KBR’s green ammonia technology has been selected by Ocior Energy for its green ammonia plant in Odisha, India. On completion, the project is expected to have a capacity of 600 metric tons per day.

Shell has decided to temporarily pause on-site construction at its biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam in the Netherlands. With an expected capacity of 820,000 tonnes a year, the project has been put on hold to address project delivery and ensure future competitiveness given current market conditions.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Cepsa beginning construction of Spain’s first isopropyl alcohol plant to H2Site developing an ammonia cracker to produce fuel cell-grade hydrogen, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Honeywell will be acquiring Air Products' liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment business for 1.81 billion dollars. The move is expected to expand the firm’s energy transition solutions and services.

Arcelormittal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have partnered with climate tech company D-CRBN to trial a new technology which has the capability to convert captured CO2 into carbon monoxide. This can be further used in steel and chemical production.

The first Lummus Advanced Waste Plastic Recycling plant will be located at Tiszaújváro, Hungary and is expected to have a processing capacity of 40,000 tons of mixed waste plastics per annum. The unit will also produce circular petrochemical building blocks which will be processed by MOL in their petrochemical facility.

Edwards Vacuum has introduced oil-free EDP 80 - 400 vacuum pumps for the chemical industry. Based on the non-contacting reverse claw technology, this pump ensures a uniform vacuum with high efficiency and low operating costs.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals has plans to takeover Apeiron Biologics for 100 million dollars in cash. Apeiron Biologics is a firm that holds royalty rights to Qarziba (dinutuximab beta) for the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma.

Zymochem has introduced Bayse – the world's first scalable, 100 % bio-based, and biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer. This innovation is expected to revolutionize the 145-billion-dollar global hygiene industry.

Through a 10 % participating interest, Shell has plans to invest in Adnoc’s Ruwais liquefied natural gas project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The project is expected to consist of two 4.8 million metric tonnes per annum LNG liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 9.6 mmtpa.