Orlen Południe has started up the green propylene glycol production unit at its biorefinery complex in Trzebinia, Poland. The unit has a capacity of 30,000 tons a year and the complex will also include Poland’s first hydrogen hub.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Saudi Aramco have mutually called off the 15-billion-dollar deal under which Saudi Aramco would acquire a 20% stake in the company’s oil-chemicals (O2C) business. The move has been undertaken in the background of RIL’s evolving nature of the business i.e. the company unveiled plans for its new energy & materials businesses under which the firm intends to develop the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex at Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, which is a major part of the its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) assets. Now, RIL and Saudi Aramco will re-evaluate the proposed investment in the O2C business.

The newly introduced minicon series of plug connectors by R. Stahl offers protection against electrical equipment in hazardous areas and its modular structure can be configured in a number of ways for explosion-protected power supply, bus and Profinet networking.

Geothermal power plants produce superheated brine, which is full of lithium and other minerals. Berkeley Lab scientists now assess the technology landscape for developing a domestic source of lithium.

Danish biotech company Biosyntia and the German Wacker Group have announced the signing of a contract to develop a large-scale production process for fermentation-based biotin. The long-term partnership aims to make fermentation-based biotin available for the full range of relevant applications as a sustainable, non-chemical, European-sourced alternative.

With an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities and prepare for a lower-carbon future, ExxonMobil will be investing the hefty amount over the next six years in its sustainable and green initiatives. The company will also work towards developing technologies which can be used in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and biofuels production.

Euro Chlor, the association of chloralkali plant operators in Europe, has launched its latest 10-year Sustainability Program which comprises of nine new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These KPIs focus on developing a climate neutral and circular European chlor-alkali industry by 2050.

Nuberg EPC has won a contract by Uzbekistan Hydrogen Peroxide for building a 85 TPD hydrogen peroxide plant in Uzbekistan. The facility will produce 50 % hydrogen peroxide by making use of a high-yield hydrogen peroxide technology and manufacturing process.

The chemical recycling demo plant will be based on OMV’s proprietary ReOil technology and will be built at the Schwechat refinery in Austria. The demo plant with a design capacity of 16,000 t/year will help to scale up the ReOil technology which helps to convert plastics into synthetic feedstock for the petrochemical industry.

Arxada, formerly known as Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), has completed the acquisition of Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. (“Enviro Tech”), effective 22 December 2021. Enviro Tech is manufacturer of proprietary and high-efficacy antimicrobial and biocidal products.