JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, together with Marubeni Corp. and Aljomaih Holding Co., (Aljomaih; Dammam, Saudi Arabia), it has signed a contract to provide electric power and steam to three oil-and-gas complexes owned by the Saudi state-owned…
The pendulum of the U.S. economy remains on the upswing, according to the American Chemistry Council’s , released today. The economic indicator, shown to lead U.S. business cycles by an average of eight months at cycle peaks, increased 0.1 percent…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Trunkline LNG Export, LLC’s potential expansion of the existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.The potential expansion project includes a LNG…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale para-xylene plant in Silsbee, Texas. The para-xylene facility is located adjacent to Gevo's existing jet fuel plant in Silsbee, and establishes the site as a biorefinery that…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose Riograndense Ltda. for the design and supply of an integrated chlorine-dioxide plant for its pulp expansion project in Guaiba, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil. Officials…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received orders from ETI Alüminyum A.S. a division of Turkish CENGIZ Holding, to deliver green anode plant and rodding shop technology worth approximately €15 million. The order has been booked in Outotec's third quarter…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has signed a contract with Chemoprojekt, Czech Republic, covering the license and process design package (PDP) for a revamp of the existing…
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) joint venture with Ampaglas Plastics Group, Evonik Acrylics Africa (EAA), has begun production at a new extrusion plant in South Africa. Located in Johannesburg, the plant will produce extruded Plexiglas sheets. With an initial…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that its Business Unit Catalysts has signed long-term cooperation agreements with CB&I’s Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH business unit. The two companies will combine and ramp up R&D efforts to develop improved polypropylene catalyst and…
The technology company —The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction plant for Jubail United Petrochemical Co. (UNITED), a manufacturing affiliate of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corp.).…