Ineos has recently revealed that it has completed the sale of its Sulphur Chemicals business to International Chemical Investors Group. With this move, the business will become part of Weylchem’s advanced intermediates and reagents portfolio.

Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has awarded the largest catalyst management agreement in its history to Advanced Refining Technologies (ART). Under the contract, ART will supply its Resid Hydrocracking catalyst technology to Bapco’s oil refinery in order to boost its processing capacity from 267,000 (b/d) to 380,000 (b/d).

BASF and Sinopec have plans to expand production capacities for numerous downstream chemical plants at its Verbund site in Nanjing, China. This includes the construction of a new tert-butyl acrylate plant to meet the growing demand for specialty chemicals in the country.

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Under a MOU signed between ABB and Axpo, both the companies will jointly work together to develop a pilot green hydrogen production plant in Italy. The goal of the project is to reduce the total cost of producing green hydrogen and make it more affordable.

Röhm has recently launched a new Technology Center in Shanghai, China and plans to establish another Technical Center in Connecticut, USA in order to become a technology leader in methacrylates. The Shanghai Technology Center will offer modern technical application and development labs for innovative applications.

Skovgaard Invest, Vestas and Topsoe have claimed to develop the world’s first dynamic green ammonia demonstration plant in Denmark. The project has received approximately 13 million dollars of funding from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program.

Plug Power plans to invest 84 million dollars for establishing a green hydrogen production unit in Camden County, Georgia, USA. The project aims to develop the first North American green hydrogen supply network which will extend across the entire East Coast of the U.S.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2021’ from all over the world. Right from constructing the largest advanced plastics recycling unit in the world to launching an innovative EPS recycling plant in Europe, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Dickinson renewable diesel facility in North Dakota, USA has completed a successful test run of Haldor Topsoe’s Hydroflex technology to produce 100 % renewable diesel. The technology helps to convert low-carbon renewable feedstocks into cleaner fuel alternatives.