With an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities and prepare for a lower-carbon future, ExxonMobil will be investing the hefty amount over the next six years in its sustainable and green initiatives. The company will also work towards developing technologies which can be used in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and biofuels production.

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey (JM) have signed a long-term exclusive catalyst supply agreement under which JM will supply its Katalco (TM) methanol catalysts to CRI’s Emissions-To-Liquids (ETL)-based methanol plants in order to produce sustainable methanol from CO2.

BASF is all set to launch its digital solution ‘OASE digilab’ this year. The solution is aimed at further improving the efficiency of the gas treatment process by analyzing the composition of the gas treating agents in real time.

The new project is part of Ineos’ recent 2 billion dollar plus green hydrogen investment announcement in Europe. Under the new project, Ineos’ subsidiary Inovyn will develop a 100 MW electrolyzer at its Koln site in Germany in order to produce green hydrogen which will be used to manufacture green ammonia. The project will also develop E-Fuels through Power-to-Methanol applications at an industrial scale at the site.

With the completion of the demonstration of the world’s highest-current water electrolyzer, Hydrogen Optimized has advanced its large-scale green hydrogen technology – the Ruggedcell unipolar electrolyzer. The 22-million-dollar Ruggedcell high-current electrolyzer development program was launched by Hydrogen Optimized with an aim to develop the world’s largest green hydrogen production systems.

After more than eleven years as CEO of Borealis, Mark Garrett has decided to leave the company to pursue a new career path. Executive Vice President Alfred Stern, currently responsible for the Polyolefin Business and Innovation, has been appointed as CEO effective July 2, 2018.

Renew ELP has plans to develop a new plastics recycling plant based on the ground-breaking advanced recycling process – HydroPRS (Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling System) in Teesside, UK. For this, the company has selected Emerson’s advanced automation technology and software to ensure safe and efficient operation of the unique plastics recycling process.

OQ Chemicals has declared force majeure on n- & iso-butyraldehyde, propionaldehyde, 2- ethylhexanol, n- & iso-butanol, and n-butyl acetate due to a technical snag at its Oberhausen site in Germany. To handle the situation better, the firm will be issuing a Sales Control program for Oberhausen-produced products.

JGC Holdings and Cosmo Oil Company have chosen Honeywell’s Ecofining technology for converting used cooking oil into renewable jet fuel. The project is claimed to be the first commercial scale sustainable aviation fuel project in Japan.

With an aim to build on its existing research co-operations with leading universities in China, Clariant has sponsored the National Catalysis Achievement Award till 2025 at the National Congress on Catalysis of China. This year, the award for outstanding R&D achievement in the catalysis field in China was received by Youchang Xie, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Beijing’s Peking University.