Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), in accordance with its proposed business combination with Linde AG (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), has signed an agreement to sell the majority of its businesses in Europe to Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. The businesses generated annual…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has started design work for a second expansion of chloromethanes capacity at its site in Frankfurt, Germany. The project will take place in several steps over the next five years and will raise…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a nitric acid plant revamp contract by Haifa Chemicals Ltd for its plant in Mishor-Rotem, Israel. Under the terms of the contract, KBR subsidiary Weatherly, Inc. will design, supply and commission a complete…
Arlanxeo (www.Arlanxeo.com), a joint venture of Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, announced that over the next three years, it will invest EUR mid double-digit million to modernize its production sites in Triunfo, Brazil and La Wantzenau, France. “With this investment program,…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has recently been awarded a contract to perform a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen project by the Australian hydrogen infrastructure company Hydrogen Utility (H2U). A 30-MW water electrolysis plant, as well as…
INEOS (London; www.ineos.com) has approved a €2.7-billion capital project to build both a world-scale ethane cracker and a PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Northern Europe. Both units will benefit from U.S. shale gas economics. This will be the first new…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com) announced that it will officially open a pilot biorefinery for its Zambezi technology in Delfzijl, Netherlands next month. Opening ceremonies will take place next week. The Delfzijl plant will pilot Avantium’s latest technology to…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) will upgrade its Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant to strengthen development of the local industrial cluster. The company is preparing to invest in a second, independent production line for chlorine and caustic soda and will…
Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) announced that the Polybutylene Terephthalate Plant (PBT), owned by Sipchem Chemical Co., an affiliate of Sipchem, commenced commercial operations on July 01, 2018. The plant is located in Jubail Industrial City. The PBT plant performance…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply its proprietary SCORE Ethylene Technology to GS Caltex Corporation for a grassroots mixed feed cracker (MFC) for its project in Yeosu, South Korea. Under the terms…