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LyondellBasell licenses Lupotech PE technology to Shandong Yulong Petrochemical

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology in two separate production lines at a new facility. The process technology will be used for a…

Ingevity partners with GreenGas on development of biogas-capture systems

Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) has announced a strategic partnership with and investment in GreenGasUSA Holdings, LLC (GreenGas), an integrated renewable natural gas (RNG) solutions provider helping customers reduce their environmental impact. Charleston, South Carolina-based GreenGas contracts with agricultural farms,…

McDermott wins FEED contract from Michelin for polystyrene-recycling project

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Michelin Group (Clermont-Ferrand, France) for the first industrialization of an innovative plastic recycling process to produce regenerated styrene from polystyrene. The regenerated…

Sika to acquire Hamatite adhesives business from Yokohama Rubber Co.

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has agreed to acquire Hamatite, the adhesives business of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. Hamatite is a market leader in Japan, offering adhesives and sealants to the automotive and construction industries. The acquisition will significantly strengthen…

Bloom Energy deploys its first fuel cells powered solely by hydrogen

Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) announced that, in collaboration with its Korean partner, SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea), an affiliate of SK Group, it has successfully deployed 100 kilowatts of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) powered solely…

KBR wins contract for FCC regenerator project in South Africa

 KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has received a contract from SAPREF for its Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Regenerator project at Durban, South Africa. Under the contract, KBR will implement its proprietary Catalyst Regeneration technology that will allow SAPREF to…

Maintenance Matters: How to Overcome Growing Backlogs

Since the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, the operators of chemical plants around the world have had no choice but to slash maintenance budgets as they grapple to adapt to new challenges, including strict social distancing measures put in place…

Nouryon and Atul start up monochloroacetic acid plant in India

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Atul successfully started production at Anaven, a new joint venture in Gujarat, India, that will help meet the rapidly growing demand in India’s agricultural, personal care and pharmaceutical markets. Anaven is India’s largest monochloroacetic acid…

AquaDuctus partnership will install pipeline for green-hydrogen transport from North Sea

RWE Renewables GmbH announced that its project partners GASCADE, Gasunie and Shell signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project.  The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the North Sea directly to the…

Acron and Haldor Topsoe complete ammonia unit revamp project

Acron, one of the world’s largest producers of compound fertilizers based in Russia, and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) completed the ammonia unit revamp project and successfully passed guarantee test runs to confirm the capacity of 2500 metric tons per…