Project of the week
YPF Eni XRG Argentina LNG Vaca Muerta FLNG Development
Argentina · FEED / Pre-FID
Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi met Argentine President Javier Milei in Paris during Argentina Week to review Argentina LNG, the export project Eni is developing with YPF and XRG. At the same event XRG chairman...
Milestones this week
- Momentive NXT P97 Silane Expansion Chennai (India) Started operating · 7 October 2026
- EnPower Gridworks Kalumbila-Kolwezi 330kV Interconnector Entered FEED · 6 October 2026
- MOL Danube Refinery AV3 Unit Reconstruction, Százhalombatta (Hungary) Started operating · October 2026
- Shandong Lianmeng NX STAMI Urea Plant, China (China) Entered FEED · 30 September 2026
- Air Liquide Southern Japan Semiconductor Ultra-Pure Gases Project (Japan) Reached FID · 30 September 2026
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Project and plant news
Energy
- Sumitomo Corporation starts construction of 62 MW / 291 MWh battery storage in Namie, Fukushima Sumitomo Namie 62 MW Battery Storage Project
- Nouryon commissions first U.S. solar project at Morris, Illinois plant Nouryon Morris Onsite Solar PV Installation
- Gate terminal adds fourth 180,000 m³ LNG tank, boosting regasification to 20 bcm/y Gate Terminal 4th LNG Tank Expansion, Rotterdam
- Honeywell Technologies to supply process tech for Dangote’s 700,000 b/d single‑train Kenya refinery Dangote Lamu Refinery
- thyssenkrupp nucera opens company-operated electrolyzer cell Assembly Hub in Portugal thyssenkrupp nucera Electrolyzer Cell Assembly Hub Vila Nova de Gaia
Biobased & Circular
- Uniper reserves NovaSAF capacity from Syzygy Plasmonics in Latin America Syzygy Plasmonics NovaSAF-1 SAF Plant, Uruguay
- EnviTec Biogas H1 2026: revenue growth and shift from electricity to biomethane EnviTec Biogas Own Plant Bio-LNG Conversion Program Germany
- PETRONAS advances sustainable fuels with Mercedes‑AMG PETRONAS F1 Petronas Enilive Euglena Pengerang Biorefinery
- Momentive starts local manufacture of NXT™ P97 Silane in Chennai Momentive NXT P97 Silane Expansion Chennai
- INERATEC delivers first commercial MATERA e‑Wax batch for food applications INERATEC ERA ONE e-Fuel Plant Frankfurt Höchst
Water Treatment
- Metso wins EUR 16m thickener modernization order in Chile Metso Thickener Modernization at Chile Mining Site
- Arq releases 2025 Sustainability Report Arq Red River Plant First GAC Production Line Expansion
Basic Chemicals
- Elkem invests NOK 260m to replace furnace at Elkem Rana Elkem Rana Ferrosilicon Furnace Revamp
Polymers
- Arkema invests €10 million to expand Lyon-region Battery Center of Excellence Arkema Battery Center of Excellence Expansion, Pierre-Bénite
Industrial gases
- Air Liquide to invest €170M+ to supply ultra‑high purity gases for Japan chip expansion Air Liquide Southern Japan Semiconductor Ultra-Pure Gases Project
Specialties
- Metso commissions 4-MW extra-large slurry pump test rig in Sala Metso Sala slurry pump test rig and warehouse expansion
CDMO
- AGC Biologics expands cell therapy development hub at Yokohama AGC Biologics Yokohama CDMO Manufacturing Facility
Pharma
- Bayer to invest $2.2bn in New Albany, Ohio pharmaceutical manufacturing site Bayer New Albany Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Campus
Agrochemicals
- Nextchem wins NX STAMI™ Urea licence and equipment supply for 3,150 MTPD China plant Shandong Lianmeng NX STAMI Urea Plant, China
Also this week
- BHP agrees to divest Kambalda Nickel Concentrator to Gold Fields
- Chevron to divest Hess Midstream interests and DJ Basin midstream assets
- Centalion Group buys Haynesville upstream and midstream gas portfolio from Silver Hill
- UPM and Sappi address EC concerns over planned graphic paper joint venture
- Alfa Laval to fully integrate Desmet to expand oils, fats and biofuel engineering
- AkzoNobel sells Decorative Paints South East Asia to Nippon Paint for $1.35 billion
- ADNOC to supply ~2 million tonnes LNG to Gulf Group for Thailand
- Lilly's Jaypirca cleared by FDA as first-line option for certain CLL/SLL patients
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