The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes ended the first quarter on a good note, increasing 0.4 percent in March after a 0.3 percent gain in February and a 0.1 percent gain…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has commissioned three new biomethane production units, in the U.S., in France, and in the U.K. With these units, Air Liquide has doubled its biomethane production capacity, which now stands at 60 MW, the equivalent of 500 GWh for…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and INEOS Nitriles have signed a long-term co-operation agreement that will allow AkzoNobel to expand its production of biodegradable chelates, used in detergents and other industries, utilizing one of INEOS Nitriles’ chemical products.…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) opened a new 7.61-acre solar field in Kingstree, South Carolina. The field uses DSM Anti-Reflective coating technology to increase solar output and will help power the neighboring DSM Nutritional Products facility. A ribbon-cutting ceremony…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced that it has been awarded an ethylene technology contract by Lianyungang Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. CB&I's scope of work includes a process design package, heater engineering and…
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex; Mexico City; www.pemex.com) entered into a partnership with the Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) for the supply of hydrogen gas to the Francisco I. Madero refinery in Ciudad Madero, in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico on a…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) announced that it has started a new operation in Boston, Mass. focused on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and advanced materials. The activities will include biotechnology and material science R&D, business and market development as…
Veolia North America (Boston, Mass.; www.veolianorthamerica.com) announced that it has entered, through its subsidiary Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC, into an agreement to upgrade, operate and maintain the utilities infrastructure at the DuPont Spruance manufacturing facility in Virginia, United States.…
The preliminary value for the February 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value. All four of the subindices (Equipment, Buildings, Construction Labor and Engineering & Supervision) moved higher for February, pushing…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) to execute the engineering and procurement scope for MPC’s South Texas Asset Repositioning (STAR) program at its Galveston Bay refinery in Texas…