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CB&I: Contract for sulfuric-acid-akylation unit in China
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced today that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Haiyue New Material Co. Limited for the license and engineering design of a grassroots sulfuric-acid-alkylation unit to be built near Ningbo City, Zhejiang…
CB&I awarded technology contracts in the Philippines
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded contracts by Petron to supply sulfur recovery, tail gas treating and hydrogen plant technologies for the Bataan Refinery upgrading project (RMP-2) in the Philippines. CB&I’s combined contracts, which are third quarter awards,…
GE and Penrice consortium plans to build brine pilot plant with coal-seam gas producer
A consortium of GE (Fairfield, Conn.; www.ge.com) and Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd. (Osborne, South Australia; www.penrice.com.au) today announced an agreement with Australian coal-seam gas producer QGC Pty. Limited to design, build and operate a brine pilot plant at Penrice's chemical…
U.S. Federal Reserve districts report modest economic growth; evidence for recession absent, ACC report says
Reports on regional economic conditions submitted to the U.S. Federal Reserve by district banks indicate that overall economic activity continued to expand last month, albeit at a slow pace, according to the most recent Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from…
New Topsøe methanol plant started up in Russia
On October 20, the official ceremony of commissioning of the new 1,350 metric tons per day. Topsøe methanol plant took place in OAO ShchekinoAzot, Russia. The contract for engineering and supply between Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and OAO…
Wacker and Dow Corning open expanded pyrogenic-silica plant in China
Today, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) and Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) officially inaugurated the completed second phase of their joint pyrogenic silica plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The pyrogenic silica plant, together with a siloxane plant,…
Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia to develop bio-butanol market in Latin America
Cobalt Technologies (Mountain View, Calif.; www.cobalttech.com) and Rhodia (Paris, France; www.rhodia.com) today announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding setting the basis for a strategic alliance to develop bio-based n-butanol refineries throughout Latin America. Under the terms of the…
Siemens builds a new automation-engineering factory in China
The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg, Germany; www.siemens.com) is further expanding its position in the Asian growth market: In a new factory to be built in Chengdu in the Chinese province of Sichuan, Siemens will develop and manufacture high-end Simatic…
Air Liquide: Two new ASUs for Korean steelmaker
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a contract with Posco E&C, the Engineering and Construction division of Posco, to design and build two very large air separation units (ASUs), each of which will have an oxygen production capacity of…
UOP: Propylene and isobutane production technology for Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill: www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected by Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. to provide technology to produce key petrochemicals to meet growing demand in China. Yantai Wanhua will use UOP’s process technology, catalysts and adsorbents…