Air Liquide has secured a contract by Asda, one of the leading retailers in the UK for the installation and operation of six biomethane distribution stations which will be useful for refuelling trucks.

In 2020, the number of merger and acquisition deals in the chemical and life sciences sector increased; however, the transaction volume of the deals fell drastically in the first half of last year. In the second half of the year, it was revived, according to KPMG.

Powtech will now be held from August 30 to September 1, 2022 at the Exhibition Center Nuremberg in Germany. The move has been undertaken to make it easier for industry players to plan their visits to the trade fair.

The digitally enabled offshore platform project – Azeri Central East (Ace) is nearing completion and will be using KBR's digital twin technology which will enable users to safely and efficiently carry out their tasks remotely.

The first edition of Chemspec Digital 2020 was held online from November 11 – 12, 2020. The online platform brought together industry players from the global fine as well as speciality chemicals community and showcased various innovative products as well as provided insights into the latest industry trends.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has completed the construction of an additional line for bleaching earths in Puebla, Mexico, boosting production capacities by 30%.

Grön Fuels has selected Haldor Topsoe’s H2bridge bio-hydrogen and hydroflex technology for its new multi-billion low carbon intensity complex in Louisiana, USA. Once completed, the mega facility is expected to produce 60,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel.

CPhI’s new report predicts a positive outlook for the pharma manufacturing supply chain in 2021 and highlights that the most immediate trend will be to witness some degree of ‘vaccine nationalism’ in the background of the initial stage of global Covid-19 vaccines roll-out before scale-up is achieved.

The large-scale predictive maintenance project will make use of artificial intelligence technologies to optimise asset efficiency across Adnoc’s upstream and downstream operations. The project will be implemented over four phases and is expected to be one of the largest in the oil and gas industry.

Yara has plans to produce 500,000 tonnes per annum of green ammonia in Norway. The move is expected to support the hydrogen economy in the region. The company also has plans to fully electrify its ammonia plant in Porsgrunn which has the potential to reduce 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.