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Enterprise products to expand ATEX ethane pipeline
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston; www.enterpriseproducts.com) announced it will proceed with an expansion of its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX) ethane pipeline, based on customer commitments received during a recent 30-day binding open season. The 1,200-mile ATEX pipeline transports ethane from the Marcellus/Utica…
Braskem announces progress on construction of Delta polypropylene plant
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) reported continued momentum in the construction of the Company's new Delta polypropylene (PP) production line located in LaPorte, Texas. With $525 million invested to date and mechanical construction now 75% complete Braskem's Delta remains on…
MEGlobal’s U.S. Gulf Coast production plant officially starts up
The EQUATE Group (Al Ahmadi, Kuwait; www.equate.com) has announced the official start-up of the MEGlobal (www.meglobal.biz) Oyster Creek Site’s commercial production of fiber-grade, on-spec monoethylene glycol. The plant has a nameplate capacity of 750,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of…
Arkema to divest Functional Polyolefins business to SK Global Chemical
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announced the proposed divestment of its Functional Polyolefins business to SK Global Chemical (Seoul, South Korea; eng.skglobalchemical.com), a subsidiary of SK, the major South Korean corporation. With this project, Arkema continues its shift towards specialty chemicals…
Digital twin for cross-disciplinary integration
Aucotec AG's (Hanover, Germany; www.aucotec.com) Engineering Base (EB) platform will ensure the consistency of the plant and the digital image at Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) in the future. The leading manufacturer of oxo chemicals has decided to…
Toray to provide RO systems for major desalination project in Saudi Arabia
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) announced that it has received orders for ROMEMBRA reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for the Shoaibah 3 Extension 2 and Shoaibah 4 Desalination Plants in Saudi Arabia, which will make the site the nation’s largest…
Shell and AMG form JV for catalyst recycling
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.amg-nv.com) and Shell Catalysts & Technologies (www.shell.us) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture (JV) which will be called Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. The joint venture will provide a…
Hot Metal Desulfurization and dedusting system from Primetals Technologies commissioned at ArcelorMittal Monlevade
Recently, at the production site of Brazilian steel producer ArcelorMittal Monlevade a 130-ton-hot-metal desulfurization station (DeS) and a new dedusting system supplied by Primetals Technologies Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com) commenced operation. The desulfurization station represents the first installation of Primetals…
Clariant and Wuxi Xiyuan collaborate on new offgas treatment technology for formaldehyde producers
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced that its Catalysts business unit has intensified its collaboration with Wuxi Xiyuan to support China’s formaldehyde producers with innovative, sustainable offgas treatment. The advanced emission control solution combines a new technology from Wuxi Xiyuan…
Arlanxeo invests in expansions for CR and NBR products
Arlanxeo Holding B.V. (Maastricht, the Netherlands; www.arlanxeo.com) is strengthening its market position by investing in its high-performance elastomer products CR (chloroprene rubber) and NBR (nitrile butadiene rubber), laying the foundation for the further increase of production capacity in order to…