Air Products has entered into an investment agreement with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Uzbekneftegaz JSC to acquire, own and operate a natural gas-to-syngas processing facility in Uzbekistan. The plant is claimed to be one of the most advanced energy plants in the world and currently produces 1.5 million tonnes per year of high value-add synthetic fuels for domestic use and export.

Sasa Polyester Sanayi has selected Honeywell’s Oleflex technology to build the world’s largest propane dehydrogenation unit in Yumurtalık, Turkey. On completion, the facility is expected to produce 1-million-tons of propylene annually.

Air Liquide will offer a customized solution to Verallia’s glass production plant in Pescia, Italy. The solution aims at reducing CO2 emissions and energy consumption at the site. The firm will also build and operate for Verallia a new generation onsite oxygen production unit in Pescia, Italy.

With the establishment of the 50:50 joint venture, Sasol and Topsoe aim to develop, build, own, and operate sustainable aviation fuel plants as well as market sustainable aviation fuels on a global scale.

Neste and Air Canada have expanded their partnership and Neste will now be supplying an additional 7,500 tons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Air Canada which will be used to power the airline’s flights from the San Francisco International Airport.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of May 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Topsoe developing the world’s first industrial scale SOEC electrolyzer facility to Mc Dermott securing a PMC contract for India's first mega-scale MAH plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Holcim will make use of Air Liquide’s proprietary Cryocap carbon capture innovative technology for its new cement production plant that is currently under development in Belgium.

Air Products Membrane Solutions has plans to invest 10 million dollars for expanding its membrane production capacity at its St. Louis, Missouri facility in the USA. The move will create additional highly-skilled job opportunities as well as enable the firm to better support its customers.

For its Industrial Merchant business line, Air Liquide has signed 52 new long-term on-site contracts in 2022. On-site production of gases proves to be an environmentally-friendly solution for customers that require a local and reliable gas supply.

Enel Green Power has entered into two power purchase agreements with Air Liquide and Sasol for the supply of 220 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site in South Africa. The move is expected to decarbonize the Secunda site.