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.

With a power capacity of 61 MW and a total storage capacity of 61 MWh, the largest battery-based energy storage facility in France has been commissioned by TotalEnergies. The project supports the need for grid stabilization in the country and will enable the production of renewable energy by integrating green electricity into the grid.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2021’ from all over the world. Right from building one of the world’s lowest carbon-emitting crackers to developing a new novel methane-reducing feed additive manufacturing plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Clariant’s flame retardants facility which is also its first Chinese production plant will be developed at Daya Bay, Huizhou in the Guangdong Province. The move is in line with the firm’s aim of expanding its Exolit OP range of flame retardants in the Asia region and also to meet the growing demand across the electrical and electronic equipment industries in China.

Under a MOU signed between Haldor Topsoe and Hyundai Oilbank, the two companies will work together to explore opportunities within blue and green hydrogen, waste plastic recycling, bio-refinery, eFuels, CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and other solutions to reduce carbon emissions.

Haskel’s Hydrogen Systems has entered into a long-term agreement with Hiringa to supply hydrogen refuelling stations across New Zealand for the heavy transport industry. The first four high-capacity refuelling stations have already been ordered for phase one of the nationwide green hydrogen network.