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.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of July 2024’ from all over the world. Right from EET launching Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant to Air Liquide’s innovative technology chosen for a world-scale CCS project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Chevron has relocated its headquarters from San Ramon, California, to Houston, Texas in the USA. The firm has also announced changes in its senior leadership.

Clariant’s deoxygenation catalyst from the Envicat Green series will be used to remove trace oxygen from green hydrogen produced at the facility, before conversion into green ammonia.

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

Godavari Biorefineries has launched a new specialty biochemical plant in Maharashtra, India. With this project, the company aims to produce biobased chemicals in order to support the green and net-zero ambitions of its worldwide customers.

E3 Lithium has plans to develop a fully integrated Lithium Brine Demonstration Facility in Canada. The project will aim to produce battery grade lithium carbonate from brines located within the Leduc reservoir in Alberta.

Clariant and OMV have entered into a letter of intent to accelerate the transition towards renewable carbon in the European ethylene supply chain. With this move, Clariant aims to expand its bio-based ethylene oxide derivatives portfolio with renewable low-carbon footprint ethylene from OMV.

Merck has recently closed the transaction to acquire Mirus Bio for approximately 600 million dollars. With this deal, Merck intends to boost its viral vector bioprocessing offering.

Schenck Process Food and Performance Materials has officially changed its name to Coperion. The move follows the acquisition of the group of companies by Hillenbrand, the parent company of Coperion.