Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group (Abingdon, U.K.; www.oxfordcatalysts.com) has been selected for use in a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) project under development in the U.K. by the U.S.-based company, Solena Fuels Corp. (Washington, D.C.; www.solenafuels.com). Solena was…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Reliance Industries Ltd. for providing technology for the world’s largest aromatics complex to be built at Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. "Our role as the exclusive licensor for BP's paraxylene technology…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) has been awarded from Statoil (Trondheim, Norway; www.statoil.com) to undertake verification testing for a technology qualification program (TQP) for one of the world's largest carbon-dioxide-capture facilities. The approximately 3,400-ton/d CO2 recovery system…
Linde Engineering, a division of the Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), is set to build a new Alpha-SABLIN plant for the production of linear alpha olefins (LAO) in Nizhnekamsk, Russian Federation, which upon completion will be operated by Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNH),…
Dyadic International, Inc. (Jupiter, Fla.; www.dyadic.com), a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzymes and other proteins for the industrial enzyme, bioenergy, and biopharmaceutical industries, has announced that its research and development center in…
Strong gains in capital spending by U.S. chemical manufacturers are expected during the next several years, according to the Mid-Year 2012 Situation and Outlook report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Capital spending for U.S. chemistry will…
Ineos Technologies (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene G and Innovene S processes for the manufacture of linear low density and high density polyethylene (PE) products to the ZapSibNeftekhim production complex of Sibur in Tobolsk, Russia. The two 400,000…
DeZurik, Inc. (Sartell, Minn.; www.dezurik.com), a global leader in municipal and industrial valves, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Hilton Valve, Inc., a producer of fabricated large-diameter and custom knife-gate valves, effective July 9, 2012. The combining of Hilton…
Wison Engineering Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com ), China’s largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service provider, has been officially awarded an EPC contract by PDVSA Petroleo, S.A. (PDVSA), Venezuela’s state-run oil company, at the Puerto la Cruz…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by ZapSibNeftekhim LLC (an affiliate of JSC Sibur Holding) two front-end engineering and design contracts for plants located in Tobolsk, in the Tyumen Region of Russia. The first contract concerns a linear low/high density…