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Petrofac wins management contract for U.K. carbon-capture and hydrogen project

The Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business of Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Office support contract for the Acorn project – a two-pringed environmental strategy bringing together carbon capture and hydrogen generation…

RWE and thyssenkrupp plan partnership focused on green hydrogen for steel production

German energy company RWE and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe have agreed to work together toward a long-term hydrogen partnership, under which green hydrogen from an RWE Generation electrolyzer could help thyssenkrupp Steel Europe sustainably reduce CO2 emissions from steel production in…

Stamicarbon announces construction milestone for new fertilizer complex in Egypt

Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands) has announced that the first piece of high-pressure equipment for NCIC’s new urea melt plant in Egypt has been finalized on time. The stripper was completed on at Schoeller-Bleckmann Nitec GmbH (SBN) in Austria, and…

Haldor Topsoe to provide technology for renewable-fuel conversion at California refinery

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that Global Clean Energy Holdings (GCE) has selected HydroFlex technology for the revamp of a refinery for renewable fuel production. Global Clean Energy’s retooled facility will produce 15,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel…

Yanmar and Toyota develop hydrogen fuel-cell system for maritime applications

Yanmar Holdings Co. (Osaka, Japan) and its subsidiary Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. have announced the development of a hydrogen fuel-cell system for maritime applications based on fuel cell technology for automobiles, as part of efforts to offer environment-friendly powertrain…

HyperSolar prepares for scaled-up production of hydrogen-generation units

HyperSolar, Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.), the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, announced that it is prepared to begin manufacturing the first series of its GEN 1 hydrogen panels for demonstration, as the last…

Massive distillation column delivered to Borealis’ new PDH plant

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) has announced an important milestone in the construction of its world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Kallo, Belgium: the propylene splitter — one of the largest equipment units ever delivered to the port of Antwerp…

Indorama acquires PET-recycling facility in Brazil

Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced that it has, through its indirect subsidiary Indorama Ventures Polimeros S.A., acquired a 100% equity stake in AG Resinas Ltda., a limited-liability company incorporated in Brazil. IVL completed the transaction on June 8,…

Siemens and Exyte join forces to deliver integrated solutions for fast-track construction of smart biotech facilities

Siemens Digital Industries (Nuremberg) and Exyte Management GmbH (Stuttgart, both Germany) join forces to offer end-to-end solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry by combining the digitalization expertise of Siemens with the innovation boost from Exyte. Against the background of the current…

Syncrude Canada awards services contract to Worley

Syncrude Canada Ltd (Syncrude) has awarded Worley (North Sydney, Australia) a services agreement for its Canadian hydrocarbon facilities. Under the agreement, Worley will provide construction and site maintenance services at the facilities over a five year term. This continues Worley’s…