Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) announced today the first successful commercialization of Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO), using α-SABLIN technology developed jointly by SABIC and Linde. Discussions began in 1998…
Honeywell (Morris Township, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) will establish a new technology center in Gurgaon, India, to expand its global research capabilities in refining, petrochemical and other technologies in order to better serve customers in the region. The company will invest $34…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Algenol Biofuels LLC (Bonita Springs, Fla.; www.algenolbiofuels.com) have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project in order to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide and oxygen for Algenol’s unique algae and…
CB&I (Houston; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a project valued in excess of $1.4 billion by Refinería de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar) for the engineering, procurement services and construction of a new petroleum refinery, with processing capacity of 165,000 bbl/d, adjacent to…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has received a major order from the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (www.iocl.com) for the long-term supply of hydrogen and nitrogen gases to its new 300,00-bbl/d greenfield oil refinery which is being built at Paradip, Orissa on…
Teijin Fibers Ltd (Osaka, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) announced today the first-ever program in the marine clothing industry for collecting and recycling used garments, launched in collaboration with Henri Lloyd (Manchester, U.K.; www.henrilloyd.com), a major global brand of marine apparel based in…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has officially opened its new dispersible powder and vinyl acetate ethylene dispersion plant in Nanjing, China. With an annual capacity of 30,000 metric tons of dispersible powder, the Nanjing plant is the largest of…
Cognis Mexico S.A., a subsidiary of Cognis GmbH (Monheim, Germany; www.cognis.com), today opened a new sulfation plant at its site in Ecatepec, Mexico. The facility, which uses state-of-the art technology to increase the existing plant’s capacity and the quality of…
A contract between the Moroccan refining company Samir and Pörner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH (Vienna, Austria; www.poerner.at) for the planning and construction of a new Biturox plant for the production of bitumen, including storage tanks and HGV filling station, was finalized and signed.…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has just commissioned what is claimed to be the world’s largest carbon monoxide unit,handing it over to the customer, Saudi International Petrochemicals Co. (Sipchem). This new carbon monoxide unit is located on the industrial complex…