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BASF obtains exclusive rights to market magnetocaloric materials
BASF New Business GmbH (Luswigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has entered into an agreement with the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW; Utrecht; www.stw.nl), Delft University of Technology (www.tudelft.nl) and the University of Amsterdam (www.uva.nl) for licenses on the basic patents for magnetocaloric materials…
Eurochem launches mining operations in Kazakhstan
EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru), one of the world's largest fertilizer companies, today announces the launch of drilling and blasting operations at its phosphate rock development project in Kazakhstan. The large-scale development of the phosphate rock deposit is carried out by…
WorleyParsons awarded detailed EPCM contract by Invista
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) announces the recent award of an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Invista for the development of a new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park. The plant will produce…
Teijin establishes new Thai subsidiary
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.com) has established Teijin Corporation (Thailand) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary that will produce and sell newly developed meta-aramid fiber starting in July 2015. Production will be handled at a new facility to be constructed on…
Foster Wheeler awarded FEED contract from Khurais in Saudi Arabia
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded contracts for the front-end engineering design (FEED) for Saudi Aramco’s Khurais Arabian Light Crude Increment Program in Saudi Arabia. The Foster…
Neste Jacobs signs MoU with Quangang Petroleum and Chemical Industry Park in China
Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Quangang Petroleum and Chemical Industry Park Management have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the fields of technology introduction, energy efficiency, process optimization and consultancy services in Quangang, located in Fujian…
Praxair starts up ASU in Brazil
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has started up a new 800-ton/d air-separation unit (ASU) in the state of Minas Gerais, located in southeastern Brazil. Under a long-term contract, Praxair’s new plant will supply industrial…
CB&I awarded technology contract from GS Caltex
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by GS Caltex Corporation for the license, basic engineering and catalyst supply for a new para-xylene unit to be built in Yeosu, Korea. The unit will use the BP para-xylene…
Gazprom Neft, UOP and EMRE finalize technology licensing agreement
UOP LLC (UOP; Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE; Fairfax, Va.) have finalized a technology licensing agreement with a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft under Honeywell’s UOP and EMRE’s joint marketing alliance. The…
Air Products to build new world-scale H2 plant to support Shell Scotford facility
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com), and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced plans to build, own and operate a new world-scale hydrogen production plant adjacent to Shell Canada’s Scotford facility located northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The…