Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Enterprise Products Operating LLC (“Enterprise”), a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners…
Neville Venture (Pittsburgh, Pa. www.nevchem.com), a joint venture between US-based companies GTC Technology and Neville Chemical Co., has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Versalis (Eni) for the production of hydrocarbon resins at Versalis’s plant in Priolo, Italy. GTC also…
Rive Technology (Princeton, N.J.; www.rivetechnology.com), a provider of innovative materials-based solutions for catalytic and separations processes in the petroleum refining, chemicals, water and biofuels industries, today announced the closing of a $20 million round of financing from leading energy investors.…
The Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index) for the U.S. rose by 4.5 points in July to 55.4, its highest level in two years, according to data from the Institute for Supply Management that was included in the American Chemistry Council’s…
Messer (Bad Soden/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com), the largest owner-managed industrial gas specialist worldwide, continues to drive its development in China. In the Paojiang industrial zone located in Shaoxing in Zhejiang province, the company is building a new air separation plant to…
The fourth ChemInnovations Conference and Expo will be held September 25 and 26 in Galveston, Tex. at the Moody Gardens Convention Center. Programmed by chemical industry leaders and designed for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI), the event aims…
Plant Watch Sasol awards integrated complex contract to WorleyParsons July 11, 2013 — WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a contract by Sasol North America, Inc. (Sasol) for an integrated gas-to-liquids (GTL) and ethane-cracker complex, which includes…
Preliminary data for the May 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent information available) indicate that the composite index decreased by 0.5% from the the final April value. The data for each of the subindices decreased in the…
Spagnoletti Spiesshofer Evans Pepper Usuki Amato Spagnoletti becomes president of Taylor Wharton Cryogenics (Theodore, Ala.), a maker of cryogenic equipment for the industrial gases, life sciences, and liquefied natural gas markets. Ulrich Spiesshofer becomes CEO of ABB (Zurich, Switzerland). He…
During remarks at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) Biomass 2013 annual conference, Secretary Moniz today highlighted the important role biofuels play in the Administration’s Climate Action Plan to increase our energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions…