LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Chemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP polyethylene process technology. The technology will be used for a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit to be built in the Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP)…
Swedish SSAB, a leading European manufacturer of special steel products, has placed an order with MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) for its latest MAX1 axial compressor technology. “This will very much improve the cold blast supply at…
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total (Paris, France; www.total.com), will invest to expand its Daesan refining & petrochemicals integrated platform. The planned $450-million investment will increase the site’s ethylene capacity by 30% to 1.4 million…
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced today that Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd. (PARCO) will use technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Honeywell Process Solutions to upgrade its Mid-Country Refinery near Multan, Pakistan, enabling it to meet growing domestic demand for cleaner-burning…
EuroChem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland) has selected Veolia Water Technologies’ (Plainfield, Ill.; www.veoliawatertech.com) proven HPD crystallization technology for its VolgaKaliy Mine Expansion project in Russia’s Volgograd region. The mine is scheduled to begin commercial operations in 2018, and the expansion,…
The Indonesian Infrastructure Partnership has awarded Morrison Knudsen (Los Angeles, Calif.; www.morrison-knudsen.com a $1.2 billion contract in Kalimantan, Indonesia. The contract is for the engineering and construction of a new harbor and load out facilities for the country's expanding pulp-and-paper…
Air Liquide Engineering and Construction (www.engineering-airliquide.com) will supply a hydrogen purification PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) unit to one of the largest methanol production facilities to be built by Yuhuang Chemical Inc (YCI) in St. James Parish, La., as per recently signed agreement.…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Marathon) to execute the engineering and procurement scope for a major reconfiguration at Marathon’s Galveston Bay and Texas City, Texas refineries. Fluor will…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) has announced the startup of its electrolyte solution production facilities, which have been built at Nagoya Works to accommodate growing domestic demand for lithium-ion battery-use electrolyte solution. The production capacity for the new plant…
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (Covington, Ky.; www.ashland.com) announced that it has made a binding offer to acquire a composites resin manufacturing facility in Etain, France, from Reichhold Holdings International B.V. The transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is…