Catalysts
Clariant Catalysts and KBR expand strategic collaboration to boost low-carbon ammonia
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemicals company, will expand its strategic cooperation with KBR in the field of ammonia production.
Catalyst safety assessment: Making catalyst and adsorbent startups safer
An unease around potential high temperature and pressures during fresh catalyst and adsorbent startups—which can lead to situations where designed pressures and temperatures are exceeded—led the authors’ company to create the Catalyst Safety Assessment (CSA) methodology.
The distinct operational advantages of alumina-supported catalysts for hydrocracker pretreat and hydrotreating applications
Hydroprocessing units in refineries process crude oil feedstocks in the presence of hydrogen and catalysts at high temperatures and pressures to produce clean fuels (i.e., gasoline, diesel, jet) while meeting stringent environmental standards dictated by U.S. and EU frameworks.
Clariant's OleMax 260 catalyst delivers strong performance for EQUATE Petrochemical Co.
Clariant announced one-year of successful operation of its novel OleMax 260 catalyst at EQUATE Petrochemical Company’s world-scale steam cracker in Kuwait.
Clariant's MegaZonE catalyst delivers strong results in Chinese methanol plant
Clariant announced that its MegaZonE technology is delivering excellent performance in the 600,000-tpy methanol plant of CNOOC’s China Blue Chemical Ltd.
Innovations
Compact, rugged PC built to connect the industrial floor to the cloud
Technip Energies awarded a significant contract for IOCL’s grassroots naphtha cracking unit at Paradip (India)
Technip Energies has been awarded a significant contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited for the license, basic engineering design package, proprietary equipment and catalyst supply and related services for the 1.5-MMtpy Paradip naphtha cracker unit block of the grassroot petrochemical complex in Paradip, India.
Chevron Lummus Global's ISOTERRA technology selected for SAF project in China
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) has been selected for a groundbreaking sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in China. CLG will provide the technology license, engineering services, and supply proprietary equipment and catalysts for this first-of-its-kind facility.
Transform Materials and Johnson Matthey collaborate to enable lower carbon and mercury-free alternative routes for PVC manufacturing
Scientists and engineers at Transform Materials and Johnson Matthey are applying their combined expertise with the aim of revolutionizing VCM production through a novel, lower-carbon-emission, mercury-free process.
Clariant Catalysts and Lummus Technology win contract for new CATOFIN® plant in China
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, has been awarded a contract to supply CATOFIN catalysts for Qingyang Tongxin Petroleum Technology’s first-ever paraffin dehydrogenation plant.
- JERA signs time charter agreements with NYK and MOL for fuel ammonia carriers 6/23
- Coperion receives LNO from U.S. FDA for HDPE/PP recycling technology 6/23
- Sky Quarry announces Foreland refinery's entrance into the production phase 6/23
- AGPC awards Baker Hughes long-term service contract for Nigerian gas plant 6/23
- Velan announces closing of sale of controlling shareholder’s interest to Birch Hill for nearly C$204 MM 6/23
- S&B receives AFPM Contractor Safety Achievement Award 6/23
