Fulcrum Bioenergy’s Sierra biofuels plant in the USA has commenced operations and is processing waste feedstock to produce high-quality hydrocarbon synthetic gas which proves beneficial for sustainable fuel production.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of May 2022’ from all over the world. Right from developing a world scale ethylene plant in Europe to building one of the world’s largest PDH units in China, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Shell has entered into an agreement with Lukoil to sell Shell Neft, its retail and lubricants businesses in Russia. The move is in line with Lukoil’s strategy to develop its priority sales channels such as retail, and the lubricants business.

Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), CO2 Value Europe (CVE) and nova-Institute have recently published a study which showcases the chemical industry’s CO2 reduction potential via carbon capture and utilization (CCU).

Under the terms of the shareholders agreement, Reliance will join hands with Adnoc and ADQ in the Ta’ziz industrial chemical zone in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi for the development of a mega chemical project – Ta’ziz EDC & PVC. For this, the joint venture has plans to invest over 2 billion dollars for building a chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride production facility.

Ammonia is commonly used in fertilizer because it has the highest nitrogen content of commercial fertilizers, making it essential for crop production. However, its production releases carbon dioxide. Electrochemical processes could reduce this impact on the climate.

Dow and Plastogaz will work together to simplify the process of converting plastic waste-to-feedstock in order to develop new virgin plastics. The new process aims to increase the carbon-yields of advanced recycling and to minimize the energy needs for advanced recycling, thus reducing its CO2 footprint.

Uniper, Hydrogenious and Jera Americas have entered into a joint study agreement with Adnoc to explore hydrogen transportation between the UAE and Germany. Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology will also be used for this venture.

Ineos has plans to develop a world scale carbon capture enabled hydrogen production plant in Grangemouth, Scotland. For this, the company is inviting bids from leading engineering design contractors for the design of the mega project. The produced low carbon hydrogen will be used to replace hydrocarbon fuels used at the Grangemouth site which will help to power its processes and manufacture important materials.

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the British multinational oil and gas major BP has plans to quit its 20 % share in Russia’s state-owned company Rosneft. BP chief executive officer Bernard Looney as well as former BP group chief executive Bob Dudley have also resigned from the board of Rosneft with immediate effect.