Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.valmet.com) has agreed with Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) on the delivery of a BioTrac biomass pretreatment system for their sunliquid cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania. The order is included in Valmet's third quarter 2018 orders received.…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced a capital-efficient debottlenecking project for its polyoxymethylene (POM) production unit at the Industriepark Höchst (IPH) facility in Frankfurt, Germany to support the continued growth of its global engineered materials business. “Celanese continues to exhibit…
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR; www.socar.az) , the largest direct foreign investor in Turkey, launched its $6.3-billion SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR Refinery), which will provide a large portion of oil products demand in the local market…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) recently announced the completion of construction of a new ammonia production unit called “Ammonia 4”, executed for Duslo a.s, part of the Agrofert group. The plant successfully passed performance tests in July. This new unit operates in…
Samsung Engineering (Seoul; www.samsungengineering.com) signed an approximately $4-billion contract for the Thai Oil Public Company Limited’s (Thai Oil) Clean Fuel Project (CFP) in Thailand. The order was received with Petrofac Limited (Petrofac) as leader and Saipem S.p.A. (Saipem) as consortium…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Linggu Chemical Co. Ltd (Linggu) for an ammonia plant in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province in China. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the technology…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Toyko; www.toray.com) announced its decision to establish a joint venture company in the Republic of Korea together with MCM Co., Ltd., a group company of the Chung Ho Nais Group, which is engaged in the sales of…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) announced that the world’s first commercial plant based on the company’s patented manufacturing process for the bioplastic polylactide (PLA) — the PLAneo technology — recently started production in Changchun, China. It is operated by…
Sustainable technology company Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) confirms significant progress in its Bio-TCat technology development program and has begun planning for scale-up design and engineering of a commercial plant with its process development and design partner IFPEN and…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced it has been awarded a significant contract by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Delayed Coker Unit for the Deep Conversion Complex planned to…