Indian Oil will invest 6 billion dollars to establish the 387 TMTPA facility at Indian Oil's Panipat Refinery & Petrochemical Complex in Haryana. The project is part of Indian Oil’s ‘Panipat Refinery Expansion Project’ which also includes the construction of a new 2.5 MMTPA Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit.

Joining technologies specialists Norma launched the development aid program Norma Clean Water in Pune, India. Among other things, the three-year project seeks to improve water supply and hygiene as well as restore sanitary facilities in 50 schools in the Pune district.

To develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries, a joint venture between Porsche and Customcells Itzehoe has brought the chemical group BASF on board. The partner is to exclusively supply high-energy HEDTM cathode materials for Porsche's high-performance vehicles.

The French energy group Total Energies and the engineering company Technip signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to jointly develop low-carbon solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and offshore facilities to accelerate the energy transition.

Expectations from the Namur Annual General Meeting are understandably high - and once again, no one was disappointed. Many exciting and future-oriented lectures and discussions on subjects like Remote Operation, Industry 4.0, modularized automation and plant performance illustrated on the very first day the direction in which users and suppliers in process automation are being forced. The sector must overcome its limits in order to embrace new solutions...

Thyssen Krupp is strengthening its plant technology business. Uhde, Polysius and Fördertechnik is combined under the roof of Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions.

To cater to the growing India and South-East Asia markets, Novozymes will build a new production and supply chain facility near Mumbai.

Uniper has entered into a cooperation agreement with Oman’s strategic green hydrogen project Hyport Duqm to provide engineering services and explore an exclusive offtake agreement of green ammonia. The project’s first phase involves the development of a 250 to 500 MW green hydrogen facility at Duqm, Oman.

Orienting on the facets of Green Chemistry and Engineering, Director API-R&D, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, India, Dr Rakeshwar Bandichhor details why its practice is encouraging and elaborates the significance of academic-industry partnership for a healthy, innovative environment in the Indian pharma sector. Excerpts of the interview…

Metso releases the new Rapid Draw 3D Valve Model Generator, a free online automated valve assembly model generator that allows users to quickly create realistic, to-scale, 3D valve assemblies and export them to any CAD program for use in plant piping diagrams.