Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.com) announced that the polypropylene unit at ZapSibNeftekhim, a deep hydrocarbon conversion plant under construction, is 99.8% complete. Construction and installation work on the process unit are over, and commissioning is underway. In particular, systems are undergoing functional testing…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) officially opened its solar park at the Shell Moerdijk Chemical Plant. With 76,000 panels, the solar park has a peak capacity of 27 megawatts, equivalent to the energy consumption of 9,000…
The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh; www.sabic.com) and hte GmbH (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.com) have extended plans for collaboration for five more years to increase efficiency through digitalization and high throughput technologies in catalysis research and development (R&D) in petrochemicals.Dr.…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) will enhance its manufacturing infrastructure for Lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator products — including the Hipore LIB separator (wet process) and Celgard LIB separator (dry process) product lines — with completion scheduled for the first…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with the Moroccan OCP Group for the construction of a sulfuric acid plant for fertilizer production. The approximately €80-million order has been booked into Outotec's 2019 first quarter order intake. Outotec's…
TPC Group (Houston; www.tcpgrp.com) announced that it has successfully completed the initial phase of its Crude C4 (CC4) processing system upgrade to further enhance its capabilities and capacities. This milestone is a critical component of the company’s Long Range Plan…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Phu My Plastics Production JSC will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce polymer-grade propylene at its facility in Vietnam. The plant will help meet growing domestic demand for plastics in Vietnam and…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodplc.com) has secured a multimillion-dollar construction contract from IR1 Group LLC, which is building the Red Rock Biofuels (RRB) facility in Lakeview, Oregon. Wood is contracted to provide construction and mechanical services. The facility will convert waste…
INVISTA’s (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd have reached agreement for the licensing of INVISTA’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process technology.Pan-Asia will utilize INVISTA’s P8 PTA technology…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), to modernize operations and emissions programs at the company’s refineries. Under the contracts, Emerson will…