McDermott announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract for Next Wave Energy Partners, LP's grassroots alkylate production facility, known as Project Traveler, in Pasadena, Texas.

Keeping up with complexity — Bioprocesses are complex — thus, frequent measurement and data-driven real time process management are needed to keep complexity in check. The demand for a PAT that guarantees GMP and includes quality by design calls for specialised on-line sensor solutions. And recent technological developments are up to the task ...

The Danish Energy Agency has approved a 6.7 million-dollar grant for the Hysynergy project which intends to construct a massive electrolysis-based hydrogen production facility at the Shell refinery in Denmark.

When the Arch Western Coal Skyline Mine decided to replace the old belt of its long distance BC-8 pipe conveyor, a new belt had to be designed to be suitable to the existing routing. In addition, a special installation procedure had to be developed to minimise downtime during the belt installation and commissioning.

Clariant has licensed its sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology to Anhui Guozhen Group and Chemtex Chemical Engineering for establishing a commercial cellulosic ethanol facility in China. The plant is expected to handle a production capacity of 50.000 tonnes of cellulosic ethanol annually.

The two facilities are located at the Eastern China Chemical Park and are expected to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Taixing Jinyan. With a combined production capacity of 29000 Nm3/h, the units will also supply gases to other customers situated in the Taixing Economic Development Zone.

Victrex has created a joint venture between Victrex Hong Kong and Yingkou Xingfu Chemical Company for the development of a new PEEK plant in China. The manufacturing facility is in line with the ‘Made in China 2025’ initiative in which the demand for locally produced PEEK is expected to increase in the country.

Green Fiber International produces high-quality recycled PET bottle flakes for food contact and has a significant presence in the US West Coast packaging market. The acquisition is in line with Indorama’s sustainability goals of investing in recycling over the next five years.

Carlos Hernandez was selected as Fluor’s interim chief executive officer and will succeed David T. Seaton. The company’s Board of Directors has also appointed John R. Reynolds as its new chief legal officer.

Markus Kimpel will succeed Carsten Strenger who will be leaving the Romaco Group by the end of 2019. Kimpel has been appointed as the new Group CFO as well as Managing Director of Romaco Pharmatechnik.