly develop the first end-to-end decarbonization process in Singapore. This collaboration…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Duslo’s research institute VUCHT are using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s HYDEX E next-generation hydro-dewaxing catalyst to successfully convert plastic waste into premium winter-fuel distillate. The efficacy of this groundbreaking process has now been proven…