Cemvita Factory Inc. (Houston; www.cemvitafactory.com) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Houston; www.oxy.com), announced that they have reached an investment agreement. OLCV’s investment will advance the development of new bio-engineered pathways that use…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) has signed an agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) for licensing its propylene oxide (PO) production technology in connection with the petrochemical project which BPCL is conducting. BPCL is one…
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Richmond, Calif.; www.chevron.com) and McDermott, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced its selection by Compañía Española de Petróleos (CEPSA) to provide licensed technology for its Algeciras Refinery in Spain. CLG…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for June 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value. The decline is the fourth within the last five months. Decreases in the Equipment, Buildings and Engineering…
Sibur's (Moscow; www.sibur.com) Blagoveshchensk site has held a ceremony to celebrate the completed reconstruction of the terephthalic acid production facility, the only one currently in Russia. The attendees included Pavel Sorokin, Deputy Minister of Energy, Radiy Khabirov, Acting Head of the…
Honeywell says that Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is using Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polymer-grade propylene for a new petrochemicals complex in China. This is the second C3 Oleflex unit…
Today, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced the successful startup of its Catofin catalyst at Hengli Group’s new mixed-feed dehydrogenation plant in Dalian, China. The new unit combines propane dehydrogenation (PDH) with iso-butane dehydrogenation (BDH) process technologies, and it will produce…
ANDRITZ approached the solution to the common problem of feeding system blockage in industrial plastics recycling, by developing a new screw conveyor for the CENSOR decanter centrifuge, which prevents clogging more efficiently. Results show, that this solution can increase production…
DOMO Chemicals (Ghent, Belgium; www.domochemicals.com) and Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) have signed today an agreement for DOMO to acquire Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High-Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and…
The market for refined sodium bicarbonate, soda ash and similar products is steadily expanding, forcing many producers to increase throughput and purity at the same time. This is exactly the type of challenge the ANDRITZ specialists have the expertise to…