Industrial operators that take advantage of the latest digital and automation asset performance management (APM) tools can look forward to improved operational efficiency, reduced downtime, and a proactive maintenance culture. Stacey Jones, ABB Energy Industries, explains.
Holland America Line has announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords.
INEOS Oxide and LyondellBasell (LYB) have completed the sale of LYB’s Ethylene Oxide & Derivatives (EO&D) business and associated production facilities located in Bayport, Texas, US, to INEOS.
Kent has been awarded the front end engineering design (FEED) contract for a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by Fulcrum BioEnergy.
Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL) for digitalisation services at HPL’s ethylene plant in West Bengal, India.
Cerilon GTL ND Inc. has awarded Worley an agreement for the FEED phase of its gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in North Dakota, US.
ADNOC, G42 and Presight have announced they will partner to accelerate AI solutions for the energy sector.
Thiozen has announced the success of an in-field pilot unit in the Permian Basin, the first-ever demonstration of a process to simultaneously de-sour natural gas and produce clean hydrogen for use by the energy industry.
Nienke Gerridzen, Yokogawa, explores how companies can maximise the impact of digitalisation in a VUCA world.
LyondellBasell (LYB) has secured a location for an integrated plastic waste recycling hub south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany.
ClearSign Technologies Corp. has announced the receipt of two purchase orders to complete the engineering of burners for the fitting of two additional process heaters in a California refinery for a total of four burners.
Topsoe has signed an agreement with Guangxi Hongkun Biomass to provide its HydroFlex technology to produce SAF at the company’s plant in the Qinzhou Port Area Free Trade Pilot Zone of Guangxi, China.
BP has entered into a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement with Korea Gas Corp.
Carbon Clean has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale eMethanol facility under construction.
ExxonMobil, NTU Singapore, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have established the ExxonMobil-NTU-A*STAR Corporate Lab to lower carbon emissions and contribute to resource efficiency.
Axens Regional Operations Center (ROC) Americas has announced plans to relocate and expand Axens North America, Inc. and Petro-Chem Development Co., Inc. offices.
The EIA reports that US distillate consumption so far this year is lower than usual because of warm winter weather, reduced manufacturing activity, and continued substitution of biofuels in place of petroleum distillate on the US West Coast (PADD 5).
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released a statement on the National Petroleum Council (NPC)’s reports on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Hydrogen.
Technip Energies and Anellotech have signed a global joint development agreement to work cooperatively to further develop and then license Anellotech’s Plas-TCat™ process.
Repsol has joined forces with the six most important music promoters in Spain to jointly promote the use of different multi-energy solutions initially in 77 events.
LyondellBasell has announced the opening of the plastics recycling joint venture (JV) in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province in Southern China with Genox Recycling (Genox).
TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables have signed an agreement to create an equally owned joint venture to develop, build, and operate Farm Powered® renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the US.
Clariant has announced numbers that highlight how the use of its catalyst products enabled the avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023.
Honeywell's hydrocracking technology can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass, helping to make SAF that is less carbon intensive than traditional fossil-based jet fuels.
The new cumene unit is part of a grassroots petrochemical and polymers expansion at IndianOil's complex in Paradip, India.