Production of chemicals in the U.S. rose in November, and most recent economic data is positive, according to the latest edition of the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com.) Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report. Strong gains were observed in…
Haldor Topsøe S/A (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has entered into an agreement with BASF’s Catalysts division on the marketing of Topsøe’s line of tail gas treatment catalysts for sulfur recovery units. Tail-gas treatment catalysts are used to remove sulfur compounds as…
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of BASF-YPC, BASF and Sinopec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore the further expansion of their integrated petrochemical joint venture, BASF-YPC Co. The new projects under consideration will extend the…
At yesterday’s meeting in Vienna, the Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) supervisory board approved a €17-million investment to upgrade one of its polyethylene (PE) plants in Porvoo, Finland. The project includes a new ethylene compressor as well as an upgrade of the monomer…
Natural gas production in the U.S. will be 25% greater from 2011 to 2035 than previous assessments, and the share of U.S. energy consumption accounted for by imported energy will decline to 18% of the total by 2035, according to…
North American chemical producers who rely on natural gas feedstocks are in a strong industry position heading into 2011, says a report released today from Booz & Co., Inc. (New York; www.booz.com). The 2011 Chemicals Industry Perspective report discussed the…
Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) will provide design and project management support services for the first commercial nuclear power plant in the Middle East. The plant will be one of four that a consortium headed by the Korean Electric…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) plans to build a propylene glycol (PG) plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, with a production capacity of up to 150,000 ton/yr. The new PG facility will utilize propylene oxide (PO) derived from…
The Fieldbus Foundation (Austin, Tex.; www.fieldbus.org) today announced that its Foundation High Speed Ethernet Remote I/O (HSE-RIO) preliminary specification is now available to its membership for review. Part of the foundation’s Wireless and Remote I/O initiative, this specification defines the…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.ru), Russia’s leading petrochemical company, for the establishment of a joint venture with the Scientific Research and Design Institute for Gas Processing (NIPIgaspererabotka) in Krasnodar,…