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Honeywell completes acquisition Of Air Products’ LNG business

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the completion of its acquisition of Air Products' liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business for $1.81 billion in an all-cash transaction. This further expands the comprehensive suite of top-tier solutions Honeywell…

Covestro agrees to takeover deal by ADNOC at 62 euros per share

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) today signed an Investment Agreement with certain entities of the ADNOC Group (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.adnoc.ae), including ADNOC International Limited and its subsidiary, ADNOC International Germany Holding AG. The agreement stipulates, among other…

Evonik Oxeno to expand plasticizer production capacity

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that Evonik Oxeno is significantly expanding its production capacities for the INA-based plasticizers, ELATUR CH (DINCH) and ELATUR DINCD. These products, introduced in recent years, have both now established themselves as new standard plasticizers…

Technip Energies passes final performance acceptance test for Long Son Petrochemicals olefins plant in Vietnam

Technip Energies (Paris) announces that the Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP) olefins plant in Long Son Island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam, passed its final performance acceptance test. Technip Energies provided licensing, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and initial…

ACC comments on impact of the port strike on chemical manufacturing

American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) president and CEO Chris Jahn issued the following statement regarding the impact of the strike at the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports: “The chemical industry is one of the country’s largest shippers across…

Next Wave and Lummus Technology produce world’s first renewable alkylate

Lummus Technology (Houston; www.lummustechnology.com) and Next Wave Energy Partners, LP (Houston; www.nextwaveenergy.com) announced the production of the world's first renewable alkylate. This renewable alkylate, derived from ethanol and produced through a series of Lummus' technologies, is a bio-based, low carbon…

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Facts At Your Fingertips: Industrial Electrolysis

Industrial electrolysis involves passing a direct electric current through an electrolyte to elicit a range of chemical reactions. Electrolyzers are key pieces of technology for producing many important industrial chemicals. This one-page reference reviews the basic general operation of an…

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Holistic Maintenance and Reliability Programs

When updating equipment protection systems in a plant, it often pays to think long term. Today’s protection systems can do more than avoid catastrophic failure — they are the foundation of an enterprise-wide predictive maintenance program Chemical process industries (CPI)…

Lithium Landscape: Activity is Charging Forward in the U.S.

Across several regions of the U.S., new lithium projects are emerging to build up a more localized supply chain Despite growing demand in the U.S. for batteries in consumer electronics and electric vehicles (EV), the vast majority of lithium extraction…

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Averting Disaster: Delivering Value from Sensors and Alarms

A strategic approach to asset and alarm management will reduce alarm fatigue, mitigate risk and support more effective response On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig (owned by Transocean and operated by BP) killed…