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U.S. EPA sends Midwest ethanol expansion request to White House

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the White House to approve a rule that would allow expanded sales of higher-ethanol gasoline to be sold in certain Midwestern states, after governors from those states requested it.

Technip Energies to support Dow's net-zero ethylene cracker in Canada with technology and services

Technip Energies has been selected to provide Proprietary Technology, Engineering, and Procurement services for Dow’s net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions integrated ethylene cracker in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

Nextchem awarded licensing, process design and catalyst supply for biodegradable plastics intermediates in China

Maire announces that Nextchem, through its biodegradable plastics technology licensor CONSER, has been awarded technology licensing and catalyst supply by a prominent client, as part of a larger project located in Northwestern China.

Norsk e-Fuel enlists Paul Wurth for FEED study on first e-fuel plant with Axens Technologies

Norsk e-Fuel selects SMS group subsidiary Paul Wurth to engineer and design one of the worldwide first industrial sized e-Fuel production sites in Mosjøen, Norway.

Neste's Finnish crude oil refinery will gradually become a hub for renewable and circular solutions

Neste has completed the strategic study launched in September 2022, and begins a gradual transformation of its crude oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland into a leading renewable and circular solutions refining hub.

Nextchem awarded new project in the UAE for the transformation of solid waste into SAF

Maire announces that Nextchem, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded a feasibility study for the integration of its proprietary Waste-to-Syngas technology in a large-scale conversion plant that would transform solid municipal waste into SAF.

Coolbrook cracks naphtha, advancing zero-carbon steam cracking at its pilot plant

Coolbrook has successfully demonstrated electric steam cracking of naphtha in its large-scale pilot plant in Brightlands Chemelot Campus, the Netherlands

Digital Feature: The Need to Go Beyond the Digital Twin

Is building a Digital Twin enough to meet the challenges and manage all the data available in today's project lifecycle? To move beyond the “Digital Twin” and to the next level of global industrial assets data management, Hexagon introduces the digital and data-driven Smart Digital Reality™, enabling customers to globally leverage data throughout their asset’s lifecycle.

Digital Feature: Building Industrial Confidence

In this article, we introduce the concept of Whole Person Competence Development (WPCD) and its significance in building a competent and fully enabled workforce. By adopting a holistic approach to employee development, organizations can foster deeper levels of engagement, satisfaction, and personalization across their workforce. The WPCD emphasizes the importance of engaging and leveraging a person's entire being so that they can bring the best of who they are to everything they do. 

Digital Feature: Day in the life of-Part 1

Here at Hexagon, we have engineers and product developers with lots of real-world experience. We know our customers want software and services that will directly make improvements in operational performance. But how do you evaluate the often confusing and nebulous claims made in product brochures? Today we look into the work done in a typical day by a unit production engineer and a site control systems engineer.