For its substantial polyethylene expansion project in Beaumont, Texas, Exxon Mobil Corp. (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has awarded service contracts to Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) ExxonMobil Chemical awarded a $40-million contract to…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company and a world leader in the manufacture and supply of merchant monoethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, to provide engineering, procurement…
Exxon Mobil Corp. (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced plans to add a new production unit at its Beaumont, Tex. polyethylene plant that will increase capacity by 65% — or approximately 650,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) — to meet growing demand…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that its subsidiary, Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC, a leading provider of engineering, construction and reliability-driven maintenance solutions, has acquired the MEI Group, LLC (MEI), a full-service turnaround specialist for industrial facilities. Headquartered in…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) announced that the construction of its demo plant, which began in mid-2015, is now completed. Global Bioenergies’ demo plant is the only facility in the world dedicated to the direct fermentation of gaseous hydrocarbons. It…
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced the completion of construction of its electrolyte solution production facilities, at the Nagoya Works facility to accommodate growing domestic demand for lithium-ion battery-use electrolyte solution. The production capacity for the new plant is…
GE Digital (www.ge.com/digital) announced it has acquired ServiceMax, a leader in cloud-based field-service management (FSM) solutions, for $915 million. The acquisition provides GE Digital with enhanced capabilities to advance its Industrial Internet vision, enabling customers to immediately gain more value…
Omega Engineering Inc. (Norwalk, Conn.; www.omega.com) has announced the appointment of Joe Vorih as president. Vorih's priority will be to transform OMEGA from a direct provider of process sensors into a web-based global partner for complete process measurement and control solutions,…
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB; Göttingen, Germany; www.sartorius-stedim.com), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, opened a new bioanalytical and biosafety testing laboratory yesterday in the major biotech hub of Boston, Mass. This dedicated bioanalytical laboratory is designed to accommodate…
Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) has appointed Jan Dell as vice president of clean energy. Based in Houston and leading a team of 350 people globally, Jan will build on Wood Group’s existing renewables technical services, consulting and advisory capabilities.…