Plant Watch Oxea Increases Alcohol Capacity in North America January 24, 2008 — Oxea is expanding its oxo alcohols capacity at its production site in Bay City, Texas. The production capacity for propionaldehyde and n-propanol will be increased 10% by…
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PetroChina Petrochemical Co. has selected Dow’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) UNIPOL polypropylene (PP) process technology for its new 300,000-m.t./yr PP facility, and Aker Kvaerner (Oslo, Norway; www.akerkvaerner.com) will provide the extended process design package and technical advisory services. The plant…
On the international chemicals markets, hazardous chemistry and custom synthesis for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and their precursors represent an attractive combination. Besides the additional capacities, however, customers are also calling for an increasing flexibility regarding the dimensioning…
Siemens has received a 5.5 million euros award to provide a wastewater-treatment system and associated piping, instrumentation and engineering to the Inegol Industrial Zone in Inegol, Turkey. The system will increase the capacity of Inegol’s wastewater-treatment plant, while lowering costs.…
As of February 1, the Swiss firms Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur; www.sulzerchemtech.com) and Kühni AG (Allschwil; www.kuhni.ch) will work closely together in the field of extraction. The goal of this co-operation is to develop comprehensive solutions for the complex task…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a contract with BASF (www.basf.com) to construct a large hydrogen plant for their facility in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Linde will be handling the basic and detail engineering and materials procurement…
DuPont completed its purchase of Chemtura Corp.’s fluorine chemicals business. The move is part of DuPont’s strategy to expand its fluorochemicals business offerings; enhance its presence in specialty businesses such as the fire extinguishants, pharmaceutical propellants and fluoro-intermediate markets; and…
Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd., (Athens, Greece; www.hyperionsystems.gr) has been awarded the supply and implementation of an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the methanol plant of JSC Metafrax, at Gubakha, Russia. Hyperion’s turn-key responsibilities on the project will include: • Development…
According to statements made earlier today by Honeywell Company UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), Viva Methanol Ltd., a Nigerian subsidiary of Eurochem Corp. Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; www.eurochem-corp.com), has selected the UOP/Hydro MTO and Total Petrochemicals/UOP Olefin Cracking process technologies…