British oil multi BP has finished the last major milestones of its refinery upgrading project at Whiting, Indiana, USA. The start–up of a new 102,000 barrel per day coker in mid-November was the last big step in the project, designed to create US $ one billion per annum of additional future operating cash flow.

The newly established HEGRA company co-owned by Aker, Yara and Statkraft aims to electrify and decarbonize the ammonia plant at Herøya, Norway thus, ensuring large-scale green ammonia production. With the new firm, the partners also intend to create a new industry in Norway that provides a competitive advantage in a growing global hydrogen economy as well as forms the basis for a future Norwegian export industry.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and Novasep have recently entered into a collaboration agreement in the area of chromatography and single-use bioprocessing.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has plans to develop its first HydroPRS (Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Solution) project in Japan. The plastics recycling unit will be situated at MCC’s Ibaraki Plant and is expected to process 20,000 tons of plastic waste annually.

South Korea's Lotte Chemical will invest 253 billion won ($ 215.82 million) to increase the ethylene production capacity at its southwestern Yeosu plant by 2018, Reuters reports.

“The Masters of the Columns” was our title three years ago, when PROCESS visited the firm Iludest/i-Fischer and subsequently outlined their work. Now these masters are once again attracting attention by presenting a new phase equilibrium device.

Yokogawa will begin work on the collaborative study project with an aim to achieve carbon neutrality at an industrial complex in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan by 2050. The study has been commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.

For nearly 20 years, Sharplex Filters (India) has been fulfilling the need of filters for various industrial verticals, such as chemical, pharmaceutical, F&B and so on. Their vast experience in the field helps them offer customised solutions to the buyers. Satish V. Khadke, Sharplex’ Managing Director, gives an insight into the emerging market potential and recent technological developments.

Achema is set to be lit up with a veritable fireworks of innovations, as Vega, the German measurement specialists from the Black Forest, have timed it just right for the biggest event in the processing industry calendar to introduce their plics plus instrument concept, an upgrade on plics which has been simplifying the world of measurement technology since 2003.

Safety is the top priority in WFI (Water for Injection) production, but cost efficiency is also an important consideration. Intelligent media flow configurations provide the answer.