In applications such as pH determination, process analytics is securely in the driving seat. As yet unexploited potential, in contrast, is still slumbering in spectroscopy. A solution is promised by new data analysis methods as well as the integration of analysis equipment into control systems.

With the establishment of the uniform, standardized device integration technology Field Device Integration (FDI), leading manufacturers and associations are pulling together — in the interests of the users. Now the technology is getting ready to conquer the practise. The close alliance between Profibus & Profinet International (PI) and FieldComm Group is intended to speed up the market launch once again.

Wacker Chemie has decided to expand its production facilities for hyperpure polysilicon at its Burghausen and Nünchritz sites in Germany.

KBR has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to implement KBR’s proprietary Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) Technology for Luberef’s Yanbu Refinery Expansion Project in Saudi Arabia.

W. R. Grace in the fourth quarter of 2016 contracted to license its Unipol PP process technology to Dongguan Grand Resource Science & Technology.

At its Interphex booth Marchesini will present the additional attraction of the new Extrafill Syringe Filler. It has been developed to meet the growing demands of packaging disposable pre-filled syringes in the North American market.

The first Rembe rupture discs came onto the German market in the early 70s — at that time they were still completely machined by hand. Today, the company from the Sauerland region does not just develop and manufacture safety concepts for plants and equipment of the process industries. The focus is always on finding the optimum solution to protect the plant, people and the environment.

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and Carbon Engineering have collaborated to design a DAC facility in the Permian Basin which will be capable of capturing 500 kilo tonnes of carbon dioxide annually directly from the atmosphere.

The Appomattox platform is Shell’s maiden commercial discovery in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico Norphlet formation and is expected to produce 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Sasol has recently shared an update on the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP), which is situated in Louisiana, USA. According to the new plan, the cost estimate for the project has been revised to a range of 12.6 – 12.9 billion dollars which includes a contingency of 300 million dollars.