Alstom (www.power.alstom.com) has signed a letter of intent with Saudi Arabian utility, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), for a €1-billion turnkey contract to build a new 1,200 MW steam power plant in Saudi Arabia. This new plant will be constructed adjacent…
ConocoPhillips (Houston, Tex.; www.conocophillips.com) has signed a $5-million, multi-year sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2; Boulder; www.colorado.edu/che/c2b2), a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory (www.coloradocollaboratory.org), to develop new ways to convert biomass…
A revamped website from Continental Disc Corp. (Liberty, MO) features easy-to-use navigation and simple rupture-disc pressure-protection information in a new look that is clean and polished. Improved features include the Representative Locator function to help viewers find local pressure management…
In Rotterdam, Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has just won a long-term contract to supply hydrogen to Neste Oil’s Renewable Diesel plant. To meet the industrial gas requirements of Neste Oil, Air Liquide is investing in a new world-scale hydrogen…
Biazzi SA (Montreaux, Switzerland; www.biazzi.com) has just received an order for a large hydrogenation unit from Belgian Oleon N.V., one of the three majors on the European oleochemical scene. After successful tests in the Biazzi laboratories on specific raw materials,…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.alstom.comwww.alstom.com) and Reliant Energy, Inc. have announced the contract signing for the purchase of Alstom’s advanced mercury removal system, Mer-Cure. The deal follows the successful launch of Alstom’s Mer-Cure product line in 2007, marking Alstom’s entry into…
In an announcement made today, Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) reported that its Madrid-based subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A.U., has been awarded a contract to provide the basic design and estimating services for the expansion of a delayed coker…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced today that it has formed an alliance with Rentech, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.; www.rentechinc.com) to jointly offer technology for the production of clean fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals. The non-exclusive agreement between UOP…
Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd. (www.siltronic-samsung-wafer.com), a joint venture (JV) of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (www.samsung.com) and Siltronic AG (www.siltronic.com), today commissioned a new fab in Singapore for the production of 300 mm wafers. After only 18 months of construction,…
The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels, Belgium; www.efcg.cefic.org) has launched its new “Voluntary Guidelines for ISO-regulated Fine Chemical Manufacturers.” The Voluntary Guidelines were originally developed by the Agrochemical Intermediates’ Manufacturers in Europe (AIME) — a sub-section of EFCG —…