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BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to double production… Baker Hughes fractures its first unconventional shale well in Argentina
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KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Toyo Engineering… Merck and Nano-C to develop new materials for OPV applications
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merck.de) has signed a collaboration agreement… Dow and Saudi Aramco: JV for a $20-billion world-scale chemicals complex
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Praxair, Inc.’s (Danbury, Conn. www.praxair.com) German subsidiary has started up… BASF to build antioxidant-blends plant in Bahrain
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SGL Group – The Carbon Company (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) today… Outotec to deliver gas cleaning and sulfuric acid plant technology to Uzbekistan
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with… Parsons: Lead D-B contractor for depleted Uranium deconversion facility
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