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Praxair starts up new ASU in India
Praxair India Private Ltd. (Bangalore), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), announced the start-up of its third production facility to supply Usha Martin Ltd., India’s leading wire and wire-rope manufacturer. The plant will supply gaseous oxygen and nitrogen…
KBR awarded Veba Combi Cracker license and engineering services contract in Cambodia
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Cambodian Petrochemical Co. (CPC) to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) unit to be implemented in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone of Cambodia. Tianjin Petrochemical Engineering…
KBR wins ammonia-plant-revamp project in Hungary
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract to provide a license and basic-engineering-design package as part of the Ammonia Plant Revamp for capacity increase at reduced energy consumption by Nitrogenmuvek in the city of Petfurdo, Hungary. KBR will increase…
Praxair China signs contract with Jinlong Copper
Praxair China Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a new contract to expand supply with its existing customer, Jinlong Copper Co. (www.jinlongcopper.com), the largest copper-smelting joint venture (JV) in China, located in Tongling, Anhui in Eastern China. Praxair China will invest to…
SNC-Lavalin awarded EPCM contract for Élénore gold project in Canada
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Opinaca Mines Ltd., a company owned by Goldcorp Inc., to provide project management, detailed engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Éléonore gold project in northeastern…
KBR selected by CRI Catalyst to develop engineering packages for IH2 process
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it was selected by CRI Catalyst Co. (CRI; Houston; www.cricatalyst.com) as the preferred engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner supporting licensed design of IH2 technology commercial scale facilities, having greater than 330-tons/d dry biomass feed rates.…
JGC-led JV awarded contract for petroleum refinery and petrochemical complex in Vietnam
A joint venture (JV) consisting of JGC Corp. (www.jgc.co.jp), with Chiyoda Corp. (Chiyoda Corp. (both Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en), Technip (Paris France; www.technip.com), GS Engineering & Construction (www.gsconst.co.kr) and SK Engineering & Construction (both Seoul, South Korea: www.skec.com), has received notification…
Jacobs wins another contract from Reliance Industries
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today it has been selected by Reliance Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India; www.ril.com) to provide engineering and procurement assistance services for the construction of offsites and utilities facilities for a cracker complex at…
Oxea to increase production capacities in Texas, with optimized processes
The chemical company Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has developed several innovative continuous processes to expand its production at its site in Bishop, Texas, USA. The optimizations will add significant further volume, beyond the already announced capacity increases for potassium…
Evonik expands its market position for C4-based products
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is further expanding its market lead in C4-based products and investing in the expansion of its production facilities. The Group’s 1-butene capacity in Marl (Germany) Chemical Park will be expanded by 75,000 tons, making…