Refining

Neptune Energy has welcomed the announcement by the operator, Eni, that production has started from its Merakes development, located in the East Sepinggan block, offshore Indonesia.

Nacero has selected Topsoe’s TIGAS™ technology for its multi-billion US$ natural gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas, to reduce the lifecycle carbon footprint of gasoline production.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. subsidiaries NextChem and MET Development have signed an MOU with MC TAIF JSC (TAIF) to co-develop a new bio-degradable polymer plant in the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation).

Maire Tecnimont subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by Total Corbion PLA to carry out a front-end engineering design for their 100 000 tpy poly lactic acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits, France.

Chevron and Toyota have formed a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable, large-scale businesses in hydrogen, with the goal to advance a functional, thriving global hydrogen economy.

SUEZ and ROSCOLE have teamed up to develop a new monitoring solution for desalter operations.

Axens has acquired Flowvision (Denmark, Odense), an engineering company specialised in emission abatement systems for the reduction of nitrogen oxides in flue gas from industry.

Refinery of the Future is an online conference focusing on the latest developments, trends, and innovative technology driving the future of the refining sector.

Technip Energies has passed the final performance acceptance test for Hengli’s largest liquids ethylene cracker in China.

DuPont Clean Technologies has announced successful performance tests for the STRATCO alkylation units at the Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co. (ZRCC) refinery, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and the Yangzi Co. (YPC) refinery, Nianjing, Jiangsu, China.

RWE Supply & Trading and Australian hydrogen project developer the Hydrogen Utility Pty Ltd (H2U) have joined forces to develop hydrogen trading between Australia and Germany.

Air Products has announced that the Kochi industrial gas complex is supplying syngas to the propylene derivatives petrochemical project (PDPP) at the Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) Kochi refinery, India.

Blue World Technologies has partnered up with Alfa Laval on a carbon-neutral methanol fuel cell system for shipping.

Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina and Clariant have collaborated in an advanced biofuels assessment.

The contracted backlog of projects includes work on behalf of five land or marine LNG terminals, a petrochemical complex and a modularised oil refinery, amongst others.