KBR, Inc. (Houstson; www.kbr.com) announced today it has been awarded a license and basic engineering design contract by a confidential client for a grassroots Distill-Max Stabilizer Column at Shandong Province in China. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will…
The Hungarian subsidiary of Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has finalized the purchase of Air Liquide Hungary Ipari Gáztermelő Kft. with the approval of the competition authority. Messer Hungarogáz Kft. will thus take over some 50 employees, as well…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) has made a strategic investment in Oxford Performance Materials (OPM). OPM produces thermoplastic, carbon-fiber-reinforced 3D printed parts for commercial aerospace and space and defense applications. Hexcel Chairman, CEO and President Nick Stanage said, “Aerospace adoption…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) has signed a Project Development Agreement (PDA) with Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. (SNCG), a subsidiary of Shenhua Group Corp., effective May 30, 2016. The PDA relates to the two parties’ potential joint development…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded the basic engineering and engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) contract by Evonik Methionine SEA Pte. Ltd for its second methionine plant complex in Singapore. Amec Foster Wheeler’s role has begun with…
Lukoil (Moscow; www.lukoil.com) has fully commissioned the Oil Deep Conversion Complex in Volgograd as part of a vacuum gasoil (VGO) hydrocracking facility at the company’s wholly owned oil refinery OOO Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka. The capacity of the site, said to be Russia’s…
The consortium formed by Sener (Madrid, Spain: www.sener-group.com) and Acciona (www.acciona.com) has started the turnkey construction of the Kathu Solar Park Complex, after signing the contract with the consortium that owns the project, led by Engie, for more than 500…
Technip (PAris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by CTCI Corp. (Taiwan) to provide basic engineering and proprietary equipment for a grassroots ethylene cracking furnace at the Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.’s petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The furnace design…
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE; New York; www.aiche.org) has established a new professional designation for engineers and practitioners working in the chemicals, petrochemicals and affiliated industries. Becoming a CCPS Certified…
The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that the second quarter started on a soft note, with the headline index falling 0.2 percent on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis in…