PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Wood securing a 100 million dollar+ contract for a unique olefin complex in Europe to Eurotecnica winning a contract for the world’s largest melamine plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

No gas and still little hope: Chlorine manufacturing is under enormous pressure caused by skyrocketing energy costs. Production in Europe is declining and local competitiveness is at risk, says industry association Euro Chlor. Old-world chlorine is mostly produced as part of integrated chemical value chains. But for how much longer?

Technip Energies has won a large contract, which is between 250 million euros and 500 million euros of revenue, for Ineos’ Project One ethane cracker in Belgium. The 1,450 kta cracker will be using Technip Energies’ technologies to reduce its CO2 footprint by less than 50 %.

The Grasshopper Project is a new generation of power plants based on fuel cells (FCPP: Fuel Cell Power Plant). Abengoa, a participant in the Grasshopper Project has started-up and commissioned a demo plant which aims at producing sustainable energy via fuel cells from hydrogen.

Mitsui Chemicals has plans to develop a new plant to produce the high-performance elastomer Tafmer in the background of rising and future demand for the elastomer. It is used both as a soft molding material and as a resin modifier that significantly enhances resin properties.

Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) has successfully completed the acquisition of Perstorp. With this deal, PCG aims to strengthen its specialty chemicals business and also intends to accelerate the growth of Perstorp by focusing on its growth projects.

Neste has supplied over 500,000 gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the Los Angeles International Airport in partnership with Laxfuel. The large-volume delivery of SAF will enable commercial airlines flying from the airport to reduce their gashouse gas emissions.

In the land of the rising sun, researchers have developed a new technology for small-scale ammonia production: The compact ammonia synthesis systems can enable smaller countries to establish their own decentralized NH3 production and could play an important role in the decarbonization of the industry. As so often, a sophisticated catalyst is the enabler.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of July 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Lonza developing a large-scale fill & finish facility for commercial drug products to Shell building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Saudi Aramco and Sabic AN have been awarded the world’s first TÜV certificate of accreditation for blue hydrogen, ammonia products. This move marks a significant milestone in the development of ‘blue’ hydrogen and ammonia businesses.