Chemical Engineering
Celanese to acquire Grupa Azoty’s polyacetal production technology and sales agreements
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that it has acquired certain technology relating to the production of polyacetal (POM) products from Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnow, Poland), after its decision to discontinue its POM manufacturing. Celanese will take over all existing Tarnoform…
Northern Nutrients to build fertilizer facility in Saskatchewan
Northern Nutrients (Saskatoon, Canada) plans to build a new sulfur-enhanced urea fertilizer manufacturing facility outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, starting in July 2021 with an expected completion early in 2022. The facility will utilize the Shell Thiogro technology, a patented process…
S&B awarded engineering and construction contract for Chevron Phillips’ new 1-hexene plant
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. (S&B) was awarded an engineering and construction contract with Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to engineer and build the company’s second U.S. world-scale unit to produce on-purpose 1-hexene. The asset’s location…
Black & Veatch completes FEED work for upgrade of Koch Fertilizer plant in Nebraska
With Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) having completed key front-end engineering design (FEED) work and cost guidance, Koch Fertilizer is undertaking a $90-million upgrade of its Nebraska nitrogen plant, looking to boost output while improving its reliability and environmental…
Indorama adds new naphthalates production capacity in Alabama
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA, LLC (IVXP), a subsidiary of global chemical producer Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand), announced a new PNDA (Purified 2,6-Naphthalene Dicarboxylic Acid) production unit, making IVXP the world’s largest PNDA producer. The unit is located…
Chevron Phillips Chemical enters supply agreement with Braven Environmental for recycled-plastic feedstock
Braven Environmental, a pioneering technology provider in the advanced plastics recycling sector, announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to supply its pyrolysis-derived feedstock, Braven PyChem. Braven’s proprietary…
Casale technology selected for new ammonia plant in Uzbekistan
Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) has been selected by Messrs. Enter Engineering Pte. to provide the technology and design of a new 495,000-ton/yr ammonia plant to be set up in Yangiyer, near Samarkand, Sirdarya region, Uzbekistan. Furthermore, Casale will have the…
Hybrit project announces first production of hydrogen-reduced sponge iron
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall AB have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the HYBRIT initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on…
Indorama in negotiations to acquire Oxiteno
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced that it is in an exclusive negotiation with Ultrapar Participações S.A. for the possible purchase of the business of Ultrapar’s subsidiary Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio in Brazil. IVL would like to…
Lukoil commissions new isomerization unit at Nizhny Novgorod refinery
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently commenced commissioning of the PENEX isomerisation unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery, in the city of Kstovo. The unit will allow to apply low-temperature isomerisation to light naphtha in order to produce high-octane blending fuel. The…