Chemical Engineering
Axens’ technologies for Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project
Part of Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, the state-owned South Refineries Company (SRC) executed the upgrading of its refinery located in Basrah, Iraq by implementing a new refining plant adjacent to the existing refinery facility. The Basrah Upgrading Project is now…
Arlanxeo extends foothold in India with launch of legal entity
Arlanxeo Holding B.V. (Maastricht, the Netherlands) continues its growth in the India sub-continent with the launch of its legal entity Arlanxeo India Private Limited, which has commenced operations from the 1st of January this year. To cement the establishment of…
Plug Power, Chart Industries and Baker Hughes form hydrogen-infrastructure fund
Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), Chart Industries, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) and Baker Hughes (Houston) announced their intention to become cornerstone investors in the formation of the FiveT Hydrogen Fund, a unique, new clean-hydrogen-only private infrastructure fund dedicated to delivering clean hydrogen…
Lummus Novolen Technology awarded major polypropylene contract
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at its petrochemical facility in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China. "We are grateful to Jin Guo Tou…
Bharat Petroleum acquires OQ’s stake in BORL refinery
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL; Mumbai, India) signed a Sales Purchase Agreement with integrated energy company OQ (Muscat, Oman) for the purchase of BPCL’s entire stake in Bharat Oman Refineries Company Ltd, (BORL), a 7.8 million ton/yr petroleum refinery located…
Lonza divests two sites in France and Scotland
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) has completed the sale of its sites in Ploermel, France and Edinburgh, Scotland to Next Pharma. Gordon Bates, President and Head of Small Molecules, Lonza said: “The strategic divestment of our Ploermel and Edinburgh sites will…
Plant Watch: Business News for April 2021
Plant Watch Thermo Fisher Scientific plans $600-million bioprocessing expansion March 12, 2021 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) plans to invest more than $600 million in capital investments to expand its bioprocessing production capabilities through 2022. These investments…
Cybersecurity: Continuous Vigilance Required
As digitalization becomes more common and remote operations become necessary, guarding against cybersecurity breaches grows even more critical The hacking of a Florida water plant, which made headlines in February, was a poignant reminder of the dangers posed by breaches…
A Mixer Makes a Better Sunscreen
Changing from a conventional mixer to an ultra-high-shear mixer led to improved dispersions, increased production capacities, and reduced electricity and labor costs As the days get sunnier, people will be looking to sunscreens to protect their skin from the harmful…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Microbial-Influenced Corrosion
Any corrosion process in which microorganisms initiate, facilitate or accelerate corrosive chemical reactions is termed microbially influenced corrosion (MIC). MIC occurs when the chemical, microbiological and physical conditions allow the active growth of biofilms containing specific types of microbes on…