Business & Economics
DOE: New ‘Billion-Ton’ Study highlights opportunities for growth in bioenergy resources
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) has released a report — 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry (bioenergykdf.net/content/billiontonupdate) — detailing U.S. biomass feedstock potential nationwide. The report examines the nation’s capacity…
Global experts explore the future of sustainable chemistry
The earth’s population has grown by more than five billion people over the past century, and in the next four decades, it will grow by two billion more. With a booming population comes the urgent need for sustainable sources of…
Lonza to build formulation plant for Meta metaldehyde
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) is investing CHF 5.8 million ($8 million) in a formulation plant for Meta metaldehyde. This will enable Lonza to supply its own formulations, allowing the company in the future to serve the market not only with…
Lummus Technology wins contract for propane-dehydrogenation unit in China
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced today that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Haiyue New Material Co. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation unit to be built in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province,…
UOP & Foster Wheeler technology selected for Oman refinery expansion
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill: www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) has selected UOP/Foster Wheeler technology to help process heavy oil and expand fuel and petrochemicals production at a petroleum refinery in…
Air Products: Hydrogen-supply agreement in Texas
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) today announced a long-term agreement with Shell Oil Co. (www.shell.com) for the supply of a significant portion of the hydrogen requirements at Shell’s Deer Park, Tex. refinery. The hydrogen supply will commence in mid-2013.…
Commissioning of first large-scale plant for climate-friendly chlorine production
In March 2010 Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) and Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.de) signed a contract for the construction of a new chlorine plant at the Chempark Krefeld-Uerdingen site. This 20,000-metric-ton per year chlorine demonstration plant has now come…
Chemical equities slip, industry contracts in July, weekly ACC report says
The chemical industry was one manufacturing sector that reported contraction in July as chemical equities on the S&P 500 slipped by 3.7%, according to data compiled by the American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its most recent Chemical and…
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…
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…