27 March 202422 March 2024 Shell Chemicals and Braskem bring certified bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene to the U.S. market Polypropylene manufactured from bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene will support growing consumer demand for more sustainable plastics
21 February 202416 February 2024 Braskem + Shell: Kooperation bei nachhaltiger PP-Produktion Braskem will künftig von Shell aus Kunststoffabfall gewonnenes Pyrolyseöl zu einem ISCC-Plus-zertifizierten, neuwertigen PP verarbeiten
5 February 202429 January 2024 Braskem and Shell join forces to produce circular polypropylene from mixed plastic waste Shell will upgrade a variety of pyrolysis oils into virgin-quality circular feedstocks at the Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk, Netherlands and supply the Braskem plant in Wesseling, Germany
12 December 20237 December 2023 The University of Manchester and Shell partner to bring more sustainable chemical manufacturing to market The SuCCEED project will look to find new ways of manufacturing the chemicals needed for many every-day products through industrial biotechnology routes
24 July 202320 July 2023 PreZero signs cooperation agreement on plastic circularity PreZero and Shell Chemicals Europe (‘Shell’) aim to develop a sustainable chemical recycling solution along the value chain for currently hard to recycle plastic streams
PreZero schließt Kooperation zur Förderung von Kunststoffkreisläufen PreZero und Shell Chemicals Europe („Shell“) arbeiten an einer nachhaltigen Lösung im chemischen Recycling von derzeit nur schwer recycelbaren Kunststoffabfällen
27 June 202322 June 2023 Production assets may be up for sale, repurposing, or closure as the oil major targets net zero by 2050 As Shell proceeds with its Energy Transition initiative that will see it become more of a natural gas giant than an oil major, its petrochemical assets in Singapore have come under the spotlight, with talk of divestiture, “repurposing,” or even closure if a suitable buyer or buyers cannot be found
3 April 202330 March 2023 The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2023 The Digest slideshow of the top 50 bioeconomy companies
16 February 202313 February 2023 Shell and S&W Enter Joint Venture to Develop and Produce Sustainable Biofuel Feedstocks The JV intends to develop Camelina (“Camelina sativa”) and other oilseed species from which oil and meal can be extracted for future processing into animal feed, biofuels, and other bioproducts
27 January 202324 January 2023 Henkel signs agreement with Shell on renewable-based ingredients for Persil®, Purex® and all® brands Shell to replace approximately 200,000 tonnes of fossil feedstocks with renewable feedstocks for cleaning ingredients used in Henkel’s largest laundry brands in North America. A third-party certified mass balance approach will be used
Henkel und Shell unterzeichnen Vertrag für den Einsatz von nachwachsenden Rohstoffen Shell möchte rund 200.000 Tonnen fossile durch nachwachsende Waschmittelrohstoffe ersetzen
23 December 202220 December 2022 LanzaJet Marks Major Milestone on its Freedom Pines Fuels Construction Soperton, GA Facility will be First Ethanol Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Facility in the World
14 December 20228 December 2022 ‘The right time for chemical recycling is now’ Chemical Recycling Summit
17 November 202223 November 2022 100% Efficient Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Researchers from the University of Twente, in collaboration with Shell, developed a new mechanism that makes the conversion of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, which is an essential feedstock in the production of chemicals
27 October 202224 October 2022 Mitsui Chemicals Group to Produce Chemically Recycled Polyethylene Derived From Plastic Waste Memorandum of Understanding signed with Shell for ethylene derived from plastic waste
26 October 202225 October 2022 Mehr als nur chemisches Recycling – Advanced Recycling verbessert die Synergien im Recyclingsektor Die jüngsten Entwicklungen auf den Märkten und in der Politik deuten einen klaren Wandel und eine dauerhafte Veränderung der Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe an
19 September 202214 September 2022 Shell, Raízen, Hytron, USP and SENAI form partnership to convert ethanol into renewable hydrogen Shell Brasil, Raízen, Hytron, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and SENAI CETIQT signed a cooperation agreement for the development of plants for the production of renewable hydrogen (H2) from ethanol
13 September 20228 September 2022 Shell to convert Convent site to sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel production facility Shell intends to build a sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel production facility at its shuttered Convent refinery, according to documents filed with Louisiana Economic Development
9 September 20227 September 2022 Evonik and Shell reduce heavy duty transport CO2e emissions with Bio-LNG Evonik is committed to reduce its own emissions by shipping its products environmentally friendly with Bio-LNG-fueled trucks
29 August 202224 August 2022 Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk accelerates transition to become net zero emissions and produce more sustainable chemicals First step is investment in upgrader plant that recycles plastic waste to produce circular chemicals.
11 August 20228 August 2022 Lufthansa and Shell form future-oriented cooperation on sustainable aviation fuels SAF technology leading the way for decarbonization of aviation. Memorandum of Understanding to supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a volume of up to 1.8 million metric tons for the years 2024-2030
26 July 202220 July 2022 Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025
20 July 202215 July 2022 ‘Intolerable risk’ – Methanol winning the hydrogen shipping race as new studies highlight dangers of ammonia at sea Ammonia derived from green hydrogen has been touted as the most likely clean shipping fuel of the future, but shipbuilding orders show that another H2 derivative, methanol, is currently preferred
30 June 202223 June 2022 Bioeconomy: Poised at a historic crossroads Beside shipping issues and energy disruption, business operations have been prevented by pandemic-related effects, supply chain tightness, higher demand as well as digitalisation, blockchains and AI
29 June 202223 June 2022 Global Bioenergies secures first order from Shell for testing volumes of bio-isobutene derivatives Company has focused its strategy on the bioproduction of isobutene as this molecule is one of the main building blocks in the world of chemistry
Global Bioenergies erhält ersten Auftrag von Shell für Testmengen von Bio-Isobuten-Derivaten Eine Umstellung auf erneuerbares Isobuten könnte in Zukunft bis zu 70% weniger CO2-Emissionen im Vergleich zum kohlenwasserstoffbasierten Äquivalent ermöglichen
24 June 202220 June 2022 Clariant produziert das erste kommerzielle sunliquid®-Zellulose-Ethanol in der neuen Anlage in Podari, Rumänien Die Abnahme der gesamten Produktionsmenge wurde mit dem globalen Energieunternehmen Shell für mehrere Jahre vereinbart
29 April 202228 April 2022 Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
22 March 202216 March 2022 Carbon capture: Early days of a $1 trillion industry? Solutions such as carbon capture, utilization and storage in reducing carbon emissions or even going a step further and removing existing CO2 from the atmosphere are necessary
1 March 20221 March 2022 nova Session: The Future of Refineries & Big Chemical Production Sites Nine experts present and discuss their scenarios for the future of the chemical industry, hybrid session at 31 March 2022, Wöllhaf Conference Center Airport Cologne/Bonn
11 February 20227 February 2022 Microsoft and Shell are betting on a company making greener jet fuel LanzaJet recently received $50 million in funding from Microsoft, adding to previous investments from Shell and a handful of other energy companies and airlines
24 January 202219 January 2022 Overcoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion Study reveals why some attempts to convert the greenhouse gas into fuel have failed, and offers possible solutions
21 January 202220 January 2022 LanzaJet Secures $50M in Funding from Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to enable the transition towards net-zero sustainable fuels
18 January 202213 January 2022 The Year Ahead in Resin Pricing More US resin capacity coming online, new opportunities for recycling, and the ripple effects of the wild ride of 2021 will affect resin prices in the year ahead, experts say
7 January 20225 January 2022 Asahi Kasei: Synthesekautschuk aus abfall- und biobasiertem Butadien Produktion und Vermarktung dieses S-SBR aus dem Werk Singapur sollen bis zum Ende des Geschäftsjahres 2021 im März 2022 beginnen
8 December 20213 December 2021 Investment in Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore to bring circular chemicals to Asia Pacific customers Company to build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit that improves the quality of pyrolysis oil to turn it into chemical feedstock for its plant
Enerkem achieves a major breakthrough by producing sustainable aviation fuel from local forest biomass The research is part of The Sky’s the Limit Challenge organized by Natural Resources Canada and for which Enerkem was selected as a finalist
6 December 202130 November 2021 Shell halves Singapore refining capacity, to change chemical feedstock Company will build its first pyrolysis oil upgrader to produce 50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of treated pyrolysis oil for its 800,000 tpy cracker on Bukom in 2023
1 December 202126 November 2021 Asahi Kasei: Umweltfreundliche Reifen – Synthesekautschuk aus nachhaltigem Butadien Die Nachfrage steigt weltweit stetig aufgrund strengerer Umweltvorschriften und einem wachsenden Umweltbewusstsein seitens der Kunden
Asahi Kasei to produce solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber using butadiene derived from plastic waste Supply agreement for sustainable butadiene concluded with Shell
16 November 202112 November 2021 SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech to explore synthetic sustainable aviation fuel production "This initiative shows the potential of cross industry partnerships to drive the decarbonization of a hard-to-abate sector" says Anna Borg
28 October 202125 October 2021 Shell and Pryme sign strategic plastic waste to chemicals cooperation agreement Pryme to begin supply of pyrolysis oil to Shell in 2022
Shell: Kooperation mit Pryme beim Kunststoffrecycling Pryme wird seine Lieferungen über Pyrolyse-Öl an Shell in 2022 starten
22 September 202117 September 2021 Shell invests in plastic waste-to-chemicals technology company BlueAlp New joint-venture company to build two new conversion units in The Netherlands, which are forecast to convert more than 30 KT of plastic waste per year
Shell: Investition in chemisches Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen – Strategische Partnerschaft mit BlueAlp Joint-Venture-Unternehmen will zwei neue Verarbeitungsanlagen in den Niederlanden bauen, in denen mehr als 30.000 Tonnen Kunststoffabfälle pro Jahr verarbeitet werden sollen
21 September 202120 September 2021 Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) announced a final investment decision to build an 820,000-tonnes-a-year biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, the Netherlands, formerly known as the Pernis refinery
2 August 20219 September 2021 Shell and Uniper join forces to drive development of hydrogen economy in Europe Exploring future options including the necessary infrastructure for large scale transport of hydrogen and CO2 will be at the centre of the announced collaboration
Gemeinsam treiben Shell und Uniper den Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft in Europa voran Die Erkundung zukünftiger Möglichkeiten einschließlich der notwendigen Infrastruktur für den großvolumigen Transport von Wasserstoff und des gegenläufigen Transports von CO2 wird im Mittelpunkt der angekündigten Zusammenarbeit stehen
What 6 aviation executives say about an EU sustainable aviation fuel blending mandate The European Union’s announced its “Fit for 55” package of regulatory proposals on 14 July 2021. A part of this plan is a blending mandate for sustainable aviation fuel. Here's what six experts think of the proposal.
20 July 202115 July 2021 Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyser The project, backed by a European consortium, will accelerate hydrogen production and contribute to Europe’s goal to achieve climate neutrality