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Siemens’ technology to be used for IGCC project in the U.S. and more business news

Siemens’ technology to be used for IGCC project in the U.S. July 19, 2010 — Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com) has been awarded a front-end engineering design contract by Summit Texas Clean Energy LLC to provide coal gasification and power…

Masaaki Nakata joins Malvern Instruments…

Nakata Hertle Moncrief Stefano Glaser Masaaki Nakata joins Malvern Instruments Ltd. (Malvern, U.K.) as regional sales manager for process systems for Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. Engineering and environmental consulting firm GHD (Sydney, Australia) promotes Chris Hertle to global market…

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Demonstration of new CO2 capture technology

JGC Corp. (Yokohama; www.jgc.co.jp), INPEX Corp. (Tokyo, both Japan; www.inpex.co.jp) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) have entered into an agreement to jointly carry out demonstration tests on a new technology for effectively capturing and recovering CO2 contained in natural…

GDP growth slowed in 2nd Qtr.; trend similar in chemical industry, ACC report says

The U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew in the second quarter of 2010, but the pace was the slowest in a year, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Va.;…

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Xebec wins biogas upgrading contract in Canada

Xebec Adsorption Inc. (Xebec; Montreal, Canada; www.xebecinc.com) has signed a significant contract to build a complete biogas upgrading plant for Terasen Gas, a major energy utility in western Canada. "Xebec strives to establish strategic partnerships with leading Canadian utilities to move…

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UOP membrane technology for shale-gas processing

The Separex membrane system of UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected for the removal of contaminants from natural gas produced from a large shale formation found in British Columbia. Apache Corp. will use the…

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M+W Group enters waste-to-energy market in U.K.

Biffa Group (www.biffa.com) has announced a strategic alliance with M+W Group’s (Stuttgart, Germany; www.mwgroup.net) U.K. team, which will act as the turnkey contractor for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of Biffa’s new waste management facility at the company’s Brookhurst…

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Parsons and SCFI: Strategic alliance agreement

Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) has signed a strategic alliance agreement with SCFI (Super Critical Fluids International) Group (Cork, Ireland; www.scfi.eu), an Irish company at the forefront of developing innovative environmental technology applicable to areas of renewable energy, wet waste processing, and…

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Tenaska picks Fluor’s carbon-capture technology

Tenaska (www.tenaska.com) has chosen Fluor Corp.'s (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) Econamine FG Plus carbon-capture technology for use at the proposed Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center being developed near Sweetwater, Texas. "Trailblazer represents an innovative environmental breakthrough in clean energy production that will…

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KSB buys into Italian drive manufacturer

KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) has acquired a majority interest in Italco/REEL s.r.l. (Vicenza, Italy; www.reel.it). The Italian company can look back on 25 years of successfully supplying customized automation and drive solutions for the international market. KSB has been…