Project Management
Hitachi Energy provides solution for Chinese green hydrogen-ammonia-methanol integrated project
Hitachi Energy has delivered rectifier transformers for electrolytic hydrogen to a hydrogen industry park built by China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) in Songyuan, a city in northeast China.
Uniper, thyssenkrupp Uhde partner to build large-scale ammonia cracker in Germany
thyssenkrupp Uhde and Uniper are entering into a strategic partnership to bring a key technology for global hydrogen trading to industrial maturity: the large-scale ammonia cracker. In a first step, a demonstration plant with a capacity of 28 tpd ammonia will be built at Uniper’s Gelsenkirchen-Scholven site in Germany.
SIBUR-Sinopec's Amur GCC expects to produce first polyethylene in Q3 2026
The Amur Gas Chemical Complex (AGCC), which is 60% owned by Russian petrochemical group SIBUR and 40% by China's Sinopec, expects to produce its first polyethylene in the third quarter of 2026.
ExxonMobil Joliet refinery (U.S.) running unit at reduced rate
ExxonMobil was operating the catalytic cracker unit at its 275,000-bpd Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) refinery at reduced rates earlier this week. The refinery ran its 98,000-bpd catalytic cracker unit at approximately 50% capacity due to unspecified mechanical issues.
trinamiX and BASF showcase new technologies for polyamide 6 recycling: An approach to circularity in the textile industry
trinamiX showcased its mobile solution for reliable textile identification, including the new handheld spectrometer trinamiX PAL Two, and BASF presents loopamid®, the recycled polyamide 6 based entirely on textile waste
Bureau Veritas grants AiPs for IMODCO’s portfolio of jetty-less solutions for new energies transfers
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) issued Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for a portfolio of jetty-less solutions to offshore transfer large-volume ammonia.
Emerson’s ‘Project Beyond’ to modernize and seamlessly integrate the industrial automation technology stack
Global industrial technology leader Emerson is pioneering a new software-defined enterprise operations platform – dubbed Project Beyond – that will fundamentally change today’s approach to industrial automation.
Neste starts SAF production at its Rotterdam refinery
A major Technip Energies project has come to fruition with the start of production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by Neste at its modified refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
ADNOC and EGA sign $500-MM deal to localize supply of key raw material in aluminum production
ADNOC and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced a five-year $500-MM supply agreement for up to 1.5 MMt of calcined petroleum coke (petcoke) from the Ruwais refinery (UAE), a key raw material used in aluminum production.
hte and Heraeus Precious Metals collaborate on catalytic ammonia cracking
hte and precious metals specialist Heraeus Precious Metals signed a R&D service agreement. The main focus of this collaboration is the screening of different materials for catalytic ammonia cracking in order to obtain hydrogen.

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