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Topsoe and Aramco to set up a
hydrogen demonstration plant
October 11, 2023 - Topsoe A/S
(Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com)
and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia;
www.aramco.com) have announced
a new collaboration to demonstrate
technology for the production of
low-carbon hydrogen. As part of the
agreement, Aramco and Topsoe will
build a demonstration plant at the
Shaybah natural-gas liquids (NGL)
recovery plant in Saudi Arabia. In the
project, renewable electricity will be
used for electrified steam-reforming
to produce low-carbon hydrogen.
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TotalEnergies and Borealis start
up joint polyethylene unit in Texas
October 9, 2023 - TotalEnergies SE
(Paris; www.totalenergies.com) and
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.
borealisgroup.com) have started up their
Baystar JV's 625,000-m.t./yr Borstar
polyethylene (PE) unit, which more than
doubles the current production capacity
at Baystar's site in Bayport, Tex. The
new $1.4-billion unit completes the
partners' integrated petrochemicals JV,
which has over 1 million m.t./yr of total
production capacity.
Lubrizol sells surfactant
manufacturing plant in California
October 4, 2023 - The Lubrizol
Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.lubrizol.
com) has divested substantially all of
the assets of its Paso Robles, Calif.,
surfactant manufacturing facility to
Coast Southwest, Inc. (Irving, Tex.).
The plant makes surfactants used in
a wide range of personal-care and
industrial products.
Wood and OMV collaborating on
plastic-recycling technology
October 4, 2023 - John Wood Group
plc (Wood; Aberdeen, U.K.; www.
woodplc.com) signed a collaboration
agreement with OMV AG (Vienna,
Austria; www.omv.com)
for
the
commercial licensing of OMV's ReOil
advanced plastic-recycling technology.
Under the collaboration, Wood and
OMV will bring ReOil jointly to the
market, combining Wood's proprietary
heater technology with OMV's chemical
recycling process.
Stratasys sells urethane
manufacturing plants in California
October 2, 2023 - 3D-printing solutions
provider Stratasys Ltd. (Eden Prairie,
Minn.; www.stratasys.com) completed
the sale of the Stratasys Direct urethane
facilities located in Poway, Calif. to the
Lamarjean Group. Stratasys Direct
is the company's on-demand parts
service bureau. The decision to sell
the non-core urethane facilities is part
of an operational transformation effort
that began in early 2023.
Eastman to sell Texas City
operations to Ineos
September 28, 2023 - Eastman
Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.;
www.eastman.com) entered into a
definitive agreement to sell its Texas
City Operations to Ineos Acetyls,
a manufacturer of acetic acid and
related chemicals owned by Ineos Ltd.
(London, U.K.; www.ineos.com). The
total sale price for the assets is $490
million. Eastman will retain ownership
of its plasticizer business at the site,
which Ineos will operate for Eastman. ■
Mary Page Bailey
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