Engineering & Design
Pall Corporation and MTR Carbon Capture partner to advance carbon capture solutions
This partnership aims to promote a highly modular, scalable and cost-effective integrated solution leveraging MTR's pioneering Polaris™ membrane system for carbon capture and Pall's advanced filtration solutions for flue gas pre-treatment as well as innovative coalescer and filter technologies that safeguard critical assets throughout the carbon capture workflow.
HYCO1 celebrates groundbreaking for new DMC/EMC plant in Louisiana (U.S.)
UBE Corporation announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) plant near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Eni to use Nextchem's gasification technology to produce circular methanol and hydrogen
MET Development (MAIRE), Eni and Iren Ambiente have started the permitting process for an innovative circular methanol and hydrogen production plant at Eni’s refinery in Sannazzaro de' Burgondi (Pavia), Italy. The plant will have capacity of up to 110,000 tpy of methanol and up to 1,500 tpy of hydrogen
Russia signs memorandum to build port, oil refinery in Myanmar
Myanmar and its close ally Russia signed a memorandum on investment cooperation in a special economic zone in Dawei, including construction of a port and an oil refinery, Russia's Ministry of Economic Development said
Eneos, Mitsubishi to move ahead with SAF project at Japan's Wakayama
Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp., and trading house Mitsubishi Corp said on Friday they would move forward with front-end engineering design (FEED) for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production at the Wakayama plant.
thyssenkrupp Uhde to provide technology for MOPCO's green ammonia plants in Egypt
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been selected by MOPCO – Misr Fertilizers Production Company (Egypt) – to supply advanced technology for three existing ammonia and urea plants in Damietta, Egypt, to enhance the sustainability of their production.
Egypt signs framework agreement to build $7-B petrochemical complex in New Alamein City
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources signed a framework agreement with the UK-based Shard Capital for the development of a $7-B petrochemical complex in New Alamein City, Egypt. The project will be developed in collaboration with Saudi Arabia's Al-Qahtani Group.
ExxonMobil's gas project in Guyana to include fertilizer plant
A large-scale gas project by ExxonMobil in Guyana set to provide natural gas and export LNG will also include fertilizer plants, the head of the U.S. oil major in Guyana, Alistair Routledge, said.
Guyana, Dominican Republic discuss possible refinery and petrochemical plant construction
Guyana and the Dominican Republic are making progress on accords for offshore oil and gas exploration and to build a petrochemical plant and possible refinery in the South American country.
S-Oil's $7-B Shaheen petrochemical complex is on track for 1H 2026 start
S-Oil's $7-B Shaheen petrochemical project in Ulsan, South Korea, is progressing and is expected to be completed by the first half of 2026.
- Transitional Industries and CFEnergia sign feedstock supply contract for $3.3-B Pacifico Mexinol project 2/17
- Neste and World Fuel Services extend partnership, expanding SAF availability at more than 100 airports in Europe 2/17
- U.S. refined product exports by tanker increase to > 6.3 MMbpd in January 2/17
- Japan's oil and gas independence climbs to highest since 2009 2/17
- Dangote signs $400-MM equipment deal with China's XCMG to speed up refinery expansion 2/17
- Former Lukoil-owned ISAB refinery in Sicily exits crisis procedure 2/17

