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IOCL selects Univation's UNIPOL tech for Paradip petrochemical complex

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has selected Univation's UNIPOL™ PE process technology for a 650,000-tpy polyethylene line at IOCL's Paradip Petrochemical Complex site in Paradip, India.

Stamicarbon awarded technology and PDP contracts for urea plant in Egypt

MAIRE announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, has been awarded the licensing and the process design package for the upgrade and expansion of El Delta Company for Fertilizer and Chemical Industries’ urea plant in Talkha, Egypt.

Gevo granted U.S. patent for its novel ethanol-to-olefins process technology

Gevo, Inc. announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted to Gevo a patent for its ethanol-to-olefins process, focusing on bio-based renewable fuel and chemical production from alcohols.

SOCAR awards NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade/expand Heydar Aliyev refinery in Azerbaijan

SOCAR has awarded NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade and expand the capacity of the Heydar Aliyev Oil refinery industrial complex in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Zeopore prepares for global production of economical, premium hydrocracking meso-zeolites

Zeopore is initiating discussions with candidate partners to jointly commercialize its unique zeolite mesoporization route. Combining improved hydrocracking (HDC), Zeopore’s optimized HDC zeolites bring 3 wt%-7wt% more middle distillates, depending on feedstock and process conditions.

Oil and gas web client computing devices facilitate integration of web-based HMI/SCADA applications

Operators in oil and gas manufacturing facilities have long depended on human machine interfaces (HMI) to offer a visual summary of process systems that simplifies the monitoring of crucial status and control data. A well-crafted graphical user interface enhances situational awareness, decreases workload and empowers operators to oversee the entire process, facilitating their focus to quickly address any abnormal scenarios.

Singapore's largest data center to use Neste renewable diesel to power generators

Neste has helped ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) to become the first data center operator in Singapore to power its backup generators with renewable diesel.

BASF inaugurates new plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Antwerp Verbund site

BASF has inaugurated a new world-scale production plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. This new investment will increase the company’s global annual production capacity for alkyl ethanolamines, including dimethyl ethanolamine (DMEOA) and methyl diethanolamine (MDEOA), by nearly 30% to over 140,000 tpy.

Ceres Power Holdings signs SOEC systems license with Thermax to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries

The partnership will accelerate solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) system development within the hard-to-abate green ammonia, petrochemical and steel industries in India and other territories.

Colombia's diesel price hike leads to trucker strike and unrest

Colombia's decision to reverse a diesel price hike that sparked a strike by truckers could adversely affect public finances, as majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol said it would begin shutting off some operations amid the unrest.