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Amec Foster Wheeler wins contract for Thai Oil’s Clean Fuel project

Amec Foster Wheeler (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Thai Oil Public Co. for its Clean Fuel Project at the Sriracha Refinery in Thailand. The contract is due for completion in the…

Praxair appoints new vice president and controller

Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has named Kelcey E. Hoyt vice president and controller. She succeeds Elizabeth T. Hirsch who is retiring from the company after 18 years of service. Hirsch has served as Praxair’s vice president and controller for…

LyondellBasell to build HDPE plant on U.S. Gulf Coast

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) has made the final investment decision to build a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The plant will have an annual capacity of 1.1 billion pounds (500,000 metric tons), and will be…

Ube Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to merge injection-molding machine businesses

Ube Machinery Corp., a group company of Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), concluded an agreement on the transfer of shares…

Mitsui Chemicals to increase production capacity of olefinic elastomers

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced a one-line production augmentation totaling 5,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) for olefinic elastomer Milastomer at its wholly-owned domestic subsidiary, Sun Alloys Co., Ltd. to respond to upswings in demand for thermoplastic olefinic…

Chevron Phillips completes construction of polyethylene pilot plant in Oklahoma

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced the completion of its leading-edge polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The pilot plant enables polyethylene research, such as new catalyst and polymer development,…

Air Liquide commissions underground helium-storage facility in Germany

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has commissioned a large helium storage facility in Gronau-Epe in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, 120 km from Düsseldorf, Germany. This initiative will allow Air Liquide, leader of the helium worldwide market since the Airgas acquisition, to better…

ExxonMobil announces capacity expansion at Beaumont refinery

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced plans to increase production of ultra-low sulfur fuels at its Beaumont refinery by approximately 40,000 barrels per day, further strengthening its integrated downstream portfolio while meeting environmental standards. Construction is scheduled during the second…

AkzoNobel takes full ownership of powder coatings business in Egypt

Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has raised its stake in Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings SAE in Egypt from 60 to 100%. The transaction forms part of the company's accelerated growth strategy for Egypt and the wider North Africa…

SABIC and ExxonMobil evaluating petrochemical joint venture on U.S. Gulf Coast

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Houston; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) are considering the potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. If developed, the project would be located in Texas or…