Exxonmobil’s advanced fluid bed Methanol-to-Gasoline technology has been chosen by Aramco for the development of a synthetic fuel demonstration plant in Neom’s Hydrogen Innovation and Development Center in Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Markus Kamieth has been appointed as the new chairman of BASF’s Board of Directors. He will succeed Dr. Martin Brudermüller, who has held the post since 2018.

Sumitomo Chemical has completed the development of a pilot facility in Niihama City, Japan which will be used to establish a highly efficient process for producing methanol from CO2.

Under a MOU signed between the Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, a subsidiary of Chevron, and the Government of Angola, both the parties will aim to explore potential lower carbon business opportunities in the African region.

Adnoc has recently acquired OCI Global’s 50 % stake in Fertiglobe. Adnoc and OCI also revealed their future plans of exploring opportunities for global strategic collaboration.

Sumitomo Chemical has already begun the construction of a pilot facility in Japan to demonstrate a new environmentally-friendly process for producing propylene directly from ethanol. The pilot unit is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025.

In a significant step towards achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050, PTT Global Chemical Public and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific have entered into a four-year Memorandum of Understanding to explore cutting-edge technologies for a large-scale petrochemical complex in Thailand.

The ‘E-cracking’ or ‘electric’ cracking technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90 % as compared to other traditional crackers. By utilizing electricity from renewable sources, the technology has the capacity to decarbonize one of the most energy-intensive processes in the chemical industry. PROCESS Worldwide tracks down the progress made in this space.

In the chemical industry, research facilities create the link between laboratory development and industrial-scale production. Flexible plants comprising multiple areas are sites of innovation and testing, acting as stepping stones for subsequent scale-up. When Evonik Industries was looking to modernize such a plant at the Wolfgang Industrial Park in Hanau, Germany, it was the perfect place to use Simatic PCS neo, the completely web-based process control system from Siemens.

Topsoe’s new ereact technology is claimed to be a groundbreaking technology for the production of low carbon hydrogen. Under the terms of the agreement, Aramco and Topsoe will develop a demonstration plant at the Shaybah Natural Gas Liquids recovery unit in Saudi Arabia.