Exxon Mobil’s affiliate Imperial Oil has plans to produce 20,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel at a new complex at Canada’s Strathcona refinery. The complex will make use of locally grown plant-based feedstock and hydrogen with carbon capture and storage to meet the low-carbon fuel standards.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has introduced a scalable system for chemical disinfection. The system is equipped with a compressed air-operated dual-substance nozzle which provides reliable disinfection with hydrogen peroxide and also helps to save costs.

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has selected several companies to conduct a feasibility study on the receiving and distribution business of hydrogen in the Chubu Region. The Study will also aim to focus on developing a large-scale hydrogen supply chain.

Amidst the global pandemic, there was an urgent need to manufacture Covid vaccines across the globe. In this scenario, the pharma company Catalent converted one of its aseptic processing lines, which specialized in powder processing, to liquid processing. The move helped the firm to produce its first commercial batch of Covid vaccines in April 2021.

Linde has signed a long-term agreement with Infineon Technologies to produce and store high-purity green hydrogen as well as other industrial gases at Infineon's Villach site in Austria. Under the contract, Linde will build, own and operate a 2-MW electrolyzer plant which will cater to the company’s semiconductor manufacturing process.

Air Liquide has finalized the takeover of 16 Air Separation Units (ASU) from Sasol in Secunda, South Africa and with this, Air Liquide will also operate the biggest oxygen production site in the world.

BP Australia has revealed that the production of green hydrogen and ammonia using renewable energy is ‎technically feasible at scale in Australia, according to the findings of its latest study. The study further reveals that Western Australia is ideally positioned for the production of these sustainable gases.

Kebotix’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities will aim to improve Johnson Matthey’s (JM) digital transformation in the chemical industry and combined they intend to discover innovative methods to increase the efficiency of experiments leading to the optimization of catalytic converter coating formulations.

A week since the deadly chemical leak at Lyondell Basell’s La Porte facility in Texas, USA, one worker is still struggling for his life and two lawsuits have been filed against the chemical company.

Tenova has introduced the new TRKSX (Tenova Self-ReKuperative Flameless) Smart Burner for heat treatment furnaces in the metals industry. The smart burner also helps to maintain NOx emissions well below the strictest future limits.