Project of the week
Carbon Neutral Fuels FlexSAF Project Starling at Workington
Workington , United Kingdom · FEED / Pre-FID
Carbon Neutral Fuels has unveiled FlexSAF, a hybrid plant architecture that combines eSAF from biogenic carbon dioxide and green hydrogen with bioSAF from biomethane into a shared Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and...
Milestones this week
- CATL Phase 2 Plant-in-Plant Battery Expansion at SERES Super Factory (China) Announced · 10 October 2026
- Aurora Renewable Carbon Empyro Restart and Biorefinery Twente (The Netherlands) Started operating · 9 October 2026
- Rompetrol Rafinare Petromidia 9.4 MW PV Plant (Romania) Announced · 8 October 2026
- Arkema Carling acrylic acid purification unit (France) Started operating · 8 October 2026
- POSCO Pohang HyREX Demonstration Plant Announced · 7 October 2026
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Project and plant news
Energy
- ITM Power's Hydropulse signs Heads of Terms for 150 MW green hydrogen project with European refinery Hydropulse 150 MW Green Hydrogen Project at European Refinery
- Air Products to build LNG-based ASU at PETRONAS Gas‑led Pengerang terminal Air Products Pengerang LNG-based ASU, Johor
- Worley Rosenberg to fabricate subsea structures and spools for Northern Lights Phase II Northern Lights Phase II CO₂ transport and storage expansion, Norway
- POSCO group to build Steel GX decarbonized industrial ecosystem POSCO Pohang HyREX Demonstration Plant
- Carbon Clean commissions 2 TPD carbon-capture pilot at Global Innovation Centre, Navi Mumbai Carbon Clean Navi Mumbai 2 TPD Carbon Capture Pilot
Biobased & Circular
- Perpetual Next and Air Liquide sign agreement for large-scale biomethanol production Perpetual Next Delfzijl DeltaTorr DeltaNor Biomethanol Project
- Moeve and ENSO partner to decarbonize industrial cogeneration with biomass and renewable gases ENSO Garray Biopower CO2 Capture and Upgrading Facility
- Arkema opens next-generation acrylic acid purification unit in Carling Arkema Carling acrylic acid purification unit
- Siemens to digitalize GalpH2Park 100 MW renewable hydrogen plant Hytlantic greenH2Atlantic Sines Renewable Hydrogen Project
- Carbon Neutral Fuels' FlexSAF redesign boosts Project Starling output Carbon Neutral Fuels FlexSAF Project Starling at Workington
Basic Chemicals
- POSCO HOLDINGS completes upstream of second Argentina brine lithium plant, enabling 50,000‑ton hydroxide system POSCO Argentina Sal de Oro Brine Lithium Plants
- Aurora delivers first pyrolysis bio-oil from Empyro Aurora Renewable Carbon Empyro Restart and Biorefinery Twente
- Aurubis expands Hamburg multimetal hub with automated pre‑processing facility Aurubis Hamburg automated pre-processing facility
Polymers
- Rompetrol Quality Control upgrades Petromidia and Vega refinery laboratories Rompetrol Quality Control Laboratory Equipment Modernization, Petromidia and Vega
Petrochemicals
- Honeywell Technologies to license and engineer GPIC aromatics complex in Bahrain GPIC Aromatics Facility Expansion, Sitra, Bahrain
Specialties
- Symrise opens Scent Creative Center in Singapore to boost Asia growth Symrise Singapore Scent Creative Center
Pharma
- Aptar expands pharma manufacturing in Mumbai Aptar Pharma Taloja Inhalation Technologies Expansion
Also this week
- Boliden seeks EGM approval for share‑issue to acquire Votorantim's Nexa stake and add board member
- Nel ASA joins Rheinmetall's Giga PtX to explore decentralized synthetic fuel production
- Asahi Kasei Therapeutics' HOVILPRI approved for refractory mucocutaneous HSV in immunocompromised adults
- POSCO Future M agrees KRW 6 trillion LFP supply contract with Samsung SDI
- Evonik, Toyotsu Chemiplas and Sanyo Chemical pilot polyurethane foam recycling model in Japan
- Trafigura agrees 10-year offtake for 100,000 t of battery-grade lithium from EnergyX
- Brenntag and Givaudan expand Active Beauty distribution to Australia and New Zealand
- EMA recommends Intervet's Bovilis Lumpyvax for lumpy skin disease
Upcoming events
- Fakuma: 30th edition 12–16 October 2026 · Friedrichshafen
- Performance Days Munich: October 2026 13–14 October 2026 · Munich
- SEPAWA Congress: 2026 14–16 October 2026 · Berlin
- in-cosmetics Asia: 2026 3–5 November 2026 · Bangkok
- CHINACOAT: 2026 11–13 November 2026 · Guangzhou