Lummus Technology has announced the successful start-up of its Cdalky C5 alkylation unit at Valero’s St. Charles Refinery in Norco, Louisiana, USA. The company’s ethylbenzene technology will also be used at a facility in China to produce 508 KTA of ethylbenzene.

Chemical recycling company Plastic Energy is collaborating with Exxon Mobil on an advanced recycling project in France that will convert post-consumer plastic waste into raw materials for the manufacturing of virgin-quality polymers.

Germany - From 19 to 26 October 2016, 230,000 investment-oriented visitors from all over the world made for excellent mood at K 2016. According to show organiser Messe Düsseldorf, exhibitors reported a host of new leads, many of which already led to closed deals over the eight days of the trade fair.

Mitsubishi has entered the MOU along with three other parties – Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, the Bandung Institute of Technology and PT Panca Amara Utama. Together, all of them will carry out a joint study for CCS and carbon dioxide utilization in order to produce clean fuel ammonia in Indonesia.

The new joint venture aims to become a leading supplier of renewable ethylene oxide derivatives to the growing consumer care market in India and its neighboring countries. Clariant and India Glycols will hold a 51-49 % stake respectively in the joint venture.

The aim of Elkem’s feasibility study is to assess the technical and economic feasibility of installing carbon capture at its plants in Bjølvefossen, Bremanger, Rana, Salten and Thamshavn in Norway. Aker Carbon Capture and Saipem along with Elkem will evaluate and study the different technological designs and solutions of a capture facility.

The integrated, international oil, gas and chemicals company, OMV, and Kommunalkredit Austria have announced a joint investment in the construction of Austria’s largest electrolysis plant on the premises of Schwechat Refinery.

The board members of the ‘9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals’ have shortlisted six technologies for the show’s innovation award ‘Best CO2 Utilisation 2021’. Three winners will be announced at the virtual conference which will be held from March 23-24, 2021.

How can gas mixtures from industrial production be put to good use to produce valuable materials and save crude oil at the same time? The research consortium of the project Carbon4pur has found answers to this question and has presented the final results after three and a half years of research work.

Solvay has established the new electronic grade facility at its Bernburg site in Germany for producing high-purity hydrogen peroxide. With its new production line (EG20), the company aims to become one of the leading suppliers to the European semiconductor industry.