Latest News: Business
Chevron: Lubricants plant in Pascagoula, Miss.
Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.; www.chevron.com) has announced that Chevron Lubricants will commence construction of a lubricants manufacturing facility at the company's Pascagoula refinery. The $1.4-billion Pascagoula Base Oil Project (PBOP) is projected to generate approximately 1,000 jobs over the…
Economist survey indicates positive shift for U.S. in 2011, ACC report says
A monthly survey of economic professionals conducted by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) indicates prospects for the U.S. economy for 2011 “have changed for the better,” according to the ACC’s latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report.…
Metrohm and Applikon unite laboratory and process analytics
Metrohm (Riverview, Fla.; www.metrohmusa.com) and Applikon, a producer of process analyzers, have joined forces. This Metrohm-Applikon alliance (www.metrohmusa.com/applikon) unites process technology with the precision of laboratory instrumentation to offer systems for modern process plants. At-line and online analyzers feature automated…
CSB emphasizes need to follow ASME codes and emergency drills in study on fatal 2008 accident
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has released a case study on the 2008 heat-exchanger rupture and ammonia release at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Houston that identifies gaps in facility emergency response training and calls for…
Linde partnership with Pulsair focused on liquid-circulation solutions
The Linde AG Gases Division (Pullach, Germany; www.linde-gas.com) today announced a partnership with Pulsair Systems (Bellevue, Wash.; www.pulsair.com) that is aimed at delivering liquid mixing and blending solutions to the chemical process industries. The two companies are targeting markets…
Mustang establishes Malaysian JV company
Mustang Engineering L-P- (Houston; www.mustangeng.com), a Wood Group Company, and Sime Darby’s Energy & Utilities Division have entered into a joint venture (JV) to form a new company called Mustang Sime Darby. The new company will provide project management, design and…
KBR wins analine contract in China
The Technology business unit of KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group, Co. (Tianji) to provide licensing and related engineering services for a grassroots aniline plant to be located in Lucheng, Shanxi,…
Metso: Biomass boiler plant to Porvoon Energia
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will supply Porvoon Energia with a biomass boiler plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the township of Tolkkinen, Finland. The boiler plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture MW Power…
AkzoNobel installs energy efficient steam pipeline
A new steam pipeline installed as part of a joint project between AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and Dutch waste-processing company Twence B.V. (Hengelo; www.twence.nl) is expected to deliver annual energy savings for the salt production equivalent to providing gas…
Lummus lands contract in China
CB&I (Houston; www.cbi.com) announced today that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation (FCFC) for the license and engineering design of a grassroots cumene and phenol plant to be built in Ningbo, China. This…