Business & Economics
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.;…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer wins contract for PA-66 plant
The Huafon Group — the biggest producer of polyurethanes in China — has chosen Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) as supplier for its latest project, a PA-66 plant to be built in Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China.…
Huber to expand silica production in India
Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, Georgia; www.hubermaterials.com), a division of the J.M. Huber Corp., has announced plans to expand silica production capacity at its manufacturing facility in Jhagadia, India. The expansion more than doubles the current capacity to a new rate…
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…