Claimed to be the energy industry’s first autonomous vehicle trial, BP and Oxbotica held the autonomous vehicle trial at BP’s Lingen refinery in Germany. With these self-driving vehicles, BP aims to improve safety, increase efficiency and decrease carbon emissions at its sites.

In 2020, the Port of Antwerp witnessed a fall in chemical demand; crude oil throughput also fell by 60 % due to reduced refining activities in the background of the Covid-19 pandemic.

With this deal, Sandoz will acquire the global rights to three of GSK’s brands – Zinnat, Zinacef and Fortum – in more than 100 markets. The transaction will also enable Sandoz to strengthen its global position in antibiotics.

SGL Carbon has delivered a steam generation hydrochloric acid synthesis unit to Travancore-Cochin Chemicals in India. The new unit enables the South-India based company to save costs as well as reduce CO2 emissions by more than 1.500 tons per year.

Sumitomo Chemical’s Sumika Polymer Compounds Poland will manufacture polypropylene (PP) compounds for automobiles and other applications in Poland and is expected to have a production capacity of about 30,000 mt/y.

Global Data, the leading data and analytics company has stated that despite the recent increase in bio/pharma special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) deals by companies, the long-term success of these organizations in generating revenue remains to be seen.

Greenergy has plans to invest in Front End Engineering Design of a project to produce low-carbon transportation fuels from waste tires. The new facility is expected to process up to 300 tons of shredded tires each day to produce low-carbon fuels in the first phase. A second independent plant could also be set up to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

Speciality chemical company Clariant has signed a license agreement with Harbin Hulan Sino-Dan Jianye Bio-Energy, a Chinese green energy company for its sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology.

Gevo’s new ‘Net-Zero’ projects aim to use renewable energy for producing energy dense liquid hydrocarbons. The company’s first project ‘Net-Zero 1’ will be built in South Dakota, USA and is expected to have a capacity of 45 million gallons per year of hydrocarbons.

SFC Energy and Johnson Matthey have partnered together to develop more efficient membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells. Both the companies also aim to achieve higher overall sustainability with this deal.