Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) today announced the beginning of production in China of proprietary Honeywell UOP catalysts that are used to convert coal into plastics, helping China to meet its growing demand. Honeywell also inaugurated a new…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and the Fufeng Group Jinan, China; www.fufeng-group.com) have entered into a cooperation agreement for the production of ThreAmino (L-threonine). The renowned Chinese specialist in bio-fermentation will toll manufacture ThreAmino for Evonik using Evonik’s technology.…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced an agreement to acquire Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) Coal Gasification Technology business as well as Shell’s patent portfolio for liquids (residue) gasification. Financial terms are not being disclosed,…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), part of Maire Tecnimont Group, and Jiujiang Xinlianxin Fertilizer Co., (XLX), have signed contracts for the licensing of technology and for the delivery of proprietary equipment for a new ultra-low-energy urea plant to be…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has invested in the startup HPNow ApS (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.hpnow.dk) through its venture capital unit and now holds a minority stake in the company. HPNow has developed a technology for producing hydrogen peroxide in…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and SINOPEC (Beijing, China; www.sinopecgroup.com) will expand the production capacity of Neopentylglycol (NPG) at the state-of- the-art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (www.basf-ypc.com.cn), a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. The plant was established in…
Hanwha Total Petrochemical (Seoul, South Korea), a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha Corp. (Seoul; www.hanwha.com) and Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com), will invest more than $300 million to expand its integrated petroleum-refining and petrochemicals platform located in Daesan, South Korea…
Clariant (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) today announced an agreement with Xuzhou HaiDing Chemical Technology Co. Ltd. to develop a custom-built Catofin catalyst and propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in cooperation with its technology partner CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com). The project includes…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp, Belgium integrated petroleum-refining and petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months. This event marks the completion of the upgrade program launched in…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded an ammonia plant revamp contract by Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF). Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a technology license and basic engineering design for the RCF ammonia plant…