Hyperion wins turn-Key OTS project in Russia
Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd., (Athens, Greece; www.hyperionsystems.gr) has been awarded the supply and implementation of…
SCG-Dow plan specialty-elastomers plant in Thailand
SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture (JV) of The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and…
Topsøe technology for large fertilizer plant in Vietnam
Vietnam National Chemical Corp. (Vinachem) has contracted Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) for the supply…
BASF and NIBS enter cooperation/ license agreement
BASF Plant Science (Limburgerhof, Germany; www.basf.com/plantscience) and the National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS; Beijing,…
Aker Kvaerner proposes name change
Aker Kværner ASA's (www.akerkvaerner.com) Board of Directors has resolved to propose to the annual general…
Süd-Chemie expands business in Russia & the Ukraine
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) and Alvigo AS (Tallinn, Estonia; www.alvigo.ee), the major manufacturer of…
Aker Kvaerner lands contract for copper project in Peru
Peru Copper Syndicate has awarded Aker Kvaerner Metals, Inc. (Tuscon, Ariz.; www.akerkvaerner.com) a $11.5-million contract…
Shaw wins contract for two ABS plants in China
The Energy & Chemicals Group of the Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) has…
Linde seals long-term gas contract with Corus in the UK
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a long-term supply contract for industrial gases…
Newsfront: CPI Capital Spending Outlook for 2008 & 2009
At the beginning of 2008, it’s clear that global economic growth is slowing. The…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch A new plant for crude-oil processing to be built in Italy December 10,…
Chementator: Commercialization Is Set for a Fischer-Tropsch Process
Rentech, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-537) will build its first commercial synthetic fuels plant, using…
Chementator: Gas-to-Polypropylene
Basell Corp. (Frankfurt, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-540), the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Ltd.…
Chementator: Algae-to-fuel
Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (The Hague, Netherlands; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-544) and HR Biopetroleum (Honolulu, Hawaii; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-545) have…
Honeywell signs main automation contractor agreement with BP
Honeywell (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.honeywell.com/ps) today announced a six-year agreement with BP Exploration to provide Main…
Fluor wins Marathon Oil's $1.6-billion U.S. refinery upgrade
Fluor Corp. has been selected to provide integrated engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for expansion…