The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) is set to build and operate a new hydrogen plant in the Jilin Chemical Industrial Park (JCIP) in Northeast China. The company will be investing around €42 million in the first…
Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of the State of Qatar, and Peter Voser, CEO of Shell, signed today a Heads of Agreement that sets the scope and commercial principles for the development of a world-scale petrochemicals…
Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd. (Toyo-Canada)*, a Canadian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership (NWR) a joint venture between North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Limited…
Plant Watch Oxea to build its first production plant in China October 29, 2011 — Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) will build a plant for the production of oxo derivatives in Nanjing, China. Oxo derivatives include alcohols, polyols, carboxylic acids,…
Georg Fischer AG (Shaffhausen, Switzerland; www.georgfischer.com) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Harvel Plastics Inc. (Easton, Pa.), the U.S. market leader for industrial plastic pipes. This is another step in the implementation of Georg Fischer’s strategy to further…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) strengthens its portfolio of energy and environmental technologies by acquiring all interests in Energy Products of Idaho Limited Partnership (EPI; Coeur d'Alene; www.energyproducts.com). EPI has pioneered in the area of biomass and difficult waste materials…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected by Zhejiang Shaoxing Sanjin Petrochemical Co. to provide key technology to produce propylene in China. The win marks the sixth time this year UOP’s technology has been selected…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed an agreement with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the supply of critical equipment and materials for two SNOX plants. The plants will be installed at the new RNEST grass root petroleum…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today its Chemetics unit in Pickering, Ontario, Canada has been awarded a design and fabrication contract by El Dorado Chemical Company for three proprietary designed sulfuric acid coolers to be installed in…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says it will expand its portfolio of natural gas treatment technologies through an exclusive marketing alliance with Twister B.V. (Rijswijk, the Netherlands; http://twisterbv.com). UOP will now offer the Twister supersonic gas-separation…