Samsung Engineering (Seoul, Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has signed a $411-million contract for a chlor-alkali plant with Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali LLC, a joint-venture comprised of The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsui.co.jp/en). The chlor-alkali plant…
Siemens Energy (Orlando, Fla.; www.siemens.com/energy) has received an order for the supply of an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & controls (I&C) system and two steam turbine-generators for the Ivanpah solar-thermal power plant located in the Mojave desert in California. The purchaser is…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Danisco, a global enzyme and specialty food ingredients company, for $5.8 billion in cash and assumption of $500 million of Danisco’s net debt. Upon closing, this…
The Standard & Poors Chemicals Index was up 19.1% from the beginning of 2010, compared to 12.9% growth in the S&P 500 Index, reports the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In December 2010 alone, the S&P index for…
WorleyParsons (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with MEG Energy Corp. (Calgary, Alberta; www.megenergy.com) supporting the MEG Energy Christina Lake SAGD (steam-assisted gravity drainage) Facility. WorleyParsons’ scope of work will include engineering and procurement services…
JGC Corp. Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has received Award Notification to build the gas processing facilities for the Barzan Onshore Project in Qatar. The Barzan Project is managed by RasGas Co., which is a Qatari company owned by Qatar Petroleum (70%)…
After 35 years of collaboration with RWE regarding the High-Temperature Winkler (HTW) process, Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has now taken over the technology developed by RWE Power and its predecessors, thus making Uhde the sole proprietor of the HTW…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it.), has acquired the Italian engineering company Noy Engineering from Tecnimont. The agreement has become effective on January 1, 2011. With this acquisition…
ABB (Houston; www.abb.com) has successfully completed Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Test Technology (SIMT) approval of its large flow-calibration rig at its instrumentation factory in Shanghai, China. SIMT is accepted by key international standards bodies as a mutually recognized calibration…
Axens North America Inc. (Princeton, N.J.; www.axens.net) today announced an agreement to purchase the catalytic reforming catalyst business of Criterion Catalysts & Technology LP (Houston, Tex.; www.criterioncatalysts.com). Under the deal, Axens will acquire Criterion's Willow Island, West Virginia manufacturing plant,…