Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is currently deploying more than 200 AI tools with an aim to become the most AI-enabled energy company in the world. These tools autonomously monitor the performance of critical equipment, reduce operational downtime, enhance efficiency and predict emission sources—empowering smarter decision making.

With an intent to streamline its polymers operations in Berre, France, Kraton has plans to solely focus on producing unhydrogenated styrenic block copolymers products at the site and cease production of hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers products.

Eastman’s Kingsport site in Tennessee, USA has achieved ISO 59014 certification which includes the company’s material-to-material methanolysis recycling technology at the Kingsport facility.

The Selective Catalytic Reduction catalysts manufacturer Cormetech provides emissions control for stationary power generation and industrial applications and will be acquired by Johnson Matthey for an enterprise value of 360 million dollars.

Aramco in collaboration with Pasqal has recently inaugurated Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer. They have also unveiled the first commercial Quantum Computing as a Service platform in the Middle East.

Total Energies and Masdar have entered into an agreement to establish a 50:50 joint venture with an aim to accelerate renewable energy across Asia. Under the joint venture, both the companies will merge their onshore renewable activities in nine countries across Asia.

Idemitsu Kosan has begun commercial operations of its new black pellet plant in Vietnam. With an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons, the project is the country’s first commercial scale BP production facility.

Honeywell UOP’s Ethanol-to-Jet process technology has been selected by Petrobras for project development at the Replan refinery in São Paulo, Brazil. Once approved, the project is expected to deliver up to 10,000 barrels per day of sustainable aviation fuel.

Vulcan Energy’s Lionheart Project will be using Nesi’s proprietary Norscand electrolysis technology to convert lithium chloride into battery-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM); a vital material used in electric vehicle batteries. The project is expected to have a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes of LHM annually.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully conducted a demonstration of an integrated production process for synthesizing liquid fuels through an integrated process utilizing SOEC Co-Electrolysis and FT Synthesis.