For the first time, an organic compound has been synthesized from water, carbon dioxide and…

A facility that produces high-purity lithium carbonate for use in the growing market for electrolytes…

Sugar is a critical feedstock for many emerging bio-based-chemical and biofuel processes, but harvesting sugar…

  New block copolymer Nexar is the tradename of a block copolymer product recently commercialized…

To date, the difficult-to-treat contaminants and their related biological inhibition in petroleum refinery wastewater have…

The Fine Chemicals div. of Takasago International Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.takasago.com) has commercialized Deneb: Oxo-Tethered…

Base-catalyzed decomposition (BCD) is a commercially used process developed in the early 1990s by the…

Researchers at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul; www.umn.edu) have produced thin-film zeolite membranes that…

Last month, KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a license and process-design-package contract for a new…

The two basic energy-storage devices — dielectric and double-layer capacitors — entail serious limitations. Dielectric…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected by Zhejiang Shaoxing…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed an agreement with the Brazilian oil company…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today its Chemetics unit in Pickering, Ontario,…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says it will expand its portfolio…

As part of its drive to expand its market presence in the field of coke…

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today it is acquiring Société Générale's equity interest in…

With the acquisition of the Neo Group (Surat, India), Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services Group (BIS…

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a contract for the project management…

In recognition of the significant growth opportunity associated with the global battery marketplace, BASF SE…

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec; Beijing, China; www.sinopec.com.cn)…

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced its intention to invest €45 million in a…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Guangxi Jinchuan Non-Ferrous Metals…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan;…

Praxair Uruguay, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a 15-year contract…

Bechtel Corp. (Frederick, Md.; www.bechtel.com) has been selected by Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. to provide…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Modec, Inc. has…

Cristal Global (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; www.cristalglobal.com), one of the leading vertically integrated titanium-chemicals companies in…

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is strengthening its portfolio of biocides with the acquisition of Verichem…

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) expands its industrial software portfolio with the acquisition of Vistagy,…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed two additional contracts for detail engineering and delivery…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has made a niche acquisition of Goar, Allison & Associates,…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. for…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management…

SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a major contract by a major oil…

Bechtel (Frederick, Md.; www.bechtel.com) has received full notice to proceed for construction of the California…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that the company's Mining business received a full…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Shanxi Taigang Wanbang Furnace Charge Co. —…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has reached an agreement to acquire the Pharmaceuticals business…

  Plant Watch ColBiocel selects Chemtex technology for ethanol production in Colombia September 26, 2011…

Water and steam are vital components of virtually all plants in the chemical process industries…

For decades, plant-wide oil-mist systems have been used to lubricate rolling-element bearings in high-speed applications…

To stay on budget, major capital projects often call for aggressive schedules. Engineering, procurement and…

In today’s climate of increased energy prices and tightening environmental emissions requirements, petrochemicals producers around…

The benefits of field-device diagnostics are often acclaimed in qualitative terms, but on a much…

Pinch analysis is a systematic method to maximize energy recovery from process streams entering and…