Engineering & Design
Borouge to develop AI-powered autonomous UAE operations to accelerate growth and value creation
The collaboration between Borouge and Honeywell is set to deliver the petrochemical industry’s first AI-driven control room designed for full-scale, real-time operation, establishing a new standard for the future of AI in petrochemicals.
Ch0C gas boiler: A French consortium innovates for industrial decarbonization
The low-carbon gas boiler Ch0C has just been commissioned at the Villers-Saint-Paul site (Oise) after only three years of agile and collaborative work.
Taiwanese container ship operator to install WinGD's methanol engines across more than 30 vessels
WinGD will provide X‑DF‑M dual-fuel methanol and X-Engine methanol-ready engine designs for over 30 container vessels to be built for a major Taiwanese container ship operator.
Wood to design upgrades at Ecopetrol refinery for cleaner fuels production
Wood has been awarded a contract by Colombia's majority state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, to deliver the detailed engineering design for upgrades at its Barrancabermeja refinery in Colombia.
Saudi Arabia's CMDC (BCI group) awards thyssenkrupp nucera key contract for chlor-alkali plant expansion in Jubail
Chemical Marketing and Distribution Company (CMDC), part of Basic Chemical Industries Company (BCI), has commissioned thyssenkrupp nucera to implement the next expansion phase of its chlor-alkali plant in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.
BEL Valves supplies six-figure order for Europe’s largest processing plant
BEL Valves, which manufactures high integrity valves, complete with actuation and control systems for oil and gas, hydrogen (H2) and carbon capture installations, has supplied valves worth six figures to Norwegian multinational energy company, Equinor for its Kårstø processing plant in Norway.
Chemistry researchers publish paper in outlining more efficient photoredox catalysis system
Colorado State University (U.S.) researchers have published a paper in Science that describes a new and more efficient light-based process for transforming fossil fuels into useful modern chemicals.
Yokogawa collaborates with Shell on robotics and AI technology for plant maintenance
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has formalized a long-term agreement with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. to integrate and further develop technologies for utilizing robots and drones in plant monitoring and maintenance.
Alder Process Technology uses APS to produce low-carbon marine fuels
Alder Process Technology has provided recent progress on its efforts to accelerate decarbonization of the marine fuel sector using Alder Pyrolytic Sugars (APS). APS is created using our proprietary biocrude oil fractionation technology, which converts fast pyrolysis oil derived from sustainably sourced biomass into two products: the pyrolytic sugar fraction, resulting in APS, and the pyrolytic lignin fraction, resulting in Alder Renewable Crude (ARC).
Phoenix Contact introduces intrinsic safety versions of the MINI Analog Pro Ex conditioners for hazardous areas
Phoenix Contact introduced intrinsic safety versions of the MINI Analog Pro Ex signal conditioners, featuring both energy-limiting and functional safety in a compact package. With these new signal conditioners, process engineers can isolate, convert, filter, and amplify signals in the most hazardous areas.
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- Westlake to rationalize certain North American chlorovinyl and styrene assets 12/16
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- Petrovietnam, BASF cooperate in developing green methanol, pioneering the energy transition 12/16

