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Sinopec, Aramco start building $10-B petchem complex in China's Fujian

Sinopec Corp and Saudi Aramco have started constructing a $10-B refinery and petrochemical complex in southeast China's Fujian province, marking another big investment in the country's recent wave of petrochemicals expansions.

CTCI awarded $417-MM EPC contract to build ethylene storage in Qatar

CTCI Corporation awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Ras Laffan Petrochemicals for the $417-MM, 30,000-t Qatar RLP Ethylene Storage EPC project. 

India shaping up as refining hub, to rely on fossil fuels until 2040

India, the world's No.3 oil importer and consumer, is expected to rely on fossil fuels until at least 2040 and is positioning itself as a refining hub, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. 

Sinopec starts up 1.2-MMtpy ethylene complex in north China's Tianjin

The new 1.2-MMtpy ethylene complex in northern China, part of China's recent additions of large-scale petrochemical plants, is designed to provide 4 MMtpy of high-end chemical products and fine chemical feedstocks.

Topsoe to provide technology for one of Brazil’s first commercial-scale SAF plants

Topsoe will provide its HydroFlex and H2bridge technologies to Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense's 16,000-bpd renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel plant in Brazil.

DG Fuels to build $5-B, 193-MMgpy SAF facility in Minnesota (U.S.)

DG Fuels announced the selection of a site for a roughly $5-B manufacturing facility in Moorhead, Minnesota, that will produce 193 MMgpy of low-carbon aviation fuel (SAF) using agricultural and wood waste as feedstock.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies, Licella to develop global low-carbon biomass-to-biofuel commercial solutions

Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Licella have formed a new upgrading technology collaboration to develop a low-carbon, integrated solution for converting biomass into advanced biofuels. This initiative aims to unlock a new value chain for the production of low-carbon fuels, addressing growing global demand for sustainable energy solutions, including sustainable aviation fuel.

LanzaTech and Eramet plan integrated CCUS project in Norway

LanzaTech Global, Inc., the carbon recycling company transforming above-ground carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, materials and proteins, will develop a commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization (CCU) facility at Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway.

Thai SCG halts operations at $5.4-B Vietnam petrochemical complex

Siam Cement Group said it has suspended commercial operation at its $5.4-B Long Son Petrochemicals complex in Vietnam after only one month due to "the chemicals' low margin".

Research on vibration analysis and control of rotating axial flow pumps

CTCI Corp.: Yuehai, Y.

Vibration of axial flow pumps has emerged as a key problem to the long-term, reliable and stable operation of these pumps in the chemical industry.  This article dives into this issue and provides analysis and remedy.