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CB&I awarded EPCM contract for butadiene extraction plant in Belgium  

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) for the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) of a new butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The contract, which is valued in excess…

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Jacobs lands EPC contract from Methanex  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract from Methanex Corp., the world’s largest methanol supplier to major international markets, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a methanol production facility in Louisiana. Officials estimate…

Bio-based butadiene agreement signed by Invista and LanzaTech

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OECD CLI points to easing economic activity, ACC says

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) composite leading indicator (CLI) for June and other data “continue to point to an easing of economic activity” in most major OECD economies and slowdowns in most major non-OECD economies,” according to…

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Worley Parsons lands EPCM contract from Liaoning North Dynasolor  

Liaoning North Dynasol, a 50/50 joint venture between Shanxi North Xing’an and Dynasol, has recently awarded to WorleyParsons Ltd.’ (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) Tianjin office in China with the EPCM (engineering, procurement and construction management) and commissioning contract for the…

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Jacobs receives contract from Codelco  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Codelco, the National Copper Corp. of Chile and world leader in copper production, to provide engineering services for an anticipated 200,000 metric tons (m.t.) per day copper mine…

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Teijin to establish polyester chemical recycling JV in China  

Next month, Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) will establish Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture (JV) with Jinggong Holding Group (Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China; www.jgsteelgroup.com), one of China’s largest production bases for fiber products. Through the JV,…

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UOP butadiene technology selected for capacity boost in Romania  

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its technology has been selected to boost yields at Romania’s largest synthetic rubber production facility. Romania’s Energy Bio-Chemicals will use the UOP KLP process to purify butadiene, a monomer…

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Jacobs sells iron-ore-pelletizing business to Metso  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says it has sold its iron ore pelletizing intellectual property and other assets to Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com). Officials did not disclose the terms of the agreement, but confirmed the transaction between…

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Oxea expands its portfolio with new special alcohols  

Chemical manufacturer Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) says that it is expanding its product portfolio by offering a broader range of higher alcohols. For this purpose, Oxea invested in additional hydrogenation capacities at the Oberhausen site. In the third quarter…