KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Raízen Argentina for modernizing the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit at its Buenos Aires Refinery. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a basic engineering package…
Air Liquide (Paris) will invest around €70 million to build a state-of-the-art gases plant in Wuhan, Central China, to supply a major memory chipmaker. Air Liquide has been producing ultra-pure industrial gases for this leading Chinese high-tech company for more…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced new investments in GMP laboratories and mid-scale manufacturing assets at its API manufacturing center in Nansha, China. The investments, totaling over CHF 20 million (around $22 million), will allow Lonza to provide a smoother transition…
Baker Hughes (Houston), an energy technology company, has announced an investment in Electrochaea, a growth-stage company developing novel proprietary bio-methanation technology. Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader carbon capture and utilization (CCU) portfolio and provide an integrated…
Primetals Technologies Ltd. (London, U.K.) has announced that its the Hydrogen-based fine-ore reduction (HYFOR) pilot plant developed was commissioned at the voestalpine site in Donawitz, Austria. First tests were successful. Testing with various iron ore concentrates will continue to collect…
The German investor and project developer SVEVIND Energy GmbH and Kazakh Invest National Company JSC have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding SVEVIND’s plan to develop and realize mega-sized facilities for producing green hydrogen by utilizing wind and solar power…
Vodafone España, S.A.U., in collaboration with Capgemini, has developed two use cases for the Pilot 5G Andalucía project, which will being carried out at Cepsa’s (Madrid, Spain) La Rábida refinery in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva). These projects will show…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI), rose 4.6% in May following a 1.2% decline in April and a 3.4% drop in March, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). During May, chemical output rose in…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been awarded by Gazprom Neft a $240 million contract for the development of a modern unit for treating a residual oil at Moscow Refinery. The scope of works which will be implemented during…
Air Liquide (Paris) has finalized the acquisition from Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) of 16 Air Separation Units (ASU) located in Secunda, South Africa. Air Liquide will operate this site - the biggest oxygen production site in the world -…