NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Canada; www.novachem.com) and Williams Partners L.P. (Tulsa, Okla.; www.williams.com) announced that NOVA Chemicals has agreed to acquire Williams’ 88.46% ownership interest in the Geismar, Louisiana olefins plant, approximately 525 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.milliken.com) announced its acquisition of the assets of Keystone Aniline Corp., a global leader in dyes, pigments, pigment dispersions and polymers. Positioning Milliken for global growth, the initiative aligns two key industry players with complementary…
The board of directors of Eni (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) appointed Claudio Descalzi as chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager. In this role he will be responsible for the management of the company, with the exception of specific responsibilities that…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced that it has started up a world-scale air separation unit (ASU) at its Burns Harbor, Indiana, site. The 2,400-ton-per-day ASU is part of Praxair’s ongoing investment in the company’s northwest Indiana operations. It will…
Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co. (ZPC) in China has awarded and signed contracts for the engineering, technology license and proprietary equipment for a MECS sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) unit, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (Wilmington, Del.; www.cleantechnologies.dupont.com). ZPC is constructing…
John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group; Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) has been awarded a new three year contract valued at $8 million to deliver process automation engineering services to TPC Group Inc. (Houston; www.tpcgrp.com), a leading producer of value-added products derived…
Kobe Steel, Ltd.’s (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.co.jp) Machinery Business has opened a 40-MW test facility for large-capacity nonstandard compressors at its Takasago Works in western Japan. Construction of the 8-billion-yen facility began in February 2015. The new facility was completed earlier…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Chemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP polyethylene process technology. The technology will be used for a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit to be built in the Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP)…
Swedish SSAB, a leading European manufacturer of special steel products, has placed an order with MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) for its latest MAX1 axial compressor technology. “This will very much improve the cold blast supply at…
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total (Paris, France; www.total.com), will invest to expand its Daesan refining & petrochemicals integrated platform. The planned $450-million investment will increase the site’s ethylene capacity by 30% to 1.4 million…