The new SP series (photo) is a so-called “air-over-oil” filter press driven exclusively by compressed air. Air-over-oil filter presses are used where power connection is not available or possible in a process line. By deliberately dispensing with electrical equipment, the…
Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnów, Poland; www.grupaazoty.com) signed a contract with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) for a license for a nitric-acid production technology, including the delivery of process documentation and key equipment, and for the supervision over plant…
INEOS Styrolution, (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) announced plans to increase capacity for ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) in the Americas. The plans include constructing a new ASA plant in Bayport, Texas with a capacity of 100,000 metric…
TechnipFMC (Paris, France; www.technipfmc.com) has been awarded by Zakum Development Co. an engineering, procurement and construction contract (EPC3) project) for a sulfate-reduction plant on West Island located offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The objective of the EPC3 project…
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com), announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox SPIG, Inc. (B&W SPIG), was awarded three major contracts totaling more than $60 million in the first quarter of 2017 to design and…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) announced that it has agreed to sell its 50% stake in the Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company Limited (SECCO) to Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., a 100% subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), BP’s joint venture (JV)…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that its joint venture (JV) in the Middle East—Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara)—has achieved a significant milestone with the commercialization of Sadara’s entire plastics franchise. The startup of Sadara’s high-pressure low-density polyethylene (LDPE)…
Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway; www.akersolutions.com) won strategically important contracts for concept studies for carbon capture at Yara's ammonia plant on Herøya and Norcem's cement production facility in Brevik, Norway. Norcem and Yara are among three companies in the running…
Thierry Le Hénaff, chairman and chief executive officer of Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com), inaugurated the company’s new specialty molecular sieve capacity at the Honfleur plant. This new plant will enable the group to support its customers’ growth in the refining…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a division of Honeywell International Inc., today announced that it has won a contract from Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd. for critical equipment, technology licensing and design services for a world-scale integrated petroleum refinery…