SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Houston; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) are considering the potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. If developed, the project would be located in Texas or…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded the license and engineering design of a grassroots alkylation unit by PT Pertamina (Persero). The unit will use CB&I's CDAlky advanced sulfuric-acid alkylation technology and Haldor Topsoe's WSA (Wet-gas Sulfuric…
U.S. specialty chemical market volumes declined in June by 0.4%, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The June decline follows a 0.3% drop in May and a 1.1%…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) signed a supply contract for the first fluegas desulfurization (FGD) system in the West Balkans for Ugljevik Thermal Power Plant, located in the Republic of Srpska — one of the two…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) has reached a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products. The transaction…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, stockholders of both companies have voted to approve all stockholder proposals necessary to complete the merger of…
Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has successfully commissioned a new production facility for air gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon in the southern Chinese city of Hengyang. Concurrently, the company has signed a contract to supply gaseous oxygen…
Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com) announced the signing of an asset divestment contract under which Derichebourg will acquire the Veolia subsidiary Bartin Recycling. Derichebourg will fund this acquisition out of existing credit lines. The operation will be completed after obtaining approval from…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) has decided to construct a new production facility for polyethersulfone (PES) at its Chiba Works in Ichihara City, Chiba, Japan. The new facility will have a production capacity of 3,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Services Contract by PT Pertamina (Persero) and Saudi Aramco for the upgrade and expansion of the 348,000 barrels per day Cilacap Refinery in Central Java. Over…