Equipped to transport up to 350 thousand barrels per day of crude oil, the new 112 km pipeline originates from Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq plants and ends at the Bapco Refinery in Bahrain.

Shin-Etsu Chemical announced an investment of $ 125 million in the expansion of its photomask blanks business at its two existing photomask blanks plants: the Takefu Plant in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture and the Naoetsu Plant in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.

The National Oil Corporation, BP and Eni have signed an agreement according to which Eni will resume exploration work in Libya. The exploration and production sharing agreement operations have remained suspended since 2014 in the region.

The new pipeline will be used to transport molten sulphur produced by the firm’s Shah sour gas field. The project will also prove beneficial for future expansion of sulphur production and is expected to be commissioned in 2019.

From November 20–23, the Marchesini Group will take part in the 20th edition of Pharmtech, the international exhibition of equipment, raw materials and technologies for the pharmaceutical industry.

German chemical company Evonik and Transferra Nanosciences, formerly known as Northern Lipids, have signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the business and assets of the biotechnology company based in Burnaby close to Vancouver/Canada. Both parties have agreed to not disclose the purchase price. The transaction is scheduled to close at the end of July 2016.

Flexicon has introduced a wear-resistant flexible screw conveyor with carbon steel conveyor tube, heavy-duty flexible screw, heavy-gauge floor hopper and discharge housing, capable of moving crushed glass, garnet, aluminium oxide, silica sand, aggregate, cement and other abrasive materials.

The deagglomeration and grinding of raw materials are decisive factors as far as quality is concerned in the preparation of medications. This is illustrated by a practical example: metformin, an active substance used by Novartis for manufacturing medications for adult-onset diabetes. A necessary treatment for millions — but with a tendency for lump formation.

Sumitomo Chemical has signed a contract with Kazan Organichesky Sintez (KOS) to license its high-pressure production process for low-density polyethylene and ethylene-vinyl acetate to KOS’ new plant in Kazan, Tartarstan.

Arkema has plans to make fresh investments at its Changshu site in China in order to increase its Kynar fluoropolymer capacities by 35 %. The move is being undertaken in the backdrop of growing demand from the lithium-ion battery business and significant opportunities in the water filtration, construction coatings, and semiconductor industries.