Energy
Energy | 18 October 2021

Consortium exploring green hydrogen hub in Scotland

Plans to power the proposed Flotta Hydrogen Hub are being developed by OWPL in partnership with Flotta Terminal’s owner Repsol Sinopec, and Uniper, a leading international energy company and pioneer in the field of hydrogen

Chemical
Chemical | 18 October 2021

NextGen Summit: Specialty chemical captains chalk out industry’s expansion roadmap

Better infrastructure, special incentives, focus on sustainable practices will drive future growth of specialty chemicals business in India

General
General | 18 October 2021

Flotek releases advanced machine learning application to reduce transmix generation

Verax analyzers can measure hydrocarbon composition, vapor pressure, boiling point, flash point, API gravity and other physical properties in seconds

People
People | 18 October 2021

Ineos CEO re-elected as Chairman of Essenscia Belgium

The renewed chairman's mandate is for a period of three years

Energy
Energy | 18 October 2021

Ineos to invest £1.69 billion on green hydrogen projects in Europe

The first plants will be built in Norway, Germany and Belgium in the next 10 years with investment also planned in the UK and France

Chemical
Chemical | 18 October 2021

NextGen Summit: Farmer awareness critical for boosting per hectare agrochemicals consumption

Agrochemical industry leaders discuss the critical role of agrochemicals in boosting agriculture protection and production, thereby doubling Indian farmers income

People
People | 18 October 2021

AVEVA appoints new Chief Revenue Officer and General Counsel & Company Secretary

Both leaders bring a wealth of global expertise to AVEVA when they join on November 1

Gas
Gas | 18 October 2021

Ship-to-Ship operation of LPG undertaken at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata

This operation at HDC reduces the time taken for a daughter vessel by 7-9 days from BPCL’s other location for STS operations which consequently entailing savings of around US $3,50,000 per voyage for BPCL

Energy
Energy | 18 October 2021

Air Products to use Topsoe' blue ammonia technology for clean energy project in Louisiana

Haldor Topsoe will deliver its blue ammonia synthesis technology, proprietary hardware and catalysts for the megaproject

General
General | 18 October 2021

MK Aromatics commissions waste plastics to hydrocarbon derivatives/fuel oil facility in Goa

The facility will ensure a safe disposal of post consumer waste plastics providing an “End of Life Solution” and a plastic litter free Goa

People
People | 18 October 2021

Perstorp appoints Patrice Pinsard as EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation

Patrice has held senior positions in companies such as Rhodia and Cognis and, most recently as Global EVP Coatings, Industrial Solutions & Amines at Solvay

Energy
Energy | 18 October 2021

Repsol, EDP to explore green hydrogen projects in Spain

The agreement recognizes three potential projects for further evaluation, two in Spain and one in Portugal

People
People | 18 October 2021

Helge Aasen to continue as Elkem’s CEO

Aasen assumes the role with immediate effect

Energy
Energy | 17 October 2021

Technip Energies awarded EPCC contract for PEM based hydrogen project by NTPC

The EPCC contract covers the delivery of a 5 MW Hydrogen Generation Plant using Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolysis technology at a Super Thermal Power station located in Vindhyachal, Madhya Pradesh, India

General
General | 17 October 2021

Global antimicrobial plastics market size to reach $81.95 billion in 2028

Antimicrobial plastics are extensively used in the healthcare industry as it possesses multiple beneficial properties such as cleanliness, lower cost, sterility, ease of use, and high effectiveness, unlike conventional materials

Energy
Energy | 16 October 2021

Octopus Energy, RES plans £3 billion investment to build green hydrogen plants across UK

The aim of the partnership is to make the most of green electrons when they are generated in abundance on sunny and windy days by storing them as green hydrogen, helping the UK become more energy independent

General
General | 16 October 2021

Sensient revenues, profits rises on better volumes

Company reported consolidated revenue of $344.3 million in this year’s third quarter compared to $323.6 million in last year’s third quarter

Chemical
Chemical | 16 October 2021

NextGen Summit: Industry experts list out bottlenecks in draft CMSR

Draft CMSR needs changes for better clarity and compliance

General
General | 16 October 2021

Haldor Topsoe accepts hte as methanol catalyst testing facility

Haldor Topsoe has accepted hte for testing its MeOH catalysts in a parallel 16-fold high throughput system under industrially relevant operating conditions

Digitization
Digitization | 15 October 2021

BASF and Amathaon acquire stake in Germany-based bioinformatics company

Computomics focuses in particular on predictive breeding technology for crops and has developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence

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