The Dutch company Yara Sluiskil B.V., part of the Norwegian chemicals group Yara International ASA, has commissioned Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) to design and build a major urea plant at its production site in Sluiskil (Zeeland Province), near the…
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) Inorganic Materials Business Unit and the Russian Synttech Group are considering working together to manufacture Thermal Blacks. On June 30, 2008 representatives from both companies signed a letter of intent in Frankfurt, Germany. In…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.;www.emerson.com) today announced it has acquired TopWorx (Louisville, Ky.; www.topworx.com). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. TopWorx becomes part of Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), expanding Emerson’s valve instrument offering and extending the reach of Emerson’s PlantWeb…
On 4 July, the privately managed industrial gas specialist Messer (Sultzbach, Germany; www.messergroup.com) signed a contract of purchase to take over the majority share of 51% of Asco Carbon Dioxide Ltd. in New Zealand, a constructor of production plants for…
KBR Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) today announced its 55% owned subsidiary, M.W. Kellogg Ltd. (MWKL; www.mwkl.co.uk) has been awarded a contract to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for a coker-revamp project at StatoilHydro's Mongstad Refinery, near Bergen, Norway. The…
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) has reached agreement with AlzChem Hart GmbH (Trostberg, Germany), a member of Evonik Industries AG (Essen), on the purchase of the foundry chemical production facilities at the AlzChem site in Hart, Upper Bavaria. It was…
Following clearance by the competition authorities, Ineos (www.ineos.com) has completed the agreement to combine Ineos Silicas and PQ Corp., the speciality chemical company owned by The Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group will hold a 60% share and Ineos Capital the…
Technip (Paris; www.technip.com), leader in a consortium with Pireco, has been awarded by Tunisian Indian Fertilizers (TIFERT) an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) lump-sum contract for a sulfuric acid unit to be built at the La Skhira industrial site in…
Alstom (www.power.alstom.com) has signed a letter of intent with Saudi Arabian utility, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), for a €1-billion turnkey contract to build a new 1,200 MW steam power plant in Saudi Arabia. This new plant will be constructed adjacent…
ConocoPhillips (Houston, Tex.; www.conocophillips.com) has signed a $5-million, multi-year sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2; Boulder; www.colorado.edu/che/c2b2), a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory (www.coloradocollaboratory.org), to develop new ways to convert biomass…