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Exterran and Black & Veatch to market natural-gas-processing technology in North America  

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. (Exterran) are joining forces to reduce capital and operating costs, improve natural gas liquid product yields and enhance system flexibility for natural gas processors. The two companies have…

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CB&I wins contract for U.S. ethylene plant  

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1 billion by Ingleside Ethylene LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corp., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp., and Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexichem) for the…

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Foster Wheeler awarded contract for molybdenum refinery in Chile  

Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement and related services for a grassroots molybdenum refinery in Chile. The contract was awarded by…

Orion Engineered Carbons to restructure carbon black production in Europe

Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.orioncarbons.com) will cease production at its Sines, Portugal facility by the end of 2013. This decision came after an intensive review of its European carbon-black operations. The shutdown will take place while investments are being…

Gani to take office as president of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering

Effective January 1, 2014, Professor Rafiqul Gani from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) will take office as president of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE; www.efce.org) for a two-year term. Gani succeeds the outgoing president, Professor Richard Darton,…

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Bartec acquires Pixavi  

Bartec GmbH (Bad Mergentheim, Germany; www.bartec.de) has acquired Pixavi (Stavanger, Norway), a world leading supplier of mobile communication devices and wireless infrastructure for hazardous areas. The acquisition perfectly complements the Bartec product portfolio, which comprises explosion-proof components and systems, heating…

Calendar: January–April 2014

  NORTH AMERICA 2014 Proactive Compliance Conference.International Soc. for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE; Tampa, Fla.). Phone: 813-960-2105; Web: ispe.org New Brunswick, N.J. January 13–14, 2014   Informex. UBM Live (Hamilton, N.J.). Phone: 609-759-4700; Web: informex.com Miami, Fla. January 21–24, 2014  …

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Calculations in Process Engineering

The topic of carrying out process engineering calculations in the most effective manner can be considered in these four ways: 1. The purpose of the calculation 2. The content of the calculation 3. The method used to carry out the…

Jacqueline Hinman becomes CEO of CH2M Hill…

Dascalescu Hinman Kreisel Aldana Wiseman Environmental Drilling Solutions (Lafayette, La.) names John Meckert CEO, and John Marty III business development manager.   Specialty chemicals company Evonik Canada, Inc. (East Gibbons, Alta.), names Diana Dascalescu manager of the company’s Maitland, Ont.,…

Current economic trends

Preliminary data for the September 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that costs rose in all subcategories compared to the previous month, except the Engineering & Supervision category, which remained unchanged. The current CEPCI value…