Baker Hughes and the University of California, Berkeley are planning to establish the Baker Hughes Institute for Decarbonization Materials at UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry. The Institute aims to accelerate the deployment and scaling of cost-effective climate technology solutions.

Shell Singapore has successfully completed the sale of its Energy and Chemicals Park in Singapore to CAPGC, a joint venture between Chandra Asri Capital and Glencore Asian Holdings.

Mantec Technical Ceramics, working in conjunction with fellow group company Xtract Filtration Systems, is capping off a highly encouraging Q1 with the signing of an order worth around 300,000 pounds with one of the world’s leading precious metals companies.

With an aim to establish a Global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for battery production in Canada, Siemens has plans to make a hefty investment of approximately 97 million euros over a period of five years.

Both of Lhyfe’s planned green hydrogen production projects in Wallsend, North Tyneside, and Kemsley, Kent, have been shortlisted under the UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2, a public auction system to support the production of low-carbon or renewable hydrogen.

From June 2025, OQ Chemicals has plans to begin heptanoic acid production in Oberhausen, Germany. With this, the company aims to strengthen its carboxylic acid portfolio and enhance supply chain security for its customers.

Saipem has recently won new offshore contracts in the Middle East and Guyana worth 720 million dollars. The first contract involves the engineering, procurement, construction and installation activities for the repair of damaged subsea pipelines for a major client in Middle East. The second contract involves the EPCI of subsea structures, umbilicals, risers and flowlines for the production facility and gas export system of the proposed Hammerhead oil field development project.

Solvay has launched a new rare earths production line for permanent magnets at the La Rochelle facility in France. The move is expected to improve Europe's sovereignty and support the Critical Raw Materials Act.

Clariant and Technip Energies has launched Styromax UL-100, its most advanced ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst to date. The catalyst offers exceptional performance at unprecedented low steam-to-oil ratios of 0.76 by weight for styrene production.

Japanese energy company Eneos has partnered with Honeywell to begin basic engineering for what is set to be the first commercial-scale hydrogen supply chain in Japan based on MCH (methylcyclohexane). The project aims to facilitate hydrogen transport using Honeywell UOP’s dehydrogenation process, supporting production, storage, distribution, and material recycling within Eneos refineries.