Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) has selected Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) as its industrial gas partner for the supply of clean hydrogen and nitrogen for its proposed net-zero carbon emissions1 integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced it has agreed to acquire Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC) from INDICOR, LLC, which is owned by funds affiliated with private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and Roper Technologies, Inc., for $670 million, which represents…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has signed a license agreement with Guangxi Chlor-Alkali Chemical (GHCAC)1 which will enable the Chinese partner to build and operate a hydrogen peroxide megaplant at Qinzhou (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) designed to support its 300,000-ton/yr propylene…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Clough, the Australian subsidiary of the Webuild Group, in an equally shared (50/50) joint venture, have reached full contractual effectiveness by the achievement of the Commencement Date for the development of Perdaman Industries’…
Abengoa SA (Seville, Spain), in consortium with the company SEPCOIII, has started commercial operation of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant (Abu Dhabi), following the successful completion of the contractual tests. This is the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant…
Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands) has signed a contract covering PDP, licensing and equipment supply for an Ultra-Low Energy grassroots urea plant in Jiangxi province, China. This will be the largest Stamicarbon Ultra-Low Energy plant with a design capacity of…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has been awarded an engineering and design services contract from The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) to increase capacity and advance technology for its industry-leading Nafion ion-exchange materials platform. The contract is part of Chemours’ $200…
Toyo Engineering Corp. announced that its wholly owned subisdiary Toyo Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited (EMLPL) for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) of 159,000 kL/year lubricant manufacturing plant at…
Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has signed an agreement on the sale of its business activities in Russia to a consortium of local financial investors. In April 2022, the company had announced the decision to exit from Russia. The consortium that…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the startup of Shenghong Refining & Chemical (Lianyungang) Co., Ltd.'s 2,800,000-ton/yr paraxylene unit. The grassroots unit, which is the world's largest double reslurry paraxylene crystallization unit, is part of Shenghong's refining and petrochemical integrated project in Lianyungang,…