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Shell sells further stake in Woodside for US$1.7bn
Shell has sold two-thirds of its remaining stake in Woodside Petroleum to two unnamed investment banks for US$1.7bn.
Type: News
INEOS expands North Sea oil and gas operations
INEOS will move into deep water oil and gas exploration, after agreeing to buy a majority stake in two Northern Gas Fields exploration licences.
Type: News
UCL, Tufts find new catalyst to turn shale gas into fuel
A NEW platinum and copper alloy catalyst developed at University College London, UK, and Tufts University, US, can convert shale gas methane into liquid fuels more efficiently than conventional catalysts.
Type: News
Steel furnace reignited after two years
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, has formally restarted an idle furnace at a Liberty Steel plant in Rotherham, UK.
Type: News
LEGO has announced that plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane will be used in pieces such as leaves, bushes, and trees.
Type: News
200 GW: Saudi Arabia plans world’s largest solar development
SAUDI ARABIA and Japan’s Softbank have agreed to build the world’s largest solar power project, with plans to spend US$200bn by 2030.
Type: News
Motiva joins forces with UOP and TechnipFMC to fuel push into petrochemicals
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES has signed MoUs with UOP and TechnipFMC worth as much as US$10bn to explore using their technologies to branch out into petrochemicals production, with plans for a complex in the US.
Type: News
Invista brings latest ADN technology to China
INVISTA Intermediates is to build a 300,000 t/y, world-scale adiponitrile (ADN) plant in China, at an estimated cost of more than US$1bn. Construction is targeted for 2020, and production is hoped to begin in 2023.
Type: News
Air Products to build a coal-to-syngas facility for Jiutai New Material
AIR Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, headquartered in Pennsylvania, US, has been awarded a contract by Jiutai New Material to build, own and operate a coal-to-syngas plant.
Type: News
No deal Brexit will hit chemicals sector hard, government warns
THE UK Chancellor has warned that the chemicals sector will be one of the hardest hit by a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
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Chemical gas leak causes deadly explosive chain reaction
CHEMCHINA has released a statement stating that a blast which killed 23 and injured 22 was caused by a gas leak at its subsidiary Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Company, reported Reuters. The company is located in Zhangjiakou, China.
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BP and SOCAR sign HoA for petrochemicals JV
BP and SOCAR Turkey have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) to evaluate the creation of a joint venture (JV) to build and operate a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Turkey. The venture would build on BP and SOCAR’s longstanding relationship in the region.
Type: News
CEO wants Occidental to become carbon neutral
OCCIDENTAL Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub has said she wants the international oil firm to become carbon neutral.
Type: News
First shipment from Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility
The first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) has sailed from Shell’s Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) facility off the coast of Australia.
Type: News
EU initiative seeks €60bn investment in hydrogen projects
THE EU has unveiled a new multi-billion-euro initiative to support the development of hydrogen projects throughout Europe to decarbonise industry and transport.
Type: News
New £1m funding pot for UK steel research
A UK sustainable steel research network is offering up to £1m (US$1.3m) in funding for other researchers to contribute.
Type: News
Repsol outlines net zero 2050 target
SPAIN’S oil and gas firm Repsol has outlined plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Type: News
Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to repair the planet
PRINCE WILLIAM has launched a new initiative, billed as the world’s most prestigious environmental prize, that seeks to inspire a decade of action to repair our planet.
Type: News
Evonik and LIKAT achieve carbonylation breakthrough
SPECIALTY chemicals company Evonik and catalysis research institute Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), have successfully achieved the first direct carbonylation of 1,3-butadiene. The carbonylation breakthrough paves the way for more cost-effective and environmentally friendly synthesis of industrially important adipic acid derivatives.
Type: News
Norwegian carbon capture research hub extends operations
NORWAY’S carbon capture research hub, Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), has been given government approval to continue operations until the end of 2023.
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