Worley has been selected by Rock Tech Lithium as its EPCM partner for developing Europe's First Lithium Converter in Guben, Germany. On completion, the project is expected to have a capacity of 24,000 tons of lithium hydroxide per year.

The first Lummus Advanced Waste Plastic Recycling plant will be located at Tiszaújváro, Hungary and is expected to have a processing capacity of 40,000 tons of mixed waste plastics per annum. The unit will also produce circular petrochemical building blocks which will be processed by MOL in their petrochemical facility.

With chemical and chemical processing industries aiming to forge ahead in their automation and digitalization drive to develop their respective ‘Factory of the future’ or ‘Smart factory’, one thing is certain – it can’t be done without the use of robots at least for the time being. The concept of robots is not new but they have been transformed time and again to meet the challenges of today’s industrial plants especially with regard to plant inspection as well as maintenance and it won’t be wrong to term this phase as the ‘return and rise of robots.’

Air Liquide's innovative CO₂ liquefaction technology called Cryocap LQ has been selected for developing Stockholm Exergi’s Bio-Energy Carbon Capture & Storage project in Stockholm, Sweden. Air Liquide’s Cryocap LQ CO2 liquefaction unit is claimed to be one of the largest in the world with a capacity of 3,500 tonnes per day.

Air Products has plans to develop two new air separation units (ASUs) at its existing Conyers, Georgia and Reidsville, North Carolina locations in the USA. Both the new ASUs will replace older units and provide additional capacity at the above-mentioned locations.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Cepsa beginning construction of Spain’s first isopropyl alcohol plant to H2Site developing an ammonia cracker to produce fuel cell-grade hydrogen, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Kuraray has awarded a 40-million-dollar engineering design contract to Wood for developing a new sustainable packaging production plant in Singapore. Wood will also deliver engineering, procurement and construction management services for the new project.

Aramco has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 50 % stake in Air Products Qudra’s Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company. With this move, Aramco aims to contribute to the development of a lower-carbon hydrogen network in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.

The planning of process plants for the production of chemical and petrochemi-cal products is often complex. Precise and comprehensive scheduling is the only way to ensure that the plants are completed on time and within budget.

Under the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave, BP has secured funding for its 100 MW green hydrogen project located next to its Lingen Refinery in Germany. On completion, the project has the potential to supply green hydrogen to its refinery as well as industrial customers in the region.