Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has renewed and expanded a longterm contract to supply hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas. Marathon Petroleum is the second largest transportation fuels refiner in the U.S. and operates…
Cortec (Houma, La.; www.uscortec.com), a leading manufacturer of high quality API chokes, valves and manifolds, and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) have announced a $2.5 million expansion of Cortec’s industrial coatings facility in Port Allen, La. Cortec and LED began working…
Abengoa S.A. (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) will use a zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) wastewater-treatment plant provded by GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com for a power plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The ZLD plant will convert a salt-laden wastewater stream into pure water…
In view of the surging demand, Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) plans to significantly expand its supply of carboxylic acids in the short to medium term. To this end, the company is already evaluating various strategic options for…
Venator Materials PLC (Wynyard, U.K.; www.venatorcorp.com) announced it has reached agreement with Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) to purchase the European paper laminates business (the 8120 Grade) from Tronox. In connection with the acquisition, Tronox will supply the 8120 Grade…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII concluded an agreement with Linde AG (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) to acquire the majority of Linde’s gases business in North America and certain business activities in South America.…
SATORP (Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemicals Co.) has selected Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to evaluate, develop, and implement an Advanced Process Control (APC) system for its aromatics complex ParamaX producing high purity paraxylene and benzene. The objective of the…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a feasibility study contract from Equinor Energy AS to evaluate the possibilities for building a hydrogen production plant, including CO2 capture and export facilities, in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The hydrogen will…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has signed a 15-year hydrogen supply contract with RÜTGERS Germany, a subsidiary of Rain Carbon Inc. The industrial gases company will now invest a total of €9 million in a hydrogen production facility…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) contract by Abu Dhabi Polymer Company (Borouge) for a new polypropylene unit (PP5 Project) in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. Borouge is the joint…