Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) today announced it is expanding its vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) manufacturing facility at its Nanjing, China, integrated chemical complex. The investment will support continued growth plans for the Celanese Emulsion Polymers business throughout Asia, including China,…
Gazprom Komplektatsiya LLC (a Gazprom subsidiary) has launched an investment program to increase the octane number of the existing gasoline production and also the profitability of its refinery located in Astrakhan, Russia, on the coast of the Caspian Sea. The…
Hamon Research Cottrell (Somerville, N.J.) has entered into a formal agreement to market air-pollution-control technology from J-Power EnTech (Tokyo, Japan) in North America. The technology, Regenerative Activated Coke Technology (React), is designed for efficient control of SOx, NOx, mercury and…
The ChemPro Group, LLC (Boonton, N.J.; www.thechemprogroup.com) and Mo-Fuel (Rural Bio-waste; Sikeston, Missouri), have formed an alliance to commercialize a patented process that will economically and efficiently produce ethanol from cellulose feedstocks. According to Steve Lavorerio, president of ChemPro, the…
Wind, water and solar energy resources are sufficiently available to provide all the world's energy. Converting to electricity and hydrogen powered by these sources would reduce world power demand by 30%, thereby avoiding 13,000 coal power plants. Materials and costs…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) has won a contract for a textile-grade polyester plant with its customer Petrovietnam-Vinatex Dinh Vu Petrochemical and Fiber Joint Stock Company (PVTex; Vietnam). The main contractor is a consortium of Hyundai Engineering,…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com) and major Canadian power company TransAlta —along with their partners in the governments of Canada and Alberta and Capital Power, an independent power producer— have created a partnership to construct a large-scale carbon dioxide capture and…
Sintef’s (Trondheim, Norway; www.sintef.no) Dynamis project received the “CSLF Recognition Award” in London in October for its contribution to CO2 capture and storage. Sintef has received the “CSLF Recognition Award” for its contribution to CO2 capture and storage technology. Vice-president Sverre…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) is to acquire the solar thermal power company Solel Solar Systems Ltd. (Beit Shemesh, Israel; www.solel.com) To date, the majority stake has been held by Ecofin Ltd., a London-based investment firm, and another major shareholder.…
Cegelec (Paris, France; www.cegelec.com) has been awarded an EPC contract worth over $40 million to design and construct the blast-proof Control Building for QAPCO’s petrochemical complex being part of the new 300,000 metric ton per year (m.t./yr) low-density polyethylene (LDPE)…