Carbonization processes such as pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) expected to fulfil important roles in future bio-refinery concepts. However, until now a major problem is: These processes form waste waters that contain various environmental hazardous substances. Researchers in Potsdam/Germany seem to crack it.

Nuberg EPC has bagged a contract from the Indian Government’s enterprise Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore for developing a brown field 1650 TPD NPK plant on EPC-LSTK basis in Kochi, Kerala. The project is expected to increase the total production capacity to 3,650 TPD of complex fertilizer.

ExxonMobil has plans to discontinue operations of the Sakhalin-1 project which comprises a consortium of Japanese, Indian and Russian companies. The company will also not make any new investments in Russia.

Oriental Energy has collaborated with Honeywell to establish a one-million-ton sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Maoming, China. The plant will make use of the Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology and is expected to be one of the world’s largest SAF production facilities using used cooking oils and animal fats as feedstocks.

The Tapflo Group has recently announced a new product series for feeding of filter presses. The piston-diaphragm pumps are designed for heavy duty applications and are used in almost every automotive production plant in Europe.

The scarcity of crude oil and a growing consciousness for the problems associated with plastic waste from packaging material make lead to a growing interest in degradable bioplastics. A new market study by Frost & Sullivan sees great chances for bioplastics as cost effective mass products.

The Fluid Components International (FCI) claims to offer the industry’s broadest selection of SIL-rated thermal mass air/gas flow meters. The products are also approved by global agencies for Ex-rated installations and can be used across chemical plants, power plants, refineries, oil/gas, mining, cement, etc.

Perstorp has submitted a 107-million-dollar application to the EU Innovation Fund for Project Air which comprises the development of a sustainable methanol production facility in Stenungssund, Sweden. The project has the potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by 400,000 tons.

After two years of construction and investments of 16 million, speciality chemicals company Clariant starts the production of AMPS-polymers at its facility in Tarragona, Spain. The new products come in–line with a focus on the market for mining chemicals, speakers explained.

Technip, leader of a joint venture with Fluor, was awarded a Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contract by Petronas for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in the state of Johor, Malaysia.