Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by ZapSibNeftekhim LLC (an affiliate of JSC Sibur Holding) two front-end engineering and design contracts for plants located in Tobolsk, in the Tyumen Region of Russia. The first contract concerns a linear low/high density…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has received an engineering contract for the licensing and front end engineering design (FEED) of one of the world’s largest ethylene plants in Tobolsk, Western Siberia. The contract was awarded by Russia’s largest petrochemical…
Pompetravaini S.p.A. (Castano, Italy; www.pompetravaini.it) has entered into a share purchase agreement with the holders of 80% of the outstanding shares of NSB Gas Processing AG (NSB; Basel, Switzerland; www.nsbgas.com), a market leading European manufacturer of API liquid ring compressors…
Celanese Corp. Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) plans to construct and operate a methanol production facility at its Clear Lake, Texas acetyl complex. As one of the world’s largest producers of acetyl products, the company plans to utilize its existing infrastructure to…
On June 15, 2012 Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby. Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed the agreement with TEDA to purchase land for a new catalyst plant in the Tianjin city of China. Topsøe has been present in China for more than 50…
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Oxygenated Solvents business announced that Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., (Yan’an Energy), a project entity invested in…
PTA (pure terephthalic acid) and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) producer Lotte Chemical UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of KP Chemical Corp. (Korea) and part of the Lotte group of companies, has commissioned Uhde Inventa-Fischer AG (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland;…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today its Thai affiliate Vinythai will serve the vast and growing Chinese epichlorohydrin market with a new production plant in Taixing, China. The plant with an initial capacity of 100,000 ton/yr epichlorohydrin requires an…
After eight years of R&D work, Inflotek B.V. (Beringe, The Netherlands; www.) is now commercializing a range of metal screens made with a proprietary, waterjet-cutting technology. Compared to conventional waterjet-cutting methods, Inflotek’s process can reliably make hundreds of perforations per…
India holds large reserves of low-grade sulfide copper ore containing 0.3 wt.% copper, which cannot be processed through conventional routes since the cut-off grade for treatment in concentrators is about 0.45 wt.%. India is in short supply of copper and…