The chemical industry was one manufacturing sector that reported contraction in July as chemical equities on the S&P 500 slipped by 3.7%, according to data compiled by the American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its most recent Chemical and…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has formed a licensing alliance with ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. (EMRE; www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies) to offer integrated solutions for the production of lubricant oils and high-quality fuels. The agreement between UOP and…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Emirates Aluminium PJSC (EMAL) have agreed to terms for two contracts with a total value of over EUR 100 million. The deal calls for Outotec to deliver aluminum smelter technology to the second phase…
Qingdao Haijing Chemical(Group) Co. has selected Ineos Technologies (www.ineostechnologies.com) vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and suspension polyvinyl chloride (S-PVC) technologies for a project at its new site located at Dongjia-kou Pro Port Industrial Zone, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China.…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by China National Coal Group Corp. to provide ammonia technology, process design package and technical services for two 1,660 metric tons per day ammonia synloop units at China Coal Erdos Energy and Chemical…
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (www.shell.com/globalsolutions) has signed an agreement with the South Refineries Company of Iraq, for the provision of technology licenses to a refinery in Basrah, Southern Iraq. Shell Global Solutions will provide a license for a sulfur…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that it has been selected by Zhejiang Julong Petrochemical Co. (ZJLPC) to provide key technology for a new unit to produce propylene at its facility in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province,…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Purac (www.purac.com), a subsidiary of CSM N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.csmglobal.com), today announce the start of negotiations to form a joint venture (JV) for the production of bio-based succinic acid. The companies have been…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will consolidate the production of polyacrylamide (PAM) beads into its Bradford, U.K. facility, where the company operates a backward-integrated production plant with worldwide supply capability. Significant investment will be made to increase and upgrade the…
The technology company The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been commissioned to build and operate two large air-separation units (ASUs) to supply gases on site to the Chinese company Yantai Wanhua in Shandong (East China). The contract for the…