Pertamina, PT Pupuk Indonesia, and Mitsubishi Corporation have collaborated under an agreement to develop the green hydrogen and green ammonia value chain and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) businesses in Indonesia. The move is in line with the country’s aim of reducing emissions by 29 % by 2030.

Asahi Kasei announces that on October 21, 2021, Tongsuh Petrochemical, a wholly owned subsidiary in South Korea, acquired the widely recognized international certification ISCC Plus for its acrylonitrile (AN) as a sustainable product, and production of AN using biomass propylene is scheduled to begin in February 2022.

With an aim to reduce industry emissions, ExxonMobil has plans to develop a hydrogen production plant along with one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects at its Baytown site in Texas, USA.

ExxonMobil has plans to discontinue operations of the Sakhalin-1 project which comprises a consortium of Japanese, Indian and Russian companies. The company will also not make any new investments in Russia.

The advanced CA900 Titration Analyzer from Electro-Chemical Devices automates the alkalinity measurement process in water. The analyzer proves beneficial across diverse sectors such as drinking water, wastewater, food, beverage, and pharmaceuticals.

Oriental Energy has collaborated with Honeywell to establish a one-million-ton sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Maoming, China. The plant will make use of the Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology and is expected to be one of the world’s largest SAF production facilities using used cooking oils and animal fats as feedstocks.

Halliburton has launched a new chemical reaction plant in Saudi Arabia which is claimed to be the first of its kind in the country. Situated at the PlasChem Park in Jubail, the plant manufactures a broad range of chemicals for the oil and gas value chain as well as other diverse industries.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is characterised by its high availability at competitive conditions and a lower emission burden compared to the combustion of coal and oil. As it is highly flammable, explosion protection must be guaranteed throughout the entire value chain. R. Stahl supports this sector with explosion-protected products and systems for all process steps from natural gas extraction to liquefaction and transport, all the way through to reconversion and supply.

Behind any complex pharmaceutical project, stands the supplier with a well-oiled machine, ensuring smooth internal processing and creating an important link between sales, the project manager and the pharmaceutical client. In an interview with Glatt expert Stephan Rüscher, PROCESS took a look inside the engine room. His credo: To make things easy for the customer!

Nuberg EPC has bagged a contract from the Indian Government’s enterprise Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore for developing a brown field 1650 TPD NPK plant on EPC-LSTK basis in Kochi, Kerala. The project is expected to increase the total production capacity to 3,650 TPD of complex fertilizer.