Russian oil giant Rosneft has selected Haldor Topsøe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmaek; www.topsoe.com) technology for two hydrogen units at Kuibyshev and Syzran Refineries. Both units will supply hydrogen for the production of ultra-low sulfur diesel. The diesel produced will meet the…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has been awarded contracts for a total amount of approximately €260 million for EPC and engineering services activities. In Bratislava (Slovak Republic), the Group has received the award for an Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) Contract on…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is jointly developing with Peróxidos do Brasil a new concept of small cost-effective hydrogen-peroxide production units for installation at its customers' sites. This onsite H2O2 production concept is based on Solvay's new proprietary and innovative…
A new plant for the manufacture of oxidized polyethylene (PE) waxes went into operation at the BASF SE (www.basf.com) site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant manufactures high quality oxidized waxes according to BASF’s own process. The new plant will improve…
Solvay Chemicals (Houston, Tex.; www.solvay.com) is collaborating with the EPA under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to gain practical information regarding peracetic acid’s (PAA) usefulness as a green alternative to chlorine-based water disinfectants to reduce disinfection byproducts. PAA…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Total Raffinage-Chimie for the revamp of a hydrodesulfurization unit at…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says it will invest $20 million to expand its production facility in Mobile, Ala., to produce adsorbents and catalysts. The investment will expand production of UOP’s Ionsiv Ion Exchange adsorbents, which…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Sadara Chemical Co. (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Grupo Mexico have signed a contract for the delivery of process technology to Buenavista del Cobre's new second copper concentrator in Mexico. The contract value booked in the first quarter 2012 order intake is…
IRPC Public Co., a company specialized in the production of petrochemical and petroleum-refining products in Thailand, has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to supply technologies for its new Upstream Project for Hygiene and Value Added Product (UHV project). The complex…