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Maire announces new petrochem awards worth billions of dollars
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Mar 3, 2025
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ExxonMobil has purchased several shipments of naphtha for its newly launched petrochemical complex in southern China, Reuters has reported.
The complex, based in Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park of Huizhou, Guangdong province, is one of the few mega petrochemical plants in China wholly-owned by a foreign investor that are designed to produce high-end petrochemical... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2025
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TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects in the Netherlands, for the production and delivery of some 45,000 tons a year of green hydrogen produced using renewable power developed by TotalEnergies (50%) and RWE (50%).
These projects will cut CO2 emissions from TotalEnergies’ refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands by up to 450,000... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2025
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Wood has been selected to provide operations and maintenance solutions for MTR Carbon Capture at the world’s largest membrane-based carbon capture plant in Gillette, Wyoming.
The facility, which is based at the Wyoming Integrated Test Centre (ITC) and managed by the University of Wyoming, is part of the US Department of Energy’s large-scale pilot carbon capture programme... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2025
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Samsung E&A has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for the EPC of the TA'ZIZ Methanol Project.
The contract value is $1.7 billion (€1.64 billion), with a contract duration of 44 months.
This project includes the construction of a methanol plant with a production capacity of 1.8 million tons per annum at the TA'ZIZ chemicals and transition fuels ecosystem being developed... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2025
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NH3 Clean Energy has completed the engineering component of its preliminary-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for its flagship WAH2 clean ammonia project in Western Australia.
The technical work has been completed in collaboration with Petrofac Asset Solutions Australia as lead engineer, and Topsoe A/S as core technology provider.
Pre-FEED technical work... [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2025
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Enerkem has announced that Repsol has officially approved the Financial Investment Decision (FID) for the Ecoplanta project - marking a significant milestone in the drive for the supply of sustainable fuel and product.
Repsol's Ecoplanta project will leverage Enerkem's cutting-edge technology to transform non-recyclable municipal waste into sustainable methanol which... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2025
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Sungrow Hydrogen signed supply agreement with ACME Group and will provide water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment for the 320MW green ammonia project in Oman.
It also marks the official start of the cooperation between ACME Group and Sungrow Hydrogen in the Middle East.
According to the agreement, Sungrow Hydrogen will provide multiple sets of 1000Nm³/h ALK... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 15, 2025
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CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC) has taken a final investment decision to expand its petrochemical complex in Daya Bay, Huizhou, south China.
The expansion will include a third ethylene cracker with a planned capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year of ethylene, a key building block to make plastics, and associated downstream derivatives units producing... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 3, 2025
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Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has secured a contract worth around $17 million (€16.3 million) from a leading petrochemical company in the Middle East to improve efficiency and reduce emissions on a process manufacturing plant.
Under this 18-month contract, Wood is providing consultancy and engineering services, process technology and specialist... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Dec 11, 2024
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Air Liquide has been awarded a grant of €110 million from the European Innovation Fund for its ENHANCE project in the port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, that aims to produce low-carbon and renewable hydrogen derived from ammonia.
As part of the project, Air Liquide intends to build, own and operate a first-of-its-kind large scale renewable ammonia cracking plant and... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Dec 10, 2024
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Sulzer’s technology has been selected by Emirates Biotech for its upcoming polylactic acid (PLA) production plant in the United Arab Emirates.
The facility will be constructed in two phases, each with an annual capacity of 80,000 tonnes, resulting in a total production capacity of 160,000 tonnes per annum. Once completed, it will be the largest PLA production facility... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2024
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Ingenza has partnered with Oxford-based HydRegen to develop a more sustainable and cost-effective method of manufacturing amine-based chemicals - eliminating the need for heavy metal catalysts.
HydRegen was established as a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2020, with the aim of providing alternatives to chemical manufacturing.
Classical metal-catalysed chemical... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2024
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Topsoe has signed an agreement with developer Hygenco to provide its dynamic ammonia technology for a new green plant in Gopalpur, Odisha, India.
Hygenco will utilise Topsoe’s advanced dynamic green ammonia technology allowing for flexible and efficient operations while optimising overall performance.
This technology will support Hygenco’s ambition of exporting... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Nov 25, 2024
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Aramco affiliate Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF) and Rongsheng Petrochemical have signed a development framework agreement in Beijing, China, that paves the way for an expansion project at SASREF in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
The agreement outlines the cooperation mechanism and planning relating to the design and development of the project, which aims to expand... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Nov 19, 2024
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Sinopec Corp and Saudi Aramco have begun building a refinery and petrochemical complex in China's Fujian province.
The complex, costing around $9.8 billion (€9.2 billion), also marks Saudi Aramco's second major refining and petrochemical joint venture with a Chinese state oil major.
The new venture, located in Gulei industrial park of Zhangzhou city, includes a 16... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2024
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Neste and Braskem have reached an agreement for the supply of renewable and recycled feedstocks for polymers and chemicals production.
Braskem products based on these feedstocks are expected to be available on the market starting from the fourth quarter of 2024. These products will be sold mainly in South America and included in Braskem’s Wenew product portfolio.
“This... [Read More]