Shell has plans to sell its interest in Deer Park Refining Ltd Partnership, a 50:50 joint venture firm between Shell and Pemex, to Pemex for 596 million dollars. Once the deal is finalized, Pemex will solely own the company.

In line with India’s BS-VI emission standards and an aim to increase crude oil conversion, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd has chosen UOP’s Unionfining technology for producing cleaner-burning diesel fuels. The technology will be implemented at the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP) located in Assam.

Orlen Unipetrol has recently commissioned a pyrolytic testing unit for processing waste-plastics at its chemical plant in Litvínov, Czech Republic. With this move, the company intends to expand the conventional fuel and plastic production from fossil fuels with new sources that will lead to the decarbonization of the country.

The Maag Group has supplied its latest state of the art x6 class melt pump technology for the first fully integrated sugar-to-PLA (polylactic acid) plant in China. The plant is based on a Sulzer technology and key equipment for converting lactide into PLA.

Air Products has acquired the remaining 50% stake in its gasification technology joint venture from China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. The move is expected to further strengthen the company’s gasification technology portfolio in China.

Sasol will be joining Linde, Enertrag and Navitas to explore the potential of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), an initiative supported by the German Government’s H2 Global auction platform. Together with its partners, Sasol plans to carry out feasibility studies regarding the production of SAF at its Secunda Synfuels plant in South Africa.

Gazprom has reviewed its hydrogen energy development areas and has given its nod to the Comprehensive Program for reconstruction and re-equipment of processing facilities for years 2021–2025.

With the new production plant, Orlen Unipetrol has plans to launch dicyclopentadiene, a new product which can be used across the automotive, construction, electrical engineering, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.

Perhaps the boldest chemical engineering project in decades. BASF, Sabic and Linde have plans to establish the project at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany. The partners will make use of renewable electricity for the project which aims at reducing CO2 emissions by as much as 90 %.

Saudi Aramco and stc have launched a new supercomputer called Dammam 7 which is also claimed to be among the top ten most powerful supercomputers in the world. The new supercomputer is expected to improve Aramco’s decision-making on exploration and investments.