Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS)
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS) | 15 December 2025

NSTA opens new carbon storage licensing round across UK waters

CCS projects are expected to add around £5 billion a year to the UK economy by 2050

R&D
R&D | 15 December 2025

Nouryon breaks ground on new home & personal care innovation hub in Brazil

The center will focus on advancing high-performance and more sustainable solutions for cleaning and personal care products

Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS)
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS) | 15 December 2025

Northern Lights issues world’s first certificates for permanently stored CO2

Each certificate is linked to a specific CO₂ ship cargo and details the exact quantity of CO₂ stored

Sustainability
Sustainability | 15 December 2025

Kureha buys US biopesticide technology to target hard-to-control crop diseases

Kureha has already finished a preliminary internal technical evaluation and begun global marketing activities

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Sika launches high-tech Haines City plant to boosting Florida’s concrete industry

The plant will produce Sika’s full range of high-performance admixtures

Gas
Gas | 15 December 2025

Europe’s biogas sector shows growth but faces regulatory hurdles, EBA warns

Europe ended 2024 with 1,620 biomethane-producing facilities, 111 more than the previous year

Gas
Gas | 15 December 2025

EnviTec Biogas lands 3 first-time German customers with new EnviThan projects

The 1,000 Nm³/h biomethane plant is slated to begin feeding into the local network in July 2026

Technology
Technology | 15 December 2025

Michelin, IFPEN, & Axens achieve major breakthrough in bio-butadiene production

The butadiene produced at the demonstration plant has been used to synthesize butadiene rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber in a polymerization unit

Technology
Technology | 15 December 2025

TechnipFMC lands major Chevron contract for Gorgon Stage 3

The deal will see the introduction of the first 7-inch series of Subsea 2.0 horizontal subsea trees

Digitization
Digitization | 15 December 2025

SLB and Shell join forces to supercharge AI in upstream energy operations

The partnership seeks to create agentic AI-powered tools designed to enhance the capabilities of technical experts and decision-makers

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 15 December 2025

HOYER Group launches state-of-the-art MDI Logistics facility in Shanghai with Covestro

The facility will handle filling and storage of MDI in drums and IBC totes

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Clariant’s CATOFIN catalyst drives strong performance at Ningxia PDH plant

The PDH plant has a design capacity of 300,000 tons of propylene per year

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

SABIC expands PPE oligomers capacity for AI and 5G data-center PCBs

The further expansion in PPE oligomers is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2026

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 December 2025

Tamilnadu Petroproducts expands LAB plant capacity by 21%

Announces shutdown of LAB plant for capacity expansion

Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS)
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS) | 15 December 2025

Technip Energies bags engineering contract for Thailand’s first CCS project

This project represents a strategic step toward applying the technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Sika acquires Swedish mortar firm Finja

Finja is a leading Swedish producer and system provider of a comprehensive range of dry mortars, floor leveling compounds, and facade systems

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Kumho Mitsui Chemicals to increase MDI production capacity in South Korea

The company has approved a 100,000-ton per year expansion

R&D
R&D | 14 December 2025

Platinum Industries appoints Dr. Frank Abraham as Global Director, R&D

Dr. Abraham, a German polymer scientist with more than 20 years of international experience in advanced materials, additive formulation, and polymer chemistry

Sustainability
Sustainability | 13 December 2025

EU strikes deal on sweeping new vehicle circularity rules

Under the draft, all new vehicles must be designed for easy dismantling by authorised treatment facilities

Technology
Technology | 13 December 2025

Johnson Matthey opens first hydrogen internal combustion engine facility in Gothenburg

This center, built on time and budget, strengthens JM's sustainable tech leadership and capability for testing full engines up to 600kW

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