Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en) has been awarded a licensing and engineering contract by Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. (Reading, U.K.; www.fwc.com) for the use of Chiyoda’s Acetica technology for producing acetic acid. This technology will be sub-licensed by Foster Wheeler…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE; Fairfax, Va.; www.exxonmobile.com) announced today that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sole oil refinery, has selected UOP and EMRE technology to improve the…
Praxair China (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a long-term contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou Co. to supply on-site industrial gases to their chemical park located in the Jiangsu province. Oxiranchem Yangzhou Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liaoning Oxiranchem, Inc.; www.oxiranchem.com), a…
The first solar tower power plant in North Africa will be built in Algeria. The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety…
Samsung Engineering Co.(Seoul, Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) was formally awarded the Yanbu petroleum-refinery expansion project from Luberef (Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co.) on October 20th in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Luberef’s president and CEO Ali A. Al-Hazmi met with Samsung Engineering’s executive…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it is reinforcing its leadership on the growing world market for Solef polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) by starting up a new production capacity at its Tavaux plant, France. Solvay invested €26 million to increase the…
Praxair Peru (www.praxair.com.pe), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has started up a new air separation unit (ASU) to expand Praxair’s supply of industrial gases to one of the largest producers of zinc in the world, in Lima,…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an initial contract by Baikal Mining Co. (as part of MetaloInvest) for the definition phase of the Udokan copper deposit development project in Russia. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract amount in the third…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) has been awarded by Statoil, an international energy company with headquarters in Norway, to undertake a concept study for a technology qualification program (TQP) for one of the world's largest carbon dioxide…
CB&I's (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Huating Coal Group Co., Ltd. for the license, basic engineering and related services for a polypropylene plant at Huating Industrial Development Area Gansu in China. The plant…