Total announces the final investment decision (FID) to develop the Anchor oil field. Additionally, front-end engineering and design (FEED) has begun for the North Platte discovery. Both projects are located in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana.

Kemira is investing $ 20 million at its Eastover, South Carolina site to increase available sodium chlorate capacity.

INA Supervisory Board granted its prior agreement for the Rijeka Refinery Residue Upgrade project and the Management Board unanimously approved the investment. The decision was supported both by the Croatian Government and by MOL, the two major shareholders of INA.

Fluor Corporation and Bayer placed the final steel beam for Bayer’s new cell culture technology center being constructed in Berkeley, California.

Primus Green Energy announces that along with a global petrochemical company as a joint venture partner, it has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study with IHI E&C International Corporation for a first of its kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

DuPont Clean Technologies has been awarded the contract to supply Sinopec with a second Stratco alkylation unit; this time for the Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Qilu).

Oil and gas company BP announced that it intends to invest up to $ 22.5 billion in the UK’s energy system by the end of 2030. The group wants to continue investing in North Sea oil and gas, while driving down operational emissions. BP is also in action on a range of lower carbon energy investments in the UK.

Through its wholly owned subsidiary Shell Overseas Investment, Shell signed an agreement with Actis Solenergi Limited (Actis) to acquire 100 % of Solenergi Power and with it, the Sprng Energy group of companies.

CFD Simulation in Chemical Reaction Engineering — The goal of reaction engineering is to optimize transport processes (heat transfer, mass transfer and mixing) in order to improve yield/conversion of desired products whilst ensuring the safe operation of the reactor. CFD simulation can help maximizing yield while minimizing costs.

Thyssen Krupp has received a new order from the state-owned Brunei Fertilizer Industries. The fully integrated, state-of-the-art fertilizer complex will comprise an ammonia plant with a daily capacity of 2,200 metric tons as well as a urea plant and a urea granulation plant both with a capacity of 3,900 tons per day.