In order to stay ahead of the increasing demand for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans to expand its LNG heat exchanger manufacturing capacity by constructing a second manufacturing facility at…
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering (SLFE), an engineering consultancy joint venture (JV) between SNC-Lavalin and its local partners, recently acquired the industrial division of Zuhair Fayez Partnership, a well-respected Saudi Arabian…
Matheson (Basking Ridge, N.J.; www.mathesongas.com) and SynGest Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.syngest.com) have agreed to enter into a strategic agreement for Matheson to supply 100% of the oxygen and nitrogen for SynGest's worldwide BioAmmonia and BioUrea projects. Under the intended…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won a contract worth over $ 100 million to build a new gas condensate processing plant for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in the Sultanate of Oman. The order was booked in the second quarter. The…
In the products triallyl cyanurate (TAC) and triallyl isocyanurate (Taicros), Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) offers two high-quality crosslinking boosters. Given the planned expansion of production capacities in Wesseling at the end of 2013, it will be possible to…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by the petrochemical company Al-Jubail Petrochemical Co. (KEMYA) — a joint venture between SABIC and Exxon Chemical Arabia, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. — a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) slipped by 0.1% in June, following a downwardly revised 0.5% decline in May, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). “Chemical production fell in the Gulf Coast, Midwest, Southeast…
Specialty chemicals maker Clariant International ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today inaugurated Germany's biggest pilot plant for the production of climate-friendly cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste. Located in Straubing, Bavaria and supported by the Bavarian government and the Federal Ministry for…
Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a new contract with Vale, a leading international mining company, to supply oxygen to a new nickel processing facility being built in Long Harbor, Newfoundland. Praxair will…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has formed a new joint venture (JV) with CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A. (Construcap; Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.construcap.com.br), to pursue engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) projects in Brazil. Construcap has been active in the…