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Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in China, and more business news
Plant Watch Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in China December 5, 2011 — The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) plans to build and operate a new hydrogen plant in the Jilin Chemical Industrial Park in China. The…
Total Cost Analysis Aids Purchasing Negotiations
Use a total cost of ownership approach to optimize value when purchasing equipment and support services Maximizing value during the procurement of equipment assets and raw materials is critical to the business functions of companies in the chemical process industries…
Haldor Topsøe promotes Bjerne Clausen to CEO…
Clausen Hirai Snyder Stehle Taylor Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark) promotes Bjerne Clausen to CEO. SmartKem (St. Assaph, North Wales), a developer of flexible, printable semiconductor materials, appoints Yutaka Hirai to be its representative in Japan. Intelligrated (Somerset, N.J.), a provider…
KBR: License and BED for Egyptian ammonia plant
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) for the license and basic engineering design (BED) of a new ammonia plant to be built by Chemical Industries Holding Co. (Kima) in Aswan, Egypt. The plant…
MHI delivers large-capacity energy storage system
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) has delivered a large-capacity energy-storage system employing lithium-ion rechargeable batteries to the Shimizu Institute of Technology in Tokyo. The institute, a technology arm of Shimizu Corp., a major Japanese construction firm, is…
SNC-Lavalin awarded SAGD oil-sands project in Alberta
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by MacKay Operating Corp. to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for the MacKay River Central Plant Project. The central processing plant will be designed to process 35,000 barrels per…
KBR to revamp North Fertilizer Plant in Iraq
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by First Global Co. to revamp the North Fertilizer Plant in Baiji, Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a license for its proprietary ammonia process and related engineering…
Topsøe signs contract with Russian JSC Acron
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a contract with the Russian company JSC Acron for the design of a 2,060 metric tons per day (m.t./d) ammonia plant. The plant will be located in Veliky Novgorod, where an ammonia…
Jacobs awarded contract by Aurubis Bulgaria
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says its Chemetics unit in Pickering, Ontario, Canada was awarded a design and fabrication contract by Aurubis Bulgaria AD for two proprietary designed sulfuric acid coolers to be installed in its acid plant…
Jacobs receives contract from Honeywell for Baton Rouge manufacturing plant
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded a contract from Honeywell to provide engineering services for the expansion of its Baton Rouge, La. manufacturing facility. The expansion enables the Baton Rouge facility, one of the leading refrigerants…