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Shell invests in LanzaJet to accelerate commercialization of alcohol-to-SAF technology

LanzaJet, Inc., a sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer launched by LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.), announced that Royal Dutch Shell N.V. (The Hague, the Netherlands) joins as an investor in the company to advance LanzaJet’s global growth, accelerate commercialization…

Maire Tecnimont wins EPC contract for Port Harcourt refinery rehabilitation in Nigeria

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by the Federal Executive Council to carry out Rehabilitation works for the Port Harcourt Refinery Co. Ltd., located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in…

Axens’ technologies for Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project

Part of Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, the state-owned South Refineries Company (SRC) executed the upgrading of its refinery located in Basrah, Iraq by implementing a new refining plant adjacent to the existing refinery facility. The Basrah Upgrading Project is now…

Arlanxeo extends foothold in India with launch of legal entity

Arlanxeo Holding B.V. (Maastricht, the Netherlands) continues its growth in the India sub-continent with the launch of its legal entity Arlanxeo India Private Limited, which has commenced operations from the 1st of January this year. To cement the establishment of…

ECB Group selects UOP technology for advanced biofuels plant in Paraguay

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) has announced that Brazil-based ECB Group will use the UOP Ecofining process to convert vegetable oils and inedible animal fats into renewable diesel and jet fuel at the Omega Green production facility in Villeta, near Asuncion, Paraguay. This…

Plug Power, Chart Industries and Baker Hughes form hydrogen-infrastructure fund

Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), Chart Industries, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) and Baker Hughes (Houston) announced their intention to become cornerstone investors in the formation of the FiveT Hydrogen Fund, a unique, new clean-hydrogen-only private infrastructure fund dedicated to delivering clean hydrogen…

Lummus Novolen Technology awarded major polypropylene contract

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at its petrochemical facility in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China. "We are grateful to Jin Guo Tou…

Bharat Petroleum acquires OQ’s stake in BORL refinery

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL; Mumbai, India) signed a Sales Purchase Agreement with integrated energy company OQ (Muscat, Oman) for the purchase of BPCL’s entire stake in Bharat Oman Refineries Company Ltd, (BORL), a 7.8 million ton/yr petroleum refinery located…

Achieving Plant Efficiency – the Digital Way

The chemical process industries (CPI) are in the midst of a profound evolution, and technological changes — especially those in the digital sphere — are being implemented at an accelerated pace. Simply put, digitalization is the leveraging of digital technologies…

Accenture and Sumitomo Chemical form digitalization JV

Accenture (Dublin, Ireland) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have established a joint venture (JV) SUMIKA DX ACCENT. The joint venture will leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and other technologies to transform operations and create new…