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BP and Arzeda enter second phase of renewable chemicals collaboration

BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Arzeda (Seattle, Wash.; www.azeda.com) are pleased to announce they have entered a second extended collaboration agreement for developing a bio-process for production of a renewable chemical of high strategic and industrial interest to BP.After successful…

Baltic Chemical selects Univation technology for multi-plant polyethylene project

Baltic Chemical Plant LLC (BCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of RusGasDobycha, has selected Univation Technologies’ (Houston; www.univation.com) UNIPOL PE Process for six reactor lines to be located at the Ust-Luga marine port located in Leningradsky Region, Russia. Each UNIPOL PE…

ADNOC and Reliance sign framework agreement for potential ethylene dichloride plant

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) signed a Framework Agreement with Reliance Industries Ltd.(RIL; Mumbai, India; www.ril.com) to explore development of an Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) facility in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.Under the terms of the agreement, ADNOC and RIL…

Stora Enso pilots sludge-to-biofuels process at Heinola mill

Sludge is a byproduct of processes carried out in industry and agriculture. It is very wet, so disposing of it is difficult. A pilot project at Stora Enso Oyj’s (Helsinki, Finland; www.storaenso.com) Heinola Mill in Finland addresses this challenge using…

Honeywell UOP technology to purify hydrogen for Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical

Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is using a Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit supplied by Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) to provide high-purity hydrogen to its integrated refining and petrochemicals complex in China. The PSA unit purifies hydrogen…

ACC Chemical Industry Outlook predicts slower growth amid headwinds

U.S. chemical production expanded at a slower pace in 2019 due to trade challenges and slower growth in several key end-use markets for chemistry, according to the American Chemistry Council's (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Year-End 2019 Chemical Industry Situation and…

Nuberg EPC to build chlor-alkali and calcium chloride plant for Oman Chlorine

Project management, engineering, manufacturing and construction firm Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India; www.nubergepc.com) has been awarded a contract for the expansion of an existing 45-ton/d chlor-alkali plant and Greenfield calcium chloride plant project in Sohar, Oman by Oman Chlorine. The…

Citeo, Total, Recycling Technologies, Mars and Nestlé Join Forces to Develop Chemical Recycling of Plastics in France

As part of Citeo’s call for projects to promote eco-design and recycling and recovery projects for plastic and paper in France, leading international energy company Total S.A. (Paris; www.total.com), plastic recycling technology provider Recycling Technologies (www.rtech.co.uk), and global brands Nestlé…

Ineos Styrolution and Agilyx make progress toward establishing a polystyrene-recycling plant in Illinois

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) and Agilyx (Tigard, Ore.; www.agilyx.com) announced that they are advancing the development of a polystyrene (PS) chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois. The facility will be capable of processing up to 100 tons per day of…

Mettler Toledo releases the 2nd edition of Its Best Practice Guide

In the second edition of its guide for chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, Mettler Toledo (Urdorf, Switzerland; www.mt.com) reveals how the latest trends in digital analytics have helped customers solve various measurement challenges and gain full measurement control of critical parameters.…