PSRE Co. (Piping System Research & Engineering Co.; Moscow, Russia; www.truboprovod.ru), a leading developer of smart simulation and sizing tools for every piping and equipment engineer/designer, is pleased to announce the new version 4.1 of PASS/HYDROSYSTEM scheduled for release beginning…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) and IBM (Armonk, N.Y.; www.ibm.com) announced today the use of artificial intelligence-based systems to predict, monitor and measure the status of engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPC) megaprojects from inception to completion. Fluor’s extensive engineering,…
thyssenkrupp’s Industrial Solutions business area (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has received a major order to build a new integrated chemical complex in Hungary. The customer for the project is the MOL Group (Budapest; www.mol.hu), a leading international oil and gas company…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans to build a new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas industrial gas facility to meet increasing product demand from several customer markets. The liquid hydrogen plant will produce approximately 30 ton/d,…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has launched Energy Cloud Factory, a new service package that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) technologies. The cutting-edge energy solution was unveiled today at Mitsubishi Hitachi Power…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has started a stepwise capacity increase of its production plant for alkoxylation – a downstream technology of ethylene oxide production – in Antwerp, Belgium. The first additional capacities will be available from as early as…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed cooperation and equipment supply agreements with Beijing Sinoscience Fullcryo Technology Co., Ltd. (Fullcryo) to accelerate the development of hydrogen infrastructure and support Fullcryo’s first, and also China’s first, commercial-scale liquid hydrogen-based fueling…
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced that it has acquired Ortloff Engineers, Ltd., a privately held licensor and industry-leading developer of specialized technologies that drive high returns in natural gas processing and sulfur recovery. Terms of the acquisition, which closed on Aug. 31,…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany, www.basf.com) intends to increase the production capacity of 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site by more than 50%. After the start-up in 2021, BASF’s global annual nameplate capacity of HDO will be more than 70,000…
Biozin Holding AS (www.biozin.no) has awarded Pöyry Oyj (www.poyry.com) with the Owner's Engineering Services assignment for the pre-engineering phase for the planned biozin production plant in Jordoya, Åmli, Norway. The new plant will convert biomass to liquid biocrude that will…