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LyondellBasell announces HDPE technology license in Dalian

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)…

MAX1 compressor technology for Swedish steelworks

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…

Total-Hanwha JV to expand refining & petrochemicals platform

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 UOP technology selected for refinery in Pakistan

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…

Veolia’s crystallization technology chosen by EuroChem to produce KCl

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,…

Morrison Knudsen awarded $1.2-billion construction and engineering contract

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 to supply hydrogen purification unit for Louisiana methanol plant

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 wins two contracts from Marathon for Texas refineries

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 starts up electrolyte solution production facility

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 to acquire composites plant in France

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…