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Air Liquide to supply H2 and CO
to Kumho Mitsui Chemical
December 13, 2022 - Air Liquide S.A. (Paris,
France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a
long-term contract to supply Kumho Mitsui
Chemical (KMCI) with additional hydrogen
and carbon monoxide in South Korea's
Yeosu National Industrial Complex, where Air
Liquide currently operates four production
units. This contract will enable Air Liquide
to support KMCI's additional expansion of
200,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of
methyl diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).
CropEnergies to build renewable ethyl
acetate plant in Germany
December 13, 2022 - CropEnergies AG
(Mannheim, Germany; www.cropenergies.
com) plans to build a plant for the production
of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable
ethanol. The planned location for the plant
is the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, in
Elsteraue, Germany. The total investment
for the new production facility will be around
€120-130 million. Groundbreaking is to take
place early in 2024 and the commissioning
is scheduled for summer 2025.
OCI breaks ground on major
ammonia facility in Texas
December 9, 2022 - OCI N.V. (Amsterdam, the
Netherlands; www.oci.nv) started construction
on a 'blue' ammonia facility in Texas, which
is scheduled to begin operation in 2025. The
project's site is adjacent to OCI's existing
integrated 1.4-million-m.t./yr methanolammonia
production facility in Beaumont and
1.8-million-m.t./yr 50%-owned methanol joint
venture, Natgasoline.
Air Products and AES to build first megascale
'green' hydrogen facility in Texas
December 9, 2022 - Air Products (Lehigh
Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) and The
AES Corp. (Arlington, Va.; www.aes.com)
plan to invest approximately $4 billion to
build, own and operate a 'green' hydrogen
production facility in Wilbarger County, Tex.
This renewable-power-to-hydrogen project
includes approximately 1.4 GW of wind and
solar power generation, along with electrolyzer
capacity capable of producing over 200 m.t./d
of hydrogen, making it the largest 'green'
hydrogen facility in the U.S.
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Johnson Matthey expands
formaldehyde plant in Sweden
December 6, 2022 - Johnson Matthey plc
(London; www.matthey.com) announced
the expansion of its manufacturing facility
in
Perstorp, Sweden, to meet growing
demand for formaldehyde. The expansion,
which will be operational by the end of March
2024, will increase the site's capacity by
approximately 50%.
ExxonMobil doubles polypropylene
production at Baton Rouge
December 6, 2022 - ExxonMobil Corp.
(Houston; www.exxonmobil.com) announced
the startup of its new polypropylene production
unit at its polyolefins plant in Baton Rouge, La.
The unit increases polypropylene production
capacity along the Gulf Coast by 450,000
m.t./yr. The total capital investment was more
than $500 million.
Cepsa to invest €3 billion to build the
largest 'green' hydrogen hub in Europe
December 2, 2022 - Cepsa (Madrid, Spain;
www.cepsa.com) will invest more than €3
billion to establish the Andalusian Green
Hydrogen Valley, creating the largest 'green'
hydrogen hub in Europe in southern Spain.
Cepsa will build two plants with a total capacity
of 2 GW to produce 'green' hydrogen. The
plants, each with 1 GW of capacity, will be
located in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) next
to Cepsa's La Rábida Energy Park and at the
company's San Roque Energy Park in Cádiz.
The Huelva plant will start up in 2026, reaching
full capacity in 2028, while the Cádiz facility
will be operational in 2027.
Honeywell doubles production capacity
for Solstice ze in Baton Rouge
December 1, 2022 - Honeywell International
Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com)
announced that its Baton Rouge facility has
doubled production capacity for Solstice ze
(HFO-1234ze). Solstice ze is used in foam
insulation, as an aerosol propellant and in
refrigeration and air-conditioning applications.
Covestro starts up
NDI plant in Thailand
November 28, 2022 - Covestro AG (Leverkusen,
Germany; www.covestro.com) started up
production of naphthylene-diisocyanate
(NDI) at a newly built plant at its Map Ta Phut
site in Thailand. The plant is part of several
recent investments by the company into cast
polyurethane raw materials.
Invista inaugurates adiponitrile plant at
Shanghai Chemical Industry Park
November 28, 2022 - Invista (Wichita, Kan.;
www.invista.com) inaugurated its new adiponitrile
plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park.
The plant is a critical part of Invista's integrated
nylon 6,6 value chain, and represented an
investment of over $1 billion. It has a capacity
of 400,000 m.t./yr of adiponitrile.
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