INEOS (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) announced that INEOS Phenol is taking the next step to build a world-scale cumene unit in Germany to be completed in 2020. The company has confirmed that it has started a Front End Engineering Design study…
Honeywell announced that Sonatrach, Algeria’s largest company, will use technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) to expand the Skikda Refinery on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Algeria. The new technologies will enable Sonatrach to meet growing domestic demand…
GTC Technology (Houston; www.gtctech.com) is licensing its GT-BTX process for a new aromatics recovery unit for PT Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP2; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com), a fully owned subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. The unit is part of Chandra…
nVent Electric plc (London, U.K.; www.nvent.com) announced the completion of its separation from Pentair plc and its launch as an independent, publicly traded company. nVent began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2018, under the symbol…
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (FCP; Livingston, N.J.; www.fcpusa.com) is announcing the process technologies being used for the polyethylene and polypropylene production expansions in Point Comfort, Texas. The new tubular low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant’s technology has been licensed from ExxonMobil Catalysts…
Showa Denko (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has completed expansion of its capacity to produce n-propyl acetate (NPAC), which is used in solvents for ink for special gravure printing. NPAC is a solvent mainly used for ink for special gravure printing on…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyodacorp.com) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Ltd. (ADNOC LNG) to provide state-of-the-art digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, on ADNOC LNG’s facilities. The MOU…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd (KRIBHCO) for a revamp of its ammonia plant at Hazira, India. Under the terms of this contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and…
Effective as of the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2018, Dr. Martin Brudermüller will become the new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com). At the Annual Meeting, Dr. Kurt Bock, the previous…
Invista’s (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co.,Ltd. (Hengli) have reached an agreement to license Invista’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process technology for Hengli’s fourth PTA line. Hengli’s first three…