Business & Economics
CSB emphasizes need to follow ASME codes and emergency drills in study on fatal 2008 accident
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has released a case study on the 2008 heat-exchanger rupture and ammonia release at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Houston that identifies gaps in facility emergency response training and calls for…
Linde partnership with Pulsair focused on liquid-circulation solutions
The Linde AG Gases Division (Pullach, Germany; www.linde-gas.com) today announced a partnership with Pulsair Systems (Bellevue, Wash.; www.pulsair.com) that is aimed at delivering liquid mixing and blending solutions to the chemical process industries. The two companies are targeting markets…
Mustang establishes Malaysian JV company
Mustang Engineering L-P- (Houston; www.mustangeng.com), a Wood Group Company, and Sime Darby’s Energy & Utilities Division have entered into a joint venture (JV) to form a new company called Mustang Sime Darby. The new company will provide project management, design and…
Lummus lands contract in China
CB&I (Houston; www.cbi.com) announced today that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation (FCFC) for the license and engineering design of a grassroots cumene and phenol plant to be built in Ningbo, China. This…
KBR wins analine contract in China
The Technology business unit of KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group, Co. (Tianji) to provide licensing and related engineering services for a grassroots aniline plant to be located in Lucheng, Shanxi,…
Metso: Biomass boiler plant to Porvoon Energia
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will supply Porvoon Energia with a biomass boiler plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the township of Tolkkinen, Finland. The boiler plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture MW Power…
AkzoNobel installs energy efficient steam pipeline
A new steam pipeline installed as part of a joint project between AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and Dutch waste-processing company Twence B.V. (Hengelo; www.twence.nl) is expected to deliver annual energy savings for the salt production equivalent to providing gas…
AkzoNobel invests €90 million in Brazil
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has signaled its strategic intent to accelerate growth by investing close to €90 million in a new facility being built in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals,…
Genzyme to build additional plant in Geel
Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.; www.genzyme.com) plans to build an additional manufacturing plant in Geel, Belgium, to support the long-term growth of Myozyme and Lumizyme for Pompe disease. The company held a ceremony today in Geel to mark the start of…
Technip lands refining contract in Bulgaria
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Burgasnefteproekt EOOD (a Lukoil engineering subsidiary) a lump sum services contract, worth approximately €70 million, for the phase 1 of a heavy residue hydrocracking complex to be built at its petroleum refinery located…