Primetals Technologies Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com) received an order for a briquetting plant for the complete recycling of dusts and sludges in Corpus Christi, Texas. Primetals Technologies and Midrex Technologies (Charlotte, N.C.; www.midrex.com) are currently building a direct reduction…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded a lump sum contract to supply its proprietary technology, detailed engineering and procurement services for a reformer for a hydrogen plant. The plant is located near the STAR Aegean Refinery to…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a significant contract by CHS Inc. to provide proprietary technology and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a 40,000-Nm3/h grassroots hydrogen plant at the CHS Refinery in Laurel, Montana. The plant is part…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order for a gas-fired H-25 gas turbine and a generator from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., (KPIC). The turbine and generator will be installed in an in-house power…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Yara International ASA (Yara), through its subsidiary Yara Dallol BV, for a greenfield potash mining and processing facility located in the Dallol region…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) today announced that it will provide industry-leading process technology and advanced automation controls to Iraq’s Karbala petroleum refinery, now under construction in Karbala Province, about 120 km south of Baghdad. The grassroots refinery will use…
Another new standalone company has been created out of the former Heat Exchanger division of the GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com). Due to a change of ownership, the company is now ready to take on the competition around…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has completed the construction of Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The completion was recognized at the Shell Quest carbon-capture and storage startup celebration today at the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has started up a world-scale plant for the production of specialty amines. The multi-product plant can manufacture approximately 12,000 metric tons per year of a product range of about 15 amines for different applications.…
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing around 60 million euros in the expansion of the Leverkusen production facilities of Saltigo GmbH — a leading supplier in the field of exclusive synthesis. The biggest single investment…