Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has agreed to acquire 100% of Mahoney Environmental (Mahoney), a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States, and its affiliated entities. The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use four Honeywell UOP Polybed pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for the second phase of an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The…
Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com), SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and UPM Biofuels (Helsinki, Finland; www.upmbiofuels.com) announced a partnership that will help to reduce the environmental footprint of Dyneema, the world’s strongest fiber. The collaboration will see Dyneema…
Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com) will provide a processing plant integrating HPD crystallization systems designed to extract high-quality potash fertilizer from the brines of the Dead Sea. Population growth, rising incomes and the need for increased fresh food production are expanding…
Preem (Stockholm, Sweden; www.preem.se) has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) HydroFlex renewable-fuel technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at its Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. The 16,000 barrels-per-day (bbl/d) unit will have a yearly production capacity…
The development of renewable energy that is intermittent and decentralized requires the security of the electricity grid through flexible electricity storage capacities, especially in the form of batteries. Total S.A. (Paris France; www.total.com) has launched a battery-based energy storage project…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that OSAKI CoolGen Corporation has implemented UOP SeparAL technology to remove carbon dioxide during coal-gasification processing at its facility in Hiroshima, Japan. The technology significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power generation, enabling OSAKI CoolGen…
SaltX Technology AB (Hägersten, Sweden; www.saltxtechnology.com) announced that its partner in China, Shuangliang Boiler Co. LTD (Shuangliang), has moved into the next phase of its pilot plant project. As part of the development work, design parameters have been set and a…
Bartek Ingredients Inc. (Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada; www.bartek.ca) is announcing a 10,000-metric ton (m.t.) malic acid capacity expansion, to be completed in Q1 2021. This expansion closely follows the previously announced 4,000-m.t. malic acid expansion completed in 2019, as well…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Qatar Petroleum (QP) to sell its 25% share in Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO) for $1 billion. The transaction will mark the conclusion of a long-standing and highly…