McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a Pre Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Tata Steel B.V. for the Enhancing Value by Emissions Reuse and Emission Storage (EVEREST) Project. Tata Steel has launched the preparatory plans for a…
Black & Veatch (B&V; Overland Park, Kan.) and Golar LNG announce the expansion of their long-standing collaboration, focusing on broadening floating production of blue and green hydrogen and ammonia. The memo of understanding between Golar, an operator of carriers for…
INVISTA (Wichita, Kan.) has completed a 40,000-ton/year nylon 6,6 polymer capacity expansion at its polymer plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). This addition brings the plant’s capacity to 190,000-ton/year. “This new polymer capacity is part of INVISTA’s strategic investments…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes increased 1.2 percent in October, up from a revised 0.1 percent gain in September and 1.1 percent gain in August. Of the 28 specialty chemical…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for September 2020 (the most recent data available) decreased by a small margin compared to the previous month’s value. It continues a period of up-and-down fluctuations in the CEPCI values.…
Cognite (Oslo, Norway), a global industrial AI software company, and Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland), a global engineering and consulting company, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will accelerate industrial transformation by creating artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that enable more…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company and a leader in the production and marketing of elastomers, and AGR, company that owns technology for the devulcanization of post-consumer elastomers, have signed an agreement to develop technological innovations and new…
Phillips 66 (Houston) announced that its Humber Refinery in the U.K. recently welcomed the latest addition to its growing renewable fuels infrastructure: a massive processing unit that will convert used cooking oil into low-carbon fuel. “We are pleased to take…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.) signed a first-of-its-kind deal with Aquafil S.p.A. (Arco, Italy) to build a demonstration-scale facility to produce the largest quantity of 100% renewable nylon-6 ever available. Responding to surging consumer interest in sustainable products, the material will…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) further expands its production capacity in the United Arab Emirates with the commissioning of a new manufacturing facility in Dubai. In addition to concrete admixtures, epoxy resins are now being produced locally for the Target Market…