KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to implement KBR’s proprietary Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) Technology, ROSE (Residuum Oil Supercritical Extraction), for Luberef’s Yanbu Refinery Expansion Project in Saudi Arabia. Under…
Neste Oil Corp. (Keilaranta, Finland; www. www.nesteoil.com) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.adnoc.ae) have entered into a partnership concerning VHVI (very high viscosity index) base oils. Along with the cooperation, 600,000 metric tons…
Neste Oil Corp. (Keilaranta, Finland; www. www.nesteoil.com) is to increase its use of waste as a raw material for producing NExBTL renewable diesel in 2011. Palm oil will continue to be the single largest raw material input, and is expected…
China Natural Gas Co. (CNGC; Beijing, China) has selected Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Chemtex to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for three new liquefied natural gas plants in China. The new facilities will feature Black…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has decided to increase its Solef production capacity by 50% to keep track of the continuously strong growing demand for this high added-value fluorinated specialty polymer. The capacity increase at Solvay's Tavaux plant, France, requires…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) intends to build an additional production plant for sodium methylate in South America. Argentina is the planned location for the second plant with an annual capacity of about 60,000 metric tons. Thus, BASF wants to…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with the main copper producer in the world, Chilean Codelco for the design and delivery of an effluent treatment plant for Codelco's new Mina Ministro Hales project close to Calama, Chile.…
Last year ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG (Duisburg, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-steel-europe.com) launched a new energy efficiency program to further reduce energy costs at all its production locations. The results of the saving measures are impressive. The potential identified so far at the…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $40 million by the Oman Refineries and Petrochemical Co. for the front end engineering and design (FEED) and project management services for the Sohar Refinery Expansion…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has agreed to acquire the Material Protection business of Syngenta AG (Basel, Switzerland; www.syngenta.com). As a result, the German specialty chemicals company will become one of the leading suppliers of biocides for construction materials. The…