The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for April 2025 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The final value for March 2025 was downwardly revised. The uptick in the April CEPCI was…
Saipem SpA (Milan, Italy; www.saipem.com) has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Sonatrach Petroleum (London, U.K.; www.sonatrach.co.uk), related to the phosphate integrated project for fertilizer production in Algeria. The contract was awarded through a competitive dual FEED…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.; www.woodplc.com) has been awarded a contract by Colombia's majority state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, to deliver the detailed engineering design for upgrades at its Barrancabermeja refinery in Colombia. The project, known as Línea Base de Calidad de…
Versalis (Milan, Italy; www.versalis.eni.com), the chemical company of Eni , unveiled today, at its Mantua site, a demonstration plant based on Hoop®, the company’s new proprietary technology for the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. This technology, which complements mechanical…
Veolia (Aubervilliers, France; www.veoliawatertechnologies.com) has built one of the largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) treatment systems in the U.S. and the largest of its kind in the Northeast. The Stanton Water Treatment Plant, in Delaware, will remove regulated PFAS…
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announces that it has formalized a long-term agreement with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (The Hague; the Netherlands; www.shell.com) to integrate and further develop technologies for utilizing robots and drones in plant monitoring and…
The following are recently published books with relevance for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI): Biopolymers from Microorganisms for a Green Future. By Pratima Bajpai, Elsevier Press, 2025, 300 pages, $199.75. Sustainable Processes in the Circular Economy: From Virgin…
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) has released a second update on the agency’s ongoing investigation of the November 12, 2024, explosion at the Givaudan Sense Colour facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The explosion fatally…
INEOS Phenol (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com), the world's largest producer of phenol and acetone, announced today its intention to permanently stop production at their site in Gladbeck, Germany. High European energy costs alongside Europe’s punitive CO2 tax policy have combined to…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for April 2025 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The final value for March 2025 was downwardly revised. The uptick in the April CEPCI was…