Construction
Stamicarbon awarded technology and PDP contracts for urea plant in Egypt
MAIRE announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, has been awarded the licensing and the process design package for the upgrade and expansion of El Delta Company for Fertilizer and Chemical Industries’ urea plant in Talkha, Egypt.
Hygenco enters into MoU with REC to finance green ammonia project in India
Hygenco Green Energies Pvt. Ltd., a pioneer in producing low-cost green hydrogen (H2), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) REC Ltd. (previously Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd.) for financing Hygenco's Green Ammonia Project in Gopalpur, Odisha.
Canada's Woodland Biofuels to invest $1.35 B at Port of Louisiana (U.S.) for renewable fuels plant
Canadian renewable fuel company Woodland Biofuels has announced an investment of $1.35 B at the Port of South Louisiana to establish a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant and ultra-green hydrogen (H2) facility.
SOCAR awards NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade/expand Heydar Aliyev refinery in Azerbaijan
SOCAR has awarded NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade and expand the capacity of the Heydar Aliyev Oil refinery industrial complex in Baku, Azerbaijan.
KazMunayGas begins construction on $7.4-B polyethylene complex in Kazakhstan
KazMunayGas has begun construction on a $7.4-B, 1.25-MMtpy polyethylene plant in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan. The project will establish an oil and gas chemical industry cluster in the country’s western region.
KBC acquires Flaretot Limited, a software provider specializing in flare system designs
KBC announced it had acquired Flaretot® Limited, a leading simulation software provider specializing in the design and evaluation of flare systems for hydrocarbon processing plants.
Mitsubishi to buy low-carbon ammonia from ExxonMobil's hydrogen facility in Texas (U.S.)
Mitsubishi said it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a stake in and offtake low-carbon ammonia from ExxonMobil's hydrogen facility in Texas. Part of its decarbonization drive, Japan is aiming to increase usage of hydrogen and its derivative, ammonia, for co-firing at power plants, usage in the steel and automobile industries and other areas.
Effective inventory management during a turnaround
Nothing will impede a successful plant turnaround like improper planning. One aspect of this planning is effective inventory management, and the keys to achieving this are properly identifying and communicating maintenance needs.
Occidental's 1PointFive secures funding of up to $500 MM from U.S. DOE
Occidental Petroleum's carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) unit 1PointFive said on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has committed up to $500 MM to support the development of its South Texas Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub.
BASF inaugurates new plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Antwerp Verbund site
BASF has inaugurated a new world-scale production plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. This new investment will increase the company’s global annual production capacity for alkyl ethanolamines, including dimethyl ethanolamine (DMEOA) and methyl diethanolamine (MDEOA), by nearly 30% to over 140,000 tpy.
- Fire at Russian petrochemicals plant kills at least three 4/2
- NH3 Clean Energy selects Linde to deliver FEED for the WAH2 project 4/2
- Phelan Green selects Honeywell process technology for flagship South African eSAF facility 4/2
- Metafuels secures Dutch government grant to advance Rotterdam eSAF project 4/2
- Topsoe partners with Hynfra P.S.A. to advance green ammonia in Jordan 4/2
- China calls for independent refiners to maintain fuel output amid war disruption 4/2
