At the recently held global climate event COP 28 in Dubai, UAE, Sinopec highlighted the progress made by the company on carbon, capture, utilization and storage.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Saipem and Valmet will jointly develop decarbonization solutions for hard-to-abate industries. Saipem will combine its CO2 management technologies with Valmet’s heat recovery and flue gas treatment units for the pulp, paper and energy sectors.

The feasibility study has been awarded by Man Energy Solutions and the study is expected to investigate the full integration of Aker Carbon Capture’s standardized and modularized Just Catch 100 unit into a full power-to-fuel solution.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Solvay developing an electric furnace at its silica plant in France to Exxonmobil’s technology being selected for a demonstration plant in the Neom project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde will provide engineering and procurement services as well as its uhde ammonia technology license and proprietary equipment for the development of Proman’s 2200 metric tons/day ammonia plant in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Exxonmobil’s advanced fluid bed Methanol-to-Gasoline technology has been chosen by Aramco for the development of a synthetic fuel demonstration plant in Neom’s Hydrogen Innovation and Development Center in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company has entered into a frame agreement with Metso and Thyssenkrupp Uhde to develop a unique phosphogypsum recycling and CO2 capture solution for its calcination plant at Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia.

With the rise of megatrends in Europe such as electromobility and renewable energies which require silicones, Wacker Chemie has decided to build a new silicones production site in Czech Republic. Production at the site is expected to begin by the end of 2025.

Sumitomo Chemical has already begun the construction of a pilot facility in Japan to demonstrate a new environmentally-friendly process for producing propylene directly from ethanol. The pilot unit is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025.

Air Liquide has plans to use its proprietary Cryocap technology for developing, owning and operating a mega carbon capture unit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The new unit will be installed at the firm’s H2 facility and will aim to reduce CO₂ emissions in the region.