ExxonMobil picks Wood Group to automate new Texas ethane cracker
Wood Group is providing process control systems, detailed engineering, procurement and fabrication services for the multi-billion dollar expansion project by ExxonMobil Chemical at the Baytown and Mont Belvieu plants near Houston.
February 26, 2015Continue reading...Axiall, Lotte Chemical delay final decision on new US Gulf ethane cracker
Paul Carrico, president and CEO of Axiall, said uncertainty in US energy, feedstock and labor markets prompted the decision, according to the American Press newspaper in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
February 25, 2015Continue reading...Orpic prequalifies companies for Liwa Plastics Industries Complex EPC work
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has prequalified 19 companies or consortia to work on four different engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) packages for its proposed $3.6bn Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) in Sohar.
February 23, 2015Continue reading...Tecnimont wins $1.5B in EPC work on new Illinois ammonia, urea facility
The lump-sum turnkey EPC contract is valued at approximately $1.5 billion and is pursuant to the memorandum of understanding signed by Cronus and Tecnimont in November 2014.
February 23, 2015Continue reading...Praxair to supply hydrogen, nitrogen to new BASF, Yara ammonia plant
To help fulfill the raw material requirements of this world-scale ammonia project located in Freeport, Texas, Praxair is investing more than $400 million to add hydrogen and nitrogen production capacity and extending its Gulf Coast pipeline systems approximately 46 miles from Texas City to Freeport.
February 20, 2015Continue reading...ThyssenKrupp wins engineering work for Hungary fertilizer expansion
Nitrogénmüvek Zrt. already operates two ammonium nitrate plants supplied by ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions at the Pétfürdö site. A plant to manufacture granulated calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and ammonium nitrate fertilizer is currently under construction.
February 20, 2015Continue reading...Topsoe, Technip sign Slovakia ammonia contract
The new plant will be designed based on Haldor Topsoe’s Exchange Reformer (HTER) technology, which the company said ensures an efficient and reliable conversion of the feedstock, significantly improving plant economics minimizing the environmental impact.
February 20, 2015Continue reading...CB&I to design, license technology for new Egypt polypropylene project
The unit will be aligned to the Tahrir petrochemical complex in Egypt and use CB&I's Novolen technology to produce 350,000 tpy of polypropylene.
February 19, 2015Continue reading...SENER signs a contract with Samsung in Mexico for the modernization of the Salamanca oil refinery
The engineering and technology group SENER has signed a contract with Samsung Ingeniería for the development of a ULSD (Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel) project to modernize the Salamanca oil refinery in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. As part of their modernization plan to produce clean fuels, the state-owned petroleum company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) awarded Samsung the contract in September 2014.
February 19, 2015Continue reading...Yara and BASF to build ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas
Yara International and BASF Group have agreed to build a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Texas. The plant will use hydrogen as raw material, reducing capital expenditures (capex), maintenance and carbon dioxide emissions significantly.
February 19, 2015Continue reading...
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