With the rising demand for ammonia, methanol, and DME grassroots plants in Indonesia, the firm aims to offer cutting edge technology, catalysts and solutions for the region’s petrochemical and fertiliser industry.

South Refineries Company’s Basrah refinery upgrading project in Iraq will make use of various technologies from Axens in order to increase its gasoline and diesel production. The move is expected to reduce imports of petroleum products in the country.

CO2 to chemicals: What potential has the utilisation of carbon dioxide for chemicals production? — CO2 has a bad image. But can the undesired exhaust gas also be used as a raw material? Not an easy task, yet researchers from all over the world are working hard on turning the climate killer as a raw material. And those, who believe this will remain a thought game played in ivory towers or think that these minor experiments will remain confined to the cellar laboratory are making a big mistake: The first production scale plant is already on-stream....

Materials specialist Lyondell Basell has announced plans to build a new 500,000 tons/year polyethylenen plant in Texas, using its new Hyperzone PE technology.

With this deal, Shell will speed up the commercialization of Lanzajet’s ‘Alcohol-to-Jet’ technology which plays a key role in producing sustainable aviation fuel. Lanzajet is also building the first commercial-scale Alcohol-to-Jet facility in the world in Georgia, USA.

Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary Tecnimont has secured an EPC contract by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria. The contract includes carrying out rehabilitation works at the Port Harcourt refinery complex in Nigeria for the Port Harcourt Refinery Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).

In process engineering systems, it is essential that piping systems are heated in winter. Otherwise, the liquids transported in these systems would either become viscous or even freeze completely. In the case of water-based liquids, the pipes could also burst. A monitoring solution that can be individually adapted to the specific needs of older systems provides a remedy.

Plant engineering is making a small comeback in Europe. But how viable is the trend? — In 2018, European investment projects saw a mini-boom: 134 new plants in the first eight months show the potential in the industry. But now, thanks to trade conflicts, the Brexit and oil price rises, growth is coming to a standstill —  is chemistry running out of steam?

The digitalisation process ensures that the company’s operative business continues to develop. Significant investments are also being made for the expansion of the company's computing capacity.

Designed for demanding hazardous industrial environments, the rugged S88 Specific Ion Sensors and the intelligent X80 Universal Transmitter Analyzer from Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) are available as Atex and Iecex or FM approved. The solutions provide safe, precise measurement of water-based chemicals for effective process use and effluent treatment prior to re-use or discharge in order to meet water quality standards and regulations.