Neste has selected Rotterdam in the Netherlands over Porvoo in Finland to establish its new renewable products refinery. The significant difference in costs led the company to finalize the location.

Merck’s Life Science business has signed a 12-year renewable energy contract with Enel Green Power to build a wind and storage project in Texas, USA. The project – Azure Sky wind and storage project is claimed to be one of the largest aggregation deals in the world.

GEA has supplied its new separator technology to Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Biopharma. The equipment will be installed at Biopharma’s new plant in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine and will help the firm to become one of the leaders offering high-tech plasma processors across the globe.

Adnoc’s ambitious downstream, industry growth and In County-Value (ICV) program is committed to the UAE’s business growth strategy. In line with this objective, the company is already executing projects worth 11 billion dollars plus (AED 40 billion).

The new joint venture aims to become a leading supplier of renewable ethylene oxide derivatives to the growing consumer care market in India and its neighboring countries. Clariant and India Glycols will hold a 51-49 % stake respectively in the joint venture.

By 2050, BASF wants to be climate-neutral. Based on recent progress in the development of CO2-reduced and CO2-free technologies, the company is simultaneously increasing its medium-term reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Air Liquide has successfully completed the first phase of its low-carbon H2 electrolyzer plants in the Tainan Technology Industrial Park, Taiwan. Expected to supply ultra-high purity hydrogen, the project will continue to construct the remaining 5 phases in the next two years.

With this deal, Shell will speed up the commercialization of Lanzajet’s ‘Alcohol-to-Jet’ technology which plays a key role in producing sustainable aviation fuel. Lanzajet is also building the first commercial-scale Alcohol-to-Jet facility in the world in Georgia, USA.

In the background of the recent winter storm Uri that hit the USA, IHS Markit is providing an update on the US oil and gas production as well as the refining and petrochemicals sector in the region.

The MOL Group has begun biofuel production at its Danube Refinery in Hungary. The move is in line with the company’s updated strategy of ‘Shape Tomorrow’ and the firm will make use of bio feedstock to create sustainable diesel.