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Adnoc and Reliance partner on world-scale chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and PVC production facility

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced that Reliance Industries Ltd.(Reliance), has signed an agreement to join a new world-scale chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production facility at TA’ZIZ in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. The agreement capitalizes on growing…

AkzoNobel to acquire paints and coatings manufacturer in Colombia

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) will further expand its long-term position in South and Central America after reaching an agreement to acquire Colombia-based paints and coatings company Grupo Orbis. Completion is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected by end of…

KBR awarded FCC technology contract by Raízen Argentina

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Raízen Argentina for modernizing the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit at its Buenos Aires Refinery. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a basic engineering package…

Air Liquide to build €70-million gases plant in Wuhan, China

Air Liquide (Paris) will invest around €70 million to build a state-of-the-art gases plant in Wuhan, Central China, to supply a major memory chipmaker. Air Liquide has been producing ultra-pure industrial gases for this leading Chinese high-tech company for more…

Lonza to expand manufacturing center in Nansha, China

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced new investments in GMP laboratories and mid-scale manufacturing assets at its API manufacturing center in Nansha, China. The investments, totaling over CHF 20 million (around $22 million), will allow Lonza to provide a smoother transition…

Table 1. Typical LFG Composition

LFG components Wet LFG during peak production Flaring/direct-use during peak LFG production Pipeline-grade specifications CH4 ~55 vol% (typical)  ~55 vol% (typical)  96 vol% min. CO2 ~45 vol% (typical)  ~45 vol% (typical)  3 vol% max. Pressure 40-60 inWC vacuum to the…

Técnicas Reunidas awarded $240-million contract from Gazprom Neft

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been awarded by Gazprom Neft a $240 million contract for the development of a modern unit for treating a residual oil at Moscow Refinery. The scope of works which will be implemented during…

Air Liquide completes acquisition of world’s largest oxygen-production site

Air Liquide (Paris) has finalized the acquisition from Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) of 16 Air Separation Units (ASU) located in Secunda, South Africa. Air Liquide will operate this site - the biggest oxygen production site in the world -…

Johnson Matthey and Thomas Swan join forces to optimize battery materials

Johnson Matthey (JM; London) has teamed up with CPI, an independent technology innovation center and Thomas Swan, one of the U.K.’s leading independent chemical manufacturers, to explore how to best optimize battery technology. The ICE-Batt project receives funding support from…

Novozymes announces participation in Copenhagen carbon-capture project

Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) has been included as part of ARC´s EU application to set up a carbon capture facility at the Amager Resource Center (ARC) in Copenhagen. Novozymes’ biosolution for enzymatic carbon capture is to be tested as a…