The National Petroleum Construction Company bagged the mega contract to develop the new gas line at Adnoc’s Lower Zakum field offshore of Abu Dhabi. Once completed, the project is expected to increase the field’s gas production capacity from 430 million to 700 million standard cubic feet per day.

The publication of the ‘EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway’ by the European Commission has given a concrete direction to the European chemical industry to work in. The move will assist the industry to digitalize its processes, become climate neutral, circular, and also transition to sustainable chemicals by 2050.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Idesa Industrial Plants Slu (Idip) will work together to develop and fabricate new modular plants for green ammonia projects. Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s ammonia technology will be used for the modular solutions.

With a production of 1 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day, Exxonmobil’s facility in Baytown, Texas, USA is expected to be the world’s largest low carbon hydrogen plant. The project will make use of Topsoe’s Syncor hydrogen technology to produce hydrogen as well as capture and store more than 98 % of its associated CO2 emissions.

Mitsui Chemicals has plans to develop a new elastomers (Tafmer) plant in Singapore in the background of the rising global demand for high-performance elastomers.

Under a definitive agreement, Nouryon has plans to acquire Adob Fertilizers which specializes in water-soluble fertilizers and micronutrients. The move is expected to strengthen the company’s crop nutrition business.

Nuberg EPC has been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply and commissioning of a Propylene Purification Package at IOCL’s Panipat Refinery, Haryana, India. The Propylene Purification Package will be skid mounted and modular in nature.

With a rise in demand for sustainable food packaging, Mitsui Chemicals has plans to increase the production capacity for its environmentally safe Takelac polyurethane dispersions. These PUDs are water-based resins that offer superior heat resistance, high-temperature gas barrier performance and fastness to rubbing.

The new world-scale Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) production plant will be developed at OQ Chemicals’ production site at Bay City, Texas, USA. Röhm will make use of its latest proprietary production technology Lima for the project which is expected to produce 250,000 metric tons of MMA every year.

Chemical pumps of the Mega CPK type series of KSB are now available in 55 sizes with more than 78 hydraulic systems. The available materials of grey cast iron, nodular cast iron and cast steel, stainless steel as well as duplex and special alloys, such as titanium and Hastelloy, result in a wide range of applications.