A report by Brandessence Market Research titled ‘Industrial Catalyst Market’ predicts the global industrial catalyst market to be valued at 24.44 billion dollars by 2025. The report highlights that the Asia Pacific region will dominate the overall market across the globe.

With a production capacity of 5225 MTPD, the methanol plant is part of the mega natural gas-to-gasoline complex in Turkmenistan. The project makes use of Haldor Topsoe’s Syncor Methanol solution to produce synthetic gasoline.

Air Liquide and BASF have recently signed three new long-term contracts in the Antwerp basin (Belgium). Leveraging on five existing onsite production plants in the Antwerp basin, the industrial gases specialist has entered into a new 15-year agreement to renew its airgas supply to existing installations and provide additional oxygen to a new Ethylene Oxide plant to be built by BASF.

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures has invested in US-based Seeq Corporation which specialises in IIOT advanced analytics software. The software is capable of boosting production in process manufacturing industries such as oil and gas, pharma, chemicals, and so on.

Primus Green Energy announces that along with a global petrochemical company as a joint venture partner, it has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study with IHI E&C International Corporation for a first of its kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

Air Liquide has renewed its collaboration with US-based firm Solidia Technologies post the success of a pilot phase in which Solidia Concrete, an innovative solution which utilises carbon dioxide to cure concrete, was tested.

The mega project is expected to include a 1.2 MMt/y ethylene unit; pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation; aromatics extraction; and production facilities for butadiene, high-density PE, low-density PE, PE plastomers and elastomers, PP, and other derivatives, reports Chemical Week.

A consortium comprising Nouryon, Gasunie and four other partners will receive a $ 12.2-million European grant towards their proposed green hydrogen project in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

Technip FMC has secured an engineering, procurement and construction management services contract from Motor Oil Hellas for a new naphtha complex in Greece. The new naphtha project is expected to have a capacity of 22,000 barrels per day.

McDermott announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract for Next Wave Energy Partners, LP's grassroots alkylate production facility, known as Project Traveler, in Pasadena, Texas.