KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded the Project Management Consultancy Services contract by Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) for front-end engineering design (FEED) definition at the NNPC headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. Under the terms of the…
Abrasive slurries in chemical processing applications impose considerable erosive impact on seals, necessitating careful selection of seal types and materials, to both safeguard process liquid integrity and maximize seal longevity (Figure 1). Such slurries may be encountered in many applications,…
Hitachi, Ltd. (Toyko; www.hitachi.com) announced that it has executed a tender offer agreement with Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) and HC Holdings K.K, a wholly- owned subsidiary of SDK, under which Hitachi agrees to tender all shares of common…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract to utilize its proprietary Plinke Magnac technology to produce high-concentration nitric acid at Grupa Azoty’s Tarnow site in Poland KBR will provide basic and detailed engineering design, equipment, and related advisory services…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) for the modernization of its existing Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit to be implemented at their refinery in Pancevo, Serbia. As part…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) announced that its Lake Charles Chemical Project (LCCP) Ethane Cracker, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is increasing production rates following the successful replacement of the acetylene reactor catalyst. The ethane cracker achieved beneficial operation…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that it has acquired Rebellion Photonics, a Houston-based provider of intelligent visual gas-monitoring solutions that maximize safety, operational performance, emissions mitigation and compliance in the oil and gas, petrochemical and power industries. Rebellion offers the…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) announced that the Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) inaugurated a dry-waste processing plant at Mithapur. This dry-waste processing plant will process three types of plastic wastes: industrial, municipal and scrap. Part…
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (IFF; New York, N.Y.; www.iff.com) and DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the merger of IFF and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) business in a Reverse Morris…
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