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PRNewswire | May 30, 2023

Chevron Lummus Global LLC announced a recent contract award from TAQAT Development Company for a new 75,000 TPA needle coke/synthetic graphite complex in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, Chevron Lummus Global will provide pilot plant testing, licensing, basic design, and additional engineering and operations support. The feedstock will be supplied by Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh). The grassroots complex will utilize CLG's two-step cokin...

Firstpost | January 13, 2020

The carbon footprint in the chemical industry is likely to reduce as engineers from Rice University have invented a light-powered nanoparticle to help the cause. They are tiny spheres of copper dotted with single atoms of ruthenium, is the prime ingredient in composing a green process for developing synthesis gas, commonly known as syngas, the valuable chemical feedstock generally used to make fertilizer, fuels, and many other products. Researchers from Rice, UCLA and the University of Californi...

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Chevron Phillips Chemical | June 08, 2022

Chevron Phillips Chemical announced today plans to expand its polyalphaolefins business with the construction of a new unit in Beringen, Belgium. Once local permits are approved, this significant investment will double the company’s PAO production capacity in Belgium upon targeted startup in 2024. For over 40 years, CPChem has been a leader in the development of high-quality PAOs, which are marketed under the Synfluid® brand. PAOs are specially designed chemicals made fr...

Chemical Technology | February 10, 2020

Industrial gases supplier Air Liquide has signed three new long-term contracts with German chemical firm BASF for work in the Antwerp basin, Belgium. The signing of the new contracts builds on an existing partnership between the two firms. Air Liquide has been supplying gases to BASF’s Antwerp location for more than 50 years. It also operates five production plants at the basin. The new agreements include renewing the Airgas supply contract for 15 years. As agreed, Air Liquide will continu...