Because the global chemical process industries (CPI) encompass so many varied industry segments — including the conversion of raw materials and intermediates into chemicals and petrochemicals, fats and oils, paints and coatings, food and beverages, the refining of petroleum, the…
Spheripol process technology is chosen for new PP plant in China September 15, 2010 — LyondellBasell’s (Rotterdam, The Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) Spheripol process technology has been selected by Pucheng Clean Energy Chemical Co. for a new 400,000-ton/yr polypropylene (PP) plant to…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded two lump sum contracts by Valero Refining Co. and Diamond Shamrock Refining Co. (both part of the Valero group) for two hydrogen plants at their refineries in Memphis, Tenn. and McKee, Tex. The…
North America ChemInnovations. Chemical Engingeering (New York) and Access Intelligence (Rockville, Md.). Phone: 713-343-1880; Web: cpievent.com Houston Oct. 19–21 Using WirelessHART Communication in the Process Industries. HART Communication Foundation (Austin, Tex.). Phone: 512-794-0369; Email: hartcom.org Houston Oct. 21 Huntington Beach,…
When it comes to a geographical concentration of chemical engineers and chemical process facilities, few cities in the world rival that of Houston, Texas. Given that, it might be surprising that this month will essentially mark the first time in…
As demand for rare-earth metals in a wide range of technology applications continues to increase, efforts to reestablish mining and production of rare-earth elements (REEs) is underway outside China, currently the dominant force in REE production. Future supplies of REEs…
The inaugural ChemInnovations 2010 Conference and Expo (www.cpievent.com) will take place at the Reliant Center in Houston on October 19–21. The event is designed to provide engineers in the chemical process industries (CPI) with tools and knowledge for solving today’s…
Keiser Kulp Crofton Roberts Duncan Bill Keiser joins NewAge Industries (Southampton, Pa.), a maker of plastic tubing, as director of quality. Mark Kulp becomes sales manager of Hawk Measurement (Middleton, Mass.), a manufacturer of positioning and flow-measurement technology. Wayne Osborne…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded an order from an Italian company IRASCO for the supply of technology for National Iranian Copper Industries Co.'s copper concentrator expansion located in Sarcheshmeh in Iran. The contract value is nearly €40…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com), announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group, working with PetroAlgae Inc., (Melbourne, Fla.; www.petroalgae.com) has completed its initial testing of PetroAlgae's biomass, with encouraging results. The biomass, produced at PetroAlgae's micro-crop farm…