Exxon Mobil’s Esso Renewable Racing Fuel will be tested in Porsche’s high-performance motorsports engines at the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2021. Both the companies will also partner for efuels – synthetic fuels made from hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide.

Dechema’s latest position paper ‘Process Simulation – Fit for the future?’ by the Processnet working committee Process Simulation, Process Synthesis and Knowledge Processing focuses on the relevance of today’s tools to meet the demands of the digitalized chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

There is a tsunami of connected smart systems coming at us, with millions of sensors that generate data and gather information about the world around us. But how do we ensure that these systems are truly connected and deliver applications that bring real value for their users?

The German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) has revealed ten priority measures for making Germany a strong industrial location. The chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the country expect the new government to refer to these measures in order to enhance the performance and research level of the sector.

Under the new business strategy, Sabic will focus on petrochemicals and the Aramco Trading Company will focus on fuel products. Aramco acquired a 70 % stake in Sabic in June 2020 and now aims to make Sabic its chemicals arm.

Johnson Matthey (JM) has been selected to provide its methanol technology to the Haru Oni project, the world’s maiden methanol unit in Patagonia, Chile. The pilot phase of the project is expected to produce around 900,000 liters per year of e-methanol as early as 2022.

As the world struggles to fight the pandemic, the demand and supply gaps for Covid-19 vaccines is widening. In this background, Global Data reveals that Chinese vaccines remain crucial for developing nations.

Merck’s Life Science business has signed a 12-year renewable energy contract with Enel Green Power to build a wind and storage project in Texas, USA. The project – Azure Sky wind and storage project is claimed to be one of the largest aggregation deals in the world.

BASF produces two types of styrene with a mass balance approach – renewable feedstock based-styrene and styrene based on chemically recycled feedstock. Trinseo has secured the first supplies of styrene based on the two different kinds of circular feedstock and will use it to produce styrene butadiene rubber and polystyrene products.

Under a MOU signed between Saipem and Alboran Hydrogen, both the companies will work together to construct five plants which will produce green hydrogen. Three of the units will be located in Italy while the other two in the Mediterranean basin.