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Joule and Red Rock Biofuels announce merger plans

Joule Unlimited (Bedford, Mass.; www.jouleunlimited.com), the pioneer of liquid fuels from recycled CO2, and Red Rock Biofuels LLC (Fort Collins, Colo.; www.redrockbio.com), a leading developer of renewable jet and diesel fuel biorefineries, today announced their intent to merge. Red Rock…

Technip awarded contract for a hydrogen plant in Montana

  Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a significant contract by CHS Inc. to provide proprietary technology and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a 40,000-Nm3/h grassroots hydrogen plant at the CHS Refinery in Laurel, Montana. The plant is part…

MHPS receives order for gas turbine and generator from Korea Petrochemical

  Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order for a gas-fired H-25 gas turbine and a generator from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., (KPIC). The turbine and generator will be installed in an in-house power…

PTTGC selects Ineos process technology for U.S. polyethylene plant

Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene S process for the manufacture of medium-density and high-density polyethylene to PTTGC America LLC, an affiliate of PTT, Thailand’s largest petrochemical and refining company, at its new cracker complex to be…

Indorama to acquire selected Cepsa assets in Spain

Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) has signed an agreement to purchase the purified isopthalic acid (PIA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) business of Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (CEPSA Spain) in Guadarranque-San Roque,…

Celanese announces acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer capacity expansions in Texas

Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced that it will expand acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) capacity in North America. Celanese will implement a series of low-capital debottlenecks in its Clear Lake, Tex., acetic acid facility and expects up…

Johnson Matthey to provide methanation technology for Inner Mongolia coal-to-chemicals plant

Inner Mongolia Lianhe Energy Co. has entered into a contract with Johnson Matthey Process Technologies (JMPT; London, U.K.; www.matthey.com) for the supply of a methanation technology license, engineering, catalysts and technical services for a major new coal-to-chemicals plant.   The plant,…

FSA representatives negotiate sealing-device inclusion in WTO Environmental Goods Agreement

Representatives of the Fluid Sealing Association (FSA; Wayne, Pa.; www.fluidsealing.com) and the European Sealing Association are leading efforts to create a new market access platform for sealing device technology with the World Trade Organization's "Environmental Goods" Trade Agreement. Seventeen trade…

Solenis announces acquisition in Brazil

Solenis (Wilmington, Del.; www.solenis.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase 100% of the shares of Quimatec Produtos Químicos Ltda. (www.quimatec.com.br) and Locatec de Araraquara Ltda-Me, both located in Brazil. The transaction is expected to close by…

Gevo enters licensing agreement with Praj for renewable isobutanol technology

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) has entered into a license agreement and a joint development agreement with Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India; www.praj.net) to enable the licensing of Gevo’s isobutanol technology to processors of non-corn-based sugars, including the majority of…