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.

Borealis plans to build a new, world-scale propanedehydrogenation plant in Belgium to guarantee the security of supplies for propylene. In the first step of the Project, the chemical company has launched a feasibility study.

The new Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) will be installed at Borealis’ polyolefins plant in Porvoo, Finland by 2023. With this move, the company aims to lower CO2 emissions, energy consumption, and flaring at its facilities.

Gevo’s new ‘Net-Zero’ projects aim to use renewable energy for producing energy dense liquid hydrocarbons. The company’s first project ‘Net-Zero 1’ will be built in South Dakota, USA and is expected to have a capacity of 45 million gallons per year of hydrocarbons.

CVR Energy’s subsidiary has selected Haldor Topsoe’s hydroflex technology to revamp its Oklahoma refinery in the USA in order to produce 100 million gallons of renewable diesel per year. Under the terms of the contract, Topsoe will deliver basic engineering, license, proprietary equipment and catalyst for its Hydroflex technology.