Celanese Singapore has extended its long-term contract with Linde Gas Singapore for the supply of carbon monoxide to its acetyls chemical unit based in Singapore. The new extended contract will enable the facility to gain access to a strategically advantaged supply of carbon monoxide.

In India, Dow and Lucro Plastecycle have entered into a MOU to develop post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PE) film solutions. The move is expected to develop the circular economy in the country and also expand Dow’s plastics circularity portfolio in the Asia Pacific region.

Borealis has began the process to divest its nitrogen business unit. At present, the company’s share in fertilizer production sites in The Netherlands and Belgium are not being considered as part of the sales process.

The severe and unusual storms in the USA have already forced numerous companies to shut down their plants. The chemical company OQ Chemicals has now also had to declare Force Majeure.

BASF and Siemens Energy have partnered to fast-track the implementation of new technologies – specializing in lowering greenhouse gas emissions – on a commercial scale. Numerous pilot projects will first be studied and then launched at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany.

The integrated, international oil, gas and chemicals company, OMV, and Kommunalkredit Austria have announced a joint investment in the construction of Austria’s largest electrolysis plant on the premises of Schwechat Refinery.

Oxo chemicals manufacturer Oxea has appointed Dr. Salim Al Huthaili as the new chief executive officer of the company. Huthaili, 38, has built an impressive record of accomplishment and growth in his career in the chemical and process industry.

The manufacturer of high-tech polymer materials, Covestro, is planning a new production facility for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) at their Integrated Site in Shanghai, China (CISS). The company wants to address the rising demand for environmentally compatible coatings and adhesives in the Asia-Pacific region. A further line for polyester resins, from which PUDs are produced, is also to be built there.

The Witte Co. has recently introduced a C-clamp that permanently mounts on machinery yet retracts easily without tools for quick access to the interior.

The mega project will be carried out at IOCL’s Koyali refinery in Gujarat, India. With this project, the oil giant aims to capture over 250-500 thousand tons of CO₂ in a year initially and use the CO₂ for cost-effectively enhancing oil production from its oil fields.