Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Socar & Turcas Rafineri A.S. (Stras; www.socarturcas.com.tr), the joint venture of the State Oil Co. of the Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) and Turcas Petrol A.S. (ISE:TRCAS), awarded the firm a project management consultant…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) and Dutch company Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) have reached an agreement in principle involving the sale of DSM Elastomers to Lanxess for €310 million on a cash and debt-free basis. DSM Elastomers…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) intends to construct a new production plant for isophorone and isophorone diamine. A suitable site is being sought, and economic and strategic market factors play an important role in this decision. Production is scheduled…
Yule Catto & Co. plc (Harlow, U.K.; www.yulecatto.com) has agreed to acquire PolymerLatex GmbH (Marl, Germany; www.polymer-latex.de) from TowerBrook Capital Partners. The transaction, which is subject to the necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, is expected to be completed during Q2,…
Foster Wheeler AG (FWC; Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for two grassroots petroleum refineries in Brazil for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., (Petrobras).…
The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) it has been selected by GAIL (India) Ltd (GAIL) to provide its proprietary technology and basic engineering for a new 450,000-ton/yr ethylene plant. Shaw also will provide support during detailed engineering, procurement…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) will build a new and fully integrated polysilicon production site near the city of Cleveland, Tenn. The chemical company announced the decision today. With an annual capacity of 15,000 metric tons (m.t.), the production…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from CPC Corp. (CPC; Taiwan) to design and license Jacobs' proprietary EuroClaus technology for a desulfurization unit as part of the Ta-Lin refinery expansion project in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. Officials…
ComberS.r.l., (Colzate, Bergamo, Italy; www.comber.it) the Italian manufacturer of NutscheFilter - Dryers, vertical Pan and horizontal Paddle drying systems, will be part of the Heinkel Group (Besigheim, Germany; www.heinkel.de) effective December 2010 and operating under the name of Comber Process Technology S.r.l. Commercial operations have been…
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) announced today that a $428-million, five-year contract has been awarded to the Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services, LLC (B&WCS; Lynchburg, Va.; www.babcock.com), for operation of the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) facilities…