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Fluor wins new polymers-plant contract in Saudi Arabia
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by SAPCo, a joint venture company being formulated between Saudi Acrylic Acid Co. (Riyadh; www.saharapcc.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), for its Super…
World’s first H2- fueling station to be supplied from municipal wastewater
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) today officially opened its newest California hydrogen fueling station drawing its feedstock from a very novel and sustainable source. Air Products is pumping hydrogen into fuel cell vehicles that is generated from the municipal…
BASF increasing production capacity for copper and copper-chrome catalysts
BASF’s Catalyst Div. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has announced a new round of capital investment projects to increase its production capacity and further enhance its global manufacturing operations for copper and copper-chrome catalysts. These investments are aimed at improving catalyst-manufacturing efficiency…
Start up of PET MTR plant in Kaliningrad, Russia
In the spring of 2011 Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Alco-Naphtha JSC started up the first state-of-the-art, energy-efficient MTR plant for the production of high-quality PET (polyethylene terephthalate) to be built on European soil. The production plant is located…
SNC-Lavalin wins EPCM contract for aluminum smelter in Abu Dhabi
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services contract by Emirates Aluminum Company Ltd. PJSC (EMAL) for Phase ll of its smelter in Al Taweelah, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The…
KBR: FGD and SCR equipment for large coal-fired power plant in the U.S.
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Southern Co. (Atlanta, Ga.; www.southernco.com) for the installation of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment, related ductwork, and auxiliaries at two 880,000-kW coal-fired units at Georgia Power’s…
Lonza to build formulation plant for Meta metaldehyde
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) is investing CHF 5.8 million ($8 million) in a formulation plant for Meta metaldehyde. This will enable Lonza to supply its own formulations, allowing the company in the future to serve the market not only with…
Lummus Technology wins contract for propane-dehydrogenation unit in China
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced today that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Haiyue New Material Co. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation unit to be built in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province,…
UOP & Foster Wheeler technology selected for Oman refinery expansion
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill: www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) has selected UOP/Foster Wheeler technology to help process heavy oil and expand fuel and petrochemicals production at a petroleum refinery in…
Air Products: Hydrogen-supply agreement in Texas
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) today announced a long-term agreement with Shell Oil Co. (www.shell.com) for the supply of a significant portion of the hydrogen requirements at Shell’s Deer Park, Tex. refinery. The hydrogen supply will commence in mid-2013.…