Several economic reports out this week paint a largely positive picture for the recovery, but polyethylene production was down, according to the latest report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Va.). Consumer confidence and personal incomes are generally on…
Borouge, a joint-venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis has awarded three major Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts valued at approximately $2.6 billion for its Borouge 3 expansion project in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. These…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has signed, together with ENDESA and the Spanish Foundation, Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (CIUDEN), a grant agreement with the European Commission (EC; Brussels, Belgium). The grant agreement stipulates the terms of €180 million…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today the successful start of commercial operation of a large-scale, 125-MWe (385-MWth), circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler island delivered to Kaukaan Voima Oy, in Finland. Kaukaan Voima Oy is owned by Pohjolan Voima Oy…
Borouge (Abu Dhabi in the UAE; www. borouge.com), a joint-venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Borealis (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) formally signed a $1.075-billion contract for the construction of a 1.5…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has won a series of contracts from the joint venture comprising Saudi Arabian Mining Co., also known as Ma’aden, and Alcoa, to provide program management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com), the world’s largest producer of synthetic rubber, has invested in U.S. biofuel & biochemical company Gevo, Inc. (Denver, Colo.; www.gevo.com) as part of a proposed cooperation to produce isobutene from renewable resources. The companies aim…
Cognis GmbH (Monheim, Germany; www.cognis.com) today officially opened a new state-of-the-art production facility for alkyl polyglucoside (APG) surfactants at its site in Jinshan, China. The company also signed the Responsible Care Charter there. Along with its other two production sites for…
GEA Niro (Soeborg, Denmark; www.niro.com) has recently won a contract worth several million Euros with Dao Heuang Group in Laos for the delivery of a complete instant coffee processing line. When in full production the processing line will produce 3,000…
Dr. Henrik Topsøe has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Distinguished Researcher Award from The Petroleum Chemistry Division of American Chemical Society (ACS). The award recognizes Dr. Henrik Topsøe for his outstanding research contributions to the understanding of…