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Carbon Clean announces successful completion of world’s first industrial deployment of CycloneCC

Carbon Clean announced the successful completion of the world’s first industrial deployment of CycloneCC. The modular unit has achieved the major milestone of around 4,000 operating hours over a six-month period, delivering a high-purity CO2 product

Ergon to invest $400 MM to expand gasoline production at Vicksburg refinery (U.S.)

Ergon Refining Inc. has announced plans to invest $400 MM to expand processing capabilities at our Vicksburg, Mississippi, refinery to include gasoline production, which is expected to come online during the first quarter of 2027.

ExxonMobil to invest more than $100 MM in Baton Rouge upgrade to produce high-purity isopropyl alcohol

ExxonMobil announced its plans to invest more than $100 MM in facility upgrades to produce high-purity isopropyl alcohol, a critical material for semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S. 

Stockholm Exergi to begin building one of the world's largest carbon capture projects using CATACARB Enhanced HPC

With technology licensed from CATACARB, Stockholm Exergi (SE) announced its decision to proceed building one of the world's largest facilities for capture and permanent storage of carbon dioxide. Operations are planned to begin in 2028.

Quaker Houghton completes its acquisition of Dipsol Chemicals and announces its acquisition of Natech

Quaker Houghton, a global industrial process fluids company, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dipsol Chemicals, a supplier of surface treatment and plating solutions and services primarily for the automotive and other industrial applications, for ~$153 MM.

The case for investing in acetic acid

This article dives into the acetic acid market, as well as processing technologies for its production.

KazMunayGas starts building polyethylene plant with Sinopec, SIBUR

The plant will have a pyrolysis unit which will use the technology of the U.S.-based Lummus, an ethylene polymerization unit using the technology of Chevron Phillips Chemical and Univation Technologies, as well as a butene unit using Axens technology

Optimize sulfur recovery: Sub-dewpoint sulfur recovery with interstage membrane

The author’s company’s new sub-dewpoint sulfur recovery with interstage membrane (SSRIM) technology is a breakthrough for the sulfur recovery industry, as it is the first technology capable of achieving an overall recovery efficiency of > 99.9% without requiring a tail gas treating unit. This article discusses the basic SSRIM configuration and its advantages when compared to a traditional Claus/TGT configuration.  

Optimizing NGL treatment for sulfur and methanol reduction at Pembina NGL Corporation’s Redwater fractionation plant—Part 1

This article details a project that optimized sulfur treatment and methanol reduction at Pembina NGL's Redwater plant in Canada.

Lummus successfully starts up PFAS demo unit to destroy "forever chemicals"

Lummus Technology has started up its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) destruction demonstration unit. The at-scale, commercial-ready system uses a combination of advanced technology to destroy PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals."