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Airgas to build 450 ton/d liquid CO2 plant
Airgas, Inc. (Radnor, Pa.; www.airgas.com) today announced that it will build a new 450-ton/d liquid-carbon-dioxide plant at the First United Ethanol LLC, (FUEL) complex in Camilla, Ga. Airgas entered into a 15-year agreement with FUEL, which will supply the feedstock…
Dow Chemical to acquire Rohm and Haas
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) and Rohm and Haas (Philadelphia, Pa.) today announced a definitive agreement, under which Dow will acquire all outstanding shares of Rohm and Haas common stock for $18.8 billion ($78 per share) in cash. The…
Uhde to build turnkey urea plant for Yara
The Dutch company Yara Sluiskil B.V., part of the Norwegian chemicals group Yara International ASA, has commissioned Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) to design and build a major urea plant at its production site in Sluiskil (Zeeland Province), near the…
Thermal black project in Russia
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) Inorganic Materials Business Unit and the Russian Synttech Group are considering working together to manufacture Thermal Blacks. On June 30, 2008 representatives from both companies signed a letter of intent in Frankfurt, Germany. In…
Emerson acquires TopWorx
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.;www.emerson.com) today announced it has acquired TopWorx (Louisville, Ky.; www.topworx.com). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. TopWorx becomes part of Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), expanding Emerson’s valve instrument offering and extending the reach of Emerson’s PlantWeb…
Messer buys another part of Asco
On 4 July, the privately managed industrial gas specialist Messer (Sultzbach, Germany; www.messergroup.com) signed a contract of purchase to take over the majority share of 51% of Asco Carbon Dioxide Ltd. in New Zealand, a constructor of production plants for…
M.W. Kellogg awarded StatoilHydro contract
KBR Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) today announced its 55% owned subsidiary, M.W. Kellogg Ltd. (MWKL; www.mwkl.co.uk) has been awarded a contract to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for a coker-revamp project at StatoilHydro's Mongstad Refinery, near Bergen, Norway. The…
Ineos & Carlyle combine Ineos Silicas and PQ
Following clearance by the competition authorities, Ineos (www.ineos.com) has completed the agreement to combine Ineos Silicas and PQ Corp., the speciality chemical company owned by The Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group will hold a 60% share and Ineos Capital the…
Technip to build sulfuric acid unit in Tunisia
Technip (Paris; www.technip.com), leader in a consortium with Pireco, has been awarded by Tunisian Indian Fertilizers (TIFERT) an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) lump-sum contract for a sulfuric acid unit to be built at the La Skhira industrial site in…
Alstom signs agreement to build an oil-fired power plant in Saudi Arabia
Alstom (www.power.alstom.com) has signed a letter of intent with Saudi Arabian utility, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), for a €1-billion turnkey contract to build a new 1,200 MW steam power plant in Saudi Arabia. This new plant will be constructed adjacent…