The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.com), and its project partner Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain; www.cepsa.com), have announced the awarding of the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain; www.tecnicasreunidas.es)…
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara; www.sadara.com), a Joint Venture developed by Saudi Aramco & The Dow Chemical Company, and Veolia Middle East SAS have inked an agreement for the construction and operation of a sustainable industrial waste-to-energy facility in PlasChem Park,…
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will use the dual-pressure ammonia process developed by thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Milton Keynes, U.K.; www.thyssenkrupp-materials.co.uk) in the new “Phosphate 3” ammonia plant at its fertilizer complex. As a subcontractor of the South Korean…
Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Ma.; www.raytheon.com), through its subsidiary Raytheon Saudi Arabia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture company that will develop and provide best-in-class cybersecurity services in Saudi Arabia…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Whitford Worldwide Company, a global manufacturer that specializes in low-friction and nonstick coatings for industrial applications and consumer products. The transaction is expected to…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has fully commissioned its first PurifierPlus ammonia process based greenfield plant at PT Panca Amara Utama (PAU) in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The total installed cost of the PurifierPlus technology is typically 10-15% less than…
MISTRAS Group, Inc. (Princeton Junction, N.J.; www.mistrasgroup.com) announced that it has acquired 100% of the stock of Onstream Pipeline Inspection Services, Inc.(Alberta, Canada), a leading North American provider of proprietary technology enabling pipeline inspection and data analytics services. The preliminary…
Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.com) has launched the construction of a maleic anhydride (MAN) production facility at Sibur’s Tobolsk production facility. Maleic anhydride is used in the construction, agriculture, automotive, paint and varnish, furniture, pharmaceutical and other industries. It serves as feedstock…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has for the first time manufactured products based on chemically recycled plastic waste — a breakthrough in its ChemCycling project. Chemical recycling provides an innovative way to reutilize plastic waste that is currently not recycled,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced plans to build, own and operate a new air separation unit (ASU) in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The new large-scale facility, scheduled to be onstream in early-to-mid-2020, will provide reliable liquid…