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Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 March 2020

Shell to use Wood's Smart Choke technology to optimise oil & gas production

Shell has selected Wood as the exclusive partner to implement its Smart Choke technology to optimise upstream oil and gas production industry-wide

People
People | 11 March 2020

Amit Soni appointed CFO of AksharChem India

Amit Soni is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has more than 15 years of extensive industrial experience

People
People | 11 March 2020

Frederique van Baarle to head LANXESS High Performance Materials business unit

The business unit's portfolio mainly comprises high-performance plastics for the automotive and electronics industries

Technology
Technology | 11 March 2020

McDermott, Chiyoda and Zachry Group introduce feed gas to Train 3 at Freeport LNG project

Freeport LNG Train 3 is on track to reach initial LNG production in the first quarter of 2020

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 March 2020

Yara sells Its 25% in Qatar Fertiliser Company JV for $1 billion

The parties have agreed on a purchase price of USD 1 billion for Yara’s shares in QAFCO. The transaction is conditional on obtaining necessary local regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions

Chemical
Chemical | 10 March 2020

CMS announces new pilot project with Braskem

The companies are engaged in the establishment of a joint development agreement for a pilot-scale demonstration of CMS’ proprietary Optiperm olefin/paraffin separation technology using a commercial-scale stream of mixed propane and propylene

Chemical
Chemical | 10 March 2020

Outotec awarded EUR 15 million contract by NALCO India

The order is related to delivery of technology and services for NALCO’s alumina refinery expansion in Damanjodi, Odisha, India

Chemical
Chemical | 10 March 2020

Borealis to use renewable propane for producing polypropylene at Belgium plants

Borealis has started to produce polypropylene (PP) based on Neste-produced renewable feedstock in its production facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 10 March 2020

Equinor & Shell to collaborate on digital solutions

MoU has been signed for digital collaboration on developing solutions and methods together through the exchange of expertise within data science, artificial intelligence and 3D printing

Chemical
Chemical | 10 March 2020

Neste and Mirova invest EUR 10 million in Recycling Technologies

The aim is to accelerate the development of chemical recycling and foster the transition to a circular economy for plastic

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 10 March 2020

INA selects Axens technology for new bioethanol plant in Croatia

INA has awarded Axens a license agreement to supply Futuro cellulosic ethanol technology and contract for basic engineering design of an advanced bioethanol production plant in Sisak, Croatia

Chemical
Chemical | 09 March 2020

KSB bags Rs 100cr order from NTPC

The company has bagged an order worth Rs 100 crore for the supply of slurry re-circulation pumps to be installed across 10 NTPC sites in the country

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 09 March 2020

Govt invites bid for stake sale in BPCL

In the country's biggest ever privatisation drive, the government has invited bids for sale of its entire 52.98 per cent stake in India's second biggest oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL)

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 08 March 2020

Epsilon Carbon to invest Rs 900 crore in new carbon black plant in Karnataka

The first phase of the new facility is expected to be commissioned by the third quarter of FY21 with an initial capacity of 1.15 lakh tonnes per annum (tpa). It will be further expanded to over three lakh tpa by FY24

Chemical
Chemical | 07 March 2020

Hyosung's new plant in Vietnam to use LyondellBasell process technology

The process technology is expected to be utilized for a 300-KTA polypropylene plant. Notably, the plant will be built at Cai Mep Industrial Zone in Vung Tau Province, Vietnam

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 07 March 2020

Oil prices falls sharply after OPEC+ deal collapses

With no deal on additional production cuts, the meeting between OPEC and its partnering countries, known as OPEC+, concluded on Friday (local time), reported Xinhua

Battery
Battery | 06 March 2020

Fortum, BASF and Nornickel to open a battery recycling cluster in Finland

The parties aim to foster the production and use of responsibly produced recycled raw materials in the battery market

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 06 March 2020

LyondellBasell signs MoU with China's Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group

Under the agreements, the partners will form a Sino-foreign joint venture, the Bora LyondellBasell Petrochemical Co. Ltd, that will operate a 1.1 million metric tons per annum ethylene cracker and associated polyolefin derivatives complex in Panjin, China, with a total expected cost of approximately $2.6 billion

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 05 March 2020

Govt detaches GAIL & OIL India from AGR case

The Department of Telecommunications had sought Rs 1.83 lakh crore from GAIL and Rs 48,489 crore from OIL by including their revenues from oil and gas business in calculating dues

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 05 March 2020

DuPont Sustainable Solutions acquires Lodestone Partners

Lodestone Partners is based in Toronto, Canada and has worked at clients’ operations around the globe, including Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa and Saudi Arabia

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