Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd., (Athens, Greece; www.hyperionsystems.gr) has been awarded the supply and implementation of an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the methanol plant of JSC Metafrax, at Gubakha, Russia. Hyperion’s turn-key responsibilities on the project will include: • Development…
SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture (JV) of The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Siam Cement Public Co. Ltd. (SCG; www.scg.co.th), announced today that it is in the final stage to plan and build a specialty elastomers train at…
Vietnam National Chemical Corp. (Vinachem) has contracted Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) for the supply of license, engineering, proprietary equipment and catalysts for the ammonia-synthesis unit of a new coal-based urea plant. With a capacity of 560,000 m.t./yr of urea…
BASF Plant Science (Limburgerhof, Germany; www.basf.com/plantscience) and the National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS; Beijing, China; www.nibs.ac.cn) today announced a cooperation and licensing agreement in biotechnology. It is the first cooperation to be made by BASF Plant Science in the…
Aker Kværner ASA's (www.akerkvaerner.com) Board of Directors has resolved to propose to the annual general meeting that the company change its name to Aker Solutions ASA. During 2007, a longterm and stable ownership structure was established for Aker Kvaerner, as…
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) and Alvigo AS (Tallinn, Estonia; www.alvigo.ee), the major manufacturer of catalysts in the former Soviet Union, have established a joint-venture (JV) — Sud-Chemie Alvigo Catalysts GmbH. Süd Chemie holds a 60% share of the JV,…
Peru Copper Syndicate has awarded Aker Kvaerner Metals, Inc. (Tuscon, Ariz.; www.akerkvaerner.com) a $11.5-million contract for the provision of technical services for basic engineering and additional testwork for the Toromocho Project — a large copper-molybdenum open-pit mine, located east of…
The Energy & Chemicals Group of the Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) has been awarded a contract to provide proprietary technology, engineering and procurement services for two 200,000 m.t./yr acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plants for Tianjin Dagu Chemical…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a long-term supply contract for industrial gases with international steel producer Corus, part of Tata Steel. The agreement involves the construction of a new air separation unit (ASU) at Corus’ Scunthorpe site…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-542) has partnered with the University of Southern California’s (USC) Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute (Los Angeles; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7368-543) to develop and commercialize new technology to transform carbon dioxide into clean-burning alternative fuels. USC developed fundamental chemistry…