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Mega-scale green-hydrogen project under development in Kazakhstan
The German investor and project developer SVEVIND Energy GmbH and Kazakh Invest National Company JSC have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding SVEVIND’s plan to develop and realize mega-sized facilities for producing green hydrogen by utilizing wind and solar power…
5G augmented-reality pilot project underway at Cepsa’s La Rábida refinery
Vodafone España, S.A.U., in collaboration with Capgemini, has developed two use cases for the Pilot 5G Andalucía project, which will being carried out at Cepsa’s (Madrid, Spain) La Rábida refinery in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva). These projects will show…
Table 1. Typical LFG Composition
LFG components Wet LFG during peak production Flaring/direct-use during peak LFG production Pipeline-grade specifications CH4 ~55 vol% (typical) ~55 vol% (typical) 96 vol% min. CO2 ~45 vol% (typical) ~45 vol% (typical) 3 vol% max. Pressure 40-60 inWC vacuum to the…
U.S. chemical production trend improved in May, ACC says
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI), rose 4.6% in May following a 1.2% decline in April and a 3.4% drop in March, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). During May, chemical output rose in…
Técnicas Reunidas awarded $240-million contract from Gazprom Neft
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been awarded by Gazprom Neft a $240 million contract for the development of a modern unit for treating a residual oil at Moscow Refinery. The scope of works which will be implemented during…
Air Liquide completes acquisition of world’s largest oxygen-production site
Air Liquide (Paris) has finalized the acquisition from Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) of 16 Air Separation Units (ASU) located in Secunda, South Africa. Air Liquide will operate this site - the biggest oxygen production site in the world -…
Johnson Matthey and Thomas Swan join forces to optimize battery materials
Johnson Matthey (JM; London) has teamed up with CPI, an independent technology innovation center and Thomas Swan, one of the U.K.’s leading independent chemical manufacturers, to explore how to best optimize battery technology. The ICE-Batt project receives funding support from…
Novozymes announces participation in Copenhagen carbon-capture project
Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) has been included as part of ARC´s EU application to set up a carbon capture facility at the Amager Resource Center (ARC) in Copenhagen. Novozymes’ biosolution for enzymatic carbon capture is to be tested as a…
Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas awarded contracts for PKN Orlen’s major petrochemicals project
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has signed a final contract with the contractor for Europe’s largest petrochemical project in 20 years. Hyundai Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) will be responsible for building the main…
DuPont to expand production capacity for ion-exchange resins
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the expansion of its ion-exchange resin manufacturing production to address the high global demand for its pharmaceutical products such as excipients and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). DuPont Water Solutions is a leading producer of separation and…