Chemical Engineering

At the headquarters of RENOLIT SE (Worms, Germany), construction work on a new plant for mixing formulations as part of raw materials processing — known as the “mixing plant” — is progressing. Earthworks for the project began in February this year, and the precast concrete elements are currently being installed. With a planned investment of […] The post Renolit invests €56 million in automated mi…

Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia) has completed a strategic advisory study for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA; Canberra, Australia), providing executive-ready insight to inform strategic planning and decision-making on renewable hydrogen development. Commissioned by ARENA, the study examines the capital cost drivers shaping the future of renewable hydrogen production and identi…

Moeve S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced that its San Roque Energy Park and Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant, both located in San Roque, invested a total of €100.7 million in environmental initiatives in 2025. Key projects focused on improving water management and energy efficiency, as well as reducing emissions and managing waste, as detailed in the EMAS […] The post Moeve invests €100 million in envir…

Samsung E&A Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Saudi Arabia’s SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) for the SAN-7 Project. The contract is worth KRW 4.7 trillion (about USD 3.5 billion), and Samsung E&A will exclusively carry out the EPC, with completion scheduled for 2030. The signing […] The post Samsung E&A wins EPC …

Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Neste Oyj (Espoo, Finland), the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, have finalized a commercial agreement to jointly scale Bayer’s newgold® winter canola. The collaboration will enable Bayer to significantly expand acres of winter canola in the Southern Great Plains of the U.S., strengthening the oilseed […] The post Bayer…

Following the license agreement signed between S-OIL Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) in late 2024 for Axens’ Liquid Phase Xylene Isomerization (LPI) technology, the project has now reached Final Investment Decision. The unit, which is to be installed at S-OIL’s Aromatics Complex #1, is scheduled to start up in Q2 2027. […] The post S-Oil reaches final investmen…

Amogy Inc. (Brooklyn, New York), a provider of mature, scalable, and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, and LOTTE Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea), which operates Asia’s largest ammonia import, storage, and distribution networks, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly advance ammonia-to-hydrogen and ammonia-to-power solutions in South Korea. L…

Petro-SIM® 7.7 is an advanced process simulation, optimization, and digital twin platform for engineers and safety specialists working across the refining, petrochemical, chemical, and process industries. The post Integrated process simulation combines AI with engineering physics to optimize energy systems appeared first on Chemical Engineering .

R3 Lithium (Covington, Ga.; www.r3lithium.com) today announced initiation of operations to produce lithium carbonate from 100% recycled battery materials at North America’s first proven commercial-scale lithium carbonate recovery facility in Covington, Georgia. The company, which also announced that it has secured $15M in Series A funding, from investors including Integral GlobalTech Partners, TD…

Moving a breakthrough technology from the laboratory to commercial deployment remains one of the biggest challenges facing energy and industrial innovators. To help close that gap, RTI International (Research Triangle Park, N.C.; www.rti.org), an independent scientific research institute, today opened a significant expansion of its RTI Pilot Xcelerator, an innovation and commercialization platfor…

Sasol, Ltd. (Sandton, South Africa) has entered into a sale agreement with Enaex Africa (Dunkeld, South Africa) for the sale of its Nitrates business, which includes the primary ammonia conversion plants in Secunda and Sasolburg that convert ammonia into feedstock for the fertilizers and explosives markets. The proposed transaction is expected to be value-accretive to […] The post Sasol enters ag…

D-CRBN (Antwerp, Belgium) has selected Worley, Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) to provide engineering services for its new renewable syngas demonstration plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The project is designed to demonstrate a lower-carbon pathway for producing feedstock used in the chemicals and fuels sectors. The plant will produce syngas using D-CRBN’s plasma technology, which […] The pos…

Lonza, Group AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to further strengthen its significant U.S. presence by constructing a large-scale commercial spray-drying facility in Bend, Oregon. The investment will establish Lonza as the leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) provider of commercial-scale spray-dried dispersion (SDD) PSD-4 capacity in the U.S. Lonza will offer a …

Moeve, S.A. (Madrid, Spain) and ArcelorMittal, S.A. (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg) will combine their expertise in innovation, energy solutions, and industrial capabilities to create a new platform for developing projects that have a direct impact on the competitiveness and sustainability of the production sector. The Green Molecules to Green Steel (G2G) partnership behind the platform aims […] Th…

The new VTUG-EX valve terminal addresses this challenge by extending Fieldbus connectivity into Class I, Division 2 areas. The post Fieldbus-connected valve terminal improves hazardous-area automation appeared first on Chemical Engineering .

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Hitachi Energy Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland) and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) announced an agreement to establish a long-term strategic supply relationship for Hitachi Energy’s EconiQ® portfolio of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-free high-voltage technologies. As part of the agreement, Daikin Chemical Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, will supply C4-FN, a specialty gas component u…

Power to Hydrogen Inc. (P2H2, Columbus, Ohio), a developer of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer systems, and Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain), one of Europe’s leading energy companies, today announced the successful completion of a rigorous pilot validating P2H2’s hybrid AEM electrolysis technology for large-scale green hydrogen production. The pilot, conducted through Repsol’s All4Zero indus…

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) have signed a Feasibility Agreement (FA) to evaluate the development of innovative high-performance bio-gasoline starting from the established Ecofining™ technology process, through which Eni has been producing HVO biofuels from renewable raw materials since 2014. The aim of the agreement is to assess […] Th…

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) has successfully completed the commissioning of the purification unit at its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the world’s first commercial-scale plant for the production of FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid). With the purification unit now commissioned, all major process units of the Plant have been successfully commissioned, marking an important milestone toward…