PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Piller partnering with GIG Karasek for the world’s most powerful heat pump system to Indian Oil Corporation developing a mega petrochemical complex at Paradip, India, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Industry players have come up with innovative new technologies such as chemical recycling to ensure that even hard-to-recycle plastics can be recycled by converting it into raw materials in order to create new virgin plastic products. Not only this, entire value chains can now be sustainably transformed by utilizing not only recycled feedstocks but also renewable feedstocks for the production of plastics.

Gevo and Axens have plans to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel using the ethanol-to-jet pathway. Both the companies also intend to combine their technical resources to accelerate the commercialization of Gevo’s patented, next-generation ethanol-to-olefins technology.

Adnoc and Osaka Gas have entered into a 15 year long sales and purchase agreement for the supply of up to 0.8 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas from Adnoc’s lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project.

Honeywell has successfully purchased Air Products’ LNG Process Technology and Equipment Business for 1.81 billion dollars. The move is in line with Air Products’ goal of focusing on its two-pillar growth strategy to profitably grow its core industrial gases and related equipment businesses, and to deliver clean hydrogen at scale.

Chuangui New Energy company will make use of Topsoe’s licensing and engineering design services and technologies, including its Hydroflex technology, proprietary equipment and catalysts to produce SAF as well as renewable diesel in China.

Evonik has merged its Silica and Silanes business lines to establish Smart Effects, a new entity. With this merger, the expertise of both the business lines will be used to deliver innovative solutions.

Linde has plans to de-captivate two air separation units as well as expand its existing supply of industrial gases to Tata Steel in Odisha, India. Both the ASUs are currently under construction and Linde will supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Tata Steel under a long-term agreement.

The Pepperl+Fuchs Group has introduced Tab-Ex 05, a new tablet which offers 5G support. Designed for use in hazardous areas, the tablet is capable of meeting the high demands of digitalized process chains in IOT and Industry 4.0 scenarios.

Trafigura and CF Industries have announced that the Green Power Medium Gas Carrier which was loaded with ammonia and propane in separate tanks has completed a single voyage from the US to Europe.