A wealth of opportunities are currently opening up for digitalising existing process plants and making them ready for the era of the industrial Internet of Things. It is indisputable that this offers new possibilities, for example through predictive maintenance, improved connectivity and new findings acquired from big data. This is true in theory, at least. But in practice, the path to the digital future can sometimes be laborious, expensive, or both — especially for installations in hazardous areas. Remote I/O helps with this shift while saving money.

Vertex Energy has completed the first commercial sales of renewable diesel from its renewable diesel production facility at its Mobile refinery in Alabama, USA. The initial sales totaled 110,000 barrels of renewable diesel and the firm intends to work towards its target of achieving approximately 8,000 bpd, by the end of 2Q23.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, CF Industries and Lotte Chemical will jointly explore the production of clean ammonia in the U.S. along with long-term clean ammonia offtake into South Korea.

Under a MOU, Adnoc together with the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia and Currenta will explore opportunities for the development of a low-carbon ammonia value chain in Germany. The aim of the contract is to produce and transport low-carbon ammonia as a fuel in energy generation.

Total Energies has collaborated with Petronas and Mitsui to establish a carbon storage hub in Malaysia. Under the terms of the contract, the parties will identify the best site for the project and also develop a business framework for commercialization of a carbon storage service in the country.

Under a MOU with Baker Hughes and Fortescue Future Industries, both the parties will work together to explore opportunities for the scale-up and adoption of novel technology solutions which would help to decarbonize the energy sector as well as hard-to-abate industrial sectors including mining, steel and cement.

Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology will be used to develop H2H Saltend, one of UK’s largest low carbon hydrogen projects. This project is vital for the establishment of the zero carbon Humber project in the region.

Inpex Corporation has selected BASF’s CO2 capture technology for its Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen, Ammonia Project. The project is claimed to be Japan’s first demonstration project for the production of blue hydrogen, ammonia from domestically produced natural gas.

The “dual carbon” goals will bring profound changes to the development of China’s economy. On the road to carbon neutrality in the process industry, digital technology is becoming a new engine driving the high-quality development of the industry. Through continuous digital technology upgrading and application innovation, Siemens is actively integrating cutting-edge technology into industrial practices to promote green productivity of China’s industry. An interview with Dr. Markus Lade, Senior Vice President of Digital Industries and General Manager of Process Automation Business Unit, Siemens, China.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Europe’s most sustainable cracker securing a funding of 3.5 billion euros to Exxonmobil investing 2-billion-dollars for expanding its Baytown chemical plant in the US, find out all the projects making headlines here.