Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Joule Unlimited, Inc. (Bedford, Mass. www.jouleunlimited.com), to design and build a biofuels demonstration facility in New Mexico. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced yesterday that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract by Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC), a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and…
The Industry Automation Div. of Siemens AG (Nuremburg, Germany; www.siemens.com) is providing Takreer (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co.) with a Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent caustic as part of the company's expansion of its refinery…
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH (www.linde.com) has acquired the Carbo-V Technology of the insolvent Choren Industries GmbH (Freiberg, Germany) from the insolvency administrator Dr. Bruno M. Kübler. The Carbo-V Technology (for flowsheet, see Chem. Eng., August 2003, p. 16; www.chemengonline.com/articles/2003/NewsChem/NewsChem08012003_14.html) constitutes…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a major long-term contract with Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, the second-largest steel producer in South Africa. Air liquide is investing around €40 million in a new air separation unit (ASU), with a…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has acquired 47% of shares of a major engineering company, PT. Inti Karya Persada Teknik (IKPT; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.ikpt.com). IKPT, an engineering company founded in 1982, has a lot of experience in engineering,…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has executed a definitive agreement by which Praxair sold its advanced components business to FM Industries, Inc. (Fremont, Calif.). FM Industries is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NGK Insulators of Japan. Terms of the transaction were…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded Fluor a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoing…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a project to renovate cooling water facilities at a thermal power plant in Nassiriyah in southern Iraq. This marks the first post-Iraq War lump-sum contract for engineering, procurement, and…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is planning to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano…