Mobile Navigation

Latest News

Velocys and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures enter CO2-capture agreement for Mississippi biofuels plant

Velocys Inc. (Plain City, Ohio; www.velocys.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Velocys plc (Velocys), has signed an agreement with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from Velocys’ planned Bayou Fuels biomass-to-fuels project in Natchez, Mississippi,…

2019 Kirkpatrick Award Finalist presentations

Kirkpatrick Award Presentation The 2019 Kirkpatrick Award for Chemical Engineering Achievement will be bestowed during the Chem Show on Wednesday Oct. 23 from 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM in Room 2D12/13. The award has been given by Chemical Engineering every…

Face-to-Face Networking Brings Value to Chem Show

As the latest iteration of the Chem Show kicks off in New York City, exhibitors and attendees alike are anticipating the chance to engage colleagues in face-to-face networking that are afforded by convening a group from multiple sectors of the…

ADNOC, Adani, BASF and Borealis sign MoU to evaluate collaboration for a chemical production complex in Mundra

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to engage in a joint feasibility study to further evaluate a collaboration for the establishment of a chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat,…

Air Liquide to build nitrogen plant to supply polypropylene plant in Kazakhstan

Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com) has announced  a new longterm agreement with Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries (KPI) under which Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases, a joint venture between Air Liquide and national oil company KazMunayGas (KMG), will build, own and operate a…

Borealis to produce polypropylene using Neste’s renewable propane

Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) are entering into strategic cooperation for the production of renewable polypropylene (PP). The co-operation will enable Borealis to start using Neste’s 100% renewable propane produced with Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL…

GEA announces intent to sell its Bock refrigeration division

GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) is exploring a possible sale of GEA Bock as part of the Group’s continued focus on its strategic core markets – the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. As announced at the Capital Markets Day…

Arkema to expand PVDF plant in Changshu

Driven by continued strong growth in the lithium-ion battery market for electric vehicles, Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) will increase the capacity of its high-performance polymer PVDF (polyvinylidene difluoride) dedicated to this market at its Changshu, China plant by approximately 50%.…

LyondellBasell to build molecular-recycling facility in Italy

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) is building a new small-scale pilot facility at its Ferrara, Italy site moving another step closer to converting post-consumer plastic waste into new plastics on a commercial scale. The company selected its Ferrara…

Enterprise products to expand ATEX ethane pipeline

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston; www.enterpriseproducts.com) announced it will proceed with an expansion of its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX) ethane pipeline, based on customer commitments received during a recent 30-day binding open season. The 1,200-mile ATEX pipeline transports ethane from the Marcellus/Utica…