Equipment
Pertamina says crucial unit of Balikpapan refinery upgrade will start in Q4
Balikpapan is one of Pertamina's largest refineries and the upgrade is designed to increase its refining capacity to from 260,000 bpd to 360,000 bpd, as well as improve its efficiency and diversify its operations.
Chinese refiner Yulong brings second steam cracker online
The refiner now operates two 200,000-bpd crude oil units at the $20-B complex built on a man-made island in the Longkou county of Yantai city.
ReElement Technologies expands Noblesville refinery by 141% to accelerate rare earth and critical mineral production
American Resources Corp., through its holding in ReElement Technologies Corp., a U.S. innovator in rare earth element (REE) and critical mineral refining, announced the 141% expansion of its Noblesville critical mineral refining facility.
Clariant SynDane™ catalyst achieves performance milestones at Wanhua maleic anhydride plant
Clariant announced the solid performance of its SynDane 3142 LA catalyst at Wanhua Chemical's maleic anhydride plant in Yantai, Shandong province, China.
Brineworks raises €6.8 MM to scale direct air capture for eFuels, aiming for sub-€100/t CO₂ capture
Amsterdam-based climate tech startup Brineworks has secured €6.8 MM in new funding to accelerate commercialization of its ultra-low-cost direct air capture (DAC) technology.
Scrubgrass Generating facility has selected Valmet DNAe automation system to enhance plant efficiency and support its environmental goals
Valmet has received an order from Scrubgrass Generating for the Valmet DNAe distributed control system (DCS).
INEOS Inovyn to mothball its chloromethane production facility in Tavaux, France
INEOS Inovyn announced that is has mothballed its chloromethane production facility in Tavaux, France. The decision reflects persistently weak market demand, regulatory challenges and increased operational and energy costs.
Coolbrook's pilot plant successfully cracks 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil
Coolbrook has achieved a major breakthrough in circular plastics and materials by successfully cracking 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil at its large-scale pilot facility using the RotoDynamic Reactor™ technology.
Digital Exclusive: Heat exchanger body flange: The gasket is not always tight enough
Shell-and-tube heat exchangers (STHEs) are used abundantly throughout the chemical, oil and gas, and fertilizer industries. Their service is essential to numerous processes—it can be said that without them, it is impossible to successfully build and operate a plant. Body flanges, also referred to as girth flanges, are critical elements of STHEs, and are incorporated to help with maintenance, cleaning and inspection of STHEs during service.
- Honeywell collaborates with SAF One and Tata Projects to enable sustainable aviation fuel production 1/29
- Casale and OMNI Sign MoA to jointly advance waste-to-green methanol and hydrogen technologies 1/29
- GIZ and thyssenkrupp nucera partner to advance green hydrogen and power-to-X markets in India 1/29
- IACS issues new Unified Requirement on ammonia release mitigation systems 1/29
- TotalEnergies and Mozambique announce the full restart of the $20-B Mozambique LNG project 1/29
- CF Industries, POET launch low-carbon fertilizer pilot to cut ethanol production carbon intensity 1/29
