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 (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 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…
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 (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…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded the license and engineering design of a grassroots alkylation unit by PT Pertamina (Persero). The unit will use CB&I's CDAlky advanced sulfuric-acid alkylation technology and Haldor Topsoe's WSA (Wet-gas Sulfuric…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) has reached a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products. The transaction…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, stockholders of both companies have voted to approve all stockholder proposals necessary to complete the merger of…
Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has successfully commissioned a new production facility for air gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon in the southern Chinese city of Hengyang. Concurrently, the company has signed a contract to supply gaseous oxygen…
Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com) announced the signing of an asset divestment contract under which Derichebourg will acquire the Veolia subsidiary Bartin Recycling. Derichebourg will fund this acquisition out of existing credit lines. The operation will be completed after obtaining approval from…