Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) has expanded its activated carbon production capacity following significant debottlenecking and equipment upgrades completed and verified in late December at its facility in Zhuhai, China. The plant upgrades have effectively increased its capacity by an…
Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.encina.com.) announced the signing of a non-binding term sheet with Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.; www.fhr.com) to produce renewable chemicals and renewable fuels from waste plastic. The term sheet contemplates that the…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.) announced it expects to invest approximately $1 billion over the next 20 years to accelerate new environmental goals: achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, reduce water use by 25% at its facilities, and return higher quality water…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced that it will transfer to its own operations and consolidate its membrane-related technology development and sales currently undertaken by its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical Aqua Solutions Co., Ltd. (MCAS) effective April 1, 2021. The aim…
OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) and Kommunalkredit Austria AG (Kommunalkredit) have announced a joint investment in the construction of Austria’s largest electrolysis plant in the OMV Schwechat Refinery. Total investment will be around EUR 25 million, with OMV and Kommunalkredit each…
IBM announced that bp plc (London) has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the use of quantum computing in the energy industry. By joining the IBM Quantum Network as an Industry Partner, bp will have access to IBM's quantum…
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. — a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India — has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) to supply advanced technologies in gasoline block for its…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), through its subsidiary NextChem and Essential Energy USA Corp., have executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a new biorefinery in South America…
Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) has signed an agreement with Canada-based TC Energy Corp. (TC Energy) to commission a novel waste heat-to-power pilot installation in Alberta. The facility will capture waste heat from a gas-fired turbine operating at a pipeline…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% shares in Emerald Kalama Chemical LLC (Vancouver, Wash.) on February 14, 2021. The U.S.-based company is a globally leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, especially for the consumer segment, and…