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Eni appoints new CEO

The board of directors of Eni (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) appointed Claudio Descalzi as chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager. In this role he will be responsible for the management of the company, with the exception of specific responsibilities that…

Praxair starts up ASU in northwest Indiana

Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced that it has started up a world-scale air separation unit (ASU) at its Burns Harbor, Indiana, site. The 2,400-ton-per-day ASU is part of Praxair’s ongoing investment in the company’s northwest Indiana operations. It will…

DuPont Clean Technologies wins contract to build sulfuric-acid regeneration unit in China

Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co. (ZPC) in China has awarded and signed contracts for the engineering, technology license and proprietary equipment for a MECS sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) unit, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (Wilmington, Del.; www.cleantechnologies.dupont.com). ZPC is constructing…

Wood Group awarded automation contract with TPC Group

John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group; Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) has been awarded a new three year contract valued at $8 million to deliver process automation engineering services to TPC Group Inc. (Houston; www.tpcgrp.com), a leading producer of value-added products derived…

Kobe Steel opens test facility for large-capacity compressors

Kobe Steel, Ltd.’s (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.co.jp) Machinery Business has opened a 40-MW test facility for large-capacity nonstandard compressors at its Takasago Works in western Japan. Construction of the 8-billion-yen facility began in February 2015. The new facility was completed earlier…

LyondellBasell announces HDPE technology license in Dalian

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Chemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP polyethylene process technology. The technology will be used for a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit to be built in the Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP)…

MAX1 compressor technology for Swedish steelworks

Swedish SSAB, a leading European manufacturer of special steel products, has placed an order with MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) for its latest MAX1 axial compressor technology. “This will very much improve the cold blast supply at…

Total-Hanwha JV to expand refining & petrochemicals platform

Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total (Paris, France; www.total.com), will invest to expand its Daesan refining & petrochemicals integrated platform. The planned $450-million investment will increase the site’s ethylene capacity by 30% to 1.4 million…

Honeywell UOP technology selected for refinery in Pakistan

Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced today that Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd. (PARCO) will use technologies from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Honeywell Process Solutions to upgrade its Mid-Country Refinery near Multan, Pakistan, enabling it to meet growing domestic demand for cleaner-burning…

Veolia’s crystallization technology chosen by EuroChem to produce KCl

EuroChem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland) has selected Veolia Water Technologies’ (Plainfield, Ill.; www.veoliawatertech.com) proven HPD crystallization technology for its VolgaKaliy Mine Expansion project in Russia’s Volgograd region. The mine is scheduled to begin commercial operations in 2018, and the expansion,…