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Simplify sensor handling and maintenance with ISM

Intelligent Sensor Management (ISM) is an innovative solution for analytical process parameters that simplifies sensor handling and improves maintenance management. This translates into increased process reliability and reduced operating costs. ISM’s wide parameter breadth (pH, ORP, O2, CO2, conductivity, turbidity,…

Neste joins ReNew ELP and Licella to collaborate on waste-plastic utilization

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com), U.K.-based chemical recycling company ReNew ELP and Australian technology developer Licella are joining forces in a development project to explore the potential of using mixed waste plastic as a raw material for fuels, chemicals and…

Methanex signs gas-supply agreements for Chilean operations

Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada; www.methanex.com) announced that it has signed agreements with Pan American Sur S.A., Compañia General de Combustibles S.A., Total Austral S.A. and Wintershall Energia S.A. for additional gas supply on an interruptible basis and subject to…

Ingevity to increase extrusion capacity for activated carbon pellets at Virginia site

Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) announced that it will increase extrusion capacity at its Covington, Virginia, facility in response to continued significant growth in global demand for its extruded activated carbon pellet products. These are used primarily in gasoline…

Petrofac wins EPC contract from Basra for crude-oil processing facility in Iraq

Petrofac Ltd. (Jersey, U.K.; www.petrofac.com) has been awarded a contract worth around $370 million by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for expansion of the Central Processing Facility (CPF), located in the Majnoon Field, Southern Iraq. Under the terms of the 34-month…

SunPine awards EPCM contract to Pöyry for biorefinery expansion in Sweden

SunPine AB (www.sunpine.se) has awarded Pöyry Sweden AB (www.poyry.com) with the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services assignment for SunPine biorefinery expansion project in Piteå, Sweden. The assignment includes all engineering disciplines, project management services, procurement and construction management…

PTTGC and Mitsui Chemicals enter joint venture agreement for PTA and PET production

PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand; www.pttgcgroup.com) and TOC Glycol Co., Ltd. (TOCGC), a subsidiary of PTTGC, announced plans to sign joint venture (JV) agreements with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) to cooperate in managing Siam Mitsui…

Asahi Kasei to install large-scale alkaline-water-electrolysis system for Toshiba Energy

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) and its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Engineering Corp. have received an order from Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. (www.toshiba-energy.com) for an alkaline-water-electrolysis system of the world-leading scale of 10 MW in a single unit…

Toyo awarded EPC contract for naphtha cracking expansion in Chiba

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) was awarded a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.  for the expansion of naphtha cracking furnaces to increase ethylene production at its Chiba Plant. Toyo has participated…

Saudi Aramco, Air Products and ACWA Power to form $8-billion gasification/power JV

Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com), Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com), and ACWA Power (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.acwapower.com) have signed a Term Sheet to form an over $8-billion Gasification/Power joint venture (JV) located at Jazan Economic City (JEC) in…