Linde LLC, a member of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), announced that it will spend over $100 million to increase the production of its industrial gases plant in Claymont, Del. The expansion project includes installing a new air separation…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) will study the feasibility of a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant. The plant would be located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium. The feasibility study will be carried out over the…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that its Callidus Technologies business has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art facility for the testing of gas combustion flares at its manufacturing facility in Beggs, Okla. The new flare field was built to develop…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has started production at its newest vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) production unit. The unit is located at the Celanese manufacturing facility on Jurong Island, Singapore, and will support the growing demand for ecologically friendly materials…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) has reached an agreement to divest its 50% ownership interests in its two PFG Fiber Glass joint ventures (PFG) to Nan Ya Plastics Corp., which currently controls the other 50 percent ownership interest in…
ALTIVIA Petrochemicals, LLC (Houston; www. altivia.com) announced that Frank J. Hayes will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective October 3, 2016. Hayes will replace the company’s current CFO, Fred Stahelin, who is retiring after 16 years of…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has received two orders from Russia and Turkey for a model SST-111 compact steam turbine (photo). One turbine was ordered by the Russian aluminum producer Rusal for a production facility in Volgograd and is to…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com/en) commenced demonstration testing of a pressurized, hybrid power-generation system integrating a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack and a micro gas turbine (MGT), aiming toward commercial launching in the near future.…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has achieved mechanical completion on a citral facility and associated infrastructure for BASF Petronas Chemicals in Kuantan, Malaysia. As part of the Integrated Aroma Ingredients Complex, Fluor performed front-end engineering and design, engineering, procurement and…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Singapore Refining Company Pvt. Ltd. (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Co. and Chevron, to provide services for an upgrade project at SRC’s refinery in Jurong Island,…