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Chemical Technology

IFF | August 27, 2021

IFF today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Microbial Control business unit to LANXESS, a leading specialty chemicals company that develops, manufactures and markets chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics. The transaction is valued at $1.3 billion and the cash proceeds net of taxes and expenses will be primarily used to reduce outstanding debt. “Today’s announcement is part of a strategic portfolio review and is g...

Chemical Management

Univation Technologies, LLC | March 02, 2022

Axens and Univation Technologies have entered into a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing improved capital and operating efficiencies for the production of on-purpose linear alpha olefins (LAO) – including both 1-butene and 1-hexene – for use in manufacturing polyethylene resins with the UNIPOL™ PE Process. The alliance is expected to identify and deliver quantifiable synergies to benefit polyethylene producers globally for new UNIPOL™ PE Projects as well ...

Products and Technologies

KBR, Inc. | January 18, 2022

KBR announced today it has been awarded an engineering services contract by Woodside Energy Inc. for its proposed H2OK liquid hydrogen production facility project in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a front-end engineering design for Woodside's H2OK liquid hydrogen facility. Cryogenic liquid hydrogen is used in the transportation industry as a fuel for fleets where the combustion of liquid hydrogen produces zero-emissions, with water as the ...

Chemical Technology

Enterprise, NOVA Chemicals | July 02, 2021

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced today that an Enterprise subsidiary has acquired a wholly owned subsidiary of NOVA Chemicals, which runs an ethylene storage business and trading center in Mont Belvieu, Texas. NOVA Chemicals, a major merchant ethylene producer and marketer on the Gulf Coast of the United States, will be a long-term storage client in the Enterprise system. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is a major North American supplier...