A Final Investment Decision has been made by Shell to develop a carbon capture project at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford in Alberta, Canada. Apart from this, it will also develop a carbon storage hub to provide permanent underground storage for CO₂ captured by the carbon capture project.

SK Energy will begin commercial operations for sustainable aviation fuels at its new facility in South Korea next month. The facility will make use of the advanced co-processing technology as well as bio-feedstocks such as used cooking oil and animal fat to produce SAF and other low-carbon products.

The global chemical company OQ Chemicals has lifted its force majeure declaration for all products from its German plants in Oberhausen and Marl.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Merck and Siemens have decided to expand their cooperation in Smartfacturing. With this, Siemens has become a preferred global supplier and strategic partner for Smartfacturing technologies, paving the way for transformative projects across Merck's three business sectors.

OQ Chemicals has secured the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus for its production site at Bay City in Texas, USA. The certification will help the firm to offer a sustainable alternative to its fossil-based portfolio.

Motiva has chosen Honeywell UOP's aromatics technologies for developing its new aromatics facility in Texas, USA. The project is expected to produce benzene and paraxylene, which are key building blocks for medical supplies, fabrics, and many other products common to daily life.

Distillation is an important process for industrial process plants and can be segregated into seven main types – Simple, Fractional, Vacuum, Steam, Air-Sensitive, Zone and Short Path distillation. PROCESS Worldwide explains the core definition of distillation as well as elaborates on each of the different types of distillation used by industry players in great detail. Read on to know more…

HIF Global has entered into a land reservation contract with the Port of Açu to develop an e-methanol project in Brazil with an aim to produce up to 800,000 tons per year of e-Methanol.

Under an agreement signed between Bridgestone, BB&G and Eni, all the parties will come together to establish a closed-loop ecosystem which will aim at transforming end-of-life tyres into new tyres.

Under a purchase agreement signed between the two parties, Gevo will supply its low-carbon intensity fuel blendstock to Shell Global Solutions Deutschland for use in motorsports.