Clariant and CB&I to design world’s largest single-train dehydrogenation unit in China
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. to develop an extensive propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in cooperation with CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com). The project includes the license and engineering…
Wacker expands production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen site
The Wacker Group (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has expanded its production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen site. With the new expansion stage, which came on stream in early January, Wacker is meeting the rising global demand for specialty…
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions licenses its acrylic acid technology to Bharat Petroleum in India
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.engineering-solutions.airliquide.com), the Engineering and Construction activity of the Air Liquide group, has been selected by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) to supply its leading Lurgi/Nippon Kayaku Ester Grade Acrylic Acid…
Honeywell UOP technology to help Hollyfrontier meet stricter wastewater regulations
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced that industrial wastewater technology from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) will help a Wyoming petroleum refinery remove contaminants from its wastewater to meet new environmental requirements. HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining LLC has selected Honeywell UOP’s XCeed…
Black & Veatch wins two major desalination projects in Asia
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) will perform key roles in two upcoming desalination projects in Hong Kong and Singapore. Both central to each city’s water resiliency planning, the two plants are set to establish new design and…
ICA Fluor to build $1-billion petroleum-refining facility in Mexico
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that ICA Fluor, its industrial engineering and construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. (www.ica.com.mx/ir), was authorized by Pemex Transformación Industrial (Pemex) to proceed with the engineering, procurement and construction (Phase…
Technip awarded contract by Air Products for a H2 plant in Baytown
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) to provide technology, engineering and procurement services for a grassroots hydrogen plant in Baytown, Texas. The 3.5 million standard cubic meters per day plant…
Axens to expand its sulfur abatement portfolio
Axens North America Inc. (Houston; www.axens.net) has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with Scutter Enterprises, L.L.C. (Chesterfield, Missouri) to purchase assets and technology related to sulfur removal products. Scutter was created in 2009 and specialized in solid…
Hoerbiger acquires Newson Gale
Effective January 4, 2016 Hoerbiger Group (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) acquired Newson Gale (Nottingham, U.K.; www.newson-gale.com). The privately owned business, of which the majority of shares has been held by the founder Ernest Kochmann and his family while a minority…
Jacobs wins contract with Biogen
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for Biogen’s new manufacturing facility in Luterbach, Switzerland. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is providing EPCM services…