Saipem has recently launched Suiso, a technological solution for the offshore production of green hydrogen and the conversion of oil and gas facilities. The solution will be used for the first time in the Agnes project located in the Adriatic Sea.

The Halliburton Company has bagged a contract to provide Production Chemicals and Associated Services for a large International Oil Company (IOC) in Oman. Halliburton will also produce key raw materials for the contract’s portfolio at its new Halliburton Chemical Reaction Plant in Saudi Arabia.

Electronics manufacturing is in the throes of a quiet transformation built around specialty 3D printers and advanced materials working together to create fully functional electronic parts.

GEA has been awarded an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract by the biotechnology company Aker BioMarine to establish the world’s first pilot plant for hydrolyzing krill protein. The facility is expected to be operational by 2022.

The ‘Best Plant Engineering’ projects from all around the globe have been showcased here. Right from developing the first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant in the world to building the world’s largest polyethylene integration project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., (Yanchang) have established a joint venture which aims at producing MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts for the Chinese market. The companies will also develop a facility in Shaanxi Fupin, China for producing methanol synthesis catalysts.

Clariant's Megamax catalyst will be used for carrying out CO2-based methanol synthesis in China. With this move, the Asian country aims to reach its carbon neutrality target. The catalyst can be applied across a wide range of plant types and technologies.

Under a long-term agreement signed between Air Liquide and Severstal, Air Liquide will build a new ASU plant at the Severstal Chermk site in Russia, which is claimed to be one of the largest oxygen sites in continental Europe.

In its most recent quarterly report, Cefic has revealed that the EU27 chemical output has returned to the pre-pandemic level but large differences still remain across countries. The key findings of the report have been highlighted here.

Specialists from the nova-Institute were able to recognize 25 applications or plastic products for which biodegradability is a viable or the best end-of-life option. All the details have been shared in the report titled ‘Biosinn – Products for which biodegradation makes sense’.