Current Headlines

1. PGNiG Launches New Hydrogen Program 5/12/2020

   Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) has started work on projects looking to use hydrogen for power generation and automotive applications. The company will explore the possibilities of storing and transmitting hydrogen through the gas network

2. Sinopec Puts China's Largest Petrochemical Port Into Operation 5/9/2020

   Sinopec Corp (HKG: 0386), China's leading energy and chemical company, has put China's largest petrochemical port into operation with the successful docking and unloading of the New Renown, Crude Oil Tanker (VLCC) from the Middle East

3. Celanese Signs Agreement To Supply Ethylene-Based Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) To Wanwei 5/8/2020

   Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding for a long-term commercial agreement with Anhui Wanwei Group Co., Ltd., (Wanwei), based in Chaohu, China, to supply Wanwei with Celanese’s green technology-based, ethylene-based vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to support approximately 50 percent of the company’s captive product needs in the manufacture of chemicals, fibers, and new material in Anhui Province, China

4. bp Australia Announces Feasibility Study Into Hydrogen Energy Production Facility 5/8/2020

   bp Australia is today announcing a feasibility study into an export-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Western Australia.

5. Highly Efficient Hydrogen Gas Production Using Sunlight, Water And Hematite 5/7/2020

   A research group led by Associate Professor TACHIKAWA Takashi of Kobe University’s Molecular Photoscience Research Center has succeeded in developing a strategy that greatly increases the amount of hydrogen produced from sunlight and water using hematite photocatalysts 

6. INOVYN Plays Role In Ambitious 'Power To Methanol' Project In Antwerp 5/7/2020

   INOVYN has today announced its role in an ambitious ‘Power to Methanol’ project set up to further investigate options for sustainable methanol production in Antwerp, Belgium

7. Qatar Petroleum Enters Into Three Exploration Blocks In Mexico 5/6/2020

   Qatar Petroleum entered into three farm-in agreements to acquire about 30% of Total’s participating interest in blocks 15, 33 and 34 located in the Campeche basin, offshore Mexico.

8. New Petrochemical Contract Awarded To A Maire Tecnimont-Led Consortium In The Russian Federation 5/5/2020

   Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., as majority leader of the consortium including MT Russia LLC, Sinopec Engineering Inc. and Sinopec Engineering Group Co., Ltd Russian Branch, has signed an EPSS contract (Engineering, Procurement and Site Services) with Amur GCC LLC, a subsidiary of PJSC Sibur Holding

9. Wärtsilä Gas Engines To Burn 100% Hydrogen 5/5/2020

   The technology group Wärtsilä is developing the combustion process in its gas engines to enable them to burn 100% hydrogen fuel.Wärtsilä has researched hydrogen as a fuel for 20 years, and has tested its engines with blends of up to 60% hydrogen and 40% natural gas. 

10. Linde Starts Up New Syngas Processing Plant In The U.S. Gulf Coast 5/5/2020

    Linde announced today it has started up a state-of-the-art syngas processing plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The new plant will supply carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a top global chemical company as well as other refining and chemical customers along Linde's hydrogen pipeline network in Southern Louisiana, all under long-term supply agreements