KBC wins consulting contracts to improve margins at Middle East refineries
KBC was awarded a three-year, $8.5-million consulting contract to assist a major Middle Eastern client with margin improvement and workforce capability development across three refineries.
September 14, 2015Continue reading...Czech Republic PE3 Project Goes to Technip
Technip was awarded by Unipetrol a.s. an important contract on lumpsum turnkey basis, covering the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new Polyethylene Plant (PE3) in the complex located in Litvinov, Czech Republic.
September 14, 2015Continue reading...Flint Hills contracts Wood Group for engineering of Corpus refinery upgrade
Wood Group Mustang successfully completed the conceptual and front-end engineering design phases of the project and is now providing detail engineering, procurement services, module fabrication oversight and construction engineering support services. Work is being done in Houston and Bogota, Colombia.
September 10, 2015Continue reading...Formosa eyes $9.4-billion chemicals project for Louisiana ethane cracking
The proposed project would be built on the west bank of the Mississippi river near the Gramercy bridge. It would be built in two phases, with the first phase including an ethylene cracker and derivatives plants, including high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, ethylene glycol, and polypropylene.
September 9, 2015Continue reading...Petrobras to supply naphtha feedstock to Braskem
Npahtha is the main raw material for most of Braskem's chemical and plastic products. However, the contract has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks after allegations of bribery surfaced.
September 9, 2015Continue reading...Sasol mulls US Gulf GTL project at smaller scale
CEO David Constable said he was “pleased” with a study done on the GTL plant that looked at different scales for the project. “The way we were thinking is rather than build it at 100,000 [bpd], we’d probably build” 55,000 [bbl] of capacity, reducing spending, he said. “I’m still bullish on GTL.”
September 8, 2015Continue reading...PTT awards FEED work to Fluor, Technip, SK for Ohio ethane cracker
The project will encompass an ethane cracker and derivatives units by leveraging the availability of feedstock from gas taken from the Utica and Marcellus shale formations to create chemical products.
September 8, 2015Continue reading...Celanese opens Mexico chemical technology hub
The new center will support the automotive, consumer, petrochemical and aerospace industries, as well as original equipment manufacturers and their tier suppliers.
September 8, 2015Continue reading...CB&I wins early works contract for Axiall, Lotte’s Louisiana ethane cracker
The companies are evaluating the construction of a cracker with the capacity to produce 1-million tpy of ethylene employing CB&I's latest, proven ethylene technology, including highly selective SRT cracking heaters and its innovative recovery section design.
September 2, 2015Continue reading...CHS takes sole ownership of NCRA crude refinery in McPherson, Kansas
As the nation's leading cooperative energy company, becoming the sole owner of this refinery and its related pipelines and terminals is a critical step in adding value for our member-owners and other customers," said Jay Debertin, CHS executive vice president and chief operating officer.
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