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Technip awarded a petroleum-refining contract in Bulgaria
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Lukoil Neftochim Burgas ad, subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL, a lump sum turnkey contract, worth more than €900 million (Technip share around €600 million), for the engineering, procurement and construction of Phase 1 of…
Genomatica: Exclusive worldwide rights to Proesa process for making BDO
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to Beta Renewables S.p.A.’s (Rivalta Scrivia, Italy; www.betarenewables.com) Proesa process for the production of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from biomass, through any fermentation-based process, pursuant to a definitive agreement signed with…
B&V launches Smart Analytics for making smart utilities smarter
Black & Veatch (B&V; Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) announced today the launch of Smart Analytics, a set of information technology solutions that improve utility performance, reliability and service. It helps clients make better use of the data they receive from…
CERA System joins Samson Group
On January 1, 2012, Cera System Verschleißschutz GmbH (Hermsdorf, Germany; www.cerasystem.de) — a company specializing in ceramics — became a member of the Samson Group AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.samson.de). The acquisition supplements the Samson product range to include…
Toyo awarded contract for caprolactam plant in China
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a caprolactam plant for DSM Nanjing Chemical Co., which is a joint venture company between Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands) and Sinopec Group. The project aims…
BASF to sell share in JV PEC-Rhin to GPN
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf) has signed a contract to sell its 50%-share in PEC-Rhin (Ottmarsheim, France), to its joint venture (JV) partner GPN, a member of the French Total Group. PEC-Rhin produces CAN/AN (calcium ammonium nitrate/ammonium nitrate) fertilizers and…
Torresol Energy launches commercial operations of twin solar-thermal plants in Spain
Torresol Energy S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.torresolenergy.com), a joint venture (JV) between Sener IngenierˇËa y Sistemas (Sener; Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) and Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdaruae.com) says that the Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants — two identical 50-MW parabolic trough plants,…
A PLA plant with new Sulzer/Purac technology starts up in the Netherlands
The first polylactic acid (PLA) plant running with innovative Sulzer technology was successfully put into service by Synbra Technology in Etten Leur, the Netherlands (photo, below). The plant was built by Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) and is based…
CB&I lands contract for Kearl Oil Sands Expansion Project
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of $750 million, by Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd. for work on the Kearl Expansion Project in Alberta, Canada. CB&I’s work scope on the expansion project includes…
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and G-Con Manufacturing announce global collaboration
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB; Göttingen, Germany; www.sartorius-stedim.com) and G-Con Manufacturing, LLC (G-Con; College Station, Tex.; www.gconbio.com) have agreed to a global collaboration to offer highly advanced and flexible production platforms for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. The new product line will…