As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to cut foreign oil imports, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, that will advance…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has concluded an agreement with the Chinese soda ash producer Tianjin Soda Ash Plant under which Solvay will invest €16 million in two steps to acquire a 30% participation in the soda ash plant built…
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. (Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility in Adams County, Mississippi. The company intends to convert the facility to a biorefinery and derivatives operation in a multi-phase project that will involve an investment of…
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) is investing CHF10 million to expand its biopharmaceutical development services platform in Singapore. Lonza’s Development Services business, the front-end of the biological mammalian custom manufacturing process, offers customized and innovative services used in the development of…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from DuPont Titanium Technologies (DuPont) to provide full engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company's Mexico titanium-dioxide capacity expansion project. Officials did not disclose the contract…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a 100,000-ton/yr butadiene production plant for PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia. the plant, located at Cilegon, West Java, is slated to startup in 2013. The approximately $110-million lump-sum…
SKC Co. (Seoul, Korea) and Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) have signed a contract for the supply of a plant for the production of high-quality PET (polyethylene terephthalate) for the manufacture of films in Jincheon, Republic of Korea. The…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) is expanding its hydrogen capacity in Texas and Louisiana and extending its Mississippi River corridor H2 pipeline system under long-term supply agreements for 270-million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) with Valero Energy Corp. In…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Showa Denko Carbon, Inc. (www.sdkc.com), to expand its graphite products manufacturing facility in Ridgeville, S.C. Located in Dorchester County, the Showa Denko plant produces graphite…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired a majority ownership of Consulting Engineering Services (India) Private Ltd. (CES; Delhi, India; ). Founded in 1969, CES is a leading power, infrastructure, and civil engineering company in India. It employs…