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Oilprice | April 18, 2020

Petrochemicals is a lucrative market sector for countries and oil companies which have been hit hard by falling oil prices. A new Lux Research study points to synthetic biology (synbio) as a breakthrough in speeding up the development of petrochemicals into new and profitable channels. Synbio could be getting a lot of interest as investors look to alternatives — but there are other non-oil and gas energy sources to follow as well, including hydrogen. One of these new solutions is cre...

Industry Europe | January 17, 2020

The European chemical industry remains a strong part of the EU economy showing stable production levels over the past few years. While some traditional manufacturing sectors are currently in recession, the chemical industry is actively exploring new growth opportunities. These are expected to come from specialised, higher-value-added products and innovative solutions for a climate neutral and circular economy such as chemical recycling of plastics, advanced materials (polymers and composites) am...

Chemical Management

prnewswire | August 31, 2023

Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra announced an agreement with a consortium comprised of Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd., Osaka Gas Company, Ltd., Toho Gas Company., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation to participate in the evaluation of a proposed project to produce e-natural gas, a form of carbon recycling, in the U.S. Gulf Coast. If the project is successful, it could be the first link of an international supply chain of liquified e-natural gas, a synthetic gas produced from renewable hy...

Chemical Management

JSR | September 17, 2021

JSR announced today that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Corvallis, OR based Inpria Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of metal oxide photoresist design, development and manufacturing for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, for USD $514 million. EUV technology is already in use in commercial production in the most advanced lithography processes used in semiconductor manufacturing and, as the industry moves to smaller critical dimensions in chip manufacturing, i...