Borealis has launched its proprietary Borstar Nextension technology which is claimed to be a step change for performance-based polyolefins. The Borstar Nextension catalysts are being produced at a new plant at Borealis’ existing site in Porvoo, Finland.

KBR’s clean ammonia platform aims to meet the future demand for sustainable energy and fertilizers. The move has been undertaken by the firm as the global demand for clean ammonia is expected to increase significantly in the future.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2022’ from all over the world. Right from developing North America’s biggest PVDF facility for battery materials to establishing the world’s largest integrated polymers facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Under the terms of the agreement, BP will sell its 50 % stake in the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in Ohio to its joint venture partner Cenovus Energy for 300 million dollars. BP and Canada-based firm Cenovus are also expected to enter into a multi-year product supply agreement.

Wood has secured a Feed contract by Gen2 Energy to develop a new 100 MW green hydrogen production facility in Mosjøen, Norway. The plant is expected to produce around 45 tonnes of green hydrogen daily.

Mc Dermott has secured a Feed contract from Hydrostor Incorporated for a 200 MW advanced compressed air energy storage facility in Australia. Under the terms of the contract, Mc Dermott will leverage its io consulting and storage business for the ‘Silver City Energy Storage’ project to develop a modularized solution for providing a clean and long-term energy solution.

A consortium including Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4 Impact VC and Asahi Kasei have invested a total of 11-million-euros into Circularise, a start-up firm, to accelerate a circular economy for the polymers and chemicals industry.

With an aim to strengthen and expand its bioenergy business especially in the US, BP has plans to acquire Archaea Energy for 3.3 billion dollars in cash and around 800 million dollars of net debt. The move will assist BP as well as its customers to achieve their respective decarbonization goals.

Equinor has given the go-ahead for the construction of the Blandford Road battery storage project in Dorset, the south of the UK. The 25 MW / 50 MWh battery storage project is a result of the partnership between Equinor and Noriker Power.

Time is running out and we are still struggling to achieve the net zero emissions deadline by 2050 but there’s still hope. The industrial sector, one of the most carbon-intensive industries, is consciously making an effort to decarbonize itself and one of the methods which the sector is adopting is by switching to the production of clean green hydrogen as well as low carbon hydrogen i.e. blue hydrogen.