After starting up the world’s largest single train Low Viscosity Polyalphaolefin (LV PAO) plant in the USA recently, the company is now planning to expand its High Viscosity PAO facility within the same region.

Both Germany and Europe have set the goal of becoming greenhouse gas neutral by 2050 at the latest. This means that energy consumption throughout the economy must be switched to carbon-free sources. Hydrogen will play an important role here, especially in activities that are otherwise impossible or difficult to decarbonize - for example, in the steel and chemical industries, aviation, ships or parts of the transportation sector. One of the crucial factors for rapid conversion is the question of how the production costs for green hydrogen can be reduced to a competitive level.

For its Industrial Merchant business line, Air Liquide has signed 52 new long-term on-site contracts in 2022. On-site production of gases proves to be an environmentally-friendly solution for customers that require a local and reliable gas supply.

What does the future handling of field devices look like? Why has digitalization in the process industry not yet progressed as far as users and manufacturers would like? The discussions around device management provide an insight into the challenges. Thanks to Profinet and APL, solutions for this are already starting to emerge.

Where will the gas for tomorrow come from? Not from Central Europe - at least not on its own - everyone actually agrees on that. Even and especially in the brave new world of green energies, the Old World will be dependent on imports, perhaps even more than before. For this reason, wind- and above all sun-rich and sparsely populated countries are getting into position to supply Europe with much sought-after hydrogen. Namibia could play a key role in this...

Under an agreement signed between both the parties, Avantium and SCG Chemicals will further develop CO2-based polymers and also scale-up a pilot plant with a capacity of 10 tonnes annually.

Zhero Europe aims to develop large scale renewable energies projects in Europe and Africa in order to speed up the energy transition in high demand areas. Total Energies, Baker Hughes, Technip Energies, Azimut and other investors have plans to invest in this initiative.

Eramet Titanium & Iron which consists of an ilmenite transformation plant in Norway producing titanium slag for the pigments industry and also produces high-purity pig iron sold to European foundries has been taken over by Ineos under a 245-million-dollar deal.

Under a MOU, Adnoc together with the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia and Currenta will explore opportunities for the development of a low-carbon ammonia value chain in Germany. The aim of the contract is to produce and transport low-carbon ammonia as a fuel in energy generation.

E2S Warning Signals announced their next generation of SIL1 and SIL2 compliant warning devices. The ranges of alarm horn sounders, LED and Xenon Strobe beacons, plus combination sounders with beacons, are now available with SIL1 and SIL2 compliance as standard.