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Genomatica produces renewably sourced caprolactam for nylon production

Eighty years after nylon's first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) achieved a new milestone for the material — its production of the world’s first renewably-sourced ton of caprolactam, a key ingredient for nylon-6, made…

HollyFrontier selects Haldor Topsoe technology for renewable diesel unit in New Mexico

HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollyfrontier.com) has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) HydroFlex sustainable renewable-fuel technology to produce renewable diesel from various feedstocks. The large renewable diesel unit will be located at HollyFrontier’s Artesia refinery in New Mexico.  Under the…

Saipem acquires CO2-capture assets in Canada

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has acquired a proprietary technology for CO2 capture from the Canadian company CO2 Solutions Inc. (CSI). CSI is a leading innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture, actively working to develop and…

Eni and Adnoc announce carbon-capture collaboration

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) signed a strategic framework agreement with Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) to explore new opportunities for collaboration in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), where ADNOC is an industry leader, and additional…

Saipem tests a new technology for the disposal and reuse of plastic waste

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) signed a license agreement with ITEA S.p.A, an Italian company that owns the patent for application of a new plastics recycling technology. Originally designed for applications in the oil & gas sector, the…

Masdar and Cepsa announce JV focused on renewable projects in Spain and Portugal

Renewable energy company Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdar.ae) and Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain; www.cepsa.com) announced an agreement to establish a joint venture company to develop renewable energy projects in Spain and Portugal.  The 50:50 venture was announced…

Total to develop Qatar’s First Large-Scale Solar Plant

Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) as entered into agreements for the development of the Al Kharsaah Solar PV IPP Project, a 800 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar plant that will be located 80 km west of Doha, Qatar. The project was awarded…

Chevron joins the Hydrogen Council, plans hydrogen-fueling pilot project

Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.; www.chevron.com) announced that it has joined the Hydrogen Council, a global advisory body providing a long-term vision for the role of hydrogen in the energy transition. Hydrogen is used at Chevron refineries to refine crude…