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Yokogawa enhances IT/OT integration with new release of OpreX Collaborative Information Server

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of the latest version of OpreX™ Collaborative Information Server (CI Server), with enhancements that streamline application assembly and improve external connectivity.

BASF introduces first superabsorbent polymer with product carbon footprint of zero

BASF now offers HySorb® B 6610 ZeroPCF, the first polyacrylate-based superabsorbent polymer marketed with a product carbon footprint of zero for the hygiene industry. The zero PCF is achieved by utilizing renewable energy in addition to the established biomass balance approach in the production process at the Antwerp Verbund site.

Power2X awards Worley contract for its 250,000-tpy eFuels Rotterdam project

Power2X has contracted Worley to provide engineering and project management services for its eFuels Rotterdam project–a world-scale production facility for sustainable aviation fuel and ultra-low carbon fuels.

Digital Exclusive: Executive viewpoint-Recycled plastic used in roads as Aramco adopts the circular economy

This article details how Aramco is using recycled plastic waste in the construction of new highways and the program aims to reduce emissions and costs, while improving the quality of road infrastructure by utilizing circularity principles   

Digital Exclusive: A unified approach to methane emissions reporting (3)

This article looks at the causes of methane emissions, new technologies to monitor it and pathways to mitigate them in the future.

Samsung E&A awarded EPC contract for 1.8-MMtpy TA'ZIZ Methanol project in the UAE

Samsung E&A received a Letter of Award for the engineering, procurement and construction of the 1.8-MMtpy TA'ZIZ Methanol Project. The contract value is $1.7 B, with a contract duration of 44 months.

NH3 Clean Energy completes pre-FEED work for WAH2 clean ammonia project in Australia

NH3 Clean Energy announced that it completed the engineering component of its preliminary-front-end engineering and design for its WAH2 clean ammonia project in Australia.

Emerson to acquire remaining outstanding shares of AspenTech

Emerson will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson for $265/share pursuant to an all-cash tender offer. The transaction values the minority stake being acquired at $7.2 B, and values the total company at a fully diluted market capitalization of $17 B with an enterprise value of $16.8 B.

Repsol to use Enerkem's advanced gasification technology for its Ecoplanta facility in Spain

Located in El Morell, Spain, the Ecoplanta facility will use Enerkem's advanced gasification technology to convert non-recyclable municipal waste into 240,000 tpy of methanol.

Pertamina partners with ABL to enhance asset management at its Cilacap refinery (Indonesia)

Pt. Kilang Pertamina Internasional has appointed ABL’s asset integrity management unit to further enhance asset management at the Indonesian national energy company’s Cilacap Refinery Unit IV, located in Central Java, Indonesia.