BASF has partnered with Nanotech Energy to develop lithium-ion in North America with locally recycled content and low CO2 footprint. BASF will produce cathode active materials from recycled metals in Battle Creek, Michigan which will be used to produce lithium-ion battery cells.

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has regularly hit the headlines: in 2016, it beats Grandmaster Lee Sedol in playing Go, and in 2018, the auction house Christie's auctioned off the first artwork created by artificial intelligence, "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy", for over 400,000 dollars. And today the AI-based text generator GPT-3 from the research laboratory Open AI, co-founded by Elon Musk, is said to flood the web with fake news through machine-generated posts but what about industrial applications of artificial intelligence? What are the opportunities and challenges of AI in the process industry?

KBR has joined hands with Odfjell, Equinor and Wärtsilä to carry out a study for the development of a green ammonia-based power system for Odfjell’s semi-submersible drilling unit. The company will evaluate the conversion of the diesel generators on board drilling units to ammonia-fueled generators.

Total Energies and Holcim have collaborated together to study various energies and technologies for developing an efficient CCUS system which will help to decarbonize Holcim’s entire cement plant in Belgium. The partnership will also aim at establishing renewable projects to power an electrolyzer in order to generate green hydrogen for e-fuels as well as to power Holcim’s new oxyfuel kiln.

With an aim to deliver carbon capture solutions to large-scale industrial emitters within the U.S. Gulf Coast area, Honeywell has joined hands with Enlink Midstream. Honeywell’s carbon capture technology will complement Enlink's pipeline infrastructure and projected sequestration connections to achieve the goal.

Shell has recently reported in its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022 that it has once again met its climate targets and has made progress towards becoming a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050.

Lanzajet and Technip Energies have entered into an agreement to accelerate the global deployment of sustainable aviation fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Lanzajet will integrate Technip Energies’ Hummingbird Technology for converting ethanol to ethylene into the overall Lanzajet ATJ Process to produce SAF.

Kellas Midstream has begun Feed work on the H2northeast hydrogen project in Teesside, USA. For the project, the firm has partnered with Johnson Matthey as well as Worley and Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology will be used to produce low carbon hydrogen at the site.

Adnoc has awarded Petrofac with an EPC contract for developing a new gas compressor plant at its Habshan Complex located to the west of Abu Dhabi in the UAE. With this project, the firm aims to increase the total gas output at the complex.

The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has issued a statement on the European Commission’s recommendation of creating a European assessment framework for ‘safe and sustainable by design’ chemicals and materials.