According to water-electrolysis specialist Nel Hydrogen, the market driving a large part of the significant growth in hydrogen generation via electrolysis is the chemical manufacturing industry, with especially large demand from applications like ammonia and methanol production, but also in…
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has turned its Chinese affiliate, Wuxi Compressor Co., Ltd., into a subsidiary after acquiring additional shares in the company in April 2020. Based in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi Compressor manufactures designs and sells non-standard (process…
In Canada, the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) system, the world’s newest large-scale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) project, is now fully operational, said Enhance Energy, one of the project’s partners. The ACTL system captures industrial emissions and delivers…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) has completed the divestment of the Shaw Group pipe fabrication assets to Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings. After this acquisition, Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings will rename itself Shaw Acquisitions Holdings and operate the business as Shaw. The acquisition reestablishes…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has announced a long-term partnership with Nutrien Ltd, the largest integrated agricultural company in the world, for the supply of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride to Arkema’s Calvert City (Kentucky) site. This project has many advantages, as it…
WHITE PAPER — Crude distillation unit (CDU) optimization The use of multi-channel on-line FT-NIR analyzer technology for the optimization of an atmospheric distillation unit CDU advanced process control is often implemented using a traditional chemical engineering approach through multiple control…
LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.), a leading biotech company and carbon recycler, has successfully launched LanzaJet, Inc., a new company that will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). With its approach to commercialization of SAF, LanzaJet is creating regional jobs while enabling global…
Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro; Oslo, Norway) and Northvolt announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) to enable recycling of battery materials and aluminum from electric vehicles. Through Hydro Volt AS, the companies plan to build a pilot battery-recycling plant,…
Air Products South Africa has announced that Air Products’ On-Sites Projects Team recently celebrated the successful commissioning of the second Prism Nitrogen production unit at Tronox Mineral Sands in Empangeni, KZN, South Africa. The plant will be owned and operated…
HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to convert the Cheyenne Refinery to renewable diesel production and to construct a pre-treatment unit (PTU) located at the Artesia Refinery. Including the previously announced renewable…