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Clariant's MegaZonE catalyst delivers strong results in Chinese methanol plant

Clariant announced that its MegaZonE technology is delivering excellent performance in the 600,000-tpy methanol plant of CNOOC’s China Blue Chemical Ltd.

Stamicarbon awarded energy efficiency contract for urea plant in China

NEXTCHEM’s subsidiary Stamicarbon will upgrade an existing 3,100-tpd urea plant to reduce energy consumption by up to 20%, thanks to its proprietary Advanced MP Flash Design technology.

BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for acrylics, alcohols, glycol ethers and acetates

BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for acrylics, alcohols, glycol ethers and acetates. With this step, BASF is now able to produce more than 60 products related to this portfolio with one or more sustainability attributes.

Petrobras and Braskem complete tests for renewable content chemical product

Petrobras has successfully finished a series of industrial-scale tests to produce a light hydrocarbon stream (LHR) rich in ethylene, incorporating renewable content. Over the past year, this project, in collaboration with Braskem, has developed a viable renewable raw material for the chemical industry.

Methanex and Entropy partner to reduce emissions in methanol production

Methanex Corporation and Entropy Inc. have entered into an agreement to invest in a preliminary front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) study for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration deployment at Methanex’s Medicine Hat, Alberta facility.

Abraxas Power awards McDermott ECI contract for Canada's first green ammonia plant

McDermott has been awarded an early contractor involvement (ECI) agreement from Abraxas Power Corporation for the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) project located in Central Newfoundland.

ClearSign Technologies to install 26 burners at U.S. Gulf Coast chemical facility

ClearSign Technologies will retrofit four process heaters with a total of 26 ClearSign Core™ burners to be installed in a U.S. Gulf Coast chemical facility.    

ExxonMobil introduces Enable™ 1617 performance polyethylene

Ideal for thin-gauge hand wrap applications, the new resin is designed to help provide high tenacity and consistent extrusion, as well as help enable the incorporation of high loading levels of post-consumer recycled content.

Neste, Mitsubishi Corporation agree on strategic partnership to develop supply chains for renewable chemicals and plastics

Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”) have agreed to establish a strategic partnership focusing on developing value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for and with Japanese brands. The partners are targeting brands in industries such as food and beverage, apparel, and consumer electronics.

Tecnimont awarded green ammonia plant study in India

MAIRE announced that TECNIMONT (Integrated E&C Solutions), through its Indian subsidiary Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), together with NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), has been awarded an engineering design study (first phase of the front-end engineering design) contract by Sembcorp Green Hydrogen India Pvt Ltd for a green ammonia plant to be located in India.