KBR has secured a project management and technical services contract from Zallaf Exploration, Production and Refining of Oil and Gas Company for the South Refinery project in Ubari, Libya.

Strategic partnerships are becoming increasingly important in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Technologies are advancing quickly, and regulatory demands are rising. At the same time, production processes are becoming more complex. A new collaboration aims to address these challenges by combining expertise, expanding market reach, and improving support structures.

Under an agreement signed between Catexel and BASF, Catexel will acquire BASF’s optical brightening agent business. The transaction comprises the international business including the production of optical brightening agents at the Monthey site in Switzerland and approximately 80 employees.

Equinor and BASF have entered into a long-term contract under which Equinor will supply up to 23 terawatt hours of natural gas to BASF over a ten-year period. The delivery of the natural gas will begin from October 1, 2025.

BASF has introduced a modern amine catalyst – Lupragen N 208 to its portfolio of Lupragen amine catalysts for the production of polyurethane foams. The low-VOC polyurethane catalyst will be produced at the firm’s Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany.

With an aim to safeguard operations across the power-to-X sector, Topsoe and Maersk Training have plans to work together to establish industry-leading safety standards. The companies stress on the need for robust, realistic, and forward-looking training frameworks as power-to-X technologies scale to meet global climate ambitions.

Thoresen Jutal Offshore Engineering Heavy Industries has awarded a detailed engineering contract to Technip Energies for PTTEP’s Arthit Carbon Capture and Storage facilities project in Thailand.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Ineratec launching Europe’s largest e-fuel production plant in Germany to Latin America’s largest wastewater treatment project beginning operations, find out all the projects making headlines here.

AI is no longer a buzzword; it’s reshaping how industries work. From Gen AI and Computer Vision to Edge AI and Agentic AI, chemical and oil & gas leaders are already exploring these technologies to streamline workflows, cut downtime, and strengthen safety. As companies face rising pressure to modernize and meet sustainability goals, next gen AI is emerging as the game changer for operational excellence and safety.

The expansion of Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials’ custom electrolyte facility has successfully been completed for lithium-ion and other battery chemistries in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, thus, increasing the site production capacity by roughly 300 %.