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Chemical Technology | January 27, 2020

High flaring has started at ExxonMobil Chemical’s Fife ethylene plant (FEP) in Mossmorran, Scotland, as the facility resumes operations following its recent closure. ExxonMobil warned the public to expect increased flaring as part of the restart process. Two boilers at the plant were subject to a breakdown in August and were accompanied by explosions. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) said it is continuing its deployment of air quality monitoring in various locations surr...

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Westlake | November 25, 2021

Westlake Chemical Corporation, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hexion Inc. to acquire Hexion’s global epoxy business for approximately $1.2 billion. Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Hexion’s epoxy business is an industry leader in the manufacture and development of specialty resins, coatings and composites for a variety of industries, including high-growth and sustainability-oriented end-uses such as wind turbine blades and light-weight automotive s...

PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Plastic Recycling Technology | March 17, 2021

Synova and Technip Energies declare they have gone into a joint development and cooperation agreement to market Synova's high level plastic waste-to-olefins technology, in conjunction with Technip Energies' steam breaking technology. Synova's licensed thermochemical recycling technology shuts the hole in the plastic supply chain, by taking filthy and blended plastic waste and separating it to its fundamental structure blocks, like olefin monomers and co-items, to deliv...

American Chemical Society | July 23, 2020

Miniaturized computer systems and wireless technology are offering scientists new ways to keep tabs on reactions without the need for larger, cumbersome equipment. In a proof-of-concept study in ACS Sensors, researchers describe an inexpensive new device that functions like a conventional magnetic stir bar, but that can automatically measure and transmit information on a solution's color, viscosity and a variety of other attributes to a smart phone or computer. Automatic, remo...