Microwave irradiation of graphite has been shown to produce graphene oxide with 90% yield by…

Conventional methanation — the reaction of CO and H2 (synthesis gas) to form methane —…

A team from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia; www.monash.edu.au) has prepared graphene monoliths with a cork-like…

Existing metallurgical processes for titanium production from ilmenite — by far the most sought-after titanium…

Researchers from Newcastle University (U.K.; www.ncl.ac.uk) have discovered that, in the presence of a nickel…

Reductions in power consumption by over 30% have been observed at a full-scale formaldehyde production…

An ultraviolet oxidation process for the destruction of water-borne organic contaminants that combines UV with…

  Microelectrode Although antimony electrodes have been used for decades to measure pH, they only…

An inexpensive and scalable process that uses supercritical (SC) liquids to make large quantities of…

Shu Kobayashi and his research group at the University of Tokyo (Japan; www.chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/users/synorg/index_e.html) have developed…

China Petrochemical International Ltd. (Sinopec International), Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works (SVW) and Davy Process Technology…

ThyssenKrupp Polysius has won a contract from PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk., Jakarta, to build a…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its UOP C3 Oleflex…

PPC (Thann, France; www.ppchemicals.com), a company of WeylChem Group (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.weylchem.com), the…

Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and JSC Grodno Azot PTC Khimvolokno (Belarus) have successfully commissioned…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Maschinenfabrik Köppern GmbH & Co. KG (Hattingen,…

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) says it has entered into an agreement with Phillips 66…

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) says it intends to invest a further €65 million in…

Royal DSM (www.dsm.com), the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announces that it…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected to provide technology to…

Primozone Production AB (Löddeköpinge, Sweden; www.primozone.com) and Ozone Water Systems, Inc. (OWS; Phoenix, Ariz.; www.ozonewatersystems.com),…

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract to construct a…

Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) has established a joint venture (JV) with Lotte…

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by…

Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) signed a contract, worth $650 million (€498 million),…

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract with TAIF-NK (Nizhnekamsk,…

BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has announced that it will start-up a new multi-million euro…

Davy Process Technology Ltd. (Davy; London, U.K.; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and SEKAB (Rotterdam,…

Today, international chemical group Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is announcing an agreement to significantly…

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) recently formed a business alliance with Middough Inc.…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical…

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), has acquired the remaining shares of its partner Volker…

Pöyry Oyj. (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an assignment by CMPC Celulose Riograndense for…

Ineos Phenol (www.ineosphenol.com) and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. (Sinopec YPC) have today initialled joint venture…

AkzoNobel's (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) new €90-million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational…

The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co. (Markor; ) plan to…

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its standing as the world’s leading producer of…

Because many of their products go directly to the ultimate end user, polymer and plastic…

Plant Watch KBR to provide technology package for ammonia/urea plant in Indonesia February 7, 2013…

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Users design safety instrumented systems to bring the risk of identified process hazards to within…

To realize the best possible thermal efficiency, gas turbines should be integrated into chemical process…

Many chemical process industries (CPI) facilities utilize high-pressure steam generators to produce both electricity and…

One of the most unsettling experiences in a company’s existence may be the surprise regulatory…

Propylene is typically considered a co-product in steam crackers and fluid-catalytic-cracking (FCC) processes, which are…

Changing out used heat-transfer fluid is critical to the efficiency of a heat-transfer fluid system.…

Piping leakage due to corrosion has the potential to cause catastrophic fires and damage to…