BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec; Beijing) have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China. Under the terms…
Praxair India Pvt- Ltd. (Bangalore), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a long-term contract with its existing customer, JSW Steel Ltd. (www.jsw.in), part of the O.P. Jindal Group. Praxair will expand the supply of gaseous oxygen,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik) and the government of the Russian Rostov Region used the opportunity of a reception at the Russian embassy in Berlin and the annual International Green Week to reaffirm their cooperation. A corresponding memorandum of…
Engineering and services group Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany; www.bilfinger.com) has signed an agreement to acquire filtration specialists Johnson Screens (www.johnsonscreens.com). Combining these activities with activities that already exist in the group leads to the creation of a leading global supplier…
Praxair India Private Ltd. (Bangalore), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), announced the start-up of its third production facility to supply Usha Martin Ltd., India’s leading wire and wire-rope manufacturer. The plant will supply gaseous oxygen and nitrogen…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Cambodian Petrochemical Co. (CPC) to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) unit to be implemented in the Kampong Som Petrochemical Industrial Zone of Cambodia. Tianjin Petrochemical Engineering…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it was selected by CRI Catalyst Co. (CRI; Houston; www.cricatalyst.com) as the preferred engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner supporting licensed design of IH2 technology commercial scale facilities, having greater than 330-tons/d dry biomass feed rates.…
A joint venture (JV) consisting of JGC Corp. (www.jgc.co.jp), with Chiyoda Corp. (Chiyoda Corp. (both Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en), Technip (Paris France; www.technip.com), GS Engineering & Construction (www.gsconst.co.kr) and SK Engineering & Construction (both Seoul, South Korea: www.skec.com), has received notification…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract to provide a license and basic-engineering-design package as part of the Ammonia Plant Revamp for capacity increase at reduced energy consumption by Nitrogenmuvek in the city of Petfurdo, Hungary. KBR will increase…
Praxair China Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a new contract to expand supply with its existing customer, Jinlong Copper Co. (www.jinlongcopper.com), the largest copper-smelting joint venture (JV) in China, located in Tongling, Anhui in Eastern China. Praxair China will invest to…