Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Construction

Occidental to use Siemens Energy's technology for large-scale direct air capture plant

Siemens Energy compressors will be used at Occidental’s first large-scale direct air capture (DAC) plant in Texas’ Permian Basin.

Cepsa to invest more than $3.8 B in sustainable energy/mobility by 2027

Spanish oil and gas company Cepsa plans to nearly double its investments over the next three years to a total of 3.6 B euros ($3.82 B), with more than half of that amount going to sustainable energy and mobility.

Dow and X-Energy to build first grid-scale, next-generation nuclear reactor for NA industrial sites

Dow and X-energy said they have agreed to develop and demonstrate the first grid-scale next-generation nuclear reactor for an industrial site in North America.

Vietnam's Long Son petrochemicals complex to start operations by mid-year

Long Son Petrochemicals will start commercial production at its petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam by mid-2023.

bp pulse and APCOA to build EV hubs across Europe

bp pulse and APCOA Parking Group have signed a strategic pan-European frame agreement to open more than 100 EV fast charging hubs across Europe.

Inpex to use BASF-JGC Corp.'s CO2 capture technology for large-scale blue H2/ammonia project

Inpex plans to utilize BASF and JGC Corp.'s HiPact CO2 capture technology in its Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia project.

CF Industries-Lotte sign MoU for clean ammonia offtake in South Korea

CF Industries announced that it has entered into a MoU with LOTTE CHEMICAL that will guide the companies in a joint exploration of clean ammonia production and long-term clean ammonia offtake into South Korea.

Shell Catalyst & Technologies to provide tech/catalysts for CSPC's Phase 3 project in China

Shell Catalyst & Technologies to provide tech/catalysts for CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited' Phase 3 project in China, which includes the construction of a 1.6-MMtpy cracker.

Luberef signs EPC contract for Yanub Growth 2 project

Luberef signs a nearly $150-MM EPC contract to increase Group 2 base oils production in Yanbu.

Yulong Petrochemical signs feedstock deal for its 400,000-bpd integrated complex with bp and Chevron

China's Yulong Petrochemical has signed memorandum of understanding agreements with bp and Chevron to supply its 400,000-bpd greenfield refinery in northern China.