Avantium’s new demo plant in the Netherlands will utilise the firm’s Ray technology to produce plant-based mono-ethylene glycol. With an annual capacity of 10 tonnes, the unit will also produce plant-based mono-propylene glycol.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has set itself an ambitious climate protection target. By 2040, the group intends to become climate neutral and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from around 3.2 million metric tons of CO2e today.

Dupont Industrial Biosciences officially broke ground on its new site at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. The state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary facility will utilize the tools of modern biotechnology to make industrial processes more efficient and products more sustainable.

Raven Petroleum plans to use specialised technologies by combining cogeneration, natural gas and base-load renewable power to process Texas crude. The project is expected to benefit the region’s economy and generate jobs for the locals.

With an aim to contribute to the circular economy, Eastman will be making use of its carbon renewal technology to recycle old carpets and create new materials from them. The company has also collaborated with Circular Polymers to secure feedstock for the technology.

Total’s Synova aims to produce 40,000 tonnes of recycled polypropylene per year by 2021 to meet the growing demands for high-performance recycled materials from the automobile sector. The move is in line with the company’s ambition of becoming a responsible energy major.

Dow and UPM Biofuels have teamed up to produce plastics from a bio-based renewable feedstock for the packaging industry. With this move, Dow plans to address the growing demand for renewable plastics across the globe.

Borealis and Neste are entering into strategic co-operation for the production of renewable polypropylene (PP). The co-operation is to enable the Austrian group to start using its partners renewable propane as renewable feedstock at its facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium, starting end of 2019.

OPEC’s World Oil Outlook (WOO) 2019 offers an insight into the medium and long-term projections as well as an assessment of the oil and energy industry across the globe.

Primus Green Energy announced plans to develop and deliver a 160 metric tonnes per day methanol plant to an operating site in Alberta, Canada.