Eni’s (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) chemicals business Versalis and Sonatrach met in Algiers to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to carry out joint feasibility studies for an integrated petrochemical complex to be built in Algeria. The agreement follows the cooperation agreement…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), started the year on a strong note, posting a monthly gain of 0.4 percent in January. This follows a 0.3 percent…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.energies.airliquide.com) and Puregas Solutions (www.puregas-solutions.com) have signed an agreement to access their respective biogas upgrading technologies. This collaboration allows the two experts to provide biogas upgrading solutions that meet customers’ needs and specific projects’ characteristics. The…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France ; www.saint-gobain.com) has decided to build its second plasterboard plant in Vietnam. The Haiphong plant will come in addition to existing capacity in Ho Chi Minh in Southern Vietnam. This will ensure better commercial presence and better…
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) has acquired the operating assets of Sea Lion Technology, Inc., located in Texas City, Texas. Sea Lion is a contract chemical manufacturer that has worked with Momentive to produce silane products, including NXT…
Effective Jan. 1, 2017, B&P Process Equipment and Systems LLC and B&P Littleford Day LLC, both producers of industrial-grade equipment for mixing and separation, merged to form B&P Littleford LLC (Saginaw, Mich.; www.bplittleford.com). The new company offers a wide range…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com) through its subsidiary, PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI), has awarded a engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services contract to Toyo Engineering Korea Limited (Toyo-Korea) and PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik (IKPT)…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer is to build a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant for SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş in Adana, Turkey. The contract was signed in July 2016 and came into effect in December. With…
Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a longterm contract to supply hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. The company will use the hydrogen to support an ultra-low-sulfur diesel project planned for 2018. Marathon Petroleum is the…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes rose 0.3 percent in December. This follows an upwardly revised 0.5 percent gain in November. Volumes have generally been moving up since May. All changes…