A pressure-swing-adsorption (PSA) system for hydrogen purification that operates at "tens of cycles per minute," versus one cycle every 4 – 10 min for conventional PSA, will have its first commercial-scale demonstration at an ExxonMobil refinery in France. Developed by…
Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomations.co.uk), a leading global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions and Dassault Systèmes (www.3ds.com), a world leader in 3D and product life cycle management (PLM) solutions, recently announced that they have signed a memorandum of…
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a $57-million contract by MAN Ferrostaal AG (MFS) to provide basic and detailed engineering services for an 1,800 m.t./d ammonia plant for Petroquímica de Venezuela, S.A. (Pequiven). The plant will be the first…
HPD (Plainfield, Ill.; www.veoliawater.com HPD — a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company — has been awarded the supply of crystallization and evaporation equipment to TETRA Technologies, Inc. for their new facility located near El Dorado, Arkansas. The new plant…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that the Board of its affiliate Solvay Indupa has approved a further $135-million-investment program to expand and increase the competitiveness of its vinyls production plant of Santo Andre, Brazil. This second stage of…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop,com), a Honeywell company, announced today that it will partner with the University of Southern California's (USC) Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute to develop and commercialize new technology to transform carbon dioxide into clean-burning alternative fuels.…
Total (Paris, France; www.total.com) announces the startup of a new distillate hydrocracker at the Wepec petroleum refinery in Dalian, China, in which the Group holds a 22.4% stake. Representing a total investment of $240 million, the new conversion unit increases…
Dynamotive Energy Systems Corp., and its subsidiary, Dynamotive USA, Inc., announced plans to build a $24-million, commercial, industrial-scale biofuel plant in Willow Springs, Mo. — the first of its kind in the U.S., according to the firm. The announcement comes…
Newfoundland & Labrador Refining Corp. (NLRC) has selected UOP LLC (Des Plains, Ill.; www.uop.com) a Honeywell company, to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for a new fuel refinery to be built in the Placentia Bay area of Newfoundland…
Lurgi AG (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by North West Upgrading, Calgary, Canada, for the execution of a gasifier unit for North West's Upgrader project. This major contract, worth in excess of…