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Yara to sell Brazil phosphate project to EuroChem for $410 million

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Eurochem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland) to sell its Salitre phosphate mining project for a cash consideration of $410 million. Yara’s ongoing transformation has a strategic focus on food…

KBR and Petron Scientech to license production technologies for renewable chemicals

KBR, Inc. (Houston) and Petron Scientech Inc. (PSI) announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to license differentiated, energy-efficient, and sustainable technologies for renewable chemicals production. Under this agreement, KBR will be the exclusive licensor for PSI's Ethylene Oxide…

McDermott receives mechanical-completion certificate for work on GCGV mono-ethylene glycol facility

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) and CTCI announced that their joint venture has received the mechanical completion certificate for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures' (GCGV) Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) facility located in Gregory, Texas. "Congratulations to the joint venture project teams of McDermott…

PPG completes $15-million expansion at California manufacturing facility

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the completion of a $15-million investment at its Sylmar, California manufacturing facility to expand the development and production of aircraft transparency technologies for military aviation programs, including canopy transparencies for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets. As…

Honeywell UOP awarded propylene technology contract from Sibur subsidiary

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced OOO ZapSibNeftekhim, a subsidiary of PJSC Sibur Holding, will revamp one of its facilities in western Siberia that uses Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex technology to increase propylene production. The revamp will enable the Russian…

Evonik acquires Germany-based biotech company JeNaCell

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has acquired German biotech company JeNaCell. The acquisition expands Evonik’s biomaterials portfolio to provide biotechnologically derived cellulose. The nature-identical material developed by JeNaCell is used in medical technology and dermatology for the treatment of wounds…

Lummus Novolen Technology and Chevron Lummus Global announce multiple technology awards in China

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) announced multiple technology contracts from North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for a grassroots refinery and petrochemical complex in Liaoning Province, China. The complex will include one of the largest vacuum…

ALPLA acquires packaging manufacturer in South Africa

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) has acquired South African packaging manufacturer Verigreen Packaging, which is based in Durban. The company specializes in bottles and canisters for lubricants. such as engine oils.  “This acquisition is the perfect fit for our strategy,” explains…

BP enters partnership with Center for Hydrogen Safety

The Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS) — a technical community within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a global organization leading the safe advancement of hydrogen as the next-generation fuel — has announced a partnership with energy giant…

Phillips 66 to provide hydrogen-containing fuel gas to Linden Cogen

Linden Cogeneration (Linden, N.J.) and Phillips 66 (Houston) have reached an agreement for Linden Cogen to take hydrogen-containing fuel gas produced at the Bayway Refinery, and blend it with natural gas used to fuel the 172MW F-class Linden Cogen unit…