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🏭 Purifying green H2

Jun 27, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Purifying green H2

Shell & BASF on green H2 and PTT Chemical's mechanical recycling plans

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Petroleum-based

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🏭 Less gas more liquid

Jun 24, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Less gas more liquid

Gas-to-liquids in Uzbekistan and maleic anhydride in Malaysia

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Sustainable aviation fuel

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🏭 MTJ is the new MTG

Jun 22, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 MTJ is the new MTG

Exxon's methanol-to-jet technology and sustainable polyurethanes that start with Neste

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
🏭 [Announcement] Going Paid

Jun 21, 2022

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4 min read

🏭 [Announcement] Going Paid

The Column is going to become a paid newsletter with a free version for the masses.

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Enzymatic

+4

🏭 Microbes for everything

Jun 20, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Microbes for everything

Genomatica and Unilever's surfactant plans and Ineos' intent to build a VAM plant

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Petroleum-based

+3

🏭 Taking the L (out of LNG)

Jun 17, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Taking the L (out of LNG)

Freeport LNG's fire and Dow and Shell's electric steam cracker

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Batteries

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🏭 Wheat waste

Jun 15, 2022

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6 min read

🏭 Wheat waste

Clariant's cellulosic ethanol and Albemarle's lithium carbonate

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+4

🏭 Water bags

Jun 13, 2022

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6 min read

🏭 Water bags

Dow's water sachet recycling in Africa and Evonik's enzymatic emollient

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

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🏭 Bright clothes only

Jun 10, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Bright clothes only

Perstorp's sustainable polyols and BASF's clothing brightener

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty polymers

+4

🏭 Motor Oil 2.0

Jun 8, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Motor Oil 2.0

CP Chem's LAO plans and Repsol's new UHMW-PE plans

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty polymers

+2

🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

Jun 6, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

Evonik's lipid expansion and DuPont's bio-based diol divestment

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Batteries

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🏭 Fancy salts

Jun 3, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Fancy salts

Arkema's battery salt and KBR's molecular recycling investment

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
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