Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com), a global technology and engineering company, has helped design, equip and provide training tools for San Jacinto College’s new Center for Petrochemical, Energy and Technology (CPET), designed to empower students of all levels with…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for July 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value. The decline is the fifth within the last six months. Decreases in the Equipment and Buildings subindices…
Materials manufacturer Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) has signed an agreement with Serafin Group (Augsburg, Germany; www.serafin-gruppe.de) for the sale of Covestro’s European polycarbonate sheets business, which comprises manufacturing units in Belgium and Italy, central management operations and sales support in…
Graham Corp. (Batavia, N.Y.; www.graham-mfg.com), a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and defense industries, yesterday announced that it secured $19 million in orders for three international projects in its crude oil…
Albemarle (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) Fine Chemistry Services (FCS; www.albcustom.com), a leading U.S. domestic supplier of regulatory starting materials (RSMs), intermediates, and high-value active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the expansion of its operations at its…
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) C3 Oleflex technology to produce 565,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene for a proposed plant in Arzew, Algeria. In addition to…
According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell by 0.9 percent in July following revised declines of 0.8 percent in June and 0.6 percent in May. During July, chemical…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) laboratory in Houston, Tex. The location is key as the new facility will be the first of its kind supporting the oil & gas industry, offering new and…
September 2019 Booklist: The following recently published titles may be relevant to various sectors of the chemical process industries (CPI) Clean Ironmaking and Steelmaking Processes: Efficient Technologies for Greenhouse Emissions Abatement. By Pascuale Cavaliere, Springer International Publishing, 2019, 596 pages,…
The threat of water scarcity may not be a top concern for those who have readily available freshwater to meet their daily needs. But for about two billion people who currently live in areas experiencing high water stress and the…