Teijin Frontier’s subsidiary Teijin Polyester (Thailand) Ltd (TPL) has plans to develop a new facility in Thailand which will convert plastic bottles into recycled polyester chips for the production of polyester filament. The new unit is scheduled to begin operations in January 2022 and produce 7,000 tons of recycled polyester chips every year by 2025.

Under the terms of the agreement, Posco and BHP will jointly promote R&D in manufacturing high-strength cokes and utilizing biomass, enhancing the reporting systems for estimating GHG emissions across the entire supply chain, and developing carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies.

DSL Japan, a joint venture of Evonik and Shionogi, has plans to expand its specialty silica solutions by 30 % with the help of the new production line at its site in Ako, Japan. With this new unit, the company plans to meet the growing demand from across the world.

Under the three agreements signed between BP, Adnoc and Masdar, the companies jointly aim to develop low carbon hydrogen hubs and decarbonized air corridors between the UK and UAE. BP and Adnoc also have plans to continue decarbonizing existing oil and gas operations by using methane detection, CCUS and pioneering digital technologies.

Air Liquide has teamed up with Total Energies to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in the Normandy industrial basin in France. A large-scale CO2 capture and storage solution (CCS) will also be implemented at the site.

There’s a new innovative and revolutionary microfluidic system which allows the mixing and extracting operations to be carried out using a mini glass chip which was otherwise conventionally performed with large-scale equipment. This microfluidic process boasts of combining numerous microfluidic chips simultaneously, thus, creating a ‘desktop chemical plant.’ Now, NTHU and Daicel have plans to integrate this microfluidic system into the chemical manufacturing industry.

Wood has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services contract for expanding and improving Renewable Energy Group’s (REG) renewable diesel biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana, USA. On completion, the project is expected to produce 340 million gallons of renewable diesel.

Under a MOU signed between Haldor Topsoe and Hyundai Oilbank, the two companies will work together to explore opportunities within blue and green hydrogen, waste plastic recycling, bio-refinery, eFuels, CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and other solutions to reduce carbon emissions.

Operation Clean Sweep (OCS), a global initiative focusing on prevention of pellet loss is working on developing a unified and equitable certification scheme for pellet handlers across the entire value chain in order to achieve zero pellet loss. Under this scheme, audits will be carried out by accredited third parties to establish compliance with OCS requirements. In this background, Borealis has performed third-party external audits at two of its production locations in Kallo and Antwerp, Belgium which will be vital for finalizing the certification scheme.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for industrial gases in the region, Linde has decided to increase production capacity at its air separation plant in Mims, Florida, USA by 50 %. The project is expected to be complete by 2023.