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Plant Watch UOP’s Oleflex technology selected by Dow Chemical January 6, 2012 — UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected by The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) to provide technology to produce propylene at…
Badami Goodwin York Craighead Jacobs Harish Badami joins Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) as president of Celanese India, based in Mumbai. Andy Goodwin is named president of the Bangkok-based Asian operations for Pöyry Oyj (Helsinki, Finland). Bruce York joins Endicott Biofuels…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded Fluor a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoing…
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc. (BWCC) has been awarded a contract worth more than $75 million to provide construction services for the installation of environmental equipment…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) is consolidating its positions in petrochemicals in Asia with a new expansion and upgrading project for the Daesan complex in South Korea, which the Group owns with Samsung as part of the Samsung Total Petrochemicals…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) and Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.solutia.com) have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Eastman will acquire Solutia, a leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, Solutia…
The global chemical production regional index (Global CPRI) fell 0.1% in December, the fourth consecutive monthly decline. Similarly, the U.S. chemical production regional index (U.S. CPRI) also slipped by 0.1% in December, following a revised 0.1% decline in November. The…
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com), a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today announced it has been selected for a $232.5 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA; Washington,…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its new process technology designed to help petroleum refiners get more high-value product from each barrel of crude oil has been selected by National Refinery Limited (NRL) to maximize…