Climate change is real and there is an urgent need to reduce and eliminate harmful global greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector if we want future generations and habitat to survive on this planet. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage is a key technology that can help today’s industries to decarbonize their operations and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

BASF intends to increase the capacity of its key specialty amines – polyetheramines and tertiary at its Geismar site in the USA. The capacity expansion is expected to be completed by mid-2023.

The fifth edition of the API 2350 safety standard relating to large non-pressurized, above-ground petroleum storage tanks contains some significant changes. This article shows how these changes contribute to easier implementation of solutions to prevent overfilling, leading to enhanced plant and worker safety.

Hydrogenpro has successfully delivered a 5,5 MW electrolyzer to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Takasago Hydrogen Park which is claimed to be the world’s first validation center for hydrogen technology.

Citic Heavy Industries was awarded a contract by Fujian Jianfu Cement to develop a green, smart cement factory in Yongan, Fujian, China. For this, the company used Bentley’s collaborative BIM technology to integrate 3D parametric design of the main equipment, perform construction simulation, and generate a full-process, green cement production plant with intelligent controls. Itwin Services were also used to establish a digital twin which helped to monitor the assets, thus, saving 2 million dollars in equipment maintenance costs.

Under a MOU signed between Sabic SK Nexlene Company, a joint venture company between Sabic and SK Geo Centric, and the Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Korea, the firm will construct and expand its production plants for high-performance polyolefin elastomers.

Located in Hanau, Germany, Evonik’s new GMP facility will produce pharmaceutical lipids for advanced and pharmaceutical drug delivery applications. It will also offer lipids for clinical and small-scale commercial manufacturing.

Exxonmobil’s two new chemical production units at its Baytown, Texas manufacturing facility in the USA are expected to produce 400,000 metric tons per year of polymer modifiers and 350,000 tons per year of linear alpha olefins respectively.

Under a collaboration with the Colorado State University, Total Energies aims to establish an international protocol of qualification for methane measurement technologies. The move will help to develop a method for estimating annual methane measurements from point measurements.

Sabic-Sinopec’s joint venture Sinopec Sabic Tianjin Petrochemical Co. has begun commercial operations of a new polycarbonate plant. With an annual capacity of 260 kT, the unit is expected to meet the growing demands of polycarbonate in the region.