Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a low-carbon technology collaboration. The non-exclusive cooperation agreement will see both companies develop and use technology to reduce…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced plans to establish a new pilot facility for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP). The facility will be located in Fukui Prefecture and is scheduled to start operation by the end of 2021. MCC has…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun exploring a possible combination of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology that converts propane gas into propylene, with another technology that efficiently synthesizes methanol, using hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2), by-products from PDH. This…
Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), China’s leading energy and chemical company, have closed the deal to set up a joint venture (JV) at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex after obtaining all the necessary approvals from…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has begun a process of decarbonizing the cyclopentanone unit of its Melle plant in France. Through an agreement with an agricultural cooperative for the next fifteen years, the entire cyclopentanone production already relies solely on biomethane gas, a…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont SpA, through its Indian entity Tecnimont Private Limited, has been awarded an EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) Lump Sum contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), for the implementation…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) is expanding its manufacturing presence in Taiwan with an investment of approximately $200 million over the next three to five years. Entegris plans to commence construction of a new facility in early 2021 and expects to…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to sell its aluminum business to REEL International, headquartered in France. The business was announced to be for sale a year ago and has been since reported under discontinued operations. The…
Aker Carbon Capture (Lysaker, Norway) and Haldor Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark) have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention to offer a complete solution for low-carbon hydrogen production. The solution combines Haldor Topsoe’s proven hydrogen process and Aker Carbon Capture’s…
Carbon Clean (London) has joined forces with Veolia (Paris, France) to exclusively develop multiple green projects in India. The newly established joint company Veolia Carbon Clean will first develop two carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) and compressed biogas (CBG)…