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SGL Group to supply HCl-recovery system to Qinghai Salt Lake Industry  

Yesterday, SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) – The Carbon Company – and Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co. (Qinghai Salt Lake; Golmud, Qinghai, China) held a project launch ceremony to celebrate contract signing for the supply of a recovery system which…

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Foster Wheeler awarded contract for gas-to-chemicals complex in Brazil  

Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for a world-scale grassroots gas-to-chemicals complex in Linhares, Espirito Santo State, southeast Brazil,…

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Uhde awarded FEED contract for Russian PP plant  

In May 2012 ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a single-train polypropylene (PP) plant based on LyondellBasell's Spheripol process technology for ZapSibNeftekhim L.L.C, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sibur, in…

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Black & Veatch expands in Pune, India  

As part of the company’s India Growth Plan, Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) is expanding its India operations, which includes adding numerous local professionals by 2020. Moving and expanding its Pune office to address the increased critical human…

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BASF sells decorative paints business to Prosol  

On August 14, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Prosol Lacke + Farben GmbH (Aschaffenburg, Germany; www.prosol-farben.de) signed a contract regarding the sale of the decorative paints business of Relius Coatings GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and Relius France…

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Outotec to provide technology for nickel sulfate production in South Korea  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Enerchem Co. on the delivery of technology for a nickel-matte treatment facility to be built in South Korea. This order follows the conceptual study and basic engineering Outotec provided for the project.…

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Samsung lands first fertilizer contract in Latin America  

Samsung Engineering Co., (Seoul, Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has received a notification of award (NOA) for an $843-million fertilizer plant from Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Bolivia’s state-owned oil company. It is a historic project order for Samsung Engineering as it marks…

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CB&I awarded EPCM contract for butadiene extraction plant in Belgium  

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) for the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) of a new butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The contract, which is valued in excess…

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Jacobs lands EPC contract from Methanex  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract from Methanex Corp., the world’s largest methanol supplier to major international markets, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a methanol production facility in Louisiana. Officials estimate…

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Worley Parsons lands EPCM contract from Liaoning North Dynasolor  

Liaoning North Dynasol, a 50/50 joint venture between Shanxi North Xing’an and Dynasol, has recently awarded to WorleyParsons Ltd.’ (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) Tianjin office in China with the EPCM (engineering, procurement and construction management) and commissioning contract for the…