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Catalysts

WR Grace to acquire global polyolefin catalyts business from BASF

BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business includes its LYNX high-activity PE catalyst technologies that are utilized commercially in slurry processes for the production of high-density PE resins.

Strategic assessment of the Iranian petrochemical industry

Nexant: Spiers, A.
Nexant Energy and Chemicals Advisory: FaÍsca, N.

The recent agreement between Iran and the international community represents clear opportunities and challenges for petrochemical producers.

Build a solid GHG BACT cost-effectiveness calculation to avoid CCS costs

AECOM: Crum, R.

Determining which technology constitutes greenhouse gas (GHG) best available control technology (BACT) for a new or modified facility often hinges on the GHG BACT cost calculation.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

In a market with reduced capital investment budgets, revamps and upgrades are becoming increasingly prevalent to extend asset service life.

Remove O2 and CO from monomer and N2 streams in polymer plants

UOP, a Honeywell company: Smith, D.

To prevent deactivation, the latest generation of polymerization catalysts requires removal of a wide range of contaminants to ultra-low levels in the monomer, comonomer, solvent and reaction-controlling gas streams in polyolefin production processes.

NOx, NOx, who’s there—steam cracker or SMR?

RGK Environmental Consulting, LLC: Kunz, R. G.

This article addresses the generation of thermal NOx in the furnace of each process, NOx abatement by SCR, and premature degradation of SCR catalyst by chromium species in the flue gas.

Aggreko awarded US patent for ‘catalyst cooling’ process in refining

The patented solution, developed by Aggreko Process Services (APS) team, focuses on last phase catalyst cooling and uses a combination of heat exchangers, chillers and pumps.

Afton Chemical to expand Singapore additives site

The second phase, which includes the construction of additional component production units, will more than double Afton’s investment in Jurong Island for a total of about S$400 million.

BASF to expand Thai mobile emissions catalysts

The company is planning to construct a new 35,000-square-meter facility to replace its existing plant in Rayong, providing increased operating space and upgraded manufacturing capabilities comparable to BASF’s other automotive catalysts manufacturing sites around the world.

HP News

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Russian blending facility utilizes advanced control technologyLUKOIL’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez gasoline blending facility in Kstovo, Russia, will integrate Honeywell software, which is designed ..

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