To meet the high demand for lipids, a key component of mRNA-based vaccines and therapeutics, MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) has launched a new, high-purity synthetic cholesterol product, nine months ahead of schedule. “Tapping into two decades’ experience of developing and manufacturing high-quality…
OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) under the ISCC Plus scheme for its German production sites and headquarters. Customers can now procure ISCC Plus certified oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives out…
Nacero (Houston) has awarded Bechtel (Reston, Va.) the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the first natural gas-to-gasoline manufacturing facility in the United States. Nacero's 115,000 barrel per day plant in Penwell, Texas, near Odessa in the heart of…
Dow, LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced the establishment of the Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund to invest in scalable recycling technologies, equipment upgrades and infrastructure solutions. The Fund, managed by Closed Loop Partners,…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey green hydrogen solutions. Under the MoU the companies will develop a roadmap to accelerate the joint development of high-performance electrolyzer…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has inaugurated a new plant for the production of advanced solutions for the construction market in Singapore and Malaysia. The new plant is located in the State of Johor, in the south of Malaysia. The new installation,…
Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands), has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and P.M.I.…
Maire Tecnimont Group’s innovation and license company Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands) and Russian chemical company Shchekinoazot will team up to jointly explore, develop and implement green technologies at Shchekinoazot’s existing and new enterprises in the Russian Federation, with the…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for its butadiene extraction (BDE) technology from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., Ltd. (KPIC). The BDE unit will be part of KPIC's Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. "With this award, KPIC is…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded two contracts by Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) for work on the development of their renewables production platform in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of the existing Partnership Agreement between Neste and Technip Energies. The…