IRPC Public Co., a company specialized in the production of petrochemical and petroleum-refining products in Thailand, has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to supply technologies for its new Upstream Project for Hygiene and Value Added Product (UHV project). The complex…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Sadara Chemical Co. (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Grupo Mexico have signed a contract for the delivery of process technology to Buenavista del Cobre's new second copper concentrator in Mexico. The contract value booked in the first quarter 2012 order intake is…
Production of major plastic resins in the U.S. was 6.2 billion lb in February, a total that is 11.9% higher than the same month last year, according to an analysis by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed that companies be required to report to the agency all new uses, including domestic or imported products, of five groups of potentially harmful chemicals. The chemicals have been used in consumer products…
On March 13, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) issued a “No Action Assurance (NAA) Letter” to area source facilities required to conduct boiler tune-up by March 21, 2012, under the Area Source Rule. This means…
Lucid Energy (Portland, Ore.; www.lucidenergy.com) today announced the commercial availability of its in-pipe hydropower system, known as the LucidPipe Power System. This renewable energy system enables large users of energy and water — such as municipal water and wastewater, agricultural…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been jointly awarded, with ENPPI — an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum — a contract to build a 460,000 ton/yr ethylene plant and a 20,000 ton/yr butadiene extraction plant…
Industrial biotechnology company Verenium Corp. (San Diego, Calif.; www.verenium.com) today announced it has closed a transaction with DSM Food Specialties B.V., a business group of Royal DSM (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com), in which Verenium has sold to DSM its oilseed…
OPX Biotechnologies Inc. (OPX; Boulder, Colo.; www.opxbio.com) today announced that the company has successfully demonstrated its fermentation process for bio-based acrylic acid at the 3,000-L scale. OPX is working with The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) to bring its…