Pörner Ingenieurgesellschaft concluded a contract for engineering and construction of a Biturox Bitumen Plant in Barauni Refinery in India with Indian Oil Corporation. The scope of services includes licensing, pilot tests, basic engineering, supply of core componets as well as commissioning support and start-up in the next year.

In January the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company shipped its first 300,000 barrels of oil. The joint-venture is the largest Chinese investment in Saudi-Arabia to date with a total investment of nearly $10 billion.

Solvay intends to make use of an existing boiler to increase its co-combustion rate with biomass at its Devnya plant in Bulgaria. The move will assist the company to cut CO2 emissions by 20 % and transition towards green energy, thus helping the firm reach its goal of reaching carbon neutrality before 2050.

CB&I has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $ 40 million by DuPont to provide engineering, procurement and construction for an ethane cracking furnace expansion project at Dupont's Sabine River Works ethylene plant in Orange, Texas.

With an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Tatneft plans to increase the use of fiberglass pipelines as compared to metal pipes at its sites. For this, new fiberglass pipelines will be constructed at the company’s new Bavly plant in Russia.

With growing demand for engineering plastics especially in ASEAN, BASF has plans to expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) product at its Pasir Gudang site in Malaysia by 5,000 metric tons annually.

When eating a muesli bar, one doesn’t normally think of explosions – And yet, the f&b industry is full of explosion hazards. Reason enough for foods giant Nestlé to consider an up-to-date explosion prevention solution. The result is both safe and tasty...

An in-depth review by IEA has revealed that owing to bold policies and support for innovation, Canada is on the path to a successful energy transition. The country aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. In line with this goal, the governments have undertaken various policy measures such as a clean fuels standard, a commitment to phase out unabated coal-fired electricity by 2030, methane regulations in the oil and gas sector, measures to decarbonize the transport sector, and many more.

Coating Supplier Hempel agreed with the local government of the Russian region Ulyanovsk to build the company's first Russian production facility close to the city of Ulyanovsk, 893 kilometres east of Moscow.

Schütz Industrial Packaging presented a new earthed plastic pallet designed especially for the use in hazardous areas at the Interpack trade fair. This application was previously reserved chiefly for steel pallets.