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Largest LNG plant in northeast China to feature B&V’s patented technology
Black & Veatch (B&V; Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com), in partnership with Chemtex, has been selected by Jilin Qianyuan Energy Development to deliver a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility. Once completed in late 2013, the 500,000-Nm3/d plant will be the…
Outotec to deliver iron-ore pelletizing technology to Gol-E-Gohar, Iran
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been selected by Gol-E-Gohar Mining & Industrial Co. to design and provide technology for an iron ore pelletizing plant located in the Kerman province of Iran. The plant's annual capacity is approximately five million…
Praxair Signs New Contract with Deacero in Mexico
Praxair Mexico, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a new contract with Deacero, a leading Mexican steel company, to supply oxygen, argon and nitrogen to a new plant being built in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, a major…
BASF to invest in new chemical production site in Dahej, India
BASF India Ltd. (Mumbai; www.basf.com) will invest €150 million to set up a new chemical production site at the Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR), located on the west coast of India in Gujarat. The new site will…
Uhde and Mongolian government reach agreement on CTL and coke-making plants
On 31 March 2012, the Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj visited North Rhine-Westphalia accompanied by a major business delegation during a five-day state visit to Germany. On this occasion ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) and the representatives of the…
KBR to provide additional ethylene furnace for Ineos in Texas
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it will design and construct an ethylene furnace for Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA (Ineos) that upon commissioning will provide the highest achievable ethylene yields in the industry. The executed agreements with Ineos include provision of…
CB&I: Petrochemicals expansion project in the U.S.
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract valued at about $300 million, by Williams Olefins, LLC for a petrochemicals expansion project in Geismar, Louisiana. The scope of the award includes the license and basic engineering for the…
B&W to supply NOx control equipment for Colorado power plant
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has been awarded a contract valued at more than $30 million to design and supply a selective catalytic…
Ube to add production facilities for Li-Ion battery separators to Sakai Factory
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) says it is adding a production facility for battery separators to the Sakai Factory located in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The move comes in response to growing demand for separators in lithium-ion batteries used…
Russian Rosneft selects Topsoe technology for two hydrogen units
Russian oil giant Rosneft has selected Haldor Topsøe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmaek; www.topsoe.com) technology for two hydrogen units at Kuibyshev and Syzran Refineries. Both units will supply hydrogen for the production of ultra-low sulfur diesel. The diesel produced will meet the…