Yara has inaugurated a new ammonia import terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany. With this project, the company has the potential to import up to three million tonnes of low-emission ammonia to Europe annually.

The consortium which includes Adnoc, Borealis and Borouge has entered into a Project Collaboration Agreement with Wanhua Chemical to develop a speciality polyolefins complex in the Fujian Province in China. The project is expected to produce 1.6 million tonnes per annum of speciality polyolefins.

Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director at Nova-Institute shares his views on replacing fossil-based naphtha with alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers. He also elaborates on the advantages and challenges of incorporating alternative naphtha in existing refineries and crackers.

With an aim to improve the energy efficiency of its 3,100 MTPD urea plant in China, Linggu Chemical has awarded Stamicarbon with a licensing and process design package. The proprietary Advanced MP Flash Design helps to reduce the overall energy consumption of the plant by up to 20 %.

Wacker has been able to successfully test CO2 capture from the silicone production process at its production site in Holla, Norway, where quartz and carbon are combined to produce silicon for use in its silicone products.

Fujifilm has plans to invest a hefty sum of 20 billion yen in its semiconductor materials business with an aim to further strengthen its facilities for the development, production and quality evaluation of advanced semiconductor materials in Shizuoka and Oita, Japan.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as well as Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is picking up steam and can be considered as revolutionary solutions that can help hard-to-abate industries to reduce their carbon emissions in the short-to-long term. Both CCS and CCU will play a vital role for these industries as they prepare to reach their goals of meeting net zero emissions by 2050.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains has selected Braskem to negotiate terms of a 50 million-dollar award under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. With this huge funding, Braskem aims to expand its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene production capabilities in Texas in order to cater to the lithium-ion battery separator market.

Hycamite TCD Technologies has recently inaugurated Europe’s largest methane-splitting plant in Kokkola, Finland. Once fully operational, the nominal capacity of Hycamite’s Customer Sample Facility is expected to reach 2,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen and 6,000 tonnes of high-quality carbon annually.

Through a 10 % participating interest, Shell has plans to invest in Adnoc’s Ruwais liquefied natural gas project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The project is expected to consist of two 4.8 million metric tonnes per annum LNG liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 9.6 mmtpa.