The CL 10HY-V2 density cell and Series 2000 density digital converter (photo, p. 37) can be used to measure the density of ammonium hydroxide, caustic soda, ethylene glycol, methanol, nitric acid, oleum, phosphoric acid, sodium chloride and sodium hydroxide. The…
The Rosemount CX1100 in-situ oxygen analyzer (photo) is said to be the first high-performance, zirconia-cell-based combustion-control system designed to improve energy efficiency and meet environmental regulatory requirements for small and midsize boilers. It features the same sensor reliability found in…
The new 1209 pressure gage (photo) is equipped with a 316L stainless-steel solid front case and ring, along with a pressure-relief back cover to ensure that the process fluid will be directed away from the operator in the event of…
This company’s Sanipacking fills (photo) prevent the growth of bacteria and reduce the risk of Legionella bacteria in wet cooling towers with open circuits. Sanipacking fills also prevent colonization of the fill surface by the microbe Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the species…
Italmatch Chemicals Group (Genova, Italy; www.italmatch.com) entered into an agreement to quire the metalworking fluid business (formally known at Polartech) from Afton Chemical (Richmond, Va.; www.aftonchemical.com). In particular, the deal includes the acquisition of the entire business and assets relating…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) received a contract from ENCINA Chemicals, LLC (Coral Gables, Fla.; www.encina.com) to provide operations readiness (OR) support services for its new benzene toluene xylene (BTX) processing plant in Gillette, Wyoming. As part of…
Badger Licensing LLC (Boston; Mass.; www.badgerlicensing.com) announced that Fujian Gulei Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (GLPC) has selected Badger’s proprietary technologies for a 600,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) grassroots ethylbenzene / styrene monomer (EB/SM) plant being built in Gulei Economic Development…
In a second significant step toward the implementation of Saudi Aramco (Dhahran; www.saudiaramco.com) and SABIC’s (www.sabic.com) fully-integrated crude oil-to-chemicals (COTC) complex in Saudi Arabia, the two partners have awarded a contract to KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) for the COTC project management…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has just successfully brought on stream new Kynar PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride or polyvinylidene difluoride) capacities in its Calvert City plant in the United States. With this 20% increase in its U.S. production capacities, Arkema will further…
Hyundai Engineering Co. (HEC; Seoul, South Korea; www.eng.hec.co.kr) won a 290 billion won ($273.2 million) refinery project from a major Thai energy company, the latest in a string of deals it has struck in the region. Last week, HEC signed…