Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced that it has acquired Ortloff Engineers, Ltd., a privately held licensor and industry-leading developer of specialized technologies that drive high returns in natural gas processing and sulfur recovery. Terms of the acquisition, which closed on Aug. 31,…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) and its joint venture partner Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) kicked off a large investment project at their site in Maasvlakte-Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Circular Steam Project incorporates an innovative technology into the existing production plant…
In Hobro, Denmark, Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) is inaugurating HyBalance, (www.hybalance.eu), a pilot site for the production of carbon-free hydrogen, in the presence of the project’s partners. This facility uses electrolysis technology and seeks to balance the electricity grid and…
ADNOC Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.com), announced that it has successfully completed the commissioning of a specialized coker unit, as part of its Carbon Black and Coker Project. With this, ADNOC will extract…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo; www. shinetsu.co.jp) implement close to ¥110 billion in facility investments for its silicones business, one of its main businesses. It will expand its production capacity of silicone monomer, the intermediate product of silicones, and various…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany, www.basf.com) intends to increase the production capacity of 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site by more than 50%. After the start-up in 2021, BASF’s global annual nameplate capacity of HDO will be more than 70,000…
Biozin Holding AS (www.biozin.no) has awarded Pöyry Oyj (www.poyry.com) with the Owner's Engineering Services assignment for the pre-engineering phase for the planned biozin production plant in Jordoya, Åmli, Norway. The new plant will convert biomass to liquid biocrude that will…
GEA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) supplies Saint-Gobain with two Waste Heat Recovery Systems (WHRS) each for the utilization of waste heat from the float-glass production lines in Pisa, Italy and Sriperumbudur, India. Commissioning is planned for the first half of 2019.…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., (Shandong Chambroad), has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advance Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology. The low-pressure slurry process technology will be used for a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit with…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is taking the next step in systematically focusing on specialty chemicals with the divestment of its U.S.-based Jayhawk site in Galena, Kansas. The site produces precursors for agrochemicals. “We want to continue growing profitably…