At this year’s Achema trade show which is claimed to be the world's leading trade show for the process industry, more than 2,200 exhibitors from over 50 countries along with 70,000 plus participants from 127 nations were present at the event which was held from August 22 – 26, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany.

AGC and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical have launched a study for the production and sale of the world’s first circular carbon methanol made from CO2 which has been generated from glass production.

Mc Dermott along with its storage business, CB&I has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (Feed) contract by Gunvor Petroleum for developing a green hydrogen import terminal project in the Netherlands.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation has chosen Topsoe’s Hydroflex technology for its Martinez renewable fuels facility in California, USA. The technology is now being implemented at the plant.

Vattenfall and Preem are currently exploring the idea to speed up the development of a value chain which connects offshore wind and hydrogen with the refining industry in order to decarbonize its operations.

Total Energies has collaborated with Petronas and Mitsui to establish a carbon storage hub in Malaysia. Under the terms of the contract, the parties will identify the best site for the project and also develop a business framework for commercialization of a carbon storage service in the country.

Equinor has transferred its participating interests in four Russian joint ventures to Rosneft. The move to exit all its joint ventures in the country was announced earlier in February by the company as a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The automation on a Domina tablet press is a step ahead of other machines as it helps to maximize production and minimize errors. The article elaborates on how Ima Active applies machine learning to set-up a machine automatically, allowing product quality and production efficiency to be of the highest standard and guaranteeing a quick return on customer investment.

Topsoe’s dynamic ammonia loop technology has been selected by World Energy GH2 for Project Nujio’qonik which is claimed to be Canada’s largest renewable hydrogen project. The technology will be used to produce up to 1,650 metric tons per day of renewable ammonia at the site.

With an aim to expand its current capacity of vinyl acetate monomer, Lotte Ineos Chemical has plans to develop a new plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The company has also selected Lotte Engineering & Construction to carry out the Front-End Engineering Design work for the project.