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  1. Water Is Key In Catalytic Conversion Of Methane To Methanol 4/30/2020

    Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have revealed new details that explain how a highly selective catalyst converts methane, the main component of natural gas, to methanol, an easy-to-transport liquid fuel and feedstock for making plastics, paints, and other commodity products

  2. Successful Commissioning Of World's Most Energy Efficient Ammonia Plant At CFCL, India, Using KBR Technology 4/30/2020

    KBR (NYSE: KBR) has announced that Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (CFCL), Gadepan, India has successfully commissioned a new plant using KBR's PurifierTM ammonia technology, which is now the world's most energy efficient plant per ton of ammonia produced

  3. Honeywell To Produce And Donate Hand Sanitizer To Support Local Needs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic 4/29/2020

    Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that it is temporarily shifting manufacturing operations at two chemical manufacturing facilities to produce and donate hand sanitizer to government agencies in response to shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic

  4. Hyosung Chairman Cho Hyun-Joon To Build The World’s Biggest Liquid Hydrogen Plant 4/28/2020

    Last year Hyosung Chairman Cho Hyun-joon made a large-scale investment in carbon fiber. This time he started another ambitious hydrogen economy project to build the world’s largest liquid hydrogen plant

  5. Picarro Announces Family Of Products For Measuring Ethylene Oxide 4/28/2020

    Picarro announces a family of Ethylene Oxide (C2H4O) Gas Concentration Analyzers, capable of measuring this hazardous air pollutant in real-time with detection limits of parts-per-trillion (ppt)

  6. MFG Chemical Partners With EcoVadis To Improve Sustainability 4/27/2020

    MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, is partnering with EcoVadis to measure and continuously improve its sustainability profile

  7. ExxonMobil Modifies Facilities To Produce Medical-Grade Sanitizer For COVID-19 Response 4/24/2020

    ExxonMobil said today it has reconfigured manufacturing operations in Louisiana to produce medical-grade hand sanitizer for donation to COVID-19 response efforts in Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas

  8. Catalyst Opens Door To More Efficient, Environmentally Friendly Ethylene Production 4/24/2020

    A research team led by North Carolina State University has engineered a new catalyst that can more efficiently convert ethane into ethylene, which is used in a variety of manufacturing processes. The discovery could be used in a conversion process to drastically reduce ethylene production costs and cut related carbon dioxide emissions by up to 87%

  9. Linde Leverages Technology To Sign Long-Term Agreement With Largest Refiner In India 4/23/2020

    Linde today announced that it has leveraged its extensive technology portfolio to sign a new contract with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), the largest refiner in India

  10. MTO Plant Built By Wison Engineering Successfully Starts Up 4/22/2020

    On April 20, 2020, the first phase of Connell Chemical Industry Ltd.'s 600 KTA MTO complex, a 300 KTA MTO plant, successfully started up and produced on-spec ethylene and propylene