Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as well as an exclusive agreement with California Ethanol & Power, LLC, for the realization of a low-carbon-emission plant for the production of ethanol fuels, electricity…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has officially broken ground for construction of a state-of-the-art organic peroxide production facility in Tianjin, China. Organic peroxides are essential in the manufacture of a wide range of polymers including PVC and thermoset…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced it has been awarded two sizeable technology contracts by a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, PT Chandra Asri Perkasa, for the company's planned new petrochemical complex in Indonesia. McDermott's scope of work…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) and Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) inaugurated a new 26-MWp photovoltaic plant at Saline Conti Vecchi in the Assemini industrial area in the province of Cagliari. The plant is part of Progetto Italia, a series…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), in accordance with its proposed business combination with Linde AG (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), has signed an agreement to sell the majority of its businesses in Europe to Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. The businesses generated annual…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has started design work for a second expansion of chloromethanes capacity at its site in Frankfurt, Germany. The project will take place in several steps over the next five years and will raise…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a nitric acid plant revamp contract by Haifa Chemicals Ltd for its plant in Mishor-Rotem, Israel. Under the terms of the contract, KBR subsidiary Weatherly, Inc. will design, supply and commission a complete…
Arlanxeo (www.Arlanxeo.com), a joint venture of Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, announced that over the next three years, it will invest EUR mid double-digit million to modernize its production sites in Triunfo, Brazil and La Wantzenau, France. “With this investment program,…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has recently been awarded a contract to perform a feasibility study for a new green hydrogen project by the Australian hydrogen infrastructure company Hydrogen Utility (H2U). A 30-MW water electrolysis plant, as well as…
INEOS (London; www.ineos.com) has approved a €2.7-billion capital project to build both a world-scale ethane cracker and a PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Northern Europe. Both units will benefit from U.S. shale gas economics. This will be the first new…