Lummus Technology has been selected by Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. (KPIC) to provide a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit to its Onsan chemical plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. The new unit, which is part of the plant’s expansion plan, is expected to process 37,000 MTA of feed, leading to higher production rates of butadiene and raffinate products. The new unit will also prevent the burning of the byproduct stream resulting in lower emissions.

Saudi Arabian Fertiliser new urea plant, at its industrial complex in Jubail, has been completed, expecting to produce 1.1 million tonnes of urea annually.

Mitsui Chemicals announced that the Company will take its competitive edge in its world top share ophthalmic lens monomers and coatings & engineering materials to the next level by constructing a large scale plant for XDI within its Omuta Works (Kyushu, Japan).

Chevron Phillips Chemical will build a pilot plant for polyethylene research, including new catalyst and polymer development, as well as polymer performance enhancements.

Messer has launched a new on-site nitrogen unit for Energoaqua in Czech Republic. With this move, the company was able to eliminate CO2 emissions from tank trucks which were earlier used to deliver nitrogen gas to Energoaqua, thus leading Energoaqua to produce its nitrogen independently and with high supply reliability.

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Under a MOU signed between Shell and RWE Generation, both the companies will work together to advance projects that focus on production, use and distribution of green hydrogen. Apart from this, they will also look at other sustainable options such as CCS and blue hydrogen to decarbonise RWE’s gas and biomass-fired power plants in northwest Europe.

Uhde India (UIPL) has successfully achieved Mechanical Completion of Matix Fertilisers’ 2 x 5,000 MT Ammonia storage tanks and associated system in Panagarh, West Bengal.

In order to fully utilize the energy potential of waste heat, Tata Steel is now commencing the implementation of an Energy Nest Thermal Energy Storage (TES) demo project as a ‘lighthouse initiative’.

Energy, food and medicine – our modern society wood not be possible without the discoveries and inventions of the chemical age. But what are the most important chemical inventions ever? IChemE asked professionals for their favourites - and here are the winners...