Construction

Trump administration (U.S.) axes $3.7-B in green energy projects

The U.S. has axed awards to 24 green energy projects issued during U.S. President Joe Biden's administration that totaled more than $3.7 billion, the Energy Department said. These include projects from ExxonMobil, Heidelberg Materials and Eastman Chemical

Hitachi Energy provides solution for Chinese green hydrogen-ammonia-methanol integrated project

Hitachi Energy has delivered rectifier transformers for electrolytic hydrogen to a hydrogen industry park built by China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) in Songyuan, a city in northeast China.

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UPM cancels second Rotterdam biomass-to-fuels refinery

UPM plans to discontinue the development of its potential second biomass-to-fuels refinery at the Port of Rotterdam. UPM plans to halt all engineering work related to the CAPEX investment and withdraw from all site-related commitments associated with the Rotterdam investment

Uniper, thyssenkrupp Uhde partner to build large-scale ammonia cracker in Germany

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Uniper are entering into a strategic partnership to bring a key technology for global hydrogen trading to industrial maturity: the large-scale ammonia cracker. In a first step, a demonstration plant with a capacity of 28 tpd ammonia will be built at Uniper’s Gelsenkirchen-Scholven site in Germany.

Wood selected as project management consultancy for first major methanol plant in the UAE

Wood has secured a contract from TA’ZIZ to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the development of the UAE’s first methanol production facility in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi.

Hunt Refining's Tuscaloosa refinery (U.S.) expedites maintenance, repairs on fire-damaged coker unit

Hunt Refining has expedited and started maintenance and repairs on the fire-damaged coker unit at its 63,000-bpd petroleum refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama last week.

SIBUR-Sinopec's Amur GCC expects to produce first polyethylene in Q3 2026

The Amur Gas Chemical Complex (AGCC), which is 60% owned by Russian petrochemical group SIBUR and 40% by China's Sinopec, expects to produce its first polyethylene in the third quarter of 2026.

Nigeria's Dangote refinery agrees to export polypropylene with Vinmar

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals said it will partner with Vinmar Group, an international petrochemicals distribution company, to bring Dangote polypropylene to global markets.

Suncor reports flare replacement project at the Montreal refinery in coming weeks

Suncor has announced that it will be erecting metal structures at its 137,000-bpd Monteal refinery for a flare replacement project that will begin in a few weeks.