World Chemical News, January 2020, by chemwinfo

25 January 2020

22 January 2020

Nouryon-led consortium wins EU backing for

pioneering green hydrogen project.

The funding is granted by

the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking

(FCH-JU),

a partnership of

the European Commission and industry

that supports the development of

innovative hydrogen technologies.

McPhy Electrolyzer

The 20-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer,

to be owned and operated

by Nouryon and Gasunie,

would be the first of its kind

to be implemented in Europe on this scale..

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22 January 2020

Gaz Sintez has nominated

Haldor Topsoe

as licensor of its methanol plant

in the Leningrad Region, Russia.

The plant will produce 1.6 million tons per year

of АА grade methanol

based on Topsoe’s SynCOR Methanol™ technology..

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20 January 2020

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Hydrogen cost to fall sharply

and sooner than expected

As scale up of hydrogen production, distribution,

as well as of equipment and

component manufacturing continues,

cost is projected

to decrease by up to 50% by 2030

for a wide range of applications,

making hydrogen competitive with

other low-carbon alternatives and,

in some cases, even conventional options..

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16 January 2020

TechnipFMC today reaffirmed

that its planned transaction

to separate into two companies,

TechnipFMC and Technip Energies,

is well on track for completion

in the first half of 2020..

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15 January 2020

ExxonMobil catalysts and Licensing LLC and Axens

have signed a licensing alliance agreement

to allow Axens to provide

ExxonMobil’s FLEXICOKING™ technology

and integrated resid conversion solutions.

- Combines ExxonMobil’s operating experience with

   Axens’ licensing and engineering expertise

- Ideal option to meet IMO 2020 standards

  and eliminate high-sulfur fuel oil..

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13 January 2020

Shell today announced it has signed

a Memorandum of Understanding with

CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co Ltd (CNOOC)

to explore its first commercial-scale

polycarbonate (PC) production unit,

which would be located at the

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Company

(CSPC) joint-venture chemicals complex

in Huizhou, China..

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The Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd (Borouge),

a joint venture between

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

and Austria-based Borealis,

has awarded the France-based Axens

a licensing contract to supply

a MTBE unit coupled with

1-Butene production unit and

1-Hexene unit

for the Borouge 4 project

in Ruwais-Abu Dhabi, UAE..

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10 January 2020

Solvay unveils its Group purpose

The newly-defined purpose

sets the future for Solvay:

bonding people, ideas and elements

to reinvent progress..

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9 January 2020

TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant(1) 

Engineering, Procurement and

Construction management (EPCm) services contract

for the construction of a new naphtha complex

for Motor Oil Hellas’ Corinth Refinery in Greece..

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8 January 2020

Wood Group Plc, Scaling up production

to meet the promise of H2..

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PPG has reached a definitive agreement to acquire

Industria Chimica Reggiana (ICR) S.p.A.,

a manufacturer of paints and coatings

for the automotive refinish

and light industrial coatings industries.

Founded in 1961, ICR is based in Italy

and manufactures

automotive refinish products, including

putties, primers, basecoats and clear coats

under the SPRINT® brand.

The company also makes a complete range of

coatings, enamels and primers

for light commercial vehicles

and other light industrial coatings applications..

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Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant

at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands.

The 5-kiloton facility will produce

plant-based FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) –

a key building block

for many chemicals and plastics

such as

PEF (polyethylene furanoate).

Avantium Renewable Polymers

has also entered into a letter of intent

with a Regional Consortium relating to

the financing of the FDCA flagship plant

and associated costs,

for an amount of €30 million,

over the period to the plant’s completion in 2023..

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>>DOWNLOAD AVANTIUM PRESENTATION

6 January 2020

KBR has won the first commercial contract

for its K-PROTM 

Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) Technology

which the company introduced in January 2019.

This innovative and

environmentally friendly technology

will be utilized for

a 600 kTA PDH plant by a client in Asia.. 

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Clariant and

Anhui Guozhen Group,

a Chinese green energy company, and

Chemtex Chemical Engineering,

a multinational engineering company,

today signed a license agreement on

sunliquid^® cellulosic ethanol technology. 

Agreement marks first license deal

for Clariant’s sunliquid^® technology in China

and its third signed license deal overall..

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3 January 2020

Covestro has successfully closed the sale

of its European polycarbonates sheets business

to the Munich-based Serafin Group 

effective January 2, 2020.

New company name Exolon Group 

From now on,

the former polycarbonate sheets business of Covestro

will operate under the new company name

Exolon Group (www.exolongroup.com).

Within Serafin Group, Exolon Group

will be established as

an independent, mid-sized company.

With its own dedicated strategy based on

the needs of its customers, the company

will be able to fully exploit its growth potential

in the future..

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2 January 2020

BASF completes the divestiture of its 

ultrafiltration membrane business to Dupont..

The divestiture includes the shares of

inge GmbH,

the business’ headquarters and production site

in Greifenberg, Germany, including all employees,

its international sales force, and

certain intellectual property previously owned

by BASF SE..

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1 January 2020

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