Redox Chemical Industries

U.S. News | January 30, 2020

Members of a Louisiana city council surprised residents and a representative from a Chinese chemical company at a public hearing by voting to turn down the company's request to build a plant. A vote had not been scheduled for Tuesday night's public hearing in Westwego, news outlets reported. The meeting was intended to provide information about a proposal from Wanhua to build a storage and distribution facility. Eduardo Doval, CEO of the company's U.S. operations, gave a presentation...

Chemical Management

Kraton Corporation | March 16, 2022

Kraton Corporation announced it had closed the deal with DL Chemical Co., Ltd. DL Chemical acquired Kraton in an all-cash transaction valued at nearly $2.5 billion. DL Chemical is a prominent petrochemical company having over 46 years of operational experience and a unique technological base in Korea. The company was the first to export polybutene technology to the United States. DL Chemical is the world's largest polybutene producer with a production capacity of 200 KTA year....

Chemical Management

Blue Water Petroleum Corp. | July 26, 2022

Blue Water Petroleum Corp announces that it has acquired 160 contiguous acres in Little Smoky, Alberta, Canada. The property is currently being used as a testbed and eventually will become a full-service facility for Blue Water. The facility processes oilfield wastewater using its licensed technology, into water that can be released into the environment and used for farming purposes; all in compliance with the Alberta Energy Regulator’s guidelines. Blue Water has partn...

Chemical Technology

Babcock & Wilcox | November 22, 2022

Babcock & Wilcox announced that it has signed an agreement with NRG Korea to study the applicability of B&W’s BrightLoop™ technology for a hydrogen generation facility using biomass fuel in South Korea. B&W’s BrightLoop chemical looping technology is part of its ClimateBright™ suite of decarbonization and hydrogen technologies. The BrightLoop process uses a proprietary, regenerable particle and has been demonstrated to effectively separate carbo...