LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) is building a new small-scale pilot facility at its Ferrara, Italy site moving another step closer to converting post-consumer plastic waste into new plastics on a commercial scale. The company selected its Ferrara…
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston; www.enterpriseproducts.com) announced it will proceed with an expansion of its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX) ethane pipeline, based on customer commitments received during a recent 30-day binding open season. The 1,200-mile ATEX pipeline transports ethane from the Marcellus/Utica…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) reported continued momentum in the construction of the Company's new Delta polypropylene (PP) production line located in LaPorte, Texas. With $525 million invested to date and mechanical construction now 75% complete Braskem's Delta remains on…
The EQUATE Group (Al Ahmadi, Kuwait; www.equate.com) has announced the official start-up of the MEGlobal (www.meglobal.biz) Oyster Creek Site’s commercial production of fiber-grade, on-spec monoethylene glycol. The plant has a nameplate capacity of 750,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announced the proposed divestment of its Functional Polyolefins business to SK Global Chemical (Seoul, South Korea; eng.skglobalchemical.com), a subsidiary of SK, the major South Korean corporation. With this project, Arkema continues its shift towards specialty chemicals…
Aucotec AG's (Hanover, Germany; www.aucotec.com) Engineering Base (EB) platform will ensure the consistency of the plant and the digital image at Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) in the future. The leading manufacturer of oxo chemicals has decided to…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) announced that it has received orders for ROMEMBRA reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for the Shoaibah 3 Extension 2 and Shoaibah 4 Desalination Plants in Saudi Arabia, which will make the site the nation’s largest…
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.amg-nv.com) and Shell Catalysts & Technologies (www.shell.us) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture (JV) which will be called Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. The joint venture will provide a…
Recently, at the production site of Brazilian steel producer ArcelorMittal Monlevade a 130-ton-hot-metal desulfurization station (DeS) and a new dedusting system supplied by Primetals Technologies Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com) commenced operation. The desulfurization station represents the first installation of Primetals…
The MC6 (photo) is a high-accuracy field calibrator and communicator that can calibrate process instruments, such as thermocouples, resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), pressure transmitters, temperature transmitters and multivariable transmitters. It offers calibration capabilities for pressure, temperature and various electrical signals.…