U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced additional details of the Department of Energy's (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) "SunShot" initiative to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75% so that they are cost competitive at…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced a collaboration with Saudi Arabia's King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM; Dhahran; www.kfupm.edu.sa) that will focus on the development of catalytic processes for petrochemicals production. The two entities have signed a…
Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.; www.chevron.com) has announced that Chevron Lubricants will commence construction of a lubricants manufacturing facility at the company's Pascagoula refinery. The $1.4-billion Pascagoula Base Oil Project (PBOP) is projected to generate approximately 1,000 jobs over the…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., has been awarded by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and MISC Berhad a front-end engineering and design contract for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. The…
North America TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Minerals, Metals & Materials Soc. (Warrendale, Pa.). Phone: 724-776-9000, ext. 243; Web: tms.org San Diego, Calif. February 27–March 3 Personal Care Products Council Annual Meeting. Personal Care Products Council (Washington, D.C.). Phone:…
Atanasio Bloom Brandt Feng Mirgel John Atanasio becomes president and CEO of Alfa Laval USA (Richmond, Va.). Engineering and construction firm Integrated Project Services (Lafayette Hill, Pa.) welcomes Robert Roy, senior consultant, Jason Collins , senior process architect, and Louis…
Eurecat to build a new catalyst-processing facility in India January 4, 2011 — Eurecat SA (La Voulte, France; www.eurecat.com), a joint venture of IFP Investissements and Albemarle Corp., is constructing a new, catalyst processing plant in India. WIth an expected…
Throughout the chemical process industries (CPI), project owners often track key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure that all participants are able to attain or improve important performance objectives associated with their investments. For instance, for complex projects involving various contractors…
A monthly survey of economic professionals conducted by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) indicates prospects for the U.S. economy for 2011 “have changed for the better,” according to the ACC’s latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report.…
Metrohm (Riverview, Fla.; www.metrohmusa.com) and Applikon, a producer of process analyzers, have joined forces. This Metrohm-Applikon alliance (www.metrohmusa.com/applikon) unites process technology with the precision of laboratory instrumentation to offer systems for modern process plants. At-line and online analyzers feature automated…