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Equinor selects Aker for Mongstad refinery upgrade project
Aker Solutions has been awarded an EPCIC contract by Equinor to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant facilities and lower the environmental impact of the Mongstad refinery in Norway.
Emerson Software helps Covestro increase operational efficiency and sustainability
Global technology and software company Emerson is helping Covestro, a world-leading producer of high-tech polymer materials, to enhance the operational performance and sustainability of its manufacturing facility in Barcelona, Spain.
NEXTCHEM finalizes acquisitions of HyDEP and Dragoni to boost green H2 production tech
NEXTCHEM will combine its technological know-how with HyDEP and Dragoni Group’s competences in electrochemistry to develop and implement its proprietary solutions for green hydrogen production.
Carbon Clean achieves fabrication milestone on FlagshipONE with the project’s first carbon capture unit module
Carbon Clean, a leader in revolutionizing carbon capture solutions, has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale eMethanol facility under construction.
LyondellBasell to build integrated plastic waste recycling hub in Germany
LyondellBasell has secured a location for an integrated plastic waste recycling hub south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany, signing a land lease agreement with YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG. The hub is planned to combine various advanced sorting and recycling operations, helping to address the plastic waste challenge and grow the circular economy.
thyssenkrupp Uhde completes EnviNOx project for Dyno Nobel in Australia
thyssenkrupp Uhde and Dyno Nobel have successfully completed the nitrous oxide abatement project in Moranbah, Australia with the successful commissioning of thyssenkrupp Uhde’s highly effective EnviNOx technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Dyno Nobel’s nitric acid plant in Moranbah, Australia.
India receives fuel oil cargo in Russian SCF tanker after brief halt
A ship controlled by U.S.-sanctioned Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot discharged fuel oil at a western Indian port indicating a resumption in the use of SCF vessels to supply Moscow's key market after a brief halt.
Business Trends: Global chemicals industry outlook for 2024
After a challenging end to 2022, many in the chemical industry anticipated a modest rebound in production in 2023. However, by mid-2023, several chemical companies significantly lowered their expectations.
Global Project Data
Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure (GEI) database is tracking more than 1,200 active projects in the hydrocarbon processing industry.
Refiner Valero beats profit estimates on resilient demand, tight supplies
Refiner Valero Energy beat first-quarter profit estimates, benefiting from sustained demand as supplies remained tight due to disruptions in Russia and maintenance work at U.S. refineries.
- Equinor selects Aker for Mongstad refinery upgrade project 5/1
- Australian researchers testing SAF production from landfill gases 5/1
- ACC responds to U.S. EPA's final risk management rule for methylene chloride 5/1
- Topsoe awarded contract to support FEED study for new low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana (U.S.) 5/1
- ClearSign Technologies receives burner contract for California (U.S.) refinery 5/1
- Traders scramble for U.S. storage as distillates demand disappoints 5/1
