Latest Indian Chemical and Petrochemical News, statistics, Research and events... indianchemicalnews.com | Page 999
Gas
Gas | 26 August 2020

Indian majors to spend Rs 1.2 lakh crore in oil, gas projects in FY21

These projects of oil and gas PSUs, their joint ventures and subsidiaries include refinery projects, bio-refineries, exploration and production (E&P) projects, marketing infrastructure projects, pipelines, city gas distribution projects, drilling/survey activities.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 26 August 2020

Evonik acquires Porocel for US$210 million to drive catalysts business growth

The acquisition of Porocel gives Evonik access to catalyst rejuvenation technology and to available production capacity.

Chemical
Chemical | 26 August 2020

Industries Qatar buys Qafco stake from Qatar Petroleum for $1 billion

Deal will make IQ the full owner of Qafco.

Chemical
Chemical | 26 August 2020

NOCIL plans Capex investment of Rs. 140 Cr amid lower quarterly sales

In Phase II, the company had a total Capex plan of Rs. 280 crore for two projects out of which 50% has already been capitalized.

Chemical
Chemical | 26 August 2020

DSM introduces sustainable animal farming initiative

Its mission is to lead a robust and achievable transformation worldwide in sustainable animal protein production, and to accelerate solutions that will foster a brighter future.

Gas
Gas | 26 August 2020

Topsoe joins sustainable fuel project in Denmark

Together, the partnering companies cover the whole value chain for renewable hydrogen and sustainable fuels. Topsoe will contribute with know-how about technologies that convert captured CO2 into sustainable methanol and jet fuel using hydrogen from electrolysis of water.

Chemical
Chemical | 26 August 2020

Nova Chemicals launches new range of polyethylene resins

The next-generation products are designed to help rotomolders achieve unprecedented productivity and part performance.

People
People | 26 August 2020

Avantium appoints Kim Balt as Director, Investor Relations

In this role, he will be responsible for the execution of the Investor Relations strategy, build and maintain relationships with Avantium’s shareholders and the global investment community and communication to the financial markets.

Gas
Gas | 26 August 2020

Air Liquide, Shell launches card based access service at bio-NGV stations in France

As per the agreement, heavy-duty trucks with the Shell card crossing France will now have access to Air Liquide's network of multi-energy stations on the French territory

Gas
Gas | 26 August 2020

Wartsila to convert Brazilian power plant to run on natural gas

The contract with Companhia Energética Manauara is for the Manauara power plant in Manaus, Brazil, and was signed in July 2020.

Chemical
Chemical | 26 August 2020

BASF to expand agricultural formulation unit in North America

The site expansion includes a new formulation unit, lab expansion, and a climate-controlled warehouse, bringing the total site assets to $200 million.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Phillips Carbon Black reports drop in quarterly sales, profits due to slump in mobility sector

The sales also dropped by 60.56% YoY and reached Rs 359.53 crore.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Black Rose Industries expands production of polyacrylamide liquids

The current installed capacity of polyacrylamide liquids is 40,000 MTPA.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Galaxy Surfactants bags 62 patents

In terms of R&D spend, the company has invested close to Rs. 60 crore in 2017-19 timeframe for new product grades, process and efficiencies and this process is even continuing today.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

BCPL produces 51,960 pheneol bottles in a day

The milestone was achieved by BCPL Panihati, North 24-Parganas Unit situated in West Bengal.

Technology
Technology | 25 August 2020

KBR wins new contracts from Chinese petchem refinery

Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will provide process technology licensing and process design packages for this project, which will have a production capacity of 1 million tpy of olefins.

Digitization
Digitization | 25 August 2020

Aveva acquires tech firm, OSIsoft for $5bn

Combined product offering to support customers in optimizing operations, driving sustainability and creating greater value.

People
People | 25 August 2020

Axalta names Rakesh Sachdev to Board of Directors

Rakesh is the former CEO of Platform Specialty Products Corp. and Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

Chemical
Chemical | 25 August 2020

Cefic invites tenders for developing its impact assessments on climate-neutrality

Cefic plans to develop its own general impact assessments to assess and quantify the impact of the climate-neutrality objective by 2050 on chemical value chains.

People
People | 25 August 2020

Ingevity names John C. Fortson as President, CEO

The appointment will be effective September 1, 2020.

Startups

Chemical

Petrochemical

Energy

Digitization