The environment

LyondellBasell and Nexus Circular have signed a definite long-term contract that will supply LyondellBasell with approximately 24 000 tpy of recycled feedstock.

Sulzer has signed an agreement with circular technology company, Fuenix Ecogy, to acquire a strategic stake in its plastic upcycling business.

NextChem and MyRechemical have signed an agreement with Dimeta to explore new opportunities to develop plants for the production of renewable and recycled carbon dimethyl ether from waste.

Honeywell has announced that ExxonMobil will deploy one of its carbon capture technologies at its integrated complex in Baytown, Texas, US.

Nexus Circular has announced that the company has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical for the supply of a significant volume of circular liquid feedstocks from a new advanced recycling facility.

Neste enabled its customers to reduce global GHG emissions by 11.1 million t in total, by offering renewable and circular solutions to replace fossil products.

Maire Tecnimont's subsidiary, NextChem, has been awarded a feasibility study by Foresight Group for a carbon capture and sustainable methanol synthesis plant in Puglia, Italy.

LyondellBasell and KIRKBI have signed an agreement to make an investment in APK, which specialises in a solvent-based recycling technology for low density polyethylene.

A study by researchers from the Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre (FEnEx CRC) has confirmed the potential for LNG and its infrastructure to act as an accelerator for the emerging global hydrogen economy.

Repsol is progressing toward its goal of promoting the use of circular materials by starting up a new production line for recycled plastics at its Puertollano Industrial Complex in Spain.

Maire Tecnimont's subsidiary, NextChem S.p.A., has signed an agreement with Biorenova S.p.A. to acquire, scale up and industrialise CatC technology – a continuous chemical recycling process.

Vertex Energy has announced the sale of its Heartland used motor oil collections and refining business to a wholly owned subsidiary of GFL Environmental Inc.

William I.Y. Byun, ChemOne Group, Singapore, presents a new perspective on the petrochemical industry, as it tackles decarbonisation.

Uniper has commissioned Sunfire to build a 30 MW pressurised alkaline electrolysis plant for the Swedish ‘Project Air’.

Horisont Energi has announced Fertiberia as a new partner of the Barents Blue project.