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Invista completes nylon 6,6 capacity expansion in Shanghai

INVISTA (Wichita, Kan.) announced that INVISTA Nylon Chemicals (China) Co. has completed the expansion of its nylon 6,6 polymer site at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). The site expansion, at a total investment of 1.75 billion RMB ($240 million),…

Wood to deliver pre-FEED for Shell’s blue hydrogen project in Oman

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been selected by Shell to deliver pre-FEED services for Oman’s ‘Blue Horizons’ project. The project will produce low-carbon blue hydrogen and ammonia for local and international markets and will capture and store CO2 from production.…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde joins HAMR Energy for large-scale green-methanol project in Australia

Australian low-carbon fuels company HAMR Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) to support the development of the Portland Renewable Fuels Project in the Portland area of Victoria, Australia, which will help to…

Mura Technology to expand partnership with WMG to further develop advanced recycling

Mura Technology (London) announced a continuation of the collaboration with WMG at the University of Warwick and Innovate UK (IUK) to continue their work on sustainability with a new IUK funded, two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). WMG will develop operational…

Aramco acquires majority share in Petro Rabigh refining and petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia

Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire an additional stake of approximately 22.5% in Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh), the refining and petrochemical complex located on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s west coast, from…

Clariant deoxygenation catalyst selected for green ammonia project in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that a deoxygenation catalyst from its EnviCat Green series was selected for a major green ammonia project in China. The catalyst will be used to remove trace oxygen…

Petrofac awarded FEED contract for TotalEnergies CCS project in the Netherlands

Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) announced that its Consulting team in Woking, U.K. has strengthened its position in supporting the Netherlands’ ambitions for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) with an award from TotalEnergies EP Nederland BV of multi-million-dollar front-end-engineering design…

Masdar and TotalEnergies to develop a commercial methanol-to-SAF project in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies (Paris) to assess the viability of developing a commercial green hydrogen to methanol to SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) project. The focus of the project is to…

Arcadium acquires lithium metal business of Li-Metal Corp.

Arcadium Lithium plc (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced it has acquired the lithium metal business of Li-Metal Corp. (Markham, Ont., Canada).  The all-cash $11-million acquisition includes the intellectual property and physical assets related to lithium metal production, including a pilot production facility…

Chevron moves corporate headquarters from California to Houston

Chevron Corp. (Houston) announced the relocation of the company’s headquarters from San Ramon, Calif., to Houston, Tex. and senior leadership changes. Chevron Chairman and CEO, Mike Wirth, and Vice Chairman, Mark Nelson, will move to Houston before the end of…