Glatt Ingenieurtechnik has developed a seamless cleanroom washing area that has successfully passed practical tests at both the company’s own technology center and customer sites.

Sasol’s Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) Ethane Cracker facility in Louisiana, USA has achieved beneficial operation. With this move, the company aims to improve the quality of ethylene and also ramp up the unit.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its latest report ‘Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor’ elaborates on the new global power dynamics in the background of a hydrogen economy. It also states that green hydrogen has the potential to disrupt global trade and bilateral energy relations with new hydrogen exporters and users.

Phillips 66 and Novonix have signed a technology development agreement to advance the production and commercialization of next-generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The collaboration builds on strategic investment and will accelerate the development of next-generation anode materials for the battery supply chain.

Masdar, Siemens Energy and Total Energies have signed a collaboration agreement on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2022, to act as co-developers for a demonstrator plant project, which will be established at Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban development.

Both the Chinese chemical companies Sinochem and Chemchina are planning a fusion. With an annual turnover of around 100 billion Dollars, the recently emerged chemical giant would supersede the present industry leader BASF.

The increasing number of mRNA therapies and vaccines is fuelling demand for plasmid DNA. To meet this demand, Wacker Biotech has developed a proprietary technology platform for plasmid production, which is used at the newly acquired biotech site in San Diego and offered under the name Plasmitec.

Linde Engineering has officially started up the world’s first full-scale pilot plant in Dormagen, Germany, to showcase how hydrogen can be separated from natural gas streams using Linde’s Hiselect powered by Evonik membrane technology.

Jacobs Engineering Group announced today it has been selected by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to provide engineering and procurement assistance services for the construction of offsites and utilities facilities for a cracker complex at the Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex in Gujarat, on the West Coast of India.

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Sabic signed an agreement to conduct a detailed study of the proposed Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project in Texas and begin planning for front-end engineering and design work.