Chemical Engineering
Lukoil to expand Kstovo refinery with UOP process technologies
Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of Lukoil (Moscow, Russia), will use a range of Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) process technologies at its Kstovo refinery to produce cleaner-burning high-octane fuels that comply with Euro-V and Class 5 standards in Russia. UOP will provide…
Chevron Phillips names new CEO
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that Bruce Chinn, currently president, Chevron Chemicals, will become chief executive officer. B.J. Hebert, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer, will become president and chief operating officer. Chinn and…
Covestro sells stake in Dubai-based polyurethane JV
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has signed an agreement related to the sale of its 51% share in the joint venture Pearl Covestro Polyurethane Systems FZCO, which operates systems house business in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), to the current co-shareholder Pearl…
PPG, UDC to expand OLED materials production with new plant in Ireland
Universal Display Corporation (UDC) and PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that UDC Ireland Limited and PPG will jointly establish a new manufacturing site in Shannon, Ireland, for the production of UDC’s highly efficient, high-performing UniversalPHOLED materials. The new facility will be…
Milliken acquires German masterbatches manufacturer Zebra-chem
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has formally acquired Zebra-chem GmbH, a global chemicals company known for its peroxide and blowing agent masterbatches. With more brands and governments globally setting goals to increase their use of recycled materials, plastics manufacturers are…
Lummus starts up CDAlky unit at Valero’s St. Charles refinery
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the start-up of its CDAlky C5 alkylation unit at Valero's St. Charles Refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The capacity of the alkylation complex is 17,000 bbl/d of Alkylate product. "The safe and successful start-up demonstrates how Lummus provides…
Modular NGL recovery
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) has adapted its recycle-split-vapor (RSV) technology for natural-gas liquid (NGL) recovery into a new, modular offering, RSV2, which enables quick retrofitting of existing gas-processing plants with minimal downtime. “The RSV2 technology can increase ethane…
New process for synthetic eugenol available to fragrance market
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) recently announced a new commercial process for synthetic eugenol (diagram), a derivative of phenol, whose natural version is extracted from clove oil obtained from dried flower buds of clove trees grown in Indonesia and Madagascar.…
Separate xylene isomers with less energy
Xylene isomers are usually derived from the catalytic reforming of crude oil, and require costly methods to separate them from each other, including distillation, fractional crystallization and adsorption in high-temperature and high-pressure environments. “The separation of xylene’s isomers requires much…
Chementator Briefs
Self-healing adhesives Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, Tenn.; www.ornl.gov) developed a series of autonomous self-healable and highly adhesive elastomers that are fabricated via a simple, efficient and scalable process. The self-healing elastomers demonstrated unprecedented adhesion strength and…