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AIQ and Kent have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to explore advanced artificial intelligence (AI) applications in engineering optimisation and digital transformation.

INEOS Acetyls and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the feasibility to build a new world-scale acetic acid plant at GNFC's site in Bharuch, Gujarat, India.

Aramco, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SINOPEC), and Fujian Petrochemical Co. Ltd (FPCL) have broken ground on a new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China.

Alfa Laval has secured two contracts worth SEK 350 million to supply hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) pre-treatment technology to Europe's largest biofuel facility.

Topsoe has signed an agreement with Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense SA (Riograndense), to provide its HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production at Riograndense’s Rio Grande renewable fuels plant in Brazil.

Carbon Clean has signed an agreement with Julius Montz, a Koch Engineered Solutions business, completing the supply chain of Carbon Clean's carbon capture technology.

Halliburton has announced that it is opening new facilities in Namibia, highlighting the importance of the country’s growing oil and gas industry.

Travertine has announced a partnership with Sabin Metal Corp. to build demonstration plant in Upstate New York.

A series of risk assessment workshops, led by Lloyd’s Register’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, suggest a comprehensive overhaul of seafarer training is required as the industry transitions to zero and near zero emission fuels.

INEOS and Royal Wagenborg have signed a landmark agreement on the delivery of carbon dioxide transportation, advancing carbon capture and storage (CCS) within the EU.