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Spotlight on Petroleum Refining in India

The petroleum refining sector in India plays a vital role in the country’s industrial development and provides a major source to meet India’s energy requirements. Today, the refining sector satisfies about 30% of the total energy demand of India […

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BASF to build new plant for high-performance polyamide, and more business news

Plant Watch Chevron Phillips receives key permits for large Gulf Coast project August 14, 2013 — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (The Woodlands, Tex; www.cpchem.com) has received key permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Environmental…

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Outotec to supply technology for upgrading Cu smelter in Utah  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will supply the latest flash-smelting technology improvements to the upgrade of Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah copper smelter in the U.S. The contract value is approximately €14 million and will be booked in Outotec's third quarter…

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JGC joins power-and-steam supply business in Saudi Arabia  

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, together with Marubeni Corp. and Aljomaih Holding Co., (Aljomaih; Dammam, Saudi Arabia), it has signed a contract to provide electric power and steam to three oil-and-gas complexes owned by the Saudi state-owned…

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Costello and Zeton sign MoU for modular construction  

R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. (Redondo Beach, Calif.; www.rccostello.com) and Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ontario, Canada; www.zeton.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide a customized “end-to-end” solution from feasibility studies, process simulation, front-end engineering through detailed design, procurement,…

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Jacobs receives contract from CMPC for chlorine-dioxide plant in Brazil  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose Riograndense Ltda. for the design and supply of an integrated chlorine-dioxide plant for its pulp expansion project in Guaiba, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil. Officials…

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Outotec wins orders from ETI Alüminyum in Turkey  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received orders from ETI Alüminyum A.S. a division of Turkish CENGIZ Holding, to deliver green anode plant and rodding shop technology worth approximately €15 million. The order has been booked in Outotec's third quarter…

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Azomures selects Stamicarbon technology for urea-plant revamp  

Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has signed a contract with Chemoprojekt, Czech Republic, covering the license and process design package (PDP) for a revamp of the existing…

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Linde to build world’s largest CO2 purification and liquefaction plant  

The technology company —The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction plant for Jubail United Petrochemical Co. (UNITED), a manufacturing affiliate of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corp.).…

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Clariant and Lummus Novolen Technology to develop, commercialize new polypropylene catalysts  

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that its Business Unit Catalysts has signed long-term cooperation agreements with CB&I’s Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH business unit. The two companies will combine and ramp up R&D efforts to develop improved polypropylene catalyst and…