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Carbon storage and electricity generation project gets DOE funding
A project aimed at using geothermal heat to power an…September Chementator Briefs
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Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo, www.m-kagaku.co.jp, MCC) is developing bio-based… Plastics-to-oil JV plans full-scale facility
A joint venture (JV) between Vadxx Energy LLC (Akron, Ohio;… Biomass pretreatment
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Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Russian company RusBiotech… Caloric supplies H2 for polysilicon production in Taiwan
The hydrogen demand for a new polysilicon facility being built… MHI and MC: Large-scale SNG project using low-rank coal in Indonesia
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC;… Dow and K2 Pure start chlor-alkali facility at California site
The Dow Chemical Co. ((Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and K2 Pure… BASF to sell fertilizer activities to EuroChem
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a contract with… Outotec to deliver ferrochrome plant in China
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Mintal Group… Lanxess to expand its operations in the Netherlands
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €12 million to… Envergent and Oilon successfully demonstrate biofuels in industrial burners
Envergent Technologies LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.envergenttech.com), a Honeywell company,… Jacobs' JV awarded contract from OCP
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today that… Axens awarded licences for the Saudi Aramco Jazan Refinery & Terminal Project
Axens' (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) technologies have been selected by Saudi… PPG to increase global production capacity for precipitated silica
PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) is increasing its global precipitated-silica… Momentive to expand specialty quartz plant in Geesthacht
Yesterday, Momentive Performance Materials Inc.’s (Albany, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) Quartz &… Lanxess to produce first bio-based EPDM rubber in the world
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its commitment to… PSE announces release of gCRYSTAL
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com), providers of the… B&W to supply modular boilers for the Kearl Oil Sands Project
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today… Technip awarded a services contract for a fertilizer complex in Brazil
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), within the framework of a cooperation… Evonik builds new catalyst plant for biodiesel production in Argentina
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is building a new… Axens’ technologies for Petron in the Philippines
Petron Corp. (www.petron.com), the largest oil refining and marketing company… Technip wins FEED contract for a world-class ammonia-urea fertilizer facility in Gabon
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Gabon Fertilizers Co.… BASF Qtech formed to commercialize catalytic surface coatings for steam-cracker furnace tubes
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) today announced that its affiliate,… Outotec wins large-scale iron ore pelletizing plant project in Russia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with NLMK Novolipetsk… Sartorius Stedim Biotech and GE Healthcare Life Sciences sign cross-licensing agreement
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Aubagne, France; www.sartorius-stedim.com) has entered into a… UOP technology selected for petrochemical production in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced… GEA Westfalia Separator: Another biodiesel plant for Argentina
GEA Westfalia Separator Group (Oelde, Germany; www.westfalia-separator.com) has received another… Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group selects Ineos Technologies’ Innovene PP process
Ineos Technologies (www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene PP process for… Outotec to deliver concentrator technology for Codelco in Chile
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with… Evonik to double its L-lysine capacities in the U.S.
In North America, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is… MHI establishes JV engineering company in India
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and… Lanxess boosts capacity at glass-fiber plant in Antwerp
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €15 million in… BASF and Lynas establish long-term rare-earth supply agreement
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Carbon storage and electricity generation project gets DOE fundingA project aimed at using geothermal heat to power an…
Phosgenation scaleup At the end of July, Bayer MaterialScience AG…
A process to greatly enhance the ability of sand to…
Microbe-based process for GBL nears commercializationMetabolix Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.; www.metabolix.com) has successfully demonstrated and completed…
Since the isolation of graphene by the “Scotch tape” method,…
Solvent extraction method shows promise for recovering bitumen from tar sandsToday only a few percent of Canada’s oil sands resource…
A new yeast strain that could one day substitute for…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo, www.m-kagaku.co.jp, MCC) is developing bio-based…
A joint venture (JV) between Vadxx Energy LLC (Akron, Ohio;…
Cellulosic biomass pretreated with ammonia undergoes structural changes that make…
Anew process to make BTX (benzene, toluene and xylenes) from…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Russian company RusBiotech…
The hydrogen demand for a new polysilicon facility being built…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC;…
The Dow Chemical Co. ((Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and K2 Pure…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a contract with…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Mintal Group…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €12 million to…
Envergent Technologies LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.envergenttech.com), a Honeywell company,…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today that…
Axens' (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) technologies have been selected by Saudi…
PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) is increasing its global precipitated-silica…
Yesterday, Momentive Performance Materials Inc.’s (Albany, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) Quartz &…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its commitment to…
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com), providers of the…
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), within the framework of a cooperation…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is building a new…
Petron Corp. (www.petron.com), the largest oil refining and marketing company…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Gabon Fertilizers Co.…
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) today announced that its affiliate,…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with NLMK Novolipetsk…
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Aubagne, France; www.sartorius-stedim.com) has entered into a…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced…
GEA Westfalia Separator Group (Oelde, Germany; www.westfalia-separator.com) has received another…
Ineos Technologies (www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene PP process for…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with…
In North America, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €15 million in…
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has signed a long-term supply…
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Reboiler Condensate Drums: Silencing Hydraulic HammerCondensate pots are commonly used on the condensing sides of…
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Calculate Liquid Volumes in Tanks with Dished HeadsThis article presents equations that allow the user to calculate…
Believe your instruments, unless...I was having a “wallflower moment” after Ms. Ruth Sands’…
Specifying Elastomer Seals for Plastic PipingThe chemical process industries (CPI), like many others, increasingly employ…
Maintaining high-purity conditions in the chemical process industries (CPI) depends…
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