S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. (S&B) was awarded an engineering and construction contract with Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to engineer and build the company’s second U.S. world-scale unit to produce on-purpose 1-hexene. The asset’s location…
With Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) having completed key front-end engineering design (FEED) work and cost guidance, Koch Fertilizer is undertaking a $90-million upgrade of its Nebraska nitrogen plant, looking to boost output while improving its reliability and environmental…
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA, LLC (IVXP), a subsidiary of global chemical producer Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand), announced a new PNDA (Purified 2,6-Naphthalene Dicarboxylic Acid) production unit, making IVXP the world’s largest PNDA producer. The unit is located…
Braven Environmental, a pioneering technology provider in the advanced plastics recycling sector, announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to supply its pyrolysis-derived feedstock, Braven PyChem. Braven’s proprietary…
Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) has been selected by Messrs. Enter Engineering Pte. to provide the technology and design of a new 495,000-ton/yr ammonia plant to be set up in Yangiyer, near Samarkand, Sirdarya region, Uzbekistan. Furthermore, Casale will have the…
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall AB have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the HYBRIT initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on…
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced that it is in an exclusive negotiation with Ultrapar Participações S.A. for the possible purchase of the business of Ultrapar’s subsidiary Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio in Brazil. IVL would like to…
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently commenced commissioning of the PENEX isomerisation unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery, in the city of Kstovo. The unit will allow to apply low-temperature isomerisation to light naphtha in order to produce high-octane blending fuel. The…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced an expansion of its coatings manufacturing capacity in Europe for packaging applications. The investments at sites in The Netherlands and Poland will support growing customer demand in the region for the latest generation of coatings for…
Diab Group (Helsingborg, Sweden) has agreed to acquire the ULTEM foam-production line from SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia). Diab will incorporate the ULTEM resin-based foam into its current portfolio under the name Divinycell U. Diab will further the development of ULTEM…