Under the long-term agreement, Nutrien will supply anhydrous hydrogen fluoride to Arkema for the production of high added value polymers, fluoro-derivatives and fluorogases in the USA. Arkema will also invest 150 million dollars in a 40 kt/year AHF production plant in North Carolina.

Innovations and fast development characterise the production processes in the beverages and food industries as well as in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The production processes in these industries are particularly demanding. Specific product properties need to comply with special hygienic requirements.

The feasibility study has been awarded by JX Nippon and will explore options for carbon capture and sequestration as well as blue hydrogen production relating to oil and gas fields in South East Asia.

The Alberta Carbon Trunk Line system is the world’s newest large-scale carbon capture, utilisation, and storage project. Located in Canada, the system captures emissions and supplies CO2 to mature oil and gas reservoirs for use in enhanced oil recovery and permanent storage.

BP’s study will attract an initial investment of 1.77 million dollars from BP and an additional amount of 1.1 million dollars by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency under its Advancing Renewables Program. The study will enable the company to understand the possibilities of using hydrogen to export renewable energy at scale.

Under his new role, Imtiaz Mahtab will be in charge of managing and growing Air Products’ industrial gases operations and partnerships in the Middle East region. He has also been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Air Products Qudra.

Working with flexible systems that evolve with the changing needs in a lab is indispensable. With the Scivario twin, Eppendorf, a key life science company, introduces its latest bioreactor control system for small- and bench-scale applications.

Aker Solutions’ has commenced a carbon capture and storage test program at the Preem refinery in Sweden. The program aims to explore the entire value chain from capture to storage of carbon dioxide and intends to encourage other companies to utilise the CCS technology inorder to reduce their CO2 emissions.

Hengli Petrochemical’s 4th PTA line which made use of Invista’s P8 Process Technology has successfully come online on January 8, 2020 in China. With a capacity of2.5 million tonnes per annum, the PTA line also produces benzoic acid as a co-product.

Linde has signed a MOU with Baowu Clean Energy under which both the firms will aim to increase the accessibility of hydrogen to industries and improve the acceptance levels of hydrogen mobility solutions across China.