Chemical Engineering
Cepsa starts up new linear alkylbenzene production process
Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) has intensified its commitment to innovation, safety and sustainability by launching operations at the first European chemical plant to use Detal technology in San Roque (Cádiz). It is also the first Linear…
Trinseo to sell synthetic rubber business to Synthos for $491 million
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its synthetic rubber business based in Schkopau, Germany to Synthos S.A. (Oswiecim, Poland) and its affiliates for an enterprise value of approximately $491 million, comprised of $449.4 million of…
BASF forms JV with Chinese LIB supplier Shanshan
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Shanshan, a leading lithium-ion battery materials supplier serving both the e-mobility and the consumer electronics (CE) market, have agreed to form a BASF majority-owned joint venture (BASF: 51%; Shanshan: 49%) to produce cathode active materials…
Doosan announces waste-to-energy project contracts in Europe
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) announced successive project wins recorded in the European Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant sector. Doosan Lentjes, Doosan Heavy’s subsidiary in Germany, recently signed a supplier agreement together with the Korean EPC contractor Posco Engineering…
Grace completes silica capacity expansion in Malaysia
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) announced completion of the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. Kuantan, the capital and major seaport town of Pahang, Malaysia, has been home to Grace Specialty Chemicals Sdn Bhd since 1996. The…
Doosan and KHNP enter cooperation to implement hydrogen value-chain solutions
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) on “Strengthening Cooperation for Clean Hydrogen Production and Convergence of Energy Technology.” According to the terms of the…
Kemira starts up dry polyacrylamide plant in South Korea
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has opened a new dry polymer production plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant produces high-quality dry polyacrylamide (DPAM) products primarily for retention and drainage applications which are critical in modern, fast paper and board production.…
Lummus Technology awarded contract for new PP plant in Egypt
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been selected as the polypropylene (PP) licensor by Anchorage Investments for its Anchor Benitoite project in Suez, Egypt. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for a 590,000 metric tons per year…
UOP and Grace selected as technology providers for integrated PDH-PP complex in Pakistan
For its proposed, integrated propane-dehydrogenation/polypropylene (PDH-PP) plant in Karachi, Pakistan, Engro Corp. has selected process technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) and W.R. Grace Co. (Columbia, Md.). Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology will be used produce 750,000 metric tons per…
DuPont Clean Technologies to supply hydrotreating technology for North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical
North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co. (North Huajin) has signed contracts with Refining Technology Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of DuPont Clean Technologies, for the license, basic engineering and technical services for a new combined IsoTherming kerosene/diesel hydrotreater (KDHT). The grassroots…