Reactors
Technip Energies awarded proprietary equipment contract by CP Chem for low-CO2 cracking furnace technology
Technip Energies has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract by Chevron Phillips Chemical for the supply of a proprietary low-emission cracking furnace in an existing olefins unit at its facility in Sweeny, Texas (U.S.).
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.
Decarbonizing steam crackers: Key technical challenges of transitioning from natural gas to hydrogen
In the petrochemical industry, olefin crackers utilize significant amounts of heat to crack hydrocarbons into essential chemicals, such as olefins and aromatics.
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.
BASF, University of Graz develop new computer-assisted model to optimize biocatalytic production processes
BASF, University of Graz develop new computer-assisted model to optimize biocatalytic production processes The computer model enables a new understanding of enzymatic catalysis, production processes can be scaled up faster from the lab to industrial manufacturing, and it provide greater sustainability in biocatalysis thanks to lowered costs and resource consumption.
Samsung C&T to build Korea's fist ammonia import terminal for co-firing power generation
The terminal will include facilities for storing, unloading, and transporting ammonia. A 30,000-ton storage tank will be used to compress and store ammonia for co-firing power generation. The terminal will also use a fuel blend comprised of at least 20% ammonia for co-firing with coal to reduce carbon emissions.
NEXTCHEM awarded study/pre-FEED contract for a 500,000-tpy low-carbon fertilizer plant in France
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions) has been awarded by FertigHy a feasibility study and pre-FEED contract for a 500,000 tpy of nitrogen-based fertilizers plant in France.
Sungrow Hydrogen wins contract for world's largest green H2, ammonia and methanol integrated project
Sungrow Hydrogen was awarded a contract by China Energy Engineering Corporation for the Songyuan Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park project in Jilin China, the world's largest green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol integrated project.
Aether Fuels secures $34 MM to scale-up proprietay sustainable fuels technology
Aether Fuels announced that it has secured $34 MM in Series A financing from a syndicate of global investors. With this financing, Aether plans to accelerate the scale-up of Aether Aurora™, the company’s proprietary technology to create sustainable fuels for the aviation and ocean shipping industries.
Mammoet completes heavy haul for Portugal's Sines Industrial Complex's ALBA project
The ALBA project will see significant expansion of the Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal. This large facility includes a linear polyethylene plant and a polypropylene plant.
- thyssenkrupp Uhde completes pre-FEED for HAMR Energy’s renewable fuels project in Australia 8/21
- CMB.TECH completes merger with Golden Ocean 8/21
- Ketjen introduces new breakthrough catalyst that mitigates the effects of iron poisoning in FCCUs 8/20
- Sumitomo Chemical achieves scale-up of its process for producing propylene directly from ethanol 8/20
- EcoCortec, Jakob Schober GmbH awarded sustainability award for closed-loop circular films solution 8/20
- Addverb reinvents its factory automation development with Siemens Xcelerator 8/20
