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Nextchem to provide technology for Pacifico Mexinol's ultra-low carbon methanol plant (Mexico)

When it initiates operation in 2028, Pacifico Mexinol's facility is expected to be the largest single ultra-low carbon methanol facility in the world, producing approximately 350,000 tpy of green methanol and 1.8 MMtpy of blue methanol from natural gas with carbon capture.

Air Products exits three U.S. projects, takes write down not to exceed $3.1 B

Air Products announced its decision to exit three projects in the U.S. As a result, Air Products expects to record a pre-tax charge not to exceed $3.1 billion in its fiscal 2025 second quarter, primarily to write down assets and terminate contractual commitments.

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.

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

ONGC (India) seeks partners for ethane feedstock for OPaL's ethane cracker

ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL), a unit of ONGC, plans to source 800,000 tpy of ethane to secure feedstock for the plant from May 2028.

Yokogawa enhances IT/OT integration with new release of OpreX Collaborative Information Server

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of the latest version of OpreX™ Collaborative Information Server (CI Server), with enhancements that streamline application assembly and improve external connectivity.

Accelera to power bp's Lingen green hydrogen project in Germany

Accelera™ by Cummins will supply a 100-megawatt proton exchange membrane electrolyzer system for bp's Lingen green hydrogen project in Germany.

Horisont Energi AS: Commercial progress for the Barents Blue project

Horisont Energi is progressing the commercial work and has now passed a milestone for the Barents Blue project by signing the first term-sheet (non-binding) for gas supply from the Snøhvit LNG facility at Melkøya in Northern Norway.

India's January fuel demand drops to 3-month low

India's January fuel consumption hit its lowest monthly level since October, but was up 3.2% year-on-year at 20.49 MM tonnes, oil ministry data showed on Friday.

Digital Exclusive: A unified approach to methane emissions reporting (3)

This article looks at the causes of methane emissions, new technologies to monitor it and pathways to mitigate them in the future.