Soy polyurethanes Scientists at Battelle (Columbus, Ohio; www.battelle.org) have developed a water-based polyurethane (PU)…

Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST; Gaithersburg, Md.; www.nist.gov) have…

A research team is using clusters of gold atoms at sub-nanometer sizes to enhance the…

Plans are underway to field-test a process that removes more than 90 % of the…

A small-scale ceramic membrane reactor to convert natural gas to transportable liquids in a single…

The research group of Masahiro Murakami at Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan; www.sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/murakami-lab) have synthesized a…

Cationic polymers have been used in the petroleum industry as shale-control agents, demulsifiers, blocking agents,…

A photocatalyst that reduces CO2 into carbon monoxide is being commercialized by Tokyo Chemical Industry…

A research group at Rice University (Houston; www.rice.edu) has developed a method for vaporizing water…

Under an ARPA contract Gas Technology Institute (GTI, Des Plaines, Ill.; www.gastechnology.org) is developing a…

An Indian team from the Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology (www.immt.res.in), and Utkal University…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with a major cellulosic ethanol producer on the…

Shell US Gas & Power LLC (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and…

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

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract by Williams to provide preliminary engineering…

Bandirma Gübre Fabrikaları A.Åž. (BAGFAS; Bandirma, Turkey) has awarded ThyssenKrupp Uhde (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-uhde.de) a…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says it was awarded a contract from Rio…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded engineering and procurement contracts by Westlake Chemical Corp. for…

Bechtel (Houston; www.bechtel.com) announced today the Bechtel Pueblo Team (BPT) has completed construction of the…

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com)  is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments in…

Described by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) as a milestone in…

Bechtel (Houston; www.bechtel.com) has purchased Chevron’s Waste Water Treatment (WWT) Process, a technology that improves…

The largest privately managed industrial gas specialist, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.de) and…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by JBF Petrochemicals, a wholly–owned subsidiary of JBF Industries…

Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH, a subsidiary of The Linde Group (Munich, Germamy; www.linde.com) has signed…

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has increased its dichlorobenzene capacity by more than 15%. It…

Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; www.petronas.com.my) and Evonik Industries AG Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) signed a Letter…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec; Beijing) have completed…

Praxair India Pvt- Ltd. (Bangalore), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik) and the government of the Russian Rostov Region used…

Engineering and services group Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany; www.bilfinger.com) has signed an agreement to acquire…

Praxair India Private Ltd. (Bangalore), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), announced the…

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Cambodian Petrochemical Co. (CPC) to provide licensing…

A joint venture (JV) consisting of JGC Corp. (www.jgc.co.jp), with Chiyoda Corp. (Chiyoda Corp. (both…

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract to provide a license and basic-engineering-design package…

Praxair China Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a new contract to expand supply with its existing…

SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Opinaca Mines Ltd.,…

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it was selected by CRI Catalyst Co. (CRI; Houston; www.cricatalyst.com) as…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today it has been selected by Reliance…

The chemical company Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has developed several innovative continuous processes to…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is further expanding its market lead in C4-based products…