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BASF to build additional production capacity for X3D® catalyst shaping technology in Ludwigshafen

BASF announced that it will invest in additional production capacity for its X3D® technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. The plant will produce catalysts on an industrial scale and is expected to be operational in 2026. 

Clariant upgrades its syngas catalyst portfolio to reduce emissions and improve economics

Clariant announced that its new Plus series syngas catalysts have been successfully introduced to the market. The new catalysts were designed as drop-in solutions to improve plant economics and reduce carbon emissions.

Honeywell UOP, Johnson Matthey partner to cut costs and boost deployment of sustainable fuels

Honeywell UOP and Johnson Matthey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer an end-to-end solution for businesses developing alternative fuels from a wide range of feedstocks including municipal solid waste, residual biomass, biogas and CO₂ (captured and renewable).

HYCO1 achieves first commercial operation of its CO2 conversion technology, TRL-9 status

HYCO1 Inc. has achieved a key milestone in commercializing its carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion technology, already surpassing 1,500 hr of continuous steady-state operation in its first commercial CUBE™ Syngas system (CUBE™ stands for Carbon Utilization. Best Efficiency).

Needle coke and synthetic graphite: Advance performance through technology application

Chevron Lummus Global: A. A. Faegh

This article looks at the global graphite market and future demand. In turn, it details the author's company's proven delayed coking technology through conventional and two-step processes to produce carbon precursors for synthetic graphite and needle coke for graphite electrodes.

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN launch commercial licensing of the Rewind® PET process

The project partners launched the commercialization (licensing) of the Rewind® PET process, enabling the further acceleration of the energy transition and the circular economy of plastics. Axens teams will now be able to market a complete Rewind® PET license package to their customers all over the world.

Econic welcomes new investment to accelerate CO₂ polyols and surfactants

Econic Technologies, a deep tech company focused on renewable carbon, has closed an equity fundraising round that will accelerate delivery for its customers in the polyols market and support the commercialization of its new carbon dioxide (CO₂) surfactant technology.

Johnson Matthey opens its new engineering center in India

The center will tap into India’s engineering talent, increasing JM’s capacity to deliver projects for its customers across its core licensing business and new growth areas in hydrogen, sustainable fuels and chemicals.

Digital Feature: E-methanol: Benefits, process, challenges and a novel technology to produce fuel

OXCCU: Symes, A.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Andrew Symes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OXCCU, to discuss the production, benefits and challenges of e-methanol, as well as a novel, one-set process to produce it.

Monitoring cyclone reliability in fluid catalytic crackers

Honeywell UOP: Jawandhiya, A.  |  Panchal, D.  |  Gellaboina, M. K.

The authors’ company has developed a novel approach with a digital algorithm to effectively estimate the current cyclone erosion and predict future erosion based on operating conditions. With this approach, refiners get an automatic way to better predict abrasion lining erosion for both reactors and regenerator cyclones daily from digital analytics, thus helping refiners quantify their monitoring.