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KBR awarded two ammonia plant revamp contracts by Acron Group in Russia

KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded contracts for revamping two ammonia plants by PJSC Acron Group, Novgorod, Russia. KBR will supply the process technology license, basic engineering design package, and proprietary equipment for the ammonia plants to increase production capacity by…

Celanese to expand engineered materials compounding capacity in China and India

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces its intent to initiate a three-year plan to expand engineered materials compounding capacities at the company’s Asia facilities, including the locations of Nanjing, China; Suzhou, China; and…

Wood Group partners with ReNew ELP for commercial-scale advanced-recycling plant

Wood Group plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has entered into a partnership with ReNew ELP to develop the world’s first commercial-scale plastic recycling plant using an innovative advanced recycling process in the north east of England. The plant will use HydroPRS (Hydrothermal…

Messer Americas to build new ASU in Ohio supplying North Star BlueScope Steel

Messer Americas, a part of Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany), and North Star BlueScope Steel (NSBS) have entered into an agreement to increase supply of gaseous oxygen in Delta, Ohio. Messer, a trusted supplier of gases to NSBS for…

Plastic Energy and ExxonMobil to partner on advanced-recycling plant in France

Plastic Energy (London, U.K.) is collaborating with ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) on an advanced recycling project in France that will convert post-consumer plastic waste into raw materials for the manufacturing of virgin-quality polymers. Based on current plans, the project is…

Celanese to expand acetyl chain capacities in China and Germany

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced further investments to strengthen its commitment to being the world’s foremost emulsion polymers and vinyl acetate producer through facility expansions, new unit builds and key debottlenecking projects in Europe and Asia. The announced expansion plans,…

Johnson Matthey technology selected for climate-neutral methanol project in Chile

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced an agreement to supply cutting-edge technologies, equipment and advisory services to the world’s first methanol plant to harness energy from the wind, the Haru Oni project in Patagonia, Chile. The Haru Oni project, which…

Avantium secures new offtake agreements for PEF resin

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) announced that its subsidiary Avantium Renewable Polymers (Avantium RNP) has signed two additional conditional offtake agreements for the supply of polyethylene furanoate (PEF) resin to manufacture bottles and films, bringing the total now to four…

Lummus to provide technology for new ethylbenzene plant in China

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for its ethylbenzene technology from a customer in Jiangsu Province, China. Once complete, the unit will produce 508,000 metric ton per year (m.t./yr) of ethylbenzene via the EBOne technology. "We look forward to continuing…

Evonik completes sodium methylate capacity expansion in Mobile

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has completed a significant capacity expansion of its sodium methylate production facility located in Mobile, Ala. With the expansion, the production unit will now be capable of producing up to 90,000 metric tons per year…