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Outotec: Aluminum smelter technology for Emirates Aluminium  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Emirates Aluminium PJSC (EMAL) have agreed to terms for two contracts with a total value of over EUR 100 million. The deal calls for Outotec to deliver aluminum smelter technology to the second phase…

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Ineos Technologies’ VCM and PVC technologies for Qingdao Haijing Chemical  

    Qingdao Haijing Chemical(Group) Co. has selected Ineos Technologies (www.ineostechnologies.com) vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and suspension polyvinyl chloride (S-PVC) technologies for a project at its new site located at Dongjia-kou Pro Port Industrial Zone, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China.…

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UOP and ExxonMobil Research & Engineering: Licensing Alliance on lubes and fuels  

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has formed a licensing alliance with ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. (EMRE; www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies) to offer integrated solutions for the production of lubricant oils and high-quality fuels. The agreement between UOP and…

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KBR technology for two ammonia-synthesis-loop units for China National Coal  

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by China National Coal Group Corp. to provide ammonia technology, process design package and technical services for two 1,660 metric tons per day ammonia synloop units at China Coal Erdos Energy and Chemical…

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Shell Global Solutions expands presence in Middle East  

Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (www.shell.com/globalsolutions) has signed an agreement with the South Refineries Company of Iraq, for the provision of technology licenses to a refinery in Basrah, Southern Iraq. Shell Global Solutions will provide a license for a sulfur…

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UOP’s Oleflex technology selected for propylene production in China  

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that it has been selected by Zhejiang Julong Petrochemical Co. (ZJLPC) to provide key technology for a new unit to produce propylene at its facility in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province,…

Evaluating Capital Cost Estimation Programs

Capital cost assessment is an integral part of process design when building or expanding a chemical process plant. It is required to provide project analysis and evaluation, to select among alternative designs, to plan the appropriation of funds and to…

Ton Buchner to become CEO of AkzoNobel NV….

          Lopes Brodersen Lewis Comerford Lopes Ton Büchner, president and CEO of Sulzer AG, will become CEO of AkzoNobel NV (Amsterdam) in January 2012, when current CEO Hans Wijers steps down. Sönke Brodersen, head of research…

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Evaluating Capital Cost Estimation Programs

Capital cost assessment is an integral part of process design when building or expanding a chemical process plant. It is required to provide project analysis and evaluation, to select among alternative designs, to plan the appropriation of funds and to…

Calendar: September to October 2011

NORTH AMERICA ACS Fall National Meeting & Exposition. American Chemical Soc. (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-872-4600; Web: acs.org Denver, Colo. August 28–September 1 ChemInnovations 2011 Conference and Exhibition, co-located with ISA’s Houston Section Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Texas A&M Turbomachinery…