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Novolen® PPure™ polypropylene (PP) portfolio from Lummus Technology
17-11-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the launch of its Novolen® PPure™ polypropylene ...
S-OIL to build one of the world’s largest petrochemical crackers in South Korea
17-11-2022
Aramco is making its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through ...
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces update for multiflash® modelling software
17-11-2022
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) released an update to expand the features and capabilities of its Multiflash® modeling software that enhances accuracy and fluid predictions ...
Bentley Systems launches iTwin Experience, iTwin Capture, and iTwin IoT to extend iTwin platform
15-11-2022
At the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference, Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced new capabilities ...
(Webinar) Preparing for a petrochemical plant revamp or technology upgrade
15-11-2022
Petrochemical producers have recently confronted unprecedented volatility in crude oil prices and limits on advantaged feedstock, while the refining and gas ...
Pertamina NRE and ACWA Power collaborate to support Tuban grass root refinery
14-11-2022
Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE), and ACWA Power signed joint development agreement (JDA) on Core utilities Supply to Tuban Grass ...
Stamicarbon selected for licensing and equipment supply in China
11-11-2022
Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has been selected as the licensor for a urea project in China. The plant’s capacity ...
Stamicarbon signs agreement for a feasibility study for keystone natural gas synthesis project
11-11-2022
Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed an agreement for a feasibility study with KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis, ...
Chart to acquire Howden
09-11-2022
Chart today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Howden, a leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products ...
Chevron and JERA collaborate
on low carbon opportunities
09-11-2022
Chevron Corporation, through its Chevron New Energies business, and JERA are collaborating on multiple lower carbon opportunities – including production; ...
Axens acquires Industrial Waste Water specialist HydroThane Holding
08-11-2022
Axens acquires
HydroThane Holding BV, an engineering company specialized in biological technologies for the treatment of industrial waste water streams to protect ...
Sulzer Chemtech’s crystallization technology helps drive DSI’s growth
04-11-2022
Sulzer Chemtech is providing process engineering and key equipment for the
expansion of PT. Dongsuh Indonesia (DSI) naphthalene downstream sector. The delivery ...
ADNOC and Baker Hughes to explore new clean energy technologies
03-11-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company signed a strategic technology collaboration agreement during ADIPEC
2022 ...
ADNOC Refining secures new international partners
03-11-2022
ADNOC Refining, a joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Eni, and OMV announced today that it has entered into a strategic ...
Site construction underway at TA’ZIZ and next major phase of growth launched
03-11-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and ADQ, the majority shareholders in TA’ZIZ, launched, today, the next phase of growth at the TA’ZIZ Industrial ...
Watlow completes the acquisition of Eurotherm
02-11-2022
Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of complete industrial thermal systems, is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of Eurotherm® from ...
PTQ Magazine
Call For Articles
02-11-2022
For 26 years, PTQ’s independent editorial policy and reputation within the industry have allowed us to provide the most relevant content, highlighting the ...
Maire Tecnimont awarded LPG project by Sonatrach
27-10-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiary Tecnimont
S.p.A. has been awarded by the Direction Centrale Engineering & Project Management of ...
Panametrics launches HygroProII moisture measurement technology
26-10-2022
Panametrics, a Baker Hughes business and industry leader in flow meters and moisture, oxygen and hydrogen measurement systems, announced Wednesday
the launch ...
GTC Vorro Technology introduces BTX Gold™ Solvent for petrochemical separations
26-10-2022
GTC Vorro Technology, a turnkey provider of environmental services and process technologies to oil and gas, refining and petrochemical companies, is now offering ...
thyssenkrupp Uhde selected for major Clean Ammonia plant project
26-10-2022
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been selected as technology provider and partner for a new “Clean Ammonia” plant planned by Nutrien, the world's largest provider ...
Idemitsu selected Axens’ Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology
26-10-2022
Idemitsu selected Axens’ Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology for its first Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project in Japan, contributing to Japan energy transitions ...
Federated Co-operatives Limited selects HydroFlex™ from Topsoe
26-10-2022
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has been selected by Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) to officially support the production ...
(Webinar) Elemental Analysis for Refining and Petrochemicals
26-10-2022
Seamless Laboratory and Process Analysis for Total Sulfur and Nitrogen. As expected shifts to petrochemical and crude oil-to-chemicals (COTC) projects expand ...
Emerson expands Plantweb digital ecosystem with AspenTech Asset Optimization software
24-10-2022
Leveraging decades of digital innovation and leadership across all automation categories, global technology and software company Emerson today announced the ...
AspenTech acquires inmation Software
24-10-2022
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in industrial software, today announced that it has acquired inmation Software GmbH, a market leader in industrial real-time ...
Safety advantages of using AET’s Sulfex™ for desulfurization
24-10-2022
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp, combats climate change via technologies which minimize the environmental impact of fuels. However, ...
ExxonMobil to sell Billings refinery to Par Pacific Holdings
20-10-2022
ExxonMobil and its affiliates have reached an agreement with Par Pacific Holdings for the sale of the Billings refinery and select midstream assets in Montana ...
Clariant launches new additives to support plastics sustainable evolution
20-10-2022
K 2022 visitors can look forward to new Clariant additive solutions to progress more sustainable plastics and reduce resource use. New developments give applications ...
Siemens Energy to supply a gas/electric hybrid drive system for NEC’s LNG plant
20-10-2022
Northeast Energy Center and Chart Energy & Chemicals selected Siemens Energy to supply a gas/electric hybrid drive system for NEC’s LNG plant being built ...
Sempra Infrastructure announces final EPC cntract with Bechtel for Port Arthur LNG
20-10-2022
Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, today announced that Port Arthur LNG and Bechtel Energy have amended and restated the fixed-price engineering, ...
(Webinar) How grab sampling can help improve your plant’s safety
20-10-2022
While grab sampling can be a dangerous and hazardous process for both operators and their surrounding environment, too often safety takes a back seat to other ...
Neste's NEXPAO technology to be implemented at Huizhou production site in China
19-10-2022
Neste's Engineering Solutions, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services, and CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company ...
Topsoe to support first sustainable aviation fuel-production in Brazil
19-10-2022
The Brazilian market offers great potential within low carbon fuels and Brasil BioFuels is one of the pioneers when it comes to SAF. Gustavo Cienfuegos, ...
Koch Engineered Solutions announces srategic partnership with ION Clean Energy
18-10-2022
Koch Engineered Solutions has entered into a definitive strategic partnership agreement with ION Clean Energy (ION), a leading developer of the most effective ...
Radiometric measurement solutions for the petrochemical industry
18-10-2022
In order to produce a variety of plastics and polymers, petrochemistry deals with the synthesis of hydrocarbon compounds, derived from the refining of crude ...
INEOS O&P Europe announces upgrade of Lillo polyolefins plant
18-10-2022
INEOS O&P Europe has announced today a €30m investment in the conversion of its plant in Lillo, at the Port of Antwerp, to enable its existing capacity ...
Braskem Idesa works with Emerson to drive operational excellence
18-10-2022
Global software and technology leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced a strategic partnership with Braskem Idesa to provide digital automation technologies ...
ABL Group and Mammoet complete Dos Bocas marine transportation project
17-10-2022
Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group and its client Mammoet have successfully completed 12 heavy-lift shipments of refinery equipment to the new Dos Bocas ...
bp aquires Archaea Energy
17-10-2022
In a move that will expand and accelerate the growth of its strategic bioenergy business, bp today announced that it has agreed to acquire Archaea Energy Inc., ...
Clariant & Technip Energies' EARTH® tech for energy-efficient H2 production wins first place twice
14-10-2022
Clariant and its engineering and technology partner, Technip Energies, were presented with two industry awards for their ground-breaking EARTH technology. ICIS, ...
LANXESS selects Emerson for advanced automation technology
13-10-2022
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has selected Emerson), a global software and technology leader, as a Global Alliance Partner for automation technology, ...
Technip Energies awarded FEED contract for H2Maasvlakte
13-10-2022
Following the announcement by the European Commission that Uniper's H2Maasvlakte project has been selected as an Important Project of Common European Interest ...
Hydrogen produced from natural gas delivers significant emissions reductions in the US
12-10-2022
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released new analysis on the benefits of low-carbon hydrogen produced from natural gas. The study, commissioned ...
Ecopetrol Castilla Blend® and CITGO to offset carbon
10-10-2022
A carbon compensated crude oil cargo sold by Ecopetrol and purchased by CITGO Petroleum Corporation is currently making its way to the CITGO Corpus Christi ...
Honeywell announces innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel processing technology
10-10-2022
Honeywell today announced a new, innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ...
Elliott group releases CO2 compressor pump solution
07-10-2022
Elliott Group, a leader in the engineering and manufacturing of rotating equipment, announced today the release of their new CO2Phase Hybrid Compressor Pump ...
Technip Energies to Perform FEED for Malaysian gas plant associated with Carbon Capture
06-10-2022
Technip Energies has been selected by PTTEP HK Offshore Ltd. to perform the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the Lang Lebah Onshore Gas Plant 2 (OGP2) ...
Tecnimont, KT-Kinetics Technology and Stamicarbon awarded contracts
05-10-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries Tecnimont, KT-Kinetics Technology and Stamicarbon have been granted new awards for a total amount ...
Atlas Copco has acquired a distributor of compressors in New Mexico
04-10-2022
Atlas Copco has acquired the operating assets of the compressor business of Mesa Equipment & Supply Company (Mesa). Mesa is located in Albuquerque, New ...
Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi to build a renewable plastics supply chain
03-10-2022
Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi Corporation have agreed to build a renewable plastics supply chain utilizing bio-based hydrocarbons (Neste RE™) ...
Merger of Neste’s fully owned Neste Engineering Solutions Oy in Finland into Neste Corporation to be completed
30-09-2022
In April 2022, Neste announced that it would merge the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Neste Engineering Solutions Oy (NES) into Neste Corporation. The ...
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BASF introduces an innovative dehydration catalyst to process renewable feedstocks
29-09-2022
BASF introduces CircleStar™, an innovative dehydration catalyst to process renewable feedstocks. The novel star-shaped catalyst achieves a 99.5% selectivity ...
BASF introduces X3D™ catalyst shaping technology for optimized catalyst performance
28-09-2022
BASF introduces the novel X3DTM technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. Catalysts produced with this technology ...
Technip Energies and MetGen to industrialize METNIN® lgnin refining technology
28-09-2022
Technip Energies and MetGen Oy, announce a collaboration for the industrialization of METNIN® technology for the valorization of lignin. Lignin is a high-volume ...
Yokogawa selected as MAC for construction of the largest renewable hydrogen plant in Europe
27-09-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced today that it has been selected by Shell Plc to be the main automation contractor (MAC) for the construction of its ...
Lummus Novolen technology selected for polypropylene plant in China
27-09-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced that Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. selected its ...
Indian Oil awards 400 TPD Sulphur Recovery Unit project to Nuberg EPC
26-09-2022
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (NSE: IOC | ISIN: INE242A01010) is expanding the petrochemical capacity of its Gujarat refinery (LuPech Project). Nuberg EPC, ...
Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery receives bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate
23-09-2022
Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation obtained a bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration ...
KBR and Giammarco-Vetrocoke sign Carbon Capture Technology master services agreement
22-09-2022
KBR announced today that it has signed a master license and engineering agreement with Giammarco-Vertrocoke S.R.L. for KBR to license its carbon capture technology ...
HIF Global and Topsoe partner for eFuels facility in Texas
22-09-2022
Roeland Baan, CEO at Topsoe, said: “We are proud that HIF Global has selected our technology for this truly innovative project which will contribute to decarbonizing ...
Optimizing the value of your unloaded catalyst
22-09-2022
The metals contained in spent catalysts offer a valuable follow-on revenue source, but how can you be sure to achieve a fair settlement or receive top dollar? ...
W. R. Grace & Co welcomes new UNIPOL® Polypropylene Technology licensee in Indonesia
21-09-2022
W. R. Grace & Co the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) technology, has received a commitment from PT ...
Neste and Marathon establish Martinez Renewables
21-09-2022
Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel ...
Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel Infrastructure and PetroChina explore CCUS solutions in Singapore
21-09-2022
Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel Infrastructure, and PetroChina announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a consortium which will aim to ...
Neste launches a strategic study on transitioning its Porvoo refinery to a renewable and circular site
19-09-2022
Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste launches a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining ...
Chart Industries and C.A.T. Group sign MoU
16-09-2022
Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries and C.A.T. ...
Mitsui Chemicals selects Ethylene Oxide catalyst from Shell Catalysts & Technologies
16-09-2022
Mitsui Chemicals has asked Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) for its Shell S-896 catalyst, which is expected to provide important economic benefits ...
GENTARI drives energy transition through cleaner energy solutions
16-09-2022
Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd (GENTARI) was officially launched today by Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob following ...
Siemens and Shell to advance low-carbon, highly efficient energy solutions
15-09-2022
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Shell Global Solutions International BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on developing low-carbon ...
Nalco Water to design and build a new water treatment plant at Shell’s Jurong Island chemicals and manufacturing site
14-09-2022
The plant is set to begin operations in July 2next year and is expected to contribute to Shell’s water conservation ambition. Ecolab will oversee the design ...
ADNOC refining to complete first phase of waste heat recovery project
14-09-2022
ADNOC Refining, a joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Eni, and OMV, is set to complete the first phase of its innovative Waste ...
Topsoe and First Ammonia launch zero emission ammonia production
14-09-2022
Today, two leaders in the global green transition, technology pioneer Topsoe and green ammonia early-mover First Ammonia, announced that they have entered into ...
ROCKWOOL Introduces ProRox® PS 680 insulation with FR-Tech™
13-09-2022
ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation has introduced its ProRox PS 680 with FR-Tech insulation for pipework systems of various sizes. The next-generation insulation ...
Evonik and Leibniz Institute for Catalysis discover new type of hydroformylati
13-09-2022
A research team involving Evonik and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) has made another breakthrough in the field of hydroformylation. Hydroformylation ...
Koch Technology Solutions and Ioniqa Technologies to commercialise PET upcycling technology
13-09-2022
Koch Technology Solutions (KTS), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, and Ioniqa Technologies B.V. (Ioniqa) today announced a partnership to scale up and commercialize ...
SEDC Energy, Sarawak Energy Berhad and Samsung Engineering study providing renewable power to H2biscus project
08-09-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Project Management companies with SEDC Energy and Sarawak Energy ...
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Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ deoxygenation catalyst qualified for green hydrogen purification
07-09-2022
Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ deoxygenation catalyst has been qualified for the purification of hydrogen gas produced electrolytically in Shell’s ...
Tecam has been awarded 3 new environmental technology projects for gas emissions in The Netherlands
07-09-2022
Tecam continues to establish itself in the environmental projects sector, with the awarding of 3 new projects for gases emissions removal in relevant industrial ...
McDermott awarded FEED contract from Gunvor Petroleum
07-09-2022
McDermott International, together with its storage business, CB&I, has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Gunvor Petroleum ...
DORIS and Axens to jointly develop CCUS services
07-09-2022
DORIS and Axens have entered in a partnership to jointly develop integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) services. The main objective of this ...
BASF and ARCUS agreement for the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil
05-09-2022
BASF SE has concluded a framework agreement for the purchase of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste with ARCUS Greencycling Technologies GmbH, a technology ...
thyssenkrupp Uhde to build world-scale Blue Ammonia plant for QAFCO
01-09-2022
thyssenkrupp Uhde has won a new contract from its long-standing customer and QatarEnergy’s affiliate, Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO), for the engineering, ...
BASF, SABIC and Linde to construct the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces
01-09-2022
BASF, SABIC and Linde have started construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker
furnaces. By using ...
Topsoe confirms final investment decision to construct world’s largest electrolyzer plant
01-09-2022
Topsoe CEO, Roeland Baan,said “The case for using electrolysis to produce green fuels is now well established, but manufacturing capacity has always been ...
Albemarle announces new global business unit alignment
30-08-2022
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, today announced that it will realign its Bromine and Lithium global business units ...
Axens pyrolysis gasoline unit successfully started-up at Hyundai Chemical petrochemical complex
30-08-2022
Axens and Hyundai Chemical Co. successfully achieve the start-up of the pyrolysis gasoline (Pygas) unit, part of the Hyundai Chemical petrochemical grassroots ...
Albemarle concludes strategic review of catalysts business
29-08-2022
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, today announced that as a result of its strategic review of the business, Albemarle ...
Anellotech demonstrates Plas-TCat™ catalytic pyrolysis technology
29-08-2022
Anellotech is pleased to announce that it has, for the first time, continuously processed solid, post-consumer plastic waste into light olefins and aromatics ...
LG Chem selects H₂ by T.EN™ from Technip Energies
29-08-2022
Technip Energies announces that LG Chem selected our proprietary blue hydrogen technology to supply its Daesan complex in South Korea. The Blue H2 by T.EN™ ...
Sinopec starts first carbon capture storage facility
29-08-2022
China's Sinopec Corp said on Monday it has put into operation the country's largest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) facility in east China, and ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Braskem agree to extend relationship
29-08-2022
Leaders from Braskem and Shell Catalysts & Technologies met at Shell’s research center in Amsterdam recently to participate in a technical exchange. During ...
BASF and Sulzer Chemtech sign MoU to collaborate in sustainable technologies
26-08-2022
BASF and Sulzer Chemtech (GTC Technology) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the goal of advancing technologies for renewable fuels and chemically ...
Technip Energies and Agilyx Launch TruStyrenyx™ for chemical recycling of polystyrene
25-08-2022
Technip Energies and Agilyx announced today the launch of the TruStyrenyx™ brand, the only all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene. TruStyrenyx™ ...
Emerson’s next-generation machine visualization solution differentiates OEM systems, improves user operations
24-08-2022
Machine builders in any industrial application can now use Emerson’s PACSystems™ RXi HMI, a next-generation machine visualization solution designed to help ...
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Birla Carbon selects Aspen Technology
23-08-2022
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in industrial software, today announced that Birla Carbon, a leading sustainable manufacturer and supplier of carbon black ...
Fujian Eversun selects CATOFIN and Novolen Technologies from Lummus Technology
23-08-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced two major technology awards from Fujian Eversun New ...
L&T wins contract from Indian Oil
23-08-2022
The Hydrocarbon-Onshore division of L&T’s Energy Business has secured a large contract from Indian Oil Corporation. IOCL is implementing the Panipat ...
McDermott
awarded FEED contract from Viva Energy
22-08-2022
McDermott International has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Viva Energy Australia as part of its Geelong Refinery project to ...
Phillips 66 offer to acquire outstanding publicly held common units of DCP
Midstream
17-08-2022
Concurrent with Phillips 66’s announcement of the realignment of economic and governance interests in DCP Midstream, LP, Phillips 66 also announced today ...
Wood awarded two major multi-million-dollar projects in Uzbekistan
17-08-2022
Wood has secured two new contracts from
Enter Engineering with a combined value of over $200 million, to deliver major capital investment projects in Uzbekistan. The ...
Howden and Raven SR strengthen partnership with MoU to streamline waste-to-fuels process
17-08-2022
Raven SR Inc, a renewable fuels company, announced today it has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Howden, a leading global provider of mission critical ...
Heraeus Precious Metals adds a smelter to its recycling capabilities
17-08-2022
Heraeus Precious Metals, a leading provider of precious metals services and products, will further expand its recycling capabilities
by building a smelter in ...
Construction starts at refinery modernisation project in Lithuania
16-08-2022
A ‘ground-breaking’ ceremony in Lithuania officially marked the beginning of the construction of the new Residue Conversion Unit at PC ORLEN Lietuva’s ...
UKs first refinery based hydrogen furnace arrives at Essar
16-08-2022
Essar Oil UK has taken delivery of the first-ever hydrogen-powered furnace at a refinery anywhere in the UK at its Stanlow site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. In ...
Baker Hughes opens new chemicals facility in Singapore
16-08-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, is expanding its presence in Asia by opening a new oilfield services chemicals manufacturing facility in Singapore, ...
Baker Hughes acquires Quest Integrity
15-08-2022
Baker Hughes has announced an agreement to acquire Quest Integrity, a subsidiary of Team, Inc and a global leader in the development and delivery of technology-enabled ...
Shell completes acquisition of renewables platform Sprng Energy group
10-08-2022
Sprng Energy, set up in 2017 by Actis, is a renewable energy platform based in Pune, India, and develops and manages renewable energy facilities such as solar ...
Shell awards ABL Group marine warranty work for Dutch biofuel plant
10-08-2022
ABL Group has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey services for the marine transportation of components for a hydrogenated vegetable oil ...
Eurotecnica wins world’s largest melamine plant contract
10-08-2022
Eurotecnica, the technology arm of the Proman family of companies, a global leader in natural gas derived products and services, announce the award by Xinji ...
Wood to engineer Europe’s most innovative olefin complex
09-08-2022
Wood has secured a new contract with INEOS in excess of $100 million to deliver engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) services for Project ...
Alia Servizi Ambientali selects MyRechemical for a waste to methanol and hydrogen plant
08-08-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary MyRechemical, NextChem’s subsidiary dedicated to Waste-to-Chemicals technologies, has been awarded by ...
Worley awarded two contracts for recyclable plastics production facility
08-08-2022
Worley has been awarded two contracts by Corpus Christi Polymers for its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Corpus ...
Versalis Dunastyr selects Antea Web AIM software
08-08-2022
Versalis Dunastyr, a major petrochemical company based in Hungary, has selected Antea Web — the complete suite of Antea’s globally leading asset integrity ...
TOYO awarded refinery plant project at Panipat
08-08-2022
Toyo Engineering India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited ...
TOYO awarded refinery plant project at Vadodara
08-08-2022
Toyo Engineering India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited ...
Southern Rock Energy proposes next generation refinery
08-08-2022
A “next generation” oil refinery powered by blue hydrogen could be developed in a small town outside Victoria, according to an application for a tax break ...
United Energy completes Integrity Terminals acquisition
05-08-2022
United Energy Corporation today announced 100% acquisition of Integrity Terminals, adding to UNRG's previous minority ownership stake of 12%. According to Brian ...
EPA risk assessment makes unrealistic assumptions on key refining chemical
03-08-2022
The American Petroleum Institute (API) yesterday filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), highlighting concern that EPA’s risk ...
Aramco and Sinopec sign MoU to collaborate on projects in Saudi Arabia
03-08-2022
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco”) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) covering ...
McDermott and KBR enter global Ammonia licensing agreement
03-08-2022
McDermott International and KBR have entered into a global licensing agreement to provide integrated solutions for KBR's proprietary ammonia technologies. Ammonia ...
Several refining projects are scheduled in Asia and the Middle East
02-08-2022
In Asia and the Middle East, at least nine refinery projects are beginning operations or are scheduled to come online before the end of 2023. At their current ...
Petrobras signs contract with Petrogal to share natural gas processing units
01-08-2022
Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/30/2020, informs that the Integrated Processing System (SIP) contract signed with Petrogal Brasil started ...
NextChem awarded a FEED contract for an advanced mechanical recycling plant of municipal waste in Europe
01-08-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by a market leader in plastics ...
Alternative Environmental Technologies adds distribution partner for select Latin American countries
01-08-2022
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp is very pleased to announce that it has signed another distribution agreement with OGE Drilling & Investment ...
Stavian Quang Yen Petrochemical signs MOU on investment cooperation of petrochemical factory
29-07-2022
On July 26, the Quang Ninh Promotion and Investment Assistance Board and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) co-organized the Quang Ninh Investment ...
GTC Vorro Technology and RATE announce collaboration
29-07-2022
GTC Vorro Technology has entered into an agreement with Rameshni & Associates Technology and Engineering (RATE), a global specialty engineering firm providing ...
INEOS and SINOPEC sign three significant petrochemical deals
28-07-2022
Firstly, INEOS has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation. ...
Patented OHL high-temperature valve for temperatures up to +1200°C
28-07-2022
Made for extremes. The industrial valve manufacturer OHL Gutermuth, based in Altenstadt, is renowned for its innovative strength, and manufactures a patented ...
Shell USA and Shell Midstream Partners reach definitive merger agreement
25-07-2022
SHLX’s assets include interests in entities that own crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminals that serve as key infrastructure to transport ...
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases add vaporizer manufacturing facility to Houston facility
25-07-2022
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group, a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd group of companies, is proud to announce yet another expansion of their ...
Johnson Matthey and ClimeCo collaborate to accelerate the deployment of low carbon solutions
25-07-2022
Johnson Matthey (JM), a leader in sustainable technologies, is collaborating with ClimeCo, a global climate solutions company, to accelerate the deployment ...
Gevo signs sustainable aviation fuel sales agreement with American Airlines
22-07-2022
Gevo Inc is pleased to announce a new fuel sales agreement with American Airlines Inc. The agreement sets forth the terms for the sale of 100 million gallons ...
LIFTE H2 and Burckhardt announce collaboration for Hydrogen projects
21-07-2022
The hydrogen infrastructure development company LIFTE H2, head quartered in the US with a German subsidiary, and compressor manufacturer Burckhardt Compression, ...
Technip Energies awarded renewable refinery expansion by Neste
21-07-2022
Technip Energies has been awarded a significant contract by Neste for the expansion of their renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ...
Baystar® announces start up of new ethane cracker in Port Arthur
21-07-2022
Bayport Polymers LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between TotalEnergies and Borealis, today announces the start-up of a new ethane cracker with an annual production ...
Air Liquide to build two new hydrogen production units with carbon capture technology in Shanghai
19-07-2022
Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of Air Liquide, will invest more than 200 million euros to build two hydrogen production ...
IndianOil & NTPC sign agreement for powering IndianOil refineries with renewable energy
19-07-2022
IndianOil and NTPC signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to meet the power requirements of upcoming projects of IndianOil refineries on July 18, ...
Technip Energies and National Petroleum Construction Company JV to accelerate energy transition
19-07-2022
On the sidelines of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to Paris, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of ...
LyondellBasell helps to close the loop on Polypropylene by joining NEXTLOOPP initiative
18-07-2022
NEXTLOOPP, launched in October 2020, aims at creating circular food-grade recycled polypropylene (FGrPP) from post-consumer packaging. LyondellBasell, one of ...
Boeing and Alder Fuels partner to scale SAF Globally
18-07-2022
Boeing and Alder Fuels today announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) around the world. Using Boeing airplanes, the ...
Numaligarh Refinery selects Lummus’ Novolen Technology
18-07-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a recent contract award from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. ...
European Commission grants IPCEI status for Porvoo refinery hydrogen projects
15-07-2022
Neste has become the first Finnish company to be granted IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) status by the European Commission, which enables ...
Lummus introduces industry's first net zero ethane cracker
14-07-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the launch of a major enhancement to its leading ...
KBC and CiT to launch rigorous simulation software for the design and optimization of polymer plant processes
13-07-2022
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces a partnership with Computing in Technology (CiT), the leading source of simulation software for modeling different polymer ...
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Neste receive EU funding for chemical recycling project in Porvoo
13-07-2022
Neste has received a positive grant decision for up to EUR 135 million from the EU Innovation Fund for the company’s project to build chemical recycling capacities ...
BASF introduces portfolio of catalysts and adsorbents to enable plastics recycling
13-07-2022
BASF launches PuriCycle®, a new line of advanced high-performance products for the purification of most complex waste plastics pyrolysis feeds. The PuriCycle ...
Tranter to provide efficient plate technologys to a refinery in Israel
13-07-2022
Tranter have won an order to replace two existing Shell-and-Tube heat exchangers in an oil refinery in Israel. The new heat exchangers, two large NovusBloc® ...
AERZEN showcases new screw compressors at the Achema
13-07-2022
AERZEN is one of the pioneers of screw compressor technology and has been supporting the process industry for decades with custom-fit, high-performance and ...
Samsung Engineering wins EPCC contract from Shell for a gas plant in Malaysia
13-07-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Project Management companies announced today, that it has received ...
Clariant’s SynDane® catalyst chosen for Wanhua’s new world-scale maleic anhydride plant
12-07-2022
Clariant has been awarded a major contract by Wanhua Chemical Group to supply catalysts for its new maleic anhydride plant, which will be one of the largest ...
Elliott Group appoint Matthew Rhodes VP of Global Service
11-07-2022
Elliott Group announces the appointment of Matthew Rhodes as Vice President of Global Service, effective July 1, 2022. Matthew succeeds Shane Reph who was named ...
Elliott Group appoint Ronald Josefczyk VP of Global Manufacturing
08-07-2022
Elliott Group announced today that Ronald Josefczyk has been appointed Vice President of Global Manufacturing, effective July 1, 2022. He succeeds Takanobu ...
Neste, MAN and Altens sign a partnership to promote biofuels in France
08-07-2022
Sharing a common vision where biofuels have a key role to play in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions in transportation – Neste, MAN and Altens have signed ...
Tupras selects Honeywell Ecofining™ technology for Biofuel production
07-07-2022
Honeywell announced today that Tüpraş will license Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ technology to produce biofuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and ...
Maire Tecnimont receive low-carbon ammonia synloop EPC project
07-07-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in cooperation with its sister company Nextchem S.p.A., has been awarded a Lump Sum Turn-Key ...
Axens to begin licensing Plastic Energy’s TAC process for advanced plastic recycling
07-07-2022
Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens is pleased to announce that Plastic Energy’s TAC process ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical receives 16 Texas Chemical Council safety awards
06-07-2022
Chevron Phillips Chemical announced today it received 16 safety awards from the Texas Chemical Council (TCC) for excellence in safety and operational performance. Seven ...
Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant
06-07-2022
Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which ...
Samsung Engineering signs an agreement with Aramco for the national EPC champions initiative
06-07-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies announced today, that ...
Shell & AMG Recycling and the United Company to construct a world-class metals complex in Saudi Arabia
05-07-2022
Shell & AMG Recycling BV and its partner, the United Company for Industry, announced the signing of an agreement with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company under ...
KBC launches Maximus 7.3 software
04-07-2022
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces the launch of Maximus® 7.3 modeling software, now available in the cloud. This new version further enhances engineers’ ...
BASF
and MAN Energy Solutions enter strategic heat pump partnership
01-07-2022
BASF and MAN Energy Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership to pursue the construction of an industrial-scale heat pump at the BASF site in Ludwigshafen. ...
Lummus and Clariant announce successful
start-up of world’s largest operating CATOFIN PDH unit
01-07-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and its catalyst partner Clariant, announced the successful ...
Lummus Digital partners with LACC to develop
AI powered remote performance monitoring for ethane cracker unit
30-06-2022
Lummus Digital, an industry-leading integrated digital solution provider has announced it has entered into an agreement with LACC, LLC, a subsidiary of ...
Sulzer enabling world’s first commercial-scale
waste-to-fuel plant with zero carbon emissions
29-06-2022
Sulzer has supported Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. to complete construction of the world’s first commercial-scale production plant that will convert municipal solid ...
Circularix and Macquarieto build and operate PET recycling plants across the
US
29-06-2022
HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group's Commodities and Global Markets group have formed a joint venture to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). ...
Egyptian General Petroleum and Baker Hughes partner to reduce emissions from flaring operations
29-06-2022
Baker Hughes and Petrosafe, a subsidiary of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), today announced a contract that will mark the first deployment ...
Lummus announces successful start-up of CATOFIN PDH unit in China
29-06-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and
value-driven energy solutions, announced the commissioning and startup of a propane dehydrogenation ...
Honeywell’s Connected OEM offering
29-06-2022
Honeywell today introduced its Connected OEM (original equipment manufacturer) offering, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that allows OEMs and skid manufacturers ...
ECI Group signs two license and engineering agreements with confidential Chinese client
29-06-2022
ECI Group has signed two license agreements for Process Technology and Engineering Design with a confidential client in China. The two lines will be capable ...
Ariel and Hoerbiger announce partnership
28-06-2022
Ariel Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of separable reciprocating gas compressors and Hoerbiger, a global leader in reciprocating gas compressor ...
Wood wins global master service agreement with Chevron
28-06-2022
The agreement can be used by Chevron’s business units including those involved in onshore and offshore assets as well as during project development. Under ...
Maire Tecnimont Group awarded new FEED contracts
28-06-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiaries Tecnimont and Stamicarbon have been awarded several new contracts and order variations for licensing, ...
Howden to supply tailored compression solution to refinery expansion mega project
28-06-2022
Howden has signed a contract to supply hydrogen reciprocating compressors for Motor Spirits Block Unit for the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project in India. Numaligarh ...
ExxonMobil, CNOOC and Shell to pursue carbon capture and storage hub in China
27-06-2022
ExxonMobil, Shell, CNOOC, and Guangdong Provincial Development & Reform Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the potential for ...
TABADUL and Sadara ink MoU to develop logistic solutions for Petrochemical industry
27-06-2022
Saudi Electronic Information Exchange Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sadara Chemical Company on Monday May 23, 2022 at TABADUL’s headquarters ...
Neste invests in its world scale renewable products refinery in Rotterdam
27-06-2022
Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand ...
Neste acquires European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology
27-06-2022
Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. ...
Hempel launches new fast-drying CUI coating
27-06-2022
Leading coatings supplier Hempel today launched Hempaprime CUI 275, a new coating to combat corrosion under insulation. With extremely short overcoating intervals ...
Air Liquide and Siemens form JV for the European production of large-scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers
23-06-2022
Air Liquide and Siemens Energy announce the creation of a joint venture dedicated to the series production of industrial scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers ...
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API, AFPM Joint Statement on Sec. Granholm's Meeting with U.S. Refiners
23-06-2022
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) released the following joint statement on U.S. Energy ...
OMV Petrom will start the production of sustainable aviation fuel at Petrobrazi
23-06-2022
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeastern Europe, will produce sustainable aviation fuel at the Petrobrazi refinery by co-processing ...
Swagelok Company celebrates 75th Anniversary
23-06-2022
Swagelok Company, a leading solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services, is marking its 75th year in business by expanding ...
Pioneering hydrogen-powered furnace arrives for installation at Stanlow terminal
23-06-2022
A new furnace capable of running on hydrogen and cutting CO2 emissions has arrived at the Port of Liverpool. The furnace, which is part of a multimillion-pound ...
Hempel launches Hempafire XTR 100 for hydrocarbon passive fire protection of downstream assets
23-06-2022
After 10 years of continuous success in the passive fire protection (PFP) market with its cellulosic range of products, Hempel today launched its first product ...
Shell qualifies BASF Puristar® and BASF Sorbead® for green hydrogen purification
22-06-2022
BASF has worked with Shell to evaluate and de-risk BASF’s Puristar® R0-20 and Sorbead® Adsorption Technology for the use in green hydrogen production. The ...
Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemical Company to modernize refinery with Honeywell technology
22-06-2022
Honeywell announced today that Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemical Company (ANRPC) will upgrade their existing naphtha complex using Honeywell UOP ...
VTT and Neste to build e-fuels demonstration facility for CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production
22-06-2022
Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale. E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based ...
TUBACEX secures its largest ever award from ADNOC
22-06-2022
TUBACEX secures its largest ever award with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) worth in excess of 30,000 tons over ten years for the supply of comprehensive ...
PAC releases OptiMVD
22-06-2022
PAC LP, a global leader in advanced instrumentation for laboratory and process applications for the oil & gas industry, announces the release of OptiMVD, ...
ExxonMobil advancing Singapore resid
upgrade project
21-06-2022
ExxonMobil said today that it has made a final investment decision on a multi-billion dollar expansion of its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore ...
Emerson and Neste to optimize Fintoil biorefinery operations
21-06-2022
Fintoil, together with Neste Engineering
Solutions, has selected Emerson’s automation software and technologies to maximize the operational performance of ...
ExxonMobil introduces new technology to convert methanol to SAF
20-06-2022
“SAF produced from renewable methanol can play an important role in helping the aviation industry achieve the transition to a
net-zero future. Reaching that ...
Topsoe technology to reduce customer greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022
17-06-2022
Topsoe technology to reduce customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022 “Effectively reducing carbon emissions requires a coordinated
...
Lummus Technology launches Polaris™ breech-lock closure
17-06-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven solutions, announced the launch of its Polaris™ breech-lock closure, a new technological ...
Wood appoints new Executive President for Consulting business
16-06-2022
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, today announces the appointment of Azad Hessamodini as Executive President of its Consulting business and ...
Shell and Dow start up e-cracking furnace experimental unit
16-06-2022
Shell and Dow have started up an experimental unit to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This ...
Nextchem strengthens partnership with GranBio
16-06-2022
Europe’s strict regulations and challenging targets for the decarbonization of transports are driving a rapidly growing demand for bio and low carbon fuels, ...
Watlow
celebrates 100 year anniversary
15-06-2022
Industrial heating technology manufacturer Watlow, which specializes in electric components for complete thermal systems, has reached its 100-year anniversary ...
Servomex relocates office in United Arab Emirates to better support customers in the
region
14-06-2022
The move comes as Servomex expands its expertise and infrastructure within this key business locality. This is driven by continued demand for Servomex gas analysis ...
Wood signs global engineering & project support master services agreement with Chevron
14-06-2022
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, has entered into a 10-year global master services agreement for engineering and project related services ...
Clariant produces first commercial sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol
14-06-2022
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical
company, today announced that it has produced the first commercial cellulosic ethanol at ...
Braskem Idesa and Advario to construct the Puerto Mexico chemical terminal
14-06-2022
Braskem Idesa announces the signing of an investment agreement with Advario for a joint 50% stake in the construction and
operation of an ethane import terminal ...
Arbor Renewable Gas reveals plan renewable fuels facility in Port Allen
14-06-2022
Arbor Renewable Gas LLC, a Houston-based company formed in 2019 that produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue, is evaluating ...
Chevron completes acquisition of renewable energy group
13-06-2022
Chevron Corporation today completed its previously announced acquisition of Renewable Energy Group Inc, following approval by REG stockholders. “We have ...
Nevada site acquired for largest Western US renewable diesel refinery
13-06-2022
Vegas Renewable Diesel Inc, announces acquisition of a prime site near Las Vegas for the largest renewable diesel refinery to be built in the Western United ...
Sulzer to support Shell to produce biofuels at new Rotterdam facility
13-06-2022
Expected to become one of the largest biofuels production sites in Europe, the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park will create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and ...
GTC Vorro Technology launches as a new process technology provider
10-06-2022
GTC Vorro Technology, a turn-key provider of environmental services and process technologies to oil & gas, refining, petrochemical and chemical companies, ...
Chevron and kazmunaygas announce collaboration on lower carbon opportunities
08-06-2022
Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Chevron Munaigas Inc, and JSC NC “KazMunayGas” have announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore ...
Sasol and Uzbekistan GTL continue to cooperate for next generation catalysts
08-06-2022
Sasol and Uzbekistan GTL’s ongoing cooperation took a significant step forward with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the supply of Low ...
Repsol / Aramco select Fischer Tropsch CANS and HyCOgen technology from Johnson Matthey
07-06-2022
Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, and bp, an international energy company, have announced that their co-developed, ground-breaking ...
Braya Renewable Fuels selects ABB to help transform the idled Come By Chance oil refinery
07-06-2022
ABB has been selected by Braya Renewable Fuels to support the transformation of the idled Come By Chance oil refinery in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, ...
Ukraine orphanage breaks ground
07-06-2022
Through the Andrew Sabin Family foundation, Sabin Metal Corp, precious metal recycler, supports the Ukrainian people and aims to raise more funds to complete ...
Honeywell launches a new version of its Immersive Field Simulator
06-06-2022
Honeywell today announced a new version of its Immersive Field Simulator (IFS) offering, a virtual reality (VR) and mixed-reality-based training tool that incorporates ...
GE Digital accelerator tools to help energy companies accelerate digital transformation
06-06-2022
GE Digital today announced its new Accelerator product line adding best-in-class software tools to help empower companies in asset-intensive energy industries ...
IVERSON eFuels select Technip Energies for a green ammonia production project
02-06-2022
Technip Energies has been selected by IVERSON eFuels AS, a Special Purpose Vehicle between CIP, Hy2gen and Trafigura, to perform the engineering design of a ...
Linde Engineering to extend Slovnaft’s polypropylene capacity in Slovakia
02-06-2022
Linde Engineering today announced it has been selected by Slovnaft, a member of the MOL Group, a leading integrated Central Eastern European oil and gas corporation, ...
ABB technology to drive production and energy efficiency at Olefin III
01-06-2022
ABB, working alongside Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas, have been employed to install their market leading distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability™ ...
Elise H. Nowee appointed President of Shell Catalysts & Technologies
01-06-2022
Elise H. Nowee has been named President Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) effective July 1, 2022. She will succeed Andy Gosse who has served in ...
Topsoe technology to support Cresta’s renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production
31-05-2022
The Braya refinery is strategically located, with world-class logistics assets, to source global feedstocks and to sell the produced renewable fuels into the ...
Yokogawa and DOCOMO successfully test remote control technology using 5G, Cloud, and AI
30-05-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and NTT DOCOMO INC, announced today that they have conducted a proof-of-concept test (PoC) of a remote control technology for ...
JGC Awarded EPC contract for Zuluf AH Oil increment central processing facilities
30-05-2022
JGC Holdings Corporation announced today that JGC Corporation, which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the ...
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy partner on U.S. advanced recycling project
27-05-2022
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy today announced a commercial agreement under which New Hope Energy will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas to transform ...
CB&I signs MoU with Korea Gas Corporation to support hydrogen economy in South Korea
27-05-2022
McDermott's storage business, CB&I, and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of large-scale ...
CVR Energy subsidiary selects Ecofining™ from Honeywell UOP
26-05-2022
Honeywell announced today that Coffeyville Resources & Marketing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc., has selected Honeywell for a feasibility ...
Samsung Engineering and Technip Energies JV for the Texas LNG project
26-05-2022
Samsung Engineering and Technip Energies have received a Pre-FID (Final Investment Decision) Engineering contract for the Texas LNG project in Brownsville, ...
Lummus and Clariant awarded contract for one of the world’s largest PDH units
25-05-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced it and its catalyst partner Clariant have been awarded ...
INERATEC’s and Clariant’s partnership to support the scale-up of sustainable fuel production
25-05-2022
Clariant continues to join forces with Ineratec in the challenge for a greener future. Since 2017, Clariant’s tailor-made catalysts have supported Ineratec’s ...
S&B selected as contractor for New Hope Energy’s advanced plastics recycling unit
24-05-2022
S&B Engineers and Constructors signs a multi-year master service agreement to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for New Hope Energy’s ...
Integrating carbon capture technology at the Phillips 66 Humber refinery
24-05-2022
Worley has been awarded the early front-end engineering services for a carbon capture facility at the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery in the UK. We’ll be working ...
TotalEnergies signs LNG long term sale contract with Hanwha Corporation
24-05-2022
Against the backdrop of World Gas Conference 2022, TotalEnergies announces the signing of a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Korea’s Hanwha ...
ADNOC award Fujairah LNG FEED contract to McDermott
18-05-2022
McDermott has been awarded a contract by ADNOC to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the new Fujairah Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility. ...
bp & Linde plan major CCS project across Texas Gulf Coast
17-05-2022
bp and Linde today announced plans to advance a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas that will enable low carbon hydrogen production at Linde's ...
Neste and Nordic Marine Oil introduces co-processed marine fuel
17-05-2022
Together with its partner Nordic Marine Oil, Neste is piloting a new Neste Marine™ 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia, a solution helping the maritime ...
Emerson and AspenTech complete transaction
17-05-2022
Emerson and AspenTech today announced the successful closing of the combination of Emerson’s industrial software businesses – OSI Inc. and its Geological ...
UAE’s Shaheen joins TA’ZIZ, Reliance JV to construct chemical project in Ruwais
17-05-2022
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company, known as Ta’ziz, said Shaheen Chem Holdings Investment will enter its $2 billion joint venture with India's Reliance ...
Axens and Toray Films to study a PET chemical recycling facility
12-05-2022
Axens, worldwide provider of technologies, products and services, and Toray Films Europe, market leader in engineering plastics films, are announcing their ...
HOERBIGER expands its Hydrogen Research Center in Vienna
12-05-2022
The demand for CO2-neutral energy is increasing. Hydrogen will therefore become increasingly important for both industrial and consumer applications in the ...
Phillips 66 to convert San Francisco refinery to a renewable fuels facility
10-05-2022
Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, ...
Shenyang Yuanda Compressor receive order for green hydrogen Project
09-05-2022
Shenyang Yuanda Compressor Co. Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Burckhardt Compression, has signed a contract with Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering Co. to supply ...
bp and Clean Planet Energy to help advance the circular plastics economy
06-05-2022
bp has signed a ten-year offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy, a UK-based company that is developing facilities to convert hard-to-recycle waste plastics ...
Tecam awarded environmental technology project in Eastern Europe
06-05-2022
Tecam continues its international expansion in the environmental sector, with the awarding of a new key technology project for wastewater treatment vapours ...
Burckhardt Compression to supply compressors for renewable diesel production at Preem refinery
06-05-2022
Burckhardt Compression has been selected by Preem Refinery as a compressor supplier for their Refinery in Lysekil, Sweden. The order includes two fully packaged ...
Aspen Technology expandes partnership with St1 Refinery AB
05-05-2022
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in asset optimization software, today announced that it has expanded its 12 year partnership with St1 Refinery AB, ...
Chevron, Talos and Carbonvert develop Texas carbon capture plant
03-05-2022
Chevron USA, through its Chevron New Energies division, Talos Energy Inc, through its Talos Low Carbon Solutions division, and Carbonvert, Inc. announced today ...
ADNOC acquires 25% stake in Borealis
29-04-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) today announced a strategic transaction involving Borealis AG (Borealis), ...
NeuRizer Urea Project
selects Stamicarbon
29-04-2022
Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has been selected as the licensor for the NeuRizer Urea Project (NRUP) in Leigh Creek, ...
Neste Engineering Solutions Oy to be merged into Neste Corporation
29-04-2022
Neste’s Board of
Directors has approved a merger plan according to which the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Neste Engineering Solutions Oy will be merged ...
Sasol ecoFT and Sweden’s Uniper partner to produce sustainable aviation fuel
28-04-2022
Sasol ecoFT has signed a letter of intent with Sollefteå municipality in
collaboration with Sweden’s energy company Uniper, to investigate the possibility ...
ENI selects KT - Kinetics Technology
28-04-2022
KT-Kinetics Technology has been awarded an EPC contract by Eni to implement two hydrogen production lines for the Venice biorefinery in Porto Marghera. The ...
McDermott joins industry experts on hydrogen hub and CCUS project
26-04-2022
McDermott International has joined a group of industry experts focused on unlocking the potential for a hydrogen-led energy hub located at Bacton, Norfolk, ...
Aemetis to supply JetBlue with 125 million gallons of SAF
26-04-2022
Aemetis Inc., a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that an offtake agreement has been signed with JetBlue ...
TA’ZIZ and Reliance sign shareholder agreement for Ruwais chemicals project
26-04-2022
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (TA’ZIZ) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), have signed the formal Shareholder Agreement for the TA’ZIZ ...
HIMA and Mangan Software Solutions partnering in safety lifecycle digitalization
26-04-2022
HIMA, a global leader of safety related automation solutions, announces a global partnership with Mangan Software Solutions (MSS), a leading functional safety ...
BASF and thyssenkrupp Uhde optimize STAR process dehydrogenation technology
26-04-2022
BASF and thyssenkrupp Uhde achieved measurable improvements in the STAR process®, a proprietary dehydrogenation process from thyssenkrupp Uhde that can produce ...
Unleash the potential of your Naphtha Steam Cracker
26-04-2022
The global ethylene market grows at 3.0-3.5% annually, which amounts to 6-7 MM MTA increase in demand every year. Greater than 95% of ethylene is produced ...
Lummus and Braskem announce partnership for green ethylene yechnology
22-04-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a partnership with Braskem, the largest biopolymer ...
Air Products and World Energy to build conversion of SAT production facility in Southern California
22-04-2022
Air Products announced today that it is teaming up with World Energy to build a new $2 billion major expansion project at World Energy’s Sustainable Aviation ...
Borealis selects Axens Rewind® Mix Process
21-04-2022
Borealis and Axens have recently signed a license agreement for the Rewind® Mix process in order to purify and upgrade 50 KTA of pyrolysis oils produced from ...
TOYO starts DX-PLANT® service for Ethylene Plant of Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
21-04-2022
Toyo Engineering Corporation signed an agreement for DX-PLANT® subscription service with Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (MPC). This is the first application ...
LyondellBasell announces plans to exit refining business
21-04-2022
LyondellBasell today announced its decision to cease operation of its Houston Refinery no later than December 31, 2023. In the interim, the Company will continue ...
Strong progress towards net zero for Shell
21-04-2022
Shell today published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2021 detailing the company’s progress over the past year. This report will be put to shareholders ...
Magma Catalyst receives the Queen’s Award for Enterprise
21-04-2022
Magma Catalyst has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise – for Innovation. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise is the most prestigious business ...
Topsoe supports new production of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in Ontario
20-04-2022
Refuel Energy Inc, has announced its plans for the construction of a 3000 barrels per day renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario, Canada. The proposed ...
Baker Hughes acquires Mosaic Materials
20-04-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has acquired Mosaic Materials Inc. to further develop and scale its next-generation capture technology for carbon ...
CEMEX to
turn CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel
18-04-2022
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. continues its path to a net-zero future by joining forces with integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol ecoFT and renewable energy ...
Fuhaichuang Petrochemical selects Axens H-Oil® to boost the profitability of its
assets
15-04-2022
Fuhaichuang Petrochemical Co., Ltd, one of the main private Chinese refiner, has selected Axens’ Ebullated-bed residue hydrocracking technology (H-Oil®) ...
ExxonMobil begins design studies for South East Australia carbon capture hub in Gippsland
14-04-2022
ExxonMobil
said today it is undertaking early front-end engineering design studies (pre-FEED) to determine the potential for carbon capture and storage to reduce ...
TotalEnergies and ENEOS to study sustainable aviation fuel production at ENEOS Negishi refinery
14-04-2022
TotalEnergies and ENEOS
Corporation announced a collaboration to jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ...
Technip Energies and Alterra Energy to develop sustainable plastics projects
14-04-2022
Technip Energies and Alterra Energy today announced they have signed a
global joint development and collaboration agreement to integrate Alterra’s commercially ...
Linde to continues US Gulf Coast expansion
13-04-2022
Linde announced today it is expanding its La Porte, Texas, facility, effectively doubling the facility’s merchant liquid production capacity. Starting ...
Key developments for Viva Energy’s Geelong energy hub
13-04-2022
The Viva Energy Board has approved funding to upgrade processing capability at Geelong Refinery to produce Ultra-Low Sulphur Gasoline (ULSG). This investment ...
Phillips 66 announces CEO transition plans
12-04-2022
Phillips 66 has named its current President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Lashier, as President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 1. Lashier will ...
SOCAR’s Heydar Aliyev oil refinery modernization and revamp project
12-04-2022
SOCAR’s Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery is currently undergoing modernization and reconstruction process to increase the refining capacity, provide the country ...
Haldor Topsoe is now Topsoe
08-04-2022
The world is changing, and so are we. Today, the biggest global challenge is climate change, and we have made it our vision to become recognized as the global ...
XRG celebrates 5th anniversary!
06-04-2022
XRG is celebrating 5 years of service in the oil and gas industry. We are a fired equipment engineering firm specializing in the design and supply of new equipment ...
Burckhardt Compression begin construction of a hydrogen test facility in Winterthur
05-04-2022
Today Burckhardt Compression
in Winterthur laid the groundbreaking for the construction of a hydrogen test facility. It will serve the further development of ...
Neste, CINEA and the EU Commission grant agreement for the clean hydrogen project 'SHARC' in Porvoo
04-04-2022
Neste has closed the grant agreement
process with CINEA and the European Commission, following the earlier announced positive EU Innovation Fund grant decision ...
ProSep begins water treatment project on Scarborough gas project
04-04-2022
A leading, global provider of environmentally friendly solutions, ProSep, has secured a water treatment project
with an American multinational corporation on ...
Neste’s divestment of base oils business to Chevron has been completed
01-04-2022
In October 2021, Neste Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement to sell its existing base oils business to Chevron Global Energy Inc., a wholly ...
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INEOS Aromatics completes modernisation of its PTA facility in Merak
01-04-2022
INEOS Aromatics has completed a $70 million modernisation of its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Merak, Indonesia, that significantly reduces emissions ...
Petroperú selects Honeywell Forge to support employee training
31-03-2022
Honeywell today announced that Petróleos del Perú S.A, the largest hydrocarbon producer, refiner and distributor in Peru, has implemented Honeywell Forge ...
MHI Compressor to deliver equipment for Chevron Phillips Chemical propylene unit
29-03-2022
MHI Compressor International Corporation (MCO-I), a leader in the design and manufacture of API centrifugal compressors and steam turbines, has secured a contract ...
Lihuayi Group selects petrochemical catalysts from Clariant
29-03-2022
Clariant’s Catalysts business has been awarded three new contracts by China’s Lihuayi Group for its upcoming petrochemicals production units. The agreements ...
CB&I to build spheres for largest North American green hydrogen production facility
28-03-2022
McDermott's storage business, CB&I, will design and build two 500,000-gallon double-wall liquid hydrogen spheres for Plug Power Inc.'s (NASDAQ: PLUG) new ...
Groupe ADP, GMR Airports, Airbus, Axens and Safran to collaborate on making Indian aviation future ready
25-03-2022
Airport operators Groupe ADP and GMR Airports together with Airbus, Axens and Safran have signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a joint ...
KBR and ExxonMobil Catalyst Licensing collaborate on next generation PDH technology
24-03-2022
KBR and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC will collaborate to bring significant advancements to propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology. Under the ...
Leading midstream company selects KBR’s Catalytic Olefins technology
24-03-2022
KBR announced today that it has secured a contract from a leading midstream company for a world-scale olefins production facility to be built on the U.S. Gulf ...
SPEC Energy DMCC selects multiple technologies from Honeywell UOP
23-03-2022
Honeywell today announced that SPEC Energy DMCC will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its refinery to convert low value vacuum gasoil and ...
Neles introduces the renewed Nelprof selection tool for automated process valves
23-03-2022
The complete Nelprof™ valve sizing and selection software for all intelligent automated process valves by Neles is now available as a free web-based tool. With ...
ArcelorMittal start-up "3D" Carbon Capture pilot in Dunkirk
22-03-2022
The "3D" industrial pilot to demonstrate an innovative process for capturing CO2 from industrial activities is now running at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk site. ...
Baker Hughes, C3 AI, Accenture and Microsoft collaborate on industrial asset management solutions
22-03-2022
Energy technology company Baker Hughes is collaborating with C3 AI, Accenture and Microsoft on industrial asset management (IAM) solutions for clients in the ...
Yokogawa and JSR use AI to autonomously control a chemical plant
22-03-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and JSR Corporation announce the successful conclusion of a field test in which AI was used to autonomously run a chemical plant ...
Detect Technologies announces global agreement with Shell
21-03-2022
In addition, the company received an investment from the energy company’s corporate venture capital group, Shell Ventures, to further the company’s growth. Mumbai, ...
Special valves for the world’s largest CSP PROJECT
21-03-2022
OHL Gutermuth is one of the world’s most experienced partners when it comes to supplying solar plants with high-pressure valves. The company has even supplied ...
Servomex unveils its Gas Guide for 2022
17-03-2022
GAS analysis experts Servomex has unveiled its Gas Guide for 2022. Available to download from the Servomex website, the 2022 Gas Guide brings together all the ...
Honeywell announces Integrated Olefin Suite of technologies
16-03-2022
Honeywell today announced an Integrated Olefin Suite (IOS) of technologies that can increase ethylene production and improve profitability when added to a naphtha ...
RefiPampa selects IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology from Elessent Clean Technologies
15-03-2022
Refi Pampa SA has signed agreements with Elessent Clean Technologies for the license and basic engineering of a new IsoTherming® Diesel Hydrotreating and Dewaxing ...
New Fourtitude™ FCC catalyst maximises butylenes helping to improve performance for refiners
14-03-2022
BASF launched today Fourtitude™, a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst designed to maximize butylenes from resid feedstocks. Fourtitude, the latest ...
Rene Gonzalez appointed as Editor for PTQ and DigitalRefining
13-03-2022
Rene Gonzalez has returned to PTQ as editor to continue the excellent work of Chris Cunningham over the past 13 years, ensuring PTQ provides the most relevant ...
Mark Peters to handle US Operations for PTQ, DigitalRefining & Decarbonisation Technology
13-03-2022
Mark Peters has been hired to help with the launch of the Decarbonisation Technology Summits, to be held in London and Houston this year, along with the US ...
Vandelay Ventures selects BioFlux® from Sulzer Chemtech
11-03-2022
Sulzer Chemtech will provide a BioFlux® technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in ...
Venture Global selects Honeywell technologies for LNG pretreatment at Louisiana facility
08-03-2022
Honeywell announced today that Venture Global LNG, Inc. will use a series of technologies from Honeywell UOP to remove various contaminants from natural gas ...
hte wins A*Star hardware tender
08-03-2022
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been awarded a tender for the provision of a very flexible high throughput solution to A*STAR. The unit ...
Valmet launches the beyond circularity R&D and innovation project
08-03-2022
Valmet will launch a new R&D and innovation project called Beyond Circularity, which improves Valmet’s readiness to support the green transition in Valmet’s ...
Técnicas Reunidas and Axens agreement to develop carbon capture and storage projects
03-03-2022
Técnicas Reunidas and Axens have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly promote carbon capture projects and provide integrated solutions from the concept ...
Optimising CDU desalter processing with interface control
03-03-2022
In this webinar, you will find out how Tracerco’s advanced multi-phase nucleonic instrumentation can analyse desalter performance and improve crude blending ...
New technology for green hydrogen production from Honeywell
02-03-2022
Honeywell announced today that it has developed new catalyst-coated membrane (CCMs) technology for Green Hydrogen production and will further test the technology ...
Qenos selects advanced recycling technology from Axens and Plastic Energy
02-03-2022
Plastic Energy (UK), one of the world’s leading advanced plastics recycling technology companies, and Axens (France), worldwide provider of technologies, ...
INEOS Aromatics reduces CO2 emissions and increases capacity at PTA facility
01-03-2022
INEOS Aromatics has completed a $70 million modernisation of its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Merak, Indonesia, that significantly reduces emissions ...
Neste to establish a JV with Marathon Petroleum for production of renewable fuels
01-03-2022
Neste Corporation has signed definitive agreements for the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture with US-based Marathon Petroleum (Marathon). The joint venture ...
ExxonMobil to expand carbon capture and storage at LaBarge facility
01-03-2022
ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than ...
Honeywell and Oriental Energy to build sustainable aviation fuel production facility
01-03-2022
Honeywell and Oriental Energy Company Ltd. today jointly announced that a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility with an annual output capacity ...
Gevo investigates proprietary dehydration technology at hte
01-03-2022
hte – the high throughput experimentation company - was selected in March of 2021 by Gevo Inc., a pioneer in sustainable, low-carbon biofuel and chemicals, ...
Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group
28-02-2022
Chevron Corporation and Renewable Energy Group Inc, announced today a definitive agreement under which Chevron will acquire the outstanding shares of REG in ...
DuPont Sustainable Solutions unveilsnew name dss+
28-02-2022
Today, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, a global operations consulting firm, announced it will operate under a new name: dss+ (pronounced 'dss plus'). Since DuPont ...
bp and Honeywell sign licensing agreement for the use of Honeywell’s UOP Ecofining™ technology
28-02-2022
Honeywell announced today that bp and Honeywell have signed a licensing agreement for Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ technology. bp is undergoing pre-feed engineering ...
ExxonMobil to expand carbon capture and storage at LaBarge
25-02-2022
ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than any ...
Chevron invests in Carbon Clean CO2 capture technology business
24-02-2022
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, announced it has made a new investment in Carbon Clean, a global leader in cost-effective industrial ...
Univation Technology and Axens to improve efficiency of linear alpha olefins and polyethylene resins production
24-02-2022
Axens and Univation Technologies have entered into a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing improved capital and operating efficiencies for the ...
EMICOgauge pressure measuring system protects people and the environment
24-02-2022
The new Emission Control Gauge (EMICOgauge) pressure measuring system from WIKA ensures safety for people and the environment in critical processes. It features ...
Tranter to deliver 37 large heat exchangers to European petrochemical project
24-02-2022
Tranter have received an order from a European based EPC company for a petrochemical project in Eastern Europe. The project is one of the largest Petrochemical ...
TOYO studies electrification of ethylene cracker commissioned by NEDO
22-02-2022
Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been selected as the commissioned contractor of a project “Surveys of suitability of demonstration requirements for demonstration ...
Numaligarh Refinery Limited selects AspenTech for refinery digitalisation
22-02-2022
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in asset optimisation software, today announced that Indian energy company Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has chosen ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical invests in circular plastics fund
21-02-2022
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) reinforced its commitment to accelerate change for a sustainable future by investing in Infinity Recycling’s Circular Plastics ...
thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey
21-02-2022
thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to build three new world-scale polymer plants for SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş in Adana, ...
Servomex appoints Andy Cowan as President
20-02-2022
Andy Cowan replaces Trevor Sands as the new President, having been promoted from his role as Chief Finance Officer at Spectris’s Industrial Solutions Division ...
Pilot project launched aimed at commercial use of fuel ammonia to naphtha crackers
18-02-2022
Mitsui Chemicals Inc, Maruzen Petrochemical Co Ltd, Toyo Engineering Corporation and Sojitz Machinery Corporation, today announced that a joint pilot project ...
Integrated Global Services acquires Tube Tech
17-02-2022
Integrated Global Services, a leading provider of thermal spray and other surface protection solutions and portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. ...
BCCK
partners with Kaizen Clean Energy
17-02-2022
BCCK Holding Company, a leader in engineering, procurement, fabrication, and field construction services, has partnered with Kaizen Clean Energy, a leading ...
Shandong Yulong Petrochemical selects CDAlky technology
17-02-2022
Lummus Technology announced that
Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China's Nanshan Group, has selected its CDAlky® technology for use ...
Green hydrogen pioneer Hy2gen announces investment
17-02-2022
Hy2gen AG, the green hydrogen investment platform, today announces the successful completion of a €200 million, investment round. The capital
will be used ...
TotalEnergies and Honeywell sign a strategic agreement to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling
17-02-2022
TotalEnergies and Honeywell today announced a strategic agreement to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling. Under
this agreement, Honeywell ...
Baker Hughes collaborates with Egyptian General Petroleum on a flare recovery initiative
15-02-2022
Baker Hughes has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2022 Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) ...
Combating corrosion at a major South African refinery
15-02-2022
Remote monitoring specialist Omniflex is supplying next-generation cathodic protection (CP) technology to Engen, a major South African energy company, as it ...
Elliott Group developes Flex-Op® compressor arrangement for hydrogen applications
14-02-2022
Elliott Group has developed a new, configurable compressor arrangement designed to enhance operational flexibility in hydrogen applications. The Flex-Op® compressor ...
Technip Energies awarded EPCC contract by PETRONAS Chemicals Fertiliser Kedah
10-02-2022
Technip Energies, as leader of a consortium with Dialog E&C Sdn Bhd, has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning ...
Lummus and Synthos advance Bio-Butadiene technology
10-02-2022
Lummus Technology announced that its Green Circle business and Synthos S.A. have reached a major milestone in the development of advanced bio-butadiene technology. ...
TOYO awarded Polyacetal plant project
10-02-2022
Toyo Engineering Corporation (China), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded the project to construct a Polyacetal (POM) ...
Unifeeder and VARO collaborate to reduce European transportation carbon footprint
09-02-2022
This is the first biofuel collaboration between Unifeeder and VARO, which supports both companies’ ambition to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of ...
Essar to build UKs first refinery based hydrogen furnace
09-02-2022
Essar Oil UK (‘EOUK’), the leading UK-focused downstream energy company, announces plans to install a new £45 million furnace at Stanlow that’s capable ...
Tupras selects ISOALKY™ technology to produce high octane alkylate
09-02-2022
Honeywell UOP announced today that Tüpras has selected ISOALKY™ technology to produce high-quality alkylate at Tüpraş refineries, making the Turkish company ...
Honeywell introduces new technology to produce key feedstock for plastics
09-02-2022
Honeywell today announced that it has introduced a new solution for producing renewable naphtha for petrochemical production using the commercially proven Honeywell ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies supports seamless startup at Hyundai Chemicals HPC
09-02-2022
Using Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) C2 FE selective hydrogenation catalyst, the Heavy-Feed Petrochemical Complex (HPC) operated by Hyundai Chemicals ...
Samsung Engineering receives petrochemical project contract in Russia
09-02-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management companies, announced today, that it had signed ...
Linde signs long term agreement with BASF in France
08-02-2022
Linde today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with BASF, one of the world's largest chemical companies, for the supply of hydrogen and steam. Linde ...
Eni-SEA agreement on biofuel for commercial flights
08-02-2022
Eni and SEA, the Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate airports operator, have signed an agreement to promote decarbonization initiatives in the aviation sector and ...
ESC Spectrum acquires Control Analytics expanding product and service offerings
02-02-2022
ESC Spectrum, industry leader industry leader in air emissions monitoring and compliance, has acquired Control Analytics, Inc. Control Analytics provides continuous ...
Yokogawa selected as system integrator for open process automation field trial
31-01-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil as the system integrator for the first field trial of an Open Process Automation* ...
A circular solution to plastic waste
31-01-2022
Sulzer Chemtech will provide its SuRe™ BTX technology to recover high value circular petrochemicals downstream of Encina’s mixed plastics catalytic conversion ...
BASF and Innospec collaborate to bring increased value to ethanol producers
31-01-2022
BASF Enzymes LLC and Innospec Fuel Specialities LLC have entered into a distribution agreement to increase the overall value to the customers and to show their ...
Atlas Copco Gas and Process compressor supports CO2 storage at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park
31-01-2022
Supporting its goal of driving the decarbonization of hydrocarbon processes and the road to Net Zero Emissions, Atlas Copco Gas and Process will be supplying ...
America’s largest plastics recycler selects Honeywell’s advanced plastics recycling technology
27-01-2022
Honeywell today announced its intent to form a joint venture with Avangard Innovative to build an advanced recycling plant in Texas. The facility will ...
ABB and Coolbrook MoU to reduce emissions in petrochemical market
27-01-2022
ABB and Finnish technology company Coolbrook have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commercialize and accelerate the adoption of Roto Dynamic Reactor ...
Clariant supplies novel AmoMax® 10 Plus catalyst for ground-breaking green ammonia project
27-01-2022
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, further underlines its commitment to decarbonize the chemical industry and supports ...
PTT and CCC-JV select NGL-MAX from Lummus Technology
27-01-2022
Lummus Technology announced it has been awarded a contract by CCC-JV, a joint venture of China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co., Ltd., China Petroleum Pipeline ...
BCCK Holding sign agreement with Pinnacle Midstream for Nitech® NRU
27-01-2022
BCCK Holding Company has signed an agreement with Pinnacle Midstream to supply a NiTech® Nitrogen Rejection Unit (NRU) in the Permian Basin. BCCK, along with ...
Rosneft award Maire Tecnimont EPC contract for the VGO Hydrocracking complex at Ryazan Refinery
26-01-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces today that its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A and MT Russia LLC have signed an EPC contract with Rosneft for the implementation ...
Technip Energies purchases Iowa Corn promotion boards monoethylene glycol technology
25-01-2022
Technip Energies and Iowa Corn announced that the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) and Technip Energies have signed an Asset Purchase Agreement under which ...
Liebherr expands its use of Neste MY renewable diesel
25-01-2022
Liebherr will be expanding its use of Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ to its plant in Kirchdorf where the company develops and manufactures annually approximately ...
SOCAR selects FCC technology from Axens for its Heydar Aliyev refinery
21-01-2022
On January 17, SOCAR HQ held a ceremony to sign licensing and design agreements for the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit between the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery ...
Port Arthur renewable diesel facility construction milestone reached
20-01-2022
Diamond Green Diesel LLC and Burns & McDonnell Reach Construction Milestone for Port Arthur Renewable Diesel Facility Diamond Green Diesel LLC (DGD), ...
Industry support for large-scale carbon capture and storage gain momentum
20-01-2022
Three additional companies have announced their support for exploring the implementation of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in and around ...
Toyo Engineering and SCG Chemicals collaborate on recycled feedstock for petrochemicals
19-01-2022
Toyo Engineering Corporation and SCG Chemicals in Thailand entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) relating to the joint collaboration of improving ...
Aggreko completes the largest flare gas to power project to date in the Middle East
17-01-2022
Aggreko is proud to announce we have completed commissioning of the largest flare gas to power project in the Middle East to date at 165 MW capacity. The plant ...
Burckhardt Compression and KB Delta enter into strategic partnership for compressor valve parts
17-01-2022
Burckhardt Compression and KB Delta have signed a global distribution agreement in December 2021, effective January 1, 2022. Burckhardt Compression acts ...
PT Polytama Propindo selects LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology
15-01-2022
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced that PT Polytama Propindo will use the LyondellBasell Spheripol technology ...
WIN Waste Innovations select Merichem Company’s LO-CAT® Sulfur Recovery Technology
14-01-2022
Merichem Company announced today that it has been awarded a contract for the supply of LO-CAT® Sulfur Recovery Technology to WIN Waste Innovations to remove ...
LUKOIL selects Lummus ether and alkylation technologies
14-01-2022
Lummus Technology announced it has been awarded a contract from LUKOIL Permnefteorgsintez for a new integrated methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and alkylation ...
Haldor Topsoe to support Indaba Renewable Fuels’ production of sustainable aviation fuel
14-01-2022
“We are excited to provide Indaba with refining technology and catalysts as they initiate production of renewable fuels in the United States. Our HydroFlex™ solution ...
Repsol selects integrated control and safety system solution for Spain's first advanced biofuels plant
13-01-2022
Honeywell today announced that it has been selected by Repsol to supply an integrated control and safety system (ICSS) for the first advanced biofuels production ...
Maire Tecnimont awarded aniline plant EPC contract
13-01-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Covestro ...
Tecam has been awarded new environmental technology project
13-01-2022
Tecam, a leading supplier of environmental technology, announces that it has been awarded a new project for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) vapour recovery ...
LanzaJet secures funding from Microsoft climate innovation fund
13-01-2022
Today, LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, announced it has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in ...
thyssenkrupp Uhde Thailand awarded oleochemicals contract
12-01-2022
thyssenkrupp Uhde Thailand has been awarded a contract by a leading oleo and specialty chemicals producer in Asia for engineering services and proprietary equipment ...
Aramco expands European downstream presence with PKN Orlen investments
12-01-2022
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals company, is expanding its global downstream presence with investments in ...
thyssenkrupp to install 200 MW green hydrogen facility for Shell in port of Rotterdam
12-01-2022
thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers has signed a supply contract with Shell for the large-scale project ‘Hydrogen Holland I’ in the port of Rotterdam, ...
Strategic growth in the Middle East for Wood
12-01-2022
Wood marks a year of strategic growth in the Middle East region following a suite of contract awards and strategic framework renewals across its Consulting, ...
Lukoil selects Honeywell UOP technologies to improve gasoline and propylene yield
12-01-2022
Honeywell today announced that LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of LUKOIL, will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its refinery to ...
Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies agreement for an advanced recycling plant in Sevilla
12-01-2022
Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies have announced a new agreement to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling. Under this agreement, Plastic Energy ...
BASF, China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2 rich marine gas
12-01-2022
BASF signed a joint development agreement with China BlueChemical Limited Company (China BlueChemical), a leading natural gas producer, and the chemical engineering ...
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CropEnergies to produce renewable ethyl acetate using Johnson Matthey technology
12-01-2022
CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, and Johnson Matthey, London, a leader in sustainable technologies, have entered into an engineering, license and technical services ...
Neste successfully concludes series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery
12-01-2022
Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. After kicking the series ...
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McDermott and CSIRO team up to advance carbon capture technologies
11-01-2022
McDermott International and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia's premier national science organization, are evaluating ...
StyroMax® UL3 catalyst demonstrates outstanding productivity at Risun’s new styrene monomer plant
11-01-2022
Clariant announced today that its StyroMax UL3 catalyst is demonstrating successful results at Risun’s new styrene monomer plant located in Tangshan, China. ...
Lanaz to use Honeywell technology to modernize Iraqi refinery to produce cleaner burning fuels
11-01-2022
Honeywell announced today that the Lanaz Company will use UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed Platforming process units to upgrade its refinery ...
Johnson Matthey launches HyCOgen™
06-01-2022
Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, has launched an innovative technology, HyCOgen, designed to play a pivotal role in enabling the ...
SpectraSensors and Kaiser Optical Systems merge into Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis
05-01-2022
Effective 1 January 2022, the Endress+Hauser subsidiaries SpectraSensors, Inc. and Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. have joined forces to form a new company: Endress+Hauser ...
Elessent Clean Technologies acquires Clean Technologies business from DuPont de Nemours
03-01-2022
New Year’s Day marked the beginning for Elessent Clean Technologies as an international private equity consortium, consisting of BroadPeak Global LP, Asia ...
Lummus Green Circle and Chevron Lummus Global to offer integrated circular solutions
22-12-2021
Lummus Technology’s Green Circle and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) announced the integration of multiple technologies from their portfolios for application ...
Ford, Bacon & Davis officially integrates with S&B
20-12-2021
Ford, Bacon & Davis LLC, today announced it is officially integrating with the S&B Family of Companies and will operate within S&B effective January ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies helps design new crude distiller column at Raízen refinery
20-12-2021
Raízen Argentina’s refinery in Buenos Aires, working with Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) and more than 25 Argentine companies, has built and ...
NextChem awarded engineering works by ENI for a carbon capture plant in Italy
17-12-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded by ENI the engineering works for a carbon capture plant at the natural gas plant ...
Calpine’s Deer Park energy center proceeds to engineering design stage using Shell’s Cansolv CO2 technology
16-12-2021
Shell Catalysts & Technologies supports Calpine Texas CCUS Holdings, LLC’s (Calpine) front-end-engineering design (FEED) of a post-combustion carbon dioxide ...
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Linde Engineering will digitise MOL’s steam cracker plant operations
16-12-2021
Linde Engineering and MOL Group have signed a contract for the digitalization of MOL’s steam cracker plant operations at MOL Petrochemicals in Tiszaújváros, ...
An introduction to Sinopec Hydrocracking Technologies
16-12-2021
This webinar gives you an overview and understanding of hydrocracking and its applications, with an emphasis on technologies and catalysts developed by Sinopec ...
Technip Energies passes all performance tests at SP Olefins gas-cracking ethylene plant
14-12-2021
Technip Energies provided the technology licensing and process design to SP Olefins (Taixing) Co. Ltd., for China’s first gas-cracking ethylene plant in Taixing, ...
Gazprom Neft launches sustainable aviation fuel alliance with industry leaders
13-12-2021
Gazprom Neft has launched an alliance with aviation industry leaders to help ensure the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Russian airports in accordance ...
Grace announces successful start-up of two UNIPOL PP lines at Oriental Energy
13-12-2021
W. R. Grace & Co., the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology, polypropylene (PP) process technology, and technology services, announced ...
ACHEMA to be moved from April to August 2022
13-12-2021
ACHEMA 2022, the World Forum for the Process Industries, will be held at the Frankfurt Fairground from 22 to 26 August 2022, instead of 4 to 8 April 2022 as ...
TOYO awarded refinery plant project in India
09-12-2021
Toyo Engineering India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo-Japan), has been awarded a contract by Numaligarh Refinery ...
SINOPEC starts up seventh STRATCO® alkylation unit at Fujian refinery
09-12-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that the STRATCO® alkylation unit at the Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd (FREP) refinery ...
CVR Energy selects Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ technology
08-12-2021
Honeywell today announced that a CVR Energy, Inc. subsidiary has selected Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ technology to study conversion of seed oils, tallow and ...
Wood to drive refinery efficiency on ultra Clean fuel project
08-12-2021
Wood has further strengthened its relationship with IRPC by securing a new contract to work on the Ultra Clean Fuel Project on the IRPC Industrial Estate in ...
Technip Energies awarded a FEED update contract for the Ghasha development
08-12-2021
Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to update the Front-End Engineering Design for the Ghasha mega project including ...
Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical sign licensing agreement for Axens’ AFATM technology
08-12-2021
Saudi Aramco Technologies Company and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, have formed a technology partnership with Axens in support of Axens’ AlphaButol® ...
Baker Hughes announces major turbomachinery LNG order
08-12-2021
Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract by Bechtel to provide high-efficiency gas turbines and centrifugal compressors to support the expansion of the Pluto ...
Clariant developing next-gen ammonia cracking catalysts to support the global hydrogen revolution
07-12-2021
Clariant Catalysts’ role in the so-called “green hydrogen revolution” continues to grow. The company is now participating in Germany’s prestigious TransHyDE ...
Aramco and Larsen & Toubro to collaborate on manufacturing sector development
07-12-2021
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company in collaboration with Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is developing manufacturing capabilities in the Kingdom ...
Samsung Engineering secures Jafurah gas treatment contract in Saudi Arabia
07-12-2021
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies, announced, that it received ...
SABIC signs MoU to study development of new petrochemical project in Oman
07-12-2021
Coinciding with the visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Oman, SABIC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OQ on December 6 to support the ...
Oriental Energy selects Grace’s UNIPOL® PP Process Technology
07-12-2021
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology, polypropylene (PP) process technology, and technology services, has ...
Severn Group announces acquisition of ValvTechnologies
07-12-2021
Severn Group, the global family of specialist high-end valve engineering and manufacturing companies, which includes Severn and LB Bentley, has acquired US-headquartered ...
Indian Oil awards Bio-Ethanol plant project to Nuberg EPC
06-12-2021
Leading Indian Global EPC and turnkey project management company, Nuberg EPC has been awarded the prestigious 10 TPD 2nd Generation Bio-Ethanol from Biomass ...
Mammoet works closely with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering for cost-effective heavy lifts
06-12-2021
Mammoet continues to provide client L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering with heavy lifting services for the construction of its Barmer oil refinery and petrochemical ...
Borouge awards three EPC contracts to Maire Tecnimont
06-12-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has signed with Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd, three EPC contracts relating to the world-class ...
Technip Energies awarded petrochemical contract by Borouge
06-12-2021
Technip Energies has been awarded a substantial Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contract in consortium with TARGET Engineering by Abu Dhabi Polymers ...
Breakthrough in on-line rapid crude assay can now measure organic chloride
06-12-2021
4IR Solutions have achieved a high-level of accuracy (single digit ppm level of detection) in the analysis of Organic Chloride, which is the latest parameter ...
Burckhardt Compression signs contract to equip a mega-plant with three Hyper Compressors in China
03-12-2021
Burckhardt Compression has signed a contract with Jiangsu Hongjing New Material Company Ltd. to equip three production lines for EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate ...
British Airways and Phillips 66 announce sustainable aviation fuel agreement
03-12-2021
British Airways will become the first airline in the world to use sustainable aviation fuel produced on a commercial scale in the UK after signing a multi-year ...
INEOS FPS rolls out AI optimisation technology for lower emissions
02-12-2021
INEOS FPS has announced plans to deploy innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven optimisation technology at its Kinneil Terminal in Grangemouth that will ...
Lummus and Moscow refinery sign agreement for furnace supply
02-12-2021
Lummus Technology announced it has been awarded a contract from the Gazpromneft Moscow Refinery for two fired heaters. The heaters will be installed at the ...
NETZSCH to showcase its advanced pumping technology at TPS 2021
02-12-2021
Visit Booth #2729 to learn about highly efficient, advanced pumping technology for chemicals and treatments for oil and gas, metering, and downstream oil and ...
Burckhardt Compression acquires Mark van Schaick BV
02-12-2021
Burckhardt Compression has signed on December 2, 2021 an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Mark van Schaick BV, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The ...
DCM Shriram selects Topsoe’s ClearView™
02-12-2021
“We are proud that DCM Shriram Ltd’s has chosen our ClearView™ solution for this innovative project to digitalize its ammonia plant operations at the ...
NovusBloc® welded plate heat exchangers to be installed in a North American refinery
01-12-2021
Tranter have received and order for several NovusBloc® welded plate heat exchangers to a refinery expansion project in North America. The project was engineered ...
Seamless startup at PetroChina Tarim supported by Shell Catalysts & Technologies
30-11-2021
The Tarim Ethane to Ethylene Project operated by PetroChina achieved a fast and successful startup at the end of August using Shell Catalysts & Technologies ...
AERZEN Rental launches TVS2500 compressed air compressor
30-11-2021
The robust, efficient and future-proof TVS2500 compressed air compressor now complements the equipment range from AERZEN Rental. AERZEN Rental, a wholly owned ...
Gazprom Neft expands JET A-1 aviation fuel to Kyrgyzstan
30-11-2021
Gazpromneft-Aero, the aviation fuel operator of Gazprom Neft, has expanded JET A-1 aviation fuel coverage to Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan further ...
MiRO & Axens celebrate twenty years of close partnership around Prime-G+® technology
30-11-2021
Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the new millennium, MiRO (Karlsruhe, Germany) was the first end-user to select the new Axens Prime-G+® technology to produce ...
How turbomachinery can support decarbonization
30-11-2021
(Webinar) - With the hydrocarbon processing industry’s efforts to decarbonize, hydrogen and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) have further moved ...
SABIC creates the first certified circular polymers from advanced recycling of recovered ocean-bound plastic
29-11-2021
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and Malaysia-based plastic recycling company HHI, have announced a pioneering new collaboration to create the ...
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Eni and CNR to continue collaboration in research and technological innovation
26-11-2021
The President of the National Research Council (CNR), Maria Chiara Carrozza, and Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, today signed the renewal of the Framework Agreement ...
BASF bundles renewable energy activities in new subsidiary BASF Renewable Energy GmbH
25-11-2021
BASF is bundling its activities in renewable energies under the umbrella of BASF Renewable Energy GmbH as of January 1, 2022. The wholly owned subsidiary’s ...
BASF is accelerating the implementation of its CO2 reduction targets
24-11-2021
With a new project organisation, BASF is bundling and accelerating its extensive cross-company activities to reduce its CO2 emissions by 25 percent by 2030 ...
EnviNOx® technology from thyssenkrupp Uhde saves up to 600,000 tons of CO2-equivalents per year
24-11-2021
Recently, thyssenkrupp Uhde successfully commissioned its 35th EnviNOx® system, a patented technology for the reduction of nitrous oxide emissions which reduces ...
Shell to build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit on Pulau Bukom
23-11-2021
Shell will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit that improves the quality of pyrolysis oil, a liquid made from hard-to-recycle plastic waste that would have ...
Axens announces a price increase for its catalysts and adsorbents
22-11-2021
Several market factors such as energy and transportation costs along with challenges in the availability and costs of raw materials have significantly increased ...
Air Liquide and BASF welcome support from European Innovation Fund for joint CCS project
22-11-2021
Air Liquide and BASF are planning to develop the world’s largest cross-border Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain. The goal is to significantly reduce ...
Lummus signs LOI with Phigenesis for recycling of waste plastics to petrochemical feedstock materials
22-11-2021
Lummus Technology, through its Green Circle subsidiary, announced that it has finalized a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Phigenesis, a UK-based company established ...
AUMUND supplies SCHADE stacker to PEMEX refinery at Dos Bocas
22-11-2021
At the Port of Dos Bocas in Paraíso, in the Tabasco region of South-Eastern Mexico, the state-owned oil and gas company PEMEX is building the largest oil refinery ...
Technip Energies partners with Svante to develop industrial-scale carbon capture projects
22-11-2021
Technip Energies and Svante have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further develop Svante’s solid sorbent carbon capture technology and ...
Viridos agreement with ExxonMobil to help scale algae biofuels
19-11-2021
Viridos Inc., previously Synthetic Genomics, a privately held biotechnology company harnessing the power of photosynthesis to create transformative solutions ...
Korea Petrochemical award AHU contract to Lummus Technology
18-11-2021
Lummus Technology announced an award for a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit (AHU) from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd. (KPIC). The unit will ...
TechnipFMC and Petronas to commercialize gas processing technology
18-11-2021
TechnipFMC and PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, today entered into an agreement to commercialize a unique natural gas processing ...
SIAD Macchine Impianti takes on BOG management at LNG storage facility
18-11-2021
SIAD Macchine Impianti - SIAD MI, the SIAD Group's engineering company, has installed and started up at the Port of Ravenna a re-liquefaction plant for the ...
Bilfinger and Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam extend contract
18-11-2021
Bilfinger and Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam are continuing their long-standing successful partnership through the joint venture SIP’s United. ...
Rosneft acquires share in PCK refinery
17-11-2021
Rosneft exercised the pre-emption right for 37.5% share of the PCK (Schwedt) refinery from Shell. Relevant notifications have been shared with the partner. ...
DNV and Equinor partner to develop software for safe carbon capture and storage
17-11-2021
The transition to a low-carbon society is reliant upon bringing in new and growing technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to reduce ...
Technip Energies selects Aras to support the digitalization of project execution practices
17-11-2021
Aras, which provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, today announced that Technip Energies, ...
SK Innovation to use Honeywell technology for carbon capture and sequestration feasibility study
17-11-2021
Honeywell announced today SK Innovation and Energy, a Korea-based energy refining company, has selected Honeywell UOP for a feasibility study to retrofit SK’s ...
Haldor Topsoe and Green Fuel sign MoU to develop scalable technologies for green ammonia
17-11-2021
Topsoe and Green Fuels are both already active in developing green solutions to help combat the climate challenge. The two parties are now collaborating to ...
Neste to develop its Porvoo refinery through green hydrogen production and carbon capture & storage
17-11-2021
The EU Innovation Fund has given a positive grant decision of EUR 88 million funding to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO2 capture & storage project, which ...
Technologies to enhance Ethylene production
17-11-2021
(Webinar) - In this presentation, three technologies will be introduced. This first is swirling element radiant tube (SERTTM) technology for steam cracking ...
Technip Energies and PETRONAS to accelerate the development of carbon capture technologies
16-11-2021
Technip Energies and PETRONAS have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) establishing a strategic collaboration framework for the further development and commercialization ...
NAES partners with ABS Consulting to strengthen industrial cybersecurity
16-11-2021
NAES partners with ABS Consulting to strengthen industrial cybersecurity NAES Corporation, one of the energy industry's largest independent providers of operations, ...
Axens launch new P/PR 200 series
16-11-2021
Axens is Pleased to Announce the Launch of the New P/PR 200 Series in the Symphony® Family Building on over 120 years of cumulative experience in Catalytic ...
ADNOC and Borealis to
expand Borouge facility
15-11-2021
His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office and Chairman ...
Big West Oil proceeds with Honeywell to revamp alkylation unit to ISOALKY™ technology
11-11-2021
Honeywell UOP announced today that Big West Oil has selected ISOALKY™ technology to produce high-quality alkylate used to make clean-burning motor fuels at ...
Northern Petrochemical selects KBR and Johnson Matthey ammonia-methanol co-production technology
10-11-2021
KBR
announced today that it has received a letter of award from Northern Petrochemical Corporation to provide the license and basic engineering design for the ...
Ecofining™ technology supported the first jet flights using sustainable aviation fuel produced from algal oil
10-11-2021
Honeywell announced today its UOP Ecofining™ technology supported the world’s first jet flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from algal ...
ART’s ICR 450 technology wins Hydrocarbon Processing award for best catalyst technology
09-11-2021
Advanced Refining Technologies
LLC (ART), the joint venture of US specialty chemicals and materials company W. R. Grace & Co. and US energy company Chevron, ...
ExxonMobil to invest in petrochemical complex in China
08-11-2021
The chemical complex will produce performance polymers used in packaging, automotive, agricultural, and consumer products for
hygiene and personal care. As ...
Phillips 66 to convert alliance refinery to terminal facility
08-11-2021
Phillips 66 announced today it plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., to a terminal facility. The conversion is expected to take place ...
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures award services contract to Worley
08-11-2021
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental, announced today it awarded a services contract to Worley for a facility being designed to produce renewable ...
Lummus and Braskem partner to license technology for two green ethylene projects
08-11-2021
Lummus Technology announced that it has executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Braskem Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Braskem, the largest biopolymer ...
Johnson Matthey appoint Alberto Giovanzana to be Managing Director, Catalyst Technologies
08-11-2021
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces it has appointed Alberto Giovanzana as Managing Director of Catalyst Technologies. Alberto ...
Plastic Energy and Axens announce a strategic collaboration
08-11-2021
Plastic Energy and Axens have announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement in the field of advanced recycling of plastics, to increase recycling ...
Air Liquide and Eni partner for the development of hydrogen mobility
04-11-2021
Eni and Air Liquide join forces to support hydrogen mobility as one of the solutions to decarbonize the transport segment. The two companies have entered into ...
Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technology collaborate on structured catalyst for hydrogen production
04-11-2021
Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, today announced a joint agreement to commercialize ZoneFlow™ Reactor Technology. This technology promises to ...
India Glycols and Shell Catalysts & Technologies progress with growth in sustainable chemicals
03-11-2021
IGL, is a leading company in the production of sustainable intermediate chemicals like green Ethylene Oxide (EO), Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) and a wide range ...
Technip Energies announces launch of Carbios industrial demonstration plant
03-11-2021
Carbios inaugurated in Clermont-Ferrand an industrial demonstration plant of its C-ZYME® technology, produced in collaboration with Technip Energies. Carbios ...
Lianyungang Petrochemical selects Hostalen ACP technology from LyondellBasell
02-11-2021
LyondellBasell the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced Lianyungang Petrochemical Co., Ltd (a company of Zhejiang Satellite) ...
Honeywell introduces revolutionary plastics recycling technology to drive a circular plastics economy
02-11-2021
Honeywell today announced the commercialization of a revolutionary process that expands the types of plastics that can be recycled and can produce feedstock ...
Axens selected for the CO2 dehydration package of the CO2 Sequestration and export facilities at Ras Laffan
02-11-2021
After a worldwide competitive bidding process, Axens was selected by Qatargas appointed EPC contractor Medgulf Construction Company to provide a new Tri-ethylene ...
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Honeywell teams with IGEL to deploy advanced virtualisation and process automation
28-10-2021
Honeywell today announced it will work with IGEL to deploy solutions for Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) users ...
Burckhardt compression enters partnership with Shell New Energies
28-10-2021
Because of its high energy density and environmental sustainability, hydrogen is an attractive alternative fuel in transportation and plays a key role in the ...
JGC and Cosmo Oil select Ecofining™ technology for sustainable aviation fuel project
28-10-2021
Honeywell today announced that JGC Holdings Corporation and Cosmo Oil Company will use Honeywell Ecofining™ technology for the first commercial scale sustainable ...
Clariant and Air Liquide launch MegaZonE™ novel catalyst layering technology
27-10-2021
Clariant’s long-term partnership with Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has resulted in another major breakthrough in methanol synthesis: the MegaZonE ...
VENTEX passive isolation valve from REMBE
27-10-2021
REMBE® Inc. is proud to offer a comprehensive product line to meet any explosion protection needs that may arise. For instance, isolation of interconnected ...
New approach brings benefits at Corinth refinery in Greece
26-10-2021
A forward-thinking change in the project execution strategy by our team at the Motor Oil Hellas’ Corinth Refinery in Greece has helped make sure the project ...
Axens and Sumitomo chemical achieve historical landmark with the first waste-based polyolefin production
26-10-2021
Sumitomo Chemical has successfully conducted the first waste-based polyolefin production at its laboratory in Japan earlier this year, by use of the ethylene ...
Clariant Catalysts & Lummus Technology expand CATOFIN® footprint
21-10-2021
Clariant Catalysts and its process partner, Lummus Technology, continue to expand their presence in the PDH market with a major contract award in India. GAIL ...
ExxonMobil plans to increase carbon capture at Wyoming facility
21-10-2021
ExxonMobil today initiated the process for engineering, procurement and construction contracts as part of its plans to expand carbon capture and storage (CCS) ...
Playing a key role in Europe’s first large-scale blue ammonia plant
21-10-2021
Wood has entered into a framework agreement with Horisont Energi, an independent Norwegian clean energy company that provides clean energy and carbon storage ...
Virtual tour of our brand new Northern Europe regeneration and service centre
20-10-2021
Virtually step inside our brand new Regeneration and Service Centre physically located in Heinsberg, Germany. From this facility, our team provides a flexible ...
Minimizing manifested hazardous waste through beneficial reuse
19-10-2021
For very valid reasons, oil companies have turned a corner and are more concerned than ever before with their public images, especially pertaining to their ...
Carbon recycling International and Johnson Matthey colloborate to support sustainable methanol
19-10-2021
Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey have agreed on a long term exclusive catalyst supply agreement for the use of JM’s KATALCOTM methanol catalysts ...
Axens Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of AxSorb® and AxTrap™
19-10-2021
Axens is pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of its AxSorb® and AxTrap™ adsorbents. Over the years the adsorbent series ...
McDermott selected for engineering and procurement phase of mega gas chemical project in Russia
18-10-2021
McDermott has signed a Letter of Guarantee to deliver engineering and procurement for the ethylene cracker of the Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project the ...
Air Products selects blue ammonia technology from Haldor Topsoe
18-10-2021
Air Products will build a landmark megaproject, which will produce over 750 million standard cubic feet per day of blue hydrogen. A portion of the blue hydrogen ...
Chevron Lummus Global Introduces ISOTERRA renewable fuel technology
18-10-2021
Chevron Lummus Global, today announced the expansion of its technology portfolio with the addition of its new ISOTERRA process for renewable diesel and ...
Cansolv CO2 capture technology improvements tested at waste to energy plant
15-10-2021
Technip Energies and Shell Catalysts & Technologies announce that their jointly developed improvements on the Cansolv CO2 Capture technology are being tested ...
SIE Neftehim is the best exporter of the year in high-tech
15-10-2021
Based on the results of its activities in 2020, SIE Neftehim became the winner and awardee of the All-Russian competition “Exporter of the Year” (in the ...
Topsoe puts demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable Methanol from biogas.
14-10-2021
* With the demonstration plant, Topsoe will validate its electrified technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable Methanol from biogas as well ...
Gevo and Axens JV for ethanol-to-jet technology and sustainable aviation fuel commercial project development
13-10-2021
Gevo Inc and Axens North America Inc, have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ...
Haldor Topsoe accepts hte as methanol catalyst testing facility
13-10-2021
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been accepted by Haldor Topsoe A/S, one of the largest suppliers of methanol (MeOH) catalysts and technology, ...
SIBUR selects Nova Energies to study potential Carbon Capture solutions
12-10-2021
NOVA ENERGIES, a joint venture of Technip Energies and NIPIGAS, has been awarded a Pre-FEED contract by SIBUR to study potential Carbon Capture solutions for ...
Aramco awards services contract at Ras Tanura refinery
12-10-2021
Worley has been awarded a services contract for a residue upgrade project at Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery. The project will convert low-value refinery residue ...
Partnership between Dow and Haldor Topsoe will turn waste plastics into circular plastics
12-10-2021
Waste plastics in the environment is a climate issue. Advancing the circular economy for plastics maximizes the sustainability benefits that plastics bring ...
Mayor Turner welcomes Downstream USA back to Houston
12-10-2021
City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has welcomed the return of the Reuters Events Downstream USA 2021 conference and exhibition to the city. “What better ...
PKN ORLEN’s investment in deep crude conversion in Mažeikiai will enhance the refinery’s profitability
11-10-2021
PKN ORLEN is investing to expand its refinery in Mažeikiai. By the end of this year construction will start on a project to build deep crude conversion units ...
LyondellBasell extends circulen suite of sustainable solutions to its advanced polymer solutions segment
11-10-2021
LyondellBasell today announced the extension of the Circulen suite of sustainable solutions to its Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) segment, allowing brand ...
Sandvik wins first contract for renewable diesel plant
07-10-2021
Sandvik Materials Technology a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, and other high-performance materials, has received the first-ever ...
Lukoil continues upgrade of Stavrolen plant
07-10-2021
Vagit Alekperov, President of PJSC LUKOIL, and Andrey Khlopyanov, acting First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Stavropol region, took part in today's foundation ...
Albemarle Introduces ACTION+™ catalyst technology
07-10-2021
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today the addition of ACTION+ Catalyst Technology to the company’s cornerstone ...
Rod Sources - a game changer for radiometric measurements webinar
07-10-2021
In this webinar OUR EXPERTS from Berthold show you the advantages of a rod source / point detector arrangement. They will explain what makes this combination ...
Neles to showcase its extensive valve offering at Valve World Americas
07-10-2021
Neles will showcase its comprehensive valve, valve automation, and service offering for all process industries at Valve World Americas Expo & Conference ...
Clariant unveils groundbreaking catalysts developed jointly with Linde Engineering
07-10-2021
Clariant Catalyts has teamed up with Linde Engineering to develop new catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODH-E), an innovative, low-emissions ...
Sasol announces lead role in feasibility study for the Boegoebaai Green Hydrogen Project
06-10-2021
The Boegoebaai “green hydrogen” development has been designated a Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) in the South African National Development Plan and ...
ExxonMobil increases participation in Scotland carbon capture and storage project
06-10-2021
ExxonMobil has increased its participation in the proposed Acorn carbon capture project in Scotland by signing an Expression of Interest to capture, transport ...
Dow announces plan to build world's first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex
06-10-2021
Dow announced today its plan to build the world's first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site with respect to scope 1 and ...
BASF introduces Enable™ FCC additive
06-10-2021
Today BASF announced the commercial launch of Enable™, its next-generation Carbon Monoxide (CO) promoter additive. Enable significantly enhances activity ...
Learn from our experts at
Berthold
06-10-2021
Gamma continuous level, nuclear measurements, radiometric measurements – are you familiar with these topics? Radiometry is a measurement technology with ...
Oil-Free high-pressure compressor reaches 10’000 hours of uninterrupted operation
06-10-2021
Burckhardt
Compression’s Laby®-GI Compressor type LP250 is the world’s first oil-free reciprocating high-pressure fuel gas compressor in service. The compressor ...
Lummus announces twin heater award from KINEF in Russia
05-10-2021
Lummus Technology announced it has been awarded a contract from Limited Liability Company
Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) for two proprietary heaters that will ...
hte bolsters Hanwha’s efforts to construct a sustainable chloro-alkali value chain
05-10-2021
hte – the high throughput experimentation company signed a contract with Hanwha Solutions to provide research services for the Korean
material-to-energy solution ...
Steam Cracker recycle processing and product upgrade options
05-10-2021
(Weninar) - LPG and light naphtha generated in a refinery complex (from both straight-run and conversion units) are sent to the ethylene cracker as feedstock. ...
Mitsubishi, Chiyoda and Sembcorp sign MOU to explore supply chain commercialization of decarbonised hydrogen
04-10-2021
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce today’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) and Sembcorp ...
Neste to sell its base oils business to Chevron
04-10-2021
Neste Corporation has signed an agreement to sell its existing base oils business to Chevron Corporation, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. ...
Chennai Petroleum selects McDermott for Cauvery basin refinery project
04-10-2021
McDermott has won its fourth contract in India in 2021, a key award from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited—for project management consultancy (PMC) and ...
NEA GROUP starts cooperation in Foshan
29-09-2021
Guangdong-Aachen Green Energy Center" for decarbonization in South China. Climate change is a global challenge and can only be mastered through cross-border ...
Mokveld introduces the first true zero emission valve
29-09-2021
Reducing fugitive emissions is a top priority in the battle against climate change. That is why Dutch company Mokveld Valves BV is introducing a unique zero ...
Optimizing the critical level measurements in delayed coker units
29-09-2021
Global refiners are always seeking new techniques to optimize their refinery assets with the purpose of maximizing their profitability. Since delayed coking ...
LOTOS Oil awarded EPC lump sum-turn key contract to KT-Kinetics Technology
28-09-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary KT-Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC Lump Sum-Turn Key (Engineering, Procurement & ...
Jinneng Chemical (Qingdao) Co Ltd selectes LyondellBasell technology
28-09-2021
LyondellBasell today announced that Jinneng Chemical (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. has again selected LyondellBasell’s leading polypropylene technology for a new world ...
Aramco, Air Products, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra announce ASU/Gasification/Power JV
27-09-2021
Aramco, Air Products, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra today announced the signing and finalization of definitive agreements for the asset acquisition and ...
BASF announces highly efficient and sustainable product innovations in its chemical catalysts portfolio
27-09-2021
BASF introduces a range of new catalysts which will be presented during the upcoming European Petrochemical Associations Conference (EPCA) in a series of webinars. ...
Byco selects Axens technology for thier Euro V Gasoline and Diesel refinery upgrades
27-09-2021
Byco and Axens are pleased to announce that Axens has been selected to support Byco’s Refinery upgrading Project Phases I, II, III with providing advanced ...
Advances in benzene derivatives production
24-09-2021
(Webinar) - Xylene and ethylbenzene are important benzene derivatives. In this presentation, you will learn about recent advances in the production process ...
Honeywell and Wood technologies to produce carbon neutral sustainable aviation fuel
23-09-2021
Honeywell and Wood today announced a comprehensive package of technologies to support the effort to produce carbon-neutral aviation fuel. When used together, ...
INEOS Grangemouth moves forward on the next phase of its journey to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
22-09-2021
INEOS Grangemouth has today announced planned further investment of over £1 billion towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions at its site to net zero by 2045, ...
KBC enhances visual MESA energy management suite to support energy transition to carbon neutrality
22-09-2021
Energy digital twin provides single version of the truth across all energy related operations for optimal scheduling, real time optimization, and monitoring. KBC ...
Lummus selected for advanced, environmentally-friendly DPC facility
22-09-2021
Lummus Technology announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Zhangzhou CHIMEI Chemical Co., a subsidiary of CHIMEI Corp. of Taiwan, for a grassroots ...
Baker Hughes and SABIC sign strategic framework alliance agreement
22-09-2021
Bently Nevada, a Baker Hughes business, and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), have announced a strategic framework alliance agreement for the supply ...
Dorf Ketal & TriBonds Chemical announce new joint venture
22-09-2021
Dorf Ketal Chemicals India Pvt Ltd, have entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with TriBonds Chemical Co. (Dammam, 2nd industrial city, KSA). This venture, ...
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering wins more orders
21-09-2021
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged two orders in the Construction Services segment – one ...
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering wins order
20-09-2021
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has won a significant order from Petronet LNG, a joint venture company promoted ...
LUKOIL revises policy on energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
20-09-2021
PJSC LUKOIL adopted a revised technical policy on energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In compliance with the requirements of climate ...
Eni and CLG announce licensing agreement for complete suite of residue hydrocracking technologies
20-09-2021
Eni and Chevron Lummus Global LLC, are pleased to announce the execution of a Joint Cooperation and Licensing Agreement for a complete suite of residue hydrocracking ...
Shell announces plans for sustainable aviation fuel
20-09-2021
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announced its ambition to produce around 2 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025. It also aims ...
Antea
releases AnteaSTART
16-09-2021
Antea, a global leader in asset integrity management (AIM) software with 3D digital twin, is excited to announce the launch of a new product to their lineup: ...
Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities
16-09-2021
A facility of this size could produce enough
renewable diesel to avoid 2,800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions a year, the equivalent of taking more ...
Axens’ Connect’In® offer for biomethane producers via its partner Arol Energy
16-09-2021
Axens and Arol Energy have signed a license agreement for Axens' Connect’In® technology.This
service offer will now be proposed by Arol Energy to its biomethane ...
Honeywell and Preem conduct trial to produce renewable fuel
15-09-2021
Honeywell announced today the completion of a commercial refinery trial with Preem AB for co-processing of biomass-based pyrolysis oil in a fluidized catalytic ...
Chevron accelerates lower carbon ambitions
14-09-2021
During its Energy Transition Spotlight, Chevron Corporation announced plans to invest more capital to grow lower carbon energy businesses. “Chevron intends ...
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in Normandy
14-09-2021
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide are joining forces to decarbonize hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France. This project will enable ...
Kinder Morgan and Neste partner on major renewable fuels logistics project
13-09-2021
Kinder Morgan Inc, one of North America’s largest energy infrastructure companies, is partnering with Neste, one of the leading providers of renewable and ...
Lummus Technology launches next generation of FCC feed injectors
13-09-2021
Lummus Technology announced the launch of its Micro-JetTM Flex feed injectors, a new technological upgrade for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) systems. This ...
Chevron and Gevo announce intent to pursue sustainable aviation fuel investment
09-09-2021
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation and Gevo Inc, today announced a letter of intent to jointly invest in building and operating one or ...
Sandvik celebrates first full reference order for Sanicro® 35 super-austenitic grade
07-09-2021
Sandvik Materials Technology a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, and other high-performance materials, has received the first ...
MyRechemical and Johnson Matthey to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology
07-09-2021
A new milestone in Maire Tecnimont Group’s green acceleration roadmap: MyRechemical, NextChem’s subsidiary dedicated to waste-to-chemical technologies, ...
Wison Engineering awarded EPCC contract by IRPC in Thailand
06-09-2021
Wison Engineering announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) for a new Hydrogen ...
JGC awarded feasibility study for the introduction green growth in Azerbaijan
06-09-2021
JGC Holdings Corporation announces that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has selected JGC Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation to carry out ...
Cooperation agreements signed for implementing projects in Russia
03-09-2021
A number of documents were signed today in the presence of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, at the Eastern Economic Forum 2021 in ...
Change of leadership at Burckhardt Compression
02-09-2021
CEO, Marcel Pawlicek, together with the Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression, have decided to embark on a planned and transparent succession process ...
Arbor Renewable Gas chooses Topsoe’s TIGAS™ technology for renewable gasoline
02-09-2021
“We are proud that Arbor Gas has chosen our technology for this truly innovative project to decarbonize transportation fuels. By contributing with our world-leading ...
Huntsman increases polyurethane catalyst and specialty amine capacity
01-09-2021
Huntsman Corporation today announced that its Performance Products division plans to further expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet ...
EMRD™ renewable diesel process technology from ExxonMobil
01-09-2021
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC has introduced ExxonMobil Renewable Diesel process technology to help meet the evolving needs for mobility, while utilizing ...
Neste increases the use of renewable electricity at its Porvoo refinery
01-09-2021
Neste has signed a renewable power purchase agreement with Statkraft, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy. Statkraft will begin the wind power deliveries ...
Indian Oil Corporation selects CLG technology for its Gujarat refinery
01-09-2021
Chevron Lummus Global, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.'s Gujarat refinery for a new 270 KTPA catalytic dewaxing ...
PKN ORLEN selects KBR for plastics recycling projects
31-08-2021
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a feasibility study contract by PKN ORLEN to evaluate plastics recycling projects in Central Europe utilizing KBR’s ...
Calumet chooses Haldor Topsoe for renewable diesel project in Pacific Northwest
31-08-2021
“We are excited to support Calumet as they transition to the production of renewable fuels for the North American markets. Our HydroFlexTM solution is designed ...
Sabin Metal Corporation announces the adoption of a new brand identity and website
29-08-2021
Sabin Metal Corporation announces the adoption of a new brand identity, including a new logo, brand elements, typography as well as the creation of a new website. ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies successfully commercializes their latest generation catalyst OparisNext
26-08-2021
Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) has successfully commercialized OparisNext, their latest generation catalyst, at Ningbo Zhongjin PetroChemical ...
Petrobras signs contract for the sale of the REMAN refinery
25-08-2021
Petrobras informs that it signed today with the company Ream Participações S.A., a corporate company owned by the partners of Atem's Distribuidora de Petróleo ...
FJPEC and SABIC to build a petrochemical complex in Fujian
25-08-2021
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, known as SABIC, and Fujian Petrochemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (FJPEC) signed a contract on August 18, 2021 to form ...
Burckhardt Compression to deliver three API618 systems for largest H2 liquefaction plant in South Korea
25-08-2021
Burckhardt Compression has been selected as compressor supplier for a hydrogen liquefaction plant in South Korea. The order includes three Process Gas Compressor ...
Graham Corporation awarded over $20M in orders
24-08-2021
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the defense/space, energy and chemical/petrochemical industries, ...
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Gazprom conference abstracts
24-08-2021
Sustainable processing of associated petroleum gas can become an additional source of profit for gas processing plants. In particular, butane and pentane fractions ...
ADNOC signs framework agreements for project engineering services
23-08-2021
The Abu Dhabi
National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced today, the signing of framework agreements for Concept and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) services ...
Marathon Petroleum and ADM Announce feedstock partnership to support renewable diesel production
20-08-2021
Marathon Petroleum Corp and
ADM announced today an agreement to form a joint venture for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for ...
Shell Canada selects Worley for large scale carbon capture and storage project
20-08-2021
We’ve been awarded an engineering services contract by Shell Canada Products for
a large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. We’re providing ...
CB&I storage solutions wins second EPC contract for Philippines LNG import and regasification terminal
18-08-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions
business has been awarded a contract by Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of ...
Gasoline production at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow and Omsk Refineries is up more than 10% in the first half of 2021
18-08-2021
Gazprom Neft’s directly owned refineries, in Moscow and Omsk,
increased gasoline production by 10.6% in H1 2021, reaching 3.58 million tonnes, ...
Wood sees growth in CCUS linked to decarbonisation imperative
18-08-2021
Wood has strengthened its position across the Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) value chain through a series of new wins in the first half
of 2021. ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to GAIL (India) Ltd
18-08-2021
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
CB&I completes conceptual design for worlds largest liquid hydrogen sphere
12-08-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has completed the design of a 40,000 cubic meter liquid hydrogen sphere ...
Wood captures growth linked to thriving hydrogen market
12-08-2021
Wood has secured over 30 separate hydrogen awards in the first half of 2021 and anticipates continued growth in this space, with circa $600m worth of potential ...
TAQA Arabia Signs MoU with MAN Energy Solutions for green hydrogen project
12-08-2021
MAN Energy Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TAQA Power, TAQA Arabia’s Power Subsidiary – based in Cairo, Egypt, regarding a ...
One of the worlds largest alky units achieves successful start-up
12-08-2021
Lummus Technology today announced the start-up of its CDAlky alkylation unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd.’s (ZPC) refinery in Zhejiang Province, ...
Deep catalytic cracking technology for maximizing the production of chemicals
12-08-2021
(Webinar) - Optimization of light olefins (including ethylene, propylene and butene) production has become one of the most competitive options for refiners ...
Bapco awards resid hydrocracking catalyst management agreement to ART
11-08-2021
Advanced Refining Technologies, the joint venture of US specialty chemicals and materials company W. R. Grace & Co and US energy company Chevron, today ...
TOYO awarded polypropylene plant project in Japan
11-08-2021
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. TOYO will carry out the ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical receive 24 TCC safety awards
10-08-2021
Chevron Phillips Chemical today announced it received 24 safety awards from Texas Chemical Council (TCC) for excellence in safety performance. The accomplishment ...
ADNOC and Fertiglobe partner to sell blue ammonia to Idemitsu
10-08-2021
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced today that, in partnership with Fertiglobe, it has agreed to the sale of blue ammonia to Idemitsu in Japan, ...
Topsoe HydroFlex™ being used in renewable diesel production at Phillips 66 refinery
10-08-2021
“We are thrilled that Phillips 66 has chosen Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology for the production of renewable diesel at the Rodeo Refinery. This market-leading ...
Nigerian ministry appove to deploy Sulfex™ desulfurization technology
10-08-2021
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp, is pleased to announce that the Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum Resources/Department of Petroleum Resources, ...
Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas select Ethylene technology from KBR
09-08-2021
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a technology licensing contract by Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas for PKN ORLEN's Petrochemical Development ...
McDermott awarded additional EPCC project for Barauni refinery expansion
08-08-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced a contract award for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a new naptha hydrotreating ...
Phillips 66 invests in Seeq
06-08-2021
Phillips 66 is driving to expand its advanced analytics capabilities with an investment supporting Seeq, a developer of software applications for analyzing ...
BASF and
SINOPEC to further expand their Verbund site in Nanjing, China
05-08-2021
BASF and SINOPEC will further expand their Verbund site operated by BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BASF-YPC), a 50-50 joint venture of both companies in Nanjing, China. ...
PBF Energy selects Ecofining™ technology from Honeywell UOP
05-08-2021
Honeywell
today announced that PBF Energy Inc., an independent petroleum refiner and supplier of transportation fuels, would use Honeywell ...
Marathon successfully tests Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology producing 100% renewable diesel
05-08-2021
“This is a great accomplishment
for the Marathon and Topsoe Team. We are also excited about the conversion of the Martinez refinery to renewable fuels production ...
Zhenhai Refinery & Chemicals Company announce the of their H-Oil® unit test run
04-08-2021
Following the successful start-up of the unit in December 2020, Sinopec
Zhenhai Refinery & Chemicals Company and Axens are proud to announce the completion ...
OOO ZapSibNeftekhim select C3 Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
04-08-2021
Honeywell today announced OOO ZapSibNeftekhim, a subsidiary of PJSC Sibur Holding, will revamp one of its facilities in western Siberia that
uses Honeywell ...
Bionext and its partners complete the test program on BioTfueL® demonstration units
03-08-2021
Bionext and its partners have just successfully completed the test program on BioTfueL® demonstration units, a crucial step in the development of this technology ...
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Lummus Technology and Chevron Lummus Global announce multiple technology awards
29-07-2021
Lummus Technology and Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) today announced multiple technology contracts from North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for ...
Burckhardt to deliver H2 diaphragm compressor unit for Hungarian green hydrogen project
29-07-2021
The Hungarian government has announced to support different projects for converting surplus electricity into gas energy. One of the winning tenders is the “Aquamarine” ...
Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China
28-07-2021
Topsoe and Yanchang have designed the plant and ordered long lead time equipment and therefore plan on starting up beginning of 2022. The joint venture will ...
Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical selects Lupotech T technology from LyondellBasell
27-07-2021
LyondellBasell today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use again LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene technology at ...
KBR awarded multiple technology contracts by PKN ORLEN
27-07-2021
KBR announced today that it has been awarded technology licensing contracts by PKN ORLEN (PKN) for KBR's leading Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) and Residue Fluid ...
hte tests different fibrous catalyst materials for Unifrax
27-07-2021
hte – the high throughput experimentation company was chosen by Unifrax, a leading manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, to test different ...
Repsol selects Tecnimont for 2 advanced polymer units at Sines industrial complex
26-07-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by Repsol for the realization of a Polypropylene Unit and ...
Eni expands renewable projects in Spain
26-07-2021
Eni, through Eni gas e luce, has signed an agreement with Azora Capital for the acquisition of a portfolio of nine renewable energy projects in Spain. The ...
Clariant expands its capacity for emission control catalysts to meet growing global demand
26-07-2021
Clariant Catalysts is expanding and enhancing its capacity for emission control catalysts to meet growing global demand, particularly in China. The company ...
IndianOil to build India's first green hydrogen plant at Mathura refinery
23-07-2021
To strengthen its bouquet of clean energy offerings, IndianOil (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) will build the nation's first 'Green Hydrogen' plant at its ...
Royal Vopak selects inventory calculation engine system from Honeywell
22-07-2021
Honeywell today announced that its cloud-based Honeywell Enraf® Inventory Calculation Module (HEICM) has been integrated into Royal Vopak’s MyService Terminal ...
Lukoil lays the corner stone for new poltpropylene complex at Nizhny Novgorod refinery
22-07-2021
Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yury Borisov, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin and President of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov ...
Air Products selects SynCOR™ technology from Haldor Topsoe
22-07-2021
“We are very proud of our collaboration with Air Products, and that our SynCOR™ technology plays a central part in their landmark net-zero hydrogen project. ...
Decarbonization with hydrogen solutions
22-07-2021
(Webinar) - Demand for hydrogen is expected to increase up to ten-fold by 2050 when multiple industry reports predict 8-24% of the world’s final energy demand ...
Baltic Chemical Plant licenses modular unit from McDermott for polyethylene project
21-07-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract for a spent caustic treatment solution on the ...
Sasol joins the global Hydrogen Council
21-07-2021
Sasol has joined the global Hydrogen Council, which is a grouping of more than 120 companies from across the hydrogen value. These are companies that all want ...
TotalEnergies partners with Technip Energies to advance low-carbon solutions
21-07-2021
TotalEnergies and Technip Energies signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to jointly develop low-carbon solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production ...
Maire Tecnimont receives $92M in licensing, engineering and procurement orders
21-07-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted several awards for a total amount of approximately USD 92 million for licensing ...
KBC releases Multiflash® 7.2 PVT
20-07-2021
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces the release of Multiflash® 7.2 PVT and fluid physical properties software used in the energy and chemical industries to ...
McKinsey urges refiners to take action as downstream market shrinks
20-07-2021
With light product demand set to fall by 2035, McKinsey identifies actions refiners can take to pursue profitability in shifting conditions. Research released ...
MegaMax® 800 catalyst achieved an outstanding performance at CNOOC’s Davy methanol plant
19-07-2021
Clariant has been awarded another major contract by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for its high-performance methanol synthesis catalyst, MegaMax ...
ExxonMobil to participate in carbon capture and storage project in Scotland
16-07-2021
ExxonMobil has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to participate in the recently announced Acorn carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in Scotland. The ...
LACC awards McDermott contract for seventh heater addition
14-07-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has been selected by LACC, LLC, a joint venture between Westlake Chemical Corporation and Lotte Chemical Corporation, ...
UrbanX selects Biofuels ISOCONVERSION technology for renewable fuels project in California
14-07-2021
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) today announced the start of engineering work for UrbanX Renewables Group INC. (UrbanX) ...
Linde starts up new liquid hydrogen plant in Texas
14-07-2021
Linde today announced it has started up its fifth liquid hydrogen plant in the U.S., reinforcing the company's robust supply network of plants in California, ...
Shell proposes new carbon capture and storage facility proposed for Scotford
14-07-2021
Shell recently announced a proposal to build a large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at our Scotford Complex near Edmonton, providing customers ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Sulzer Chemtech extend licensing agreement
14-07-2021
Sulzer Chemtech has renewed and extended its licensing agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies for the development and distribution of high-capacity ...
Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage select Honeywell UOP Unionfining™ technology
13-07-2021
Honeywell today announced that the Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), the state-owned refining company of Cote d’Ivoire, will use Honeywell UOP Distillate ...
Haldor Topsoe to build catalyst plant in the US
13-07-2021
“We are happy to announce this significant investment which will reduce lead time and secure stable deliveries of Topsoe’s top-tier hydroprocessing catalysts ...
New head of Evonik’s Catalysts business line
09-07-2021
Sanjeev Taneja has taken over the management of Evonik’s business line Catalysts from July 1, 2020. On the same date, the Catalysts business line became part ...
Sinopec launches China's first megaton scale carbon capture project
07-07-2021
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation has initiated China's first megaton carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, the Sinopec Qilu-Shengli ...
Honeywell UOP announces price increase for molecular sieves and aluminas
07-07-2021
Honeywell UOP has announced a price increase of up to 9 percent over current prices on certain molecular sieves and aluminas, effective with shipments ...
Shell sells its minority shareholding in PCK Schwedt JV refinery to Alcmene
07-07-2021
The divestment is part of Shell's strategy to reduce its global refinery footprint to core sites integrated with the company's trading hubs, chemicals plants ...
MOL selects Burckhardt to modernize another brand hyper compressor at its LDPE plant
06-07-2021
Burckhardt Compression was selected to modernize MOL Petrochemicals' other brand hyper compressor at its LDPE plant in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. Based on its ...
Neste MY renewable diesel receives TOP TIER certification
06-07-2021
Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ is the first renewable diesel brand to receive TOP TIER™ Diesel Fuel certification for its high quality and powerful performance. ...
TotalEnergies and Veolia JV to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2
06-07-2021
TotalEnergies and Veolia have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to ...
Gas and Heat select Boil-Off Gas compressors from SIAD Macchine Impianti
05-07-2021
SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIADMI) is proud to have supplied two BOG (Boil-Off Gas) compressors and thus to have contributed to the construction of the first coastal ...
Sasol and IDC formalise partnership to co-develop South Africa’s hydrogen economy
05-07-2021
Sasol Limited (Sasol) and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) have concluded a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to jointly develop ...
BASF expands chemical catalyst recycling capacity and capability
02-07-2021
BASF has expanded its chemical catalyst recycling capacity and capability with the acquisition of Zodiac Enterprises LLC in Caldwell, Texas. The site recycles ...
Valmet and Neles to merge creating a leading company with a unique offering for process industries globally
02-07-2021
Valmet Oyj and Neles Corporation announce that their respective Boards of Directors have today signed a combination agreement and a merger plan to combine the ...
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LyondellBasell’s Spheripol and Hostalen technology selected for Jiangsu Fenghai complex in China
01-07-2021
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced Jiangsu Fenghai High-tech Materials Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Fenghai), ...
AVEVA and RIB announce strategic partnership
01-07-2021
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement ...
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Industries acquires L.A. Turbine
01-07-2021
Chart Industries Inc, today announced the acquisition of L.A. Turbine for $80 million in cash (subject to certain customary adjustments). L.A. Turbine ...
Lhoist joins ArcelorMittal France, IFP Energies nouvelles, Axens and Total in the
dinamX project
01-07-2021
Coordinated by Axens, the four-year dinamX “Demonstration and Innovative Applications of the DMX™ Process” project was launched by partners ArcelorMittal ...
AVEVA and Wood launch new industrial solution to accelerate digital transformation
30-06-2021
AVEVA,
a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability, has formed a new alliance with Wood, the global consulting ...
Zeopore reaches 30°C cloud point improvement while keeping diesel yield loss under 2wt%
30-06-2021
Making diesel winter-proof is currently
an expensive process as refiners face high diesel yield losses or have to turn to expensive additives or kerosene blending. ...
Zeopore selected hte for testing mesoporized zeolite samples in catalytic diesel dewaxing
30-06-2021
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been
selected by Zeopore Technologies for testing different mesoporized zeolite catalysts under various ...
ORLEN Group takes another step towards zero-carbon energy
29-06-2021
PKN ORLEN and Synthos have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop and implement zero-emission nuclear energy technologies based on micro and
small ...
Baker Hughes and Samsung Engineering to collaborate on CCUS and hydrogen projects
29-06-2021
Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, and Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project ...
Wood appoints Josh Carmichael to bolster its hydrogen expertise
29-06-2021
Wood has appointed Josh Carmichael as Vice President of Hydrogen, to further strengthen its commitment to accelerating the global energy transition ...
Gazprom collaborating on hydrogen energy technologies with Russian scientists
28-06-2021
A meeting of the Sustainable Development Council led by Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee – Head of Department ...
OMV Petrom to replace coke drums at Petrobrazi refinery
28-06-2021
OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, will invest approximately EUR 70 million at the Petrobrazi refinery, to replace certain facilities ...
KBR awarded FCC technology contract by Raízen Argentina
28-06-2021
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Raízen Argentina for modernizing the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit at its Buenos Aires Refinery. Under ...
Burckhardt Compression passes 1’000’000 operating hours with Laby®-GI compressors for MAN ME-GI engines
28-06-2021
Burckhardt Compression Laby®-GI fuel gas compressor systems play an important role on LNG carriers. As the liquified natural gas warms up during storage and ...
ADNOC and Reliance sign strategic partnership for world-scale chemical projects at TA’ZIZ
26-06-2021
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today announced that Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance), has signed an agreement to join a new world-scale chlor-alkali, ...
Chiyoda Corporation and Qpinch to roll out breakthrough energy efficiency technology
25-06-2021
Chiyoda Corporation and Qpinch announce a cooperation to implement the breakthrough Qpinch Heat Transformer technology with customers in Japan and other regions. The ...
Enabling circularity via plastics chemical recycling
24-06-2021
(Webinar) - Chemical recycling of plastics is an emerging route to supplement mechanical recycling since polymers can be converted into monomer form. ...
Repsol, Axens, and IFPEN develop a new process to boost circular materials production
23-06-2021
Repsol, Axens, a worldwide technology provider and IFPEN, the renowned French research and innovation player in the field of energy, have developed a pioneering ...
Gazprom Neft selects Tecnicas Reunidas
21-06-2021
Gazprom Neft has chosen Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. (Spain) to manage the construction of the delayed coking unuit (DCU) at its Moscow Refinery’s ...
Honeywell announces the addition of Operator Advisor to its Experion® HALO suite
21-06-2021
Honeywell announced today the addition of Operator Advisor to its Experion® Highly Augmented Lookahead Operations (HALO) suite. This powerful software solution ...
Clariant's MegaMax catalyst series to help China reach its carbon neutrality target
21-06-2021
Clariant's MegaMax catalyst series for CO2-based methanol production helps China reach its carbon neutrality target. Capturing and converting CO2 emissions ...
Lukoil commissions Penex Isomerisation unit at Nizhny Novgorod refinery
18-06-2021
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov, Governor of ...
Dow and Shell JV demonstrate progress in development for lower CO₂ emission crackers
17-06-2021
Following announcement of a joint development agreement in June 2020, Dow and Shell today report progress on their technology programme to electrically heat ...
Worley secures a services contract at Burnaby refinery
17-06-2021
Worley has secured a services contract with Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd (Parkland) for its strategic projects at the Burnaby refinery in British Columbia, ...
Motiva announces base oil supply agreement with S-Oil
17-06-2021
Motiva Enterprises today announced that it has executed a long-term supply agreement with Aramco base oil affiliate S-Oil Corporation that will more than double ...
Covenant Energy select HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ from Haldor Topsoe
17-06-2021
Covenant Energy’s new facility will produce renewable diesel with a significantly lower carbon footprint than conventional diesel and will thereby support ...
Honeywell partners with DRDO, CSIR-IIP and Government of India
16-06-2021
Honeywell today announced that the company is partnering with Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and with the Council of Scientific and Industrial ...
INEOS selects risk based inspection asset integrity software from Antea
16-06-2021
Antea, a global leader for 32 years in risk-based asset integrity management (AIM) software with 3D digital twin integration, has officially entered into a ...
Axens and Sulzer alliance delivers an advanced FCC naphtha processing solution
16-06-2021
Axens, an international provider of process technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services and Sulzer Chemtech (GTC Technology), a global licensor of refinery ...
Best Practice: Screening and QC testing of petroleum products and fuels
16-06-2021
(Webinar) - Screening and quality control of petroleum products and fuels can be a tedious and expensive process when performed utilizing traditional methods. Near-Infrared ...
Sinopec starts up two additional STRATCO® alkylation units
15-06-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce successful startup of the STRATCO® alkylation units at the Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Company ...
MAN Energy Solutions and the thyssenkrupp digitalization cooperation
15-06-2021
MAN Energy Solutions and the thyssenkrupp business unit Uhde are looking to drive forward the development, testing and marketing of autonomous turbomachinery ...
ORLEN Group to launch international hydrogen program
14-06-2021
The ORLEN Group is launching HYDROGEN EAGLE, an investment program to develop an international chain of hydrogen hubs powered by renewable energy sources and ...
IOCL awards McDermott two EPCC refinery contracts
14-06-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has received two separate engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract awards from ...
Burckhardt Compression selected for new green hydrogen production plant
14-06-2021
The Diaphragm Compressor is being manufactured at Burckhardt Compression in Shenyang, China, and will be shipped as a container-installed compression unit to ...
Comprimo provides sulphur recovery technologies to a new major grassroot refinery
11-06-2021
Comprimo, Worley’s sulphur technology business, is delivering the technology license and licensor process design package for the new sulphur recovery complex ...
Aemetis selects Vegan® technology from Axens for its carbon zero project
10-06-2021
Today Axens is pleased to announce that it has signed a license agreement for its Vegan® renewable hydroprocessing technology with Aemetis, Inc. for its ...
Air Products announces net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton
09-06-2021
Air Products, the world leader in hydrogen production, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., in conjunction with the Government of Canada and the Province ...
Mammoet installs new FCC reactor head at Germany’s largest refinery
07-06-2021
The Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrhein (MiRo) in Karlsruhe is preparing for its major scheduled turnaround in 2021. As part of this, the reactor head of the FCC ...
Trafigura and Yara sign MoU to explore joint opportunities in Clean Ammonia
07-06-2021
Trafigura Pte Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies, and Yara International ASA, a leading global ammonia player, have signed ...
Neles launches versatile butterfly valve range for superior process performance
07-06-2021
Neles is introducing a new versatile butterfly valve product range that enables easy valve configuration for an extensive range of applications in all process ...
Air Products and Baker Hughes to collaborate on global hydrogen projects
06-06-2021
Air Products, a global leader in industrial gases and megaproject development, and Baker Hughes, a world leader in advanced hydrogen compression and gas turbine ...
Air Liquide partners with Samsung Engineering for a Methanol plant in Sarawak
06-06-2021
Following a successful Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study in 2019, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will continue its partnership with ...
Chart invests in Carbon Capture Technology
04-06-2021
Chart Industries Inc, a leading global manufacturer of liquefaction and cryogenic equipment serving multiple applications in the energy and industrial gas end ...
Comprimo and Controls Southeast to license sulphur degassing technology called ICOn™
03-06-2021
Comprimo, Worley Group's sulphur technology business, has joined forces with Controls Southeast Inc. (CSI), an AMETEK Company, to license a new and patented ...
ReadiFuels-Iowa select ISOCONVERSION technology from Chevron Lummus Global and ARA
03-06-2021
Chevron Lummus Global and Applied Research Associates today announced that the companies have been awarded a technology contract by ReadiFuels-Iowa, LLC for ...
Antea expands new office in Houston
03-06-2021
Antea, a global leader for the past 32 years in risk-based asset integrity management (AIM) software with 3D digital twin integration, is excited to announce ...
Shell awards Worley contract to help create a green hydrogen factory in the Netherlands
02-06-2021
We have been awarded an early engineering services contract by Shell to support the development of a new 200 megawatt electrolysis-based hydrogen plant. Once ...
Axens will supply a modular Prime - G+ unit to Raizen Buenos Aires Refinery
02-06-2021
Raízen Argentina, Shell licensee, has selected Axens for the modular supply of a FCC gasoline hydrodesulphurization unit Prime-G+ in its Buenos Aires ...
Haldor Topsoe establishes green hydrogen organization to accelerate electrolysis business
01-06-2021
Topsoe is determined to take a leading position in the burgeoning green hydrogen space, which, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast, has ...
Lummus announces cooperation with Synthos for development of Biobutadiene technology
31-05-2021
Lummus Technology today announced that its Green Circle business and Synthos have started collaborating to commercialize Synthos’ biobutadiene technology. ...
Hengyi Industries selects FLEXICOKING™ technology from Axens
27-05-2021
Since the Alliance Agreement signed between ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing (EMCL) and Axens to provide FLEXICOKING™ technology in January 2020 (See Press ...
Neste is testing renewable gasoline in Sweden for possible commercialisation internationally
25-05-2021
Until now, there have been no commercial drop-in solutions for replacing fossil gasoline to reduce high amounts of greenhouse gas emissions from conventional ...
KPIC selects butadiene extraction technology from Lummus
25-05-2021
Lummus Technology today announced an award for its butadiene extraction (BDE) technology from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., Ltd. (KPIC). The BDE unit will be ...
Haldor Topsoe and Preem achieve 85% co-processing of renewable feedstock
25-05-2021
Together, Topsoe and Preem have concluded the revamp of Preem’s Gothenburg refinery, which is part of Preem’s endeavors to reduce Sweden’s total carbon ...
Downstream USA returns to Houston as a hybrid event
25-05-2021
Downstream USA 2021 will return to Houston as a groundbreaking hybrid event with the best lineup the industry has ever seen, Reuters Events announced today. After ...
Shell to sell interest in Deer Park refinery to Pemex
24-05-2021
Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a ...
CORC agree to take over petroleum facilities in Curaçao from Refineria di Kòrsou
21-05-2021
Refineria di Kòrsou (RdK) and CORC B.V. signed a ‘Draft Deed’. This important agreement lays the foundation for management and operation of the refinery, ...
New reference in Asia for LD 153 Axens’ selective hydrogenation catalyst
20-05-2021
Axens recently announced the launch of SeLene, a newly created family of catalysts dedicated to selective hydrogenation (See Press Release here). Part of ...
Understanding Alarm Management Standards
20-05-2021
(Webinar) - Alarms are an essential layer of protection, enabling industrial facilities to avoid abnormal situations that may put people, the environment, and ...
VUV Analytics™ extends the VUV Analyzer™ platform for fuels with the publication of ASTM D8368
19-05-2021
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM has published a new test method, ASTM D8368 for use on the VUV Analyzer Platform for Fuels. This new method was ...
Engro selects Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex™ technology
19-05-2021
Honeywell today announced that Engro Corporation will use Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 750,000 metric tons per year of on-purpose ...
Hydratight and Henkel partnership for petrochemical pipeline and vessel repair
19-05-2021
Integrity assurance specialists, Hydratight, has partnered with adhesive sealants and functional coatings leader Henkel, to be a primary service provider for ...
Navitas Midstream purchases gas processing plant from Honeywell UOP
18-05-2021
Honeywell today announced that Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC has purchased a 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day gas processing plant from Honeywell UOP to extract ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces successful startup of 100% renewable base oil unit
18-05-2021
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) is pleased to announce the successful startup of a 100% renewable base oil unit in Novvi's Deer Park, Houston facility that employs ...
North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Company selects IsoTherming®
18-05-2021
North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Company, LTD. (North Huajin) has signed contracts with Refining Technology Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of DuPont Clean ...
Transitioning back to normalcy and optimization webinar
16-05-2021
In case you missed the live broadcast, the recording is now available. Our subject matter experts discussed opportunities to help you optimize and improve refinery ...
Seaboard Energy selects HydroFlex™ from Haldor Topsoe
14-05-2021
Topsoe is the licensor and supplier of basic engineering, proprietary equipment, catalyst, and technical services for Seaboard Energy’s renewable fuels complex ...
Wood expands downstream work in Australia with new bp contract
12-05-2021
Wood has secured a new contract with bp Castrol Australia to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to two Castrol lubricant blending, ...
Numaligarh refinery selects Unionfining™ technology from Honeywell UOP
12-05-2021
Honeywell today announced Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a public sector undertaking under the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will use UOP ...
ABB teams up with Metegrity
11-05-2021
ABB in the UK signs an MoU with asset integrity management business Metegrity to bring a new solution to market that will tackle asset downtime by optimizing ...
Ensuring business continuity with reliable and secure treated water webinar
11-05-2021
(Webinar) - Learn how you can mitigate risk by improving security and reliability of treated water supply with mobile and temporary water treatment services ...
Indian Oil Corporation selects Technip Energies for a new PTA plant
10-05-2021
Technip Energies has been awarded a large Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited for its Para Xylene ...
Global partnership between Dräger and Shell renewed
10-05-2021
Once again, Dräger and Shell have signed an enterprise framework agreement for the provision of portable gas detection equipment for all of Shell's on ...
NEA Group Compressor Day 2021 goes virtual
10-05-2021
The program comprises Keynote, Deep Dive, User Cases and Expert Talk. Listen to the experts dealing with these applications on their day-to-day ...
Chart Industries and ABB execute commercial and development agreement
07-05-2021
Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries today signed ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies form global avlliance with Arbios Biotech
06-05-2021
Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Arbios Biotech, a joint venture between Licella and Canfor, have formed a new global alliance aimed at utilizing SC&T’s ...
Dräger introduces wireless gas detection solution
06-05-2021
The Polytron 6100 EC WL is a flexible and cost-efficient solution for plant expansions, upgrades or new installations. The wireless gas detection ...
Technip Energies and Arundo announce SPYRO® for Asset Management (SAM).
05-05-2021
Technip Energies and Arundo have joined forces to deliver a new digital service, SPYRO® for Asset Management (SAM). This unique service improves the Operation, ...
AVEVA and Maire Tecnimont take industrial digital transformation to the next level
04-05-2021
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with engineering, ...
Chennai Petroleum selects Axens for Cauvery Basin refinery project
04-05-2021
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), a group company of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India, has selected Axens to supply several advanced ...
Samsung awards Mammoet new contracts for petrochemical sites
03-05-2021
Mammoet is pleased to announce two new contracts with Samsung Engineering (Thailand) Co Ltd to provide transport and heavy lift works as part of two petrochemical ...
Unicat Catalyst Acquires Magma Group
29-04-2021
Unicat Catalyst Technologies, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy, has announced the acquisition of Jemmtec Limited, dba Magma Group. Magma is a UK-based ...
Neste to enable production of up to 500,000 tons/a of sustainable Aviation fuel
29-04-2021
Neste, the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, will modify its existing ...
Reuters Events celebrates world day for cultural diversity and development
29-04-2021
Reuters Events celebrates World Day for Cultural Diversity and Development with live discussion ‘Increasing Diversity Development in the Petrochemical Industry’, ...
Haldor Topsoe and Shchekinoazot to jointly discover opportunities for CO2 emission reduction
29-04-2021
Topsoe and the leading Russian chemical company Shchekinoazot have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to synchronize vison and plans on developing blue ...
Sandvik launches Sanicro® 825
27-04-2021
Sandvik, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, has launched Sanicro® 825, Sandvik’s ...
Acron and
Haldor Topsoe complete ammonia unit revamp project
27-04-2021
Acron, one of the world’s largest producers of compound fertilizers based in Russia, and Haldor Topsoe completed the ammonia unit revamp project and successfully ...
Anchorage Investments selects C3 Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
26-04-2021
Honeywell announced today that Anchorage Investments Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 750,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade ...
Lummus Technology receives master licensor contract from PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim
26-04-2021
Lummus Technology today
announced that it has been awarded a master licensor contract by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim for its ethylbenzene, styrene monomer, ethylene ...
Mammoet transports 480 items from a small port to construction site
26-04-2021
Building an industrial scale chemical plant is, without a doubt, a complex endeavor –
it takes time, good planning and spot-on organization. Not to mention ...
ZymeFlow® completes company rebrand
26-04-2021
ZymeFlow, a leader in chemical decontamination of process equipment, announced they have completed a major rebrand effective immediately. ZymeFlow has seen ...
SIE NEFTEHIM is the best exporter of Krasnodar region
23-04-2021
The “Golden Mercury” award competition is annually held by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation supported by the State Duma and ...
CB&I storage solutions wins multiple STI/SPFA tank of the year awards
22-04-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has won multiple Field Erected Tank of the Year awards from the Steel ...
ExxonMobil expands renewable fuels agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings
22-04-2021
ExxonMobil will be the exclusive buyer of renewable diesel from Global Clean Energy’s biorefinery in Bakersfield, California, which is on schedule to begin ...
SOCAR completes its engagement in the management of Antipinskii Refinery
22-04-2021
SOCAR successfully completed its engagement in the management of Antipinskii Refinery and the oil fields, owned by the subsidiary of the refinery - NKNP LLC. ...
Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS™ technology
22-04-2021
Gasoline produced by the TIGAS™ technology contains no sulfur, is cost-competitive with traditional gasoline, and can be used in today’s cars and trucks ...
Transitioning back to normalcy and optimization webinar
22-04-2021
Join Becht for our Transitioning Back to Normalcy and Optimization Webinar. Our subject matter experts will discuss opportunities to help you optimize and improve ...
Maire Tecnimont signs MoU to develop biopolymer plant
21-04-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiaries NextChem and MET Development have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MC TAIF JSC (TAIF) today ...
Stamicarbon signs licensing contract for UREA plant revamp
21-04-2021
Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed a contract with Abu Qir Fertilizers Co., in Alexandria, Egypt, for the ...
Sandvik’s super-austenitic grade Sanicro® 35 wins prestigious award
21-04-2021
Sandvik, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, has received a major industry ...
Axens acquires Flowvision
21-04-2021
Axens is pleased to announce the signature of a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement for the acquisition, on 15 April 2021, of Flowvision (Denmark, Odense), an ...
Sinopec starts up two STRATCO®
alkylation units
20-04-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce successful performance tests for the STRATCO® alkylation units at the Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Company ...
Eni using Ecofining technology to meet european biofuel demand
20-04-2021
Honeywell today announced Italy’s
largest energy company, Eni, is producing renewable fuels at its refinery in Gela, Italy, using the Ecofining™ technology ...
Air Products Kochi industrial gas complex supplying syngas to Kochi Refinery
19-04-2021
Air Products, a world leader in industrial gases megaproject development and execution,
today announced that the Kochi Industrial Gas Complex is reliably supplying ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical
19-04-2021
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology,
has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
Clariant collaborates with Pertamina in advanced biofuels assessment
19-04-2021
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, is working with Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas corporation, Pertamina, since ...
Indian Oil awards contracts to Larsen & Toubro
15-04-2021
L&T Heavy Engineering also won a Critical Reactor system package order for IOCL’s Petrochemical Project against stiff international competition. This ...
Tidewater chooses Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for renewable diesel production
15-04-2021
Topsoe has signed a contract with Tidewater for the delivery of Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology in Canada. The technology will be utilized in a new ...
Panipat refinery selects multiple technologies from Chevron Lummus Global
14-04-2021
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.’s Panipat Refinery in Haryana, India. The lubricants ...
Axens announce SeLene™ a new selective hydrogenation family of catalysts
14-04-2021
Axens is pleased to announce the launch of SeLene™, a newly created family brand dedicated to selective hydrogenation. Selective hydrogenation is an essential ...
TOYO awarded ethylene pilot plant project
13-04-2021
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a project to construct an Ethylene Pilot Plant, using waste-derived ethanol as raw material, planned ...
Chevron start up the world's first commercial scale ISOALKY™ process unit
13-04-2021
Chevron Corporation and Honeywell today announced the commissioning and start-up of the world's first commercial-scale ISOALKY process unit that utilizes ionic ...
XRG Technologies appoints Joe Tleimat as senior principal engineer
13-04-2021
XRG Technologies, a fired equipment engineering firm located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Tleimat as a Senior Principal Engineer. ...
Everything you always wanted to know about radiometric measurements webinar
13-04-2021
Radiometric measurements are reliable even under the most challenging process conditions and are used where other technologies fail. But what exactly is a radiometric ...
CB&I and New Energy complete engineering for green hydrogen generation facility
12-04-2021
McDermott International, Ltd and New Energy Development Company LLC today announced the completion of engineering for two transformative 50-megawatt energy ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Enter Engineering
12-04-2021
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
Honeywell Technology enables large carbon capture and storage project
12-04-2021
Honeywell today announced Wabash Valley Resources LLC has selected a range of Honeywell UOP technologies to capture and sequester up to 1.65 million tons of ...
Successful advanced biofuels production from woody biomass on demonstration units
12-04-2021
Bionext and its partners have reached a major milestone in the development of low-carbon BioJet Fuels with the production of Fischer-Tropsch-synthesis products ...
Control combustion in thermal power with Servomex solutions and expertise
10-04-2021
Servomex, the global leader in gas analysis, has combined its thermal power expertise into a video and podcast aimed at plant operators and managers, to enable ...
Gazprom Neft launches industrial production of JET A-1 jet fuel
08-04-2021
The Gazprom Neft-owned Omsk Oil Refinery has launched production of JET A-1 fuel for jet and turboprop engines. This will add to the expansion of the ...
Total begins producing sustainable aviation fuel
08-04-2021
Total has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its La Mède biorefinery in southern France and its Oudalle facility near Le Havre. The biojet ...
Honeywell introduces process to convert 100% of naphta into cleaner burning Euro V gasoline
08-04-2021
Honeywell today announced a new refinery configuration developed by Honeywell UOP to produce a cleaner-burning gasoline product that meets increasingly stringent ...
Shell Catalysts & Technologies to supply ethylene oxide catalyst to Jiangsu Dynamic Chemical
08-04-2021
Shell Catalysts & Technologies will supply ethylene oxide catalyst to Jiangsu Dynamic Chemical after demonstrating high selectivity, desired reliability ...
Linde Engineering and AGR collaborate on a trendsetting green hydrogen project
08-04-2021
Linde Engineering has won the official bid for the design and construction of an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR in Herten, ...
Indian Oil Corporation selects Technip Energies to upgrade Barauni refinery
07-04-2021
Technip Energies has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited for its ...
Catalyst innovations drive a more performant and sustainable refining and petrochemical industry
07-04-2021
Zeopore successfully builds on groundbreaking research at KU Leuven (Belgium), which focused on advancing mesoporization technology and the economical applicability ...
Why Southeast Asia is the ideal hub for crude-to-chemicals’ next phase
06-04-2021
In response to growing demand for petrochemicals products and the glut in oil prices, APAC operators have had a chemical reaction: the region’s oil to chemicals ...
South Refineries Company selects technology from Axens for Basrah refinery upgrading project
06-04-2021
Part of Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, the state-owned South Refineries Company (SRC) executed the upgrading of its refinery located in Basrah, Iraq by implementing ...
Lummus Novolen Technology awarded major polypropylene contract
05-04-2021
Lummus Technology today announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a PP contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at its petrochemical ...
ECB Group selects renewable fuels technology from Honeywell UOP
05-04-2021
Honeywell today announced that Brazil-based ECB Group will use the UOP Ecofining™ process to convert vegetable oils and inedible animal fats into renewable ...
Inter Pipeline awarded grant under Alberta's petrochemicals incentive program
05-04-2021
Inter Pipeline Ltd, announced today that it will receive $408 million under the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program. The grant has been awarded in support ...
Burckhardt Compression strengthens its presence in the Nordic countries
01-04-2021
After three years of successful cooperation with Kompressorteknik ML AB, Burckhardt Compression established a fully owned subsidiary at the existing location ...
Petrojet selects industrial wastewater treatment plant from Nijhuis Saur Industries
01-04-2021
The main EPC contractor Petrojet has awarded the Engineering, Manufacturing and Procurement order to supply the industrial wastewater treatment plant for the ...
Burckhardt wins large compressor order for a refinery hydrocracking unit
01-04-2021
Burckhardt Compression has been selected by Technip Energies as the compressor supplier for the Assiut hydrocracking complex in Egypt. The order includes three ...
Saipem and Hyperion Systems launch SAIPEM-HYPERION Eastmed Engineering Ltd
31-03-2021
Saipem and Hyperion Systems Engineering join forces to create Saipem-Hyperion Eastmed Engineering Ltd, a jointly controlled company based in Cyprus. The new ...
Work towards a cleaner future with Servomex
31-03-2021
Servomex, the global provider of gas analysis, is leading the change towards lower-emission processes and cleaner industries with a new ‘Clean Air’ campaign, ...
SIE Neftehim presented its best process solutions at Downstream Russia
30-03-2021
The 7th Annual DOWNSTREAM Russia 2021 Conference took place in SIE Neftehim’s native city Krasnodar, Russia. The Conference program involved a series of ...
Honeywell software supports some of the worlds largest carbon capture projects
30-03-2021
Honeywell announced today that Aker Carbon Capture has selected Honeywell as a key contributor to its work on some of the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
Emerson selected to help HPCL Visakh refinery achieve operational excellence
30-03-2021
Emerson has been selected to provide its automation software and services including the DeltaVTM Operator Training Solution (OTS), to help the Hindustan ...
BASF presents roadmap to climate neutrality
26-03-2021
BASF is setting itself even more ambitious goals on its journey to climate neutrality and wants to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Based on the ...
ERTC
Advisory Board Report Released!
26-03-2021
It has been a busy few weeks for us at the WRA as we began shaping the agenda for our flagship ERTC which will celebrate its 25th anniversary ...
Neste joins the eFuel Alliance
25-03-2021
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has
joined the eFuel Alliance, an interest group dedicated to the industrial ...
LUKOIL and Russian ministry of energy agree to support construction of deep oil refining units
24-03-2021
LUKOIL and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation concluded an agreement that provides for
LUKOIL receiving an investment increment to reverse excise ...
Cheniere awards Worley multiple master services agreements
24-03-2021
Worley has been awarded multiple master services agreements by subsidiaries of Cheniere Energy Inc, to provide engineering, procurement, construction ...
BASF, SABIC and Linde join forces to realize the world’s first electrically heated steam cracker furnace
24-03-2021
BASF, SABIC and Linde have signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. The partners have already ...
KBR awarded two ammonia plant revamp contracts
24-03-2021
KBR announced today it has been awarded contracts for revamping two ammonia plants by PJSC Acron Group, Novgorod, Russia. KBR will supply the process technology ...
Lucid Energy commissions Red Hills V cryogenic processing plant
23-03-2021
Lucid Energy Group today announced the company has commissioned its Red Hills V cryogenic processing plant in the Delaware Basin. The Red Hills V plant has ...
Qatar Petroleum signs a long term SPA to supply LNG to Sinopec
22-03-2021
Qatar Petroleum today entered into a 10-year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation for the supply of 2 million tons ...
New ISO C4 plant in Burghausen starts production
22-03-2021
With the commissioning of OMV´s new ISO C4 plant at the Burghausen site, the collaboration between the world’s largest chemical company, BASF, and OMV, the ...
Clariant opens state-of-the-art catalyst R&D center in Shanghai.
22-03-2021
Clariant Catalysts has opened a new, state-of-the-art R&D center at its “One Clariant Campus” in Shanghai. This R&D Center is integrated into the ...
Lotte GS Chemical selects Honeywell technology for PHENOL and acetone production
22-03-2021
Honeywell today announced that Lotte GS Chemical Corp . will use Honeywell UOP Q-Max™, Phenol 3G, and Evonik MSHP technologies to produce more than 565,000 ...
Regenerable hydrogen sulfide scavenger technology for sour gas streams
19-03-2021
Merichem® is proud to introduce EcoTreat®, a revolutionary modular treatment system that completely removes H2S from sour gas streams using a sulfur-catalyst ...
Regenerable hydrogen sulfide scavenger technology for sour gas streams
19-03-2021
Merichem® is proud to introduce EcoTreat®, a revolutionary modular treatment system that completely removes H2S from sour gas streams using a sulfur-catalyst ...
MoU signed regarding carbon capture and storage for clean fuel ammonia production
19-03-2021
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), a national university in the Republic ...
Eni’s Biomass treatment plant launches in Gela
19-03-2021
Eni’s new BTU (Biomass Treatment Unit) plant has begun production and was tested a few days ago. It will enable the Eni biorefinery in Gela to use up to 100% ...
Ecopetrol extends investment in Aspen Technology
18-03-2021
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in asset optimization software, today announced that Ecopetrol, the largest petroleum company in Colombia, has selected ...
bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project
18-03-2021
bp today announced that it is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility, targeting 1GW of hydrogen production by 2030. The project ...
PKN ORLEN secures
oil supply contract
16-03-2021
PKN ORLEN has signed an oil supply contract with Rosneft, with the monthly contract volume amounting to 300,000 tonnes of oil, as agreed with the Russian partners ...
The case for plant modernization and upgrades webinar
16-03-2021
(Webinar) - With a system that's outdated or
showing signs of it, you are well aware of the risks of running your plant processes with aging hardware and software. ...
Euglena, CLG and ARA announce successful production of Euglena based renewable jet fuel
15-03-2021
Euglena Co. Ltd, Chevron Lummus Global, and Applied Research Associates
Inc, are pleased to announce the successful production of renewable jet fuel from a ...
Neste selects Rotterdam for its next world scale renewable products refinery
15-03-2021
Neste announced in March 2020 an intention to increase its renewable products production capacity in Europe according to the
company strategy. The company has ...
NextChem and Agilyx to support the development of advanced chemical recycling facilities
15-03-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem, and Agilyx Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, a pioneer in the advanced
recycling ...
Sinopec accelerates hydrogen energy development to build world-leading clean energy chemical company
11-03-2021
Mr. Ma Yongsheng, President of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, has proposed to accelerate
hydrogen ...
Gazprom Neft increases energy efficiency at its directly owned refineries
11-03-2021
Gazprom Neft succeeded in cutting energy, heating and fuel costs across its directly owned refineries (in Moscow and Omsk) throughout 2020, with energy-saving ...
Implico Group maintains market leadership for terminal automation systems in EMEA
10-03-2021
The downstream IT solutions provider Implico Group is the market leader for terminal automation systems (TMS) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). ...
McDermott completes minority investment in Lummus Technology
08-03-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that it has invested in Lummus Technology Holdings LLC, a holding company of Lummus Technology. Under the terms ...
Alfa Laval starts testing sustainable shipping fuels
08-03-2021
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, will soon start testing two new types of marine fuels; biofuels ...
OHL Gutermuth becomes a key global player in solar energy
05-03-2021
The leading manufacturer of special industrial valves OHL Gutermuth from Altenstadt has expanded its global activities and now supplies its products to almost ...
New greenfield chemical plant in Siberia to use SUEZ technology
04-03-2021
SUEZ has signed a contract for a large wastewater treatment project and has been awarded an associated 10-year service agreement with Irkutsk Polymer Plant ...
Shell selects WorkfloPlus from Intoware
04-03-2021
Leading workflow automation specialist, Intoware has secured a contract with Shell Information Technology International BV to deploy its digital software platform, ...
Gevo Selects Polynaphtha™ Technology and Engineering from Axens
04-03-2021
Axens today announces that Gevo, Inc. selected its PolynaphthaTM oligomerization technology for its Net-Zero 1 project in Preston, South Dakota. Axens scope ...
Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez selects technology from Honeywell UOP
03-03-2021
Honeywell today announced that Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of Lukoil, will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its Kstovo ...
Value chain partners in the Arabian Gulf join global efforts to address plastic waste
02-03-2021
Major players from across the plastic value chain in the Arabian Gulf have adopted Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) in an effort to address plastic waste, the ...
Lummus announces start-up of CDAlky unit at St. Charles refinery
01-03-2021
Lummus Technology today announced the start-up of its CDAlky® C5 alkylation unit at Valero’s St. Charles Refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The capacity of the ...
bp and SABIC to drive circular economy at the Gelsenkirchen production site
01-03-2021
bp and SABIC have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical ...
PT Pertamina Rosneft selects Shell Catalysts & Technologies
25-02-2021
PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PT PRPP) will build a grassroots refinery in Tuban, Java Timur, Indonesia, using state-of-the-art proprietary ...
Hengyi Industries selects advanced reforming and aromatics technologies from Honeywell UOP
25-02-2021
Honeywell today announced that Hengyi Industries will use advanced reforming and aromatics technologies from Honeywell UOP at its integrated petrochemical complex ...
Reuters Events unveils Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics USA 2021
25-02-2021
Reuters Events today announced details of an event that will be key for a sector that accounts for 25% of US gross domestic product. Petrochemical Supply ...
Saulsbury awarded EPC contract for Midland Basin gas processing facility
23-02-2021
Saulsbury was recently awarded a turnkey EPC contract for the design and installation of a new cryogenic processing facility in the Midland Basin for one of ...
Closing of remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor successfully completed
23-02-2021
After the signing for the acquisition of the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor which took place on January 25, 2021, the closing has now also taken ...
ISAB selects IsoTherming® Hydroprocessing technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
23-02-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies today announced it has signed a contract with ISAB S.r.l, to revamp the refinery’s existing trickle bed diesel hydrotreater at the ...
Baker Hughes to acquire ARMS Reliability
18-02-2021
Baker Hughes has announced it is acquiring ARMS Reliability, a leading global provider of reliability solutions to some of the world’s largest industrial ...
GEA supplies compressor packages for refinery application in Azerbaijan
18-02-2021
Honeywell UOP selected GEA Refrigeration Technologies’ oil & gas team to supply engineered compression packages for a tail gas application at a refinery ...
Enel Green Power and Saras team up to develop green hydrogen
16-02-2021
Enel Green Power and Saras signed a memorandum of intent to develop a green hydrogen project in Sardinia. The solution being studied involves using a 20 MW ...
Fulcrum BioEnergy selects site for UK waste to fuels plant
16-02-2021
Fulcrum BioEnergy, a pioneer in the production of low-carbon, transportation fuels from municipal solid waste, announces the site selection and launch of development ...
Burckhardt Compression wins order for hydrogen liquefaction plant in South Korea
16-02-2021
Burckhardt Compression has been selected as compressor supplier for a new-built hydrogen liquefaction plant in South Korea. The order includes two BCS API618 ...
Axens selected for Numaligarh refinery expansion project
16-02-2021
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural ...
Exceptional catalyst selectivity prompts cycle length extension at Petro Rabigh monoethylene glycol plant
15-02-2021
Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company has achieved an impressive 92% catalyst selectivity at the start of the most recent cycle at its 600,000-t/y monoethylene ...
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XRG completes turnkey heater efficiency project
15-02-2021
XRG Technologies recently completed the revamp of a large vertical cylinder (VC) crude heater, solving several operational problems while increasing efficiency ...
TechnipFMC completes separation of two industry leading companies
15-02-2021
TechnipFMC today announced the completion of its spin-off transaction to create two industry leading, independent, publicly traded companies, TechnipFMC and ...
Maire Tecnimont Group and Essential Energy USA to build biorefinery in South America
15-02-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., through its subsidiary NextChem and Essential Energy USA Corp, today have executed a Front-End Engineering Design contract as well as ...
Becht acquires EPS Customer Solutions
15-02-2021
Becht Europe B.V. and EPS Customer Solutions B.V. have come together to better serve Refining, Petrochemical, and Renewable customers in the European, Middle ...
JGC awarded FEED contract for gas separation plant in Kazakhstan
10-02-2021
JGC Holdings Corporation announced today that JGC Corporation, which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the ...
ORLEN Lietuv selects DuPont Clean Technologies
10-02-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies has been awarded the contract to supply ORLEN Lietuva with licensing, engineering, and technical services for a STRATCO® alkylation ...
GEA supplies gas cleaning systems for the FCCU of two Refineries in Spain
09-02-2021
GEA has received two orders for gas cleaning systems from the oil and energy group Compañía Española de Petróleos SA (CEPSA, Madrid, Spain) for their refineries ...
Technip Energies and Chiyoda awarded major LNG contract
09-02-2021
TechnipFMC is pleased to announce that CTJV, a joint venture between Chiyoda Corporation and Technip Energies, has been awarded a major Engineering, Procurement, ...
Kentech acquires oil and gas business from SNC-Lavalin
09-02-2021
Kentech Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the oil and gas business of Toronto-listed SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. Completion is anticipated ...
Lummus announces high propylene Indmax FCC technology award
08-02-2021
Lummus Technology today announced an award for its Indmax Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat ...
BP and Oxbotica complete industry first autonomous vehicle trial at refinery
08-02-2021
bp has successfully completed an autonomous vehicle trial at its Lingen refinery in Germany, working with Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software. ...
Shandong Yulong Petrochemical selects Honeywell UOP technology
08-02-2021
Honeywell today announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co Ltd, will use advanced Platforming and Aromatics technologies from Honeywell UOP at its integrated ...
Veolia Water Technologies announces investment in regeneration facility and new mobile assets
07-02-2021
Veolia Water Technologies, a subsidiary of the Veolia group and leading specialist in water treatment, has invested 20 million euros in the development and ...
Evonik Catalysts India commissions a new pilot plant for scale-up of hydrogenation catalysts for oils and fats (OFC)
06-02-2021
At the beginning of January, a pilot plant for optimizing the production processes of hydrogenation catalysts for oils and fats was inaugurated at Evonik's ...
CVR Energy proceeds with KBR on second phase scope for alkylation revamp project
05-02-2021
KBR Inc, announced today that a subsidiary of CVR Energy Inc, is proceeding with the next phase of the KBR Solid Acid Alkylation Technology (K-SAATTM) project ...
Clariant signs catalysis research partnership with prestigious ETH Zurich university
04-02-2021
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, has signed a cooperation agreement with ETH Zurich to support research in catalysis ...
McDermott expands energy transition portfolio with green hydrogen award
03-02-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by New Jersey Natural Gas for the engineering, ...
Maire Technimont awarded Heydar Aliyev oil refinery contracts from SOCAR
03-02-2021
The contracts relate to the installation of three process units, necessary for the production of EURO-5 gasoline at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery in Baku, ...
ClearSign Technologies receive European process burner order
03-02-2021
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
A new nanocatalyst increases vacuum residue hydrocracker performance at LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC
02-02-2021
In February 2020 LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC commissioned an innovative technology using a new type of nanocatalyst – with higher selectivity and performance. ...
Versalis licenses LDPE-EVA technology for MTO project in Uzbekistan
02-02-2021
Versalis, the chemical company of Italian energy major Eni, has licensed to Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. a Low Density Polyethylene/Ethyl Vinyl Acetate (LDPE/EVA) ...
NAPCON INFORMER has renewed the certificate of compliance by OPC Foundation
02-02-2021
NAPCON Informer has successfully passed the OPC Foundation certification test, including an intense 2 weeks of both automated and manual testing, and hence ...
ExxonMobil low carbon solutions to commercialize emission reduction technology
02-02-2021
ExxonMobil said today it has created a new business to commercialize its extensive low-carbon technology portfolio. The new business, ExxonMobil Low Carbon ...
Air Products LNG technology selected for Energia Costa Azul export project
01-02-2021
Air Products, the world’s leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, has signed an agreement to provide its proprietary LNG technology, ...
Chevron Lummus Global awarded NRL expansion project
01-02-2021
Chevron Lummus Global today announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Numaligarh Refinery Limited for their refinery expansion project in ...
Hengyi Industries selects UNIPOL™ PE technology
01-02-2021
Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd., has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Process for its world-scale 600,000 TPY polyethylene (PE) plant to be located ...
Limetree Bay commences refinery startup operations
01-02-2021
Limetree Bay Ventures LLC, a world-class refinery, terminal and logistics hub controlled by EIG Global Energy Partners, today announced that Limetree Bay Refining ...
Lukoil commissions new production complex at the Volgograd refinery
29-01-2021
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, Russian Minister of Energy Nikolai Shulginov, Governor of the Volgograd ...
Siemens Energy commissions low emissions compressor trains for Canadian gas plant
29-01-2021
Siemens Energy recently completed the commissioning of one feed and sales gas train and one refrigeration compression train for the Pipestone Processing Facility ...
Diamond Green Diesel receives approval to begin construction in Port Arthur Texas
28-01-2021
Darling and Valero jointly announce today that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel ("DGD"), has received approval from both companies' Boards of ...
CVR Energy selects HydroFlex™ from Haldor Topsoe
27-01-2021
The project will convert an existing hydrocracker for the production of low-carbon renewable diesel from soybean oil, resulting in a reduction of greenhouse ...
Air Liquide completes worlds largest low carbon hydrogen membrane based production unit in Canada
26-01-2021
Air Liquide has completed the construction of the world's largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is ...
LyondellBasell and Sinopec JV to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer
25-01-2021
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one ...
Burckhardt Compression acquires remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor
25-01-2021
The contract to acquire the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor, based in Shenyang, China, was signed on January 25, 2021. Closing is expected within ...
Petrobras selects Baker Hughes to expand digital capabilities and reduce emissions
22-01-2021
Baker Hughes announced today an order with Petrobras to provide a suite of digital solutions across Petrobras sites in Brazil. The order, booked in the fourth ...
Air Liquide strengthens partnership with BASF
21-01-2021
Air Liquide and BASF, a world-leading chemical company, have recently signed three new long-term contracts in the Antwerp basin. Air Liquide has been supplying ...
OMV to expand and modernise Burghausen refinery
20-01-2021
OMV, the integrated, international oil, gas and petrochemicals company headquartered in Vienna, is expanding and modernizing its cracker units and petrochemical ...
Johnson Matthey announces manufacturing capacity for key components in Green Hydrogen
20-01-2021
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has taken the next major step in its plans to commercialise technologies to enable production ...
McDermott awarded liquid hydrogen storage study
19-01-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a study by a leading natural gas producer to research ...
Refcomm® Galveston 2021 takes place May 10-14 as a virtual event
19-01-2021
The 23rd annual Refcomm® Galveston will take place May 10 - 14, 2021 as a 100% virtual and on-demand event. In light of the uncertainty that still surrounds ...
Greenergy selects HydroFlex™ technology from Haldor Topsoe
18-01-2021
An estimated 1.5 billion tires are discarded each year worldwide, creating significant waste. This project will be the first of its kind to use waste tires ...
ENAP Refinerías selects scrubbing technology from BELCO®
15-01-2021
Chilean oil refiner ENAP Refinerías S.A. has selected BELCO® scrubbing technology, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont), to improve emissions control ...
Grabner Instruments launches MINIFLASH FPA vision autosampler
14-01-2021
Grabner Instruments, a leading manufacturer of analytical laboratory testing equipment, is pleased to launch the new MINIFLASH FPA Vision Autosampler, the latest ...
Shangneng refinery selects MACH from Shell Catalysts & Technologies
14-01-2021
Shandong Shangneng Group has chosen Shell Catalysts & Technologies to provide it with their April 2021 hydrocracking catalyst refill for its two-stage DAO ...
Mammoet supports modernisation of MiRo refinery
13-01-2021
The Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrhein (MiRo) in Karlsruhe is preparing for its major scheduled turnaround in 2021. As part of this, the reactor head of the FCC ...
Altrad secures contracts at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery
13-01-2021
Altrad are pleased to announce the signature of two long term contracts with Total Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire, UK in support of their operations ...
Hengli Petrochemical selects burner technology from Honeywell UOP
13-01-2021
Honeywell announced today that Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd. successfully used Callidus burner technology from Honeywell UOP to minimize nitrogen oxide ...
Chart Industries and Matrix Service Company execute commercial Hydrogen MoU
12-01-2021
Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries today signed ...
Neste and Avfuel create strategic partnership for sustainable aviation fuel
12-01-2021
Neste and Avfuel Corporation announce a strategic partnership to create an efficient, continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States. ...
Honeywell Introduces a single-stage UOP Ecofining™ technology
12-01-2021
Honeywell today announced that it has introduced a single-stage UOP Ecofining™ technology offering for the production of renewable diesel fuel. The new single-stage ...
Inter Pipeline awards master site services and supply contract to Worley
12-01-2021
Worley has been awarded a master site services and supply contract by Inter Pipeline Ltd for its Heartland Petrochemical Complex located in Alberta, Canada. The ...
Sinopec award ethylene expansion contract to Wood
12-01-2021
Wood has secured a contract valued at over $120 million with Sinopec Hainan Refining and Chemical Limited Company (Sinopec) to provide engineering, procurement ...
Penspen wins additional detailed engineering project from Target Engineering Construction
11-01-2021
We have secured a detailed engineering project award from Target Engineering Construction Company, a leading engineering, procurement and construction ...
Sharjah National Oil Corporation launches gas storage project
10-01-2021
Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) has announced the start-up of its new gas storage project. This follows a small-scale pilot phase using existing infrastructure ...
KBR awarded a master services agreement from LanzaTech
07-01-2021
KBR announced today it has been awarded a Master Services Agreement by LanzaTech to provide engineering services for their global carbon recycling technology ...
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries Group sells turboexpander business line to Air Liquide
07-01-2021
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group (Group), a part of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), announces the sale of its Turboexpander ...
TechnipFMC resumes plan to separate into two industry leading companies
07-01-2021
TechnipFMC plc today announced the resumption of activities toward its planned separation into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded companies: ...
Shell invests in waste to low carbon fuels plant
05-01-2021
Shell will have a 40% interest in the plant using technology developed by Enerkem, a leading Canadian clean tech company. Enerkem announced the project in December ...
L&T Hydrocarbon wins EPCC contract for Petrochemical FCC unit
04-01-2021
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has won an order from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited, a joint venture between ...
Neste acquires minority stake in Alterra Energy
04-01-2021
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable and circular chemical ...
INEOS completes the acquisition of BPs global Aromatics & Acetyls business
01-01-2021
INEOS, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, has today completed the purchase of the global Aromatics and Acetyls businesses from BP for a consideration ...
Howard Energy Partners to acquire refinery services facility in Corpus Christi
29-12-2020
Howard Energy Partners today announced that it has executed an agreement with a subsidiary of MPLX LP to purchase the Javelina Facility (Javelina) located in ...
Aramco continues progress in digital transformation with SAP strategic alliance
28-12-2020
Aramco today announced a strategic alliance with SAP Saudi Arabia to expand the digitalization of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The agreement ...
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds acquire Hydroprocessing Associates
28-12-2020
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds LLC (SWAT), a leading provider of specialty welding and other highly technical services to the oil and gas refinery, biodiesel, ...
Maire Tecnimont strengthens its petrochemical business in India
21-12-2020
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont SpA, through its Indian entity Tecnimont Private Limited, has been awarded an EPCC (Engineering, ...
Haldor Topsoe and Aker Carbon Capture to cooperate on low-carbon hydrogen solutions
21-12-2020
”The collaboration with Aker Carbon Capture is an exciting opportunity to support customers in lowering their emissions from hydrogen production. Haldor Topsoe ...
Successful operation of Axens’ units and digitalization at the ERC refinery
21-12-2020
All Axens’ units of the Egyptian Refining Company (ERC) refinery project are now successfully operating and reaching full production and performances. The ...
Chart to acquire carbon capture technology
16-12-2020
Chart Industries Inc, today announced the signing of an exclusive letter of intent to acquire Sustainable Energy Solutions Inc, subject to execution of definitive ...
OMV invests in biofuel production at Schwechat refinery
15-12-2020
OMV, the integrated, international oil, gas and petrochemicals company headquartered in Vienna, is committed to the Paris Agreement and EU climate targets and ...
Sumitomo Chemical selects Atol® technology from Axens
14-12-2020
Sumitomo Chemical and Axens signed a license agreement of ethanol-to-ethylene technology Atol® for Sumitomo Chemical’s waste-to-polyolefins project in Japan. In ...
Grön Fuels selects H2bridge™ and HydroFlex™ from Haldor Topsoe
14-12-2020
The integration of the fully proven H2bridge™ hydrogen technology with the HydroFlex™ technology enables Grön Fuels to produce renewable bio-hydrogen equivalent ...
Mammoet completes PTC lifts at petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania
12-12-2020
In 2019, Mammoet’s team completed several lifts using the PTC 200-DS in Potter Township, Pennsylvania. Originally there were ten scheduled lifts to be executed ...
GPCA announces special edition of annual forum to take place in February 2021
09-12-2020
The forum will address the theme ‘Leadership in the New Reality – Catalyzing Sustainable Growth in the Chemical Industry’ The Gulf Petrochemicals and ...
Mitsubishi Chemical feasibility study for a 350 KT MMA Plant in Geismar
09-12-2020
Mitsubishi Chemical is pleased to announce that it has recently acquired “green field” property at a large integrated site on the Mississippi River in Geismar, ...
Aramco and Baker Hughes commence construction on non-metallics JV
08-12-2020
Aramco and Baker Hughes have announced the formation of Novel, a 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) to develop and commercialize a broad range of non-metallic products ...
KBR's SCORE™ technology commissioned at Sinochem Quanzhou petrochemical plant
07-12-2020
KBR announced today the successful startup of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s 1,000 KTA ethylene plant in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. The ...
ABB and CORYS sign MoU for digital collaboration
07-12-2020
The two companies enter a strategic agreement to advance digital twin modeling and simulation technology across energy and process industries. The agreement ...
TÜPRAŞ selects Honeywell UOP technology for its Izmit refinery
07-12-2020
Honeywell today announced Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.Ş. is improving the performance of its existing Honeywell UOP enhanced two-stage UnicrackingTM process ...
Laby® LNG boil-off gas compressors to support reduction of sulphur and CO2 emissions
04-12-2020
To reduce sulphur and CO2 emissions at sea, the shipping industry is pushing towards alternative fuels and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tends to become the preferred ...
Air Liquide supports the development of a liquid hydrogen plant in South Korea
03-12-2020
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed an agreement with Doosan Heavy Industries to support the construction of a liquid hydrogen plant in Changwon, ...
MODEC selects SUEZ for FPSO seawater process plant
03-12-2020
SUEZ – Water Technologies & Solutions has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by MODEC Offshore Production Systems (“MODEC”) for the supply ...
Cargill, IFPEN and Axens collaborate to advance lactic-to-acrylic-acid technology
03-12-2020
Cargill, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Axens are joining forces to further develop and scale bio-based acrylic acid. The collaboration leverages Cargill’s ...
LyondellBasell and Sasol complete louisiana JV transaction
02-12-2020
LyondellBasell one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and Sasol, a global integrated chemicals and energy company, today ...
Kaijin Blue Sky Energy (Zhejiang) Co selects LyondellBasell’s polypropylene technology
02-12-2020
LyondellBasell today announced that Kaijin Blue Sky Energy (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., has selected LyondellBasell’s leading for a new world scale facility. The ...
Neles expands its presence with eight new channel partners in South and Central America
02-12-2020
Neles signed seven new distributor agreements and one agent agreement in South and Central America during the last three quarters of 2020. The new partners ...
Worlds largest single train methanol plants use Johnson Matthey technology
02-12-2020
Johnson Matthey (JM), United Kingdom, a global leader in sustainable technologies, including those for the most energy and environmentally efficient production ...
Improving desalter performance for opportunity crudes Webinar
01-12-2020
Berthold's next webinar is coming up, this time it's about the topic “Improving desalter performance for opportunity crudes”. David Williams from Berthold ...
Neste to end refinery operations at Naantali
30-11-2020
In September, Neste announced that it was planning to restructure its refinery operations in Porvoo and Naantali, Finland, to ensure the competitiveness of ...
Samsung Engineering receives contract for the Sarawak methanol project
30-11-2020
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies, announced today, that ...
TechnipFMC commences work on the new hydrocracking complex
30-11-2020
TechnipFMC has successfully completed the remaining conditions required to enable work to commence on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract ...
Bechtel selects hte for processing refinery waxes to make white petroleum waxes
30-11-2020
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been selected by Bechtel, a global engineering, construction, and project management company, to produce ...
Arcanum Infrastructure startup Axens AlphaButol® technology at its Raven Butene-1 facility
30-11-2020
Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC and Axens NA Inc. today announce the successful ongoing operations and production of 1-Butene at Raven Butene-1, LLC, which is an ...
Lummus awarded double CATOFIN® PDH contract
23-11-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that it has been awarded a contract from Ningbo Kingfa Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. for two propane dehydrogenation units ...
S&B completes 300,000 BPD NGL fractionation project for Phillips 66
23-11-2020
S&B today announced the successful, on-time completion of two NGL fractionation plants for Phillips 66. The plants have a combined capacity of 300,000 barrels ...
NEA Group acquired Hytron Energy & Gas
20-11-2020
The Brazilian company, based in Sumaré, São Paulo, was founded in 2003 as a spin-off from the University of Campinas and has established itself as a leading ...
Successful start-up of LAMINOL sulphur removal and recovery unit for Antwerp refinery
19-11-2020
Frames has supplied, and successfully commissioned, a hydrogen sulphide (H2S) removal unit, based on Frames’ proprietary LAMINOL technology, to a refinery ...
Burckhardt Compression's oil-free API 618 Process Gas Compressor sets a new benchmark
19-11-2020
Oil-free compression of hydrogen mixtures is mandatory in many industrial applications which involve components sensitive to oil. However, the absence of oil ...
How turbocompressors drive and safeguard downstream plant operations
19-11-2020
This webinar reaches out to end users in the hydrocarbon industry who face the challenge of achieving operational availability, equipment reliability, and efficiency ...
Sasol announces beneficial operation of Louisiana low-density polyethylene unit
16-11-2020
Sasol today announced our LDPE unit reached beneficial operation on 15 November 2020. The LDPE unit is the seventh and final Lake Charles Chemicals Complex ...
Grace scientist Yuying Shu’s discovery now enhancing FCC catalyst performance and sustainability
16-11-2020
W. R. Grace & Co, today announced that Principal Scientist Yuying Shu has been awarded its highest honor for her discovery of the now patented Grace Stable ...
Shandong Yulong selects Lummus Technology for integrated refining and Petrochemical project
16-11-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a ...
Total selects Ecofining™ process technology to produce renewable fuels
13-11-2020
Honeywell today announced Total will use Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ process technology to produce renewable fuels, primarily for the aviation industry, at its ...
Joe Gentry receives lifetime achievement award from Hydrocarbon Processing
12-11-2020
Joseph C. Gentry was honored with Hydrocarbon Processing’s ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award at the publication’s annual awards presentation. The awards ...
Linde and Evonik offer joint technology solution to extract hydrogen from natural gas pipeline networks
12-11-2020
Linde and Evonik Industries offer a fully integrated, holistic solution combining different technologies to extract hydrogen from natural gas pipeline networks. Currently ...
ADNOC and Total agreement on CCUS, emissions reduction and De-carbonization projects
12-11-2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed, today, a strategic framework agreement with Total, to explore joint research, development and deployment ...
Arturo Puigbo appointed General Manager Merichem Company
11-11-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Arturo Puigbo to the position of General Manager Ecotreat®. Ecotreat® is Merichem’s latest innovation ...
Adam Peakes appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Merichem Company
11-11-2020
Merichem Company announces the appointment of Mr. Adam Peakes to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his financial ...
Arturo Puigbo appointed General Manager Merichem Company
11-11-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Arturo Puigbo to the position of General Manager Ecotreat®. Ecotreat® is Merichem’s latest innovation ...
Easton Energy to purchase South Texas pipeline system
11-11-2020
Easton Energy LLC, a Houston-based midstream company, today announced that it has executed an agreement to purchase the “South Texas Pipeline System” from ...
PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia selects UNIPOL® PP Process Technology
10-11-2020
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
New success for Axens Vegan® technology for Repsol first advanced biofuels plant
10-11-2020
Repsol has selected Axens Vegan® technology for its first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. This new plant will be ...
McDermott earns next phase of Russian ethane cracker project from CC7
09-11-2020
McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has secured the next phase of the ethane cracking project from China National Chemical Engineering & Construction ...
AVEVA and Microsoft to accelerate digital transformation in the industrial sector
09-11-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced that it will be extending its long-standing strategic collaboration with ...
Neles strengthens its distributor network with 13 new partners in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
09-11-2020
Neles signed 13 new distributor agreements in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh in the second quarter of 2020. The new distributors help to further expand the ...
INEOS launches a new clean hydrogen business
09-11-2020
INEOS has today launched a new business to develop and build Clean Hydrogen capacity across Europe, in support of the drive towards a zero-carbon future. INEOS ...
Oriental Energy selects Honeywell Technology to increase on-purpose propylene production
09-11-2020
Honeywell today announced Oriental Energy Company Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology for propane dehydrogenation to meet growing demand ...
Siemens partners with Linde to accelerate decarbonization efforts in the petrochemical sector
06-11-2020
The downstream oil and gas industry is under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, comply with strict environmental ...
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (DRPIC) selects UNIPOL™ PE Technology
05-11-2020
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC) has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Process for a 480,000 TPY line to be built ...
Baker Hughes signs agreement to acquire compact carbon capture technology
03-11-2020
Baker Hughes announced today it is acquiring Compact Carbon Capture (3C), a pioneering technology development company specializing in carbon capture solutions. ...
Nextchem and Indian Oil Corporation sign India's first circular economy MoU
03-11-2020
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that NextChem, the Group’s subsidiary dedicated to green chemistry and technologies for the energy transition, and Indian ...
Neste to acquire Bunge's refinery plant in Rotterdam
03-11-2020
Neste, the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire Bunge ...
Lummus to supply 14 ethylene cracking furnaces to Baltic chemical plant
02-11-2020
Lummus Technology announced that it will supply 14 cracking furnaces for a Gas Chemical Complex that is part of the Ethane-rich Gas Processing Complex (GCC ...
Shell launches Blue Hydrogen Process
02-11-2020
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has launched the Shell Blue Hydrogen Process to help the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate heavy industries. Unveiled today, ...
Diamond Green Diesel to more than double renewable fuel capacity
02-11-2020
Honeywell UOP today announced that the Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., will more than double its annual production of renewable diesel with the ...
Samsung Engineering awarded contract for Phase II of the PEMEX Dos Bocas refinery
30-10-2020
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies, announced that the Samsung ...
BASF wins “Best Catalyst Technology” for Fourtune™ at the 2020 HP Awards
29-10-2020
BASF was awarded “Best Catalyst Technology” at the 2020 Hydrocarbon Processing (HP) Awards for its Fourtune™ FCC catalyst. Fourtune is the latest product ...
Expanding Comprimo's portfolio with BASF's solvent suite
29-10-2020
Comprimo®, our sulphur technology business, is working on this exact challenge. We can now offer a larger range of licensing ...
PetroChina selects ISOMIX-e® reactor internals
29-10-2020
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced they have been awarded a contract by China's largest oil and gas producer and distributor, PetroChina Company Limited, ...
AVEVA and Shell align in digital transformation vision
28-10-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced that it has signed an agreement to help accelerate Shell Global Solutions ...
Dräger releases new multigas detector, X-act 7000
28-10-2020
Concentrations of hazardous substances in the ambient air at the workplace should not exceed specified limit values. Monitoring these sometimes very low values ...
AVEVA to accelerate Shell Global Solutions digital transformational strategy
28-10-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced that it has signed an agreement to help accelerate Shell Global Solutions ...
Sulzer expands its Tower Field Services capabilities with a new facility
27-10-2020
Sulzer Chemtech is expanding its Tower Field Services (TFS) capabilities by moving into a new state-of-the-art facility on Tees Advanced Manufacturing Park ...
ADNOC seeks opportunities to strengthen UAE-India energy relationship
27-10-2020
His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), reinforced ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Dongguan Grand Resource
26-10-2020
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
Honeywell introduces virtual reality-based simulator
26-10-2020
Honeywell today announced the introduction of an advanced industrial training solution that combines 3D immersive technology with industry-leading operator ...
The large scale conversion of Preem’s refinery in Lysekil begins
23-10-2020
The conversion of Preem’s refinery in Lysekil has begun. In the latest update to the refinery’s environmental permit, Preem will apply to establish the ...
Repsol to build Spain's first advanced biofuels plant in Cartagena
22-10-2020
Repsol will build the first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. From this new facility, the multi-energy company, committed ...
Lummus awarded contract for one of the world’s largest polypropylene units
22-10-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Hengyi Industries for a large-scale polypropylene unit in Brunei. ...
Chart Industries to participate in US Department of Energy H2@Scale project
22-10-2020
Chart Industries, Inc. (“Chart”) (NASDAQ: GTLS) today announced their participation in a U.S. Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework ...
Costain part of proving hydrogen can be distributed via existing gas networks
22-10-2020
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, in collaboration with the gas networks, has produced a feasibility study that will contribute to the ongoing ...
Sinopec Qilu successfully starts up DuPont™ STRATCO® alkylation technology
22-10-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that the STRATCO® alkylation unit at the Sinopec Qilu refinery in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, ...
Tracerco announce optimising processes with data driven diagnostics solutions webinar
21-10-2020
In a market where CAPEX spending is limited, now it’s more important than ever to ensure you are maximising your refinery output to increase your profitability. Whilst ...
BW LNG and Burckhardt Compression agree on 10-year partnership for 9 LNG carriers
20-10-2020
BW LNG and Burckhardt Compression signed a ten-year service agreement covering nine LNG carriers with Laby®-GI Compressors on board. Building on their existing ...
AVEVA and SCG announce strategic partnership to deliver a ‘Digital Reliability Platform’
19-10-2020
AVEVA, the global leader in engineering and industrial software, and Chemicals Business, SCG, one of the largest petrochemical companies in Thailand and ...
Siemens Energy and Bentley Systems introduce asset performance management solution for oil & gas operators
19-10-2020
Siemens Energy and Bentley Systems, Inc. (Bentley) have announced a joint solution that delivers intelligent analytics derived from domain experience ...
Watlow® attains INMETRO certification
16-10-2020
Watlow®, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, is pleased to announce that it has attained INMETRO certification on ...
Jason Lu appointed general manager Merichem Energy Technologies
15-10-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Jason Lu to the position of General Manager, Merichem Energy Technologies Limited with offices in Shanghai, ...
TechnipFMC enters into a strategic collaboration with McPhy to accelerate green hydrogen
15-10-2020
TechnipFMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with McPhy, a leading manufacturer and supplier of carbon-free hydrogen production and distribution equipment, ...
Linde and Shell team up to commercialise lower-carbon technology for ethylene
15-10-2020
Linde GmbH and Shell today announce an exclusive collaboration agreement on ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for ethylene production. The ...
Jason Lu appointed General Manager Merichem Energy Technologies
15-10-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Jason Lu to the position of General Manager, Merichem Energy Technologies Limited with offices in Shanghai, ...
Yokogawa to release plant resource manager (PRM) R4.04
15-10-2020
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the November 20 release of Plant Resource Manager (PRM™) R4.04, the latest version of a software package in the OpreX™ ...
SPECTRO introduces SPECTROGREEN TI ICP-OES analyzer
15-10-2020
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced the newest version of its SPECTROGREEN inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) analyzer: ...
Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency orders in China and Mexico
14-10-2020
Alfa Laval - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won two orders to supply compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical ...
Lummus announces agreement with New Hope Technologies to license waste plastics conversion technology
14-10-2020
Lummus Technology and New Hope Technologies today announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development ...
How can oil & gas congress be successful at the times of pandemic?
13-10-2020
Petrochemical and Refining Congress Europe has taken place on September, 28-30. To keep the high-quality level of the Congress and ensure safety during the ...
Lummus establishes green circle, focused on circular economy and energy transition
12-10-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that it has formed a new business entity called Green Circle LLC, to concentrate and expand its capabilities and capture new ...
Alfa Laval wins natural gas order in Algeria
09-10-2020
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers to ...
Lummus announces ethylene cracking furnaces award in Uzbekistan
05-10-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. for the Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex in Uzbekistan. Lummus’ ...
LyondellBasell and Sasol form integrated polyethylene JV
02-10-2020
LyondellBasell and Sasol today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture (JV) through which LyondellBasell will ...
Gazpromneft Omsk refinery reduces environmental emissions with BELCO® wet scrubbing technology
01-10-2020
The Gazpromneft Omsk Oil Refinery (Omsk) in Siberia, Russia has significantly lowered its air emissions using BELCO® wet scrubbing technology licensed by DuPont ...
Prime-G+® helps India drive towards cleaner fuels
01-10-2020
In order to reduce the sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions released from vehicles and so to comply with more stringent specifications for transportation fuel standards, ...
Tube Tech International and Serba Dinamik announce strategic partnership
30-09-2020
Alliance will deliver next-generation refinery maintenance solutions in Malaysia and Indonesia. We are delighted to announce a strategic alliance with international ...
BASF adds to its selective hydrogenation catalysts portfolio
28-09-2020
A new series of commercially proven alumina catalysts is now available with new performance features that can benefit selective hydrogenation applications such ...
Pertamina selects Honeywell UOP technologies to produce Advanced Biofuels
28-09-2020
Honeywell today announced PT Pertamina (Persero) will use Honeywell UOP technologies to produce advanced biofuels at its Plaju and Cilacap refineries in Indonesia. ...
Qatar Petroleum to supply Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel to the local market from its Mesaieed refinery
27-09-2020
Qatar Petroleum is pleased to announce the commencement of supply of Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) by the QP Refinery in Mesaieed for the domestic transportation ...
Downstream Leadership Forum seeks to create smarter, more resilient and sustainable downstream business strategies
25-09-2020
Reuters Events is connecting more than 30 downstream leaders and 5,000 industry representatives this November to investigate how the sector can deliver value ...
How to achieve operational excellence with safe and profitable operating windows
25-09-2020
(Webinar) - Plant of the Future’ is making headway towards operational excellence using technologies that enable safe and efficient operations to improve ...
Graham Corporation awarded four new orders
24-09-2020
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and defense industries, today ...
Total to convert Grandpuits refinery into a Zero-Crude platform for Biofuels and Bioplastics
24-09-2020
Within the framework of its net zero strategy, Total will convert its Grandpuits refinery (Seine-et-Marne) into a zero-crude platform. By 2024, following an ...
Air Liquide announces new investment to reinforce its position in the industrial basin of Tianjin
24-09-2020
Air Liquide China will invest around 60 million euros to build an Air Separation Unit (ASU) in the Lingang Economic District, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. ...
CNOOC successfully completes performance test for DuPont IsoTherming® hydrotreating unit
24-09-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that an IsoTherming® hydrotreating unit installed at the CNOOC Huizhou Refinery in Guangdong Province, ...
Range signs long term Ethane Supply agreement for Appalachia polyethylene complex
22-09-2020
Range Resources Corporation announced that it has signed a long-term ethane supply agreement with PTTGC America LLC to become an anchor supplier for a proposed ...
OMV refinery implements energy-efficiency measures to reduce CO2
22-09-2020
OMV, the integrated, international oil and gas company headquartered in Vienna has declared its commitment to the Paris Agreement and EU climate targets and ...
Senex to supply natural gas to Southern Oils Northern Oil Refinery
22-09-2020
Senex Energy Ltd today announced a domestic gas sales agreement (GSA) for up to 2.5 petajoules (PJ) of natural gas with Southern Oil Refining’s Northern Oil ...
Honeywell UOP Polybed™ PSA units supplying high-purity hydrogen for Hengli Petrochemical
21-09-2020
Honeywell UOP announced today that Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd. successfully started up seven UOP Polybed™ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units supplying ...
Clariant to build new production site for CATOFIN™ catalysts in Jiaxing
18-09-2020
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the construction of a new state-of-the-art catalyst production site ...
Axens will supply technology for Alpha-Olefins production to Baltic Chemical Plant
15-09-2020
Baltic Chemical plant LLC, JSC RusGazDobycha subsidiary and Axens signed an agreement for the supply of alpha-olefins production technology for a project of ...
Burckhardt Compression to acquire the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor
14-09-2020
Burckhardt Compression has entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor. Burckhardt Compression initially ...
Braskem selects UNIPOL® PP process technology from Grace
11-09-2020
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, congratulates its UNIPOL® ...
Fluor JV successfully starts up boilers at New Al-Zour refinery in Kuwait
11-09-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries, FDH JV, has successfully started ...
US refiners behind schedule to meet Tier 3 gasoline standard face costly adaptations
11-09-2020
At recent industry forums, refining process expert, George Hoekstra, presented a detailed argument that much work remains for US refiners to profitably meet ...
Listening to customers and learning from Covid-19
11-09-2020
Covid-19 and the recent soft crude oil price prompted a slowdown in some markets for ABB Measurement & Analytics. Division President, Sabine Busse and her ...
MAN Energy Solutions and Wasco to drive Power-to-Gas Technology in South-East Asia
10-09-2020
MAN Energy Solutions and Wasco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote and commercialize Power-to-X (PtX) projects in South-East Asia. The ...
Zhenhua Petrochemical selects Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
10-09-2020
Honeywell today announced Zhenhua Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology for propane dehydrogenation to process 1 million ...
Clariant announces new R&D partnership with Tianjin University
10-09-2020
Clariant Catalysts and Tianjin University (TJU) put the spotlight on the future development and commercialization of new catalytic solutions to better serve ...
Wood and Aspen Technology partnership to deliver asset performance management solutions
09-09-2020
Aspen Technology, Inc. and Wood today announced a new partnership that will offer Wood’s clients Aspen Mtell® asset performance management (APM) ...
ADNOC to upgrade main oil lines and Jebel Dhanna terminal
09-09-2020
ADNOC Onshore, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced today, the award of two Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) ...
LG Chem selects crystallization technologies from Sulzer
09-09-2020
As the global demand for acrylic acid is increasing rapidly, manufacturers need to choose advanced processing equipment that can deliver high quality compounds. ...
Haldor Topsoe sets out to become the global leader in technologies to reduce carbon emissions
09-09-2020
“The world is at a climate crossroads, and we believe that Topsoe has a decisive role to play in reducing carbon emissions globally. We want to deliver the ...
Uzbekneftegaz revamps Bukhara refinery with Honeywell UOP technology
09-09-2020
Honeywell today announced Bukhara Refinery LLC, a subsidiary of JSC Uzbekneftegaz, will use UOP technology to increase crude oil conversion and produce cleaner-burning ...
Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN JV for innovative PET monomer recycling process
08-09-2020
Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN have recently signed a joint development and commercialization agreement in order to develop, demonstrate and commercialize an innovative ...
Emerson launches the Rosemount™ 700XA gas chromatograph
08-09-2020
Emerson today introduced the Rosemount™ 700XA gas chromatograph (GC), the industry’s first single-analyzer solution to provide measurement of sulfur compounds ...
IndianOil to invest in grassroot needle coker unit at Paradip refinery
05-09-2020
The IndianOil board has cleared the Stage-1 approval to install a Grassroot Needle Coker Unit at Paradip Refinery using IndianOil R&D's in-house technology. ...
Lukoil licenses polypropylene technology from Lummus
04-09-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil NNOS for a petrochemical facility in Kstovo, Russia. Lummus’ ...
Refining India 2020 Conference postponed
03-09-2020
Now in its 8th year, Refining India has come to be known in the Indian hydrocarbons industry as “the September conference”. Organised by PTQ magazine and ...
Heide refinery accelerates its digital journey with Aspen Technology software
03-09-2020
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in asset optimization software, today announced that Heide Refinery, one of the most complex refineries in Europe, has ...
Shanghai Huayi selects C3 Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
03-09-2020
Honeywell today announced that Guangxi Huayi New Material Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Shanghai Huayi, will use Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex™ technology for propane ...
PrimeServLab extends scope of engine-fluid analyses
02-09-2020
A department of MAN PrimeServ – MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division – PrimeServ Lab performs analyses of such fluids as fuel oil, lube oil, cooling ...
Air Liquide announces a long-term supply agreement with Eastman Chemical Company
02-09-2020
Air Liquide announces a long-term supply agreement with Eastman Chemical Company to provide additional gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and syngas supporting Eastman’s ...
Sulzer restarts customer seminars on separation technology and equipment
02-09-2020
Sulzer Chemtech’s teams in China are gradually restarting customized seminars on separation and mixing technologies for businesses in the manufacturing and ...
Aspen Technology announces the new release of Aspen Unified™
01-09-2020
Aspen Technology, a global leader in asset optimization software, today announced the new release of Aspen Unified™ to deliver the next generation of production ...
BUA Group selects Axens for integrated refinery and petrochemical project
01-09-2020
Axens announces today to be awarded by BUA Group, a leading Foods, Mining & Infrastructure Conglomerate based in Lagos, Nigeria the supply of process technologies ...
DuPont Sustainable Solutions celebrates one year anniversary as independent consulting firm
01-09-2020
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) today celebrates its one-year anniversary as an independent global operations management consulting firm following its separation ...
AIR-SONIC to open first catalyst wash facility in Europe
31-08-2020
AIR-SONIC, a MIRATECH Company, is set to open the first catalyst washing facility in Europe. The state-of-the-art catalyst chemical washing facility is scheduled ...
Elliott launches compressor online performance prediction tool
28-08-2020
Elliott Group has released a new Compressor Online Performance Prediction Tool (OPPT) specially designed for Elliott compressors. The web-based software tool ...
Shell increases its precipitated alumina powder production capabilities with expansion of its Port Allen plant
28-08-2020
Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) has successfully completed the expansion of its Port Allen, Louisiana plant in the United States, doubling its ...
Zeopore Technologies raises new capital to bring its novel zeolite catalyst technologies to market
28-08-2020
Zeopore Technologies NV, a leading Belgian technology developer, active in the commercialization of cost-effective mesoporous zeolites for catalytic applications, ...
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East meets west to showcase excellence at Yokogawa Digital Transformation (DX) Symposium
27-08-2020
Technology today, co-creating tomorrow – Y Now 2020 to showcase digital transformation solutions for the embattled energy and chemical industries. Y Now ...
Evonik acquires Porocel to accelerate growth of catalysts business
26-08-2020
Evonik is acquiring the Porocel Group for US$210 million to accelerate the growth of its catalysts business. Based in Houston, Texas (USA), Porocel offers a ...
AVEVA prioritizes cloud strategy in order to respond to the demands of the new normal
26-08-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today unveiled ‘Cloud-First’, a key component of its long-term software portfolio strategy ...
Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious sustainable fuel project in Denmark
26-08-2020
"For sustainable fuels to become competitive with fossil fuels, technologies must be matured and ultimately become available and proven on an industrial scale. ...
FLIR Systems introduces Vue TZ20 dual thermal camera drone payload
26-08-2020
Plug-and-Play Gimbal System for the DJI Matrice 200 Series and Matrice 300 Offers High-Definition FLIR Thermal Imaging with Zoom Capabilities to Improve Situational ...
Learn how to build refinery models quickly and easily to support your LP model
26-08-2020
(Webinar) - In this webinar we will present refinery modelling workflows, features and functionalities, which showcase Honeywell Forge Process Simulation’ ...
AVEVA agrees to acquire OSIsoft
25-08-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, and OSIsoft, a global leader in real-time industrial data software and services, have announced an agreement ...
Sandvik launches
Sanicro® 35 super-austenitic grade
25-08-2020
Sandvik, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, has launched Sanicro® 35, a ...
Baofeng Energy selects proprietary cracker technology from KBR
24-08-2020
KBR has been awarded two
contracts by Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. Ltd (Baofeng Energy) for its 500KTA coal to olefins project & 500KTA C2-C5 comprehensive ...
Interview with Gazprom Neft’s Chief Digital Officer, Andrey Belevtsev
24-08-2020
Gazprom Neft CDO Andrey Belevtsev is a professional with 18 years’ experience in the IT
industry. For the last 3 years, he has been responsible for developing ...
Hengyi Industries selects STRATCO® Alkylation technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
24-08-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded the contract to supply Hengyi Industries SDN BHD (Hengyi) with
licensing and engineering for a STRATCO® ...
Rotork actuators supplied to oil production site in the Middle East
20-08-2020
The actuators will be installed on a remote header application at one of the world’s largest exporter of crude oil and condensates. This is one of several ...
Haldor Topsoe and Comprimo® (part of Worley) announce TopClaus® technology global strategic alliance
20-08-2020
The TopClaus® offering combines two well-proven technologies, the highly energy efficient WSA process with the industry-standard Claus process. As a result, ...
MAN Energy Solutions establishes new benchmark with remote commissioning
19-08-2020
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful, remote commissioning of a compressor train at Uzbekistan’s largest chemical company, JSC Navoiyazot. This ...
Fluor JV achieves final provisional turnover of the facilities on clean fuels megaproject
18-08-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries has successfully achieved final ...
Lummus Technology announces successful start-up of CDTaee® Bio-ethers unit
18-08-2020
Lummus Technology today announced the successful start-up of its CDTaee unit for Hellenic Petroleum’s refinery in Aspropyrgos, Greece. For this start-up, ...
Revamped industry resource focuses on environmental technologies and techniques
18-08-2020
Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc is pleased to announce the launch of the newly revamped Anguil.com. The fully redesigned website focuses on streamlined, industry-relevant ...
40 years of sulphur granulation
18-08-2020
Sulphur processing and handling equipment manufacturer IPCO is celebrating 40 years’ continuous production of its market-leading Rotoform sulphur pastillation ...
ADNOC upgrades Ruwais
refining capabilities
17-08-2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company confirms significant progress made on its “Crude Flexibility Project”, with 73% project delivery of ADNOC’s ongoing ...
Clariant forges strategic partnership with Chemtex for its sunliquid® technology
17-08-2020
Clariant’s
Business Line Biofuels and Derivatives announced on August 15 during a joint presentation at the 7th Asia-Pacific Biomass Utilization Summit in ...
Nexo Solutions announces the formation of the SulfurSWEET technology division
17-08-2020
SulfurSWEET proprietary chemical formulations and process system
designs combine chemistries and mechanical equipment for removing H2S & Mercaptans in a ...
REMBE® Q-Ball® E guarantees maximum venting efficiency with minimum weight
14-08-2020
As a pioneer in developing flameless explosion venting systems, REMBE® has fundamentally changed the world of explosion
protection. With the Q-Ball® ...
XOS heads to Mars with NASA on 2020 Perseverance Rover
14-08-2020
Men, women, and children across America woke up early on July 30th, 2020 and tuned in to watch the launch of the 2020 Perseverance Rover at Cape Canaveral Air ...
JGC receives order for refinery upgrading project in Iraq
13-08-2020
Yokohama, Japan - JGC Holdings Corporation announced today that JGC Corporation, which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) ...
Neste to supply sustainable aviation fuel to three major US airlines
13-08-2020
Neste the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, is supplying Alaska ...
ClearSign Technologies Corporation announces collaborative alliance with Zeeco
13-08-2020
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
Shell boosts import capability with refinery transformation
13-08-2020
Pilipinas Shell is transforming its Tabangao Refinery into a world-class full import terminal to optimize its asset portfolio and enhance its cost and supply ...
Graham Corporation wins three projects in Asia
13-08-2020
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and defense industries, today ...
Ensuring business continuity in industrial operations
12-08-2020
(WEBINAR) - Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and safety ...
Grabner Instruments vsion series – Industry 4.0 ready analyzers
11-08-2020
The word is rapidly changing and decision makers around the globe are facing many uncertainties. Once certainty is that our digitally connected world has embarked ...
ExxonMobil and Global Clean Energy Holdings sign agreement for renewable diesel
11-08-2020
ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five years from a converted ...
California Air Resources Board (CARB) approves VUV ASTM D8071-19
11-08-2020
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8071-19, the “Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrocarbon Group Types and Select Hydrocarbon and Oxygenate ...
Haldor Topsoe and BASF to offer ammonia producers ClearView™ connected services
11-08-2020
Haldor Topsoe and BASF have announced that they entered into an agreement to offer ammonia producers new optimization possibilities. With Topsoe’s connected ...
Cameron LNG train 3 begins commercial operation
10-08-2020
McDermott International Ltd. today announced the beginning of commercial operation of Train 3 at Cameron LNG, which is jointly owned by Sempra LNG, Total S.E., ...
KBC releases value chain optimization manifesto
06-08-2020
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has released its Value Chain Optimization Manifesto to help asset owners and operators in the Energy and Chemicals industry drive top ...
Ningxia Baofeng Energy selects methanol technology from Johnson Matthey
05-08-2020
Johnson Matthey (JM), the global leader in sustainable technologies with expertise in design and licensing of large-scale methanol plants, is pleased to announce ...
Total Safety wins 22 Awards from American Petrochemical and Fuel Manufactures
05-08-2020
Total Safety, a leading global provider of integrated safety services, solutions, and equipment, has been awarded the 2019 Contractor Safety Achievement Award ...
Nikkiso Cryogenic expands in Russia and wins project for LNG liquefaction terminal
05-08-2020
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group, a subsidiary of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), announces the establishment of their new ...
Rotork launches Lifetime Management services
05-08-2020
The new Lifetime Management service changes the way that Rotork Site Services (RSS) operates, with a stronger focus on ensuring the most appropriate ...
Qatargas selects AP-X® LNG technology and equipment from Air Products
04-08-2020
Air Products, the world’s leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, has been selected to provide its proprietary AP-X® Natural Gas ...
ValvTechnologies integrates augmented reality tool to provide first-class remote service support
04-08-2020
ValvTechnologies, the leading manufacturer of zero-leakage, severe service isolation valve solutions, today introduced VirtualValv Support™, an on-demand ...
Velocys completes Red Rock Biofuels reactor order
04-08-2020
Velocys plc, the sustainable fuels technology company, announces that it has completed the manufacturing and delivery of four reactors to Red Rock Biofuels. ...
Ammonfuel - An industrial view of ammonia as marine fuel
04-08-2020
Today, Alfa Laval, Hafnia, Haldor Topsoe, Vestas, and Siemens Gamesa issued a report “Ammonfuel – an industrial view of ammonia as a marine fuel” providing ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical earns 24 TCC safety awards
03-08-2020
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP today announced it has received 24 safety awards from the Texas Chemical Council (TCC) for excellence in operational performan Overall, ...
Hengli Petrochemical starts-up 5th PTA line utilising P8 PTA technology from INVISTA
03-08-2020
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies, and Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd are pleased to announce the successful start-up ...
German oil refinery to build 30 MW hydrogen electrolysis plant
03-08-2020
Companies involved in a hydrogen project at the Heide oil refinery near Hamburg said on Monday they would build a 30 megawatts (MW) electrolysis plant as a ...
IndianOil approve integrated PX-PTA complex at Paradip refinery
31-07-2020
The IndianOil Board has given its go-ahead for the implementation of an Integrated Para-Xylene (PX) and Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) complex project at ...
The NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP acquired the NORWALK Compressor Company
30-07-2020
The family-owned NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP (NEA) with its global headquarters in Übach-Palenberg, Germany acquired NORWALK Compressor Company, based in Stratford, ...
Southeast Asian refiner selects severe service isolation valves with actuation from MOGAS
29-07-2020
MOGAS Industries Inc, recently received a multimillion-dollar order to manufacture several hundred severe service isolation valves with actuation from a large ...
Mammoet delivers 109m C3 splitter to new Borealis site in Kallo
29-07-2020
Successful transportation of the site’s largest component marks an important first step in the construction of one of the world’s largest and most efficient ...
McConnell Dowell awarded civil works on Thai Oil's Clean Fuel Project
29-07-2020
McConnell Dowell is pleased to announced the award of the contract for civil works on the Thai Oil Clean Fuel Project in Sriracha, Thailand by UJV, the joint ...
Crude Quality: Hurricanes wreak havoc for producers and refiners
29-07-2020
Our Opportunity Crudes Management Seminars (OCMS) at www.opportunitycrudes.com, initially launched in mid-July 2017, is designed to identify common problems ...
A layered approach to achieving plant-wide optimization goals
29-07-2020
(WEBINAR) - This webinar will introduce Honeywell’s layered approach to optimization, and demonstrate how refiners can unlock the benefits of plant-wide optimization ...
Petronas Cargali selects UOP’s MemGuard™ and Separex™ from Honeywell
27-07-2020
Honeywell UOP today announced that PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, will use UOP’s modular natural gas processing technology in the development ...
IndianOil and Total form JV to offer high-quality bitumen derivatives
27-07-2020
Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil), India's largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and Total, a multinational energy major with headquarters in ...
The Prax Group agrees to purchase Lindsey Oil refinery from TOTAL
27-07-2020
The Prax Group has signed an agreement with Total to purchase Lindsey Oil Refinery and its associated logistic assets, with the deal subject to the conditions ...
Clariant and Eta Bio announce sunliquid® license agreement
27-07-2020
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, and Eta Bio, a company of the Pavlovi family, running a leading business in the ...
SIBUR & G-Core Labs launch a universal AR service
24-07-2020
SIBUR, one of the world leaders in the petrochemical industry, has launched a universal AR service for remotely maintaining and repairing industrial equipment ...
Hengli Petrochemical successfully starts up new alkylation unit
24-07-2020
DuPont Clean Technologiesis pleased to announce the successful startup and performance test of a 300 KMTA STRATCO® alkylation unit licensed by DuPont at the ...
Linde Signs MoU with CNOOC to jointly develop China's hydrogen energy industry
23-07-2020
Linde announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Offshore Oil Corporation's subsidiary, CNOOC Energy Technology & ...
Hengyuan Refining Company selects technology fom Honeywell
23-07-2020
Honeywell announced today that Malaysia-based Hengyuan Refining Company Bhd. (HRC) has started Honeywell UOP’s modular Chlorsorb™ technology as part of ...
Clariant and Jiangsu Jinneng partner in catalytic off-gas treatment
23-07-2020
Clariant and Jiangsu Jinneng’s collaboration in off-gas treatment is off to a strong start in 2020. Jiangsu Jinneng’s innovative catalytic combustion unit ...
Reuters Events releases free guide ‘Marketing during COVID-19: A guide for downstream marketers’
23-07-2020
Reuters Events has released a guide for marketers in the Petrochemicals, LNG & Refining space, to understand the lessons learned from COVID-19 and how brand ...
BASF introduces Altrium™ FCC catalyst to increase transportation fuel yields
22-07-2020
BASF announced today the commercial launch of Altrium™, a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst for mild to heavy resid feedstock. Altrium incorporates ...
ADNOC and ADQ JV to catalyze the UAE’s chemicals sector and accelerate industrial growth
22-07-2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and ADQ today signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to create a new investment platform to fund and oversee the development ...
Interview with Yannis Bassias, President & CEO of Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management
21-07-2020
Natural gas reserves discovered in the Mediterranean Sea around Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are changing Europe’s energy politics. In the interview ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces successful startup of Euglena Biofuels project
21-07-2020
Chevron Lummus Global and Applied Research Associates, Inc are pleased to announce the successful startup of euglena Co., Ltd. integrated Biofuels ISOCONVERSION ...
BASF introduces ZEAL™ FCC additive to deliver more propylene for refiners
20-07-2020
BASF announces the commercial launch of ZEAL™ which is a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) additive product designed to enhance the production of light olefins ...
Optimal monitoring of separation processes
20-07-2020
Monitoring interfaces or multiple layers in process vessels poses some challenges for the measurement technologies and its equipment. Separation processes occur ...
2019 Rising Stars Winner Q&A - Damian Kwiatkowski, Junior Process Engineer, Grupa LOTOS
18-07-2020
How has lockdown been treating you and how has it affected your work routine? Of course lockdown was a horrible time for the global economy, but ...
2018 Rising Stars Winner Q&A - Ross O’Brien, Executive Assistant – Executive Office HR, BP
17-07-2020
How has the lockdown affected your daily work routine? The lockdown came as a sudden change. I’ve always worked at operating sites so working from home has ...
DWC Innovations awarded dividing wall column project in LOBS unit of Indian refinery
17-07-2020
DWC Innovations in cooperation with Koch Glitsch has been awarded the design of a grassroots Dividing Wall Column (DWC) Project in Lubricating Oil Base Stock ...
LanzaTech selects Hummingbird® Ethylene Technology from TechnipFMC
17-07-2020
TechnipFMC announces that its proprietary Hummingbird® ethanol-to-ethylene technology has been selected by LanzaTech Inc. for a key application which, when ...
Aramco announces Downstream business reorganisation
17-07-2020
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company today announced the reorganization of its Downstream business to support and enhance integration across the hydrocarbon value ...
US EPA releases latest data on sulfur in gasoline
17-07-2020
The 2019 US average sulfur in gasoline was 17.5 ppm. We are still a long way from meeting the 10 ppm Tier 3 goal for 2020. We came down from 26.6 ppm ...
2017 Rising Stars Winner Q&A - Pedro Medina, Senior Technology Development Engineer, CEPSA
16-07-2020
How has the lockdown affected your daily work routine? Just some days before the lockdown my company suggested that we work from home, and that was the situation ...
Siemens and Bentley Systems build digital twin for Chandra Asri integrated petrochemical complex
16-07-2020
Siemens and Bentley Systems will develop the first petrochemical digital twin in Indonesia for Chandra Asri, the country’s largest integrated petrochemical ...
Elliott Group to consolidate packaging solutions operation
16-07-2020
Elliott Group today announced plans to close its Packaging Solutions operations in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania by the end of 2020, and to consolidate design ...
Clariant awarded a second CATOFIN™catalyst contract with Dongguan Grand Resource
16-07-2020
Clariant announced today a second contract win for its CATOFIN catalysts with Dongguan Grand Resource Technology (DGR) in Dongguan, China. The company ...
thyssenkrupp and BASF sign agreement on STAR process® dehydrogenation technology
15-07-2020
thyssenkrupp and BASF have signed a joint development agreement to expand their cooperation on the STAR process®. This proprietary dehydrogenation process ...
McDermott appoints Tareq Kawash as Senior Vice President for EMEA
14-07-2020
McDermott International Ltd. today announced Tareq Kawash as Senior Vice President for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region effective immediately. ...
McDermott awarded next phase of Azikel refinery project
14-07-2020
McDermott International Ltd. today announced it has been awarded a *large engineering and procurement contract from Azikel Petroleum Ltd. for the modular 12,000 ...
PTTGCA moves forward on Ohio petrochemical project as Daelim withdraws
14-07-2020
PTTGC America President and CEO Toasaporn Boonyapipat made the following statement today in reference to the withdrawal of Daelim Chemical USA from ...
KBR awarded contract for Vinyl Acetate Monomer catalyst
14-07-2020
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a catalyst supply contract for a Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) project by Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lianyungang) ...
World’s largest green hydrogen project will use Haldor Topsoe ammonia technology
13-07-2020
The NEOM project will use about 4 GW of renewable power from solar, wind, and storage to produce 650 tons per day of carbon-free hydrogen. Using Topsoe’s ...
Alfa Laval to use advanced digital twin technology
13-07-2020
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - will use advanced digital twin technology when expanding capacity in ...
Clariant catalysts powers Ineratec’s green fuel production technology
09-07-2020
Clariant has joined forces with Ineratec in the challenge for a greener future. The companies have entered a partnership to develop and commercialize novel ...
Mammoet completes heavy lifting and transport scope at Dangote Refinery
09-07-2020
With the final 1,240t propylene mounded bullet installed at Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical complex in Nigeria, Mammoet is demobilizing equipment ...
Pertimina selects Honeywell Forge Process Advisor for its Cilacap refinery
09-07-2020
Honeywell today announced that Pertamina (Persero) will use Honeywell Forge Process Advisor to maintain high operational reliability of crude oil upgrading ...
Honeywell hydrogen solutions help customers reduce carbon emissions
07-07-2020
Honeywell today announced a strengthened focus on harnessing hydrogen energy to enable industrial and commercial thermal process customers to reduce their carbon ...
PKN ORLEN invests to develop its refining and petrochemical production
07-07-2020
PKN ORLEN has commenced the construction of a visbreaking unit, a key project for the Płock refinery. Worth approximately PLN 1bn, it will significantly increase ...
ANOPC selects TechnipFMC for a new Hydrocracking complex
07-07-2020
TechnipFMC has signed a major Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC) for the construction ...
Neles opens state of the art valve technology center in China
07-07-2020
Neles’ new valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, has started its operations. The new plant strengthens Neles’ valve and related products production ...
Sulzer’s mass transfer technology supports development of Dangote Refinery
07-07-2020
Sulzer Chemtech has been selected as the sole supplier of column internals, packings and trays for the Dangote integrated oil refinery and petrochemical complex ...
McDermott awarded EPFC contract for storage tanks in Canada
06-07-2020
McDermott International Ltd. today announced CB&I Storage Solutions has been awarded a large* contract by a major EPC contractor for the engineering, procurement, ...
BASF SE and ExxonMobil introduce OASE sulfexx
06-07-2020
BASF SE and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC have released a new highly energy efficient amine gas treatment technology named OASE® sulfexx™. The technology ...
Driving machine learning through fundamental machinery diagnostics
06-07-2020
(WEBINAR) - Join Honeywell’s APM specialist, Ben Berwick, as he discusses how Honeywell leverages Asset Performance Management technology to recognize the ...
Air Products and thyssenkrupp sign strategic cooperation agreement
05-07-2020
Air Products, a world leader in industrial gases megaproject development, and thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, the world leader in technologies and comprehensive ...
Reuters Events announces free to attend Petrochemical Development virtual event
02-07-2020
Reuters Events has launched the Petrochemical Development virtual event with CEO of Chemours, CEO of Lanxess, CEO of CNX Corporation and more all making speaking ...
Clariant’s HYDEX® E catalyst helps Duslo turn plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel
02-07-2020
Clariant and Duslo’s research institute VUCHT are transforming waste into wealth. Using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s HYDEX E next-generation ...
MOGAS acquires Watson Valve assets
01-07-2020
MOGAS Industries, Inc. recently completed the acquisition of assets of Watson Valve, a Houston-based turn-key manufacturer of severe service valves, to include ...
Gasoline
desulfurization for Tier 3 Compliance
01-07-2020
Starting in January 2020, gasoline sold in the United States must contain no more than 10 ppm sulfur. This short, easy-to-read book gives a high-level overview ...
ANCAP selects ROSE® from KBR
29-06-2020
KBR's premier, market-leading Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) Technology, ROSE®, has been
selected by Uruguay's sole refinery, ANCAP, for a strategic upgrade project. Under ...
Interview with Gary Godwin, Senior Director, KBR Technology Solutions
25-06-2020
Environmental Challenges and Partnership With NASA. Competition in the oil and gas licensing business, new oil processing technologies, plastic
recycling projects, ...
Clariant doubles capacity of its high-throughput catalyst R&D
25-06-2020
Clariant Catalysts is picking up speed with the successful expansion of its high-throughput R&D center in Palo Alto, California. Thanks to a significant ...
Axens Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts Selected for the Largest Petrochemical Projects in China
24-06-2020
ZheJiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) has selected Axens’ catalysts for its pyrolysis gasoline (Pygas) selective hydrogenation units part of the 1400 KTA ...
Sulzer GTC helps Croatian refinery to restore its CDU operations
23-06-2020
Once distillation columns reach the end of their useful lives, it is important for plant managers to find new, suitable replacements. They should include the ...
Reliably monitor and optimize refinery processes
23-06-2020
As diverse as different continents and countries are, equally diverse are the existing and preferred types of crude oil. Different compositions, properties ...
Wison Engineering awarded an engineering and procurement service contract
22-06-2020
Wison Engineering, through its wholly-owned US Subsidiary, has just been awarded an engineering and procurement service contract from Air Products & Chemicals, ...
Johnson Matthey awarded methanol technology contract
18-06-2020
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, is pleased to announce that its combined reforming methanol technology has been selected ...
Yokogawa releases IIoT predictive asset management solution in North America
18-06-2020
Yokogawa Corporation of America announces the release in North America of its Sushi Sensor, an OpreX™ Asset Management and Integrity wireless solution, with ...
Sulzer Tower Field Services restarts refining operations at Italian plant
17-06-2020
Corrosion control is crucial to keeping petrochemical facilities running efficiently and effectively. Crude distillation overhead systems, such as atmospheric ...
Aramco completes its acquisition of a 70% stake in SABIC from the Public Investment Fund (PIF)
17-06-2020
Aramco today announced the successful completion of its share acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) from the Public Investment ...
Next-generation PolyMax 600 Series polypropylene catalysts are phthalate-free
17-06-2020
Clariant is launching its next-generation phthalate-free olefin polymerization catalysts, expanding its portfolio to include a new offering to meet the most ...
Sinopec completes installation of the world’s largest hydrogenation reactor
17-06-2020
Designed by Sinopec Engineering, the largest single-unit hydrogenation reactor in the world weighs 3,025 tons, which is the equivalent of 17 blue whales, the ...
TechnipFMC and Clariant enter joint development agreement for state-of-the-art production of acrylonitrile
17-06-2020
TechnipFMC and Clariant Catalysts announced today that they have entered into a joint development agreement for the demonstration and commercialization of Clariant’s ...
ASTM D8071 approved as an Alternate to CAN/CGSB 3.0 No. 14.3
16-06-2020
VUV Analytics, Inc. announces that Environment and Climate Change Canada, which is the Canadian counterpart to the EPA, has determined that ASTM D8071-19, “Standard ...
ADNOC selects API 610 VS4 pumps from Amarinth
16-06-2020
Amarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, ...
Dow and Shell team up to develop electric cracking technology
16-06-2020
Dow Inc and Shell today announce a joint development agreement to accelerate technology to electrify ethylene steam crackers, which supply chemicals used to ...
Repsol to develop two major emissions-reductions projects in Spain
16-06-2020
The CEO of Repsol, Josu Jon Imaz, today presented two pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake with the participation ...
High-Performance tail-gas treating
16-06-2020
(WEBINAR) - Discover the benefits of applying the latest technology in modern, low-temperature Shell Claus offgas treating (SCOT™) units. See how next-generation, ...
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company selects Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity Software
15-06-2020
Honeywell and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) have extended their strategic collaboration, signing a five-year, multi-million dollar ...
ClearSign receives order from ExxonMobil
15-06-2020
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
ClearSign receives multi-flare order from ASHCOR
14-06-2020
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
Sinopec pushes 1 m tonne/year ethylene and refined oil expansion project in Hainan
11-06-2020
Sinopec is pushing an expansion project that can produce up to 1 million tonnes of ethylene and refined oil annually in Hainan Free Trade Zone, located in South ...
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery beings the installation of water treatment systems
10-06-2020
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has begun installing flotation treatment systems at the site of its future “Biosphere” biological treatment facilities, ...
Petrofac to support leading UK CCS and hydrogen project
10-06-2020
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business announces today it has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Office support contract ...
IndianOil refineries throughput crosses 80% as products demand increases
10-06-2020
The crude oil throughput of IndianOil refineries crossed 80% as on date, with consumption of all petroleum products put together almost doubling in May '20 ...
Shri Sanjay Varma takes charge as MRPL Director Refinery
09-06-2020
Shri Sanjay Varma takes charge as Director Refinery of MRPL, a Mini Ratna - Category 1, Schedule A, ONGC subsidiary. Vide their order dated 9.6.2020, ...
Global Clean Energy selects HydroFlex™ from Haldor Topsoe
09-06-2020
The retooled refinery will produce low-carbon renewable fuels that meet the California Low Carbon Fuels Standard as well as the ASTM D975 diesel specs. Compared ...
EPC contract signed for gas processing and off-site facilities within integrated complex
08-06-2020
A number of key contracts were signed today in St. Petersburg as part of the project for the creation of the Complex for ...
Syncrude awards Worley a services agreement
04-06-2020
Under the agreement, Worley will provide construction and site maintenance services at the facilities over a five year term. This continues Worley’s 29‐year ...
KBC and OLI Systems announce predictive software solution
03-06-2020
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) is extending its Petro-SIM® simulation capabilities through its partnership with OLI Systems, the leader in electrolyte thermodynamics ...
Mini refinery built by Pyramid E&C completes performance trials successfully
02-06-2020
The 7500 BPD refinery supplied to Ecomar Energy Solutions in Fujairah was commissioned successfully and underwent performance trials by a reputed third party ...
New Swagelok® GB series ball valve
02-06-2020
Swagelok, a leading solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services has announced the release of the full-bore, bidirectional ...
Clariant’s ShiftMax® 300 MTS catalyst delivers excellent performance in China
02-06-2020
The partnership between Clariant and Shanghai Huaxi is off to a successful start. Since the establishment of their strategic alliance in late January of 2018, ...
Roland Baan joins Haldor Topsoe as new CEO
02-06-2020
Today is the first workday for the company’s new top manager. “This is a special day for me. Topsoe is an exceptional company that has made a huge ...
Webinar - Increase reliability and profitability in the delayed coking unit with continuous levels
29-05-2020
The latest development in the safe and reliable operation of delayed cokers includes the use of of continuous nuclear level measurement on the drums. Continuous ...
Irving Oil and Silverpeak announce acquisition agreement for North Atlantic Refining Corp
28-05-2020
Canadian-owned Irving Oil and U.S. investment firm Silverpeak have signed an agreement for Irving Oil to acquire North Atlantic Refining Corp., subject to regulatory ...
Axens’ recent successes in Hydrocracking
27-05-2020
Hydrocracking is one of the major processes in refining converting, in presence of hydrogen, low-value heavy feedstock into high value clean fuels and saturated ...
Sinopec Hainan to use LyondellBasell’s Hostalen ACP Technology
26-05-2020
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced that Sinopec Hainan Refining & Chemical Co., LTD. (Sinopec) will ...
Aker Solutions Starts CCS test program at Preem refinery
26-05-2020
The test unit is part of the 'Preem CCS' pilot project which will analyze the whole value chain from capture to storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project ...
MAN Compressor Technology to support major Dutch Carbon-Capture Project
25-05-2020
MAN Energy Solutions in Berlin has been awarded a contract for the engineering of three RG compressor trains for a carbon capture, utilization and storage project ...
McDermott awarded second CATOFIN PDH technology contract
21-05-2020
McDermott International, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable* technology contract by Advanced Global Investment Company, a wholly owned ...
ASTM D8267 included in jet fuel specification ASTM D1655 as an alternative to ASTM D1319
20-05-2020
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8267-19a, the “Standard Test method for Determination of Total Aromatic, Monoaromatic and Diaromatic Content ...
HyPower to use Honeywell UOP hydrogen technology for clean fuel cells
20-05-2020
Honeywell today announced that Beijing HyPower Energy Technology Ltd., a leading hydrogen energy technology provider in China, will adopt Honeywell UOP technologies ...
ASTM D8267 included in Jet Fuel Specification ASTM D1655 as an alternative to ASTM D1319
20-05-2020
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8267-19a, the “Standard Test method for Determination of Total Aromatic, Monoaromatic and Diaromatic Content ...
Yokagawa releases TDLS8100 probe-type Tunable Diode Laser spectrometer
04-05-2020
Yokogawa Corporation of America has released the TDLS8100 probe-type Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer (TDLS). Industrial process heating operations, fired heaters, ...
CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemical Company selects ParamaX technology from Axens
04-05-2020
CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemical Company Limited (CHPCL) has selected Axens’ ParamaX® Technology Suite for its petrochemical complex expansion in Daya ...
Downstream 2020 goes virtual and offers free registration
01-05-2020
Reuters Events is relaunching Downstream 2020 as a free virtual event to help the downstream sector overcome the most challenging business environment in memory. ...
KBC to deliver a site-wide process digital twin to Rompetrol
30-04-2020
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) will deliver a site-wide process digital twin to Rompetrol to sustain the value of ongoing margin improvement and digital transformation ...
McDermott awarded multiple EPFC contracts for storage tanks in Saudi Arabia
29-04-2020
McDermott International, Inc. today announced CB&I Storage Solutions has been awarded one large and two sizeable contracts for the engineering, procurement, ...
Wood secures partnership agreement with Sasol South Africa
29-04-2020
Wood, the global engineering and consultancy company, has been appointed as an engineering partner in a five-year partnership framework agreement with Sasol ...
Koch Engineered solutions launches OnPoint Digital Solutions Business
29-04-2020
Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), a unit of Koch Industries, Inc. (Koch), today announced the launch of “OnPoint,” a connected solutions business ...
Elliott names Shane Reph Vice President of Global Service
28-04-2020
Elliott Group has named Shane Reph Vice President of Global Service, effective May 4, 2020. Shane replaces Ronald Frye, who has retired after more than ...
Hydratight repair for water pipeline at Gunvor Petroleum Refinery
24-04-2020
On-line pipeline repair specialist, Hydratight, has successfully repaired a buried steel water pipeline at Gunvor Petroleum Antwerpen, a mid-sized refinery ...
Brooge appoints MUC for Fujairah refinery design and oil terminal FEED study
24-04-2020
Brooge Energy has appointed MUC Oil & Gas to complete the basic design for a 180,000 barrels a day (b/d) refinery and undertake a Front End Engineering ...
Alfa Laval wins energy-efficiency order in China
23-04-2020
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery and ...
VFuels wins bid for a modular refinery feasibility engineering and design study
23-04-2020
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, supported by its strategic partner Marathon Oil Corp., has awarded North American Company VFuels Oil & Gas Engineering ...
Chevron Lummus Global, Napcon and Bapco open LC-FINING center of excellence
23-04-2020
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), NAPCON, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) announce the successful grand opening of the LC-FINING Center of Excellence in ...
Becht welcomes Tim Shepperd
23-04-2020
Tim Shepperd, formerly VP Technology & Consulting for HF Alkylation Consultants, has joined the Becht team. With over 30 years of experience in refining ...
ABB launches ABB
Ability™ Augmented Field Procedures
22-04-2020
The company has developed an innovative augmenting technology aimed at digitalizing the field operator experience and improving interaction between field and ...
Becht announces acquisition of Code Inspection & Testing Co – IR Technologies
22-04-2020
Becht and Code Inspection & Testing Co- IR Technologies (Code ITC-IR) have come together to bring comprehensive heater solutions to our clients worldwide. ...
Compressor Controls Corporation awarded multiple Arctic LNG 2 contracts
22-04-2020
Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC), the global leader
in liquefied natural gas turbomachinery controls and a division of Roper Technologies Inc., has been ...
Honeywell strengthens Entis tank inventory system with new features and capabilities
22-04-2020
Honeywell today announced new capabilities that further improve integration and security, and
enable compliant, reliable and accurate tank inventory operations ...
Acquisition of global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works completed
21-04-2020
Burckhardt Compression completed the acquisition of the global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works Ltd., abbreviated JSW, as
announced on March 4, ...
Sinopec commissions Ionikylation unit from Well Resources
20-04-2020
Well Resources Inc., a Canadian company that focuses on green and clean technology development and process licensing in the petroleum sector, announced the ...
Shutdown and turndown considerations for HF & Sulfuric Alkylation & Fired Heaters
19-04-2020
Current market conditions are forcing many refiners into an unfamiliar operating state. A different approach may be required to rebalance and reduce refinery ...
Thaioil chooses SNOX™ air quality control for Sriracha refinery
15-04-2020
The agreement comprises proprietary equipment and catalyst supply for Haldor Topsoe's air quality control technology SNOX™. This initiative to secure ...
VUV Analytics announces the release of VUVision™ Software 3.3.0 and VUV Analyze™ Software 1.6.0
13-04-2020
VUV Analytics™ Inc., announces today a software upgrade release for both of its proprietary software systems: VUVision Software 3.3.0 and VUV Analyze Software ...
Becht develops knowledge library for unit and equipment turndown operations
12-04-2020
Becht has developed a Knowledge Library for Unit and Equipment Turndown Operations. The document series comprehensively covers high risk, high impact concerns, ...
Becht opens Latin American office in Buenos Aires
10-04-2020
Becht is pleased to announce the grand opening of our Buenos Aires, Argentina office in February 2020. Mariano Bertaina, former Executive Technical Director ...
Innovative cleaning technologies enable units run length during turnaround delays
10-04-2020
PetroVietnam Dung Quat Refinery is the next in a growing list announcing the deferral of their planned major turnaround for 2020. Anyone who has worked ...
Unit turndown & shutdown operations webinar series from Becht
09-04-2020
Becht’s first Knowledge Webinar on Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Turndown and Shutdown Considerations hosted over 500 people live from 38 countries. Becht ...
Clariant’s ReforMax 330 LDP Plus catalyst is a major success at OCI Nitrogen
07-04-2020
The first commercial reference for Clariant’s ReforMax 330 LDP Plus catalyst is a major success. Installed at OCI Nitrogen’s ammonia production ...
RefComm® launches free eLearning webinar series for refining professionals
02-04-2020
RefComm® is launching eRefComm®, an interactive online learning community for refining professionals in the downstream sector. The first of eRefComm’s ...
Shenghong Petrochemical selects Hydrogen technology from Honeywell UOP
02-04-2020
Honeywell UOP announced today that Shenghong Petrochemical Group will use five Honeywell UOP Polybed™ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply ...
Ergon Refining announces updated startup plan for Vicksburg refinery
01-04-2020
Ergon's naphthenic refinery in Vicksburg, Mississippi, began a planned turnaround on March 5, 2020. Originally scheduled for a 26-day duration, completion of ...
PKN ORLEN closer to take over the ENERGA Group
31-03-2020
The European Commission has given its unconditional approval for PKN ORLEN’s plan to take over the ENERGA Group. This is another step, following the tender ...
Tecnimont awarded contracts totalling $10M
31-03-2020
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been granted awards for a total amount of approximately USD 10 million for technology-driven ...
Air Products acquires five operating hydrogen plants
30-03-2020
Air Products today announced it has signed agreements with PBF Energy Inc, that include the $530 million purchase of five hydrogen steam methane reformer (SMR) ...
LyondellBasell to slow construction on PO/TBA project
30-03-2020
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, has informed the engineering and construction contractors it will ...
Shell exits proposed Lake Charles LNG project
30-03-2020
Given current market conditions, Shell announces today it will not proceed with an equity interest in the proposed Lake Charles LNG project. Accordingly, Energy ...
K°Bloc
reliability refined
27-03-2020
Kelvion has refined the K°Bloc fully-welded plate heat exchanger to further enhance its reliability and efficiency. Designed and made in Germany, K°Bloc ...
Nacero selects TIGAS™ technology from Haldor Topsoe
26-03-2020
Gasoline from TIGAS™ is free of sulfur,
cost-competitive, and seamlessly replaces traditional gasoline in car engines. The TIGAS™ process ...
Yokogawa acquires Grazper Technologies
25-03-2020
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that on March 20, 2020, it completed the acquisition of all shares in Denmark-based ApS (Grazper), as mutually agreed. ...
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Chevron Lummus Global announces multi-technology award in Southeast Asia
25-03-2020
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by a Southeast Asian refiner for the license, engineering and supply ...
BASF introduces Fourtune™ FCC catalyst to deliver more butylenes for refiners
24-03-2020
BASF announced today the commercial launch of Fourtune™ which is a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst product for gasoil feedstock. Fourtune ...
Combustible dust explosion safety/process safety
24-03-2020
REMBE® Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the operational safety company REMBE® GmbH, announced plans to relocate its U.S. operations to Lancaster County. The ...
Revamp with new preflash column exceeds expectations
20-03-2020
A 300,000 BPD crude/vacuum unit on the US Gulf Coast has started up successfully and exceeded expectations following implementation of a Process Consulting ...
Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery improves efficiency in diesel fuels production
19-03-2020
Work is now complete on the modernisation of a three-million-tonne diesel hydrotreatment facility at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery. ...
TechnipFMC provides update on planned separation
15-03-2020
Market conditions have changed materially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sharp decline in commodity prices, and the heightened volatility in global equity ...
Dealing with radiation interference in radiometric level measurements
12-03-2020
The effects of interference radiation on radiometric measurements can be considerable and must therefore be controlled. As it is neither predictable when interference ...
Preem selects HydroFlex™ from Haldor Topsoe
12-03-2020
“Preem wants to continue the transformation towards a sustainable society and increase the production of renewable fuels in Sweden. The new plant is an ...
Maire Tecnimont awarded contracts for new Hydrotreatement unit at Donges Refinery
11-03-2020
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted several awards for a total amount of approximately €220 million for engineering ...
KBC joins industry leaders to help drive sustainability targets achieving net-zero emissions
11-03-2020
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has today pledged to transform its approach of doing business by placing equal importance on people, the environment and profits, in ...
Gazprom Neft introduces a new integrated refining-process management system
10-03-2020
Gazprom Neft is continuing its installation of an integrated automated process control system (APCS) at its Omsk Refinery. The new APCS ...
Mexico Pacific award FEED contract Technip USA
09-03-2020
Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, a North American LNG export project based on the West Coast of Mexico, announced today that it has awarded a Front End Engineering ...
Hengli Petrochemical announces full rate operation on its 4PthP PTA line
09-03-2020
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd (Hengli) announce that Hengli’s ...
INA selects Futurol™ technology licensed by Axens
09-03-2020
The Croatian oil and gas company INA has awarded Axens a license agreement to supply Futurol™ cellulosic ethanol technology and contract for basic engineering ...
LyondellBasell and Bora sign definitive agreements to form Chinese JV
05-03-2020
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it has signed definitive agreements to expand in ...
WEKA AG expands its market presence in India
05-03-2020
After a targeted search and development phase, the cooperation with Toshniwal Hyvac Pvt. Ltd. on the Indian southern continent was further expanded to local ...
Burckhardt Compression purchases global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works
05-03-2020
Burckhardt Compression is strengthening its market presence and acquiring the global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works Ltd., abbreviated JSW. JSW ...
DuPont Sustainable Solutions acquires Lodestone Partners
04-03-2020
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) announced today that it has acquired the assets of Lodestone Partners, a global consulting firm recognized for helping companies ...
Pörner Group takes over the water business from Siemens Austria
04-03-2020
On March 1, 2020, the Pörner Group expanded its portfolio with the business area for water treatment engineering in the oil and gas industry. The new ‘Pörner ...
McDermott provides update on Lummus Technology sale process
03-03-2020
McDermott International, Inc today announced that the Company intends to move forward with the previously announced share and asset purchase agreement to sell ...
Sempra Energy subsidiary Port Arthur LNG and Bechtel sgn EPC agreement
03-03-2020
Sempra Energy and Bechtel today announced that their respective subsidiaries, Port Arthur LNG, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Inc., have signed a ...
PKN ORLEN and EU continue talks about acquisition of Grupa LOTOS
02-03-2020
PKN ORLEN has been notified by the European Commission of re-starting the clock on the second phase of the merger review process, which will trigger resumption ...
Penspen awarded engineering services project with Robtstone
02-03-2020
We have been awarded a contract with Robtstone, a leading EPC oil and gas contractor in UAE, to provide detailed engineering services and procurement assistance ...
Phillips 66 and Trafigura form JV to develop deepwater port
28-02-2020
Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd announce they have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC, to develop an offshore deepwater port ...
Curtiss-Wright to acquire Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
27-02-2020
Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the stock of Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services Ltd for CAD$81 million ...
ExxonMobil, Indian Oil and Chart Industries to pioneer virtual gas pipelines for India
25-02-2020
Chart Industries Inc, signed a Letter of Cooperation with ExxonMobil India LNG Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, and Indian Oil Corporation focused on pioneering ...
Digital Reliability: 24/7 Real-time Machinery Diagnostics
25-02-2020
(WEBINAR) - Join Dynamics SPC where we will discuss our turnkey solution we call COMPACS. COMPACS monitors the health of your equipment in real-time. We’ve ...
Burckhardt Compression awarded long-term service agreement for 9 LNG carriers
24-02-2020
Burckhardt Compression and an emerging leader in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipping industry signed a five-year service agreement covering nine LNG carriers ...
Siemens wins compressor contract for Calcasieu pass LNG project
21-02-2020
Siemens was awarded a contract to supply three boil-off compressor(BOG) packages for Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG Project. The new LNG export facility, ...
LyondellBasell’s PO/TBA project installs major pieces of process equipment
21-02-2020
Construction on LyondellBasell’s, world-scale propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant has achieved another key milestone. The installation ...
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing launches InFocus™ to help optimize plant performance
21-02-2020
ExxonMobil announced today that ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC has launched its InFocus Online Platform to help customers optimize plant performance, ...
Burckhardt Compression to develop new hydrogen compression technology with GRZ
19-02-2020
Burckhardt Compression is cooperating with GRZ Technologies, a spin-off of Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, to ...
IPCO acquires Ingeniera de Procesos S.A.
19-02-2020
IPCO has acquired the Spanish company Ingeniera de Procesos S.A. (IdP), a supplier of processing equipment and spare parts, primarily to the Chemical and Sulphur ...
Nexo Solutions announce the creation of IntelliChem Technologies
19-02-2020
Nexo Solutions, located in The Woodlands Texas, is pleased to announce the creation of a new division, IntelliChem Technologies. As an innovative provider of ...
Topsoe launches TITAN™ steam reforming catalyst series
18-02-2020
By investing in R&D and performing fundamental studies of the different carrier systems and their properties, Topsoe has developed a new and more robust ...
ExxonMobil award tank construction contract to Matrix Service
18-02-2020
Matrix Service Company announced that its subsidiary Matrix Service Inc. has been awarded multiple projects by ExxonMobil under a recently signed long-term ...
Fluor awarded EPC contract for world-scale Adiponitrile plant
18-02-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was recently awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction for a new 400 kilo-ton-per-annum ...
McDermott awarded contract for EPFC Work
14-02-2020
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract by a major oil and gas operator for six crude oil storage tanks in Texas. The storage ...
TOYO completed steam cracker complex project in Malaysia
14-02-2020
Toyo Engineering Corporation and its subsidiaries announced completion of EPCC project for the Steam Cracker Complex (SCC) in Malaysia and it has been delivered ...
ATS Scientific partners with VUV Analytics
13-02-2020
ATS Scientific Inc. is proud to announce their partnership as Canadian distributor and service provider for VUV Analytics, Inc. based in Cedar Park, Texas, ...
Mathura Refinery edges towards 100% production of BS-VI Fuels
07-02-2020
Bharat stage emission standards (BSES) are standards instituted by the Government of India to regulate the emissions of air pollutants from motor vehicles. ...
Installation of capital equipment at Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery complete
07-02-2020
Installation of technological capital equipment at the construction site for a new primary crude refining complex at the Gazprom Neft Omsk ...
Next Wave Energy select STRATCO® alkylation technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
07-02-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded the contract to supply Next Wave Energy Partners (Next Wave) with licensing, engineering and proprietary ...
PKN ORLEN to optimise oil refining
05-02-2020
As previously announced, PKN ORLEN is expanding its production assets to enable more efficient use of feedstocks. To that end, a new visbreaking unit, of key ...
Honeywell launches Thermal
IQ Optimize
03-02-2020
Honeywell today strengthened the capabilities of its Thermal IQ™ platform with the launch of Thermal IQ Optimize, an enterprise-level remote monitoring ...
New shutoff valve from Emerson
03-02-2020
Emerson introduced today the ASCO™ Series 158 Gas Valve and Series 159 Motorized Actuator. Designed specifically
for burner-boiler applications, the new ...
DuPont Clean Technologies launches Sennuba™ technology
03-02-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont), the supplier of world-leading scrubbing and other environmental technologies, has introduced a new, advanced steam plume ...
PBF Energy completes acquisition of Martinez refinery
01-02-2020
PBF Energy Inc, announced today that its subsidiary completed the acquisition of Martinez refinery, and related logistics assets, from Equilon Enterprises LLC ...
Altus Midstream implement new Honeywell UOP cryogenic gas processing technology
30-01-2020
Honeywell today announced that Altus Midstream has implemented Ortloff™ SRX technology from Honeywell UOP at its Diamond Central cryogenic gas processing ...
The future development of lubricants market in Russia: where is the market going?
30-01-2020
Growth forecast and future development of lubricants market in Russia and the CIS become one of the topics in focus at the 8th Conference on CIS Base Oils & ...
Ton Büchner is new Chairman of Burckhardt Compression's Board of Directors
30-01-2020
Ton Büchner will be nominated by the Board of Directors for election to the Board of Directors and as its new Chairman at the Annual General Meeting on July ...
HollyFrontier selects HydroFlex™ from Haldor Topsoe
29-01-2020
Under the agreement with Artesia Renewable Diesel Company LLC, a subsidiary of HollyFrontier, Topsoe will license and supply basic engineering, proprietary ...
Clariant refinery services opens state-of-the-art crude and fuel oil lab in the UK
28-01-2020
Clariant Refinery Services, a global leader in developing additives for better fuel transportation, has opened a new state-of-the-art crude and fuel oil laboratory ...
Fluor awarded contract for BPCLs Polyols petrochemicals project
28-01-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a project management consultancy services contract by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for ...
McDermott to proceed with FEED phase of residue oil conversion project at Preem refinery
27-01-2020
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been granted approval from Beowulf Energy LLC and Preem AB to commence the front-end engineering design ...
Mustang Gas Products selects Ortloff GSP plus Retro-Flex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
27-01-2020
Honeywell today announced that Mustang Gas Products, LLC used Ortloff GSP plus Retro-Flex™ technology from Honeywell UOP to improve recovery of ethane ...
Ergon Refining announces March 2020 turnaround
23-01-2020
Beginning March 5, 2020, Ergon's naphthenic refinery in Vicksburg, Mississippi, will undergo a planned turnaround. In addition to necessary maintenance and ...
Another step closer to a world-leading methanol plant in Louisiana
23-01-2020
Worley is delighted to continue its partnership with YCI Methanol One delivering plant commissioning and start-up services for their methanol plant development ...
How Russia will ensure the growth of global methanol production by 2030
23-01-2020
New and existing methanol projects in Russia and the CIS have become one of the topics in focus at the 6th Conference on Gas Monetisation, which will be held ...
Gaz Sintez selects SynCOR Methanol™ from Haldor Topsoe
22-01-2020
Gaz Sintez is developing the methanol plant project at the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad Region of Russia. As announced earlier, Hyundai Engineering has ...
Wood cements position as strategic partner to Saudi Aramco
21-01-2020
Wood has secured a two-year extension to its in-Kingdom and out-of Kingdom contracts with Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC) ...
European refineries are the least prepared as IMO 2020 regulations loom large
21-01-2020
European refineries expect the largest impact from new IMO 2020 regulations, yet just 23% of these refineries are focussing on operational improvements targeting ...
Rosneft increases its share in Bayernoil refinery
17-01-2020
Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, has completed the deal to acquire a 3.57% stake in Bayernoil Raffineriegesellschaft mbH ...
Hyundai Engineering selects cost-optimized compressor from Burckhardt Compression
17-01-2020
Burckhardt Compression is introducing a capex-optimized line of compressor systems that meets the API Standard 618. Its modular compressor design takes advantage ...
RefComm® Galveston 2020 will be held 11-15 May
16-01-2020
RefComm® Galveston 2020 will be held May 11 - 15, 2020 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Conference Center in Galveston, TX. This marks the 22nd year for the ...
Axens and ExxonMobil announce licensing alliance agreement
14-01-2020
ExxonMobil announced today that ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and Axens have signed a licensing alliance agreement to allow Axens to provide ExxonMobil’s ...
Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency order
14-01-2020
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
Worlds largest ATR-based methanol plant has been put into successful operation
14-01-2020
Recently, Topsoe announced the official opening of the world’s only natural gas-to-gasoline complex in Turkmenistan. The complex includes the world’s ...
Axens is awarded a licensing contract for Borouge 4 project in UAE
13-01-2020
The Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd (Borouge), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Austria-based Borealis, has awarded the France-based ...
INEOS Styrolution invests in ABS world-scale plant in China
09-01-2020
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has announced today plans to build a world-scale ABS plant in Ningbo, China. The new production site will ...
Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation select Fluor
09-01-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that Heartland Canada Partners (HCP), Fluor’s 50/50 partnership with Kiewit Construction Services ULC, was awarded a ...
Motor Oil Hellas select TechnipFMC for new naphtha complex in Greece
09-01-2020
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement and Construction management (EPCm) services contract for the construction of a new naphtha ...
Yokogawa releases Exaquantum R3.20 plant information management system
07-01-2020
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of Exaquantum™ R3.20, an enhanced version of its plant information management system (PIMS) software ...
KBR receives contract for its new propane dehydrogenation technology K-PRO™
06-01-2020
KBR has won the first commercial contract for its K-PRO™ Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) Technology which the company introduced in January 2019. This innovative ...
Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company sign Port Arthur agreement
06-01-2020
Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco today announced their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed an Interim Project Participation ...
Emerson named ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ for third year in a row
03-01-2020
Emerson, a global automation technology and engineering company, has been named the “Industrial IoT Company of the Year” by IoT Breakthrough for ...
LyondellBasell technology selected for polyolefin plant in Turkey
03-01-2020
LyondellBasell today announced that Ceyhan Polipropilen Uretim A.Ş, a joint venture between Rönesans Holding and Sonatrach S.p.A., has selected LyondellBasell’s ...
Mažeikiai refinery regains railway connection with Latvia
30-12-2019
Lithuanian Railways, acting in consultation with ORLEN Lietuva from ORLEN Group, has rebuilt a 19 kilometre long railway section between Mažeikiai and Renge, ...
Modern refineries must be flexible
25-12-2019
The director of Gazprom neft’s downstream business unit, Mikhail Antonov outlined the progress of the upgrade projects at the company’s ...
COOEC-Fluor completes module program for KIPIC Al-Zour project
24-12-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries Co Ltd, fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China, has safely completed the entire ...
Mammoet signs contract for landmark Borealis site in Antwerp
23-12-2019
Mammoet recently signed as the official heavy lift and transport partner for the New European PDH project on the Borealis Kallo site, which was announced last ...
LyondellBasell and Sinopec to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer in China
23-12-2019
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
Ganzair selects high-speed compressor from Burckhardt Compression
20-12-2019
Burckhardt Compression will deliver a high-speed compressor to Ganzair in Hungary for injecting natural gas from a pipeline to an underground gas storage facility. ...
Maire Tecnimont awarded refining project in Croatia
19-12-2019
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC contract on a Lump Sum Turnkey basis by INA-Industrija ...
The International SAP Conference for Oil and Gas
19-12-2019
T|A|C Events and SAP are delighted to announce that the 7th edition of our International SAP Conference for Oil & Gas will be taking place in the beautiful ...
Alfa Laval wins Middle East refinery order
18-12-2019
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order for air cooled heat exchangers, to be ...
PKN ORLEN selects Vegan® technology and process book supply from Axens
18-12-2019
Axens has signed an agreement with PKN ORLEN for Vegan® Technology License and Process Book Supply for the production of renewable diesel and jet fuel, ...
Aramco acquires 17% of South Korean Hyundai Oilbank
17-12-2019
Saudi Arabian Oil Company has completed, through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company B.V, the acquisition of 17% of Hyundai Oilbank from Hyundai Heavy Industries ...
Sasol's ethane cracker replaces acetylene catalyst and increases ethylene production pates
17-12-2019
Sasol is pleased to announce that the LCCP Ethane Cracker is increasing production rates following the successful replacement of the acetylene reactor catalyst. The ...
Naftna Industrija Srbije selects technology from McDermott
17-12-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) for the modernization ...
Neles opens valves service centers in Portugal and France
17-12-2019
Metso’s valve business, future Neles Corporation, will establish two new service centers in Lisbon, Portugal, and in the Mulhouse area, France, to increase ...
Sinopec completes central unit at Al-Zour refinery project in Kuwait
16-12-2019
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has announced the completion of the central unit of the Al-Zour refinery project in Kuwait. Claimed ...
Mammoet assists Larsen & Toubro with major revamp of Oman’s refinery
15-12-2019
Mammoet has been contracted by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to support heavy lifting activities during the turnaround of Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum ...
Honeywell technology to purify hydrogen for Zhejiang satellite C3 Oleflex™ facility
09-12-2019
Honeywell today announced that Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is using a Honeywell UOP Polybed™ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to supply ...
Alfa Laval wins petrochemical order
05-12-2019
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply large heat exchangers to a petrochemical ...
Simplify crude assay importing in UniSim design by utilizing H/CAMS
04-12-2019
Haverly H/CAMS is the industry leading assay crude management software with over 2000 assays. Honeywell's UniSim Design software links to Haverly H/CAMS via ...
Watlow introduces its new PM PLUS™
03-12-2019
Watlow®, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, introduces its new PM PLUS™, an enhanced version of the popular ...
Elliott
launches construction on cryodynamic products test facility
03-12-2019
Elliott Group broke ground today on a $60M Cryodynamic Products test facility about a mile from the company’s headquarters and main manufacturing campus ...
Shandong Binhua selects Honeywell Technology for on-purpose propylene
production
03-12-2019
Honeywell announced today that Shandong Binhua New Material Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 600,000 metric ...
PKN ORLEN selects Fluor for its Olefins complex expansion project
03-12-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded
a services agreement by PKN ORLEN to provide project management contractor (PMC+) services for the expansion ...
LyondellBasell technology selected for polyolefin plant in Turkey
03-12-2019
LyondellBasell today announced that Ceyhan Polipropilen Uretim A.Ş, a joint venture between Rönesans Holding and Sonatrach
S.p.A., has selected LyondellBasell’s ...
Burckhardt receives follow up order for major LDPE compressor overhaul
03-12-2019
SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, operates three LDPE lines at their plant in Geleen, The Netherlands. After the successful compressor overhaul ...
Neste Engineering Solutions updates its NAPCON product family
02-12-2019
Neste Engineering Solutions has published a new 8.5 version of its NAPCON software. The renewed version has new software features in all NAPCON product categories: ...
Sulzer launches new SALOMIX™ agitator family
02-12-2019
The new SALOMIX family is a versatile mixer range of modular design that offers the right agitator option for each specific application. The SALOMIX side-mounted ...
McDermott and Chiyoda introduce feed gas to train 2 at Cameron LNG
02-12-2019
McDermott International Inc and its joint venture partner, Chiyoda International Corporation, a U.S. based wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiyoda Corporation, Japan, ...
Bunge and BP complete formation of BP Bunge Bioenergia JV
02-12-2019
Bunge Limited and BP plc today announced that they have completed the formation of BP Bunge Bioenergia, the Brazilian bioenergy joint venture that combines ...
Haldor Topsoe and Sasol offer customers single-point licenses for gas-to-liquids solutions
02-12-2019
Today, Topsoe and Sasol announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly license their GTL technologies. For many years, the two companies ...
PTT GC selects Avantium to perform independent catalyst testing evaluation
29-11-2019
PTT Global Chemical has selected Avantium Catalysis to perform independent catalyst evaluation of naphtha reforming catalysts and support the catalyst selection ...
Rotork selected for strategic tank farm automation
29-11-2019
Rotork has supplied over 100 actuators, including new actuated valve packages and actuators for the motorisation of existing gate and butterfly valves. In addition ...
R&D activities in refining technologies presented to the Gazprom Neft board
29-11-2019
Gazprom Neft’s strategic objective to 2030 is to become the benchmark in safety, efficiency and technological advancement for other ...
PKN ORLEN plans new investment project at its Płock refinery
28-11-2019
PKN ORLEN has plans to build a new visbreaking unit on a turnkey basis to maximise yields of high-margin products across its Płock refinery. The project will ...
PKN ORLEN selects Fluor for their olefins complex expansion project
28-11-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a services agreement by PKN ORLEN to provide project management contractor (PMC+) services for the expansion ...
Worley enters enabling agreement with ExxonMobil
27-11-2019
ExxonMobil Global Services Company has entered into an enabling agreement with Worley relating to ExxonMobil’s refining and chemicals operations sites ...
Omsk refinery completes first-phase construction of its “Biosphere” water treatment facility
27-11-2019
Installation of tanking equipment has now been completed at the Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery’s innovative “Biosphere” water ...
Elliott to hold groundbreaking ceremony
26-11-2019
Elliott Group announced today that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new, $60M state-of-the-art test facility for its recently acquired product line ...
Yokogawa releases
SensPlus Note
26-11-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and MetaMoJi Corporation announce that they have jointly developed SensPlus Note, a low cost and easy to implement solution for ...
Burckhardt Compression purchases remaining ownership of Arkos Field Services
26-11-2019
Burckhardt
Compression North America Services LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Burckhardt Compression, purchased the remaining 60% of Arkos Group LLC effective ...
Valero announces agreements for three additional refined product terminals in Mexico
25-11-2019
Valero Marketing and Supply de México, S.A. de
C.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, announced today that it has signed long-term ...
BASF commences its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang
23-11-2019
Today, BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. It marks a
milestone ...
Reliance confirms oil-to-chemicals investment in India
22-11-2019
Reliance Industries has confirmed plans to invest $9.75 billion - or 700 billion Indian rupees - to build a crude-oil-to-chemicals complex at the company's ...
Avantium partners with Nikki-Universal to boost its catalysis business in Japan
20-11-2019
Avantium Catalysis and Japan-based catalyst and process licensing company Nikki-Universal entered into an agency agreement to better serve Avantium’s ...
Next Wave Energy to build ethylene-to-alkylate production facility
20-11-2019
Next Wave Energy Partners, LP today announced it has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to construct a new alkylate production facility, known ...
Hydraulic fracturing - retrofit your existing Thermo system
20-11-2019
Does your nuclear density meter come with an 18-month warranty? Berthold’s robust and retrofittable LB 6770 detector is designed specifically to withstand ...
Intelligently predict and manage sour water corrosion in refinery applications
20-11-2019
One of the primary concerns in refinery operations, especially when processing sour crudes, is management and mitigation of NH4HS (Sour Water) corrosion in ...
KBR awarded first commercial license for Vinyl Acetate Monomer technology
18-11-2019
KBR has been awarded a contract for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) technology by Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lian Yun Gang) Co. Ltd., China. This is the ...
Baltic Chemical Company selects Ethylene technology from McDermott
18-11-2019
McDermott International Inc, announced today it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract from Baltic Chemical Company (BCC) and a sizeable Extended Basic ...
BASF launches Durasorb™ HRU for removal of BTX and heavy hydrocarbons
14-11-2019
BASF launches Durasorb HRU as an addition to the Durasorb portfolio for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pre-treatment that is specifically designed for the removal ...
TTM secures two ethylene furnace cleaning contracts
14-11-2019
Created two years ago by its shareholders (Tube Tech International, UK and Manoir Industries, France), TTM, the commercial vehicule of Tube Tech International ...
BASF launches Durasorb™ HRU for removal of BTX and heavy hydrocarbons
14-11-2019
BASF launches Durasorb HRU as an addition to the Durasorb portfolio for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pre-treatment that is specifically designed for the removal ...
Axens and CORYS to collaborate on digital solutions for process industries
14-11-2019
Axens and CORYS have entered into a global exclusive collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize advanced simulation and training solutions for Axens ...
Pinti Wang receives lifetime achievement award from Hydrocarbon Processing
13-11-2019
Pinti Wang, president of Sulzer GTC Technology, is the 2019 recipient of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Hydrocarbon Processing’s ...
Visakh refinery selects ROSE® technology from KBR
12-11-2019
KBR announced that its market-leading ROSE® solvent de-asphalting (SDA) process will be integrated with LC-MAX technology, an advanced, patented, ebullated-bed ...
ClearSign Combustion Corporation changes name to ClearSign Technologies Corporation
12-11-2019
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency, safety and ...
KIPIC selects Honeywell as main automation contractor for Al Zour project
12-11-2019
Honeywell today announced that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) has selected Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to be the main automation ...
ABB to digitalize SABIC chemical plant in the Middle East
12-11-2019
Global technology leader ABB has won a project to install its renowned extended automation system at a greenfield pilot plant for SABIC in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, ...
Fluor set to deliver Esso Fawley Strategy (FAST) project
12-11-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that construction planning is now set to proceed for the Fawley Strategy (FAST) Project. ExxonMobil’s UK affiliate, ...
Clariant Catalysts opens new engineering services office in Indonesia
12-11-2019
First Singapore and Tokyo, now Jakarta. Clariant’s Catalysts business unit opens its third location for Engineering Services in Asia-Pacific, bringing ...
Penspen awarded global PMC framework agreement with ADNOC
11-11-2019
Penspen has been awarded a prestigious Project Management Consultancy (PMC) framework agreement from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The framework ...
Haldor Topsoe wins 2019 IChemE Oil and Gas award
11-11-2019
It was a proud Topsoe delegation who accepted the award on behalf of the larger group of excellent scientists, engineers, and other Topsoe employees involved ...
DuPont Safety and Sustainability awards 2020 opens for entries
07-11-2019
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has announced the call for entries for the 2020 DuPont Safety and Sustainability Awards competition. As of 7 November 2019, ...
Dayuewan (Zhuhai) Petrochemical selects Honeywell Technology to upgrade heavy fuel oil
06-11-2019
Honeywell today announced at China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2019 that Dayuewan (Zhuhai) Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Grain Petrochemical ...
Sinopec and Air Liquide sign MoU on hydrogen energy development in China
06-11-2019
On November 6 in Beijing, Sinopec and Air Liquide signed, in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron, a memorandum ...
Refining Community and Coking.com acquired by CRU
06-11-2019
Refining Community and Coking.com, which produce RefComm®, the premier refinery training, conference, and exhibition event, have been acquired by the global ...
Mammoet shows time efficiency for lifting project in Rayong
05-11-2019
Mammoet was hired by Toyo Engineering Korea on behalf of Bangkok Synthetics Co., Ltd to transport and install 24 items as part of the owner’s project ...
Isomalk-3 started up in Sinopec Jinling
04-11-2019
Recently, a grassroots Isomalk-3 unit successfully started up in Jinling Petrochemical, a Sinopec subsidiary located in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China. ...
Hengli
GT-BTX® unit passes performance test run
04-11-2019
In July, Hengli approved the performance test run report of the #1 and #2 GT-BTX® Aromatics Extraction Units, which signifies that both of the units passed ...
Sulzer GTC awarded aromatics extraction unit in India
04-11-2019
HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL),
a joint venture company between M/s HPCL and the government of Rajasthan, is setting up a state-of-the-art, 9 MMTPA integrated ...
Jag Reddy to lead Advanced Refining Technologies
01-11-2019
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC, the $500 million joint venture between Chevron Products Group, a division of Chevron Corporation, and W.
R. Grace & ...
Husky Energy closes sale of Prince George refinery
01-11-2019
Husky Energy has closed the sale of its 12,000 barrel-per-day Prince George Refinery to Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure for $215 million in cash, ...
Shell announce Huibert Vigeveno as Downstream Director
01-11-2019
In his new role, Huibert will become a member of the Executive Committee and will succeed John Abbott. John will remain available to Huibert and the Executive ...
ExxonMobil and Albemarle announce Galexia™ hydroprocessing catalysts and services
01-11-2019
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and Albemarle Corporation announced today a transformative hydroprocessing suite of catalyst and service solutions for ...
Yokogawa releases ProSafe-RS R4.05.00
01-11-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the November 15 release of ProSafeTM-RS R4.05.00, an enhanced version of the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system. ...
TechnipFMC reveals that Technip Energies will be the future name of SpinCo
30-10-2019
Today is a new important step in the process of launching the leading engineering and construction (E&C) player, poised to capitalize on the global energy ...
McDermott Signs MOU with Darwin Clean Fuels
30-10-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Darwin Clean Fuels Pty Ltd. The MOU is for the feasibility ...
Jiangsu JITRI-Topsoe joint R&D center opens
30-10-2019
Over the past 18 months, the Jiangsu JITRI-Topsoe Joint R&D center has been installed at the Xiangcheng municipality. The 5,000 square meter building comprises ...
Zibo Qixiang Tengda selects Oleflex™ from Honeywell UOP
30-10-2019
Honeywell announced today that Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Co., Ltd, will use its UOP C3 Oleflex™ technology to expand production of propylene in response ...
Saudi Aramco signs seven MoUs at The Future Investment Initiative
29-10-2019
Saudi Aramco today announced its intention to establish the Jazan Power Joint Venture. The JV will be 46% owned by Air Products, 25% by ACWA Power, 20% by Saudi ...
Meghmani Finechem selects EPICEROL® technology from TechnipFMC
28-10-2019
TechnipFMC announces that it has signed its first EPICEROL® Technology License Agreement with Meghmani Finechem Ltd (MFL) in India. The 50 kta capacity ...
Gazprom Neft begins construction of Russia’s first modern catalyst production facility
28-10-2019
Gazprom Neft has begun active construction of its modern high-tech oil-refining catalyst production facility in Omsk. The new 21,000-tonne per-year ...
Update on the BioButterfly project from Michelin, IFPEN and Axens
26-10-2019
Launched in late 2012, the BioButterfly project aims to produce butadiene from ethanol from biomass (plants) in order to produce innovative synthetic rubbers ...
Gazprom Neft begins generating solar power at its Omsk refinery
22-10-2019
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery has completed construction of the region’s first 1 MW solar-power plant. Situated on a 2.5-hectare ...
544 tons naphtha splitter successfully relocated to Ras Tanura
22-10-2019
Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels Project has placed its heaviest and largest piece of equipment — a naphtha splitter column weighing 544 tons. It took ...
Amiral complex mixed feed cracker contract awarded to McDermott
22-10-2019
McDermott International Inc announced it has been awarded a large contract by Saudi Aramco and Total Raffinage Chimie (Total) to provide licenses, basic engineering ...
Total and Zhejiang Energy JV to develop the growing low sulfur marine fuel market
21-10-2019
Total has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Chinese state-owned Zhejiang Energy Group (ZEG), to create a joint venture company dedicated to the supply ...
ClearSign Combustion receives engineering order from ExxonMobil
18-10-2019
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that improve energy and operational efficiency while dramatically ...
BHGE changes its name to Baker Hughes Company
17-10-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced today its successful name change to Baker Hughes Company. The Company will be known as Baker Hughes, and on Oct. 18, 2019, ...
DuPont Clean Technologies Sochi symposium shares latest MECS® technology intelligence
17-10-2019
The Sulfuric Acid Symposium held by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) in Sochi, Russia, from Oct. 15-16, 2019, focused on the key drivers of the sulfuric acid ...
Gazprom Neft and ADNOC conclude a framework agreement on strategic cooperation
16-10-2019
Gazprom Neft and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have entered into a Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation. The companies will explore opportunities ...
Gazprom Neft establishes subsidiary to develop international marine lubricants business
16-10-2019
Gazprom Neft has registered a new operating company, Gazpromneft Marine Lubricants, with an office in Singapore. The new business will manage ...
Air Liquide signs another new long term contract in Kazakhstan
16-10-2019
In the context of a new long term agreement with Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries (KPI), Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases will build, own and operate a new nitrogen ...
ALKY-ONE™ gasket delivers unprecedented corrosion/erosion resistance at US refinery
16-10-2019
ERIKS North America announced that a U.S. hydrofluoric (HF) acid alkylation refinery experienced an unprecedented, four-year, zero-percent flange repair/replacement ...
Understanding the financial impact of a collapsed flue gas tunnel in your SMR
16-10-2019
The overall influence of tunnels on the flue gas flow in a steam methane reformer has been modeled and documented, and the concept that running a reformer without ...
VUV Analytics introduces Verified Hydrocarbon Analysis™
15-10-2019
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy announced today the introduction of a new application for their VUV Analyzer™ Platform ...
VUV Analytics™ and PerkinElmer to provide innovative gas chromatography solutions
14-10-2019
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in developing Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy based analytical instruments and PerkinElmer, a leading manufacturer of analytical ...
Yokogawa releases dynamic real time optimizer
11-10-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of Dynamic Real Time Optimizer, a solution in the OpreXTM Asset Operations and Optimization family. Using ...
Doug Kelly is appointed as KBR President - Technology Solutions
11-10-2019
Doug Kelly has assumed the position of KBR’s President - Technology Solutions. Mr. Kelly is responsible for KBR’s global technology licensing business, ...
Endress+Hauser and Vector CAG secure Texas refinery project
10-10-2019
The companies will serve as the Main Instrument Vendor (MIV) for a large Texas refinery's project. Endress+Hauser secures the Main Instrument Vendor (MIV) contract ...
Honeywell announces new smart hearing solution
09-10-2019
Honeywell today announced a new smart hearing solution that combines cloud-based software and connected, protective headsets to monitor sound in real time and ...
Clariant Catalysts and Wuxi Xiyuan join forces
09-10-2019
Clariant’s Catalysts business unit has intensified its collaboration with Wuxi Xiyuan to support China’s formaldehyde producers with innovative, ...
Groundbreaking ceremony held for Samsung Engineering’s Sarawak Methanol project
09-10-2019
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies, announced today, ...
AMG and Shell Catalysts & Technologies form catalyst reclamation and recycling JV
08-10-2019
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. and Shell Catalysts & Technologies have signed an agreement to form a joint venture which will be called Shell & ...
Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Netherlands
08-10-2019
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and the 3rd most sustainable company in the world, takes a stronger foothold in the Netherlands. ...
Wood grows its chemicals presence in Louisiana and Mississippi
07-10-2019
Wood has been awarded a $20 million contract from SNF Floquip (SNF) to provide maintenance and supplemental project services at its chemicals manufacturing ...
Sunfire partners with Total on highly efficient hydrogen technology
03-10-2019
Sunfire, a leading global cleantech company, has signed a cooperation agreement with the French major energy company Total SA. Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale ...
INEOS breaks ground at its world scale Cumene investment at Marl
01-10-2019
INEOS Phenol today has broken ground at its world scale cumene investment in Marl Germany. The new state of the art 750,000 tonnes unit is scheduled to be completed ...
Diamond Green expands production capacity using Ecofining Technology from Honeywell
30-09-2019
Honeywell today announced that Diamond Green Diesel will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ ...
Husky receives approval to begin superior refinery rebuild
30-09-2019
The Company has received the required permit approvals to begin reconstruction activities at the site and work is expected to begin immediately. Demolition ...
Alfa Laval wins million natural gas order
27-09-2019
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a gas ...
Major revamp of Laby®-GI compressor on FSRU to meet new process parameter
26-09-2019
Golar Management Norway is one of the world’s largest independent owners and operators of LNG midstream infrastructure. They decided to deploy their FSRU ...
Michelin, IFP Energies nouvelles and Axens give a new dimension to the BioButterfly project
26-09-2019
Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens announce on 26 September 2019 the construction of the first industrial-scale prototype of a plant producing butadiene from bioethanol ...
Maximizing Naphtha Through Hydrocracking
26-09-2019
Globally the demand for petrochemicals is increasing at rates nearly 1.5 times GDP. In regions where there is a heavy investment in large-scale para-xylene ...
Gas oil vacuum
fractionator starts up
25-09-2019
A PCS-designed grassroots vacuum fractionation unit has started up successfully and exceeded expectations for throughput and diesel recovery. This unit was ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Bharat Petroleum
25-09-2019
W. R. Grace & Co, the
leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
SOCAR increases storage capacity of the STAR refinery
25-09-2019
SOCAR Turkey held a ceremony for two new facilities in Special Industrial Zone of Aliaga. While inaugurating one of the
facilities that will increase the STAR ...
Emerson launches most advanced industrial wireless network solution
25-09-2019
Emerson is partnering with Cisco to introduce a next-generation industrial wireless networking solution that fundamentally transforms data management to improve ...
Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency order
24-09-2019
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to ...
Emerson announces new organisation to focus on digital technologies and programs
24-09-2019
As leaders across industries work to realize measurable business improvement in today’s complex technology environment, global engineering and technology ...
VUV Analytics™ announces the publication of ASTM D8071
23-09-2019
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today a significant accomplishment on their strategic roadmap with the publication of ASTM D8071 for the analysis of finished gasoline. ...
Singapore selects KBR and Argus for major hydrogen feasibility study
23-09-2019
KBR and Argus announced today that they have been awarded a contract to conduct a feasibility study on hydrogen imports and downstream applications for Singapore. ...
Chart wins order for marine LNG fueling tanks
20-09-2019
Chart Industries Inc, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract by LGM Engineering to supply 4 LNG fuel tanks for their marine fuel gas systems ...
McDermott to explore strategic alternatives for Lummus Technology
20-09-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced it recently received unsolicited approaches to acquire all or part of Lummus Technology, McDermott's industry-leading ...
Bharat Petroleum awards multi-technology contract to Chevron Lummus Global
19-09-2019
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in Mumbai, India for ...
Fujian Meide selects Honeywell technology to monitor on-purpose propylene production
17-09-2019
Honeywell today announced that Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use the Honeywell Process Reliability Advisor to provide prescriptive monitoring of ...
ExxonMobil announces further investment at Fife ethylene plant
17-09-2019
ExxonMobil said today it plans to launch a £140 million additional investment program over the next two years at its Fife ethylene plant to upgrade key ...
Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan awarded module fabrication contract for arctic LNG project
17-09-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced that its joint venture Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd (QMW) in Qingdao, China, has been ...
SIBUR KSTOVO selects pyrolysis gasoline processing technologies from Sulzer GTC
17-09-2019
Sulzer GTC Technology has signed an agreement with JSC SIBUR-Neftehim (SIBUR) to provide its licensed pyrolysis gasoline (pygas) processing technologies, including ...
100th reference for Axens high performance selective hydrogenation catalysts
17-09-2019
Selective hydrogenation is the best technology when it comes to purifying highly valuable olefinic and aromatic streams produced by steam crackers and FCC units. Axens’ ...
WEKA AG wins gold rating on sustainability
17-09-2019
WEKA AG has become even more sustainable since last year: The company in Bäretswil, Zurich, has received the highest award for its commitment to Corporate ...
AVEVA launches first-in-market integrated EPC software solution
17-09-2019
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced the introduction of integrated engineering software designed to help customers ...
PCS named Marathon innovative partner of the year
16-09-2019
Process Consulting Services is honored to be recognized as Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Innovative Partner of the Year for 2019. Process Consulting ...
Gazprom Neft confirms the company’s digital transformation strategy to 2030
16-09-2019
The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has confirmed the company’s digital transformation strategy. This new document has been developed in line ...
ERIKS North America recognized by Marathon Petroleum as a top supplier
16-09-2019
ERIKS North America, a leading distributor of industrial solutions for the refining industry, was recently recognized as one of the Top Suppliers by Marathon ...
Honeywell rolls out Rig Dog™ Xtreme gloves
16-09-2019
Honeywell has rolled out a new line of award-winning, impact-resistant gloves — Rig Dog™ Xtreme — designed to protect workers from hand and ...
Mammoet makes
first moves for Saudi chemical plant
16-09-2019
Samsung Engineering has contracted Mammoet, the global leader in engineered heavy lifting and transport, to transport and install 49 modules for the construction ...
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery increases efficiency in crude oil distillation
13-09-2019
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery has embarked on a project to modernise its AVT-10 crude distillation unit (CDU) — an initiative ...
Watlow receives Lam Research’s 2019 supplier excellence award
12-09-2019
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. announced today that it has been recognized by Lam
Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) as a recipient of a 2019 Supplier Excellence Award. ...
Preliminary EPC contract signed for a new ammonia plant in Egypt
12-09-2019
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has signed with Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation, a subsidiary of Carbon Holdings, a
preliminary ...
Air Liquide to supply hydrogen to Tabangao refinery
12-09-2019
Air Liquide Philippines and Pilipinas Shell have signed a long-term contract for a supply of Hydrogen to Shell’s Tabangao refinery in Batangas, Philippines. ...
Impressive start for Clariant's MegaMax 800 methanol synthesis catalyst
12-09-2019
Another success story for MegaMax 800. Clariant’s next-generation methanol synthesis catalyst is delivering exceptional performance at the coal-to-liquid ...
BHGE and C3.ai announce release of BHC3 Reliability™
11-09-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai today announced the launch of BHC3 Reliability™, the first artificial intelligence (AI) software application developed ...
SUEZ wins wastewater treatment contract in Dongying chemical industry park
11-09-2019
SUEZ NWS wins a contract worth a total amount of c. 1 billion euros over 50 years for centralized wastewater treatment in the Dongying Chemical Industry Park, ...
Axens and SP3H partnership to develop and commercialise a real-time microanalyzer for liquids
11-09-2019
Axens and SP3H have signed a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize an industrial application of the microanalyzer developed by SP3H for the refining, ...
Graham Corporation awarded orders for three projects
10-09-2019
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and defense industries, today ...
Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
10-09-2019
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce ...
Methanex awards methanol plant license to Johnson Matthey
10-09-2019
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces today that it has been awarded the for Methanex Corporation’s Geismar ...
Fluor completes construction contract for MEGlobal project in Oyster Creek
10-09-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed its mechanical construction scope of work on MEGlobal’s world-class ethylene glycol ...
HQC implements Aspen HYSYS® dynamics software in pursuit of asset optimization
09-09-2019
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, today announced that China HuanQiu Contracting and Engineering Corporation (HQC), a wholly-owned ...
HQC implements Aspen HYSYS® dynamics software in pursuit of asset optimization
09-09-2019
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, today announced that China HuanQiu Contracting and Engineering Corporation (HQC), a wholly-owned ...
International Rotating Equipment Conference: Opportunities outweigh risks in digitisation
09-09-2019
On 24 and 25 September 2019 the International Rotating Equipment Conference will take place in Wiesbaden for the fourth time. At this industry meeting, manufacturers ...
Yokogawa acquires RAP International
09-09-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announces the signing of an agreement on September 5th with UK-based RAP International Ltd. (RAP) for Yokogawa to acquire all ...
PKN ORLEN selects
MaxEne™ from Honeywell UOP
09-09-2019
Honeywell today announced that PKN ORLEN has licensed the UOP MaxEne™ process, which can increase production of ethylene and aromatics and improve the ...
Leslie Controls adds replacement offerings for Kylie-Mueller Control Valves
06-09-2019
Leslie
Controls, a CIRCOR International brand, announces replacement Kylie-Mueller valves are now available through CIRCOR’s international channel partner ...
Nahodka Mineral Fertilizer Plant selects Topsoe as licensor for world-scale methanol plant
06-09-2019
Topsoe will provide license, basic
engineering, catalysts, and proprietary hardware for the methanol plant which will be based on Topsoe’s two-step reforming ...
Clariant opens High Throughput Experimentation lab in Houston
06-09-2019
Clariant has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Laboratory in Houston, Texas - the energy capital of
the United States. The location is key ...
LyondellBasell announces agreement for expansion in China
05-09-2019
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
Saudi Aramco expands downstream investment in China Zhejiang free trade zone
05-09-2019
Saudi Aramco today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, in which the Zhoushan Government emphasized its support ...
John Zink teams with B&W to offer complete steam-generation systems
03-09-2019
John Zink Hamworthy Combustion® (JZHC) announced today a strategic collaboration agreement with The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) to ...
Clariant successfully concludes testing of energy crop for GRACE project
02-09-2019
Clariant announced today that it has conducted tests on approximately 30 tons of miscanthus provided by INA, Croatia’s leading oil and gas company. The ...
Gazprom Neft expands its range of high-tech marine lubricants
30-08-2019
Gazpromneft-Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has launched a new marine oil for engines running on ultra-low-sulphur ...
Matrix Service Company awarded Puget Sound refinery contract
29-08-2019
Matrix Service Company announced today that its subsidiary Matrix Service Inc. has been awarded a five-year contract as the primary onsite mechanical services ...
KBC releases industrial energy transition manifesto
29-08-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has released its Industrial Energy Transition Manifesto for the process industries. The Manifesto provides deep insight into current ...
Honeywell helps transform Mexican petrochemical leader's operations
29-08-2019
Honeywell today announced that Braskem Idesa has adopted a hands-free, wearable connected technology solution at its plant in Veracruz, Mexico. Honeywell's ...
GTM ONE chooses SynCOR™ technology from Haldor Topsoe
29-08-2019
Topsoe will provide license, basic engineering, catalysts and proprietary hardware for methanol production. In the first stage, Topsoe will provide basic ...
Walter Tosto send five LPG bullets to Heydar Aliyev Baku oil refinery
28-08-2019
The first 5 LPG Bullets commissioned by our customer Tecnimont for the supply of 11 Bullets overall for Socar’s Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery modernization ...
Ammonia plant successfully started up with KBR technology
28-08-2019
KBR announced today the successful startup of the JSC EuroChem Northwest Phosphorit 2,890 MTPD ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The facility’s 1 million ...
Worley joins INEOS Styrolution at groundbreaking ceremony for Bayport ASA plant
28-08-2019
Worley previously announced the project award for the engineering, procurement and construction management contract (EPCM) on the U.S. Gulf Coast. ...
TechnipFMC intends to create two industry leading companies
26-08-2019
TechnipFMC plc, today announced its Board of Directors has unanimously approved its plan to separate into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded ...
ExxonMobil and Mosaic Materials to explore new carbon capture technology
26-08-2019
Mosaic Materials has progressed research on a unique process that uses porous solids, known as metal-organic frameworks, to separate carbon dioxide from air ...
KBC and AVGI partnership will help refiners drive profitable petrochemical growth
26-08-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) is extending its engineering simulation capabilities through a strategic partnership with AVGI, the leading source of simulation and ...
Bilfinger UK awarded maintenance contracts with INEOS securing roles in Grangemouth
23-08-2019
Bilfinger UK has been awarded multi-million-pound contracts to deliver maintenance services for global chemical producer INEOS at two sites in Scotland that ...
Towards Your Low-Carbon Refinery
23-08-2019
This webcast from Shell Catalysts & Technologies, discusses proven technologies for capturing CO2 from both low and high-pressure streams. Are You… ...
Honeywell Technology selected for PetroChina Guangdong integrated petrochemicals facility
22-08-2019
Honeywell announced today that PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company will adopt advanced heavy oil processing technology from Honeywell UOP for its integrated ...
Waltor Tosto send first two Reactors for Anacortes refinery
21-08-2019
On a warm day of August, the first two Catalytic Refomer Reactors, commissioned by the client company Fluor Tesoro for the Marathon Anacortes plant in Washington ...
Petrofac secures three-year contract from INEOS FPS
21-08-2019
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services (EPS) business has been awarded a three-year Operations & Maintenance Support Services contract from ...
Perdaman chooses SynCOR™ solution for world’s largest ammonia plant
21-08-2019
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers has signed a licensing and engineering contract for Haldor Topsoe’s SynCOR Ammonia™ solution for its A$ 4 billion ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces hydroprocessing award in China
20-08-2019
Chevron Lummus Global LLC, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. for the license ...
Dow to retrofit Louisiana cracker with fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation technology
20-08-2019
As part of the Company’s current slate of low capital intensity, high-return incremental growth investments, Dow today announced it will retrofit proprietary ...
Mammoet design input delivers maximum efficiency
20-08-2019
As one of the largest crude oil processing locations in Germany, every hour of downtime at PCK Raffinerie GmbH’s (PCK) Schwedt refinery has a significant ...
CEPSA select LC-FINING from Chevron Lummus Global
19-08-2019
Chevron Lummus Global LLC is pleased to announce its selection by Compañía Española de Petróleos (CEPSA) to provide licensed technology ...
Greene Tweed highlights Innovative ArlonÒ 3000 XT polymer for oil and gas
15-08-2019
Greene Tweed, a leading global manufacturer of high-performance seals, thermoplastics, composites, and engineered components, announces the availability of ...
Emerson expands asset management coverage
15-08-2019
Emerson has expanded AMS Device Manager with HART-IP™ support, making it easier to connect with devices and control systems and potentially eliminate ...
Honeywell successfully commissions second C3 Oleflex™ unit for Zhejiang satellite
15-08-2019
Honeywell announced today that Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd, is using Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 450,000 ...
Successful startup of world’s largest dehydrogenation plant using CATOFIN®
15-08-2019
Clariant announced the successful startup of its CATOFIN catalyst at Hengli Group’s new mixed-feed dehydrogenation plant in Dalian, China. The new unit ...
Orbital Gas Systems wins VE technology sample system contract
13-08-2019
CUI Global Inc, wholly-owned Energy subsidiary, Orbital Gas Systems, announced that it has received an order to supply and commission a VE Technology Sample ...
CIRCOR International features R.G. Laurence on/off valves for hazardous conditions
12-08-2019
CIRCOR International, a worldwide manufacturer of valves for the power generation, industrial, marine and oil and gas markets for over a century, features high-quality ...
KTA butadiene plant built by Wison Engineering starts up successfully
12-08-2019
On August 11, Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology Co., Ltd.'s new 100 KTA butene-to-butadiene plant, built by Wison Engineering (SEHK stock code: 2236), ...
PetroLogistics awards McDermott with FEED contract for 500 KTA Gulf Coast PDH project
12-08-2019
McDermott International, Inc announced it has been awarded a sizeable contract by PetroLogistics ll LLC to perform the front-end engineering design (FEED) services ...
Saudi Aramco invests in Reliance Industries oil to chemicals division
12-08-2019
Saudi Aramco and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today have agreed to a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) regarding a proposed investment in ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces clean fuels award in South Korea
08-08-2019
Chevron Lummus Global, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by SK Energy Co., Ltd. for the licensing of its Vacuum Residue Desulfurization ...
KBR acquires isomerization technologies to expand octane solutions offerings
08-08-2019
KBR announced today that it has acquired isomerization technologies from RRT Global that will enable KBR to offer expanded octane and clean fuel technology ...
5 key downstream projects in Caspian and Central Asian regions
07-08-2019
In preparation for the Downstream Caspian and Central Asia conference (23-24 September, Nur-Sultan), the organizing company Globuc partnered with GlobalData ...
LyondellBasell technology selected for a JV between Sonatrach and TOTAL
07-08-2019
LyondellBasell today announced that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères Spa (STEP), a joint venture between Sonatrach and TOTAL S.A, has selected LyondellBasell’s ...
Clariant Catalysts expands in the Middle East with new office in Saudi Arabia
07-08-2019
Clariant announced today that the company’s Catalysts business inaugurated a new services and support office in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located ...
AMETEK Grabner Instruments partners with CONLAB Laboratory
06-08-2019
AMETEK Grabner Instruments has partnered with the laboratory CONLAB to push the boundaries of technology and improve the quality of fuel analysis. By partnering ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Datong Coal Mine Group
06-08-2019
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
ExxonMobil increases synthetic base stock production capacity
02-08-2019
ExxonMobil Chemical Synthetics announced today it is responding to customer needs by significantly increasing low viscosity polyalphaolefin synthetic base stocks ...
Worlds largest crude column ships
01-08-2019
The crude column for Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has shipped. Once completed, this complex will be the world’s largest single-train refinery with ...
Koch-Glitsch acquires Julius Montz
01-08-2019
Koch-Glitsch, a subsidiary of Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) and its parent company Koch Industries, today announced the acquisition of Julius Montz GmbH ...
Linde starts up new plant to supply Evonik complex in Singapore
01-08-2019
Linde announced today it has started up a new gas production facility
supplying methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide to Evonik Industries' second world-scale ...
Sphera launches New IRM 4.0 solution to help transform turnaround performance
01-08-2019
The evolution of Industry 4.0 technologies has delivered unparalleled insights that are changing the way companies approach
their Operational Excellence strategies. ...
AVEVA opens operations center for the Oil, Gas and Mining industries
01-08-2019
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today launched Unified Operations Center, its command-and-control solution for infrastructure ...
ABB to modernize Shymkent oil refinery
31-07-2019
ABB has won a multi-million-dollar order to modernize a major oil refinery in Kazakhstan, as the Republic’s ‘Digital Kazakhstan’ program seeks ...
SNC-Lavalin wins commissioning services contract for Gulf Coast project
31-07-2019
SNC-Lavalin announces that it has been awarded a major commissioning services contract with ExxonMobil/SABIC for their Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) petrochemical ...
Emerson helps industry enable digital transformation with new cybersecurity lab
31-07-2019
Emerson, a global technology and engineering company, today opened its newest cybersecurity lab to help manufacturers confidently adopt digital transformation ...
Metso expands its valve distributor network with eight partners in Europe
30-07-2019
Metso signed new distributor agreements in eight European countries for its valve business during H1/2019. The agreements cover the following companies that ...
KBC releases Visual MESA Energy Management System™ 6.1
30-07-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announced the release of Visual MESA Energy Management System 6.1 (VM-EMS) for industrial facilities. It reduces energy costs by providing ...
Evonik and thyssenkrupp grant HPPO technology license to Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical
26-07-2019
Evonik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions have agreed to grant a license for HPPO Technology to Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Co. to produce propylene oxide. ...
Burns & McDonnell announces Houston expansion
25-07-2019
Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners, LLC, a Richmond, Virginia-based commercial real estate investment firm, today announced that Burns & McDonnell, a 100% ...
Grassroots petrochemical complex to be built in Prince George
25-07-2019
A Calgary-based company intends to build a $5.6-billion petrochemical plant in a city industrial park. On Wednesday, West Coast Olefins CEO Ken James said the ...
Cooperation agreement on industrial scale hydrogenation plants
25-07-2019
Frames Group B.V., Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH and MAN Energy Solutions SE enter a close cooperation in order to build large-scale hydrogen storage ...
KBR to begin work on EPC phase of Methanex methanol project
25-07-2019
KBR announced today that, following a Final Investment Decision from Methanex, approval has been given to begin work on the detailed Engineering, Procurement ...
Indian Oil selects FCC technology from McDermott
25-07-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the technology ...
Air Products buys back Air Separation units and supplies industrial gases to Shanxi Jinmei Huayu
24-07-2019
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced it has recently completed the buyback of two air separation units (ASUs) from Shanxi ...
KIPIC award Al Zour refinery Wastewater treatment contract to Veolia
24-07-2019
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) entrusts Veolia with the operation of the wastewater treatment plant at its refinery in Al Zour, southern ...
Air Liquide strengthens its long term relationship with Shell Chemicals in Canada
23-07-2019
Air Liquide and Shell Chemicals, one of the world’s leading chemicals suppliers, signed renewal contracts for the supply of Oxygen, Nitrogen, Steam and ...
ExxonMobil begins production on Beaumont high-performance polyethylene line
23-07-2019
ExxonMobil said today it started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Texas polyethylene plant. The expansion increases plant ...
Bilfinger wins multiple engineering contracts from ADNOC
23-07-2019
Bilfinger has been awarded multiple engineering contracts by ADNOC. The projects, secured by Bilfinger’s Middle East division, entail the provision of ...
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries selects Honeywell UOP technology for Al-Zour
23-07-2019
Honeywell announced today that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) has awarded reconfiguration of refining and petrochemicals sections of ...
McDermott, Chiyoda and Zachry Group introduce feed gas to Train 1 at Freeport LNG
22-07-2019
McDermott International Inc, along with its partners, Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, announced today that Train 1 of the Freeport ...
McDermott awarded pre-FEED contract by YPF for Vaca Muerta LNG
19-07-2019
McDermott International Inc, announced it has been awarded a sizeable contract by Argentina-based YPF, S.A. to provide pre-front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) ...
Venture Global secures funding for Calcasieu Pass LNG construction
19-07-2019
Venture Global LNG, Inc. is proud to announce that the company’s $5.8 billion Calcasieu Pass LNG construction financing has received over $10 billion ...
KazmunayGas heads to participate at the Downstream Caspian and Central Asia
19-07-2019
An extensive delegation of senior representatives of Kazmunaygas and its subsidiaries and refineries will participate in the Downstream Caspian and Central ...
Endress+Hauser strengthens expertise for advanced analysis
18-07-2019
Endress+Hauser has expanded its center of competence for advanced analysis in Lyon, France. The Group invested 2 million euros in a new production facility ...
First Axens PolyFuel® unit successfully started up at Petrobrazi refinery
18-07-2019
After four years of teamwork for project development and execution, the new PolyFuel® unit at Petrobrazi refinery was started-up and is fully functional ...
IPCO acquires Extruwork SRL
18-07-2019
IPCO (former Sandvik Process Systems) has acquired the Italian company Extruwork SRL, a manufacturer of extruder lines for powder paint. Core capabilities are ...
ExxonMobil collaborates to accelerate development of open process automation systems
17-07-2019
ExxonMobil said today it has signed collaboration agreements with six other companies to accelerate the development of Open Process Automation (OPA) systems. ...
SUEZ E.C.O.Film non-phosphate cooling water treatment enters market
17-07-2019
SUEZ has developed a new corrosion and scale control chemistry for cooling water. E.C.O.Film, which stands for Engineered Carboxylate Oxide, relies on SUEZ’s ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Nayara Energy Limited
16-07-2019
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
Frames kerosene treater for Cepsa San Roque refinery
16-07-2019
Frames has designed and supplied an electrostatic colaescer for kerosene treatment to the Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. ...
Yokogawa releases CENTUM
VP R6.07
16-07-2019
Electric Corporation announces the July 18 release of CENTUM™ VP R6.07. CENTUM VP is the core product in the OpreX™ Control and Safety System family ...
Topsoe to build demonstration plant to produce cost-competitive CO2-neutral methanol
16-07-2019
The
demonstration plant, scheduled to be fully operational in the beginning of 2022, is expected to demonstrate that sustainable methanol production from biogas ...
OMV continues to expand petrochemicals business
15-07-2019
OMV, the international, integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Vienna, has made the decision to invest
EUR 64 mn in the construction of an ISO C4 plant ...
Indian Oil selects ISODEWAXING and ISOFINISHING from Chevron Lummus Global
15-07-2019
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) has been awarded the license and engineering contracts for a 270 TMTPA (thousand metric tons per annum) Lubricants Base Oil plant ...
McDermott awarded FEED contract for Sohar LNG bunkering project in Oman
15-07-2019
McDermott International, Inc announced it has been awarded a sizeable* contract by Total Oman E&P Development B.V. in partnership with Oman Oil Company ...
Emerson announces enhanced Rosemount™ 5300 guided wave radar level transmitter
15-07-2019
Emerson announced today that it has enhanced its Rosemount™ 5300 Guided Wave Radar Level Transmitter to optimise separation process performance and prevent ...
McDermott announces startup of worlds largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant
11-07-2019
McDermott International, Inc today announced the recent successful startup of the world's largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant, which is located at Hengli ...
Shenghong Petrochemical selects STRATCO® Alkylation Technology
11-07-2019
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded contracts to supply Shenghong Petrochemical Group Co., Limited (Shenghong) with a STRATCO® alkylation ...
Air Liquide signs long-term supply agreement with GCGV and build new ASU in Texas
10-07-2019
Air Liquide has signed a long-term agreement with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a 50/50 joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, to supply oxygen and ...
Uniseal cryogenic stainless-steel pipe coupling from CPC-Cryolab for extreme low temperatures
10-07-2019
CPC-Cryolab, a CIRCOR International brand, announces the Uniseal Cryogenic Stainless-Steel Pipe Coupling for the industrial gas, cryogenic, and space industries. ...
Total and IFPEN to accelerate carbon reduction R&D
09-07-2019
IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) and Total announce that they signed a strategic R&D partnership yesterday, that includes an agreement to endow a chair at ...
Software upgrades speed predictive maintenance response
09-07-2019
Emerson has improved its AMS Machinery Manager predictive maintenance and analysis software with new visibility tools and mobile access to help users more quickly ...
Nuberg EPC signs contract to deliver Chlor-Alkali Plant in Morocco
09-07-2019
Global EPC and turnkey management company Nuberg EPC has been selected by SCE Chemicals, Morocco as the EPC lump sum contractor to establish a new Chlor-Alkali ...
Yokogawa to establish open process automation test bed for ExxonMobil
09-07-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil to be the Open Process Automation (OPA) system integrator responsible for establishing ...
AFPM launches ad campaign urging the President to protect refinery jobs
08-07-2019
Today, AFPM launched an advertising campaign asking President Trump to keep his promise to protect U.S. refiners from unchecked ethanol mandates that threaten ...
Emerson completes purchase of Zedi's software and automation businesses
08-07-2019
Emerson today announced it has completed the purchase of Zedi’s software and automation businesses. The addition of Zedi’s cloud supervisory control ...
KBC to boost triple bottom line performance of Middle East oil refineries
08-07-2019
To combat imminent global economic headwinds, KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces it has been awarded Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) for three oil refineries ...
Emerson releases two new Rosemount™ 628 universal gas sensors
08-07-2019
Emerson has introduced two new Rosemount™ 628 Universal Gas Sensors to measure carbon monoxide and oxygen depletion in addition to the existing capability ...
PCS receives patent for crude stabilization process
07-07-2019
Process Consulting Services has been granted a patent for a novel crude stabilization process. Conventional small field stabilization units, often called “heater ...
McDermott announces agreement with Cameron LNG
05-07-2019
McDermott International, Inc today announced it and its joint venture member Chiyoda have reached an agreement with Cameron LNG related to the construction ...
Emerson completes Kochi refinery upgrade
05-07-2019
Emerson, a global technology and engineering company, today announced the completion of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Kochi Refinery upgrade. ...
Total starts
up the La Mède Biorefinery
04-07-2019
Total has started up production at the La Mède biorefinery in southeastern France, with the first batches of biofuel coming off the line. It is the final ...
New Ex-protection certifications for non-electrical devices now available at WEKA
03-07-2019
Liquids and gases under control - this is especially true when there is a risk of explosion. Not only electrical equipment can be affected. Non-electrical equipment ...
INEOS Oxide announces location for its new Ethylene Oxide (EO) investment
02-07-2019
NEOS Oxide today confirms its new 1.2 billion lb
(circa 520 kt) Ethylene Oxide (EO) unit and associated downstream Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EOD) is to be ...
MMEX Resources sells its planned West Texas refinery Products
01-07-2019
MMEX Resources Corp, a development stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and
infrastructure projects in ...
Neste Engineering implements engineering information management system for ADNOC
01-07-2019
Neste Engineering Solutions and ADNOC Gas Processing are collaborating to strengthen the Company’s already existing digitalization strategy foundation ...
KBR awarded phenol and acetone technology contract by Qingdao Haiwan Chemical
01-07-2019
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Qingdao Haiwan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Haiwan Chemical) to license KBR's leading phenol and acetone technology ...
Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes sign MOU for non-metallic materials production facility
01-07-2019
Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) today signed a memorandum of understanding to create a new joint venture facility in Saudi Arabia ...
Gazprom Neft develops capacity to increase production of high-octane fuel
01-07-2019
Gazprom Neft has now completed the installation of key catalyst reforming equipment at its Omsk Refinery. The modernisation of the existing facility ...
New EPC award from ANWIL in the fertilizer business in Poland
28-06-2019
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract from ANWIL, ...
Yamal Oil and Gas 2019
28-06-2019
We talked about a newsletter yesterday. Here is the text that announces our report on O&G industry in Yamal and Arctic region. Is it possible to include ...
World’s only natural
gas-to-gasoline plant in operation in Turkmenistan
28-06-2019
Today, a grand event marked the official opening of the world’s only natural gas-to-gasoline plant close to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. His ...
Gazprom Neft develops its fuel-supply terminals network
26-06-2019
Gazprom Neft has brought
a new fuel terminal, “Gladkoye”, into production in the Tosnensky District of the Leningrad Oblast. The ...
Siemens successfully commissions Zimpro® wet air oxidation unit for olefins plant
26-06-2019
Siemens Water Solutions successfully installed and started up a Zimpro® wet air
oxidation (WAO) system at a global petrochemical company’s olefins ...
SPECTRO introduces SPECTROCUBE ED-XRF spectrometer for fuel and lube oil analysis
25-06-2019
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments introduces the SPECTROCUBE ED-XRF benchtop spectrometer for the easy, accurate, and reliable analysis of
fuel and lube oil, at ...
Two milestone units for Sulzer GTC start up in China
24-06-2019
Hengli GT-BTX - After two years of field construction, the largest GT-BTX unit in the world was started up along with more than 20 other units in Hengli’s ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical and Qatar Petroleum to develop petrochemical complex
24-06-2019
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum (QP) today announced the signing of an agreement to pursue the development, construction and ...
Stork consortium awarded 4-year turnaround framework agreement by Ecopetrol
24-06-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, together with its consortium partners, was awarded a 4-year ...
Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai announce JV to deliver AI solutions
24-06-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai today announced a joint venture agreement that brings together BHGE’s fullstream oil and gas expertise with C3.ai’s ...
Rawson/Industrial Controls ink new partnership with Forum
24-06-2019
Rawson/Industrial Controls, both leading distributors of instrumentation, valve, and control products, announced that they have signed a distribution partnership ...
Ariel upgrades its mobile training offering
23-06-2019
Ariel Corporation continues to set the standard for training opportunities for the natural gas industry—not only at our world headquarters but on the ...
BASF launches Durasorb™
HG
19-06-2019
BASF continues to add new solutions to its portfolio for natural gas processing applications with the launch of Durasorb™ HG, a mercury removal adsorbent. ...
Weld overlay for coker drums done right
18-06-2019
Delayed coker units (DCUs) operate under extremely harsh conditions, particularly during quench cycles. These
can cause cracking, bulging or corrosion of coke ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Hyundai Chemical
18-06-2019
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
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INEOS selects SK E&C to build new propane dehydrogenation unit
18-06-2019
INEOS has today announced the next step forwards in the design and build of its state-of-the-art PDH (propane dehydrogenation unit) at the centre of its €3bn ...
LyondellBasell and Neste announce production of bio-based plastic from renewable materials
18-06-2019
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel from ...
GAIL produces Metallocene PE on its UNIPOL™ PE reactor line
17-06-2019
GAIL (India) Ltd has successfully produced Metallocene linear-low density polyethylene (mLLDPE) on its world-class 400,000 MT per annum UNIPOL™ PE Reactor ...
Grace acquires the business of Rive Technology Inc
17-06-2019
W. R. Grace & Co. today completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Rive Technology, Inc., including its Molecular Highway™ zeolite ...
Zachry Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries awarded two-train polyethylene unit contract
17-06-2019
Zachry Group and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. have been selected to construct a two-train polyethylene unit that will be part of a ...
Metso to introduce advanced flow control practices at Valve World Americas
17-06-2019
Metso will showcase its unique valve and service solution offering for the process industries at Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2019, taking place ...
ExxonMobil completes Singapore expansion to enhance Group II base stocks supply
14-06-2019
ExxonMobil today said that it has completed an expansion at its Singapore refinery to upgrade its production of EHC™ Group II base stocks, strengthening ...
INVISTA and Koch-Glitsch expand partnership
13-06-2019
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Koch-Glitsch, affiliates of Koch Industries Inc., announced today an expansion of their partnership to offer the ...
Omsk refinery continues construction of its “Biosphere” wastewater treatment facility
13-06-2019
Installation of a tank block at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery’s “Biosphere” wastewater treatment facility — one ...
ExxonMobil and SABIC proceed with Gulf Coast growth ventures project
13-06-2019
ExxonMobil and SABIC today announced the decision to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 million metric ton ethane steam cracker ...
McDermott awarded paraxylene (pX) technology contract in China
13-06-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable* technology contract by Ningbo Union King Polyester Material Limited for the ...
Clariant launches CATOFIN® 311 propane dehydrogenation catalyst
13-06-2019
Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the launch of its latest propane dehydrogenation catalyst, CATOFIN 311. ...
Aspen Technology and Hexagon collaborate to accelerate digital transformation
12-06-2019
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, and Hexagon PPM, the leading global provider of engineering software for the design, ...
Aspen Technology and Hexagon announce collaboration
12-06-2019
Aspen Technology Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, and Hexagon PPM, the leading global provider of engineering software for the design, construction ...
Shell agrees to sale of Martinez refinery
11-06-2019
Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced it has reached an agreement for the sale of Shell’s ...
Honeywell unveils new approach to engineering industrial control systems
11-06-2019
Honeywell today introduced the availability of Honeywell Forge for Industrial, an enterprise performance management software for operational technology that ...
Direct-fired heater demand buoyed by their ability to attain 100% efficiency
11-06-2019
According to the recently published study, the global sales of fired heaters were close to 695 units in 2018, and are estimated to register approximately 5% ...
Martin Midstream Partners announces sale of natural gas storage assets
10-06-2019
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hartree Cardinal Gas, LLC, a subsidiary of Hartree Bulk ...
Honeywell unveils new approach to engineering industrial control systems
10-06-2019
Honeywell today unveiled Experion® PKS Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE), a fundamentally new approach to engineering and maintaining industrial ...
Eni and Maire Tecnimont to turn waste into new energy
10-06-2019
The two companies have signed a partnership agreement to develop and implement a conversion technology, which uses high-temperature gasification to produce ...
Wood secures contract for greenfield petrochemicals project in Oman
10-06-2019
Wood has been awarded a new contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) to provide FEED (front-end engineering design) for a proposed ...
Watlow® introduces RMA PLUS remote access module
06-06-2019
Watlow®, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, introduces its new RMA PLUS, an enhanced version of the legacy EZ-ZONE® ...
Koch Engineered Solutions and EFT Analytics team up
06-06-2019
Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), the unit of Koch Industries, Inc. focused on developing and delivering innovative technical and service solutions for industrial ...
Fluor’s Chemical expansion project for Milliken is underway
06-06-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that its engineering, procurement and construction project for Milliken & Company’s chemical plant expansion at ...
Metropolis acquire Crambeth Allen Publishing
05-06-2019
On 5 June 2019 Crambeth Allen Publishing Ltd, publishers of PTQ, was acquired by Metropolis International, parent company of EMAP Publishing. All of the ...
Rising Stars is back and we are on the search for our 2019 finalists
05-06-2019
This is your chance to speak in front of the biggest and most senior downstream audience in Europe where you can share your vision for the industry. This year’s ...
INEOS to invest $2bn in Saudi Arabia
04-06-2019
INEOS has today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco and Total, France, to build three new plants as part of the Jubail 2 ...
Servomex appoint Keith
Warren
03-06-2019
Servomex has added to the extensive gas analysis expertise on offer to customers with the appointment of Keith Warren as Product Manager for Process Oxygen ...
Ariel KBK ships as the 60,000th reciprocating compressor
03-06-2019
In the midst of one of Ariel Corporation's most robust manufacturing
cycles, the company has shipped serial number 60,000, a KBK/4 reciprocating compressor. ...
New mobile APP for configuring radar level transmitters
30-05-2019
Emerson has added the Radar Master app for the AMS Trex™ Device Communicator, making it easier for field technicians to safely and efficiently configure ...
Siemens enters Permian gas processing market
30-05-2019
Siemens was recently awarded a contract to provide three residue compression trains for two, 250 million (500 million total) standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) ...
Grabner launches new MINIFLASH FP Vision
29-05-2019
With AMETEK Grabner Instruments’ new flash point analyzer MINIFLASH FP Vision safety comes first. The MINIFLASH FP Vision determines the flash point ...
Launch of an innovative European “3D” project for the capture and storage of CO2
28-05-2019
A consortium of 11 European stakeholders including ArcelorMittal, Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Total, is launching a project today to demonstrate ...
SkyNRG selects HydroFlex™ technology from Haldor Topsoe
27-05-2019
SkyNRG’s planned refinery is the first in world to be entirely dedicated to producing renewable jet fuel and the first in Europe to produce certified ...
BASF develops process for climate-friendly methanol
24-05-2019
The production processes of the most important basic chemicals are responsible for around 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industry. ...
SABIC UK selects Bilfinger as maintenance partner
23-05-2019
Bilfinger has been chosen as maintenance partner for a €60 million contract by SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited to carry out a range of services across ...
MOL awards McDermott petrochemicals technology contract
23-05-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by MOL Petrochemicals for the basic engineering, technology ...
KBR awarded BED and FEED for Sonatrach / Cepsa JV project
22-05-2019
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Sonatrach and Cepsa to provide Basic Engineering Design (BED) and Front End Engineering Design ...
ERTC 2019 agenda at a glance
22-05-2019
After our advisory board meeting in March, we learnt about the pressing challenges and opportunities to be discussed at November’s ERTC. Whilst ...
Hyundai Chemical
Company selects UNIPOL™ PE technology from Univation
20-05-2019
Hyundai Chemical Company, Ltd. has chosen Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Technology for a 300 kTA high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant to ...
KBC Releases Visual Mesa Production Accounting™ 3.7
17-05-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announced the
release of Visual MESA Production Accounting (VM-PA) 3.7 for hydrocarbon processing and chemical plants. VM-PA models ...
Demand for industrial and specialty gases to create investment opportunities
17-05-2019
Registering a steady CAGR of 4.9%, the global market for air separation plant will reach a
valuation of US$ 7,891.1 Mn by 2028, with China holding majority ...
KBR awarded FEED contract for Oman LNG debottlenecking project
15-05-2019
KBR Inc, announced today it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Oman LNG L.L.C for the debottlenecking of their facility at Sur ...
Haldor Topsoe launches ClearView™ Hydrogen
14-05-2019
The ClearView Hydrogen service delivers performance-enhancing insights straight to the plant’s process engineers and managers. The insights are produced ...
Venture Global LNG select technologies from Honeywell UOP
14-05-2019
Honeywell announced today that Venture Global LNG, Inc. will use a series of technologies from Honeywell UOP to remove various contaminants from natural gas ...
Emerson introduces new 2-wire coriolis flow meter
14-05-2019
Emerson has released the Micro Motion 4200 2-wire loop-powered Coriolis transmitter, a new design that makes it possible to replace existing 2-wire flow devices ...
McDermott awarded polypropylene technology contract in India
13-05-2019
McDermott International, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), a group ...
KBR selected as preferred bidder for freeport LNG train 4 EPC project
13-05-2019
KBR, Inc. announced today it has been selected by Freeport LNG Development, L.P. as the preferred bidder for the engineering, procurement, construction, and ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces delayed coking award in India
09-05-2019
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd. (HRRL) for the license and extended ...
ADNOC awards Bilfinger three EPC contracts
09-05-2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded Bilfinger three separate projects in the first quarter of 2019. The contracts, secured by Bilfinger's ...
Wison Engineering completes 600 KTA MTO and 100 KTA butadiene project
08-05-2019
Wison Engineering successfully handed over its EPC project of 600 KTA MTO plant and 100 KTA butene-to-butadiene plant to the project owner - Nanjing Chengzhi ...
Zeeland refinery bridges gap in planning and scheduling with Aspen Technology
07-05-2019
Aspen Technology Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, today announced that Zeeland Refinery, a joint venture between Total and Lukoil in Western ...
Clariant and Wuxi Xiyuan win further contracts for formaldehyde production projects
07-05-2019
Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced that it will be collaborating with its engineering partner, Wuxi Xiyuan, in two ...
BHGE wins FLNG turbomachinery contract
06-05-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply turbomachinery equipment for the first phase of BP’s Greater ...
Merichem Chairman and CEO Kendra Lee named finalist in prestigious business award
06-05-2019
EY today announced that Chairman and CEO, Kendra Lee of Merichem Company is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award in the Gulf Coast Area. ...
Siemens and TÜV SÜD partner to strengthen digital safety and security
06-05-2019
Siemens and TÜV SÜD have come together to address the growing risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure by collaborating to provide digital ...
Topsoe releases its 2018 sustainability report
06-05-2019
The Sustainability Report 2018 provides an overview of Haldor Topsoe’s main sustainability initiatives, activities and achievements over the 2018 financial ...
KBR debuts new look to reflect today's dynamic modern KBR
03-05-2019
KBR Inc, is excited to announce the unveiling of a new look to reflect today's dynamic and modern KBR. The launch of the new KBR brand includes a new ...
Matrix Service to build LNG facility for Piedmont Natural Gas
03-05-2019
Piedmont Natural Gas announced today it has selected Matrix Service Inc., a subsidiary of Matrix Service Company, to build its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility ...
ExxonMobil announces Baytown chemical expansion project
02-05-2019
ExxonMobil said today that it will proceed with a $2 billion investment to expand its Baytown, Texas chemical plant, which will create approximately 2,000 jobs ...
KBR awarded FEED and EPC contracts for oil storage facility in the Permian Basin
02-05-2019
KBR Inc, announced today it has been awarded a reimbursable Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract ...
KBR awarded maintenance services contract by Sadara
02-05-2019
KBR Inc, announced today it has been awarded a Maintenance Alliance Program (MAP) contract to provide long-term maintenance services for the Sadara Chemical ...
Eastham Refinery selects terminal automation solution from Emerson
02-05-2019
Integrated solution combines logistics management and distributed control systems to drive greater uptime and reduce operating costs to help the UK’s ...
Sulzer acquires GTC Technology
02-05-2019
Sulzer acquires GTC Technology US, LLC, a technology company offering proprietary processes and systems for the production of aromatics and other petrochemicals. ...
GTC Technology acquired by
Sulzer
01-05-2019
On May 1, 2019, GTC Technology became a part of Sulzer Chemtech. Sulzer’s goal in acquiring GTC is to gain market entry into the technology licensing ...
Chevron completes acquisition of Pasadena Refining System Inc
01-05-2019
Chevron U.S.A Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron
Corporation, today announced that it has completed the acquisition from Petrobras America Inc. of all ...
ADNOC refining award FEED contract to McDermott
01-05-2019
McDermott International Inc, announced it has been awarded a sizeable contract by ADNOC Refining to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for ...
Mammoet opens new facility in the Port of Antwerp
01-05-2019
Mammoet Belgium has opened a new facility in the Port of Antwerp to provide localized support to the region’s growing petrochemical and industrial sector. ...
New manifold valve design for pressure transmitters improves ergonomics and reliability
01-05-2019
Pressure-Lock™ Valve featured on the new Rosemount™ R305 and R306 manifold product family provides easier operation while enhancing reliability ...
WorleyParsons adopts new brand Worley following Jacobs ECR acquisition
01-05-2019
WorleyParsons has announced it is to adopt a new brand, Worley, following the successful completion of the A$4.5 billion acquisition of Jacobs Energy, Chemicals ...
Topsoe scientist receives prestigious award
01-05-2019
Stig Helveg has been honored with the 2019 Innovation in Materials Characterization Award for his profound accomplishments in electron microscopy ...
Wood awarded contract by SABIC for new technology centre in Saudi Arabia
30-04-2019
Wood has secured a new contract with SABIC to deliver the engineering design for a world-class petrochemical research centre in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wood ...
Transforming process engineering through innovation
30-04-2019
The fifth edition of the Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition (MEPEC) will be held from 14 to 16 October 2019 at the Bahrain ...
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction signs a new supply contract in China
30-04-2019
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a new supply contract with Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.( Zhanjiang Steel), a subsidiary ...
JSC GazpromNeft award EPC contract to Saipem
25-04-2019
Saipem has signed a Preliminary Agreement with JSC GazpromNeft Moscow Refinery and an EPC Contract with Infrastructure Development and Construction for an aggregate ...
Wood grows chemicals business with new contract in Germany
25-04-2019
Wood has been awarded a new contract by Evonik to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Group’s new polyamide ...
Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemicals selects ISOALKY™ from Honeywell UOP
25-04-2019
Honeywell UOP announced today that Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s ISOALKY™ ionic liquids alkylation technology ...
Rompetrol accelerates digital transformation strategy with Aspen Technology Software
24-04-2019
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, today announced that Rompetrol Rafinare, a KMG International Group member and the ...
Mammoet keeps major Spanish refinery upgrade on track
24-04-2019
Mammoet was recently contracted to transport and install a new 400-ton cracking column at CEPSA’s La Rábida oil refinery in southern Spain. Mammoet ...
Emerson speeds development and tuning of plant digital twins
24-04-2019
A new release of Emerson’s Mimic™ Simulation Software makes it easier for plants to develop a more accurate digital twin. New modelling capabilities, ...
Shenghong Refining & Chemical selects hydrocracking technology from Axens
24-04-2019
Shenghong Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd has selected Axens’ ebullated-bed residue hydrocracking technology H-Oil® for a capacity of 3,200,000 tons ...
Burckhardt Compression to equip mega-plants with Hyper compressors in China
24-04-2019
Burckhardt Compression has signed in the last months contracts to equip three production lines for synthetics with Hyper Compressors. Each of these petrochemical ...
Babcock brings ecoETHN™ a new ethane Boil Off Gas technology to market
23-04-2019
Babcock International, a global leader in liquefied gas cargo handling systems, has added ecoETHN™, a patent pending ethane Boil Off Gas (BOG) reliquefaction ...
Learning from the past, and looking to the future of downstream at Chevron
23-04-2019
In a new headline address on June 12th in Houston, Chevron’s President of Manufacturing Mike Coyle will be announcing lessons learned over the last five ...
McDermott awarded petrochemicals contract in Kuwait
22-04-2019
McDermott International, Inc and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, today announced that KIPIC has ...
Saudi Aramco to acquire Shell’s share of the SASREF refining joint venture
21-04-2019
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) is to acquire Shell Saudi Arabia Refining Limited’s (Shell) 50% share of the SASREF joint venture in Jubail ...
LyondellBasell grants 1100KTA Hostalen ACP licensed capacity to PetroChina
16-04-2019
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced that PetroChina will use the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advanced ...
Sulzer’s automated welding - from rust to robust for major Spanish refinery
16-04-2019
Sulzer’s automated welding delivers quality and cost-efficient corrosion protection for distillation columns. The efficient prevention and minimization ...
Saudi Aramco to acquire stake in South Korean Hyundai Oilbank
16-04-2019
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings today announced that they have reached an agreement for Saudi Aramco’s ...
TOYO awarded propylene splitter project in Japan
16-04-2019
TEC Project Services Corporation, a domestic subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded a propylene splitter project from Maruzen Petrochemical ...
Qatargas and BASF sign gas treating technology license agreement for LNG trains
16-04-2019
Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas), acting on behalf of Qatar Petroleum, and BASF SE have signed a technology license agreement for the North Field ...
Chevron announces agreement to acquire Anadarko
12-04-2019
Chevron Corporation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares ...
Delta Controls acquires the Mobrey range of instruments from Emerson
11-04-2019
Delta Controls, based in Farnham, UK, announced today it has signed an agreement to purchase the Mobrey line of measurement products manufactured in Slough, ...
Clariant’s new OxyMax® PA 690 catalyst excels in start-up at Petrowidada plant
11-04-2019
Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the successful start-up of its new high-yield OxyMax PA 690 catalyst at Petrowidada’s ...
Knutsen OAS Shipping selects Laby® compressors from Burckhardt Compression
10-04-2019
Burckhardt Compression is outfitting a 30,000 m3 LNG carrier operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping AS with Laby® compressors. The Laby® compressors will ...
PTT Global Chemical selects hte to evaluate hydroprocessing catalysts
09-04-2019
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been selected by PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC), a leading Asian integrated petrochemical ...
Interface measurement of oil / emulsions / water in desalters
08-04-2019
Interface measurements in desalters are often regarded as not being very critical, even though every drop of oil, to be refined, passes through the desalter. ...
KBR adds BHGE to development of mid-scale LNG reference design
08-04-2019
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has selected Baker Hughes, a GE company, as part of the ongoing development of KBR's standardized mid-scale Liquefied Natural ...
HPCL Rajasthan refinery selects technologies from Axens
08-04-2019
HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), a joint venture company between HPCL and the Government of Rajasthan, India, has selected Axens to supply several advanced ...
Emerson acquires KNet software
05-04-2019
Emerson announced today it has acquired KnowledgeNet™ (KNet) software from Tunisia-based Integration Objects. KNet’s unique analytics application ...
Kelvion K°Bond is the
cutting-edge heat exchange solution
05-04-2019
Oil rigs, LNG and regasification facilities, hydrogen and supercritical CO2 stations depend on heat exchange solutions that can withstand extreme temperatures ...
Elliott Group completes merger of Ebara International Corporation
04-04-2019
Elliott Group
announced today that the merger of Ebara International Corporation, based in Sparks, Nevada, with its operations in Jeannette, PA, is now complete. ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces delayed coking contract in India
03-04-2019
Chevron Lummus Global LLC is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) for the license and basic ...
Swagelok releases low-temperature option for RHPS series regulators
03-04-2019
Swagelok, a leading solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and services, has announced the release of a new low-temperature seal option. The
...
Hengli Petrochemical selects ISODEWAXING technology from Chevron Lummus Global
03-04-2019
As the world’s second largest lubricant market, China has been mostly depending on imports to satisfy its fast-growing Group III base oil demands. As ...
OSIsoft enters into enterprise agreement with Alizent-Asset Interactive
02-04-2019
OSIsoft LLC, a leader in data infrastructure for critical operations, is proud to announce that it has entered into an Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Alizent-Asset ...
Port Arthur refinery selects coking technology from Wood
02-04-2019
Wood has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction support services contract for the installation of a 55,000 barrels per day, four drum delayed ...
Launch of Shell Catalysts & Technologies
01-04-2019
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced that its affiliates formerly operating under the CRI, Criterion and Shell Global Solutions tradenames will now operate ...
Web-based control system sets new standards in the process industry
01-04-2019
Siemens sets new standards in process automation and is launching an innovative web-based process control system for all industries at the Hannover Messe. Simatic ...
Saudi Aramco selects ROSE® technology from KBR
01-04-2019
KBR, Inc announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for KBR's market leading Supercritical Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) technology ROSE®. Under ...
KBR awarded technical verification and open book estimate EPC contract
01-04-2019
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a Technical Verification and Open Book Estimate (OBE) engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract ...
Air Liquide E&C partner with Samsung Engineering for Methanol FEED contract
01-04-2019
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction entered into a partnership with Samsung Engineering, for the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study of a methanol ...
Sinopec successfully starts up largest composite ionic liquid alkylation unit
31-03-2019
Well Resources Inc. announced the successful start-up of a brownfield Ionikylation unit in Sinopec’s 161,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Jiujiang City, ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces successful start-up of RDS Unit at NSRP in Vietnam
27-03-2019
Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical LLC - a joint venture between PetroVietnam, Idemitsu Kosan, Kuwait Petroleum Europe, and Mitsui Chemicals - has recently ...
McDermott awarded EPCM contract for Unipetrol refinery
26-03-2019
McDermott International, Inc. announced today a sizeable contract award from Unipetrol RPA for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services ...
MAN Energy Solutions and H-TEC SYSTEMS join forces
26-03-2019
MAN Energy Solutions is acquiring 40 percent of the shares of the electrolysis technology company H-TEC SYSTEMS. A contract confirming the partial acquisition ...
Wood leads first-of-a-kind project aimed at reducing CO2 emissions
26-03-2019
Wood has been awarded a prestigious multi-million dollar contract by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative Climate Investments (OGCI CI) to provide conceptual ...
BASF opens innovative research center for catalysts and processes in Ludwigshafen
26-03-2019
BASF today officially opened a pioneering research center at the heart of the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, close to the famous Ammonia Lab. This new pilot ...
Equinor's bet on digital transformation with digital center of excellence
25-03-2019
Equinor makes a big bet on digital transformation, investing around $250 billion in digitalization by 2020, with a wide range of digitalization programmes aimed ...
INEOS Oxide to double capacity of its new ethylene oxide and derivatives facility
23-03-2019
INEOS Oxide has today announced that it is to double the size of its planned Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EOD) facility to be built on ...
OMV and ADNOC to explore new petrochemical opportunities
23-03-2019
OMV and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today signed two Memorandums of Understanding to explore new opportunities for collaboration in the petrochemical ...
Chart Industries receives Calcasieu Pass LNG equipment order
22-03-2019
Chart Industries, Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and energy industries, has booked a $135 ...
Mammoet delivers vital components for major Trinidad plant
21-03-2019
Following its completion, the facility is expected to produce one million tons of methanol and 20 thousand tons of dimethyl ether per year, supplying next-generation ...
7 ambitious methane-based chemical projects in Russia and CIS
21-03-2019
In preparation for the CIS Gas Monetisation conference, Globuc – the organizing company has put together an overview of the key upcoming projects in the ...
Borouge awards WorleyParsons PMC contract for the world’s largest mixed feed cracker
21-03-2019
Borouge has awarded WorleyParsons the project management contract (PMC) for its Ruwais petrochemicals complex. Borouge is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical to study potential expansion of 1-Hexene
20-03-2019
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today it is studying the addition of a world-scale 1-Hexene unit. The addition would expand normal alpha olefins ...
McDermott announces ethylene award in Russia
20-03-2019
McDermott International, today announced that it has been awarded a large technology contract for the basic engineering and licensing of Irkutsk Oil Company's ...
Chart Industries and Indian Oil to pursue LNG market development in India
19-03-2019
Chart Industries, Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and energy industries, and Indian Oil ...
Fluor JV completes construction work on Sasol project in Louisiana
19-03-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with TechnipFMC has successfully completed its engineering, procurement and construction management ...
LyondellBasell grants Hostalen ACP License to Lianyungang Petrochemical Co Ltd
19-03-2019
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced that Lianyungang Petrochemical Co., Ltd has selected Hostalen ...
thyssenkrupp wins EPC contract for fertilizer complex in Egypt
18-03-2019
thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business has won a major order from the Egyptian chemical and fertilizer manufacturer NCIC (El Nasr Company for Intermediate ...
Honeywell and Wood to offer solutions through the Honeywell connected plant platform
18-03-2019
Honeywell and Wood will work together through the Honeywell Connected Plant platform to commercialize digital services that help refiners and petrochemical ...
McDermott announces successful startup of largest ever CDAlky® reactor in China
14-03-2019
McDermott International, Inc. today announced the successful commercialization and startup of its single largest CDAlky® reactor to date at PetroChina's ...
SABIC and hte extend partnership
14-03-2019
On March 13, 2019, SABIC and hte extended plans for collaboration for five more years to increase efficiency through digitalization and high throughput technologies ...
Frames to provide
desalters to Duna refinery
13-03-2019
Frames has been awarded a contract to supply two desalters (electrostatic coalescers) to leading Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group for the Duna Refinery ...
Total selects Roll Group to transport 24 modules for its Ethane cracker project
13-03-2019
Roll Group has been awarded a contract to transport 24 modules for the Total Ethane cracker project in the USA. The transport will cover seven single voyages, ...
Axens and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing sign alliance agreement
12-03-2019
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC (ExxonMobil) and Axens have
signed an alliance agreement for the sublicense of ExxonMobil’s Sulfuric Acid Alkylation ...
New global heads of Systems and Service appointed
12-03-2019
Servomex has enhanced service and support for customers around the world with two new senior appointments. Based in Houston, Shelley Moore becomes Global ...
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Axens and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing sign alliance agreement
12-03-2019
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC (ExxonMobil) and Axens have signed an alliance agreement for the sublicense of ExxonMobil’s Sulfuric Acid Alkylation ...
Plastics manufacturer in Vietnam selects Honeywell technology to produce propylene
12-03-2019
Honeywell announced today that Phu My Plastics Production JSC will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce polymer-grade propylene ...
IndianOil selects Emerson to modernize refinery
11-03-2019
Global technology and engineering company Emerson today announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial ...
RefComm® Galveston
2019
07-03-2019
RefComm® Galveston takes place April 29 - May 3, 2019. This marks the 21st year for the conference, which has paved the way for implementing safety protocols, ...
KBC awards Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) to four oil refineries in South Asia
07-03-2019
To meet the
rapid growth of energy demand in South Asia, KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has today announced it has awarded Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) to four ...
TechnipFMC completes remaining conditions with MIDOR
05-03-2019
TechnipFMC has successfully completed the remaining conditions required to enable work to commence on the
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract ...
Haldor Topsoe launches ClearView™ and announces alliance with Honeywell
05-03-2019
Today, Haldor Topsoe, a world leader in high-performance catalysts and proprietary technologies, and the connected plant leader Honeywell announced a technology ...
ART Hydroprocessing and Gladieux Metals collaborate to recapture metals from spent catalysts
04-03-2019
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC and Gladieux Metals Recycling, LLC today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a full-cycle catalyst management ...
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Axens acquires a stake in Arol Energy
04-03-2019
Axens has announced that it has taken an equity interest in the French company Arol Energy, an expert in biogas purification systems. Arol Energy has many ...
ExxonMobil to fund polypropylene unit to expand Baton Rouge operations
01-03-2019
ExxonMobil said today that it will fund the construction of a new polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge that will expand production capacity along the ...
Praxair to build new world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana
28-02-2019
Praxair, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc, has authorized the construction of a world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana to supply product under ...
Elliott opens new manufacturing facility in India
27-02-2019
Elliott Group is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India. The new factory shares the same campus as the ...
Preem award carbon capture project to Aker Solutions
27-02-2019
Aker Solutions will conduct a feasibility study of the technological and economic impact of implementing carbon capture of major emission source at Preemraff ...
KBC releases Petro-SIM® and Petro-SIM Integrator for the PI System®
26-02-2019
KBC and OSIsoft LLC, a leader in operational intelligence, today announced the Petro-SIM Integrator for the PI System. Petro-SIM 7 is also being released today ...
ADNOC signs framework agreements with Republic of Korea energy companies
26-02-2019
During an official visit to the Republic of Korea by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...
Borouge awards contracts for fourth phase of Ruwais petrochemicals complex
26-02-2019
Borouge, a leading petrochemicals company that provides innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has awarded TechnipFMC, Maire Tecnimont and WorleyParsons ...
KBC releases Petro-SIM® 7
26-02-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) today announced the release of Petro-SIM 7. At KBC, we believe process simulation is at the heart of both design and ...
Fully renewable plastic
bottle significantly closer to reality
26-02-2019
Sustainable technology company Anellotech and its joint development partners IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s ...
ART Hydroprocessing and GS EcoMetal to reclaim metals from spent catalysts
25-02-2019
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART Hydroprocessing) and GS EcoMetal Co. Ltd (GSEM) today announced a multi-year agreement to recover metals from spent ...
ExxonMobil award Beaumont Refinery crude expansion project to KBR
25-02-2019
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a reimbursable contract by
ExxonMobil to provide detailed engineering, procurement, and construction services for ...
BASF and Linde announce natural gas processing technology collaboration
22-02-2019
BASF and The Linde Group’s Engineering Division have agreed on a collaboration to serve natural gas processing applications using BASF’s
adsorbent ...
Level Measurement DuoSeries LB 470RID
21-02-2019
DuoSeries LB 470 is the radiometric level measurement from Berthold in true 2-wire technology, which is now also available with radiation interference detection ...
Wood awarded contract to design largest single site refinery
21-02-2019
Wood has been awarded an $8million contract by ADNOC Refining to deliver pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for a new refinery in Ruwais, in the ...
Ammonia can become the CO2-free fuel of the future
21-02-2019
Today, ammonia is mostly known as an indispensable fertilizer ingredient. A new research project will now explore ammonia’s potential, both as a sustainable ...
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation select KBR
19-02-2019
KBR announced today it has been awarded the Project Management Consultancy Services contract by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for front-end engineering ...
Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger enter JV agreement
19-02-2019
Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, and Schlumberger, the world's leading provider of ...
Mammoet completes milestone lift at Shell petrochemical plant
18-02-2019
MSG80 completes tallest and heaviest lift for Shell Chemicals’ ethane cracker plant. The facility is the first major U.S. project of its kind to be built ...
High-density polyethylene plant constructed within SOCAR Polymer project
18-02-2019
On February 18, the high-density polyethylene plant was officially opened within SOCAR Polymer project in the Sumgayit Chemical Industry Park. The opening ceremony ...
Gazprom Neft introduces digital energy standards in its refining operations
15-02-2019
A pilot “Digital Substation” IT suite has gone into operation at Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery, with this new facility set to become ...
Fluor to design and build new Valvoline lubricants facility in China
15-02-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for Valvoline’s new blending and ...
Rainer Dübi new President Services Division at Burckhardt Compression
14-02-2019
The Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression Holding AG has appointed Rainer Dübi to be the new President of the Services Division and a member of ...
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited selects LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology
13-02-2019
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited, has selected LyondellBasell’s ...
Velocys ammends agreement with Red Rock Biofuels
12-02-2019
Velocys plc, announces it has agreed a series of amendments in its licensing contracts with Red Rock Biofuels LLC (RRB), regarding RRB’s license of Velocys ...
StyroMax UL3 catalyst delivers excellent results at Shandong Yuhuang plant
12-02-2019
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the successful performance of its StyroMax UL3 ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst at the ...
Three new RSMs appointed to Servomex’s sales teams
11-02-2019
Servomex has strengthened its global sales support for customers with the appointments of three new Regional Sales Managers (RSMs). Jesse Underwood and Rodney ...
Meridian establishes site control for Permian Basin refinery
11-02-2019
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., the emerging growth refining firm and leading innovator in advanced technology and environmentally-beneficial petroleum processing ...
SPECTRO introduces SPECTROGREEN ICP-OES analyzer
11-02-2019
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced its new SPECTROGREEN inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) analyzer, debuting its ...
5 key takeaways about digitalization in Oil & Gas
11-02-2019
The aftermath of the IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil and Gas conference has revealed several key takeaways regarding digitalization in oil and gas. Among ...
Eni and SABIC joint technology agreement
08-02-2019
Eni and SABIC today signed a Joint Development Agreement to further develop an innovative technology for natural gas conversion into synthesis gas that can ...
Alfa Laval wins
energy efficiency order
07-02-2019
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery ...
Malaysian refinery selects Rotork Client Support Programme
07-02-2019
The Rotork Client Support Programme (CSP)
has been chosen by the Hengyuan Refining Company Berhad for the asset management of Rotork valve actuation equipment ...
BHGE to supply turbomachinery equipment for Golden Pass LNG export facility
07-02-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE: BHGE), announced it will supply turbomachinery equipment
for the construction of the Golden Pass LNG export facility ...
ClearSign gets approval for Duplex™ demonstration at Los Angeles refinery
06-02-2019
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that improve energy and operational efficiencies while dramatically
...
Braskem and Haldor Topsoe start up demo unit for developing renewable MEG
06-02-2019
Braskem and Haldor Topsoe announced today, that they have reached mechanical completion of the MOSAIK™ process step of their demonstration plant that ...
Servomex appoints new Business Transformation and Planning Director
05-02-2019
Servomex has appointed Joe Podolsky as Business Transformation and Planning Director, based in our UK Technical Centre in Crowborough. He will take on responsibility ...
FLIR launches its first uncooled methane gas detection camera
05-02-2019
FLIR Systems, Inc today announced the FLIR GF77 Gas Find IR, its first uncooled thermal camera designed for detecting methane. This handheld camera offers inspection ...
KBC launches new release of high-fidelity analytics technology
05-02-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) today announced the release of a new high-fidelity analytics technology, Visual MESA Multi-Period Optimizer (VM-MPO) 6. It will allow ...
KBR awarded contract refinery debottlenecking project
04-02-2019
KBR, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a contract by SATORP to debottleneck Train 2 of its existing 440,000 barrels per day refinery in Jubail, Kingdom ...
Axens continues its development and takes on a new identity
04-02-2019
Following the acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem and Prosernat, Axens expands its portfolio of solutions and introduces its new brand architecture, identity and ...
Co-op refinery complex receives Resource Revolution award from SUEZ
01-02-2019
SUEZ honored a project at Federated Co-operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) with the first-ever Resource Revolution Award. The award was ...
TechnipFMC awarded ExxonMobil refinery expansion project
01-02-2019
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large reimbursable contract by ExxonMobil for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction for the recently announced crude ...
Toyo Engineering Korea awarded petrochemical project in Thailand
31-01-2019
Toyo Engineering Korea Limited a Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction project from Bangkok ...
TOYO awarded petrochemical project in Russia
31-01-2019
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract to build a 650,000 t/y ethylene and polyethylene plant located in Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, Russian ...
Saudi Aramco and Total sign MoU with Daelim to build Polyisobutylene facility
31-01-2019
Saudi Aramco with its partner Total today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Daelim, a South Korean petrochemical company. Under ...
Irving Oil announces successful acquisition of Top Oil
31-01-2019
Canadian-owned Irving Oil announced today its acquisition of the Tedcastle group of companies, an Irish-based energy marketing and distribution organization, ...
Methanol, Ammonia, GTL, MTO and other ways of gas monetisation in the CIS
31-01-2019
The 5th annual CIS Gas monetisation conference will be held in Moscow, Russia on the 9th 10th of April. The conference will focus on the syngas and nitrogen ...
Chevron agrees with Petrobras to buy Pasadena Refinery System
30-01-2019
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, today announced that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Petrobras America ...
Emerson enhances its DeltaV™ mobile app
30-01-2019
Emerson has enhanced its DeltaV™ Mobile app to ensure plant personnel have faster access to process information and to help organisations tailor the notifications ...
Saudi Aramco, TechnipFMC and Axens advance catalytic crude to chemicals technology
29-01-2019
Saudi Aramco, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saudi Aramco Technologies, today signed a Joint Development and Collaboration Agreement (JDCA) with Axens ...
ADNOC signs landmark strategic partnership agreements with Eni and OMV
28-01-2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed, today, two new strategic equity partnerships with Eni and OMV covering both ADNOC Refining and a new trading ...
Kelvion launches two new products for transforming waste heat into energy
28-01-2019
Industrial facilities and power plants generate waste heat that is usually released into the air. Kelvion has the solutions for how 2 Recover Waste Heat with ...
UCC Shchekinoazot selcts IMAP™ co-production process from Haldor Topsoe
28-01-2019
UCC Shchekinoazot has approved the results of a recent guarantee test run which confirmed that the plant delivered the guaranteed production volumes with the ...
PRC Europe 2019 introducing additional sessions
28-01-2019
Petrochemical and Refining Congress Europe 2019 will take place on 20-21 May 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. Being focused on middle- and senior-level directors, ...
PT Chandra Asri Perkasa selects ethylene furnace from McDermott
24-01-2019
McDermott International, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable* technology contract by PT Chandra Asri Perkasa for the detailed engineering ...
Wynnewood Refining Company selects solid acid alkylation technology from KBR
23-01-2019
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a contract with Wynnewood Refining Company, LLC (Wynnewood) for engineering and design services relating ...
Wabag to design and build a desalination plant at Mangalore refinery
23-01-2019
WABAG has secured INR 467 Crore worth order from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited towards engineering and construction of a 30 MLD Sea Water Desalination ...
Cyndie M. Fredrick, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Merichem Process Technologies
22-01-2019
Merichem Company announced today the appointment of Cyndie Fredrick to the position of Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Merichem Process Technologies. ...
Independent research firm recognises Petrotechnics
22-01-2019
Sphera, the largest global provider of Integrated Risk Management software today announces that Petrotechnics, a Sphera company, has been named a leader in ...
EDL’s innovative pilot plant opens up new opportunities to process refinery residues
22-01-2019
EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (EDL), the technology provider and engineering company located in Leipzig, Germany, offers an innovative pilot plant in connection ...
WorleyParsons awarded EPC contract for Pipestone processing facility
21-01-2019
WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPC) contract for the Pipestone Processing Facility in Alberta Canada ...
Neste Engineering reaches important milestone at SOCARs fertilizer plant
21-01-2019
Neste Engineering Solutions has reached an important milestone with PMC (Project Management Consultant) project for SOCAR, the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan ...
Tracerco launch Hyperion™
21-01-2019
Tracerco has added to its award-winning range of advanced nucleonic instrumentation by announcing the launch of HyperionTM. Designed using innovative scintillator ...
Bilfinger
awarded prestigious contract for gas treatment facility
18-01-2019
Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline GmbH & Co. KG has awarded a major contract to Bilfinger for the engineering, assembly, and commissioning of a complete deodorization ...
Vitol and IFM complete acquisition of VTTI
18-01-2019
Further to its announcement of
2 November 2018, Vitol today announces that Vitol Investment Partnership II Ltd (“VIP”), an investment vehicle sponsored ...
Honeywell technology and controls selected for largest petrochemicals project in China
17-01-2019
Honeywell announced today that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use a
range of process technology from Honeywell UOP, the world’s leading licensor ...
Siemens to supply industrial gas turbines for gas processing facility in Alberta
17-01-2019
Siemens was recently selected to supply two SGT-300 industrial gas turbines for an established Montney producer in Alberta,
Canada. The equipment order, placed ...
Emerson's automation training solutions aims to close skill gap for digital industrial workers
17-01-2019
Scalable Performance Learning Platform provides training to current and future workers on advanced instrumentation and control technologies
using real plant-like ...
Tubacex and Midhani signs MOU to expand and grow in Indian energy growth Plan
17-01-2019
TUBACEX and the Indian company, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), have signed a MOU for development of diverse key projects in the region. This agreement ...
McDermott awarded EPC contract for CB&I storage tanks in Saudi Arabia
16-01-2019
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a sizeable* contract from Daelim Saudi Arabia Company Ltd. for engineering, procurement and ...
Marathon Petroleum selects Connect’In services from Axens
16-01-2019
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) has implemented Axens’ Connect’In™ services for real-time process monitoring and optimization of multiple ...
ORLEN refineries to process American oil
15-01-2019
PKN ORLEN increases diversification of crude oil supplies across the entire Group. WTI crude from the US will be supplied to ORLEN refineries in the Czech Republic ...
INEOS announces €3B petrochemical project in Antwerp
14-01-2019
The €3 billion investment will be the biggest ever made by INEOS and is first cracker to be built in Europe in 20 years.The investment is a game changer ...
PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe sign methanol unit contract
14-01-2019
Today, PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe signed contracts for license and engineering services for a new methanol unit with a capacity of 500,000 ...
Petrofac secures engineering design services contract in Brunei
10-01-2019
Petrofac, as technical service provider, and its partner Serikandi Oilfield and Services Sdn Bhd, have secured a multi-annual Engineering Design Services contract ...
CSPCL Nanhai world scale ethylene cracker passes performance tests
10-01-2019
TechnipFMC’s technology and design are part of CSPCL’s 1.0 MTPA cracker which recently passed all performance tests. The tests confirm that the ...
Emerson releases Severe Service app for optimised control valve maintenance
10-01-2019
Emerson has released its Severe Service app developed for process control engineers in need of quick and easy control valve diagnosis and maintenance for the ...
Practical pathway for digital transformation
10-01-2019
What are the latest cases of AI application in oil & gas? How to unlock the full potential of Big Data and Analytics? Is Digital Twin technology ready for ...
What will be discussed at the petrochemical forum in Moscow
10-01-2019
The organizer of the largest petrochemical business forum in Russia, Globuc, has announced the dates for the 7th annual conference. The event will be held in ...
McDermott awarded EPC contract for fuel tanks in Australia
09-01-2019
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) today announced the award of a sizable tank contract by Puma Energy (Australia) Fuels Pty Ltd for the engineering, ...
BP to expand its petrochemical presence in Korea
09-01-2019
BP and Lotte have agreed a major expansion of production capacity at their joint venture Lotte BP Chemical Company Limited facility in Ulsan, South Korea. The ...
CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemicals achieve China VI diesel target with IsoTherming®
09-01-2019
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce the successful performance test of a 3.4 million tons/year IsoTherming® diesel hydrogenation (DHT) unit ...
Metso celebrates groundbreaking ceremony for new valve technology center in China
09-01-2019
Metso announced on October 26, 2018 its decision to invest in a new greenfield valve technology center in Jiaxing, China. The groundbreaking ceremony for the ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Hanwha Total Petrochemical
08-01-2019
W. R. Grace & Co., the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL® ...
Meridian hold engineering summit for Davis refinery with Axens and McDermott
08-01-2019
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., the leading developer of innovative and environmentally-compliant oil refining facilities, announced today that the Company and ...
Godrej Process Equipment successfully delivers tallest CCR reactor
07-01-2019
Godrej Process Equipment, a unitof Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., todayshipped one of the World’s tallest Continuous Catalytic Regeneration (CCR) Reactor ...
Emerson releases AMS inspection rounds
07-01-2019
Emerson today released AMS Inspection Rounds, a new application for the AMS Trex Device Communicator that will make it easier for operations teams to capture, ...
Shell starts production at new petrochemicals unit in US Gulf Coast
07-01-2019
Shell Chemical LP (Shell) today announced the start of production of the fourth alpha olefins (AO) unit at its Geismar, Louisiana, USA chemical manufacturing ...
Johnson Matthey scoops award at IChemE Awards 2018
03-01-2019
Johnson Matthey (JM), a leader in science that makes the world cleaner and healthier, scooped the Oil and Gas Award at IChemE’s prestigious Global Awards ...
Alfa
Laval wins natural gas order
01-01-2019
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a gas processing ...
Saudi Aramco completes acquisition of ARLANXEO
31-12-2018
Saudi Aramco, a world-leading integrated energy and chemicals
company; and LANXESS AG, a leading German specialty chemicals company, announced today the completion ...
JGC awarded high-performance synthetic resin production plant project
28-12-2018
JGC Corporation announces that it has been awarded the contract for the construction of chemical plants that will be the
foundation of a high-performance synthetic ...
Neste award renewable products facility expansion contract to TechnipFMC
26-12-2018
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement support and Construction management services contract by Neste for the expansion of their ...
APICORP announces financing for Oman’s Duqm Refinery
23-12-2018
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development bank, is pleased to announce a USD100m investment as part of a consortium of ...
First phase of Heydar Aliyev Refinery modernization completed
21-12-2018
On December 21 a new bitumen plant and liquefied gas filling station were launched as part of the first phase of Heydar Aliyev Refinery’s reconstruction ...
SOCAR and BP explore the creation of a new petrochemicals JV
20-12-2018
The proposed facility, in Aliaga in western Turkey, would produce 1.25 million tonnes per annum (tpa) of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), 840,000 tpa paraxylene ...
INEOS Styrolution America awards an EPCM contract to WorleyParsons
20-12-2018
WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract (“EPCM”) by INEOS Styrolution America LLC. The ...
TOYO awarded petrochemical project in Indonesia
18-12-2018
Toyo Engineering Group has been awarded a contract of Acrylic Acid Production plant with capacity of 100,000 tons/year in Cilegon, Banten, on the western tip ...
McDermott awarded two polypropylene technology contracts in India
18-12-2018
McDermott International, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded two sizeable* technology contracts by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) for the license ...
Alfa Laval acquires technology to further drive sustainable energy solutions
18-12-2018
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire ...
KBR announces a new propane dehydrogenation technology
17-12-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has developed a new Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) technology (K-PROTM) that offers high propylene selectivity and conversion. ...
Emerson acquires Advanced Engineering Valves
12-12-2018
Emerson today announced it has acquired Advanced Engineering Valves (A.E. Valves), a leading manufacturer of innovative valve technology that helps LNG customers ...
Honeywell to provide modular gas treating plant to Cogent Midstream
12-12-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day gas processing plant to Cogent Midstream, LLC. When completed ...
Emerson completes acquisition of iSolutions Inc
11-12-2018
Emerson has acquired iSolutions Inc., a Canadian-based consulting group with expertise designing and implementing data management solutions. iSolutions provides ...
Alfa Laval wins energy-efficiency order
10-12-2018
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to ...
Matrix Service to construct ionic alkylation unit at Salt Lake City refinery
10-12-2018
Matrix Service Company announced today that Chevron has awarded its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc., construction of the first-ever alkylation unit in ...
Sulzer unlocks the potential of Sadara’s columns
10-12-2018
Sulzer Chemtech, specialists in solutions and services for separation and mixing technologies, has completed in record time a range of column revamp projects ...
McDermott awarded FEED contract for North Dakota grassroots refinery
06-12-2018
McDermott International, Inc. announced today a sizeable* contract award for front-end engineering design (FEED) services of the Davis Refinery Project in Billings ...
SOCAR selects Honeywell for modernisation program
06-12-2018
Honeywell announced today that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) will use Honeywell UOP’s Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology ...
NOVATEK Group selects Topsoe hydrogen technology for their first refinery
06-12-2018
The hydrogen plant is slated to begin operation in the second quarter of 2020, and basic engineering has already begun. Topsoe delivers all equipment, including ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics sign co-marketing agreement with BD Energy Systems
05-12-2018
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with BD Energy Systems, LLC of Houston, Texas granting exclusive rights to market ...
Exxonmobil awards Matrix Service FCCU Turnaround at Joliet refinery
03-12-2018
Matrix Service Company announced today that its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc., has been awarded the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) turnaround ...
Burckhardt Compression strengthens service activities in Central Europe
03-12-2018
Burckhardt Compression is pleased to announce the opening of a new Service Center for the area of Central Europe, as per December 1, 2018. The Service Center ...
Rüeger releases a new high-precision temperature sensor
03-12-2018
The Swiss manufacturer Rüeger SA is introducing its new ThermoHybrid, a high-precision temperature sensor for process applications. This modern version ...
Woodside selects Jacobs to deliver brownfields engineering and procurement services
02-12-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a three-year outline agreement from Woodside Energy Limited to provide brownfields engineering and procurement ...
Borealis selects NAPCON Controller applications from Neste Engineering Solutions
29-11-2018
Neste Engineering Solutions has been awarded the renewal of Borealis Porvoo Aromatics Plant platform covering Advanced Process Control System (APC) with NAPCON ...
Rotterdam refinery expansion enters final stage
29-11-2018
ExxonMobil Basestock announced today several key developments at its Rotterdam refinery to meet the company’s most stringent base stocks manufacturing ...
Siemens and ADNOC celebrate inauguration of Taweelah gas compression plant
29-11-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) inaugurated its Taweelah Gas Compression Plant, ensuring uninterrupted gas supplies to major Abu Dhabi industries ...
KBR awarded ammonia plant revamp contract in India
28-11-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply proprietary equipment to Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. ...
Haldor Topsoe opens office in Indonesia
28-11-2018
Today, Topsoe cemented its presence in Indonesia by officially opening an office in Jakarta. While customers in the petrochemical industry have known and benefited ...
Alon Refining selects STRATCO® Alkylation Technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
28-11-2018
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded the contract to supply Alon Refining Krotz Springs (Alon), a part of Delek US, with a license and engineering ...
hte equips IFPEN with high throughput technology for naphtha reforming applications
27-11-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company is proud to announce that IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) has selected hte’s proprietary technology ...
Air Liquide to build first world scale liquid hydrogen production plant
27-11-2018
Air Liquide will build the first world scale liquid hydrogen production unit dedicated to the hydrogen energy markets, located in the Western U.S., and ...
Saudi Aramco downstream strategy to combine organic growth with strategic acquisitions
27-11-2018
Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Nasser today told delegates attending the 13th annual Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Forum that ...
Level measurement in refineries from Berthold
26-11-2018
Is your refinery operating at max capacity? For safe and efficient control of your refining process, you need to be able to reliably measure various parameters ...
Albemarle launches innovative XPLORE™ platform and KF 787 PULSAR™
20-11-2018
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it is launching XPLORE™, a new platform for the clean ...
Emerson releases severe service app for optimized control valve maintenance
19-11-2018
Emerson has released its Severe Service app developed for process control engineers in need of quick and easy control valve diagnosis and maintenance for the ...
Jiangsu Honggang Petrochemical selects P8 PTA technology from INVISTA
16-11-2018
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Jiangsu Honggang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. have reached agreement ...
Linde awarded contract for largest LNG plant in China
16-11-2018
The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract from Chinese chemical and energy company Inner Mongolia Huineng Coal Chemical Co Ltd to supply ...
ExxonMobil awards design contract of petrochemical complex to Maire Tecnimont
15-11-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., through its affiliate Tecnimont USA Inc, in consortium with Performance Contractors Inc., ...
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev refinery acquires new equipment
15-11-2018
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Refinery procured a Larsen & Toubro diesel hydrotreating reactor as part of its modernization and reconstruction project. The new equipment ...
Elevate Midstream acquires gas gathering, treating and processing assets
15-11-2018
Elevate Midstream Partners, LLC, a full-service midstream company headquartered in Houston, Texas, today announced the acquisitions of Woodland Midstream Partners, ...
Pertamina selects Air Liquide Engineering & Construction
14-11-2018
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected as a technology licensor by Pertamina, the state-owned National Oil & Gas Company of Indonesia, ...
OSIsoft joins the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC)
12-11-2018
OSIsoft LLC, a leader in operational intelligence, is proud to announce that it has recently joined the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the world's leading ...
Tidewater awards a fabrication and construction contract to WorleyParsons
12-11-2018
WorleyParsons has been awarded a fabrication and construction contract for the Pipestone Sour Gas Plant in Canada by Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure ...
ProSep secures first refinery application of MAX+ technology in Middle East
12-11-2018
ProSep, an industry-leading, technology and service provider for integrated process solutions to the global energy industry, has announced the first refinery ...
TechnipFMC signs agreement to license Sumitomo HCI oxidation technology
09-11-2018
TechnipFMC announced today that it has signed an exclusive collaboration agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Company to license and engineer Sumitomo’s hydrogen ...
Linde receives major order from Praxair to supply a hydrogen plant in the U.S.
09-11-2018
The technology company The Linde Group has signed a contract with U.S. industrial gas company, Praxair Inc., to supply a hydrogen plant that will be part of ...
TechnipFMC technology is heart of new mega cracker on U.S. Gulf Coast
09-11-2018
TechnipFMC’s technology and design has played an important part in the start-up of the new ethylene facility for The Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary ...
Praxair signs hydrogen supply agreement for Phillips 66 Sweeny refinery
09-11-2018
Praxair, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc, has reached an agreement with Phillips 66 to supply high-purity hydrogen to the company’s Sweeny ...
Chevron Lummus Global and Neste Engineering Solutions enter into a joint collaboration
08-11-2018
Chevron Lummus Global and Neste Engineering Solutions have signed a collaboration agreement regarding NAPCON operator training simulators for residue hydrocracking ...
Wanhua Chemical Group selects Honeywell Connected Plant technology
07-11-2018
Honeywell today announced that Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. will use the Honeywell Connected Plant Process Reliability Advisor to provide prescriptive monitoring ...
Emerson to modernise Sonatrach gas processing plant in Algeria
05-11-2018
Emerson, in partnership with Fores Engineering, has signed a $32 million contract with Sonatrach, Algeria’s state energy company, to modernise its gas ...
Duqm refinery receives multi-source project financing
04-11-2018
The Duqm Refinery Project is a joint venture between Kuwait Petroleum International and the Oman Oil Company and is located at the Special Economic Zone in ...
Vitol and IFM to acquire 50% of VTTI from Buckeye
02-11-2018
Vitol today announces that Vitol Investment Partnership II Ltd (“VIP”), an investment vehicle sponsored and managed by Vitol, and IFM Investors, ...
Johnson Matthey win top oil and gas award at IChemE awards 2018
02-11-2018
Competing with four other finalists for the Oil and Gas Award, Johnson Matthey’s ‘CATACEL SSR: Structured Steam Reforming Catalyst’ project ...
MIDOR award MIDOR refinery expansion and modernisation contract to TechnipFMC
01-11-2018
TechnipFMC has signed a major Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) for the modernization and ...
Sonatrach selects technologies from Honeywell UOP
31-10-2018
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach S.p.A. will use a suite of Honeywell UOP technologies to produce 200,000 metric tons per year of methyl tert-butyl ...
BASF and SINOPEC sign MoU to expand cooperation in China
29-10-2018
BASF and SINOPEC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing to further strengthen their partnership in upstream and downstream chemical production ...
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction wins a chemical contract in China
29-10-2018
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a contract to supply an air separation unit (ASU) to Shandong Runyin Bio-Chemical Industry Co. Ltd (Runyin), ...
Kuwait Petroleum Research and Technology (Q8 Research) invests in catalyst testing
29-10-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company supplied a high throughput catalyst testing system for hydroprocessing applications to Kuwait Petroleum ...
Metso to increase its valve production capacity in China
26-10-2018
To respond to the growing global demand in the valve market, Metso has decided to invest in a new green-field valve technology center in Jiaxing, China. The ...
Intelligently predict and prevent corrosion across your operations
23-10-2018
On Tuesday 23rd October, learn how the fight against corrosion never stops - it is a fact of life every day across Oil & Gas, Refining and Pipeline operations, ...
Petrofac, Saipem and Samsung consortium awarded refinery project in Thailand
22-10-2018
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, leading a consortium with Saipem S.p.A. (Saipem) and Samsung Engineering Co Ltd (Samsung), has received ...
MMEX Resources taps Blanchard Industrial as EPC contractor for West Texas refinery
22-10-2018
MMEX Resources Corp, a development stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
U.S. EPA awards grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California
22-10-2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded $9.6 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. ...
Honeywell launches Honeywell BW Solo
22-10-2018
Honeywell today launched the Honeywell BW Solo, a connected, serviceable, single-gas monitor with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity that provides real-time ...
Emerson helps refiner safely and successfully deliver megaproject
22-10-2018
Emerson has completed a $73 million contract for automation systems and cloud engineering services, helping North West Redwater Partnership design, execute ...
KBC establishes energy and sustainability co-pilot hub in Singapore
22-10-2018
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) today announced the launch of a new Energy and Sustainability Co-Pilot hub in Singapore to address the Singapore government’s ...
Saudi Aramco signs MoU with Zhejiang Petrochemical
19-10-2018
Saudi Aramco recently signed an MoU with Chinese Zhejiang provincial government during the 2nd International Petroleum and Natural Gas Enterprises Conference ...
SOCAR’s giant investment project - STAR Refinery launched
19-10-2018
SOCAR, the largest direct foreign investor in Turkey, launched its $6.3-billion SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery - STAR Refinery, which will provide a large portion ...
Dangote refinery project to boost activities in downstream
19-10-2018
The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Babatunde Paul Ruwase has described as magnificent and spectacular the impact the Dangote ...
Servomex appoints new Vice President of Sales
18-10-2018
Servomex has welcomed Bob Heth as the new Vice President of Sales, Americas (Industrial Process and Emissions), based at our US Business Center in Houston. Bob ...
VUV Analytics releases VUVision 3.0 data analysis software
18-10-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in developing lab scale vacuum ultraviolet based analytical instruments, today announces the release of VUVision 3.0 Data Analysis ...
BASF launches Durasorb™
18-10-2018
BASF has announced the commercial launch of Durasorb™, a new family of adsorption solutions designed for Natural Gas processing. Durasorb provides gas ...
Wood wins new IRPC contract in south east
Asia
18-10-2018
Wood has been awarded a new contract by IRPC Plc for its Maximum Aromatics (MARS) project, leveraging its operations in the south east Asian oil and gas market. Wood ...
KBR awarded contract by Linggu Chemical for an ammonia synthesis unit in China
18-10-2018
KBR, Inc. announced
today that it has been awarded a contract by Linggu Chemical Co. Ltd (Linggu) for an ammonia plant in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province in China. ...
XOS launches Petra series autosampler
17-10-2018
XOS has announced the worldwide release of Petra Series Autosampler, an automatic sampler with sample tracking and continuous sample loading. The
autosampler ...
INEOS selects Clariant’s CATOFIN® catalysts
17-10-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it was awarded a long-term supply contract by INEOS to supply CATOFIN catalysts and Heat ...
New technology advances lead Anellotech to announce commercial plant engineering plans
16-10-2018
Sustainable technology company Anellotech confirms significant progress in its Bio-TCat™ technology development program and has begun planning for scale-up ...
McDermott awarded EPC contract for delayed coker unit for LUKOIL refinery
16-10-2018
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a significant* contract by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL, for ...
EuroChem opens new fertilizer plant in Lithuania
16-10-2018
EuroChem Group AG, a leading global fertilizer producer, announces the formal opening of a new production plant for highly efficient, water-soluble fertilizers ...
ExxonMobil and BASF demonstrate new solvent to decrease sulfur emissions
15-10-2018
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation are conducting a full scale commercial demonstration of a new gas treating solvent at Imperial Oil’s ...
Petrotechnics launches 2018 operational excellence survey
15-10-2018
Petrotechnics, the developer of the world’s first software platform for operational excellence (OE), today launches its annual OE Index (OEI), which aims ...
KBC announces a strategic partnership with HTRI
15-10-2018
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) today announces an extension of its engineering simulation capabilities through an enhanced collaboration with HTRI, the leading source ...
Reactor Resources Has Acquired Actisulf, a Specialist in Catalyst Activation
12-10-2018
Reactor Resources Europe, B.V. (RxR) has finalized the acquisition of Actisulf SAS, a leading provider of catalyst sulfiding and activation services to E.U. ...
Axens NA selected as tecgnology provider for final process designs at Davis refinery
11-10-2018
Meridian Energy Group has selected Axens as the technology provider for the final stages of basic engineering design for its 49,500 BPD Davis refining complex ...
Saudi Aramco and BAPCO meet Bahrain’s growing energy demand
09-10-2018
Saudi Aramco and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) today announced the successful commissioning of AB-4 pipeline, a new phase of the strategic Saudi Aramco-Bahrain ...
Saudi Aramco and Total launch engineering studies fot giant petrochemical complex
09-10-2018
Amin H. Nasser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, signed today ...
Wood secures US midstream sector contracts
09-10-2018
Wood has secured a string of new midstream sector contracts across the US, solidifying its place in what the company considers to be a key growth market. With ...
From hydrogen production to sulphur recovery - let ceramics pave the way
09-10-2018
On Wednesday 10 October 2018, learn how to boost the reliability and performance of your hydrogen production and sulphur recovery plants through the deployment ...
New crude supplies for ORLEN
08-10-2018
PKN ORLEN’s refinery in Płock will soon receive approximately 130,000 tonnes of crude oil from Nigeria. The shipment originating from West Africa marks ...
Wood secures
multimillion dollar contract for refinery in Oman
08-10-2018
Wood has secured a new multimillion dollar contract with Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries to provide two Terrace Wall™ double-fired delayed ...
Wison contract with SABIC for leading-edge technology project in Jubail
08-10-2018
The global leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service provider Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned ...
WorleyParsons awarded the PMC for hydrocracking complex in Egypt
08-10-2018
WorleyParsons has been awarded a four‐year project management
consultancy (PMC) contract for the new Assiut Hydrocracking Complex (AHC Project) in Egypt, ...
Maire Tecnimont provisionally awarded LPG project by Sonatrach
03-10-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been provisionally awarded by the Direction Centrale Engineering &
Project ...
INEOS signs agreement for new worldscale PDH unit in Europe
02-10-2018
INEOS has today announced the next step of its ambitious plans to construct a world-scale Propane Dehydrogenation unit, together with the first Gas Cracker ...
United Electric Controls adds capabilities to Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector
02-10-2018
United Electric Controls, a leading producer of safety, alarm and shutdown technology, has expanded the capabilities of its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector. ...
Elliott to manufacture and test cryogenic pumps & expanders in Jeannette
02-10-2018
Elliott Group announced today that it is moving forward with plans to relocate manufacturing and testing of cryogenic pumps and expanders to Jeannette. The ...
Sulzer launches HST 30 high-speed turbocompressor
01-10-2018
The HST 30 is the newest addition to the HST™ line of high-speed turbocompressors. It offers more flow and pressure at a significantly higher efficiency ...
New methods of explosion pressure relief: REMBE® TARGO-VENT
28-09-2018
Comprehensive combustible dust explosion protection does not necessarily have to be expensive or complicated. An innovative technology makes it possible to ...
URACA announces the acquisition of DYNAJET
28-09-2018
On September 24, URACA GmbH & Co. KG purchased the Nürtingen based DYNAJET GmbH. The acquisition is a Win - Win for both firms. Mr. Gunter Stoehr, CEO ...
BASF and LetterOne sign agreement to merge Wintershall and DEA
27-09-2018
BASF and LetterOne signed a definitive transaction agreement to merge their respective oil and gas businesses in a joint venture, which will operate under the ...
Sinopec selects Callidus® Advanced Flare System from Honeywell UOP
27-09-2018
Honeywell UOP announced today that its Callidus® Advanced Flare System has enabled Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited (SPC) to revamp an ethylene ...
SNC-Lavalin signs project management contract in Vietnam
27-09-2018
SNC-Lavalin announces that it has signed a project management contract (PMC) with Long Son Petrochemicals Company Limited (LSP), a subsidiary of the Siam Cement ...
Calling all engineers and managers of engineers under 30!
27-09-2018
The deadline to apply has been extended to Friday 19th October; don’t miss out on your chance to nominate yourself or a member of your team for this year’s ...
Lihuayi Lijin Refining & Chemical selects K-COT™ and SCORE™ from KBR
27-09-2018
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded contracts for a technology license, basic engineering design services and proprietary catalyst supply by Lihuayi ...
Mammoet win critical heavy lift contract at Jamnagar refinery
26-09-2018
Mammoet has been awarded a contract for critical heavy lift work by Reliance at the Jamnagar Refinery. The Jamnagar Refinery is owned and operated by Reliance ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces residue upgrading award in India
26-09-2018
Chevron Lummus Global LLC, is pleased to announce its selection by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to provide licensed technology for the new ...
ExxonMobil starts new unit to increase ultra-low sulfur fuels production
26-09-2018
ExxonMobil said today that a new unit at its integrated Beaumont, Texas facility has started operations, increasing production of ultra-low sulfur ...
TechnipFMC signs strategic collaboration agreement with Equinor
26-09-2018
TechnipFMC has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Equinor. The agreement states that the two parties will collaborate in continuous improvements ...
DWC Innovations awarded revamp project at Jamnagar refinery
25-09-2018
DWC Innovations is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Dividing Wall Column (DWC) project for revamping two distillation columns at the SEZ Refinery ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals
25-09-2018
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...
BP and Johnson Matthey license waste-to-fuels technology to Fulcrum BioEnergy
25-09-2018
BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale to economically convert synthesis ...
One week until Downstream Project Management in Frankfurt
25-09-2018
Why projects go wrong? European project managers to discuss project management challenges and best practices in Frankfurt. With major projects in the downstream ...
IndianOil's Mathura refinery – blending technology with ecology
24-09-2018
Since its inception in 1982, IndianOil's Mathura Refinery has been a model for seamless synchronisation of petroleum refining and environment management. It ...
Successful start-up of methanol plant using MegaMax® 800 catalyst from Clariant
21-09-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the successful start-up of its MegaMax 800 methanol synthesis catalyst at China National Offshore ...
OMV transforms plastic waste into crude oil
20-09-2018
As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations in the Schwechat Refinery, OMV presented the cornerstone for an innovative future to political representatives, ...
Agreement for petrochemical industrial zone in Turkey
19-09-2018
Rönesans Holding has signed a framework cooperation agreement with the Netherlands-based Port of Rotterdam for the Ceyhan Mega Petrochemical Industrial ...
Alfa Laval Packinox joins Honeywell Connected Plant program
18-09-2018
Honeywell UOP today announced Alfa Laval Packinox has joined its Honeywell Connected Plant initiative to help refiners make their operations safer, more efficient ...
Graham Corporation awarded three orders
18-09-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
Metso
celebrates its 150th anniversary
18-09-2018
In 2018, Metso celebrates its 150th anniversary. The story of Metso started in 1868 as a local ironworks, and is linked to the development of urban environments ...
Samsung awards Mammoet new contracts for petrochemical sites
18-09-2018
Mammoet is pleased to
announce two new contracts with Samsung Engineering (Thailand) Co Ltd to provide transport and heavy lift works as part of two petrochemical ...
Wison Engineering and Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat to collaborate
17-09-2018
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. recently announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
Wison Engineering Ltd. entered into a memorandum with Gazprom ...
Chart receives brazed aluminum plate fin heat exchanger order from Babcock
17-09-2018
Chart has been awarded a contract by Babcock to provide brazed aluminum plate fin heat exchangers (BAHX) for its patent-pending ecoSMRT® LNG reliquefaction
...
CVR refining announces intent to sell Cushing tank farm assets
17-09-2018
CVR Refining, LP, a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced that it intends to sell its Cushing, Oklahoma, crude oil tank farm and currently ...
Ergon BioFuels plans to close ethanol plant
14-09-2018
Ergon BioFuels, LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc., has announced plans to close its ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in December 2018. The 56.5 million ...
Haldor Topsoe invests in Indian fertilizer plant
13-09-2018
Topsoe, IFU, and DAF have signed a shareholder agreement with promoter companies National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL), Fertilizer ...
Honeywell introduces largest modular cryogenic gas processing plant
13-09-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business has introduced a new high recovery cryogenic gas processing plant that is 50 percent larger than other ...
Toyo Engineering and Irkutsk Oil to cooperate on ethylene plant
12-09-2018
On September 10, 2018 at the Eastern Economic Forum being held at Vladivostok, Russia, Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) and Irkutsk Oil Company (INK) exchanged ...
Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency order
12-09-2018
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a gas processing ...
UCC Shchekinoazot launches methanol and ammonia co-production plant
11-09-2018
"We are glad to congratulate Shchekinoazot on the launching of the methanol and ammonia co-production plant. This is a major milestone, the result of work ...
PEC secures contracts worth $250m with existing clients
11-09-2018
PEC Ltd. (PEC, and together with its subsidiaries and associated companies, the Group) has secured S$250 million worth of new contracts with existing clients ...
Air Products to share developments in LNG technology at Gastech
10-09-2018
Air Products will share the latest developments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology at the Gastech Conference & Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, from ...
Clariant confirms SABIC to complete purchase of 24.99% stake
10-09-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that SABIC has received the final outstanding regulatory approvals from the competition authorities ...
AspenTech and Advantech B+B SmartWorx to deliver IIoT connectivity solutions
10-09-2018
Aspen Technology Inc, the asset optimization software company, today announced a software license and distribution agreement with Advantech B+B SmartWorx, which ...
Yokogawa releases process data analytics R1.02
10-09-2018
An OpreX™ Asset Operations and Optimization solution that helps to improve production by enhancing data analysis and shortening the trial-and-error cycle Yokogawa ...
Honeywell recognized as a best performing partner By Maire Tecnimont Group
06-09-2018
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced that it has been named “Best Instrumentation & Electrical Material Partner” by global technology ...
Johnson Matthey awarded 1.8 million mtpa methanol technology contract
06-09-2018
We're pleased to announce that Johnson Matthey has been awarded a contract by Methanex to supply a licence for a 5,000 mtpd ATR methanol technology flowsheet, ...
ExxonMobil signs framework agreement for proposed chemical complex in China
05-09-2018
ExxonMobil said today that it has signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government to advance discussions concerning ...
Enterprise begins construction of tenth NGL Fractionator in Mont Belvieu area
05-09-2018
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.today announced it has begun construction of a new natural gas liquids fractionator adjacent to its Mont Belvieu, Texas complex. ...
Honeywell acquires Ortloff Engineers
04-09-2018
Honeywell announced that it has acquired Ortloff Engineers, Ltd., a privately held licensor and industry-leading developer of specialized technologies that ...
LyondellBasell and Covestro kick-off circular steam project in Maasvlakte
04-09-2018
LyondellBasell one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies and its joint venture partner Covestro, one of the world's largest polymer ...
KBC announces the availability of Chevron’s PETRO LP technology
04-09-2018
KBC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, today announced the availability of Chevron’s PETRO LP (linear programming) technology ...
Peter Boler joins VUV Analytics as Vice President of Marketing
28-08-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, has announced the addition of Peter Boler as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. ...
Nalco Champion and XOS to provide new chlorine monitoring solution
28-08-2018
Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, and XOS, a manufacturer of elemental analysis solutions, have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement to provide ...
Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals selects LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP PE technology
28-08-2018
LyondellBasell, today announced that Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., (Shandong Chambroad), has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advance ...
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited award Maire Tecnimont two petrochemical contracts
28-08-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in consortium with its Indian affiliate Tecnimont Private Limited, has been awarded two ...
TechnipFMC awarded contract build Vietnam's largest olefins plant
28-08-2018
TechnipFMC has been awarded by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP), a large contract for the licensing, engineering, procurement, construction, ...
Mammoet to provide heave lift cranes at Visakh refinery
27-08-2018
This large expansion on the existing Visakh Refinery began in early 2017, and will increase the refinery’s production in order to supply India’s ...
Gazprom Neft launches the second process line at its Badra gas treatment plant
27-08-2018
Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazprom Neft Badra has commissioned Line B at its 800 million cubic metre gas treatment plant (GTP) at the Badra field, ...
Burckhardt Compression and ExxonMobil sign global lubricants collaboration agreement
23-08-2018
Two leaders in their fields come together to collaborate and deliver high performance lubricants and technical services. The offering is available for all operators ...
Strontec - new method for the detection of Strontium-90 contamination
22-08-2018
The detection of Strontium-90 is difficult since the decay chain of Sr-90 and the daughter nucleus Y-90, emit only beta particles and no gamma rays. Furthermore, ...
Air Products acquires BHGE’s Rotoflow™ turboexpander business
22-08-2018
Air Products announced today it has acquired the Rotoflow™ turboexpander business from Baker Hughes, a GE company. Air Products acquired all engineering ...
New SERVOPRO 4900 Multigas CEMS analyzer launched
21-08-2018
Servomex has launched the SERVOPRO 4900 Multigas, a high-performance continuous emissions (CEMS) analyzer designed for the measurement of criterion pollutants, ...
PETRONAS selects AspenTech asset optimization software
21-08-2018
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization software company, today announced that PETRONAS, Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas multinational company, ...
KBC announces partnership with OLI Systems
21-08-2018
KBC, the business improvement company for the Energy and Chemical industry, today announced a new collaboration with OLI Systems to deliver an exciting enhancement ...
International Rotating Equipment Conference 2019
21-08-2018
Companies can already book online theirs booths for the exhibition at the International Rotating Equipment Conference – Pumps, Compressors and Vacuum ...
Air Products to build own and operate coal-to-syngas plant in China
20-08-2018
Air Products announced today it has been awarded a long-term onsite contract to supply syngas to Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd for their multi-billion dollar ...
VUV ANALYTICS™ partners with Shimadzu
16-08-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in developing lab scale Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) based analytical instruments and Shimadzu, a leading manufacturer of analytical ...
Neste,
ReNew ELP and Licella announce collaboration
16-08-2018
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, UK-based chemical recycling company ReNew ELP, and Australian technology developer Licella are ...
iOps workspace solution from Emerson
16-08-2018
Emerson has announced the iOps Workspace Solution, a new operator
workspace that reduces human error and creates an ideal operating environment. The integrated ...
SATORP awards Jacobs general engineering services contract
15-08-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has received a two-year contract renewal from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) for its
subsidiary ...
Pöyry awarded EPCM services assignment by SunPine for Biorefinery expansion
15-08-2018
SunPine AB has awarded Pöyry with the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services assignment for SunPine biorefinery expansion ...
Control units and terminal boxes ready for shipment in five days
15-08-2018
Plant and machine builders are always in search for short delivery times for products: Custom configured solutions are ideal as they can be delivered almost ...
Haldor Topsoe acquires full ownership of Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects GmbH
15-08-2018
The transaction adds strong project development competencies to Topsoe’s market-leading portfolio of high-performance catalyst and proprietary technologies ...
TOYO awarded expansion of naphtha cracking furnace project in Japan
13-08-2018
Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded an expansion of naphtha cracking furnaces project from Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. to increase ethylene production ...
Petrofac awarded Basra Oil Company EPC contract
13-08-2018
Petrofac has been awarded a contract worth around $370M by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for expansion of the Central Processing Facility (CPF), located in the Majnoon ...
Petrofac awarded additional scope of work with Tatweer Petroleum
09-08-2018
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services East business is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar additional scope ...
Keyera selects Jacobs for phase two of Wapiti gas plant expansion
08-08-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, was awarded a contract for engineering services for Keyera's Wapiti Gas Plant Phase Two expansion, adding 150 million cubic feet ...
INOVACAT B.V. has changed its name to GASOLFIN B.V.
07-08-2018
We would like to inform you that, effective 11 July 2018, our Netherlands based company INOVACAT B.V. has changed its name to GASOLFIN B.V. This change ...
Indian Oil's seven year program to expand refinery capacity
06-08-2018
IOC, India's largest oil firm, will invest Rs 1.75 lakh crore over the next seven years on expanding refinery capacity, building petrochemical plants and laying ...
KBC announces a strategic partnership with Cost Engineering Consultancy
06-08-2018
KBC, the business improvement company for the Energy and Chemical industry, today announced a solution for integrated engineering design, optimization, cost ...
William Franco joins VUV Analytics as Vice President of Engineering
01-08-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, has announced the addition of William Franco as Vice President of Engineering. Mr. ...
Jizzakh Petroleum selects technologies from Honeywell UOP to build new refinery
01-08-2018
Honeywell announced today that Jizzakh Petroleum JV LLC will use Honeywell UOP technologies to build a new refinery capable of processing 5 million tons per ...
Twelve years without a lost time incident
31-07-2018
We would like to congratulate Ken Mitchell Plant Superintendent, Vern Lovenuk Plant Foreman, Terry Orge LCC, Leslie Thorn Administrative Assistant, Maurice ...
Nuberg EPC awarded Chlor Alkali and Calcium Chloride project
31-07-2018
Nuberg EPC, single point EPC and LSTK company for specialty chemicals, has been awarded a $ 53 million turnkey project contract by Middle East Chemicals Company ...
KAP Project Services and Mobideo announce strategic partnership
31-07-2018
At the marcus evans’ 10th Annual Chem/Petrochem & Refinery Shutdowns and Turnarounds Event in San Antonio, Texas, KAP Project Services and Mobideo ...
Fuji Oil selects R-364 Platforming™ catalyst from Honeywell UOP
30-07-2018
Honeywell today announced that Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. has begun using Honeywell UOP’s new R-364 Platforming™ catalyst to produce more aromatics for ...
Petrobras recognizes Metso for its valve solutions and services
30-07-2018
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has recognized Metso for its valve solutions, including its valve installation and maintenance services. The company ...
Saipem receives new onshore E&C contracts
26-07-2018
Saipem has been awarded Onshore E&C contracts in Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Mexico, Iraq and Nigeria worth approximately 800 million USD in total. Saipem ...
Ecopetrol renew integrated operations and maintenance contract with Stork
26-07-2018
Fluor Corporation announced today that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, was awarded a five-year contract renewal by Ecopetrol S.A. ...
Indian Oil selects PSA technology from Honeywell UOP
26-07-2018
Honeywell announced today that the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has chosen Honeywell UOP’s Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology to supply high-quality ...
SNC-Lavalin signs Al Zour Refinery contract in Kuwait
25-07-2018
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract of approximately $240 million with Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company for commissioning ...
Williams and Crestwood announce gas processing plant expansion
25-07-2018
Williams Partners L.P. and Crestwood Equity Partners LP today announced a major expansion of the Jackalope Gas Gathering System and associated Bucking Horse ...
Kuwait refinery selects DuPont Clean Technologies
25-07-2018
DuPont Clean Technologies signed contracts with Honeywell UOP to provide STRATCO® alkylation and MECS® Advanced sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) technologies ...
ORPIC selects HYPRON® cable from Nexans
24-07-2018
Worldwide demand for high and low density polyethylene is increasing, especially within Asia, where it is an important raw material for the manufacture of various ...
Holly Energy announces feasibility study for new refined product pipeline
24-07-2018
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced today it has engaged AECOM, a third party engineering firm, to perform a feasibility study on a potential refined product ...
Petron upgrades its LIMA refinery with technologies from Honeywell UOP
24-07-2018
Honeywell announced today that Petron Corporation will expand and upgrade its Limay, Bataan refinery in the Philippines with technologies from Honeywell UOP. ...
Halliburton acquires Athlon Solutions
24-07-2018
Halliburton Company today announced the acquisition of Athlon Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of specialty water and process treatment chemicals, customized ...
McDermott awarded EPC contract for CB&I storage tanks in Saudi Arabia
24-07-2018
McDermott International, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a sizeable* contract from Samsung Engineering Saudi Arabia Company Ltd. for engineering, procurement ...
Crude oil to chemicals project moves forward
22-07-2018
With startup in 2025, the fully integrated Crude Oil to Chemicals (COTC) complex is on track to become the largest of its kind in the world. It will become ...
Jiangsu Jiarui Chemical Co selects Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology
20-07-2018
Honeywell announced today that Jiangsu Jiarui Chemical Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 450,000 metric tons ...
Graham Corporation receives Gulf Coast petrochemical industry orders
20-07-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
Advisian awarded pre-FEED role for worlds largest ethylene steam cracker
20-07-2018
Advisian, the global consulting firm of WorleyParsons, has been awarded the role of preparing the pre-FEED and licensor evaluation for the latest expansion ...
HPCL award hydrogen generation unit contract to TechnipFMC
20-07-2018
TechnipFMC has been awarded a substantial contract by the state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. for a grassroot Hydrogen Generation Unit. The ...
TOYO awarded olefin expansion project in Thailand
19-07-2018
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded offshore engineering and procurement services of olefin expansion project by Map Ta Phut Olefins Co., Ltd, a joint ...
SPECTRO introduces the latest version of the SPECTRO GENESIS ICP-OES analyzer
19-07-2018
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today introduced its latest version of the SPECTRO GENESIS inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) ...
Praxair signs long-term agreement to supply US Methanol in West Virginia
19-07-2018
Praxair, Inc. today announced it has signed a long-term agreement to supply oxygen to U.S. Methanol LLC’s new facility in Institute, West Virginia. The ...
Innovative mobile testing solution from AMETEK Grabner and Agilent Technologies
17-07-2018
AMETEK Grabner Instruments and Agilent Technologies Inc. announce an OEM agreement for an innovative mobile testing solution for in-the-field analysis of lubricating ...
Praxair renews long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Galveston Bay refinery
17-07-2018
Praxair, Inc. has renewed and expanded a long-term contract to supply hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, ...
E2T Quasar 2 continuous pilot monitoring and detection instrument coming soon
17-07-2018
LumaSense Technologies, Inc. is getting ready to release the next generation QUASAR 2 M8100FM-EXP monitoring and detection instrument for continuous duty monitoring ...
Five BHS-Sonthofen filter systems ensure efficient natural gas processing in Iran
16-07-2018
BHS-Sonthofen has produced five filter systems for use in natural gas production in southwest Iran, together with its Iranian sales partner Faris International. ...
Downstream projects managers to meet in Frankfurt
16-07-2018
With major projects in the downstream oil and gas recently launched both in Central Eastern Europe and the CIS, many companies have already faced significant ...
Rosneft Deutschland agreed on marketing of petrochemicals of own production
13-07-2018
Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, a Rosneft subsidiary, signed contracts with German companies on marketing of petrochemical products of own production starting 2019. ...
aeSolutions earn Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 safety specialist certification
13-07-2018
aeSolutions®, a consulting, engineering and systems integration company that provides industrial process safety, cybersecurity and automation products and ...
Maire Tecnimont awarded new contracts in Abu Dhabi
13-07-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted several new awards and additional works of existing contracts for a total amount ...
Additional R&D for petroleum coke to synthetic crude oil gasification continues
12-07-2018
MGX Minerals Inc and Highbury Energy Inc, are pleased to report additional work has commenced on gasification of petroleum coke (“petcoke”), an ...
CEPSA selects solid bed Detal-Plus™ technology from Honeywell UOP
12-07-2018
Honeywell announced today that Cepsa will convert an alkylation unit using hydrofluoric acid to Honeywell UOP’s solid bed Detal-Plus™ technology ...
Sinopec chooses Topsoe CATOX catalyst
12-07-2018
Haldor Topsoe has delivered the catalyst charge for a new regenerative catalytic oxidizer at the Sinopec Qilu styrene-butadiene rubber plant in Zibo – ...
Your chance to speak
at StocExpo Europe 2019
12-07-2018
StocExpo Europe is the market leading conference targeted at terminal operators worldwide. The three day event returns for its 15th year in Rotterdam from 26-28th ...
Axens’ APC to optimize SATORP aromatics complex performance
11-07-2018
SATORP (Saudi Aramco Total
Refining and Petrochemicals Company) has selected Axens to evaluate, develop, and implement an Advanced Process Control (APC) system ...
SGS and Baker Hughes cooperate on predictive corrosion management
10-07-2018
SGS and Baker Hughes, a GE company, have announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) for the joint
deployment and commercialization of BHGE’s real-time ...
UOP Russell to provide gas processing plant to Navitas Midstream
10-07-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a gas processing plant to Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC. The 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day ...
DeLoach Industries celebrates its 60th anniversary by giving away a cruise for 2
10-07-2018
To celebrate our up and coming 60th year anniversary serving the water and wastewater industry, DeLoach Industries, Inc. is honoring our professionals and our ...
MMEX Resources enters into Solar Power plan for its refinery project
09-07-2018
MMEX Resources Corp, a development-stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
Graham Corporation awarded gulf coast petrochemical orders
09-07-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
ADNOC aims to expand energy cooperation with Chinese energy majors
09-07-2018
His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Group CEO, held a series of meetings with Chinese ...
Enterprise begins open season for expanded refined products services
09-07-2018
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced today that its affiliate, Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC, is conducting an open season to gauge shipper ...
Infosys and Siemens to develop advanced IoT engineering solutions on MindSphere
05-07-2018
Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, today unveiled a new partnership with Siemens PLM Software to develop applications ...
WorleyParsons awarded continued engineering contract
04-07-2018
WorleyParsons has been awarded a new three-year contract by NOVA Chemicals for continued engineering on the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project (Phase 3) in Ontario ...
Chinese refinery awards Rotork major flow control contract
04-07-2018
Rotork has received major contracts to supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators and valve gearboxes to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd. ...
General Atomics announces single and dual-module Gulftronic Systems
03-07-2018
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today it is delivering Single-Module and Dual-Module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator systems ...
Wood awarded multi-million dollar steam methane reformer contract
03-07-2018
Wood has secured a new multi-million dollar contract with Hyundai Engineering to provide detailed engineering services and material supply for a steam methane ...
KBR awarded contract to revamp Haifa Chemicals nitric acid plant
03-07-2018
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded a nitric acid plant revamp contract by Haifa Chemicals Ltd for its plant in Mishor-Rotem, Israel. Under ...
INEOS announces €2.7B investment in new European Chemical Complex
03-07-2018
Today INEOS has approved a €2.7 billion capital project to build both a world scale ethane cracker and a PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Northern ...
SIL-capable actuators protect BASF plant
02-07-2018
SIL-capable AUMA actuators meet the highest safety requirements as part of a safety system for flue gas scrubbers on a BASF incineration plant in Ludwigshafen, ...
Black & Veatch-PCL JV awarded EPC contract for large-scale ethylene export facility
02-07-2018
A joint venture with a history of producing on-time and on-budget for important engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects has been picked to ...
Sasol to use Honeywell Connected Plant to improve reliability of refining operations
02-07-2018
Honeywell today announced that Secunda Synfuels Operations, an operating division of Sasol South Africa Ltd., will use a Honeywell Connected Plant service to ...
GS Caltex selects SCORE™ technology from KBR for grassroots olefins plant
02-07-2018
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply its proprietary SCORETM Ethylene Technology to GS Caltex Corporation for a grassroots ...
McDermott announces technology awards in Indonesia
02-07-2018
McDermott International Inc, today announced it has been awarded two sizeable* technology contracts by a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, PT ...
Enresul celebrates 1 year with ZERO recordable safety incidents
29-06-2018
Congratulations everyone for your contribution and continuous efforts to work safely each and every day. It is because of everyone’s dedication and effort ...
SIDPEC selects Honeywell UOP’s Oleflex™ technology
28-06-2018
Honeywell announced today that Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. (SIDPEC) has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 500,000 metric ...
BCCK Holding Company signs EPC contract with Discovery DJ Services
28-06-2018
BCCK Holding Company has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Discovery DJ Services (Discovery), for delivery of a ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Chandra Asri Petrochemical
27-06-2018
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has granted a license which ...
S & B awarded EPC contract from Phillips 66 for NGL fractionation project
27-06-2018
S & B announced today that it was selected by Phillips 66 to perform engineering, procurement and construction for two NGL fractionation plants ...
SK innovation boosts research with hte’s high throughput technology
27-06-2018
hte, the high throughput experimentation company supplied a high throughput catalyst testing system for hydrotreating applications to SK Innovation, Korea's ...
TechnipFMC and Kiewit awarded EPC contract for ECA liquefaction project
26-06-2018
Sempra LNG & Midstream, a unit of Sempra Energy, today announced that a TechnipFMC and Kiewit partnership has been selected as the engineering, procurement, ...
Petrotechnics launches Proscient v4.0
26-06-2018
Petrotechnics the developer of Proscient – the hazardous industries’ first software platform for operational excellence – today launches Proscient ...
Clariant extends EnviCat®
catalyst portfolio
26-06-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the expansion of its EnviCat series of catalysts to include a high-performance solution for ...
Saudi Aramco and ADNOC to build refinery and petrochemicals complex in India
25-06-2018
Saudi
Aramco and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced today that they have signed a Framework Agreement to jointly develop the Ratnagiri Refinery and ...
Symphony™ reforming catalysts surpass 100 awards
25-06-2018
Naphtha catalytic reforming is the technology of choice for producing high octane-gasoline for refiners or aromatics
for petrochemical use. In addition, it ...
Check out the C-LEVER® flow metering system Controller: the C-LEVER® EVA HE
21-06-2018
There is more to a good weighing system than an accurate measuring method. The connected controller, also known as the processing unit, electronic device or ...
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Danube refinery selects Connect‘In™ from Axens and OSIsoft
20-06-2018
Axens announces that it has signed a contract with MOL Group for its Danube Refinery to develop a cloud-based real-time monitoring unit as part of Connect‘In™, ...
KBR announces FEED plus EPC option contract from Arkema
19-06-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today it has been working on the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to double the sulfur derivatives production capacities at Arkema's ...
Fluor achieves substantial engineering completion at Galveston Bay refinery
19-06-2018
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has achieved substantial engineering completion for Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Tier 3 gasoline sulfur ...
Velocys and PQ partner for catalyst manufacturing
19-06-2018
Velocys plc, the renewable fuels company, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with PQ Corporation (PQ) for the supply of commercial quantities of Velocys’ ...
John Crane completes acquisition of Seebach GmbH
19-06-2018
John Crane, a global leader in rotating equipment solutions, supplying engineered technologies and services to process industries, recently announced that as ...
Ariel Introduces the KBK:T Compressor
19-06-2018
Ariel played to company strengths to bring a new compressor frame to the market. The KBK:T leverages the latest technologies in manufacturing and design and ...
MOL Group
enters into a partnership with INOVACAT
19-06-2018
MOL Group entered into a strategic partnership with INOVACAT, a Dutch technology innovator in the refining and petrochemical industries. The cooperation is ...
Emerson releases Rosemount Twisted Square Thermowell line
18-06-2018
Emerson has released the
Rosemount™ Twisted Square™ Thermowell line, a solution that reduces dynamic stress, simplifies process calculations and ...
Anguil Environmental Systems celebrates a major milestone
15-06-2018
Starting an environmental company in the late 1970’s was not nearly as well received as it would be today, but Gene Anguil, Founder
of Anguil Environmental ...
YASREF awards Jacobs general engineering services contract
14-06-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has been awarded a three-year, general engineering services (GES) contract from Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company Ltd. (YASREF) ...
Shandong Wonfull Petrochemical selects Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
14-06-2018
Honeywell announced today that Shandong Wonfull Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ propane dehydrogenation technology ...
John Gugel named as president of Honeywell UOP business
14-06-2018
Honeywell has announced the appointment of John Gugel as president of Honeywell UOP, a leading supplier of process technology, catalysts, engineered systems, ...
Siluria Technologies and Saudi Aramco join forces to maximize chemicals production
13-06-2018
Saudi Aramco Technologies Company, a subsidiary of the world’s largest oil company, and Siluria Technologies, a leader in disruptive process technologies ...
Alfa Laval to supply Packinox heat exchangers to US refinery
12-06-2018
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
SNC-Lavalin signs exclusive agreement to deliver Advanced Topping refinery
12-06-2018
SNC-Lavalin has signed an exclusive agreement with Florexx International Investments LLC for the extended basic engineering and subsequent design and delivery ...
Clariant Catalysts collaborates with Hydrogenious Technologies
12-06-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that its Catalysts business has formed an alliance with award-winning clean energy company, ...
AUMA turnkey solution for Pertamina tank farm
11-06-2018
AUMA has supplied a turnkey valve automation solution to Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina. The scope of delivery includes 12 SAEx multi-turn electric ...
Baltic Gas Chemical selects SynCOR Methanol™ process technologies
07-06-2018
“We have chosen Haldor Topsoe’s SynCOR Methanol™ process technologies due to its superiority in efficiency, costs, as well as conformity ...
Jacobs increases profile in the KSA with expertise Contracting MOU
06-06-2018
Jacobs and Expertise Contracting Company Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer plant maintenance and turnaround solutions to key clients ...
Neste Engineering and Curious AI to develop advanced AI technology
04-06-2018
Neste Engineering Solutions today announces a co-operation with Curious AI Ltd, the developers of autonomous AI technology, to develop advanced process industry ...
TOYO awarded petrochemical project in Indonesia
31-05-2018
Toyo Engineering Group has been awarded a construction project by PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, Indonesia's largest petrochemical company, and its subsidiary ...
OMV Petrom selects Connected Plant from Honeywell
31-05-2018
Honeywell today announced that OMV Petrom S.A. will use Honeywell Connected Plant to provide prescriptive monitoring of its CCR Platforming™ unit ...
Pemex awards rehabilitation contract for the H-Oil Plant in Miguel Hidalgo refinery
30-05-2018
Today, Petróleos Mexicanos disclosed the results of the bidding process for the rehabilitation and commissioning works to be carried out on the H-Oil ...
Wood awarded FEED contract for Lokichar to Lamu crude oil pipeline
30-05-2018
Wood has been awarded the initial phase of a front-end engineering design contract (FEED) by Tullow Kenya BV for the design of the proposed Lokichar to Lamu ...
SPECTRO Analytical to showcase next-generation ICP/XRF analyzer technologies at ACHEMA
29-05-2018
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments will showcase its next-generation ICP-OES and ED-XRF analyzer technologies —delivering advanced performance, productivity, ...
Shandong Tianhong Chemical selects Oleflex™ technology from Honeywell UOP
29-05-2018
Honeywell announced today that Shandong Tianhong Chemical Co., Ltd. has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology ...
Metso announces updated Expertune PlantTriage software
28-05-2018
Metso has announced a new version of its Metso Expertune PlantTriage control loop monitoring software. The newest version further improves process plant operational ...
Fuijan Zhongjing selects Spheripol PP from LyondellBasell
28-05-2018
LyondellBasell today announced that Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell 5th Generation Spheripol technology. The polypropylene ...
SUEZ and Rosneft sign strategic cooperation agreement
25-05-2018
Today at the 2018 edition of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, SUEZ’s CEO, Jean-Louis Chaussade, and Vice President of Rosneft Andrey Shishkin ...
Gazprom Neft and RVC join forces in the hunt for innovative digital solutions
25-05-2018
Gazprom Neft and RVC (the Russian Government fund of funds and the Development Institute of the Russian Federation) have signed a Cooperation ...
Focus on increased system efficiency in process technology
24-05-2018
From 11th to 15th June the Achema, the World Forum and Leading Show for the Process Industries, will take place in Frankfurt. At booth C4 in hall 6.1 Wieland ...
Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals close their petrochemicals JV
23-05-2018
Total S.A, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corporation, today announced they have closed a joint venture in petrochemicals on the U.S. Gulf Coast after receiving ...
IRPC to build aromatics complex using advanced process technologies from Honeywell UOP
23-05-2018
Honeywell announced today that IRPC PLC will use a range of advanced process technologies from Honeywell UOP for a new aromatics complex in Thailand’s ...
Cureton Midstream to use Honeywell connected plant to improve gas processing reliability
23-05-2018
Honeywell today announced that Cureton Midstream LLC will use Honeywell Connected Plant to provide prescriptive monitoring of its UOP Russell gas processing ...
Elliott Group appoint Nicholas Dorsch vice President of industrial products
22-05-2018
Elliott Group announces that Nicholas Dorsch has joined its senior management team as Vice President of Industrial Products, effective immediately. Dorsch will ...
Avantium qualified by Axens
22-05-2018
Avantium is a leading technology company specialized in advanced catalytic research, with groundbreaking innovation as its primary goal. Avantium Catalysis ...
TOYO awarded fertilizer
plant 2nd train project in Nigeria
22-05-2018
Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded the contract to build a second train (Train-2) of fertilizer plant from Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited ...
TechnipFMC awarded contracts for two fertilizer plants in India
22-05-2018
TechnipFMC, in
consortium with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, has been awarded ...
TechnipFMC receive refinery contract from Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd
21-05-2018
Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd has announced to award TechnipFMC the project management consultancy
services contract to carry out the management of pre-EPC activities ...
LyondellBasell Bayport complex receives prestigious safety award
21-05-2018
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, announces that its Bayport Complex located in Pasadena, Texas, has received ...
KP Engineering receives two safety awards
21-05-2018
KP Engineering received two safety awards from the Safety Council of East Texas, Inc. (SCET) during a ceremony held on April 19, 2018 in Longview, Texas. The ...
Challenge accepted - technology-driven transformation
21-05-2018
Koch-Glitsch leads the industry with innovative solutions to optimize the performance of large columns. Using advanced mechanical designs and technologies such ...
Bentley Systems to announce new offerings and joint development partnership with Siemens
21-05-2018
Bentley Systems, Incorporated will announce the general availability of OpenPlant CONNECT Edition at ACHEMA, June 11-15, 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. The new ...
Emerson agrees to buy Aventics
17-05-2018
Emerson today announced it has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million. Aventics is among the global ...
New GES contract win for
WorleyParsons Saudi Arabia
16-05-2018
WorleyParsons has been awarded a General Engineering Service (GES) contract by Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) to help optimize the production ...
Revamp gives a Laby®-GI compressor of Burckhardt Compression a new life
16-05-2018
The very
first Laby®-GI Compressor of Burckhardt Compression was used as an MSO compressor. The compressor is installed on the FSRU vessel Golar Freeze, ...
Valero acquires Pure Biofuels del Peru
15-05-2018
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that, through certain of its subsidiaries, it has acquired Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C. (“PBF”) from
...
New two-in-one instrument simplifies flow data Control in oil and gas operations
15-05-2018
Field technicians, SCADA personnel and managers across all oil and gas industry sectors can now more easily generate, manage and interpret flow data with a ...
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing, BASF Corporation form gas treating alliance
15-05-2018
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation have signed an alliance agreement to jointly develop new gas treating solvents and process ...
Honeywell opens new customer experience center in Kuwait
15-05-2018
Honeywell today opened a state-of-the art Customer Experience Center (CEC) at its office in Mina Abdullah in southern Kuwait, which aims at giving local customers, ...
Qatar Petroleum to build a world-scale petrochemicals complex
15-05-2018
Qatar Petroleum has invited a group of leading international companies, with extensive experiences in the petrochemicals industry, to submit proposals for partnering ...
Emerson introduces Rosemount smart pressure gauge
15-05-2018
Emerson has introduced the Rosemount Smart Pressure Gauge to help users gain better visibility of field changes. The Smart Pressure Gauge utilizes industry-proven ...
ADNOC and Cepsa sign agreement for New LAB facility in Ruwais
14-05-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today announced it has signed a project development agreement with Cepsa of Spain for a new, world-scale Linear Alkylbenzene ...
Air Products unveils world-scale kochi industrial gas complex
14-05-2018
Air Products today announced that it has inaugurated its new world-scale industrial gas complex within the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP) of the ...
PETRONAS and Saudi Aramco launch JV corporate identity
14-05-2018
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, the national oil company of Malaysia and Saudi Arabian Oil Company; today launched the corporate identity for their joint ventures ...
ADNOC announces $45B investment plan to become leading downstream player
13-05-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company today unveiled plans to invest AED 165 billion (US $45 billion) alongside partners, over the next five years, to become a ...
Total signs MoU with the Government of Oman
13-05-2018
Total and Shell as operator will develop several natural gas discoveries located in the Greater Barik area on onshore Block 6 with respective shares of 25% ...
Trafigura closes the acquisition of downstream assets from Pampa Energía
10-05-2018
The Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent commodities trading companies, has today completed the acquisition of the majority of ...
BP chooses hte to test commercial refining catalysts
09-05-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been selected by BP to evaluate commercial catalysts for both naphtha reforming and hydrocracking ...
New acetylene selective hydrogenation catalyst starts strong at Dow
09-05-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of OleMax 260, a new selective hydrogenation catalyst with extremely high ethylene ...
JGC and S&B announce strategic partnership to pursue US Gulf Coast projects
08-05-2018
JGC Corporation announced today that JGC and S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. have signed a framework agreement to form a strategic partnership to ...
INEOS Phenol plans investment in a world scale Cumene plant at Marl
08-05-2018
INEOS Phenol has today announced it is taking the next step to build a world scale Cumene unit in Germany to be completed in 2020. The company has confirmed ...
Sonatrach to produce Euro V fuels with technologies from Honeywell UOP
08-05-2018
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach will use technologies from Honeywell UOP to expand the Skikda Refinery on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Algeria. ...
IPCO – Introducing a new name in industrial process solutions
08-05-2018
IPCO is a new name in industrial process solutions but a business partner with whom many in the sulphur industry will already be familiar. Previously ...
GTC providing aromatics recovery unit for Chandra Asri
07-05-2018
GTC Technology is licensing its GT-BTX® process for a new aromatics recovery unit for PT Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP2), a fully owned subsidiary of PT Chandra ...
Formosa Plastics announces process technologies for Texas PE & PP production expansions
07-05-2018
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. is announcing the process technologies being used for the polyethylene and polypropylene production expansions in Point ...
Air Products and Shell to provide residue gasification technology to refineries
07-05-2018
Air Products announced today it has successfully completed the acquisition of the Coal Gasification Technology licensing business from Shell Global Solutions ...
Velocys sells license to Red Rock Biofuels
04-05-2018
Velocys plc, the renewable fuels company, has received a “notice to proceed” action to commence manufacturing of the Fischer-Tropsch reactors and ...
Chiyoda sign MOU for the provision of digital technology to ADNOC LNG
04-05-2018
Chiyoda Corporation is pleased to announce that it has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Limited (ADNOC ...
Mammoet replaces 400-ton coke drums at Germany's largest refinery
02-05-2018
Mammoet has safely and successfully replaced two coke drums at the Upper Rhine Mineral Oil Refinery (MiRO) in Karlsruhe, Germany. In the coker plant, ...
Hengli Petrochemical selects INVISTA’s latest P8 technology
02-05-2018
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Hengli Petrochemical Co.,Ltd. have reached an agreement to license ...
Axens crosses 95% Heurtey Petrochem shareholding threshold
02-05-2018
Following the recent acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem shares at a unitary price per share of 30 euros, Axens announces that it crossed the 95% threshold of ...
Axens crosses 95% Heurtey Petrochem shareholding threshold
02-05-2018
Following the recent acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem shares at a unitary price per share of 30 euros, Axens announces that it crossed the 95% threshold of ...
Persisto® - unique materials specifically developed for reciprocating compressors
02-05-2018
A variety of high-quality plastic compounds is now available for use as sealing and rider rings in reciprocating compressors. But in many cases, these materials ...
StocExpo Europe: Expect even more in 2019
02-05-2018
Just weeks after the 14th edition of StocExpo Europe came to a close in Rotterdam, work is in full swing to create next year’s edition of the industry ...
Clariant to supply CATOFIN® catalysts for world’s largest propane dehydrogenation unit
02-05-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it was awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Company, to design the world’s ...
SABIC and ExxonMobil create new JV for Gulf Coast project
01-05-2018
SABIC and ExxonMobil said today that they have created a new joint venture to advance development of the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project, ...
Marathon Petroleum and Andeavor strategic combination
30-04-2018
Marathon Petroleum Corp and Andeavor today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which MPC will acquire all of ANDV's ...
KBR awarded oil-to-chemicals project in Saudi Arabia
30-04-2018
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabian Oil Company and SABIC as the second Project Management Contractor (PMC) to provide ...
Duqm Refinery foundation stone laid
28-04-2018
The foundation stone for $7 billion Duqm Refinery Project, a joint venture between Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), was laid on ...
CB&I announces storage award for export facility in Canada
26-04-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $35 million by a leading Canadian infrastructure company for the engineering, procurement, ...
Albemarle and DuPont announce collaboration in Hydroprocessing
25-04-2018
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it is the primary hydroprocessing catalyst manufacturer for ...
OpenTAS certified for EMCS 2.3
25-04-2018
Implico’s OpenTAS terminal management system has now been certified for use with the new EMCS Release 2.3 which becomes mandatory from November 2018. ...
Buckeye Partners, Phillips 66 and Andeavor to construct South Texas gateway terminal
24-04-2018
Buckeye Partners, today announced the formation of a joint venture with Phillips 66 Partners and Andeavor to develop a new deep-water, open access marine terminal ...
Badger to provide technology for new ethylbenzene / styrene monomer plant
23-04-2018
Badger Licensing LLC today announced that Fujian Gulei Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (GLPC) has selected Badger’s proprietary technologies for a 600 KTA grassroots ...
Hyundai Engineering awarded refinery project in Thailand
23-04-2018
Hyundai Engineering Co., the construction unit under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, won a $273.2 million refinery project from a major Thai energy ...
McDermott and CB&I announce global name and brands for combined company
23-04-2018
McDermott International, Inc. and CB&I today announced that, following the closing of the combination, the combined company intends to retain the ...
Kaspersky Lab identifies infrastructure of Crouching Yeti
23-04-2018
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered infrastructure used by the well-known Russian-speaking APT group Crouching Yeti, also known as Energetic Bear, which includes compromised ...
KROHNE at ACHEMA: Innovations in industrial process measurement
23-04-2018
At ACHEMA 2018, KROHNE will be presenting innovations for the process industries. Visitors are welcome on booth A13 in hall 11.1 to learn about current and ...
OMV Schwechat refinery turns 60
22-04-2018
On April 22, 1958, the cornerstone was laid for the reconstruction of the OMV Schwechat Refinery after World War II. Since then the refinery has established ...
Mammoet brings Oman's biggest petrochemical project closer to completion
19-04-2018
Mammoet has successfully completed the safe transport and installation of four 1180-ton NGL bullet tanks for Oman’s biggest petrochemical project, Liwa ...
Lukoil commissions gas processing complex in Uzbekistan
19-04-2018
Today LUKOIL has commissioned a Gas Processing Complex at the Kandym fields cluster in Uzbekistan. The official opening ceremony was attended by the President ...
CNOOC’s new laboratory acquires high throughput technology from hte
19-04-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company equips CNOOC Research Institute of Refining and Petrochemicals (a subsidiary of CNOOC) with a high throughput ...
Eni will invest €7B in Italy over the next four years, including €1B in green activities
18-04-2018
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi today presented the company’s Strategic Plan for the four-year period 2018-2021 to the Italian financial community, also providing ...
CB&I technology award marks a first for China's petrochemical industry
18-04-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded an ethylene technology contract by Lianyungang Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical ...
Fluor awarded contract for Marathon Petroleum’s STAR program at Galveston Bay refinery
18-04-2018
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) to execute the engineering and procurement scope ...
Merichem awarded new LO-CAT® project
18-04-2018
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemical, and service solutions, announced today that it was ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded Wasit gas plant installation contract by Saudi Aramco
18-04-2018
SNC-Lavalin has been appointed by Saudi Aramco to install additional facilities for a major gas processing facility in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. ...
New SOLA iQ online sulfur analyzer from Thermo Scientific
18-04-2018
The new Thermo Scientific SOLA iQ online sulfur analyzer helps technicians, engineers and managers in the oil and gas industry measure total sulfur content ...
Linde to supply hydrogen to the Refinery in Ciudad Madero
17-04-2018
As part of its strategy to secure and make the hydrogen supply to its refineries more efficient, Petróleos Mexicanos entered into a partnership with ...
BASF and Nalco Water enter US gas processing and refining distribution agreement
17-04-2018
BASF Corporation entered an exclusive distribution agreement with Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, to provide gas treatment solutions to the U.S. gas processing ...
Air Liquide signs a long-term contract with Covestro for the supply of hydrogen
17-04-2018
Air Liquide and Covestro, a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, have recently signed a new long-term contract for the supply of hydrogen ...
KBR’s proprietary SCORE ethylene technology based revamp project completed at KPIC
17-04-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today the successful completion of the ethylene plant revamp project for Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., Ltd (KPIC) in Ulsan, Korea. Under ...
Praxair begins supplying hydrogen to Garyville Refinery
17-04-2018
Praxair, Inc. announced today that it has begun supplying hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. Marathon Petroleum ...
Pumps and vacuum pumps at ACHEMA: meeting Industry 4.0 demands
17-04-2018
The future pump and vacuum pump is intelligent and digitally integrated, according to manufacturers joined at VDMA Pumps + Systems as well as VDMA Vacuum technology. ...
Honeywell provides cryogenic gas processing plant to Caprock Midstream
16-04-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a high-recovery cryogenic gas processing plant to Caprock Midstream, LLC for its Pecos ...
iHawk software selected to digitise new world-scale petrochemical complex
16-04-2018
Cyberhawk has been awarded a three-year contract by an oil and gas supermajor to provide a digital asset management solution during the construction of its ...
Meridian signs Letter of Intent with leading EPC provider
16-04-2018
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., the leading developer of innovative and environmentally-compliant oil refining facilities, announced today that it has signed a ...
New generation of residue hydrogenation catalyst passes technical review
13-04-2018
Recently, a new generation of RHT-200 series residue hydrogenation catalyst jointly developed by Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing and Sinopec ...
Honeywell to provide cryogenic gas processing plant to Cardinal Midstream III
13-04-2018
Honeywell today announced that Cardinal Midstream III, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet per day ...
Yara and BASF open world-scale ammonia plant in Freeport
12-04-2018
Yara International ASA and BASF today celebrated the opening of a new world-scale ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas, USA. The $600-million, state-of-the-art ...
ENAP selects ROSE® solvent deasphalting technology from KBR
12-04-2018
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a license and engineering (LBED) contract by ENAP Refinerías SA (ENAP) to utilize KBR's ROSE® solvent ...
SNOX™ sustainable emissions control technology enters the carbon black industry
12-04-2018
Since 2014, Orion has conducted in-depth analyses of the SNOX™ process, including investigative site visits to existing Topsoe plants and testing the ...
KBC announces a strategic partnership with Phillip Townsend Associates
12-04-2018
KBC, the business improvement company for the Energy and Chemical industry, today announced a new strategic partnership with Phillip Townsend Associates, Inc. ...
Kelvion @ ACHEMA 2018
12-04-2018
Chemical production involves a complex series of processes, from heating, cooling and condensing to evaporation and separation. All of these need reliable heat ...
RefComm® hosts Its 17th
annual training, conference & exhibition
10-04-2018
RefComm® Galveston 2018 will be held May 7 - 11, 2018 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center in Galveston, TX. This marks the 17th year for the ...
NAPCON ads NAPCON games furnace to its games portfolio
10-04-2018
NAPCON developed by Neste
Engineering Solutions provides solutions for production and logistics optimization, data reporting and analysis as well as for operator ...
Saudi Aramco and Total to build a giant petrochemical complex in Jubail
10-04-2018
During the official visit to Paris by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, HRH Mohammed bin
Salman, Saudi Aramco and Total signed a memorandum of understanding to ...
Calumet acquires Biosynthetic Technologies
09-04-2018
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuels products, today announced that the Partnership completed ...
Statoil award Mongstad refinery FEED contract to Wood
09-04-2018
Wood is delivering front-end engineering design (FEED) for Statoil’s Mongstad refinery near Bergen, Norway, as part of a new contract secured under an ...
WorleyParsons acquires M+W Group assets
09-04-2018
WorleyParsons announces the completion of the strategic acquisition of the Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide offices of the M+W Group in Germany. The business acquired ...
ExxonMobil licenses FLEXICOKING™ technology to Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical
05-04-2018
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC today announced an agreement with Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Limited, to license ExxonMobil’s FLEXICOKING™ ...
ExxonMobil completes heavy lift of new lubes reactor at its Singapore refinery
05-04-2018
ExxonMobil announced today that it has successfully completed the heavy lift of a new lubes reactor at its Singapore Refinery in Jurong. The reactor is a crucial ...
Graham Corporation receives two Gulf Coast petrochemical industry orders
05-04-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
Tech and digital start-ups needed for the oil & gas industry
05-04-2018
The oil & gas industry is currently undergoing a digital transformation, and the interest in emerging technologies and the latest developments is ever-growing. ...
CB&I announces CATOFIN technology award for petrochemical plant in China
04-04-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Co., Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a propane dehydrogenation ...
Emerson introduces the Rosemount™ CX1100 in-situ oxygen analyser
04-04-2018
To improve energy efficiency and meet environmental regulatory requirements for small and midsize boiler markets, Emerson introduces the Rosemount CX1100 in-situ ...
Air Products breaks ground at Huntsman site in Louisiana
03-04-2018
Air Products and Huntsman jointly gathered today for a groundbreaking ceremony held at the site of what will be Air Products’ new steam methane reformer ...
KP Engineering announces completion of cryogenic gas plant for Targa Resources
03-04-2018
KP Engineering, LP, an energy industry leader in engineering, procurement and construction solutions, today announced the on-schedule, on-budget completion ...
Grace completes acquisition of Albemarle polyolefin catalysts business
03-04-2018
W. R. Grace & Co, today completed the $416 million acquisition of the Polyolefin Catalysts business of Albemarle Corporation. The acquired business primarily ...
CB&I announces Novolen technology award in China
03-04-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for the license and process design engineering of a 300 ...
CB&I announces DPC technology award in China
03-04-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Hainan Huasheng New Material Technology Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design for a diphenyl ...
SNC-Lavalin and JV Driver awarded EPC contract from INEOS
03-04-2018
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has, in a joint venture with JV Driver, been awarded a lump sum EPC contract from INEOS Oligomers, to design and ...
Servomex welcomes new President
28-03-2018
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Trevor Sands as President, based at our UK Technical Centre in Crowborough. He takes over from Chuck Hurley, ...
Anellotech
achieves key process technology operating milestone
28-03-2018
Anellotech, a sustainable technology company pioneering the Bio-TCat™ process for production of cost-competitive renewable chemicals and fuels from non-food ...
Petroecuador selects Siemens 8-MW SGT-300 gas turbine
28-03-2018
Petroecuador, Ecuador’s
national oil company, recently selected Siemens to supply an 8-MW SGT-300 gas turbine for power generation for its Shushufindi ...
PETRONAS and Saudi Aramco announce two new joint ventures
28-03-2018
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), the national oil company of Malaysia, and Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of
Saudi Arabia, are pleased to announce ...
KBR awarded ammonia plant contract for HURL project
28-03-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded an ammonia plant contract by Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) for the Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd ...
ADNOC signs new deals for the sale of up to 1.5M tons per year of naphtha
28-03-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced, today, that it has signed two new agreements, with Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. of Japan and SCG Chemicals ...
Mammoet Russia completes factory to foundation project for Gazprom
27-03-2018
Mammoet has successfully completed the safe delivery of two heavy and oversized columns to Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery for the construction of their new combined ...
Samsung Engineering wins two major contracts from ADNOC
26-03-2018
On the occasion of the visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of His Excellency Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ...
Fluor awarded construction contract for MEGlobal project
26-03-2018
Fluor Corporation announced today that MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company, awarded the company a contract for mechanical construction ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces start-up of Luberef II Yanbu refinery expansion
26-03-2018
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) is pleased to announce the successful start-up of Saudi Aramco’s Luberef II Yanbu Refinery Expansion Project using CLG’s ...
Pemex seeking bids for rehabilitation work at its Miguel Hidalgo refinery
23-03-2018
With the objective of improving security, performance and profitability of the Miguel Hidalgo refinery, Pemex informs that it will request bids for rehabilitation ...
Kuwait Petroleum awards pre-feasibility study to Jacobs
22-03-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has been awarded a contract for a pre-feasibility study, with the option of proceeding to a detailed feasibility study, for Kuwait ...
Petrofac wins SRU block package contract
21-03-2018
Petrofac has been awarded a contract by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for its Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU) Block Package for the Visakh Refinery ...
Clariant introduces HYDEX® E next-generation diesel dewaxing catalyst
20-03-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of its latest diesel dewaxing catalyst, HYDEX E. The new catalyst is an extension ...
Latest developments in sour hydrocarbon treatment to be covered at SOGAT 2018
20-03-2018
Sulphur management encompasses all aspects of sour hydrocarbon conditioning and dominates the current thinking and planning in the Middle East region and non ...
Grabner updates its FTIR instruments to meet the ever-growing complexity of fuel composition
19-03-2018
From the very beginning of fuel characterisation, infrared spectroscopy was widely applied in fuel analysis. AMETEK Grabner Instruments, an industry innovator ...
Zhejiang Petrochemicals to adopt EST refining technology from ENI
16-03-2018
The agreement represents an important step to enhance the value of EST technology. Following the decision by Sinopec to adopt this technology for its Maoming ...
SOCAR selects Axens’ ParamaX® technology suite
15-03-2018
SOCAR Turkey Energy has selected Axens’ ParamaX® Technology Suite for its project of aromatics & PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) complex ...
Honeywell UOP Russell to provide cryogenic gas processing plant to Cardinal Midstream III
15-03-2018
Honeywell today announced that Cardinal Midstream III, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet per day ...
McDermott and CB&I receive competition authority approvals
14-03-2018
McDermott International, Inc and CB&I today announced that the companies have received antitrust clearance in Russia for their proposed combination. With ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical starts new ethane cracker in Baytown
12-03-2018
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today that it has successfully introduced feedstock and commenced operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar ...
Honeywell UOP launches ULTIMet™ catalyst
12-03-2018
Honeywell UOP today introduced a new catalyst that can more efficiently remove sulfur and nitrogen from lower-value diesel blending components, allowing them ...
Koch-Glitsch and INVISTA Performance Technology to offer DTL process technology
12-03-2018
Koch-Glitsch and INVISTA Performance Technology, affiliates of Koch Industries, announced a partnership to offer DTL process technology, allowing refineries ...
Petrofac awarded India EPC contract
12-03-2018
Petrofac has been awarded a lump-sum Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited valued at approximately US$ ...
hte and ITQ to commercialise micro downflow technology for testing FCC catalyst
12-03-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company and Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) in Valencia, Spain, a joint research center ...
Saudi Aramco and SABIC award Wood crude oil to chemicals project
08-03-2018
Wood has been selected to develop the world’s largest fully integrated crude oil to chemicals complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Saudi ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded EPC contract with NOVA Chemicals
08-03-2018
SNC-Lavalin announces that it has, in consortium with TechnipFMC, been awarded a lump sum EPC contract to supply NOVA Chemicals with two gas cracking furnaces. ...
Axens completed a study to supply natural gas to Refineria Isla Curaçao
08-03-2018
Axens was recently awarded, by Refineria Isla, a contract to perform pre-FEED Engineering work to supply natural gas from Venezuela to Refineria Isla Curaçao ...
ADNOC announces strategic move downstream
07-03-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced, today, its intention to move further downstream, as the company pivots to take full advantage of the rising demand ...
Emerson
announces Plantweb™ Optics
07-03-2018
Emerson announces Plantweb Optics, a new mobile-ready collaboration software platform that provides an unprecedented view of plant reliability and operational ...
CB&I announces storage award for expansion project
06-03-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded
a contract valued at approximately $70 million by JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation for the Stage 1 Expansion ...
GTC to provide gasoline production complex for ABG
05-03-2018
GTC Technology is providing a gasoline production complex project for ABG (Al Barham Group Companies) for the refining and distribution of petroleum
products. The ...
Anadarko announces approval of Mozambique LNG development plan
05-03-2018
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced it has received official approval from the Government of Mozambique for the Golfinho/Atum Field Development Plan. ...
Neste rebuilds the wastewater treatment plant at its refinery in Porvoo
05-03-2018
Neste is rebuilding the wastewater treatment plant at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The project involves renewing the chemical and biological treatment systems ...
Mitsubishi Chemical and Linde Engineering announce transfer of HDA technology
01-03-2018
The Engineering Division of The Linde Group (Linde) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) have concluded a definite agreement for transfer of MCC’s ...
Jiangsu Sailboat accepts new methanol-to-olefins unit from HoneywellUOP
01-03-2018
Honeywell today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd. has accepted a new methanol-to-olefins (MTO) unit provided by Honeywell UOP, and ...
GTC forms cooperative agreement with Total
28-02-2018
GTC Technology LP and Total have agreed to a partnership to develop an innovative natural gas conversion process. The process will use less energy to manufacture ...
CB&I announces CDAlky technology award for Valero refinery
28-02-2018
CB&I today announced that its CDAlky® technology has been selected by Valero Refining – New Orleans LLC for its St. Charles Alkylation Project ...
Honeywell and EQUATE to enhance productivity of petrochemical plants in Kuwait
26-02-2018
Honeywell and EQUATE Petrochemical Company, a global producer of petrochemicals, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further ...
Pavlodar oil chemistry refinery selects Kaspersky industrial cyberSecurity
26-02-2018
According to the Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT report, 46 per cent of the industrial automation systems in Kazakhstan were attacked in Q1 of 2017. In order to reduce ...
BHGE and HOERBIGER strategic cooperation for new equipment and aftermarket
26-02-2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company, and HOERBIGER Kompressortechnik Holding GmbH, Vienna, Austria, entered into a comprehensive cooperation agreement for new equipment ...
hte and SINOPEC RIPP intensify their collaboration
22-02-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company announces the successful handover of three high throughput testing systems for advanced catalytic research ...
Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals to form a petrochemicals JV
19-02-2018
Total S.A, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corporation today announced that affiliates of the three companies have signed definitive agreements to form a joint ...
Successful start-up of world’s largest wet gas sulfuric acid plant
19-02-2018
Bestgrand Chemical Group has announced the successful start-up of its wet gas sulfuric acid (WSA) plant – the world’s largest with a production ...
Grand Bahama to build oil refinery and storage facility
17-02-2018
The Bahamas Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has announced that his government has approved Oban Energies to commence an oil refinery and oil storage facility ...
Mammoet awarded contract for Africa’s biggest oil refinery
16-02-2018
During a signing ceremony in Lagos on Tuesday, January 16, the Dangote Group of Companies and Mammoet signed the contract for this ambitious project. The new ...
CB&I awarded ethylene plant contract
15-02-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $95 million by Samsung Engineering (Thailand) Co. Ltd. for a brownfield ethylene ...
Saipem
receive Duqm refinery E&C contract
15-02-2018
Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately USD 750 million. Work involves engineering, procurement, construction ...
Haldor Topsoe and JITRI form joint R&D company
15-02-2018
Haldor Topsoe, a world leader in
catalysis and surface science, has signed a shareholder agreement with Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) ...
Emerson and AspenTech form alliance to deliver digital technologies
12-02-2018
Emerson and AspenTech announced today they have teamed up to deliver asset optimisation software
solutions along with global automation technologies and operational ...
UOP Russell fractionation plant for MarkWest Energy Partners
12-02-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a fractionation plant capable of producing 60,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquids ...
Exploring future opportunities and challenges for tank terminal operators
09-02-2018
The challenges and opportunities faced by tank terminals are changing. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) offer new ways to increase efficiency ...
CB&I awarded contract for ADNOC refining crude flexibility project
08-02-2018
CB&I today announced it has received a letter of award from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the national oil company of United Arab Emirates (UAE) ...
Moscow to host worlds largest Petrochemical Conference dedicated to the CIS region
08-02-2018
In 2018, Moscow is once again set to host the sixth international CIS Petrochemicals conference which will take place on 11 - 13 April in Four Seasons Hotel. ...
IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil & Gas conference gears up for 2nd edition
08-02-2018
The Annual IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil & Gas conference, the international platform for Oil & Gas upstream and downstream producers, EPCs, OFS’ ...
CNOOC Orient Petrochemicals reduces emissions with DuPont™ BELCO® Wet Scrubbing
07-02-2018
In an important move to improve air quality in Hainan Province, China, the CNOOC Orient Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. recently commissioned a DuPont™ BELCO® ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces master plan study for MOL Group
07-02-2018
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced it has been selected for a Master Plan Study by MOL Group headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. The study will assist ...
ADNOC investing $3.1B in Ruwais refinery
07-02-2018
A US $3.1 billion project to introduce crude processing flexibility, at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) owned Ruwais oil refinery, was announced ...
Jacobs wins mechanical maintenance and turnarounds contract from Shell
06-02-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc received a five-year contract renewal from Shell Canada Limited to provide mechanical maintenance and turnaround services on the ...
Commissioning underway for ExxonMobil’s ethane cracker in Baytown
06-02-2018
ExxonMobil announced today that a new 1.5 million ton-per-year ethane cracker at its Baytown, Texas complex is mechanically complete with commissioning ...
Sasol announce the completion and commissioning of FT Wax expansion project
06-02-2018
Today, Sasol inaugurated the full completion of its R13,6 billion FT Wax Expansion Project (FTWEP). Phase 2 began beneficial operation in March 2017, while ...
John Crane Asset Management wins major oil refinery contract
05-02-2018
John Crane Asset Management Solutions has secured a major contract win in the United States which will see the company supply condition-based maintenance (CBM) ...
IGP Methanol award methanol FEED contract to CB&I
05-02-2018
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by IGP Methanol LLC. The scope of work includes FEED services to produce a binding lump sum price for ...
Air Liquide starts up the world’s largest oxygen production unit
01-02-2018
Air Liquide recently started the world’s largest oxygen production unit for Sasol, an international integrated energy and chemicals company. Air Liquide ...
SOCAR award Maire Tecnimont refinery revamp contract
01-02-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and KT-Kinetics Technology S.p.A. have signed with the Client SOCAR (State Oil ...
BASF introduces Boroflex™ FCC catalyst for superior bottoms upgrading
01-02-2018
BASF announced today the commercial launch of Boroflex™, the latest evolution of its residuum (resid) oil Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalysts for ...
Extended cooperation of Sulzer and SGL Group for column internals
31-01-2018
Sulzer Chemtech, market leader for separation and mixing technology, and SGL Group, a worldwide leading manufacturer of carbon made products, are expanding ...
BASF start construction of new MDI synthesis unit in Geismar
31-01-2018
BASF will start the construction of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) synthesis unit at the company’s Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, in ...
Karbala refinery selects SIL-Certified IQ3 valve actuators from Rotork
31-01-2018
When it opens in 2020, the facility will have a refining capacity of 140,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd). Production will meet the latest international ...
Honeywell advanced burner technology selected by Sinopec Yanshan
31-01-2018
Honeywell UOP announced today that its Callidus® low-nitrogen oxides (NOx) burner technology has been selected by Sinopec Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical ...
Hot storage tank base insulation - energy savings and improved safety
31-01-2018
Tanks are used for storing a variety of organic liquids, including raw materials, final products and/or usable byproducts. The worldwide demand for chemical ...
UkrGasVydobuvannya selects Honeywell UOP’s HYT-4118 Unity hydrotreating catalyst
31-01-2018
Honeywell today announced that UkrGasVydobuvannya (UGV) has begun using Honeywell UOP’s HYT-4118 Unity hydrotreating catalyst to produce ultra-low sulfur ...
Topsoe chosen as technology licensor of the world’s largest methanol facility
30-01-2018
IGP’s Gulf Coast Methanol complex is planned to be the world’s largest methanol production facility and one of the most efficient and environmentally ...
Emerson introduces SIL certified 8800 Vortex flow meters
30-01-2018
Facilities with safety instrumented systems can now take advantage of the new SIL 2/3 functional safety certification of Emerson’s Rosemount™ 8800 ...
Ray Himmel joins VUV Analytics as Senior Vice President of Sales
29-01-2018
VUV Analytics Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, has announced the addition of Ray Himmel as senior vice president ...
Honeywell introduces gas processing retrofit unit for ultra high ethane recovery
25-01-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business has introduced a new high recovery retrofit unit to upgrade existing cryogenic units to extract more ...
Air Liquide expands its partnership with KMCI in South Korea
25-01-2018
Air Liquide recently signed a new long-term contract with Kumho Mitsui Chemical Inc (KMCI), a major chemical group in South Korea, according to which Air Liquide ...
New Epsilon 4 benchtop XRF spectrometer from Malvern Panalytical
25-01-2018
Malvern Panalytical presents Epsilon 4, the new high-performance benchtop analytical tool for the determination of the chemical composition of all kinds of ...
SABIC acquires 24.99% stake in Clariant
25-01-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today acknowledges the investment by chemical industry peer and partner SABIC, which has acquired a 24.99% ...
Saras selects Aspen Mtell® prescriptive maintenance software
24-01-2018
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization software company, today announced that Saras S.p.A, owner of the most complex refinery in the Mediterranean, with ...
Honeywell UOP inaugurates new production line for Coal-To-Chemicals catalysts in China
24-01-2018
Honeywell today announced the beginning of production in China of proprietary Honeywell UOP catalysts that are used to convert coal into plastics, helping China ...
Samsung Engineering awarded olefin plant contract from PTTGC
24-01-2018
Samsung Engineering announced on October 24 that it has signed an EPC contract with ORT (Olefins Reconfiguration Project) with Thailand's PTTGC (PTT Global ...
KBR awarded ammonia plant contract by Indorama
24-01-2018
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (Indorama) and Toyo Engineering Corporation ...
Honeywell to provide third cryogenic gas processing plant to Brazos Midstream
24-01-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a third cryogenic gas processing plant to Brazos Midstream. The high-recovery 200 million ...
KBC launches Energy and Sustainability Co-Pilot
23-01-2018
KBC, the leading technology-based consulting company for the energy and chemical industry, is empowering plants and production facilities to manage their energy ...
Hexagon PPM announces acquisition of Plant Design Solutions
22-01-2018
Hexagon PPM announces the acquisition of Plant Design Solutions (PDS), a Houston-based software and services distributor. With this announcement, the CADWorx® ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Grupa Azoty
22-01-2018
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL® ...
ClearSign announces completion of first enclosed ground flare project
22-01-2018
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduce emissions and improve efficiency, today announced the ...
Dushanzi Petrochemical Company selects control system from Yokogawa
18-01-2018
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa China, has received an order from the Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of ...
CB&I announces joint development agreement with Saudi Aramco
18-01-2018
CB&I today announced it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with Saudi Aramco that includes Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), CB&I's joint venture ...
Honeywell helps BASF turn hazardous waste into clean energy
18-01-2018
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that BASF has opened a state-of-the-art control room equipped with Honeywell Experion® technology at its ...
Emerson completes acquisition of ProSys
17-01-2018
Emerson today announced it has acquired ProSys Inc, a global supplier of software and services that increase production and safety for the chemical, oil and ...
Grace signs investment framework to support FCC refining industry in Kazakhstan
16-01-2018
W. R. Grace & Co has signed an investment framework agreement with 1) “KazMunayGas” , Kazakhstan’s national operator for exploration, ...
Praxair expands hydrogen supply to Port Arthur refinery
16-01-2018
Praxair, Inc has expanded its long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Motiva Enterprises LLC. Under this new agreement, Praxair will increase the amount of ...
KBC signs consultancy agreement for integration of oil refineries in China
16-01-2018
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, KBC Advanced Technologies, has signed a consultancy agreement with China Energy Engineering ...
NAPCON to reshape the process industry with artificial intelligence
16-01-2018
Neste's NAPCON product family is bringing about the next industrial revolution with products that utilize modern artificial intelligence. And since this is ...
OMV setects hte to test competitive catalysts for light cut naphtha isomerization
12-01-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company tested the performance of commercial light cut naphtha isomerization catalysts in the presence of hydrogen ...
INVISTA’s latest P8 technology sees first successful deployment in China
11-01-2018
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., Ltd, announce the successful start-up of Jiaxing ...
Clariant and SINOPEC to cooperate on fuel upgrading catalyst technology
11-01-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it has signed two key agreements with SINOPEC, China’s largest petroleum and chemical ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded downstream engineering services agreement
10-01-2018
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed a Master Services Agreement, with approximate worth in excess of $100M, with one of the world’s ...
Burckhardt Compression presents its mid-range plan
09-01-2018
Burckhardt Compression, the world’s leading manufacturer of reciprocating compressors, will provide detailed information on its Mid-Range Plan at its ...
Neste celebrates its 70th anniversary
09-01-2018
Neste celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2018. Our journey from a Finnish oil refining company to the world's largest producer of renewable diesel from waste ...
Sinopec licences Eni
Slurry Technology
08-01-2018
Eni has sold the licence and basic engineering project to the Chinese company Sinopec, for the construction of a refining plant based on the Eni Slurry ...
Emerson named ‘Industrial IoT company of the year’
08-01-2018
Emerson, a global automation technology and software company, has
been named the ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ by IoT Breakthrough. The award ...
Graham Corporation awarded North American refining orders
07-01-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
Koch-Glitsch partners with EFT Analytics
03-01-2018
Koch-Glitsch and EFT Analytics announced a partnership to provide full service process engineering and advanced data analytics solutions to enhance operations ...
Borealis selects Jacobs to conduct engineering study for Chemical plant in Belgium
03-01-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has been awarded a contract to complete a front end engineering design (FEED) study for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant ...
RIL commissions the world’s largest refinery off-gas cracker at Jamnagar
02-01-2018
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has successfully commissioned and achieved design throughput of the world’s first ever and largest Refinery Off-Gas ...
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering secures orders
02-01-2018
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Engineering and Construction major Larsen & Toubro Limited, has secured a major EPC ...
ADNOC and OCP sign long-term sulphur sales agreement
27-12-2017
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and the OCP Group of Morocco (OCP) announced today the signing of a long-term sales agreement whereby ADNOC will supply OCP ...
SNC-Lavalin signs framework agreement with Shell
22-12-2017
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed a Framework Agreement (FA) with Shell to provide pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for modular options ...
Chevron Phillips achieve mechanical completion of Cedar Bayou Ethane Cracker
20-12-2017
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today that its world-scale ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou in Baytown, Texas successfully achieved the major milestone ...
Albemarle expands FCC product portfolio by launching new Granite™ technology
19-12-2017
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it is launching a new technology for the Fluid Catalytic Cracking ...
SUEZ announces upgrades and enhancements to Its InSight APM System
19-12-2017
Seeking to bring the next generation of its advanced digital solutions to water treatment professionals around the globe, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions ...
SCFI celebrates eco-innovation success as demonstrator is launched
19-12-2017
Cork-based waste treatment technology business SCFI is celebrating the successful completion of a project part-funded by the EU to build a demonstrator unit. ...
McDermott and CB&I combine
18-12-2017
McDermott International, Inc and CB&I today announced that the companies have agreed to combine in an all-stock transaction to create a premier fully vertically ...
Inter Pipeline to build world-scale integrated PDH and PP plant
18-12-2017
Inter Pipeline Ltd, is pleased to announce that its board of directors has authorized the construction of a world-scale integrated propane dehydrogenation (PDH) ...
Oiltanking successfully commissions new terminal in Mozambique
18-12-2017
Oiltanking GmbH is pleased to announce the commissioning of its new terminal in Matola, Mozambique. In parallel, Oiltanking will expand its investment in the ...
Alco Bio Fuel selects Predix based asset performance management from GE
18-12-2017
GE Power was selected by Alco Bio Fuel, one of Belgium’s major biorefineries, to deploy its Predix based Asset Performance Management (APM) solution to ...
Edson plant - 29 years without lost time incident
15-12-2017
We would like to congratulate Ken Mitchell, Regional Superintendent, Terry Orge, Plant Forman/Regional LCC, Karen Kluthe Office Administrator, Ryan Jardine, ...
Honeywell implements advanced process control at Bashneft Refineries
14-12-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) announced its advanced process control (APC) at the Bashneft oil refining complex (part of Rosneft Oil Company) has demonstrated ...
Grace to acquire polyolefin catalysts business from Albemarle
14-12-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, today signed an agreement to acquire the Polyolefin Catalysts business of Albemarle Corporation for $416 million. The transaction is expected ...
INEOS Oligomers to build new world scale PAO plant in Texas
14-12-2017
Today, INEOS Oligomers announced it had made the Final Investment Decision to build a new world scale, low viscosity Polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit on the INEOS ...
SNC-Lavalin and Saudi Aramco sign MoU supporting in-country opportunities
13-12-2017
SNC-Lavalin and Saudi Aramco today signed a Memorandum of Understanding signalling SNC-Lavalin’s continued commitment to creating and accelerating opportunities ...
Siluria Technologies and Wood Launch Modus™
12-12-2017
Siluria Technologies, a leader in developing disruptive process technologies for the petrochemical and energy industries, and Wood, a global leader in the delivery ...
Hanwha Total petrochemical invests to expand its polymer production
11-12-2017
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total, will invest more than $300 Million to expand its integrated refining & petrochemicals ...
CB&I receives notice to proceed for petrochemical plant in Kazakhstan
11-12-2017
CB&I today announced it has received full notice to proceed by Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. (KPI) for the project management services for a ...
Vopak award fuel storage terminal contract to Fluor
11-12-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Vopak Terminal Durban (Pty) Ltd. to ...
Axens Sets the Pulse of the Hydroprocessing Industry
11-12-2017
Axens completes the expansion of its Calvert City, Kentucky manufacturing plant to produce its industry leading Impulse™ hydroprocessing catalysts Series ...
Graham Corporation awarded North American refining industry orders
08-12-2017
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defence industries, ...
Clariant selected by Xuzhou HaiDing for new propane dehydrogenation unit
08-12-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced an agreement with Xuzhou HaiDing Chemical Technology Co. Ltd. to develop a custom-built CATOFIN ...
Trafigura to purchase the downstream assets of Pampa Energia in Argentina
07-12-2017
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, a market leader in the global commodities industry, has today announced the signing of a Sale and Purchase agreement for the majority ...
Middle East refinery selects Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers
07-12-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a refinery ...
Metafrax license CO2 capture technology from MHI
05-12-2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has concluded an agreement to license technology for its flue gas carbon dioxide (CO2) capture plant to PJSC Metafrax, ...
JGC awarded EPC contract for gas processing plant project
04-12-2017
JGC Corporation announced today that, in partnership with JGC Indonesia, a subsidiary of JGC Corporation, and PT Rekayasa Industri of Indonesia, it has received ...
ClearSign receives order from major Eastern Mediterranean / Middle East refiner
04-12-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduce emissions and improve efficiency, today announced receipt ...
TechnipFMC awarded the Bapco Sitra refinery expansion project
01-12-2017
TechnipFMC announced today that, jointly with Samsung Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas, it has been awarded a $4.2B contract from Bahrain Petroleum Company ...
Total completes Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform upgrade
30-11-2017
Total has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months. ...
Sinopec awards DuPont five STRATCO® alkylation technology licenses
30-11-2017
DuPont Clean Technologies signs contracts with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation for five grassroots STRATCO® alkylation units at five Sinopec ...
Thyssenkrupp to build two major polymer plants in Turkey
30-11-2017
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer has signed a contract to build two new world-scale polymer plants for SASA Polyester ...
KBR awarded ammonia plant revamp in India
30-11-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded an ammonia plant revamp contract by Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF). Under the terms of the ...
TOYO awarded expansion of naphtha cracking furnace project
28-11-2017
Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded a project to construct a naphtha cracking furnace of Tosoh Corporation for producing ethylene at its Yokkaichi Complex ...
Rosneft and Pertamina JV to develop grass root refinery and petrochemical complex
28-11-2017
Rosneft and Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina completed the establishment of the joint venture for the development of Tuban grass root refinery ...
ExxonMobil, ClearSign successfully complete tests of Duplex technology
27-11-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduces pollutant emissions while improving operational costs, ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Oriental Energy (Ningbo)
27-11-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL® ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical
27-11-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL® ...
Al-Zour refinery selects process technologies from Honeywell UOP
27-11-2017
Honeywell announced today that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) will use a range of process technologies from Honeywell UOP, a leading ...
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction wins biodiesel plant contract
24-11-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction recently signed a new agreement with Cargill for engineering and supply of a world-scale biodiesel plant in Wichita ...
EagleClaw Midstream selects cryogenic equipment from UOP Russell
17-11-2017
Honeywell today announced that EagleClaw Midstream Ventures, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics name Jack Parrish as President and CEO
17-11-2017
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces that Jack Parrish has been named President and CEO, according to ...
Hengli Petrochemical selects flare and burner technologies from Callidus
15-11-2017
Honeywell announced today that Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd. will use Callidus advanced flares and low-nitrogen oxides (NOx) burner technology ...
Emerson and Fluenta improve flare gas efficiency and compliance
15-11-2017
Combined ultrasonic portfolio and proper flare gas meter consulting yields significant operational efficiencies through optimised energy usage, gas capturing ...
MAN Diesel & Turbo wins major order from Kuwaiti Oil Company
15-11-2017
With a double-digit million euro volume, MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order for nine compressor trains for the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). MAN ...
Producers Midstream select cryogenic technology from Honeywell
15-11-2017
Honeywell today announced that Producers Midstream LP will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet per day of ...
Indian Oil selects residue upgrading technology from CB&I
14-11-2017
CB&I today announced it has been selected by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the license, engineering design and catalyst supply for a residue ...
Clariant signs global licensing agreement with RTI International
14-11-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the signing of a global licensing agreement with RTI International granting Clariant exclusive ...
Burckhardt Compression achieves amazing results after PAZ refinery revamp
14-11-2017
The Israeli government tightened its Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) regulations so that they now reflect the highest level in this field. As a result, ...
ENAP selects hydrotreating catalysts from Honeywell UOP
13-11-2017
Honeywell today announced that Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (ENAP) has begun using Honeywell UOP’s HYT-6219 Unity hydrotreating catalyst in conjunction ...
Middle East refinery selects welded heat exchangers from Alfa Laval
09-11-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply welded heat exchangers to a refinery in the ...
Bio-based chemicals one step closer to commercial breakthrough
09-11-2017
Catalysis will be as essential in the sustainable production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks as it has always been in the production from fossil fuels. ...
Compliance without compromise for sulfuric acid plants
09-11-2017
As emissions standards for sulfur continue to tighten, sulfuric acid plant operators look for ways to stay compliant, without lowering production targets, venturing ...
Neste and Bapco renew collaboration agreement for Group III base oils
08-11-2017
A new commercial agreement defines a renewed cooperation model for calendar year 2018. It secures Neste a significant share of the output of the base oils joint ...
Shell starts main construction on Pennsylvania petrochemicals complex
08-11-2017
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) today announced the official start of the main construction phase of its major petrochemicals complex in Pennsylvania, ...
Servomex launches MultiExact 4100 multi-gas analyzer
07-11-2017
Servomex, the global leader in gas analysis, has launched the SERVOPRO MultiExact 4100: a high-performance multi-gas analyzer offering up to four simultaneous ...
PETRONAS selects Honeywell UOPs Amine Guard FS technology
07-11-2017
Honeywell announced today that PETRONAS’ floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, the first of its kind in the world, is using Honeywell UOP’s ...
Webinar: Process automation in petrochemical plants using thermal imaging
07-11-2017
LumaSense Technologies, one of the world’s most trusted providers of innovative temperature and gas sensing devices, will be hosting a webinar on November ...
Dangote refinery selects Aspen PIMS-AO software
06-11-2017
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization software company, today announced that the Dangote Group, the largest conglomerate in West Africa and one of the ...
WorleyParsons Colombia wins a Master Services Agreement for Ecopetrol
06-11-2017
WorleyParsons Colombia has been awarded a four year Master Services Agreement (MSA) for engineering services for Ecopetrol. Ecopetrol, one of the main oil ...
Continental receives in-principal approval of first refinery
03-11-2017
Continental Energy Corporation today announced that its Indonesian subsidiary PT Continental Hilir Indonesia has received the in-principal approval of the Governor ...
Wison Engineering awarded EPC contract of the MTO and the butadiene plant
03-11-2017
Wison Engineering, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, is pleased to announce that ...
CB&I announces engineering, procurement and supply award for LUKOIL
02-11-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL, for the detailed engineering, procurement ...
Metso receives four major oil and gas valve orders from Chinese petrochemical customers
02-11-2017
Metso has received four major valve orders for the oil and gas industry from Chinese petrochemical customers. All orders are for greenfield investments and ...
Praxair starts up VPSA plants in South Korean petrochemical complex
31-10-2017
Praxair, Inc, today announced it has started up three new vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plants at the Daesan petrochemical complex located on the ...
Andeavor Logistics completes acquisition of Western Refining Logistics and IDR Buy-In
30-10-2017
Andeavor Logistics LP and Andeavor today announced that Andeavor Logistics has completed its acquisition of Western Refining Logistics, LP in a unit-for-unit ...
Chevron partners with Microsoft to fuel digital transformation
30-10-2017
Chevron Corporation today announced a seven-year partnership with Microsoft Corp. establishing the company as Chevron’s primary cloud provider, accelerating ...
Emerson and Exida release DeltaV safety instrumented system configurator
30-10-2017
Emerson and exida announce the release of the DeltaV™ safety instrumented system (SIS) configurator, an exida exSILentia® tool that automatically ...
Honeywell UOP announces price increase for catalysts, molecular sieves and aluminas
30-10-2017
Honeywell UOP announced a price increase of up to 8 percent over current prices on certain catalysts, molecular sieves and aluminas, effective with shipments ...
Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company selects KBR VCC technology
30-10-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has entered into an Engineering Agreement for the Residue Hydroprocessing unit at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery (JPRC) Expansion ...
CB&I announces ethylene technology award in India
30-10-2017
CB&I today announced it has been selected by HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd. (HMEL) for the license and basic engineering of a 1,200 KTA mixed feeds ethylene plant ...
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction signs new contract with US LNG supplier
30-10-2017
Air Liquide Engineering and Construction signs a new contract with Kinetrex Energy, the leading supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas in the Midwest US and an expert ...
European refineries towards a sustainable world
25-10-2017
Hellenic Petroleum, one of the leading energy groups in South East Europe, will be co-hosting this year’s European Refining Technology Conference which ...
Yokogawa releases CENTUM® VP R6.05 integrated production control system
24-10-2017
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release CENTUM® VP R6.05, an enhanced version of its flagship integrated production control system, ...
Fluor petrochemicals project recognized as global best by engineering news-record
24-10-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that Engineering News-Record magazine has recognized DowDuPont Materials Science’s new ethylene production facility ...
Emerson introduces the latest version of AMS Device Manager
24-10-2017
Emerson introduces new alert optimisation capabilities and mobile device health dashboards in the latest version of AMS Device Manager. Out-of-the box alert ...
Gazprom Neft begins construction of deep conversion complex at Pancevo refinery
23-10-2017
NIS, has begun the construction of a new deep conversion complex (DCC) involving delayed coking technology at its Pančevo Refinery, Serbia. ...
Velocys confirms site for first US biorefinery
20-10-2017
Velocys plc, the renewable fuels company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a site option agreement with Adams County in the State of Mississippi for ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces successful start-up of vacuum residue upgrading plant
20-10-2017
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) is proud to announce the successful start-up of a vacuum residue upgrading plant using CLG Vacuum Residue Desulfurization (VRDS) ...
Badger Licensing to provide technology for new Bisphenol A plant in China
19-10-2017
Badger Licensing LLC today announced that Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co., Ltd, has selected Badger’s proprietary technology for a 240 KTA grassroots ...
Air Liquide strengthens its relationship with Sinopec in China
19-10-2017
Air Liquide recently entered into a new joint venture with Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.) in Beijing, for the take-over and optimization ...
SECCO selects Honeywell connected pant technologies for operator training
19-10-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company Limited (SECCO) will upgrade its operator training simulator ...
ExxonMobil acquires crude oil terminal
18-10-2017
ExxonMobil Corporation announced today that it has acquired a crude oil terminal in Wink, Texas from Genesis Energy LP. The terminal is located ...
Jacobs awarded greenfield fuel storage and distribution terminal contract
17-10-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has been awarded a contract by Invex Infraestructura 4, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (INI4) for a greenfield fuel storage and distribution ...
ExxonMobil begins production on new polyethylene line at Mont Belvieu plant
17-10-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that it has commenced production on the first of two new 650,000 tons-per-year high-performance polyethylene ...
Fluor awarded petrochemical project expansion contract
17-10-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for the utilities, offsites and ...
Materia and Evonik reach agreement on catalyst license
16-10-2017
Materia, Inc., a world leading supplier of high performance catalysts and advanced polymers, has entered into a license agreement with Evonik Industries, related ...
Uday Parekh joins Blasch Precision Ceramics
16-10-2017
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, is pleased to announce that Mr. Uday N. Parekh will join Blasch Precision ...
Omsk refinery begins production of environmentally friendly marine fuels
13-10-2017
The first batch of a new improved environmentally friendly marine fuel has been produced at the Omsk Refinery. The fuel’s minimum sulphur ...
ExxonMobil expanding New Jersey research and engineering center
13-10-2017
ExxonMobil announced today that it has broken ground on the expansion of its research facility in Clinton, N.J., a key center of innovation that supports the ...
Metso announce four new distributors in Brazil
13-10-2017
Metso has signed four new distribution agreements for its valve products in Brazil. The new distributors - Loopserv, ERC, MLDA and S.S. Negócios Mercantis ...
Jacobs signs sulfur recovery technology agreement with Paqell
12-10-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, signed a sulfur recovery technology licensor agreement with Paqell, a joint venture between Shell Global Solutions and Paques ...
Honeywell UOP opens Callidus Technologies facility in China
12-10-2017
Honeywell UOP announced that its Callidus Technologies business began operation of China’s only facility capable of testing flare emissions for volatile ...
Total awards Wood oil refinery contract
11-10-2017
Wood has been awarded a new multi-million dollar contract by Total, supporting their Lindsey Oil Refinery located in North Killinghome, Lincolnshire, UK. The ...
Honeywell announce Elster® RABO meter to help optimise US natural gas distribution
10-10-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced it has expanded its portfolio of integrated gas measurement solutions in the U.S. The company is now offering ...
Wood Group completes acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler
09-10-2017
Wood Group is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler. Wood Group’s new ordinary shares will be admitted to the ...
LyondellBasell award engineering and procurement contract to Fluor
09-10-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was selected by LyondellBasell, to perform the engineering and procurement for its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary ...
Rosneft to develop cooperation with Cuba
07-10-2017
Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin held a working meeting with Minister of Energy and Mines of the Republic of Cuba Alfredo Lopez and Ambassador Extraordinary ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins EPC contract for US methanol plant
06-10-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a US$604 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) fixed price contract for part of a US$1.85 billion methanol ...
Parkland completes acquisition of Chevron Canada downstream fuel business
01-10-2017
Parkland Fuel Corporation, Canada’s largest and one of North America’s fastest growing independent marketers of fuel and petroleum products, ...
Jacobs announces sale of its interest in Neste Jacobs Oy
29-09-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced that Jacobs has sold its 40% interest in Neste Jacobs Oy to the Neste Corporation. The purchase price has not been disclosed. ...
Burckhardt Compression provides turn-key solution for LDPE plant overhaul
28-09-2017
The petrochemical company Versalis adopted a single-source supplier concept and awarded Burckhardt Compression a contract to overhaul the Process Gas and Hyper ...
Chengzhi Yongqing selects Honeywell Technology to convert methanol into olefins
28-09-2017
Honeywell announced today that Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology Co. Ltd. will build its second Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) process unit, which converts ...
Air Liquide E&C sign contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corporation
27-09-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has just signed a new equipment supply contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corporation of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum ...
Siemens to supply rotating equipment for propane dehydrogenation plant in China
26-09-2017
China’s largest acrylic producer, Zhejiang Satellite Energy Co., Ltd, recently selected Siemens to provide a reactor effluent compressor train for Phase ...
Phillips 66 award storage terminal expansion contract to CB&I
26-09-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Phillips 66 to increase storage capacity at Phillips 66's liquid products terminal in Nederland, ...
Metso hosts ISO meeting to develop international standards in flow control
22-09-2017
On September 25-29, Metso will host the ISO/TC 161 meeting at its Valve Technology Center in Finland's capital city area. The meeting gathers together leading ...
New project for AXION Energy in Argentina
21-09-2017
In July, AXION Energy signed a contract with Techint E&C to expand the Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) in its Campana’s Refinery, in the province of ...
Dow announces start-up of world-scale ethylene production facility
21-09-2017
DowDuPont Materials Science, the business division of DowDuPont to be named Dow, announced the startup of its new integrated world-scale ethylene production ...
Chart completes acquisition of Hudson Products
21-09-2017
Chart Industries, Inc announced that on September 20, 2017 it completed the acquisition of Hudson Products Corporation for $410 million in cash from Riverstone ...
Ningxia Baofeng Energy license UNIPOL® PP process technology from Grace
20-09-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL® ...
Honeywell to provide cryogenic gas processing plant to Cureton Midstream
20-09-2017
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a turn-key cryogenic gas processing plant to Cureton Midstream, LLC. The new plant is designed ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical commissions new Marlex® polyethylene units
19-09-2017
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today it has successfully completed commissioning and begun start-up of its new ...
ClearSign Texas refinery project successfully concludes operational testing
19-09-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, a leading provider of industrial combustion technologies that deliver unmatched reduction of pollutant emissions while improving ...
Siemens and PAS announce global strategic partnership
19-09-2017
Siemens, a global engineering and technology leader, and PAS Global, the leading provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity solutions, announced ...
Athlon Solutions move to new corporate headquarters
19-09-2017
Athlon Solutions moved its corporate headquarters and technical center in mid-August to a combined corporate office/laboratory in northwest Houston. ...
Baker Hughes a GE company and KBC announce partnership
19-09-2017
Baker Hughes, a GE company and KBC a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announced today a preferred partnership that will provide a combination ...
CB&I to supply storage tanks for greenfield refinery project in Oman
18-09-2017
CB&I today announced a consortium between CB&I and Saipem S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company ...
Neste Jacobs launches its first digital operator training game
13-09-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs releases the first new generation digital game called NAPCON Games Distiller. It is developed ...
The impact of world events featured at Tank Storage Asia 2017
13-09-2017
The role of Asia in the global oil market, the oversupply of crude worldwide and its impact on key Asian storage hubs will be at the heart of conference discussions ...
Emerson launches DeltaV™ PK Controller
13-09-2017
Emerson is launching the DeltaV™ PK Controller, making the advanced automation of its DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) available to fast-growth ...
CB&I wins
storage project in Central Asia
12-09-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $50 million for a storage project in Central Asia. CB&I's scope of work ...
CB&I announces CATOFIN technology award for petrochemical plant in china
11-09-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Xuzhou HaiDing Chemical Technology Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots ...
Essar Oil to invest $250M in capex and maintenance at Stanlow refinery
06-09-2017
Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow
Refinery, today confirmed significant capex investment and reported strong Q4 figures and financial ...
Wood Group wins contract supporting INPEX’s Ichthys LNG development
06-09-2017
Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd to provide subsea engineering services for
the integrity of the INPEX-operated ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins EPC contract for US methanol plant
06-09-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a US$604 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) fixed price contract for part of a US$1.85 billion methanol ...
Mammoet wins contract for petrochemical plant in Oman
05-09-2017
Mammoet to provide heavy lift and transportation solutions for Oman’s biggest ongoing petrochemical project. Mammoet will be transporting and erecting ...
TOYO awarded petrochemical project in Indonesia
05-09-2017
Toyo Engineering Group has been awarded a construction project from PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, Indonesia's largest petrochemical company. This project ...
Sulzer acquires license for Total's wash tank technology for oil processing
05-09-2017
Sulzer’s Chemtech division has been granted a license covering the Total-patented Wash Tank Technology for Oil Processing. The main purpose of this technology ...
Air Liquide and Mitsubishi Chemical announce partnership
04-09-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a cooperation agreement with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation to license MCC’s ...
Total and Linde agree 15-year extension to gas supply contract
04-09-2017
The Linde Gases Division in Germany and Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland based in Leuna are extending their existing partnership by a further 15 years. Signed ...
DowDuPont™ merger successfully completed
01-09-2017
DowDuPont™ today announced the successful completion of the merger of equals between The Dow Chemical Company and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, ...
Guangxi Petrochemical revamps hydrogen unit with Honeywell UOP technology
31-08-2017
Honeywell announced today that CNPC Guangxi Petrochemical Company has successfully converted its existing pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to Honeywell ...
BAPCO refinery selects mobile water solutions from GE Water & Process Technologies
29-08-2017
According to the World Resources Institute, Bahrain is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world and will continue to be through at least 2040. ...
Dangote Oil Refinery award process automation contract to Schneider Electric
29-08-2017
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has signed a contract to provide comprehensive process automation systems, solutions ...
KBC acquires kinetic reactor model technology from Princeton Process Engineers
29-08-2017
KBC, the leading technology-based consulting company for the energy and chemical industry, today announced the acquisition of kinetic reactor model technology ...
Kuwait Paraxylene Production Company implements Honeywell connected Plant
29-08-2017
Honeywell today announced that Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co, will use two Honeywell Connected Plant services to improve the performance of its CCR Platforming™ ...
Burckhardt to deliver Laby® compressor system for MEG plant in Lake Charles
29-08-2017
Burckhardt Compression is proud to announce that it will be part of the largest Monoethylene Glycol Plant (MEG) in the USA, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The ...
CB&I announces four CDAlky technology contracts with PetroChina
28-08-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded contracts by four PetroChina refineries located in Dalian, Liaoning Province; Jilin City, Jilin Province; Jinzhou, ...
thyssenkrupp wins major fertilizer plant order in Brunei
28-08-2017
thyssenkrupp has received a new order from the state-owned Brunei Fertilizer Industries. The contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) ...
KPE awarded contract for natural gas cryogenic processing facility
24-08-2017
KPE today announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $100 million by Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent WestTex LLC, a subsidiary of Targa Resources ...
Mammoet extends work at ZapSibNeftekhim
22-08-2017
PJSC Sibur, the largest Russian gas processing and petrochemicals company, have extended their contract with Mammoet Russia. The scope covers the unloading ...
Wak Group and Guangdong Electrical Design Institute to build refinery at KP Pakistan
22-08-2017
Wak Group and Guangdong Electrical Design Institute (Gedi), have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement to engineer, design and ...
Rosneft, Trafigura close $12.9 B purchase of India's Essar Oil refinery
21-08-2017
Rosneft successfully closed strategic transaction for the acquisition of 49.13% of shares of Essar Oil Limited (EOL) from Essar Energy Holdings Limited (EOL) ...
MOGAS to provide isolation valves to Hengli Petrochemical Refinery
21-08-2017
MOGAS Industries, Inc recently received contracts to supply severe service isolation valves to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd for a new heavy ...
Metso strengthens its presence in India with four new distribution agreements
21-08-2017
Metso strengthens its presence in India with the signing of four non-exclusive distribution agreements for its valve products. The agreements with Fluidline ...
Kelvion releases NW150L stainless steel heat exchanger plates
18-08-2017
With its new NW150L stainless steel heat exchanger plates, Kelvion has complemented its range of heat exchanger plates for viscous and particle-containing media ...
Linde to supply modular hydrogen manufacturing unit for St1 Refinery
17-08-2017
Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded with the engineering and supply of a modular hydrogen manufacturing unit for St1 Refinery in Gothenburg, ...
Saipem wins pipeline contract for Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery
17-08-2017
Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately 850 million USD. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction ...
XOS launches new ASTM D4294 analyzer
16-08-2017
XOS has announced the worldwide release of Petra MAX™, a new D4294 analyzer with combined analysis of 13 elements from P to Zn. Petra MAX delivers high-precision ...
CB&I
wins storage project in Saudi Arabia
14-08-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Técnicas Reunidas, S.A. for new product storage tanks that will be part of a clean fuels expansion ...
Calumet Specialty Products to sell superior refinery and related assets
14-08-2017
Calumet
Specialty Products Partners, L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuels products, today announced that it has signed definitive ...
Clough AMEC to provide maintenance services to ammonia facilities in Australia
11-08-2017
Clough AMEC has won a landmark contract to provide
maintenance services to ammonia facilities in Western Australia that supply international and domestic fertiliser ...
Tüpraş selects Jacobs EUROCLAUS® technology for three refineries
10-08-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.’s proprietary EUROCLAUS® sulfur recovery technology was selected by Tüpraş for its new sulfur
recovery units that ...
CB&I announces intent to sell technology business
09-08-2017
CB&I today announced its intent to sell the company's Technology business. CB&I is targeting to close the transaction by the end of the 2017 calendar ...
Servomex provides solution for accurate monitoring of sulfur dioxide
09-08-2017
As part of its comprehensive emissions monitoring analyzer range, Servomex, the world leader in gas analysis, offers the SERVOPRO SO2, an analyzer that uses ...
Major turnaround at Neste refinery to complete the planned production structure change
09-08-2017
In mid-August, Neste will begin a two-month shutdown at its refinery in Naantali, Finland. The major turnaround will complete the plan first introduced in 2014 ...
Jacobs sign master services agreement with Chevron
09-08-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) expansion amendment with Chevron Products Company (Chevron) to provide elective construction ...
KBR signs agreement with Saudi Aramco to expand in-Kingdom localization efforts
09-08-2017
KBR, Inc has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Aramco to expand and develop KBR's services for Saudi Aramco in line with the Kingdom ...
Mammoet provide three of their biggest cranes for Petronas RAPID project
08-08-2017
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) is Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas multinational, wholly-owned by the Malaysian Government. PETRONAS' largest ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Hyundai Engineering contract for GTL plant in Uzbekistan
08-08-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a lump sum contract by Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd for the delivery of hydrogen plant technology and design and materials ...
Quadrimex Chemical develops its activities in Asian refineries
08-08-2017
The great performances of the new diesel dryer set up in Singapore by Quadrimex Chemical opens the doors to the Asian market. Dedicated for more than 30 ...
Schneider Electric partner with Claroty
07-08-2017
Claroty, an innovator in Operational Technology (OT) network protection, and Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, ...
Samsung Engineering awarded refinery project in Oman
07-08-2017
Samsung Engineering publically announced today, that it received an ITA (Intention To Award) from the Duqm Refinery Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC) ...
Fluor awarded EPCM contract for PETRONAS isononanol chemical plant
07-08-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by PETRONAS Refinery and ...
Emerson upgrades AMS Trex™ device communicator
07-08-2017
Emerson’s AMS Trex™ Device Communicator adds new enhancements that improve response time to operational changes through best-in-class visibility ...
Total awards Amec Foster Wheeler Donges refinery FEED contract
07-08-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announces that it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total, the ...
Global Business Club announce CEE & CIS downstream project management conference
07-08-2017
Successful implementation of complex revamp and construction projects without budget overruns and schedule slippage is the dream of any refinery manager. VPs ...
Técnicas Reunidas receive contract from Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries
05-08-2017
This project is part of the Omani government plan for the industrial development of the Special Economic Zone of Duqm, which includes the new grassroot refinery, ...
South Korea's SK E&C contract to modernize Tabriz oil refinery
05-08-2017
South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction said on Sunday it had signed a deal with Iran's Tabriz Oil Refining Company worth $1.6 billion to renovate the ...
IndianOil Board gives its nod for Gujarat refinery expansion
04-08-2017
The IndianOil Board, in its meeting on 3rd August 2017, gave Stage-I approval for expansion of the Corporation’s Gujarat Refinery from the existing 13.7 ...
California announces new regulations to improve safety at oil refineries
04-08-2017
State agencies today announced final approval of new regulations to strengthen workplace and environmental safety at oil refineries across the state. The regulations ...
Petrofac awarded Duqm refinery project
04-08-2017
Petrofac, in a 50/50 joint venture with Samsung Engineering, has received notification of intent to award a contract worth approximately US$2 billion with ...
SNC-Lavalin moves into EPC phase of ammonia plant project
01-08-2017
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has received a notice to proceed from Salalah Methanol Company LLC, with the Engineering, Procurement and Construction ...
MMEX Resources announces land acquisition for refinery project
31-07-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a development-stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
Axens’ new generation of high performance Hydrocracking catalysts
29-07-2017
Craken™ Series, Axens’ latest generation of hydrocracking catalysts, displays required fuels production and product properties, extended long-term ...
KBR wins LBED contract for Ammonia plant revamp
27-07-2017
KBR, Inc, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Dorogobuzh JSC to provide licensing and basic engineering design (LBED) to revamp an ammonia ...
CKPC licence UNIPOL® PP process technology from Grace
27-07-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, the world's leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL® ...
Saint-Gobain NorPro develops Accu™ catalyst carrier spheres
26-07-2017
Saint-Gobain NorPro is excited to introduce Accu™ sphere catalyst carriers. This new spherical catalyst carrier satisfies a growing petrochemical, chemical ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded FEED conversion to EPC contract by Brahms Oil Refineries
24-07-2017
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Brahms Oil Refineries Limited to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) conversion to EPC contract for a ...
Formosa Plastics awards EPFC contract to Wison Engineering
24-07-2017
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, announced that ...
LyondellBasell to build the world's largest PO/TBA plant in Texas
21-07-2017
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, today announced the final investment decision to build the world's ...
Digital innovation themed at the Abu Dhabi International Downstream Summit
21-07-2017
The downstream business is looking to further optimise processes with the aim of reducing downtime and increasing efficiency. Digitalisation is the key to unlocking ...
Praxair starts up new air separation plant in East China petrochemical park
20-07-2017
Praxair Inc, announced it has started up its new air separation plant for Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture between SINOPEC ...
Liaoning Bora Petrochemical selects PP and HDPE Technologies from LyondellBasell
20-07-2017
LyondellBasell today announced that Liaoning Bora Petrochemical Co., Ltd, has selected LyondellBasell’s world leading polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene ...
Chevron awards main contractor framework agreement to Audubon Engineering
19-07-2017
Audubon Engineering Solutions, a global provider of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, ...
OMV Petrom starts construction of new Polyfuel unit at Petrobrazi Refinery
19-07-2017
OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in Southeastern Europe, has started construction of the new Polyfuel unit in Petrobrazi Refinery. The new unit ...
BCCK Holding Company enters into EPC contract with Blue Mountain Midstream
18-07-2017
BCCK Holding Company, a leader in engineering, procurement, fabrication and field construction services, has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction ...
Clariant Catalysts expands in China with opening of new office in Yinchuan
18-07-2017
Clariant, a world leading company in specialty chemicals, today announced the opening of a new office for its Catalysts business in Yinchuan city, capital of ...
Sadara announces startup of its amines facility
17-07-2017
Sadara Chemical Company, the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has successfully started up its Amines plant today. The Sadara Amines plant ...
Huntsman awards carbon monoxide and hydrogen supply contract to Air Products
17-07-2017
Air Products and Huntsman today announced they have signed a long-term agreement for Air Products to build, own and operate a new steam methane reformer (SMR) ...
Chinese Petroleum Corporation selects MECS® DynaWave® scrubbing system
17-07-2017
The Chinese Petroleum Corporation awarded DuPont Clean Technologies the contract to supply the technology license, engineering and proprietary equipment for ...
Farabi Petrochemicals selects technologies from Honeywell UOP
17-07-2017
Honeywell announced today that Farabi Petrochemicals Company will use Honeywell UOP technologies for a new complex in Yanbu to expand its production of biodegradable ...
ClearSign receives order to qualify their Duplex™ combustion technology
13-07-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, a leading provider of industrial combustion technologies that deliver unmatched reduction of pollutant emissions while improving ...
Oil refiners unprepared to meet shipping demand for low sulphur bunker fuel oil
13-07-2017
Only 15 per cent of oil refiners know how they are going to cope with the industry-changing rules about sulphur emissions that are due to come into force in ...
Linde Engineering appoint Carlos Conerly and Arturo Puigbo to executive positions
13-07-2017
Linde Engineering North America (LENA) announces Carlos Conerly has joined LENA as President of the Natural Gas and Refining Division and Arturo Puigbo has ...
FCC expansion joint for Rosneft ryazan refinery
13-07-2017
Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (RNPK) is the largest refinery of Rosneft. With a designed refining capacity 18.8 mtpa of oil, RNPK production capacities include ...
Honeywell UOP introduces its new Connected Plant ARMGuard™ system
13-07-2017
Honeywell UOP today introduced its new Connected Plant ARMGuard™ system, a remote monitoring service that helps natural gas processors manage the adsorbents ...
Emerson puts digital plant in the palm of your hand with new mobile platform
11-07-2017
Emerson is launching DeltaV™ Mobile, a new platform that leverages Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to empower the manufacturing engineer ...
Braskem award EPC contract to Linde
11-07-2017
Technology company The Linde Group has been selected by Braskem, the largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas, as the lead engineering, procurement, ...
CB&I and CTCI select acid gas treatment unit from Frames
11-07-2017
Frames is awarded an order from CB&I and CTCI to design and supply an acid gas treatment unit for the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) in the Sultanate ...
CORYS and RSI join forces to become a key player in dynamic simulation
11-07-2017
Two major players in global industrial simulation, CORYS SAS and RSI, have announced a merger of the companies. As of July 10, 2017, the companies will become ...
Canada Kuwait Petrochemical selects Honeywell UOP’s Oleflex™ technology
11-07-2017
Honeywell announced today that Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp, has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 550,000 metric tons ...
Major equipment installed at Gazprom Neft’s Omsk oil refinery
10-07-2017
The latest stage in Gazprom Neft’s construction of a new advanced oil refining complex has now been completed at its Omsk Refinery, ...
IndianOil and LanzaTech to construct refinery off gas-to-bioethanol production facility
10-07-2017
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), India's flagship national oil company and, LanzaTech, carbon recycling company, have signed a Statement of Intent ...
Sadara begins production of propylene glycol
10-07-2017
Sadara Chemical Company, the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, today announced that it has successfully started up its Propylene Glycol ...
CB&I awarded material supply contract for ethylene expansion project
10-07-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP) to supply materials for the revamp of existing cracking heaters ...
Sandvik has signed an agreement to divest its Process Systems operations
10-07-2017
Sandvik has signed an agreement to divest Sandvik Process Systems to FAM AB, owned by the three largest Wallenberg foundations, at a price of 5.0 billion SEK. Sandvik ...
Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie to evaluate conversion of natural gas to hydrogen
07-07-2017
Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the possibilities of converting Vattenfall’s gas power plant ...
Chinese refinery selects gasketed plate heat exchangers from Alfa Laval
06-07-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in ...
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction to supply ASU to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical
06-07-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has just signed a new contract to supply an Air Separation Unit (ASU) to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical, a large chemical ...
AEG Power Solutions to secure power for major petrochemical plants in Oman
05-07-2017
AEG Power Solutions, a global provider of power electronic conversion systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energy applications, ...
CB&I awarded storage tank contract by Venture Global LNG
05-07-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $200M by Venture Global LNG, a U.S. based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export company, ...
Emerson launches Rosemount™ CT580 Quantum Cascade Laser analyser
05-07-2017
To establish purity and optimise process control in industrial processing applications such as ethylene, natural gas and hydrogen manufacturing, Emerson Automation ...
GE announces completion of GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes merger
03-07-2017
GE announced today the completion of the previously announced combination of GE’s oil and gas business with Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes, a GE company is ...
Emerson announces global exchange conferences
03-07-2017
Participants in Minneapolis 2017 and The Hague 2018 to share best practices, gain practical insights and innovative solutions that lead to dramatic efficiencies ...
IndianOil and LanzaTech to construct the first refinery off gas-to-bioethanol production facility
01-07-2017
Indian Oil Corporation Limited, India's flagship national oil company and, LanzaTech, carbon recycling company, have signed a Statement of Intent to construct ...
CB&I announces multi-technology award in Uzbekistan
28-06-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex LLC (SGCC) for a grassroots ethylene complex to be built ...
Clariant launches non-triazine H₂S scavenger SCAVINATOR™
28-06-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, introduces an alternative to triazine H2S scavenger chemistry with substantial benefits for oil producers. ...
Metso signs distribution agreement with Process Control Equipment
28-06-2017
Metso has signed a distribution agreement for its valve products with Process Control Equipment, PCE, to cover UK, Benelux and Spain. Under the non-exclusive ...
Wood Group secures FEED for Alexandroupolis LNG project
27-06-2017
Wood Group has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Gastrade S.A. for the Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (INGS) offshore ...
Plant 4.0 start-up incubator a 2nd Edition on IoT with five new partners
27-06-2017
Total is today launching its second Plant 4.0 start-up incubator, joined this year by Air Liquide, AREVA, Eiffage, Solvay and VINCI Energies. This is the very ...
Gunvor refinery replaces field equipment without interrupting operations
27-06-2017
Software and consulting company Implico today announced the successful completion of a major modernization project for loading processes at the Gunvor refinery ...
Shell signs agreement with SBI Bio Energy
26-06-2017
Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., and SBI Bioenergy Inc. have reached an agreement granting ...
Burckhardt Compression expands its presence in Canada
26-06-2017
Burckhardt Compression Holding AG has acquired CSM Compressor Supplies & Machine Work Ltd, (CSM) a Canadian company based in Edmonton and Drumheller, Alberta, ...
Chevron Lummus Global announces four new technology licenses in China
26-06-2017
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced it has been awarded the license, engineering design and catalyst supply for a grassroots integrated refining and ...
Topsoe to help HMEL meet BS-VI fuel specification on fast track
26-06-2017
Indian refinery company HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) has chosen Topsoe’s diesel hydrotreater unit and hydrogen generation facilities to meet their upgrading ...
Ametek completes acquisition of Modcon Inc
22-06-2017
AMETEK, Inc today announced that it has completed its acquisition of MOCON, Inc. for $30 per share in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately ...
CB&I awarded contract for ethane cracking furnace expansion project
22-06-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $40 million by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) ...
Dangote selects hydrogen production technology from Air Liquide Engineering & Construction
22-06-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected to supply two hydrogen production steam methane reformer (SMR) units to Dangote Group, the largest ...
Braskem approves construction of new polypropylene production facility in La Porte
21-06-2017
The Board of Directors of Braskem, the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas, has announced the approval of a $675 million investment for ...
Emerson expands Plantweb digital ecosystem with new dual mode wireless gateway
21-06-2017
With more than 10 years of wireless infrastructure and technology development experience, Emerson today announced a new dual-mode wireless gateway which supports ...
Flint Hills Resources will use Process Reliability Advisor from Honeywell UOP
21-06-2017
Honeywell today announced that Flint Hills Resources will use the Honeywell Connected Plant Process Reliability Advisor to provide ongoing monitoring of the ...
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics report breakthrough in Algae Biofuel research
20-06-2017
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. today announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain ...
S-Oil Corporation adopts Axxim™ software package from Lloyd’s Register
20-06-2017
Lloyd’s Register, the leading provider of engineering and technology centric professional services, is awarded a new contract from S-Oil Corporation covering ...
Umicore buys automotive and stationary DeNOx business areas from Topsoe
20-06-2017
Today, Topsoe announced that it has sold its automotive and stationary DeNOx business areas to Umicore. The agreement includes all employees and all technologies, ...
Linde Engineering adds STANDARD-GSP plant to natural gas portfolio
20-06-2017
Linde Engineering North America (LENA) announces product expansion with the new standardized GSP (Gas Subcooled Process) plant. According to company officials, ...
CB&I announces record production rates at propane dehydrogenation plant
19-06-2017
CB&I and SK Advanced Co. Ltd are celebrating the record production rates and outstanding operation of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Seoul, South ...
YANOS refinery commissions new Group III-quality base oil production facility
15-06-2017
A new facility for production of Group III-quality base oils has been commissioned at the JSC Slavneft-YANOS refinery, part of OAO NGK Slavneft, ...
Keyera partnership signs sour gas processing plant agreement with Jacobs
14-06-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has signed an engineering services agreement with Keyera Partnership, which operates one of the largest independent midstream energy ...
Dangote awards DuPont Clean Technology contracts for new oil refinery
14-06-2017
DuPont Clean Technologies announced today that Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd has commissioned a range of advanced proprietary equipment from DuPont for the ...
MINISCAN IR VISION top performer in portable fuel analysis
14-06-2017
AMETEK Grabner Instruments Releases a new high-speed, compact, FTIR fuel analyzer for automatic and comprehensive measurement of gasoline, and jet and diesel ...
Grace licenses UNIPOL PP process technology to Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co
14-06-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, the world’s leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, contracted to license ...
Canyon Midstream purchases modular cryogenic equipment from UOP Russell
14-06-2017
Honeywell today announced that Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet ...
AMETEK Grabner Instruments introduces MINISCAN IR LOG
13-06-2017
AMETEK Grabner Instruments has added a new lube oil and grease analyzer to its portfolio. The MINISCAN IR LOG is a highly versatile and extremely fast FTIR ...
Enersul awarded equipment supply contract from Doha Petroleum Construction Co. Ltd
13-06-2017
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Doha Petroleum Construction ...
MMEX Resources announces plans to start large-scale Permian Basin refinery
13-06-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a development-stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
Enersul awarded equipment supply contract from Fluor Ltd
13-06-2017
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Fluor Ltd. on behalf of the ...
Is digitalisation the key to remote plant operation?
13-06-2017
There have been many advances in the field of digitalisation in recent years. As the industry moves towards remote operation it is plant optimisation and integrity ...
Petroplan awarded new contract by Sasol
12-06-2017
Global oil and gas recruitment specialist, Petroplan, is proud to announce that we have been awarded a contract to provide consultancy and managed services ...
INEOS
plans massive european expansion programme
12-06-2017
INEOS has today announced plans to construct a world-scale PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Europe. The plant will produce 750,000 tonnes per ...
Baker Hughes and GE reach agreement with DOJ to complete proposed transaction
12-06-2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company announced today that they have reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that would allow the ...
Honeywell to acquire industrial cyber security software leader Nextnine
12-06-2017
Honeywell announced today that it has signed a definitive
agreement to purchase Nextnine, a privately held provider of security management solutions and technologies ...
CB&I announces multi-technology contract in Kazakhstan
12-06-2017
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced it has been awarded a contract by TOO Hill Resources (HILL) for the license and engineering
design of a grassroots ...
Dow completes construction of enhanced polyethylene production unit in Freeport
06-06-2017
The Dow Chemical Company today announced the completion of the construction phase of its new ELITE™ enhanced polyethylene production facility ...
Wison Engineering to provide ethylene cracking furnaces to Zhejiang Petrochemical
06-06-2017
Wison Engineering announced that its non-wholly owned subsidiary, Wison Engineering (China) Limited, was successfully awarded a contract by Zhejiang Petrochemical ...
Neste Jacobs receives the esteemed OPC UA certificate for NAPCON products
06-06-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has successfully gained the OPC UA certification for their process big data product, NAPCON ...
Neste Jacobs kept its position as the biggest industrial engineering company in Finland
06-06-2017
According to the 2016 statistics of SKOL (Finnish Association of Consulting Firms), Neste Jacobs continues to be the biggest exporter of professional services ...
Linde wins major contract for olefin plant in Russia
06-06-2017
Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a major contract by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) to supply an olefin plant in the city of Nizhnekamsk, ...
Baker Hughes and GE announce executive leadership team for Baker Hughes, a GE Company
05-06-2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company today announced the executive team that will lead Baker Hughes, a GE Company upon closing of their proposed ...
Velocys selects IHI E&C for biomass-to-liquids plant feasibility engineering
05-06-2017
Velocys plc, the company at the forefront of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that it has selected IHI E&C International Corp ...
TechnipFMC and Pall cooperate to supply slurry oil filtration systems for FCC units
05-06-2017
TechnipFMC announced today that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Pall Corporation to market, design and supply proprietary Slurry Oil Filtration Systems ...
Hexagon PPM is the new brand for Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine
05-06-2017
The world's leading engineering software company is today embracing a new brand and a honed vision for enabling the smart digital industrial facility and extending ...
Bashneft select water treatment and monitoring services from GE
02-06-2017
GE and Bashneft, a Rosneft-affiliated company, today announced the signing of a long-term service agreement to ensure reliable wastewater treatment at Rosneft’s ...
Linde and Praxair sign business combination agreement
02-06-2017
Linde AG and Praxair Inc, today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive business combination agreement (BCA) to come together under a new ...
Gazprom Neft signs strategic partnership agreement with Siemens
02-06-2017
Gazprom Neft and Siemens AG have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement at this year’s St Petersburg International Economic Forum, with the document ...
Gazprom award contract to Maire Tecnimont and Sinopec Engineering
02-06-2017
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., as majority leader of the consortium including Tecnimont Russia and Chinese companies ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded VDU revamp at Castellón refinery
02-06-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract by BP Oil España ...
Tesoro completes acquisition of Western Refining
01-06-2017
Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc. announced today that Tesoro has completed its acquisition of Western for a total consideration of approximately ...
Haltermann Carless award Neste Jacobs a EPCM services contract
31-05-2017
Neste Jacobs, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services and Haltermann Carless, a well-established HCS Group brand ...
Oriental Energy begins propylene production a two facilities using Honeywell technology
31-05-2017
Honeywell announced today that Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (YRPC), both subsidiaries of Oriental ...
Air Liquide wins a major engineering and construction contract with Yankuang Group
30-05-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has recently signed a major contract amounting around €100 million to design and built three Air Separation ...
Badger Licensing provides new technology for existing bisphenol A plants in Korea
30-05-2017
Badger Licensing LLC today announced that LG Chem, Ltd. has successfully started commercial operation of a new unit utilizing Badger’s proprietary advanced ...
PetroChina selects wastewater treatment equipment from Recon Technology
30-05-2017
Recon Technology, Ltd, a leading independent oilfield services provider operating primarily in China, today announced the Company's affiliate, Beijing BHD Petroleum ...
Honeywell UOP opens new research development and engineering center in China
30-05-2017
Honeywell today announced that Honeywell UOP will open a new research, development and engineering center in China to further strengthen its business presence ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Priolo refinery FCC revamp contract
30-05-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering contract by ISAB Srl, a Lukoil Group Company, as part of a major turnaround at their refinery in Priolo, ...
Yokogawa wins analyzer package order for petrochemical complex in Oman
30-05-2017
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Electric Korea, has received an order to supply an analyzer package solution for the Liwa ...
Rotork to provide fluid power valve actuators to a new grassroot refinery
26-05-2017
Rotork fluid power valve actuators have been ordered for multiple applications at a new grassroots refinery under construction in the Middle East. With ...
Emerson automation introduces the Fisher Z500 line of metal-seated ball valves
25-05-2017
Emerson Automation Solutions introduces the Fisher™ Z500 line of metal-seated ball valves to its severe service portfolio. Fisher Z500 metal-seated ...
Honeywell UOP and Wison Engineering collaborate on methanol-to-olefin projects
24-05-2017
Honeywell UOP today signed a partnership agreement with China’s Wison Engineering Ltd. to jointly provide methanol-to-olefin (MTO) technologies and engineering, ...
Chart Cooler Service Company receives contract for natural gas compression equipment
23-05-2017
Chart Cooler Service Company, Inc, a subsidiary of Chart Industries, Inc.; has been selected to provide air-cooled heat exchangers for a natural gas compression ...
WorleyParsons signs framework agreement with Shell for EPCM services
22-05-2017
WorleyParsons announces today that it has been awarded a five-year Framework Agreement by Shell Global Solutions International, B.V., for the provision of engineering, ...
LyondellBasell receives five top safety awards
22-05-2017
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies today announced that it has received five top safety awards from the American ...
ExxonMobil completes new polyethylene lines at Mont Belvieu plastics plant
22-05-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today the mechanical completion of two new 650,000 tons per year high performance polyethylene lines at its plastics plant ...
Clariant and Huntsman to Combine in merger of equals
22-05-2017
Clariant and Huntsman Corporation today announced that their Boards of Directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals ...
Emerson completes acquisition of MYNAH Technologies
22-05-2017
Emerson today announced it has completed the purchase of MYNAH Technologies, a long-time Emerson alliance partner and a leading provider of dynamic simulation ...
ExxonMobil and SABIC conduct a detailed study of petrochemical project
20-05-2017
Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation and SABIC signed an agreement today to conduct a detailed study of the proposed Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project ...
Shikoku refinery selects separators from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
18-05-2017
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has received an order from De Nora Permelec Ltd., via the Engineering, Procurement, ...
Hengli Petrochemical selects compression trains from Elliott Group
18-05-2017
Elliott Group has been awarded a contract to supply compression equipment for Hengli Petrochemical Refinery’s integrated refining and petrochemical complex ...
Rosneft and Eni sign an extension cooperation agreement
17-05-2017
Rosneft CEO, Igor Sechin, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, today signed a Cooperation Agreement for cooperation between the two companies in Russia and abroad ...
Brüel & Kjær Vibro expands product portfolio with the acquisition of Setpoint
17-05-2017
Brüel & Kjær Vibro is committed to providing the best products, solutions and services to satisfy the always growing market needs for higher ...
Digital transformation of the oil and gas sector
17-05-2017
The oil and gas industry has always been seen as conservative and resistant to change but, due to the recent drop in the oil prices, downstream companies are ...
Burckhardt to modernize third-party hyper compressor at MOL petrochemicals plant
17-05-2017
Burckhardt Compression was selected to modernize MOL Petrochemicals' third-party Hyper Compressor at its LDPE plant in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. ...
Toyo and Koch-Glitsch partner to offer SUPERHIDIC®
16-05-2017
Toyo Engineering Corporation and Koch-Glitsch today announced a new partnership to distribute TOYO’s innovative energy-saving distillation system, SUPERHIDIC®, ...
KBR wins two more contracts at Ammonia plant in Russia
16-05-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and Reliability Based Maintenance (RBM) services contracts by JSC EuroChem Northwest ...
BASF selects Jacobs to support site engineering in Germany
16-05-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, as one of BASF’s Global Engineering Partners for Large Capital Projects, provides engineering, procurement and construction ...
CB&I announces multiple technology awards in Indonesia
16-05-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI), a Chandra Asri Petrochemical Group company, for the license ...
Pembina Pipeline and Petrochemical Industries sign JV
15-05-2017
Pembina Pipeline Corporation is pleased to announce that it, along with Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. of Kuwait, has reached key milestones for the ...
LyondellBasell begins construction of Hyperzone PE plant at its La Porte Complex
15-05-2017
LyondellBasell one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, has broken ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) ...
Fluor starts mechanical construction for Dow Chemical project in Freeport
15-05-2017
Fluor Corporation has begun the mechanical construction for The Dow Chemical Company’s new ethylene derivative facility in Freeport, Texas. “Having ...
Total inaugurates its revamped Carling petrochemical complex
12-05-2017
Total has inaugurated yesterday its revamped Carling, Saint-Avold petrochemical complex in eastern France following three years of transformation works. In ...
Yokogawa wins order to supply analyzer house for RAPID project
12-05-2017
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia), has won an order to supply process analysis system integration (SI) ...
KBR and IBM partner for digital solutions for hydrocarbons industry
10-05-2017
KBR Inc and IBM today announced they have entered an agreement to collaborate on the development of digital products and services to help oil and gas and petrochemical ...
ExxonMobil Chemical Company to buy plant from Jurong Aromatics Corporation
10-05-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that its Singapore affiliate has reached an agreement with Jurong Aromatics Corporation Pte Ltd to acquire ...
Zhejiang Petrochemical selects Polybed pressure swing adsorption units from Honeywell UOP
10-05-2017
Honeywell UOP announced today that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use four of its Polybed™ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply ...
Topsoe technology chosen for large Uzbek gas-to-liquids project
10-05-2017
“In English, OLTIN YO’L means 'golden road' and this project will help set Uzbekistan on a golden road of development. We will produce some of the ...
Honeywell UOP and KFUPM develop new catalytic processes for petrochemicals production
09-05-2017
In support of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts toward economic diversification and localization initiatives, Honeywell UOP and King Fahd University of Petroleum ...
CB&I announces inauguration and startup of polypropylene technology pilot plant
09-05-2017
CB&I today announced the inauguration of its Novolen® technology polypropylene pilot plant, a new section of its world class Research and Development ...
Clariant catalysts contribute significantly to emission control in China
09-05-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is among the foremost catalyst suppliers supporting Chinese producers in stationary emission control. The company ...
Johnson Matthey reveals refreshed identity
08-05-2017
This week, Johnson Matthey, a global leader in science that provides cleaner air, improved health and more efficient use of natural resources, reveals a refreshed ...
MAN Diesel & Turbo expands Mitsui cooperation
08-05-2017
MAN Diesel & Turbo has entered a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. that will intensify their existing, ...
CB&I announces cumene and phenol technology award in China
08-05-2017
CB&I today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation for the license and engineering design of a cumene and ...
Air Products signs strategic e-commerce cooperation agreement with Sinopec and EPEC
08-05-2017
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases supplier and U.S. Fortune 500 company, today announced it has recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement ...
Honeywell UOP to provide technology and equipment to Zarqa refinery
08-05-2017
Honeywell UOP announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) to facilitate a $1.6 billion expansion of its ...
The largest propane dehydrogenation unit in China uses Honeywell UOP technology
03-05-2017
Honeywell announced today the successful commissioning and operation of the largest operating single-train propane dehydrogenation unit in China. Yantai ...
Vitol to acquire Rotterdam splitter from Koch Supply & Trading
02-05-2017
Vitol today announced that it had agreed to acquire an 85,000 barrels per day condensate splitter in Rotterdam from Koch Supply & Trading BV for an undisclosed ...
Chinese refinery selects compact heat exchangers from Alfa Laval
02-05-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in ...
Emerson completes Pentair Valves & Controls acquisition
02-05-2017
Emerson today announced that it has completed the purchase of the Valves & Controls business from Pentair plc, for $3.15 billion. “This acquisition ...
Calumet Speciality Products becomes first US based producer of group III base oil
01-05-2017
Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, announced today the launch of CALPAR 4GIII, ...
Wastewater treatment technology from GE helps refiner reuse 100 percent of water
01-05-2017
Federated Co-Operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, was named Industrial Water Project of the Year at the annual Global ...
SNC-Lavalin wins contract for gas oil separation plant in Saudi Arabia
27-04-2017
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it was awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering and project management services for the Berri Increment Program. ...
Emerson expands its family of non-intrusive temperature instrumentation
27-04-2017
Emerson Automation Solutions introduces a new platform for its Rosemount™ X-well™ Technology surface sensing temperature measurement solution. The ...
Dangote Oil Refinery selects equipment and technology from Honeywell UOP
27-04-2017
UOP LLC, a division of Honeywell International Inc, today announced that it has won a contract from Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd. for critical equipment, ...
Lubrizol selects Jacobs to provide EPC services for new polyisobutylene unit
26-04-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has been selected by Lubrizol to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for Lubrizol’s new Polyisobutylene ...
Orpic selects Neles® emergency shutdown valves from Metso
26-04-2017
Metso will supply 400 industry-leading Neles® emergency shutdown (ESD) valves for an ethylene cracker as part of the new Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex ...
Honeywell introduces software development kit simplifying IIoT connectivity
25-04-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced the first robust, fully scalable software toolkit that simplifies the interconnection of industrial software systems, ...
Servomex appoint Andrew Thompson as VP global marketing & business development
25-04-2017
Servomex has appointed Andrew Thompson to the role of Director, VP, Global Marketing & Business Development, based at the UK Technical Centre in Crowborough, ...
Burckhardt Compression relocate oxygen Laby® compressor
25-04-2017
AGA Gas, a Swedish subsidiary of Linde Group, decided to relocate the entire Laby® Compressor and auxiliary equipment from Stenungsund to a site in Sandviken ...
Indian Oil wins award for best innovation in refineries
24-04-2017
IndianOil R&D bagged an award for “Best innovation in Refineries” under Team category for the performance improvement of FCC Unit of Gujarat ...
AspenTech acquires rights to operator training simulator framework software
24-04-2017
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization software company, announced it has acquired rights to Operator Training Simulator (OTS) framework software from ...
TrendMiner predictive analytics software selected by Total
24-04-2017
TrendMiner predictive analytics software was selected by Total to facilitate self-service analytics and process performance optimization of its Refining & ...
SNC-Lavalin to acquire WS Atkins
20-04-2017
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with WS Atkins plc, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, on ...
Neste Jacobs to perform a comprehensive energy study for Unipetrol's Litvinov refinery
20-04-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and the leading refinery and petrochemical group Unipetrol, which constitutes an important ...
Indian Oil Corporation inks MoU with Numaligarh refinery and Paradip port
19-04-2017
Indian Oil Corporation Limited entered into an MoU with Numaligarh Refinery Limited and Paradip Port Trust in a glittering ceremony at Bhubaneswar in presence ...
MAN Diesel & Turbo 3D printing becomes a standard
19-04-2017
As of now, MAN Diesel & Turbo is equipping gas turbines with 3D-printed components. CEO Dr Uwe Lauber: “As of now, we are the first manufacturer in ...
Bechtel selected to deliver two major projects in Egypt
19-04-2017
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced today that the company has been awarded two contracts by Carbon Holdings of ...
Reliance commissions world’s largest and most complex Ethane Project in record time
19-04-2017
Reliance is pleased to announce successful and flawless completion of its Ethane Project, including commissioning of its ethane receipt & handling facilities ...
Additional technology award for ZPC's refinery awarded to CB&I
19-04-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co. Ltd for the license and engineering design of a single-train ...
ExxonMobil and SABIC select San Patricio county for petrochemical project
19-04-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company and SABIC each announced the selection of a site in San Patricio County, Texas for potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical ...
ClearSign secures follow-on order from California refinery
18-04-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging provider of industrial combustion technologies that help to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, today announced ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins contract with GPEC for oil shale fired CFB boilers
18-04-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a new contract by China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Power Engineering Co., Ltd, for the ...
Emerson Automation Solutions release TerminalManager™
18-04-2017
Emerson Automation Solutions has released TerminalManager™, the next-generation software for managing all terminal operational and commercial activity. ...
Praxair commissions air separation plant
17-04-2017
Praxair, Inc announced that it has started up a world-scale air separation unit (ASU) at its Burns Harbor, Indiana, site. The 2,400-ton-per-day ASU is part ...
Honeywell expands production of natural gas solutions at Russian plant
17-04-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that it will expand the manufacture of oil and natural gas solutions for the Russian sector at its Arzamas ...
GE Oil & Gas signs agreement with Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company
17-04-2017
GE Oil & Gas has signed a long-term multi-outage agreement with Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), to drive the operational excellence of GPIC’s ...
BP Trinidad and Tobago starts up Trinidad onshore compression project
13-04-2017
BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) today announced the start-up of the Trinidad onshore compression (TROC) project - one of seven major upstream projects BP ...
Wood Group awarded new automation contract with TPC Group
13-04-2017
Wood Group has been awarded a new three year contract valued at $8 million to deliver process automation engineering services to TPC Group, a leading producer ...
Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical selects MECS® sulfuric acid regeneration unit
13-04-2017
Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co, in China has awarded and signed contracts for the engineering, technology license and proprietary equipment for a MECS® ...
Oiltanking acquires terminal in Texas City
13-04-2017
Oiltanking North America, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Oiltanking Galveston County terminal. OTGAL currently handles specialty chemicals ...
KBR executes global master contract with Chevron
13-04-2017
KBR, Inc. announced today it has signed a multi-phase ten-year engineering and procurement services master contract with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide engineering ...
Total-Hanwha JV invests $450M to expand its refining & petrochemicals platform
12-04-2017
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total, will invest to expand its Daesan refining & petrochemicals integrated platform. ...
Hengli Petrochemical selects LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP PE technology
12-04-2017
LyondellBasell today announced Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Chemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP polyethylene process technology. The ...
L.A. Turbine and GEA join Honeywell’s connected plant program
12-04-2017
Honeywell announced today that L.A. Turbine Corp. and GEA have both joined Honeywell’s Connected Plant program to jointly develop and provide solutions ...
PARCO to produce cleaner burning transportation fuels using Honeywell technologies
12-04-2017
Honeywell announced today that Pak-Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) will use technologies from Honeywell UOP and Honeywell Process Solutions to upgrade its Mid-Country ...
OMV invests around €110m in Schwechat refinery
11-04-2017
The turnaround (plant inspection) of the petrochemicals units of Schwechat refinery will start in mid-April. The facilities will shut down as planned. There ...
Air Liquide to supply hydrogen purification technology to methanol complex
11-04-2017
Air Liquide Engineering and Construction will supply a hydrogen purification PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) unit to one of the largest methanol production ...
Marathon awards Fluor refinery engineering contract for two refineries in Texas
11-04-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corporation to execute the engineering and procurement scope for ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins BP global engineering services framework contract
07-04-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announced today that it has been awarded a global framework contract by BP International to provide engineering, procurement support and ...
Honeywell’s blending solutions showing results a refineries and storage terminals
06-04-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it is supplying its Profit® Blending and Movement suite of solutions at refineries and storage terminals around ...
CB&I announces multiple petrochemical technology awards in China
06-04-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded multiple technology contracts by Tianjin Bohua Chemical Development Co. Ltd. for a grassroots petrochemicals plant ...
PKN ORLEN announce contract for propylene from metathesis unit
06-04-2017
PKN ORLEN will supply up to 100,000 tonnes of propylene annually to Basell Orlen Polyolefins. The contract covers the production volume of the Metathesis Unit, ...
Air Liquide signs a long term contract with major petroleum group in Oman
06-04-2017
Air Liquide and Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company, Oman’s national refining company, recently signed a long term agreement for ...
Alfa Laval to provide Packinox heat exchangers to West African refinery
04-04-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a ...
CB&I announces strategic alliance to provide proprietary technologies to China
04-04-2017
CB&I today announced it has signed a strategic alliance with Jinzhou Port Co., Ltd. (Jingang) to become the master licensor for an integrated refining and ...
BP and DuPont JV announces acquisition of ethanol facility in Kansas
03-04-2017
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, combining expertise in fuels with industrial biotechnology, today announced the ...
Honeywell launches new industrial cyber security solution to enable secure use of USB devices
03-04-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced a new solution for industrial sites as they balance productivity and cyber security demands. Honeywell’s ...
Fluor completes Dow Chemical’s Ethylene facility on schedule
30-03-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has safely finished the mechanical construction of The Dow Chemical Company’s new ethylene production ...
New Emerson facility in Germany to help customers achieve operational excellence
30-03-2017
Langenfeld office showcases automation technology innovations that harness the power of the Industrial Internet of Things to transform business performance ...
MMEX Resources and KP Engineering to design, build crude oil refinery in Permian Basin
29-03-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a development stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
CB&I awarded integrated refining and petrochemical project in China
29-03-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a substantial contract for the license, engineering design and catalyst supply for five proprietary technologies ...
BPCL refinery selects Isomerization and Dividing Wall Technology from GTC
29-03-2017
GTC Technology has provided its low-temperature Isomalk-2℠ process technology for the successful start-up of a light naphtha isomerization unit at the Bharat ...
Clariant's advanced catalyst innovations and expertise to support China’s needs
29-03-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is at the forefront in supporting China’s industrial producers with its advanced catalyst innovations ...
CB&I awarded contract for Total ethane cracker project
28-03-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.3 billion by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. to provide engineering, ...
Haltermann Carless selects NExSAT technology from Neste Jacobs
28-03-2017
Neste Jacobs, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services and Haltermann Carless, a well-established HCS Group brand ...
Axens certify hte for independent naphtha reforming catalyst evaluation
28-03-2017
hte tested the performance of naphtha reforming catalysts in a high throughput screening project under commercially relevant conditions for Axens, an international ...
Indian Oil signs MoU with Nepal Oil Corporation
27-03-2017
A Memorandum of Understanding for supply of POL products was signed here today between Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Nepal Oil Corporation in the presence ...
Neste Jacobs delivers new versions of NAPCON solutions to Porvoo cracker
27-03-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has finished the upgrade of Borealis Porvoo Cracker Dynamic Real-Time Optimization (DRTO) ...
NOVA Chemicals, Borealis and Total JV to meet global demand for polyethylene
27-03-2017
NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Borealis AG signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture (JV) with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. that ...
Stockholders approve acquisition of Western Refining by Tesoro
24-03-2017
Stockholders of both Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc.today voted to approve Tesoro's expected acquisition of Western Refining. At separate special ...
Emerson and TopNIR alliance offer complete solution for optimising crude blending operations
22-03-2017
Emerson Automation Solutions and TopNIR Systems, one of the world’s leading providers of blend analysis technology, today announce the industry’s ...
US shale gas delivered to Grangemouth cooled by Laby® compressor systems from Burckhardt
22-03-2017
Burckhardt Compression is proud to announce that it is part of the ongoing shipment of US shale gas to the INEOS Grangemouth petrochemical site in Scotland, ...
Vopak terminal expansion EPC awarded to Matrix Service
21-03-2017
Matrix Service Company announced today that its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc. has been awarded the engineering, fabrication, procurement, and construction ...
HES International and BP to develop tank terminal in Rotterdam
21-03-2017
HES International is developing a tank terminal for the storage and transhipment of petroleum products and biofuels at the Hartelstrook, on the south side of ...
UniSim® takes process operator training to the cloud
21-03-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced a new connected-learning solution based on its industry-leading UniSim® Competency Suite platform. Part of the ...
Clariant launches PolyMax 850 catalyst
21-03-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of PolyMax 850, a high-performance, sustainable catalyst for petroleum refineries. ...
HPCL selects Penex™ and Unicracking™ from Honeywell UOP
21-03-2017
Honeywell today announced that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is using technologies from Honeywell UOP for the expansion and modernization of ...
Stork awarded a five year maintenance contract from Huntsman
20-03-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that Stork, Fluor’s maintenance, modification and asset integrity segment, was awarded a five-year contract by Huntsman ...
CB&I awarded contract for Hydrocracking Unit for Afipsky Oil Refinery
20-03-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $460 million by NefteGazIndustriya, LLC, through project developer China ...
Wantong Petrochemical selects Honeywell UOP’s HYT-6219 hydrotreating catalyst
20-03-2017
Honeywell today announced that Wantong Petrochemical Group is producing ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel using Honeywell UOP’s new high-activity HYT-6219 ...
Gazprom Neft building a hydrogen production facility at its Omsk Refinery
17-03-2017
Gazprom Neft has begun construction of a standalone 12,300 tonne per year capacity hydrogen production unit at its Omsk Refinery. This processing ...
Diamond Green Diesel selects Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ process technology
17-03-2017
Honeywell UOP today announced that the Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel from 10,000 ...
Wyoming Refining starts up new unit using BenzOUT™ technology
16-03-2017
Wyoming Refining Company, a Par Pacific Company, has started operation of its BenzOUT™ technology unit using proprietary technology developed by ExxonMobil ...
ABB launches industry leading digital solutions
14-03-2017
With the commercial launch of more than 180 solutions and services today, ABB is unlocking value for customers in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By combining ...
Clariant launches ReforMax 330 LDP Plus and ReforMax 210 LDP Plus
14-03-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of a new generation of high-performance catalysts for the steam reforming process ...
Crane ChemPharma & Energy to display enhanced pumps & valves at StocExpo
13-03-2017
Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a Crane Co. business and leading provider of highly engineered fluid handling solutions, will showcase its trusted brand of products ...
Fluor selected by Yara for global alliance framework agreement
13-03-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that its global alliance framework agreement with Yara Belgium SA, Europe’s largest producer of ammonia and nitrate ...
LyondellBasell receives Hostalen ACP PE technology contract
13-03-2017
LyondellBasell today announced Shandong Yuhuang Shengshi Chemical Inc. Ltd, has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP polyethylene process technology for ...
WorleyParsons signs multi-regional agreement with Chevron
13-03-2017
WorleyParsons has signed along term multi-regional agreement with Chevron for engineering and procurement services.Thescope of the agreement allows use in all ...
Honeywell UOP scientists recognised by AIChE
13-03-2017
Honeywell UOP announced today that the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Fuels and Petrochemical Division has recognized four of its scientists ...
Dangote Oil Refining Company order two compressor trains from MAN Diesel & Turbo
13-03-2017
With a double-digit million dollar order volume, Germany-based MAN Diesel & Turbo will deliver two compressor trains to Nigerian Dangote Oil Refining Company, ...
Wood Group agrees Amec Foster Wheeler takeover
13-03-2017
Commenting on today’s announcement, Ian Marchant, the Chairman of Wood Group said: "The Combination represents a transformational transaction for ...
Neste Jacobs and Coolbrook to develop new olefin cracking technology
13-03-2017
Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company and Coolbrook, a technology development company are developing a new technology innovation ...
KPE to provide FCCU consulting services to Gulf Coast refiner
10-03-2017
KP Engineering will provide process engineering services in support of a Cold Eyes Review of the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) for one of the largest ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Al-Zour contract
10-03-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announced today the award of a contract by Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (PIC), a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), ...
ASTM
releases revised ASTM D7751 standard
10-03-2017
ASTM International has announced the publication of a revised version of ASTM D7751 – 16, “Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements ...
Danos contract for new petrochemical processing plant
09-03-2017
Danos has been selected to provide materials
management services for the construction of a new petrochemical processing plant in the Northeastern U.S. Under ...
Canyon Midstream announces new natural gas processing facility
08-03-2017
Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC announced today that it has commenced construction of a new natural gas processing facility in
Woodward County, Oklahoma and ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins green refinery conversion contract from Eni
08-03-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announced today that it has been awarded a lump sum turn-key contract in excess of €50 million by Eni SpA for the engineering, procurement ...
MMEX Resources to build new refinery in West Texas
08-03-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a global energy company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in Texas ...
Saudi Aramco and Shell achieve significant milestone to seperate Motiva assets
07-03-2017
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces the signing of binding definitive agreements between SOPC Holdings East LLC and Saudi Refining Inc. on the separation ...
ExxonMobil $20B investment to expand manufacturing in U.S. Gulf Region
07-03-2017
Exxon Mobil Corporation is expanding its manufacturing capacity along the U.S. Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion over a 10-year period to ...
Amec Foster Wheeler receive global downstream framework agreement from Shell
07-03-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announced today the award of a five-year global Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions International, B.V. to provide ...
Alfa Laval Packinox wins Chinese petrochemical plant contract
06-03-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded an ammonia plant EPC contract by Salalah Methanol Company
06-03-2017
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Salalah Methanol Company LLC (SMC) for the engineering, procurement and construction ...
Mammoet wins transportation contract for polymer production plant expansion
02-03-2017
Mammoet has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. to support a large polymer production plant expansion project on the Gulf Coast ...
Samsung Engineering and KBR to design and build Texas LNG’s export facility
02-03-2017
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC is pleased to announce that it has selected Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd and KBR Inc to provide Texas LNG with pre-Final Investment ...
TOYO awarded two projects in Indonesia
02-03-2017
Toyo Engineering Korea Limited, Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering group (TOYO) has been awarded the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) Contract for a new ...
Air
Products to supply hydrogen to Garyville refinery
01-03-2017
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced it has been awarded the long-term supply of approximately 30 million standard cubic ...
Siemens to supply rotating equipment for major petrochemical project in Oman
01-03-2017
Siemens and its Dresser-Rand business will supply two gas turbine-driven compressor trains and two gas turbine generator packages for the Liwa Plastics Industries ...
Saudi Aramco and PETRONAS sign SPA for equity participation in RAPID project
28-02-2017
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company
and Petroliam Nasional Berhad today signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA), allowing Saudi Aramco’s equity participation ...
Neste Jacobs to deliver NAPCON simulators to Neste's Porvoo refinery
28-02-2017
Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company and Neste, the world's largest
producer of renewable diesel and producer of high-quality ...
Buzz continues around worlds largest downstream industry event
27-02-2017
Petrochemical Update are pleased to announce this week that ExxonMobil have confirmed a host of high-level speakers for Downstream Engineering, Construction ...
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Oiltanking going ahead with oil storage terminal in Saldanha Bay
27-02-2017
Oiltanking MOGS Saldanha (RF) (Pty) Ltd, a joint venture between Oiltanking GmbH and MOGS (Pty) Ltd, is pleased to announce that it is going ahead with the ...
OxyChem and Mexichem announce startup of their JV ethylene cracker
27-02-2017
Ingleside Ethylene, LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corporation, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and Mexichem, S.A.B. ...
SOGAT 2017 to feature new technologies for the region
27-02-2017
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are set to increase gas spending with the latter evaluating major gas capacity expansion with the development of such sour gas fields ...
Bongaigaon refinery EPC contract awarded to L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering
25-02-2017
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged an onshore EPC contract from Indian Oil Corporation Limited worth ...
XOS launches Sindie +Cl a two-in-one sulfur & chlorine analyzer
23-02-2017
XOS today announced the worldwide release of Sindie +Cl, a sulfur and chlorine analyzer that delivers two critical measurements with one push of a button and ...
KBR awarded revamp contract for Korean ethylene plant
23-02-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a technology licensing and basic engineering design (LBED) revamp contract by LG Chem for its Ethylene Plant at ...
Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals starts its UOP advanced methanol-to-olefins unit
23-02-2017
Honeywell today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd. started its UOP Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) unit during a 10-day test to ...
Compact desalters for largest investment project in Uzbekistan
23-02-2017
Frames has completed the fabrication of two desalters that will be installed at the Kandym Gas Processing Plant in Uzbekistan. In August 2015, Frames was awarded ...
Enterprise Products selects Honeywell UOP’s C4 Oleflex™ technology
22-02-2017
Honeywell announced today that Houston-based Enterprise Products Operating LLC has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C4 Oleflex™ technology to produce 425,000 ...
Gazprom Neft board of directors review plans for developing catalyst production
21-02-2017
The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has reviewed information on the company’s plans for developing catalyst production and supplying catalysts ...
JGC awarded contract for a possible ethylene export terminal near Houston
17-02-2017
The JGC Group announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, JGC America, Inc., has been awarded a basic engineering services contract by Odfjell Terminals ...
Fluor awarded contract for Woodfibre LNG project
16-02-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with JGC America, Inc. (JGC) to provide construction-related support to the front-end engineering ...
Gazprom Neft implementing advanced process control systems at its Moscow refinery
16-02-2017
An advanced process control (APC) system is currently being implemented at the Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery, directed at increasing effectiveness ...
Flowserve to provide pumps and ebulators for the Hengli integrated refining project
16-02-2017
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for global infrastructure markets, today announced an order close to $80 million ...
Saudi Aramco launches base oils business as part of downstream integration strategy
16-02-2017
Saudi Aramco has been in the base oils business for many years through its JVs which produce and market base oils independently. Said Al-Hadrami: Our base oils ...
KBR awarded ammonia plant revamp contract
16-02-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a contract by Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCF) for revamping its ammonia plant at Panambur, Mangalore ...
ExxonMobil Singapore refinery to expand group II base stock production
16-02-2017
ExxonMobil announced today the expansion of its Singapore refinery to support the production of the company’s EHC™ Group II base stocks, which will ...
Metso flow control has been involved in over 100 shutdowns and turnarounds globally in 2016
16-02-2017
Customers in various industry sectors have continued to rely on Metso's flow control services to secure plant reliability and safety in 2016. During the past ...
GTC installs second dividing wall column for Reliance
15-02-2017
GTC Technology has supplied its proprietary GT-DWC℠ technology for a second Dividing Wall Column for Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) at the DTA Refinery ...
CB&I announces CATOFIN technology award for petrochemical plant in China
15-02-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Dongguan Grand Resource Science & Technology Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design ...
Wison Engineering sign R&D collaboration agreement with Haldor Topsoe
14-02-2017
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, announced today ...
Gazprom and Linde expanding cooperation in oil and gas sector
14-02-2017
A working meeting between Alexey Miller Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Aldo Belloni, Chief Executive Officer of Linde, took ...
Zhejiang Petrochemical selects process technology from Honeywell UOP
14-02-2017
Honeywell announced today that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use a range of process technology from Honeywell UOP, the world’s leading licensor ...
Grace to license UNIPOL® PP process technology to Dongguan Grand Resources
13-02-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, the world’s leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, in the fourth quarter ...
Honeywell and Aereon to leverage industrial internet of things for oil and gas
10-02-2017
Honeywell and Aereon today announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations ...
Nano-design will reduce smog
10-02-2017
By optimizing titanium dioxide nanoparticles, researchers aim to improve the efficiency of catalysts used for cleaning off-gases from engines, industry, and ...
Linde awarded major
contract for LNG plant in Russia
07-02-2017
The technology company The Linde Group has recently been selected by Gazprom and Project EPC contractor SRDI Oil & Gas Peton as the licenser for a mid-scale ...
Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery plan to build a closed waste treatment facility
06-02-2017
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has begun preparations for the construction of a closed waste treatment facility. This new environmental initiative ...
KBC announces Co-Pilot Program™
06-02-2017
The KBC Co-Pilot ProgramTM brings together KBC’s strategic and technical consultants with their world-leading Petro-SIM™ simulation
...
Praxair starts up hydrogen facility for The Dow Chemical Company
01-02-2017
Praxair, Inc announced it has started up a hydrogen facility that will recover by-product streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow) Freeport, Texas ...
CB&I announces CDAlky Technology Award in China
01-02-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Shaanxi Yanchang Petrochemical Group for the license and engineering design of an alkylation unit ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded auxiliary boiler contract for US methanol plant
01-02-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that its Global Power Group (GPG) has been awarded a contract and received a full notice to proceed from Yuhuang Chemical ...
Pertamina selects Honeywell UOP technology to boost production of clean fuels
01-02-2017
Honeywell announced that PT Pertamina (Persero) will use Honeywell UOP technology to produce high-octane gasoline blending components and jet fuel at its Balikpapan ...
ALTAIR® 4XR multigas detector is real time: safety at the speed of now
01-02-2017
The new MSA ALTAIR 4XR Multigas Detector provides real time event notification using Bluetooth connectivity. This tough and reliable 4-gas monitor with proven ...
Honeywell to provide largest Oleflex unit in Europe for Borealis
31-01-2017
Honeywell announced today that Borealis AG selected Honeywell UOP’s process technology for a proposed plant in Kallo, Belgium, that converts propane into ...
GE Oil & Gas starts strong in 2017 with Innovative digital customer agreements
31-01-2017
At its annual customer meeting, GE Oil & Gas today announced new innovative agreements including a landmark technology cooperation agreement, contracts ...
AL WAHA Petrochemicals to use Honeywell's IIoT technology
31-01-2017
Honeywell today announced that it will provide its IIoT-based Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering to AL WAHA Petrochemicals Company to explore possibilities ...
Enterprise to build isobutane dehydrogenation unit
30-01-2017
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.today announced plans to construct a new isobutane dehydrogenation unit in Mont Belvieu, Texas that will have the capability ...
Sinopec license alkylation technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
27-01-2017
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) announces that China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) has awarded DuPont the license and engineering contract for its ...
The new mathematics of submersible pumps
26-01-2017
Canned motor pump technology provides significant advantages and often constitutes a low-priced alternative to conventionally sealed pumps and magnetically ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expands North American oil & gas business
24-01-2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has established a specialized Oil & Gas Division within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA), its Houston-based ...
Praxair signs long hydrogen supply agreement with Marathon Petroleum
23-01-2017
Praxair, Inc. has signed a long-term contract to supply hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. The company will ...
Siemens to supply compressor trains for natural gas processing plants in Iran
23-01-2017
Siemens has received a major order for 12 compressor trains for two onshore natural gas processing plants in Iran. The company Palayesh Parsian Sepehr will ...
Petrotechnics to provide a digital approach to Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery
23-01-2017
Petrotechnics, the developer of Proscient, the hazardous industries’ first software platform for Operational Excellence, has been selected by Accenture ...
Shell to sell stake in SADAF chemicals JV in Saudi Arabia to SABIC
22-01-2017
Shell and SABIC have signed an agreement whereby SABIC will acquire Shell’s 50% share in the petrochemicals SADAF joint venture, located in Jubail, Kingdom ...
ExxonMobil licenses compact gas dehydration technology to Sulzer
19-01-2017
ExxonMobil has licensed its new patented cMIST™ technology to Sulzer’s Chemtech division. cMIST efficiently removes water vapor present during the ...
SOCAR selects Axens AlphaButol® technology for its GPC project in Azerbaijan
18-01-2017
Axens confirmed today the signature of an AlphaButol® technology licensing agreement with SOCAR for the production of high purity 1-Butene through ethylene ...
Linde Engineering North America appoint Jason Cooper as President and CEO
17-01-2017
Mr. Cooper has 22 years of experience at the domestic and international level in both owner/operator and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) corporate ...
Neste Jacobs optimises Borealis PE2 plant
17-01-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs was selected to optimize the recovery area of Borealis Borstar PE2 plant in Porvoo, Finland. ...
PETRONAS selects LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP PE technology
12-01-2017
LyondellBasell today announced PRPC Polymers Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded five-year extension to GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco
12-01-2017
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering, an engineering consultancy partnership between SNC-Lavalin and Dr. Zuhair Fayez, has ...
Clariant and KBR supply turnkey design for low-cost, high-efficiency ammonia synthesis
11-01-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it is providing total catalyst solutions for two major ammonia production plants in Indonesia, ...
Schneider Electric releases SimSci SimCentral™ for process utilities
10-01-2017
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced availability of SimSci SimCentral™ for Process Utilities, ...
Success of Axens takeover bid on Heurtey Petrochem shares
10-01-2017
Axens announces the successful outcome of its tender offer on the Heurtey Petrochem shares. The results of this offer were published today by the Autorité ...
Honeywell and Aereon to leverage Industrial Internet Of Things for oil and gas
10-01-2017
Honeywell and Aereon today announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations ...
Petrofac awarded Oman gas project
09-01-2017
Petrofac has signed a contract worth close to US$600 million with Salalah LPG SFZCO LLC (SLPG), wholly owned subsidiary of Oman Oil Facilities Development Company ...
Saudi Aramco award RasTanura clean fuels project to Técnicas Reunidas
09-01-2017
Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian state - owned oil company, has selected Técnicas Reunidas (TR) to execute the turnkey contract for the Clean Fuels project ...
Practical gas conditioning presentations dominate Sogat 2017
09-01-2017
Sour field development plans are ongoing throughout the Middle East, given the gas demand and none more so than in the UAE where priorities in ADNOC’s ...
Emerging markets and the future of LNG
06-01-2017
The total LNG trade reached 244.8 metric tons (MT) in 2015, up 4.7 MT from the previous year. This marks the largest year for LNG trade in the industry’s ...
ENI expands usage of AspenTech APC technology to improve asset optimization
05-01-2017
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced that ENI S.p.A., a global supermajor headquartered ...
ExxonMobil develops efficient new technology to dehydrate natural gas
05-01-2017
ExxonMobil announced today its development of cMIST™ technology, which dehydrates natural gas using a patented absorption system inside pipes and ...
Fluor awarded Biobío refinery project in Chile
04-01-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) for the engineering, procurement and construction ...
Technip awarded a service and proprietary technologies contract by SOCAR
04-01-2017
Technip has been awarded by SOCAR GPC a service contract for the ethylene and cryomax technology licenses respectively for a petrochemical complex and for the ...
Air Liquide operates the world’s largest hydrogen storage facility
03-01-2017
Air Liquide has recently commissioned the largest hydrogen storage facility in the world, an underground cavern in Beaumont, Texas, in the Gulf Coast region ...
Delek US Holdings to acquire outstanding shares of Alon USA
03-01-2017
Delek US Holdings, Inc and Alon USA Energy, Inc, today announced a definitive agreement under which Delek US will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Alon ...
Air Products completes $3.8B performance materials division sale to Evonik
03-01-2017
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, announced today it has completed the sale of its Performance Materials Division (PMD) to Evonik Industries ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK150M energy efficiency order
02-01-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a natural ...
SK Innovation to invest up to $2.5B in 2017 to boost growth
01-01-2017
SK Innovation Co Ltd, which owns South Korea's top refiner SK Energy, said on Sunday it will spend up to 3 trillion won ($2.49 billion) in chemicals, oil exploration ...
BP and PTT sign LNG sale and purchase agreement
29-12-2016
BP and PTT Public Limited Company (PTT) entered into a sales and purchase agreement for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the agreement, BP will provide ...
Gazprom Neft begins pre-commissioning works at complex gas treatment plant in Badra
29-12-2016
Pre-commissioning works for a complex gas treatment plant (CGTP) have now commenced at the Badra oilfield, Iraq, operator of which is Gazprom ...
KBR to engineer significant expansion of Indonesian gas infrastructure
22-12-2016
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a contract by PT PLN, the Indonesian State-owned power generation company, for engineering and design services ...
Shell completes the sale of Shell Refining Company in Malaysia
22-12-2016
Shell has completed the sale of its 51% shareholding in the Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad (SRC) in Malaysia, which includes the 125,000 ...
General Atomics Gulftronic Electrostatic Separators Selected for Hyundai Oilbank Refinery
21-12-2016
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract for a six-module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator ...
Neste Jacobs maximizes production of Forchem Oy tall oil distillation plant
21-12-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has implemented NAPCON Controller to Forchem Oy’s tall oil distillation plant. Forchem ...
OMV Petrom selects PolyFuel® technology from Axens
21-12-2016
OMV Petrom has selected Axens to supply the PolyFuel® technology for its project at the Petrobrazi Refinery. The capacity of the project is 200,000 tons ...
Linde and Praxair announce intention to merge
20-12-2016
Linde AG and Praxair, Inc, today announced that the companies intend to combine in a merger of equals under a new holding company through an all-stock transaction. ...
Total invests $207M in Tellurian to develop integrated gas project
20-12-2016
Tellurian Investments Inc and Total announce today that Total is acquiring approximately 23% of Tellurian at $5.85 per share for an amount of 207 million dollars ...
Neste begins deliveries of low-sulfur marine fuel to Viking Line
20-12-2016
Neste and Viking Line have entered into a partnership contract for the delivery of low-sulfur marine fuel in 2017. The contract covers Viking Line's Baltic ...
Mitsubishi Corporation signs strategic cooperation agreement with Gazprom
19-12-2016
MC and Gazprom have been working in collaboration since Gazprom became a partner in the Sakhalin II Project in 2007, with both companies leveraging each other’s ...
Anellotech announces breakthrough in extending catalyst lifetime
19-12-2016
Anellotech announced today that it has developed proprietary technology to extend catalyst lifetime in its Bio-TCat™ process for low cost conversion of ...
New catalyst increase competition in FCC gasoline post-treatment
16-12-2016
With only two well-established competing products on the global market, Haldor Topsoe’s HyOctane™ now gives refiners a wider range of options for ...
Technip awarded multi-disciplinary engineering and project management services contract
15-12-2016
Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia. This contract will provide multi-disciplinary engineering ...
CB&I announces alkylation and hydrocracking awards in China
15-12-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded two contracts for a grassroots refinery in China. The scope of work includes the license and engineering design ...
Chevron selects hte's hydrocracking catalyst testing workflow
15-12-2016
hte, the high throughput experimentation company supplied Chevron Energy Technology Company (ETC), a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, with a workflow solution ...
Blasch continues to add bandwidth to support growth and ensure superior service
14-12-2016
Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, continues to expand to meet its growing customer demand with the addition of Caitlynn ...
Technip extends its successful PTA alliance with BP to Acetic Acid
13-12-2016
Technip announces today that it has extended its successful exclusive PTA Alliance with BP to Acetic Acid. The Acetic Acid Alliance, relevant to FEL 1 and ...
Black & Veatch to licence SRU and AGRU technologies to Kuwait Oil Company
12-12-2016
Black & Veatch has secured a contract for the licensing technology and related services for sulphur recovery units (SRU) and Acid Gas Removal Units (AGRU) ...
Technip and Chemetry sign agreement for licensing and engineering of eShuttle™ technology
12-12-2016
Technip and Chemetry have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the licensing and engineering of Chemetry’s eShuttle™ technology for the ...
On-site carbon monoxide generation takes the next step
12-12-2016
Haldor Topsoe’s eCOs is a new electrolysis cell technology that allows the safe, efficient, and cost-competitive production of carbon monoxide directly ...
Sadara signs partnership agreement with Rufayah Chemicals Company
11-12-2016
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and Rufayah Chemicals Company (RCC), a Saudi downstream company, have recently signed a long-term partnership agreement through ...
Fluor places final module for Suncor east tank farm development project
07-12-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has placed the final module for the Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership’s East Tank Farm Development ...
TransCanada to proceed With $655M Saddle West natural gas project
07-12-2016
TransCanada Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), will move forward with an expansion of its NGTL ...
Delek refining to use Honeywell's connected performance services
06-12-2016
Honeywell today announced that Delek Refining, Inc. will use a new Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering ...
KBR awarded license contract for largest ROSE® unit design
05-12-2016
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a license and basic engineering design (LBED) contract by Hyundai Oilbank (HDO) for an 80,000 bpd ROSE® unit ...
Thyssenkrupp signs agreement to build new PET production plant in Russia
05-12-2016
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, a leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of industrial plants and systems, has signed an agreement ...
Irving Oil announces expansion of its terminal network in Nova Scotia
05-12-2016
Irving Oil announced today that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire four inland storage facilities in Nova Scotia from Valero Energy Inc. The ...
Shell completes project to increase production at Scotford refinery
01-12-2016
Shell today announced it has successfully completed a major growth project at its Scotford Refinery near Edmonton, Alberta that will increase hydrocracker production ...
CB&I announces award for delayed coker unit
01-12-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) for the engineering, procurement and construction management of a ...
King Salman inaugurates SADARA and SATORP in Jubail
01-12-2016
The two projects are among the biggest in their industries worldwide, will further stimulate Saudi Arabia’s economic growth, and will create investment ...
World’s largest LNG market welcomes foremost gas event
01-12-2016
Global leaders to gather in Japan for 2017’s leading gas and LNG event. Japan will remain the largest LNG buyer in the world through to 2025[1] according ...
Jacobs wins feasibility study contract for Borealis chemical plant
30-11-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has received a contract to complete a feasibility study for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant located at the existing Borealis ...
CB&I announces award for multi-purpose LNG storage and fueling terminal
29-11-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $200 million by Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (PSE) for the engineering, ...
Metso's installed base management services for field devices
29-11-2016
Metso's Installed Base Management Services enables the oil and gas industry to be better prepared for turnarounds and improves the long-term availability and ...
Process condensate purification facility at Neft Omsk refinery approved
28-11-2016
A project for the construction of a process condensate purification facility at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has been approved by federal ...
Veolia to provide wastewater treatment plant for Jazan refinery
28-11-2016
The Jazan complex will feature a power plant with a total capacity of 4,000 MW. Veolia will engineer and procure a wastewater treatment facility for the power ...
AspenTech introduces aspenONE® asset performance management
28-11-2016
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced the introduction of a new product suite, aspenONE® ...
MAN Diesel & Turbo secures orders from Iranian oil and gas industry
28-11-2016
With a double-digit million order volume, MAN will deliver two turbomachinery trains of its ReTPac concept (Refinery Train Package) to a refinery about 450 ...
Samsung engineering receives the WangNoi gas plant contract from PTT
23-11-2016
Samsung Engineering was awarded an EPCC contract from PTT Public Company Ltd., a Thailand state-owned oil & gas company, for a gas compressor station project ...
New HyBRIM™ catalyst boosts profitability of diesel and hydrocracking units
23-11-2016
Refiners can look forward to longer cycle lengths, high value products from low quality feed stocks, and increased volume swell with the latest HyBRIM™ ...
100th reference for Impulse™ the high-performance hydrotreating catalyst technology
23-11-2016
Three years after the successful release of a full range of hydrotreating catalysts covering all domains from naphtha to VGO hydrotreating and hydrocracking ...
Tesoro Corporation sells Northern California terminalling and storage assets
21-11-2016
Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics LP today announced that a subsidiary of Tesoro has closed the sale of terminalling and storage assets located in Martinez, ...
Saudi Aramco extends KBR's general engineering services contract
21-11-2016
KBR, Inc, announced that its Saudi Arabian joint venture engineering operation, KBR-AMCDE, has signed an amendment to extend its existing General Engineering ...
Weir Minerals Lewis Pumps celebrates 125 years of design and manufacturing
21-11-2016
Weir Minerals is proud to announce that 2016 marks its 125 year anniversary for one of its long standing brands – Lewis® pumps. For 125 years, ...
Engen refinery simulated emergency exercise
21-11-2016
Engen Refinery places the highest premium on safety and carries out regular emergency response exercises to test and perfect preparedness for dealing with incidents ...
WorleyParsons awarded EPCm contract by Qatar Shell for Pearl GTL
17-11-2016
WorleyParsons has been awarded a five year Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) services contract for the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) ...
Sturgeon refinery selects GE Water & Process Technologies
17-11-2016
Seeking to reduce the use of water in the refining process and as a way of minimizing its environmental impact on the North Saskatchewan River, North West Redwater ...
North American refinery successfully implements DuPont STRATCO operator training simulator
17-11-2016
A refinery in North America commissioned and installed a high-fidelity STRATCO® operator training simulator (OTS) for two sulfuric acid alkylation units. ...
Tesoro to acquire Western Refining
17-11-2016
Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc. today jointly announced a definitive agreement under which Tesoro will acquire Western at an implied current price ...
Axens increase takeover bid to acquire Heurtey Petrochem Group
16-11-2016
Axens is increasing the price of its voluntary takeover bid proposal submitted to the AMF (French capital markets authority) on October 12th, 2016 to 25 euros ...
Servomex announces next-generation digital oxygen analyzer
15-11-2016
Servomex, the world leader in gas analysis, has announced the launch of the SERVOPRO MonoExact DF310E: a next generation digital oxygen analyzer that combines ...
Dresser-Rand to supply pipeline compressor trains to Mexico
15-11-2016
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division, received orders to supply five gas turbine-driven compressor trains for two pipelines in ...
Jacobs wins contract for new MEGlobal production facility
15-11-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has received a contract from MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company and a world leader in the manufacture ...
ExxonMobil to increase Beaumont polyethylene capacity
14-11-2016
ExxonMobil announced today plans to add a new production unit at its Beaumont polyethylene plant that will increase capacity by 65 percent – or ...
Air Products installs its 40th PRISM hydrogen generator
11-11-2016
Air Products recently made delivery of its 40th PRISM® Hydrogen Generator, which provides economical on-site gas production for a broad range of supply ...
Genoil signs $50B letter of intent to develop and construct upgrading and energy projects
10-11-2016
Genoil Inc, the publicly traded clean technology engineering company for the petroleum industry, today announced the signing of a $50 billion Letter of Intent ...
Gevo enters on road automobile gasoline market in Houston
10-11-2016
Gevo, Inc, announced today that gasoline blended with its isobutanol and marketed for use in automobiles has begun to be sold in the Houston area. This marks ...
Maire Tecnimont expands its footprint in Malaysia
10-11-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in joint venture with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HQC) ...
Honeywell to help Petrovietnam improve refinery efficiency and productivity
09-11-2016
Honeywell today announced that a subsidiary of PetroVietnam will use its new IIoT-based Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering to improve the performance ...
Topsoe positions itself for growth in China
08-11-2016
Topsoe’s new, state-of-the-art automotive catalyst plant in Tianjin ramps up production, while the automotive organization is restructured to better support ...
Technip awarded a contract for the modernization of SOCAR Azerikimya plant
08-11-2016
Technip has been awarded by SOCAR a contract for Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for the SOCAR Azerikimya plant, located in the city ...
Clariant unveils its most efficient styrene catalyst for ultra-low steam-to-oil ratio conditions
08-11-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of its new high-performance ethyl benzene dehydrogenation catalyst StyroMax® ...
Dresser-Rand business to supply compressor train for air separation plant in China
07-11-2016
The Dresser-Rand business, a part of the Siemens Power and Gas Division, received an order from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Hangzhou Co., Ltd. for ...
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine launches CADWorx® Structure
07-11-2016
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine (PP&M), part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, ...
XOS opens new applications laboratory
03-11-2016
XOS, a leading manufacturer of application-specific X-ray analyzers, has announced the opening of a new applications laboratory to better support its customers. ...
GTC Technology to modernise benzene production complex in Russia
03-11-2016
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim to provide its GT-BTX® licensed technology for the modernization of a benzene production ...
MAN Diesel & Turbo completes assignment at Attock refinery
03-11-2016
MAN Diesel & Turbo and Hyundai Engineering (HEC) have completed the extension of a power plant in Pakistan for the customer Attock Refinery Limited (ARL). ...
$150M in orders for Maire Tecnimont
02-11-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that some of its main subsidiaries have been granted new awards worth approximately USD150 million. Such awards relates ...
Saudi
crude will continue to be supplied to PKN ORLEN refineries
02-11-2016
PKN ORLEN will continue to work with Saudi Aramco as a supplier of crude oil to its refineries in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. The contract has ...
Fluor announces award of Sasol oxygen train project in Secunda
01-11-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Sasol Group Technology, a division of Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd, for the engineering, ...
Ariel to Exhibit at 2016 ADIPEC
01-11-2016
Ariel is joining more than 95,000 oil and gas professionals from 120 countries around the world at the 2016 annual Abu Dhabi International
Petroleum Exhibition ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins engineering contract for steam reformer heater
01-11-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by The National Company for Fertilizers & Chemicals (AGROCHEM) to supply material and detailed ...
GE and Baker Hughes to create a new fullstream digital industrial services company
31-10-2016
GE and Baker Hughes today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement to combine GE’s oil and gas business and Baker Hughes to create ...
Braskem select UNIPOL® PP process technology from Grace
31-10-2016
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has announced that it will provide its ...
ExxonMobil to expand Rotterdam hydrocracker to produce higher-value products
28-10-2016
ExxonMobil will expand the hydrocracker unit at its Rotterdam refinery to upgrade heavier byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished products, including ...
XOS appoint Compass Instruments authorized US partner and distributor for on-line analyzers
26-10-2016
Compass Instruments, a leading manufacturer’s representative in the U.S. petroleum market, and XOS, the leading global provider of mission-critical materials-analysis ...
Woodfibre gives green light for FEED work to KBR
24-10-2016
KBR announced today it will proceed with Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Woodfibre LNG Project. This continues the second phase of the contract ...
Schneider Electric acquires Applied Instrument Technologies
24-10-2016
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has acquired Applied Instrument Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of online ...
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP complete merger
23-10-2016
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers, three leading global providers of container solutions products in the ...
Equipment for the modernisation of the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery is delivered
19-10-2016
The equipment (which includes distillation, atmospheric and absorption columns, coking chambers, twinned heat interchangers and reactors and separators together ...
ClearSign announces turnover of pilot test heater to California refiner
19-10-2016
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging provider of industrial combustion technologies that help to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, today announced ...
Clariant announces VERITRAX™
19-10-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, delivers the efficiency benefits of the digitized world to oil and gas chemical operations with its VERITRAX™ ...
ReTPac concept from MAN Diesel & Turbo recaptures market for refinery applications
19-10-2016
Already 20 trains of MAN’s turbomachinery concept sold to refineries in Asia, Middle East, Central and South America. Just three years after launching ...
KBR awarded pre-FEED study for Indonesian LNG regas project
19-10-2016
KBR, Inc. announced today the award of a pre-front end engineering and design (FEED) study for PT Australasia LNG Indonesia's (AALNG) new proposed LNG Hub terminal ...
Fluor completes module fabrication for oil sands project
19-10-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that all 358 modules have been fabricated and shipped to the site for its portion of the Fort Hills Energy L.P. oil sands ...
Webinar to discuss new features and updates in CADWorx® 2017 for plant design
18-10-2016
Intergraph will host a webinar on October 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. CDT that will provide a preview of new capabilities and enhancements offered in CADWorx 2017 ...
Technip awarded contract to supply furnaces in an ethylene plant in Russia
18-10-2016
Technip was awarded by Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Kazanorgsintez a contract to provide engineering and procurement of three proprietary SMK™ grassroots ...
Air Products wins Chemours contract for multiple gases supply
18-10-2016
Air Products today announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of multiple industrial gases to Chemours Company FC, LLC. Air Products will build, own ...
Dresser-Rand business to supply compressor trains to Ghana
18-10-2016
The Dresser-Rand business, as part of Siemens Power and Gas, recently secured a contract to supply two compressor trains to an onshore receiving facility in ...
Clariant inaugurates new Polypropylene catalyst plant in Louisville
18-10-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the official opening of its new polypropylene (PP) catalyst production facility in Louisville, ...
CB&I signs alliance agreement with Haldor Topsoe
17-10-2016
CB&I today announced it has signed a long-term alliance agreement with Haldor Topsoe, a leading catalyst and technology provider, that will expand CB&I's ...
CB&I announces contract renewal for maintenance services
12-10-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a five-year contract renewal valued at approximately $350 million for maintenance, turnarounds and capital construction ...
Axens files proposal to acquire Heurtey Petrochem Group
12-10-2016
Axens announced today that it has filed a voluntary takeover bid proposal with the AMF to acquire the shares of Heurtey Petrochem. Axens is a wholly-owned ...
OMV and Borealis will welcome CIS and CEE refining and petchem managers in Vienna
12-10-2016
According to the Spotlight on Oil and Gas Mega Projects Report by EY, 64% of the oil & gas mega projects are facing cost overruns, and 73% of the projects ...
Bechtel completes construction of the Curtis Island LNG program
11-10-2016
Following a six-year global design and construction effort, Bechtel announced today it has completed construction of the Curtis Island LNG program with Australia ...
Praxair starts up new plant and extends pipeline system in Port of Antwerp
11-10-2016
Praxair, Inc. today announced it has started up its second air separation plant and is extending its pipeline system in the Port of Antwerp, one of the largest ...
Merichem awarded new LO-CAT® project in Texas
11-10-2016
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemical, and service solutions, announced today that it was ...
KBR awarded feasibility study for Singapore LNG corporation
10-10-2016
KBR, Inc. announced today the award of a high level feasibility study which includes exploring the possible expansion of the Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd's ...
KP Engineering awarded Syngas EPC contract
10-10-2016
KP Engineering, an industry leader in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) solutions, has been awarded a fixed-price EPC contract by Praxair, Inc. ...
Rosneft and SOCAR Turkey Enerji sign Heads of Terms on oil and petroleum products supply
10-10-2016
The parties will explore the potential of cooperation in the framework of the new 10 mmt STAR refinery being constructed by SOCAR Turkey Enerji. The Companies ...
SPETCO award PROSERNAT contract for jurassic production facilities
10-10-2016
PROSERNAT was awarded by SPETCO an important contract for Jurassic Production Facilities in Kuwait for Kuwait Oil Company. The project concerns the design, ...
BASF and Avantium JV announce Synvina
07-10-2016
BASF and Avantium, the renewable chemistry company, today announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic ...
Pertamina licenses Axens technologies for its Balikpapan and Cilacap refineries
06-10-2016
Axens announced today the signature of several technology licensing agreements with Pertamina for its major expansion project to upgrade residue into gasoline ...
Thomas Meek joins Coking.com
06-10-2016
Coking.com is known for their commitment to safety. It’s in their tag line “More Production – Less Risk!”. Thomas Meek joins the ...
Amec Foster
Wheeler wins FEED and detailed engineering contract for Singapore refinery
05-10-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today it has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Company (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company ...
Rosneft and Pertamina develop cooperation
04-10-2016
Rosneft and Pertamina
signed within the working visit of Rosneft’s Chief executive officer Igor Sechin to Indonesia a number of documents aimed at further ...
Jacobs wins contract to support Olin gulf coast chemical plants
04-10-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it received a multi-year contract from Olin Corporation.
Jacobs is one of several companies providing ...
Praxair starts up new hydrogen plant in Peru
04-10-2016
Praxair, Inc, a leading global industrial gas company, announced today that it has started up a hydrogen plant for Repsol, one of the world’s largest ...
Linde and Evonik intensify collaboration in the area of membrane gas separation
04-10-2016
The heart of the collaboration comprises Evonik's polymer-based membrane technology, which will be used in the gas separation and purification plants of Linde’s ...
Neste Jacobs delivers energy efficiency to Borealis Porvoo site
04-10-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
KBR successfully launches ammonia plant monitoring technology
04-10-2016
Ammonia Insite® is an exciting new performance monitoring system developed by KBR's Automation & Process Technologies (APT) group and the first system ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Ichthys project consultancy
03-10-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a consultancy contract by INPEX, Japan’s largest oil & gas exploration and production company, for ...
Westermo switches in critical control networks at Czech petrochemical plant
03-10-2016
Unipetrol is a major refinery and petrochemical company in the Czech Republic. One of the company’s biggest assets is the industrial premises Chempark ...
Emerson announces agreement to acquire UK-based Permasense Limited
03-10-2016
Emerson today announced it has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense Limited, a leading provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for the ...
Shell declares force majeure on chemical supply from Singapore
29-09-2016
Royal Dutch Shell has declared force majeure on base chemicals from its ethylene cracker at its Bukom manufacturing site in Singapore on Thursday, following ...
Chart issued patent for liquefaction technology
26-09-2016
Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc., a Chart Industries Company, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a ...
IndianOil and USTDA sign an agreement to promote cleaner fuels in India
26-09-2016
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency and India’s largest commercial organisation IndianOil will jointly work to explore cleaner fuels. The U.S. Trade ...
Praxair signs long-term supply contract to Hyundai Oilbank
26-09-2016
Praxair, Inc. announced it has signed a long-term contract to supply industrial gases to Hyundai Oilbank (Hyundai), a leading oil refining company in South ...
Petrotechnics survey reveals the time for operational excellence is now
26-09-2016
Petrotechnics, the developer of the hazardous industries’ first software platform, for Operational Excellence, has today released the results of its Operational ...
Honeywell UOP introduces ISOALKY™
22-09-2016
Honeywell UOP announced today that it has introduced to the refining industry a new alkylation technology developed by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of ...
Amarinth
delivers API 610 VS4 pumps for STAR refinery in Turkey
21-09-2016
Amarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, ...
Jacobs to upgrade Jurong Island refinery
21-09-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc,
announced today it received a contract from Singapore Refining Company Private Limited (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore ...
Irving Oil announces $135M turnaround at Saint John refinery
20-09-2016
On September 26, Irving Oil will begin its 2016 fall turnaround project at its Saint John Refinery. ‘Operation Red
Fox’ represents an investment ...
HTRI acquires SmartPM™ fouling management software and services
20-09-2016
HTRI, a leading provider of research, software, and services to the thermal process industries, today announced the acquisition of SmartPM™ from IHS Markit, ...
Honeywell UOP introduces IIoT offering to improve plant performance
20-09-2016
Honeywell UOP today introduced a new software-based service designed to allow refiners and petrochemical and gas processing plants to improve performance. ...
SVM™ 4001 stabinger viscometer™ for lubricating oils
20-09-2016
The SVM™ series of viscometers from Anton Paar has been expanded with the new SVMT™ 4001 Stabinger Viscometer™. It has a double-cell system ...
Koch acquires EFT
Energy
19-09-2016
Koch Technology and Optimization, LLC and Koch Minerals, LLC, both subsidiaries of Koch Industries, Inc., announced the acquisition of EFT Energy, ...
Linde’s JV with PETRONAS Gas Berhad to build a new industrial air gas facility
19-09-2016
Linde Malaysia
Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of The Linde Group, one of the leading gases and engineering companies in the world, today announced that it has established ...
ENOC announces Technip as main EPC contractor for refinery expansion
19-09-2016
Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) revealed plans to expand the capacity of its
ENOC Processing Company (EPCL) Jebel Ali facility by 50 per cent. The expansion ...
Callidus Technologies inaugurates state-of-the-art flare testing facility
19-09-2016
Honeywell UOP today announced that its Callidus Technologies business has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art facility for the testing of
gas combustion flares ...
Bilfinger awarded Natgasoline methanol plant contract
19-09-2016
Bilfinger has won an order worth more than €100 million in connection with construction of the Natgasoline methanol plant in the city of Beaumont in southeastern ...
Shell signs agreement to sell Denmark refining business
15-09-2016
Shell has reached an agreement with Dansk Olieselskab ApS for the sale of A/S Dansk Shell in Denmark, which consists of the 70 thousand barrels per day Fredericia ...
Engen refinery to undergo planned routine maintenance
15-09-2016
Engen Refinery, South Africa’s second largest oil refinery, is set to undergo planned maintenance. Starting on 19 September 2016, this scheduled ...
Honeywell UOP's modular equipment allows VICO to fuel wellhead equipment
14-09-2016
Honeywell UOP today announced that its modular natural gas processing equipment enables Virginia Indonesia Company (VICO) to use natural gas straight from the ...
Jacobs wins contract from INEOS for LAO unit in Texas
13-09-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from INEOS Oligomers to design and build a large linear alpha olefin (LAO) unit at the INEOS ...
Proimco installs first Sindie On-Line sulfur analyzer in Spain
12-09-2016
Proimco, a Mara Group company, installed for the first time in Spain a sulfur analyzer, the Sindie On-Line, from the American company XOS, a world-leader in ...
CB&I announces first US CDAlky award
12-09-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by a major North American refiner for the technology license and engineering design of a new alkylation ...
Neste Jacobs completes EPCM services for Finland’s first LNG import terminal
09-09-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has successfully carried out the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) ...
LyondellBasell will build High Density Polyethylene Plant at La Porte, Texas
09-09-2016
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, has selected its La Porte, Texas, manufacturing complex as the site for ...
Irving Oil welcomes Whitegate to the team
09-09-2016
Irving Oil announced today the successful close of its purchase and sale agreement with Houston-based energy, manufacturing and logistics company, Phillips ...
Emerson awarded
Shell Prelude contract
07-09-2016
Shell Australia has chosen Emerson to provide automation maintenance and reliability services for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) ...
Refinery construction services contract awarded to Matrix Service Company
07-09-2016
Matrix Service
Company Announces Contract Award by KBR for Construction Services on Ultra-Low Gasoline Project at Monroe Energy Refinery Matrix Service ...
EIL to provide consulting services to IndianOil
06-09-2016
Engineers India Limited has signed a Contract with IndianOil – largest Refiner of the country, for providing Engineering,
Procurement and Construction ...
Fluor completes citral facility for BASF PETRONAS Chemicals
06-09-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has achieved mechanical completion on a citral facility and associated infrastructure for BASF PETRONAS Chemicals ...
Yokogawa releases plant resource manager (PRM®) R3.31
06-09-2016
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the September 7 release of version R3.31 of its Plant Resource Manager (PRM®) software tool for the centralized ...
Haldor Topsoe celebrates opening of Tehran office
05-09-2016
Today, Topsoe, a global technology, catalyst and services vendor to the petrochemical and refining industry – officially opened its offices in Tehran ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Sweeny complex earns OSHA’S VPP star status
01-09-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce that its Sweeny Complex in Sweeny, Texas, has been designated by the Occupational Safety and Health ...
Honeywell launches new UniSim® design suite release 450
01-09-2016
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) announced today the launch of UniSim® Design Suite Release 450 – the newest version of its proven process modelling ...
Servomex selected for second stage of China PTA plant development
01-09-2016
Servomex, the global leader in gas analysis, has been selected by Jiaxing Petrochemical Co Ltd to supply a complete analyzer system for the second phase development ...
KBR announces another successful implementation of Distill-Max™ technology
30-08-2016
KBR, Inc today announced that Placid Refining Company LLC has successfully started up a grassroots Dividing Wall Column (DWC) reformate splitter at their Port ...
Metso to present its latest oil, gas & petrochemical innovations at ONS 2016
29-08-2016
At the ONS 2016 exhibition, Metso will showcase its latest innovations for lowering the cost of valve ownership and improving safety and productivity in the ...
KBR announces two successful startups of Distill-Max™ technology
25-08-2016
KBR, Inc announced today that HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC) has successfully started up two Dividing Wall Columns (DWC) at their El Dorado Refinery, Kansas, ...
Technip and BTG Bioliquids to design and build pyrolysis plants
25-08-2016
Technip announced today that it has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with BTG BioLiquids B.V. (BTL) to provide EPC services for its modular pyrolysis ...
Gazprom Neft uses Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise
25-08-2016
Intergraph® SmartPlant® for Owner Operators technology is now used by Gazprom Neft, one of the largest oil companies in Russia, to integrate engineering ...
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine releases CAESAR II® 2017
25-08-2016
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine (PP&M), part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, ...
Hyundai Engineering implements Intergraph Smart™ 3D
24-08-2016
Leading Korean engineering company Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd (Hyundai Engineering) has achieved cost savings of more than 20 percent in engineering rework ...
Saudi Aramco’s CAN-15 wins prestigious Japan Petroleum Institute award
24-08-2016
Saudi Aramco and its Research and Development (R&D) collaboration partner, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals - a leading catalyst developer and manufacturer ...
Jacobs secures engineering services agreement with TransCanada
24-08-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it signed a three-year master engineering services agreement with TransCanada Corporation, a leading energy infrastructure ...
ValvTechnologies successfully completes NUPIC audit
24-08-2016
ValvTechnologies, Inc, the global leader in the design and manufacturing of zero-leakage high-performance valve solutions, recently achieved NUPIC-approved ...
Meridian Energy to license process technology from Axens North America
23-08-2016
Meridian Energy Group Announces Selection of Axens North America, Inc. to License Proprietary Clean-Tech Refinery and Hydrocarbon Processing Technology for ...
Did you know? REMBE® KUB V rupture disc saves time and money
22-08-2016
Are you looking for a way to protect your expensive safety relief valves from corrosive or troubling process environments and reduce their cost? Are you lying ...
Linde Engineering to highlight technologies for natural gas power generation
22-08-2016
Linde Engineering experts will showcase LNG solutions at the Power-Gen Natural Gas Conference and Exhibition, to be held August 23-25 in Columbus. Visitors ...
Ariel Corporation opens training center in Russia
18-08-2016
As part of the company’s goal to provide the finest aftermarket and post-sale customer support in the industry, Ariel is offering training in Moscow, ...
NAC Global buys Swiss Heights Engineering, Bellelli Group and Petrochem Industrie
18-08-2016
NAC Global Technologies, Inc. announced today that on August 12, 2016 it closed the business combination with Swiss Heights Engineering S.A. of Lugano, Switzerland, ...
Albemarle reinforces its commitment to hydroprocessing
18-08-2016
As the market leader in hydroprocessing catalysts, Albemarle is reinforcing its business strategy in hydrotreating to become even more focused on technology ...
General Atomics Gulftronic electrostatic separators selected for Onsan refinery
18-08-2016
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems announced today that it has received an order for a 16-module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator system for installation ...
Emerson to acquire valves & controls business from Pentair
18-08-2016
Emerson today announced it has signed an agreement to purchase the Valves & Controls business of Pentair for $3.15B. The complementary acquisition establishes ...
Honeywell UOP announces an expanded portfolio of new hydrotreating catalysts
18-08-2016
Honeywell UOP today announced that it is introducing an expanded portfolio of new hydrotreating catalysts used to remove impurities and contaminants from petroleum ...
Canadian refinery to reuse 100% of water with GE’s wastewater treatment technology
18-08-2016
GE today announced that Federated Co-Operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, is installing GE’s advanced ...
Linde at International Symposium on Chromatography ISC 2016
17-08-2016
Linde will be at the 31st International Symposium on Chromatography, which will be held in University College Cork, Cork, Ireland from 28 August to 1 September. The ...
Veolia to provide wastewater treatment system for LACC ethane cracker and Lotte MEG plant
17-08-2016
CB&I has chosen Veolia Water Technologies to engineer and procure a wastewater treatment package for a 1,000-kta Lotte Axiall Chemical Company (LACC) ethane ...
Gunvor secures financing for Rotterdam refinery upgrade
17-08-2016
Gunvor Group Ltd is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam BV, has secured a USD 200 million project financing for the development ...
Emerson introduces the Rosemount™ guided wave radar verification service
17-08-2016
Emerson has introduced a guided wave radar (GWR) verification service to help users verify their Rosemount level instrument performance. Standards, regulations ...
Linde AG confirms preliminary talks about a potential merger with Praxair
16-08-2016
Linde AG confirms that it is in preliminary talks about a potential merger with Praxair, Inc. These discussions are ongoing and have not resulted in any concrete ...
Delivery scheme developed for delivery of equipment to Neft Omsk refinery
15-08-2016
Transportation of major new equipment to the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has required the development of a comprehensive logistics scheme. ...
GE to modernise ammonia production facility in Russia
12-08-2016
As Russian industries seek to modernize their existing production facilities to increase environmental and economic sustainability, GE’s Power Services ...
Intergraph releases TANK™ 2016 with API 620 code support
11-08-2016
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power ...
SABIC award AESSEAL a 5 year service agreement
10-08-2016
Leading petrochemical company SABIC has awarded AESSEAL® a 5 year managed reliability contract for their mechanical seals and seal support systems at Geleen ...
Flint Hills Resources $20M fuel terminal expansion in Wisconsin
10-08-2016
Flint Hills Resources announced today plans to begin construction on a $20 million expansion of its Waupun, Wisconsin fuel terminal. The project will help meet ...
JSC Giprokislorod selects SmartPlant® solutions for LNG terminal design
09-08-2016
JSC Giprokislorod, a modern Russian engineering company specialized in global oxygen and nitrogen-oxygen refinery projects, will use Intergraph® Process, ...
Essar Oil's Vadinar refinery recognised as refinery of the year
09-08-2016
Essar Oil’s 20 MTPA Vadinar refinery received the coveted “Refinery of the Year’’ award by Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed). ...
Topsoe’s new HyOctane™ catalysts for ultra-low sulfur high-octane gasoline
09-08-2016
Topsoe’s new series of HyOctaneTM catalysts are specifically developed for all steps in FCC gasoline post-treatment applications. Their optimized activity ...
PV Elite® webinar to demonstrate pressure vessel design to avoid collapse due to vacuum
08-08-2016
Intergraph will host a PV Elite webinar on August 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. CDT (Houston) / 5:00 p.m. CEST (Amsterdam) that will demonstrate pressure vessel design ...
Yokogawa releases FieldMate® R3.02 versatile device management wizard
08-08-2016
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has significantly enhanced its FieldMate® device management software, and is releasing this as FieldMate ...
Essar Oil looks to boost its gross refinery margin at Vadinar refinery
08-08-2016
Essar Oil Limited’s 20 MTPA Vadinar refinery is looking at earning an additional $1.50 (per barrel of crude) on its Gross Refinery Margin (GRM) on the ...
Russian manufacturers producing equipment for Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery
05-08-2016
Two of Russia’s most significant machine-building enterprises — Volgogradneftemash JSC and Izhorskiye Zavodi — have produced ...
New MTO contract awarded to Wison Engineering
05-08-2016
Wison Engineering, one of China’s leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service and technology providers, today announced ...
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP announce merger
05-08-2016
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers, three of the leading global providers of container solutions products ...
Sakai refinery welcomes students from UAEs for refinery observation tour
05-08-2016
The Sakai refinery of TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. welcomed 13 students and instructors from United Arab Emirates University and the Petroleum Institute of Abu ...
Irving Oil to acquire Whitegate refinery in Ireland
03-08-2016
Canadian-owned Irving Oil announced today it has reached an agreement with Houston-based energy, manufacturing and logistics company, Phillips 66, to acquire ...
Envergent RTP® technology to be used in renewable fuels facility in Quebec
03-08-2016
Envergent Technologies LLC, a joint venture of Honeywell UOP and Ensyn Corp., announced today that it has begun construction on a renewable fuels facility in ...
Hainan Handi Sunshine license technology from Honeywell UOP-ExxonMobil alliance
03-08-2016
Honeywell UOP and ExxonMobil announced a technology licensing agreement with Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co., Ltd., marking the first project in China ...
JSC Giprogazoochistka selects Intergraph SmartPlant® for refinery projects
02-08-2016
JSC Giprogazoochistka, a leading Russian engineering company specializing in oil and gas processing and petrochemical industries, has chosen Intergraph® ...
Sriracha refinery clean fuel project awarded to Amec Foster Wheeler
01-08-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Thai Oil Public Company Limited for its Clean ...
Honeywell to provide process automation and safety systems for new LNG facility
01-08-2016
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced it will provide full automation and safety systems and serve as integrated main automation contractor (I-MAC) ...
LyondellBasell to build high density polyethylene plant on US Gulf Coast
29-07-2016
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, has made the final investment decision to build a High Density Polyethylene ...
Bilfinger to provide process control technology for Esfahan refinery upgrade
29-07-2016
Now that most of the economic sanctions against Iran have been lifted, the country has become an interesting partner for German industry. Bilfinger has now ...
Veolia signs a record contract with Sinopec
28-07-2016
Sinopec selects Veolia for 25 year contract to optimize the water cycle in its Yanshan Petrochemical complex, located in a high water stress region 50 km from ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical announces completion of next-generation polyethylene pilot plant
27-07-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce completion of its leading-edge polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility ...
Tüpraş selects UNICRACKING™ from Honeywell UOP to boost diesel production
27-07-2016
Honeywell UOP announced that Turkey’s largest oil refiner is using Honeywell technology to boost diesel fuel production at its facility in Izmit, Turkey. Tüpraş, ...
RusTechnip awarded a significant service contract in Russia
26-07-2016
RusTechnip has been awarded a significant service contract for the existing Gazprom Neft Refinery located in Omsk, Russia. The scope of work covers the engineering, ...
Rosemount™ CT5400 continuous gas analyzer
26-07-2016
In response to the worldwide need for highly accurate, easy-to-use and cost-effective process gas analysis and emissions monitoring systems, Emerson has released ...
Bechtel to upgrade ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont
26-07-2016
Bechtel has been awarded a contract to upgrade the ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont, Texas, where the company will apply ExxonMobil's proprietary SCANfining ...
ExxonMobil to expand ultra-low sulfur fuels production at Beaumont refinery
26-07-2016
ExxonMobil today announced plans to increase production of ultra-low sulfur fuels at its Beaumont refinery by approximately 40,000 barrels per day, ...
CB&I announces maintenance and turnaround services contract
26-07-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a five-year contract for approximately $40 million for maintenance and turnaround services for a major oil sands ...
Successful pilot for Amec Foster Wheeler’s VESTA methanation technology
26-07-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces that the pilot plant of its new VESTA once-through methanation technology, with wide H2/CO flexibility, has been successfully ...
WEKA the winning proposition of a Swiss hidden champion
26-07-2016
WEKA is one of the global leaders for level indicators and cryogenic valves. Whether in the helium plants of CERN, in hydrogen filling stations or in submarine ...
CB&I announces alkylation technology award in Indonesia
25-07-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded the license and engineering design of a grassroots alkylation unit by PT Pertamina (Persero). The unit will use ...
SABIC and ExxonMobil consider jointly owned petrochemical complex
25-07-2016
SABIC and an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) are considering the potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. ...
Metathesis project approved for execution
21-07-2016
The annual propylene output of PKN ORLEN’s Production Plant in Płock will be increased by 100 thousand tonnes, as one of its key petrochemical projects ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Indonesian refinery upgrade contract
21-07-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today it has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Services Contract by PT Pertamina (Persero) and Saudi Aramco for ...
Technip awarded MSA for SCT&E LNG’s Monkey Island project in Louisiana
21-07-2016
Technip was awarded a Master Services Agreement (MSA) by SCT&E LNG, Inc. for their proposed 12 mtpa Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal located ...
Honeywell UOP CEO Rebecca Liebert recognized by Diversity Journal
21-07-2016
Honeywell UOP announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Liebert has been named by Profiles in Diversity Journal® it its 15th annual Women ...
Dow and DuPont stockholders approve merger
20-07-2016
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, stockholders of both companies have voted ...
Saudi Aramco CEO leads signing ceremony of mega gas project at Fadhili
20-07-2016
Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Nasser today presided over a signing ceremony of the Fadhili gas project, marking a new milestone in the company’s ...
Emerson introduces new flame detectors to help keep personnel and facilities safe
19-07-2016
Emerson today announced the release of the Rosemount 975 flame detectors, a complete line of optical flame detectors designed to perform in the harshest environmental ...
Intertek partners with Técnicas Reunidas for TOTAL’s Optara project
19-07-2016
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance Solutions provider to industries worldwide, has signed an agreement with Técnicas Reunidas, an international ...
BASF and Linde complete pilot project at National Carbon Capture Center
19-07-2016
BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, and The Linde Group, a technology company, successfully completed a joint pilot project to improve capture ...
Jacobs wins contract for Sipchem facilities in Saudi Arabia
15-07-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it received a three-year contract from Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) to provide general ...
Honeywell releases its newest version of Experion® PKS Orion
15-07-2016
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today launched its newest version of Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) Orion, featuring advanced Industrial Internet ...
Heavy equipment for Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery’s new Euro+ facility delivered
15-07-2016
Four pieces of major heavy engineering equipment for construction of the new Euro+ combined oil refining unit (CORU) at the Gazprom Neft Moscow ...
Intergraph® CAESAR II® webinar July 21st to discuss how to shorten the learning curve
12-07-2016
Intergraph will host a CAESAR II webinar on July 21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. CDT (Houston) / 5:00 p.m. CEST (Amsterdam) that will provide quick tips on solutions ...
Prosernat is awarded a very significant EPC project in South America
12-07-2016
Heurtey Petrochem announces that Prosernat was awarded a very significant project for an oil company in South America. This project concerns works related to ...
Yokogawa releases Exaquantum™ R3.02
12-07-2016
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the July 13 release of an update to the Exaquantum™ plant information management system (PIMS). Release R3.02 ...
Air Products
cuts ribbon on new world-scale hydrogen plant
11-07-2016
Air Products and its subsidiary, Air Products Canada Ltd., today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally dedicate its new world-scale hydrogen production ...
Ilsky refinery optimizes crude distillation unit processing with Experion® HS
system
11-07-2016
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that its Experion® HS process automation system has been implemented at Kuban Oil and Gas Company’s ...
Essar Projects wins contract for replacement of Indian Oil pipeline
05-07-2016
Essar Projects, a leading Engineering
Procurement & Construction company, today announced that it has bagged the contract for replacing 141 km of pipeline ...
International Rotating Equipment Conference Düsseldorf 2016
05-07-2016
The world’s leading rotating equipment convention is an innovation platform that offers participants a unique opportunity:
they will become part of and ...
India's biggest oil refinery to cost $30B
04-07-2016
India’s biggest oil refinery that state-run Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Engineers ...
Grace completes purchase of BASF Polyolefin catalysts business
02-07-2016
W. R. Grace & Co. announced that on June 30, 2016, it completed the acquisition of the assets of the BASF Polyolefin Catalysts business. The acquisition ...
BP to expand Indonesia’s Tangguh LNG facility
02-07-2016
BP, on behalf of Tangguh Production Sharing Contract Partners, today announced that the Final Investment Decision (FID) has been approved for the development ...
PBF Energy completes acquisition of the Torrance refinery
01-07-2016
PBF Energy Inc, announced today that its subsidiary completed its acquisition of the 155,000 barrel-per-day Torrance refinery, and related logistics assets, ...
Tesoro Corporation to sell Alaska storage and terminalling Assets to Tesoro Logistics
01-07-2016
Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics LP today announced that subsidiaries of Tesoro have executed an agreement for the sale of storage and terminalling assets ...
Amec Foster Wheeler to revamp Enagás’s Gaviota underground storage facility
30-06-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been engaged by Enagás Transporte SAU, an international leader in the development and maintenance of ...
Saudi Aramco and SABIC sign HoA on feasibility study for oil-to-chemicals complex
28-06-2016
Saudi Aramco and Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) have signed heads of agreement to conduct a feasibility study on the development of a fully ...
Tesoro Petroleum announces acquisition of Dakota Prairie Refining
28-06-2016
Tesoro Corporation, through its affiliate Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, has acquired Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC (DPR), which owns a refinery ...
Clariant supports Carbon2Chem project for the reduction of industrial CO2 emissions
28-06-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces its participation in the Carbon2Chem project, a cross-industry project for the reduction of industrial ...
Wison Engineering awarded EPC contract for EOEG in Saudi Arabia
27-06-2016
Wison Engineering, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service and technology providers in China, announces that ...
New methods of explosion pressure relief: REMBE® TARGO-VENT
27-06-2016
Comprehensive combustible dust explosion protection does not necessarily have to be expensive or complicated. An innovative technology makes it possible to ...
Tallest and heaviest fractionator process column arrives in Pengerang
26-06-2016
PETRONAS has received the tallest and heaviest propylene fractionator process column for the steam cracker facility located within its Pengerang Integrated ...
New HOERBIGER location opened in Aspern, Vienna's Urban Lakeside
23-06-2016
After two years of construction, HOERBIGER today held the opening ceremony for its new location in Aspern, Vienna's Urban Lakeside. With the 45-million-euro ...
DuPont enables Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical to produce Euro V Diesel
23-06-2016
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce that the world’s largest DuPont™ IsoTherming® unit has successfully completed the performance ...
Braskem Idesa inaugurates petrochemical complex in Mexico
22-06-2016
Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas, inaugurates today (22) its Petrochemical Complex in Mexico, in partnership with Mexican company ...
Ultra-low-sulfur gasoline project awarded to KBR
22-06-2016
KBR Inc, announced today it has been awarded a contract to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services to Monroe Energy for the company's ...
BASF and Aspen Aerogels announce strategic partnership
22-06-2016
BASF SE and Aspen Aerogels Inc, announced today the expansion of their strategic partnership with the signing of an exclusive supply agreement and a joint development ...
Ariel employees celebrate 50 years of business
22-06-2016
Saturday, June 18, more than 2,200 Ariel Corporation employees, retirees, and guests came beautifully and festively dressed to celebrate Ariel’s 50th ...
Clariant
debuts zeolite innovations
21-06-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals and one of the foremost suppliers of zeolite powders and catalysts, will be presenting at the 18th International ...
Wison Engineering breaks ground on its first EPC project in UAE
21-06-2016
Wison Engineering, one
of the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, is pleased to ...
Maire Tecnimont announce new agreements in Russia and Caspian area
17-06-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.announces that several agreements have been signed during the St. Petersburg
International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2016. The Forum is one ...
PKN ORLEN arranges crude oil supplies to its Czech refinery
16-06-2016
PKN ORLEN has signed the annex to the contract with Rosneft Oil Company for crude oil supplies to Unipetrol in the Czech Republic. The annex provides for flexibility ...
Official opening: $90M plant will improve air quality in China
16-06-2016
Today, Haldor Topsoe, a world leader in catalysis, officially opened an advanced automotive catalysts plant in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area ...
Ten Honeywell UOP scientists recognized as “Heroes Of Chemistry”
16-06-2016
Honeywell UOP announced today that the American Chemical Society (ACS) has recognized 10 of its scientists with the Heroes of Chemistry Award for the development ...
CB&I announces residue upgrading technology and development contract
16-06-2016
CB&I today announced Chevron Lummus Global, a joint venture between CB&I and Chevron, has been awarded a contract by Beowulf Energy Sweden LLC, who ...
KBR awarded feasibility study from ECOWAS Refinery Liberia limited project
16-06-2016
KBR, Inc, announced today it has been awarded a Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) contract by ECOWAS Refinery Liberia Limited (ERLL) for development of a 100kbbl/day ...
WorleyParsonsCord awarded modularization and construction contract
16-06-2016
WorleyParsonsCord has been awarded a contract to provide module assembly and field construction services for the Cutbank Ridge Partnership Program’s 15- ...
Technip completes acquisition of Hummingbird® technology from BP Chemicals
15-06-2016
Technip announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Hummingbird® ethanol to ethylene technology from BP Chemicals Ltd. Utilizing a proprietary ...
CLG LC-SLURRY technology selected by Beowulf Energy Sweden and Preem
15-06-2016
Preem and Beowulf Energy Sweden LLC (US) who recently signed a cooperation framework agreement, will examine the possibilities of a new residue hydrocracking ...
Honeywell UOP opens new catalyst production line at Shreveport facility
15-06-2016
Honeywell UOP today opened a new production line at its catalyst manufacturing facility in Shreveport, La. The $150 million investment will enable Honeywell ...
Sahara petrochemicals facilities contract awarded to Jacobs
14-06-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it received a three-year contract from Sahara Petrochemicals, to provide general engineering services at Sahara’s ...
Axiall and Lotte Chemical hold LACC ethane cracker groundbreaking ceremony
14-06-2016
LACC LLC, the joint-venture company formed by Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical Corporation of the Republic of Korea, today held a groundbreaking ceremony ...
EPA honors CB&I with presidential green chemistry challenge award
14-06-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded the 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its AlkyClean® ...
Wison's olefin separation technology achieves highest olefin recovery globally
14-06-2016
Wison Engineering Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service and technology providers in China, announced ...
Honeywell introduces Uniformance suite
14-06-2016
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it has launched Uniformance® Suite, a new, fully integrated system of process software solutions that turn plant ...
GE and Technip sign MoU to explore digital solutions for new LNG projects
14-06-2016
GE Oil & Gas and Technip have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG ...
Honeywell UOP earns record number of patents in 2015
13-06-2016
Honeywell UOP announced today that it earned 671 patents for new inventions globally during 2015, including 247 in the U.S. Both are records for Honeywell UOP, ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Sasol contract in Mozambique
13-06-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a detailed design and engineering contract by Sasol Petroleum Mozambique Limitada for Phase 1 Tranche 1 of ...
Linde Malaysia at Lab Asia 2015
10-06-2016
Linde Malaysia - HiQ Expert Team will participate at Lab Asia 2015 .The exhibition will take place in Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur from the 6th ...
Product
development of Neste's low-sulfur marine fuels continues
10-06-2016
Neste is currently offering two low-sulfur marine fuels, the sulfur content of which is less than 0.1 percent. The products meet the requirements set out in ...
Meridian Energy say its Belfield refinery will be the cleanest ever built
09-06-2016
The top executive for Meridian Energy Group said the refinery it is planning for Belfield will be the “cleanest refinery ever built” and answered ...
Neft Omsk Oil Refinery modernises its rail-tank-car loading facilities
09-06-2016
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Oil Refinery has begun the
wide-ranging modernisation of its rail-tank-car loading facilities for oil products. The project is being ...
Clariant’s Catofin® catalyst supports strong start of largest PDH unit in South Korea
09-06-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today reported the excellent
performance of its catalysts during the successful start-up of the largest propane ...
ORLEN Group’s flagship petrochemical project in the Czech Republic gets launched
07-06-2016
Today, Unipetrol, a strategic subsidiary of the ORLEN Group, has officially launched the construction of a new polyethylene
unit (PE3) in its Czech production ...
Shell to build a major petrochemical complex in Pennsylvania
07-06-2016
The complex will use low-cost ethane from shale gas producers in the Marcellus and Utica basins to produce 1.6 million tonnes of polyethylene per year. Polyethylene ...
Borealis to upgrade its steam cracker in Porvoo
07-06-2016
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces a EUR 40 million investment to ...
International Rotating Equipment Conference 2016: ideal showroom for manufacturers
07-06-2016
The world’s leading rotating equipment convention, a showcase for innovation, offers companies an abundant package of added value. Companies will benefit ...
Trecora Resources to construct a new reformer unit
06-06-2016
Trecora Resources, a leading provider of high purity specialty hydrocarbons and waxes, today announced it has received permission from the Texas Commission ...
GTC Technology supplying second GT-DWC℠ unit to Reliance Industries
06-06-2016
GTC Technology is supplying its proprietary GT-DWC℠ technology for a second Dividing Wall Column for Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) at DTA Refinery in ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins India LNG import and regasification terminal contract
06-06-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil LNG Private Ltd. Co. (IOLPL) for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal ...
Bechtel extends contract on world’s largest civil engineering project
06-06-2016
Bechtel has signed a five-year contract extension with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu to continue its longstanding management services work at Jubail ...
BASF postpones decision on natural gas-based propylene investment
06-06-2016
Considering the current volatility of raw material prices and the prevailing economic environment, BASF has postponed its final investment decision regarding ...
Maire Tecnimont and Siluria to develop new natural gas based technologies
01-06-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. and Siluria Technologies announced today that they have entered into a joint collaboration agreement. Under the terms of the JCA Maire ...
KBR awarded grassroots distill-max dividing wall column contract
31-05-2016
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a license and basic engineering design contract by a confidential client for a grassroots Distill-MaxTM Stabilizer ...
New European fuel standard will support the sales of Neste renewable desel
31-05-2016
CEN (European Committee for Standardization) has approved the EN 15940 standard for paraffinic diesel, specifying the quality and properties of advanced ...
YPFB selects LyondellBasell Spheripol PP technology
30-05-2016
LyondellBasell today announced that Bolivia's state-owned petrochemical company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), has selected LyondellBasell ...
Rosneft and Pertamina to build a new refining and petrochemical complex
26-05-2016
The Parties have agreed to perform a bankable feasibility study to finance the project of construction of the new refining and petrochemical complex Tuban in ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded FEED contract by Kuwait Oil Company
26-05-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to upgrade its Oil Gathering ...
Linde expands plant turnaround, MRO and pipeline services
26-05-2016
Linde LLC has expanded its plant turnaround, MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) and pipeline services capabilities to include the Gulf Coast region from ...
Technip awarded grassroots ethylene cracking furnace contract
26-05-2016
Technip was awarded a contract by CTCI to provide basic engineering and proprietary equipment for a grassroots ethylene cracking furnace at the Saudi Kayan ...
Sinopec’s diesel hydrogenation technology wins bidding of Brunei project
24-05-2016
Sinopec’s continuous liquid phase diesel hydrogenation technology with independent intellectual property rights recently won the bidding of a PMB project ...
Advanced distillation technology from GTC Technology selected by TonenGeneral
24-05-2016
GTC Technology has supplied its Advanced Distillation technology for a new mixed xylenes recovery unit for TonenGeneral Sekiyu K. K. (TonenGeneral). The grassroots ...
Honeywell and Petrovietnam sign MOU
24-05-2016
Honeywell today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to advance cooperation in Vietnam’s ...
New Honeywell production capacity in China to support coal-to-plastics technology
24-05-2016
Honeywell announced today that its Honeywell UOP business broke ground on a new manufacturing capacity outside Shanghai to produce materials used to convert ...
Honeywell India unveils new refining technology
24-05-2016
Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today unveiled a new refining technology at Honeywell’s India Technology Center, ...
Contract for Cilacap refinery upgrade awarded to Amec Foster Wheeler
23-05-2016
PT Pertamina (Persero) and Saudi Aramco have awarded the Engineering and Project Management Services Contract to conduct the Basic Engineering Design (BED) ...
Hundreds of downstream project leads flock to New Orleans
23-05-2016
In two weeks’ time, over 700 Project Leads from the petrochemical & refining industries descend on New Orleans to attend the most high-profile and ...
Clariant launches MegaGuard™ 700
19-05-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of its MegaGuard™ 700 catalyst guard at the Clariant Syngas Conference 2016 ...
Yokogawa releases CENTUM VP® R6.03
19-05-2016
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed CENTUM VP® R6.03, a new version of the company's integrated production control system with ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical receive the elite silver safety award from AFPM
18-05-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP’s
facility in Borger, Texas, received the Elite Silver Safety Award from American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers ...
Shandong Luqing commissions first C4 Oleflex unit in China from Honeywell UOP
17-05-2016
Honeywell announced today that Shandong Luqing Petrochemical Co. accepted performance of
China’s first standalone Honeywell UOP C4 Oleflex™ process ...
Air Products launches hydrogen services business
17-05-2016
In response to increasing customer demand, Air Products has launched a Hydrogen Services Business as part of the company’s Customer Plant Support organization. ...
SATORP awarded general engineering services contract to Jacobs
17-05-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a two year contract from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) to provide ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded Kenyan oil terminal contract
17-05-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a project management consultancy contract by consultancy company NIRAS to support the next stages in the development ...
INEOS Oligomers to build world scale LAO unit at Chocolate Bayou
16-05-2016
Today, INEOS Oligomers confirmed it had made a Final Investment Decision (FID) to build a new world scale Linear Alpha Olefin (LAO) unit at the INEOS site at ...
Emerson collaborates with NTU Singapore to expand new manufacturing capabilities
16-05-2016
Emerson Process Management and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) today announced that they have entered into a Research Collaboration Agreement ...
Acquisition of majority stake in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor Co Ltd completed
13-05-2016
Burckhardt Compression completed the acquisition of a 60% stake in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor Co., Ltd. as announced on March 11, 2016. Shenyang Yuanda is the ...
Jacobs wins contract with Mitsubishi
12-05-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering services for the expansion of Mitsubishi’s polyester ...
Fluor
wins best practices award for modularization innovation
12-05-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA) named Fluor the 2016 Best Practices Award winner for ...
Honeywell announces plan to spin off resins and chemicals business to
shareowners
12-05-2016
Honeywell announced today its intention to spin off its Resins and Chemicals business into a standalone, publicly- traded company named AdvanSix Inc. Honeywell ...
Clariant's R&D alliance with TUM, MuniCat, relocates its catalysis research center
09-05-2016
Clariant congratulates the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on the inauguration of a new building for its Catalysis Research Center (CRC). The CRC is home ...
Honeywell to help EagleClaw Midstream recover valuable NGLs using UOP Russell technology
06-05-2016
Honeywell UOP announced
today that it will it will provide a modular Honeywell UOP Russell cryogenic gas processing plant to help EagleClaw Midstream Ventures ...
PKN ORLEN signs first long-term contract with Saudi Aramco
06-05-2016
PKN ORLEN has signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the supply of ca. 200 thousand tonnes of crude oil monthly
to its refineries. The contract will ...
Maire Tecnimont receive oil & gas petrochemical and fertilizer orders
05-05-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted new awards for a total amount of approximately $160M for licensing, engineering ...
Linde awarded major supply contract for South African helium
04-05-2016
Technology company The Linde Group, today announced the signing of an agreement between Linde and alternative energy company Renergen for the development of ...
Sonangol awards services for Lobitor refinery project to EIL
04-05-2016
Sonangol is planning to set up a 200,000 BPSD (9.5 MMTPA) Refinery in Lobito, Angola. Engineers India Limited (EIL) has been awarded FEED Revalidation, Licensor ...
Sinopec selects Honeywell UOP's MaxEne technology to raise petrochemical yields
04-05-2016
Honeywell announced today that the first commercial installation of its UOP MaxEne Process successfully entered production at Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company’s ...
Shell completes sale of Denmark Marketing business to Couche-Tard
02-05-2016
Shell has completed the sale of Dansk Fuels in Denmark to Couche-Tard for approximately $300 million including working capital. Dansk Fuels comprises Shell’s ...
Renewable Energy Group expands logistics and storage at Danville biorefinery
02-05-2016
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that the Company’s Danville, Illinois operation now has more than 14 million gallons of tank capacity to ...
Bechtel’s ThruPlus delayed coking technology selected for Egyptian refinery
02-05-2016
Bechtel has signed a license agreement with Assiut Oil Refining Company, a subsidiary of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, for the process design of a ...
REMBE release IKB reverse acting rupture disc
29-04-2016
REMBE® rupture discs are different! And so it is with the newest member of the REMBE® Rupture Disc offering, the single layer IKB Reverse Acting Rupture ...
Amec Foster Wheeler forms strategic alliance with DeltaValve
28-04-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler and DeltaValve, LLC, a leading provider of equipment and control systems for the delayed coking segment of the refining industry, have formed ...
Metso open new valve service center in Poland in operation
28-04-2016
Metso has opened a new service center specialized in process valve and field equipment solutions in Poland. The center has a key role in supporting pulp and ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins FEED contract to modernise major Azerbaijan oil refinery
26-04-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to modernise the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery (HAOR) ...
Neste Jacobs investigates the potential of LNG with Port of Turku
26-04-2016
Technology, engineering and project management Company Neste Jacobs and Port of Turku have signed a contract for Neste Jacobs to investigate the potential and ...
REMBE release Q-Rohr®-3
26-04-2016
The REMBE® Q-Rohr®-3 family of products is an indoor flameless venting system that eliminates the need for relocating dust collectors or other enclosures ...
Magnetrol release
Jupiter® model JM4 magnetostrictive level transmitter
25-04-2016
Magnetrol® International is proud to announce the release of the Jupiter® Model JM4 magnetostrictive level transmitter. The JM4 is available ...
Engineers India Limited signs contract with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation
25-04-2016
Engineers India Limited has formally entered into a contract with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to render Project Management Consultancy for Installation ...
New catalyst produces sulfur-free CO2 from Icelandic geothermal facility
25-04-2016
Icelandic geothermal power company HS
Orka hf has signed a contract with Topsoe for a plant to transform excess CO2 into a commercial product. The plant is ...
Industrial Emissions Directive on the agenda at CEM 2016
24-04-2016
Linde will be at the CEM 2016, the 12th International Conference & Exhibition on Emissions Monitoring, which will take place at
Lisboa Congress Centre, ...
Neste Jacobs to perform comprehensive energy study for INA’s oil refinery in Croatia
22-04-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and INA – Industrija nafte, d.d. (INA) have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to ...
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Grace agrees to purchase BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business
22-04-2016
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of BASF’s Polyolefin Catalysts business. The transaction is ...
World’s largest INDMAX FCC unit successfully commissioned at IndianOil’s Paradip refinery
22-04-2016
The world’s largest INDMAX Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit, jointly licensed by CB&I and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), was successfully ...
Technip to provide proprietary equipment for S-Oil’s refinery in South Korea
22-04-2016
Technip was awarded a contract by Daelim Industrial Company to provide proprietary equipment for the world’s first commercial High Severity Fluid Catalytic ...
Malaysian refinery selects sealless magnetic drive API 685 compliant pumps from Sundyne
19-04-2016
Sundyne, a leader in the design and manufacture of centrifugal sealless magnetic drive pumps, today announces the selection of their HMD / Kontro sealless magnetic ...
Lukoil starts construction of Kandym gas processing complex
19-04-2016
LUKOIL started the construction of Kandym Gas Processing Complex (KGPC), a key production facility in development of the Kandym group of gas condensate fields ...
Jacobs appointed to Woodside Engineering services panel
19-04-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it was appointed by Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside) to work as part of an engineering panel to provide multi-disciplinary ...
Air Liquide accelerates its development in biogas purification
18-04-2016
Air Liquide announces the commissioning of 12 biogas purification units in the last 12 months in Europe. With these new units, Air Liquide ...
BashNIPIneft selects AVEVA software for major brownfield project
14-04-2016
AVEVA announced today that BashNIPIneft LLC, a Research and Design Institute for leading Russian Oil and Gas company Bashneft, has implemented AVEVA Everything3D ...
Air Liquide strengthens its partnership with MPCC in China
12-04-2016
Air Liquide signed a new long-term contract with Maoming Petrochemical Co. (MPCC), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.), ...
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering secures two more orders from PDO Oman
12-04-2016
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. India, has won two orders valued approximately $370M, from Petroleum ...
Yamal LNG project update
12-04-2016
The Yamal LNG project is an unprecedented technological and logistical challenge, involving more than 200 wells, three liquefaction trains with an annual ...
INEOS Europe to purchase natural gas liquids from the Appalachian shale gas basin
11-04-2016
INEOS Europe AG and Rex Energy Corporation have today announced a new natural gas liquids sale and purchase agreement covering ethane, propane and butane. The ...
Announcing Yokogawa’s acquisition of KBC
08-04-2016
We are delighted to announce that the acquisition of KBC Advanced Technologies plc by Yokogawa Electric Corporation completed yesterday, 7 April 2016. Completion ...
Honeywell UOP name Rebecca Liebert President and CEO
08-04-2016
Honeywell announced that Rebecca Liebert has been named president and CEO of Honeywell UOP, a leading supplier of process technology, catalysts, engineered ...
Linde details how cryo-condensation can recapture value while minimizing emissions
06-04-2016
At NISTM 2016, Senior Engineer Robert P. D’Orazio of Linde LLC, will detail how cryo-condensation technology can not only minimize VOC emissions for storage ...
HOERBIGER acquires BRILEX
05-04-2016
April 1, 2016, the HOERBIGER Group in Zug, Switzerland, acquired privately held BRILEX Gesellschaft für Explosionsschutz mbH, head quartered in Brilon, ...
ClearSign contract with major canadian
oil producer
04-04-2016
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, announced today an agreement with a major Canadian oil sands producer to design and engineer ClearSign's Duplex™ technology ...
JGC Indonesian subsidiary wins gas processing plant contract
01-04-2016
JGC Corporation announced today that its
group company, JGC Indonesia, jointly with PT. ENCONA INTI INDUSTRI, has been awarded the EPC contract for the ...
IndianOil refineries mark new records of performance during 2015-16
01-04-2016
IndianOil refineries have achieved a new record of crude throughput of 56.1 MMT with a capacity utilization of 103.5%
during the year 2015-16. IndianOil’s ...
BP and CNPC sign BP’s first shale gas production sharing contract
31-03-2016
BP and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) today signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for shale gas exploration, development and production in ...
KBR awarded MAXOFIN FCC revamp contract
31-03-2016
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a license and basic engineering design contract for the revamp of a Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC) unit with MAXOFIN ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical expands Polyalphaolefins capacity at Cedar Bayou plant
29-03-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today that it has reached final investment decision to expand the low viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity ...
The Grangemouth shale gas revolution moves closer to reality
29-03-2016
The second manufacturing unit at Grangemouth’s KG ethylene plant is brought back to life eight years after being mothballed. INEOS completes successful ...
Queensland Biofuels pilot plant announced
29-03-2016
Queensland has again defeated NSW because the state "wanted it more", and this time the financial stakes are higher than State of Origin glory. The ...
Meridian Energy Group look to build North Dakota refinery using midstream model
28-03-2016
Meridian Energy Group expects to use a fee-based business model at a 55,000 b/d refinery it plans to build in North Dakota, CEO William Prentice said Wednesday. ...
Fluor wins innovation excellence award for integrated scaffolding solution
28-03-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that Fiatech has named Fluor a Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation (CETI) Award winner for the company’s ...
Emerson introduces wirelessly-monitored storage tank safety valves
24-03-2016
Emerson Process Management has introduced the Enardo 850/950 series of wirelessly-monitored pressure vacuum relief valves (PVRVs) that provide safety and emissions ...
WorleyParsons lands PMC project for Assiut refinery
23-03-2016
WorleyParsons is pleased to announce that it received last week a Letter of Award from a new customer, Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC), a subsidiary of ...
Neste Jacobs to perform energy study study of INA's oil refinery in Croatia
22-03-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and INA - Industrija nafte, d.d. (INA) have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform ...
CNOOC and Shell to expand petrochemical complex in China
22-03-2016
China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Shell Nanhai B.V. today announce the final investment decision to expand CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Company’s ...
Emerson helps users reduce cyber threats through control system recertification
21-03-2016
Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV™ version 12.3 distributed control system (DCS) and its security project and engineering support services, is ...
CB&I announces storage tank award in Canada
21-03-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $50 million by a major energy infrastructure company for the engineering, procurement ...
KBR wins multi-phased contract for front-end engineering and design for Woodfibre LNG
21-03-2016
KBR, Inc, announced today it has been awarded a multi-phased contract for Front-End Engineering and Design for the Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. ...
UCARSOL solvents now available in ProTreat simulator
21-03-2016
Optimized Gas Treating and The Dow Chemical Company have recently announced that modules for UCARSOL™ chemical solvents are now available in ProTreat® ...
BASF completes capacity increase for 1,4-butanediol in Geismar
18-03-2016
BASF completed its two-step capacity expansion for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by approximately 20 percent at its Verbund site in Geismar, ...
Minatitlan refinery ULSD contract awarded to Técnicas Reunidas
18-03-2016
Técnicas Reunidas, TR, has been selected by Pemex Transformación Industrial for the second phase of the execution of the ultra low sulphur diesel ...
Determination of trace-level chlorine in the presence of sulfur in crude oil
18-03-2016
PANalytical, world market leader for X-ray fluorescence equipment, announces a new dedicated solution for the analysis of very low chlorine concentrations in ...
Rabab Harweel project water treatment contract awarded to Veolia
17-03-2016
Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies Gulf, has been awarded a contract by Petrofac to provide process water treatment solutions on Petroleum ...
Petrobras renews rotor inspection and storage contract with Elliott Group
17-03-2016
Petrobras has renewed a contract with Elliott Group in Brazil for rotor inspection and storage. The contract covers a minimum of 80 spare turbine and compressor ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded feasibility study contract for Karachi refinery upgrade
17-03-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) for a detailed feasibility study to upgrade their refinery in ...
Saudi Aramco and LANXESS announce the executive team of their ARLANXEO JV
17-03-2016
Saudi Aramco and specialty chemicals company LANXESS are pleased to announce the members of the Executive Board of ARLANXEO, their previously announced 50:50 ...
REMBE® release the new and improved EXKOP® system
16-03-2016
For over 40 years, REMBE® has been a leader in the innovation of high-quality combustible dust explosion protection safety systems. A safe and effective ...
REMBE® release the new NIMU non-invasive signaling unit
16-03-2016
REMBE®’s wide-ranging product line-up of signaling devices for process safety has now been enhanced even further with the addition of the REMBE® ...
Saudi Refining and Shell sign letter of intent to separate Motiva assets
16-03-2016
Saudi Arabian Oil Company through its wholly owned Saudi Refining Inc. subsidiary and Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its U.S. downstream affiliate, announce ...
ADNOC to host SOGAT 2016
15-03-2016
Given stringent business conditions dictated by the oil price concerns, ADNOC is turning more to efficiency improvements. Several of the presentations in the ...
GE unveils upgrade to
LoSALT simulator software for refineries
14-03-2016
Combining the need to measure the salt-induced corrosion potential in oil refineries and the need for instantaneous digital data, GE today announced an upgrade ...
New digital analytical tool for the continuous monitoring of corrosion in
refineries
14-03-2016
Continuing its transformation into the world’s leading digital industrial company, GE today introduced a new online continuous monitoring system designed ...
United Airlines begin commercial flights using renewable jet fuel
11-03-2016
Honeywell UOP announced that starting today
United Airlines will use Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™, to power 12,500 flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco ...
Honeywell UOP technology powering commercial-scale biorefinery
10-03-2016
AltAir is the second U.S. fuel producer using Honeywell UOP technology to produce renewable fuels and the first producing jet fuel,
joining Diamond Green Diesel, ...
Rompetrol automates downstream business in Romania
10-03-2016
Rompetrol Downstream, part of KMG International Group, has started the extensive rollout of OpenTAS including complete SAP integration at several of its sites ...
Azerikimya and Tecnip sign ethylene polyethylene plant reconstruction agreement
09-03-2016
SOCAR’s Azerikimya Production Association and Tecnip Italy signed a detailed engineering and procurement services contract on March 9 in Baku. Rovnag ...
Johnson Matthey’s methanol technology selected
08-03-2016
G2X Energy, a developer of advanced natural gas to methanol projects, along with their strategic partner the Proman Group, announced today they have entered ...
Methanol plant engineering services contract awarded to Toyo Engineering
08-03-2016
G2X Energy, a developer of advanced natural gas to methanol projects, along with their strategic partner the Proman Group, announced today they have entered ...
KBR JV awarded project management contract for Baku oil refinery modernization
08-03-2016
KBR, Inc today announced its SOCAR-KBR joint venture was awarded a significant project management consultancy (PMC) Contract for the Heydar Aliyev Baku oil ...
Hengli Petrochemical selects technologies from DuPont for new grassroots refinery
08-03-2016
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce that Hengli Petrochemical Company, based in Dalian, China, has awarded DuPont a contract to supply the alkylation ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded multiple Algerian refinery contracts
08-03-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Sonatrach SPA for three new refineries located ...
New emissions regulations creating opportunities in China
08-03-2016
New emissions standards in China (GB 31570-2015 and GB 31571-2015) covering refining and petrochemical plants are creating considerable opportunities for international ...
Elliott and Linde to cooperate on small-to mid-scale LNG business
07-03-2016
Elliott Group and The Linde Group’s Engineering Division have entered into an agreement to cooperate in the small-to mid-scale LNG business. The parties ...
CLG’s technologies selected to upgrade Thai Oil’s Sriracha Refinery
07-03-2016
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced their successful award as licensor of the residue and VGO hydrocracking units for Thai Oil Public Company Limited’s ...
Abu Dhabi to host latest international developments in gas conditioning
06-03-2016
The ADNOC Group will be hosting the SOGAT 2016 event in Abu Dhabi from March 20-24 were several new technical activities will be announced at a time when the ...
Eni starts three oil and gas treatment plants at Zubair field
03-03-2016
Eni and Kogas have introduced today, in the presence of H.E. the Deputy Minister of Oil Fayadh Hassan Nima and other representatives of the Iraqi government, ...
Air Products provides PRISM® membrane separators to Shenhua Ningxia coal-to-liquids project
03-03-2016
Air Products PRISM Membranes division in Saint Louis, Missouri, has received a significant order to provide a large quantity of membrane separators to the Ningdong ...
INDMAX unit to be set-up at Bongaigaon refinery
03-03-2016
INDMAX unit to be set-up at Bongaigaon Refinery The Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North-East which aims at doubling Oil & Gas production by 2030, making clean ...
Linde to showcase its hydrogen leadership at 2016 Shell Eco-marathon
03-03-2016
The technology company The Linde Group will support this year’s Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) as a global partner by supplying participating fuel cell-powered ...
Emerson adds HART® 7 to vortex flowmeters
01-03-2016
The ability to efficiently commission field devices reduces startup costs and schedule risk for large projects. Emerson Process Management’s line of Rosemount ...
CB&I Announces storage tank award in Abu Dhabi
01-03-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract for approximately $60 million with Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) for the refurbishment of two crude ...
Topsoe introduces SK-501 Flex™
01-03-2016
Today, Topsoe introduced SK-501 Flex™ – a groundbreaking high temperature shift (HTS) catalyst with the unique ability to operate at any steam-to-carbon ...
Axens’ technologies and catalysts selected for Isononyl alcohol production plant
29-02-2016
Axens announced today that Taiwan-Japan Oxo Chemical Industries Inc, will use Axens’ technologies and catalysts for its isononyl alcohol (INA) production ...
Yokogawa releases plant resource manager R3.30
26-02-2016
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the February 29 release of version R3.30 of its Plant Resource Manager (PRM®) software tool for the centralized ...
KROHNE release OPTISWITCH 5300 C for extreme process conditions
26-02-2016
With the new OPTISWITCH 5300 C, KROHNE presents a vibration level switch for liquids that can withstand extreme process conditions such as hot or cryogenic ...
Fluor consortium delivers natural gas development project in Brazil
25-02-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that its consortium has met substantial completion on the Gavião Branco facility in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, ...
Bechtel announces first LNG commissioning cargo from Sabine Pass Train 1
25-02-2016
Bechtel announced that the first commissioning cargo with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Train 1 at the Sabine Pass Liquefaction project departed yesterday ...
Linde expands presence in Houston energy corridor
25-02-2016
To better serve its customers in the Houston area, Linde Engineering North America Inc,(LENA) and Linde Americas will soon expand their presence in the Houston ...
Air Products breaks ground on new steam methane reformer
25-02-2016
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today held a groundbreaking ceremony at Covestro’s Baytown, Texas facility where Air Products will ...
AMETEK Grabner Instruments launches MINIVAP VP Vision
25-02-2016
AMETEK Grabner Instruments, a worldwide leader in automatic petroleum testers, announces the launch of a new, highly versatile and portable vapor pressure tester, ...
OpenTAS certified for EMCS 2.2
25-02-2016
Implico’s OpenTAS terminal management software has now been certified for use with the new EMCS Release 2.2. This means that the Implico Group's logistics ...
Sadara the countdown continues
24-02-2016
The boards of directors of Saudi Aramco, Dow Chemical Company (Dow), and the Sadara Chemical Company gathered at the Sadara complex recently to get a closer ...
Neste Jacobs contract with Gasum for engineering and project implementation services
24-02-2016
Neste Jacobs has signed a
five-year framework agreement with Gasum for engineering and project implementation services. The agreement covers engineering, project ...
Blasch to present with BD Energy Systems at Nitrogen + SynGas conference in Berlin
24-02-2016
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology
manufacturer, will be presenting Improved uniformity of flue gas flow in down-fired steam ...
Technip technology selected for gas cracking ethylene plant in China
24-02-2016
Technip announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology, Process Design Package,
technical services and proprietary ...
Jacobs helps deliver first gas for Chuandongbei project
23-02-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it supplied technical services and technology that played a key role in enabling natural gas production from the ...
Oil refinery reconstruction develops
22-02-2016
SOCAR Fugro LLC and the Oil Refinery signed a groundwater exploration contract with a view to infrastructure engineering and design within the refinery’s ...
ABB awarded EPC contract for a new LPG pumping station in Algeria
19-02-2016
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a new liquefied petroleum ...
KBR signs first license for new solid-acid alkylation technology
19-02-2016
KBR, Inc has been awarded the first licensing contract for its K-SAAT Solid Acid Alkylation technology. The contract was awarded to KBR by Dong Ying Haike Ruilin ...
Fluor awarded EPCM work for BASF Chemicals project
18-02-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that BASF awarded Fluor an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for the revamp of an alcohol ...
Air Products to supply industrial gases to Unipetrol
18-02-2016
World-leading industrial gas company, Air Products, and Unipetrol RPA, part of the leading petrochemical and refining group – Unipetrol, have signed a ...
hte supports Saudi Aramco with a state-of-the-art high throughput experimentation facility
18-02-2016
hte – the high throughput experimentation company and leading provider of technology solutions and services for customers in the energy, refining, chemicals ...
Statoil signs new multiyear agreement for AVEVA Everything3D
18-02-2016
AVEVA today announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Statoil ASA for AVEVA Everything3D™. The Norwegian Energy owner operator has selected ...
Alfa Laval to provide compact heat exchangers to Russian refinery
18-02-2016
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval compact heat exchangers to a refinery ...
Fluor awarded construction management contract by Sunoco Logistics
18-02-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a construction management contract by Sunoco Logistics for the Mariner East 2 project at its Marcus Hook ...
Emerson to help Cameron LNG automate its new liquefaction project
18-02-2016
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has been tapped by Cameron LNG to help automate its new liquefaction project, adding three LNG trains ...
New coker now operating at CHS Refinery at McPherson, Kansas
17-02-2016
Member-owners of CHS Inc, the nation's leading cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, are now benefitting from the recently completed coker ...
Bangchak Petroleum selects Axens CCR Octanizing™ technology
17-02-2016
Axens announced today that the Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited will use Axens’ state-of-the-art reforming technology and catalysts for its Energy, ...
Lukoil starts up new gas processing unit in Budennovsk
16-02-2016
Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Stavropol Region Governor Vladimir Vladimirov ...
Manoir Industries and Tubetech International announce strategic alliance
16-02-2016
Manoir Industries and Tube Tech International announce through a Memorandum of Understanding a strategic alliance to provide additional services to their customers. ...
Axens awarded the first crude-to-paraxylene complex in China
11-02-2016
Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd has selected Axens to supply technologies for its Petrochemical project to be located at Changxing Island in China's Liaoning Province. ...
Flint Hills Resources licence Edeniq’s pathway technology
10-02-2016
Edeniq, Inc., a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Flint Hills Resources, a leading U.S. ethanol ...
Propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol plant FEED contract awarded to Fluor
09-02-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, has selected Fluor to perform ...
Fluor awarded Cutbank Ridge Partnership sweet gas plant project
08-02-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that the Cutbank Ridge Partnership selected Fluor to execute engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for ...
Magnetrol introduces Pulsar™ model R96 non-contact radar transmitter
08-02-2016
Magnetrol’s newest level control solution delivers best-in-class accuracy and reliability. Magnetrol International, a leading level and flow instrumentation ...
Maire Tecnimont receive a polyethylene plant contract from SOCAR
05-02-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that, as a result of an international tender, its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and KT Kinetics Technology S.p.A have signed ...
Enersul receives equipment supply contract from Petrofac International (UAE)
05-02-2016
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Petrofac International (UAE) ...
Methanol plant contract for Topsoe
04-02-2016
Topsoe, a Danish technology, catalyst and services vendor to the petrochemical and refining industry, will open permanent offices in Tehran. The decision is ...
MISTRAS and E2G alliance to deliver next generation plant management solutions
04-02-2016
Industry and technology leaders, MISTRAS Group, Inc. and The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. (E2G), announced the formation of a multi-faceted alliance to enable ...
Grace completes separation Into two Independent, industry-leading companies
03-02-2016
W. R. Grace & Co. has completed the previously announced separation of Grace into two independent, industry-leading companies: W. R. Grace & Co. and ...
Determination of trace-level chlorine in the presence of sulfur in crude oil
03-02-2016
PANalytical, world market leader for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) equipment, announces a new dedicated solution for the analysis of very low chlorine concentrations ...
Honeywell UOP technology, modular equipment powers new clean fuels refinery in Pakistan
02-02-2016
Honeywell announced today that its UOP process technology and equipment is helping Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) increase its production of high-quality gasoline, ...
First Russian-produced hydro-treatment catalyst successfully tested at Refinery
02-02-2016
Commercial testing of the first domestically-produced hydro-treatment catalyst (developed by the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk) ...
Jacobs awarded pre-FID study contract for Baltic gas project
02-02-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it was awarded a contract to conduct a pre-final investment decision (Pre-FID) study for the onshore gas treatment ...
Gunvor acquires Rotterdam refinery
01-02-2016
Gunvor Group has completed its acquisition of the Kuwait Petroleum Europoort refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from Kuwait Petroleum International, allowing ...
Emerson helps BP Whiting refinery avoid downtime while improving safety and reliability
01-02-2016
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, is providing process automation technologies and services to help BP further enhance the safety, reliability, ...
Shell sells Shell Refining Company in Malaysia to Malaysia Hengyuan International Limited
01-02-2016
Shell Malaysia Trading will ensure security of supply to its retail and commercial customers in Malaysia and honour other existing commitments through an existing ...
Topsoe establishes R&D center at Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics
01-02-2016
A newly established Topsoe R&D subsidiary – Haldor Topsoe Science & Technology (Dalian) Co. Ltd, has entered a comprehensive collaboration agreement ...
JGC awarded EPC contract for a gas processing plant project in Bahrain
29-01-2016
JGC Corporation announced today that it has received a contract to build the Gas Processing facilities in Bahrain. The Gas Processing Project, located in the ...
Air Products air separation units onstream in Yulin
28-01-2016
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced its four air separation unit (ASU) trains built for Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., ...
KBR's ROSE technology selected for Shell's Pernis refinery
26-01-2016
KBR, Inc. announced today it has been selected by Shell to utilize KBR's ROSE solvent deasphalting technology for use at their Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, ...
Praxair to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Total in the Port of Antwerp
26-01-2016
Praxair, Inc. today announced it has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Total in the Port of Antwerp. Total, a global integrated energy ...
Siemens to acquire simulation software supplier CD-adapco
25-01-2016
Siemens and CD-adapco have entered into a stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of CD-adapco by Siemens. The purchase price is $970 million. CD-adapco ...
Aker Solutions starts pioneering CO2-capture project in Norway
25-01-2016
Aker Solutions today started a five-month test program to capture carbon emissions from the municipality-operated waste-to-energy Klemetsrud plant in Oslo, ...
Praxair China starts up new air separation plant
25-01-2016
Praxair, Inc. has started up a large air separation plant in northern China for the Yankuang Guohong Chemical Co., Ltd facility in Zoucheng City. Yankuang Guohong ...
Linde selected by Gazprom for major gas processing project in Russia
25-01-2016
The technology company The Linde Group has been selected by Gazprom, Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk and its general contractor NIPIgas as the licenser ...
Burckhardt Compression deliver compressors to a large scale LDPE tubular plant
25-01-2016
Burckhardt Compression has been awarded an order to deliver a Hyper Compressor as Secondary Compressor and one Process Gas Compressor API618 as Primary/Purge ...
Emerson protection system receives SIL1 safety-critical rating
20-01-2016
Operating safety-critical equipment without reliable machinery health insight to issues such as missed or false trips and alarms can keep operations unreliable ...
New SPECTRO XEPOS Spectrometers redefine ED-XRF
19-01-2016
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today announced its new line of SPECTRO XEPOS spectrometers, representing a quantum leap in energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence ...
Statoil signs new multiyear agreement with AVEVA for AVEVA Everything3D
19-01-2016
AVEVA today announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Statoil ASA for AVEVA Everything3D™. The Norwegian Energy owner operator has selected ...
Hyundai Chemical selects modular equipment and technology from Honeywell UOP
19-01-2016
Honeywell announced today that Hyundai Chemical Co. will use Honeywell UOP technology to expand its petrochemicals complex in Daesan Republic, South Korea, ...
New customer needs makes Topsoe downsize top management
19-01-2016
The markets Haldor Topsoe operates in show a receding development these years. In spite of that – and in spite of intensified competition –Topsoe ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded ammonia project
19-01-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract to provide project development support and design engineering for an integrated 80,000 tonne per ...
Clariant and CB&I to design world's largest single-train dehydrogenation unit in China
19-01-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd to develop ...
Neste's Porvoo refinery to receive a full scale operator training simulator
15-01-2016
Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company and Neste, Baltic region's leading refiner and distributer of oil products and the world's ...
Rosneft and BP dissolve their Ruhr Oel GmbH JV
15-01-2016
Rosneft and BP today announced that they have signed a binding agreement to dissolve the existing refining JV Ruhr Oel GmbH (ROG) as they move toward completion ...
PEMEX extends contract for nitrogen supply with Linde
14-01-2016
The technology company The Linde Group has signed a contract with Pemex Exploración y Producción, a subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos, ...
HollyFrontier selects XCeed™ technology from Honeywell UOP
13-01-2016
Honeywell announced today that industrial wastewater technology from Honeywell UOP will help a Wyoming refinery remove contaminants from its wastewater to meet ...
Williams Energy chooses Bentley’s ConstructSim software for propane dehydrogenation project
12-01-2016
Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that Williams Energy Canada ...
PV Gas selects modular gas processing plant and automation technology from Honeywell
12-01-2016
Honeywell announced today that it will supply a 250 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) modular gas processing plant and advanced automation systems ...
Manoir Industries awarded contract by Air Products for their Baytown 3 project
12-01-2016
Manoir Industries was awarded 10 outlet manifolds and 1 transfer line by Air Products for their new hydrogen (H2) plant located in Baytown, Texas. The furnace ...
ICA Fluor to build $1B refining facility in Mexico
11-01-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that ICA Fluor, its industrial engineering and construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V, was authorized ...
Technip awarded contract by Air Products for Baytown hydrogen plant
08-01-2016
Technip was awarded a contract by Air Products to provide technology, engineering and procurement services for a grassroots hydrogen plant in Baytown, Texas, ...
Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene capacity in Calvert City
08-01-2016
Westlake Chemical Partners LP, a Westlake company, announced that it has approved plans to expand ethylene capacity at the Calvert City, Kentucky facility owned ...
Blasch promotes two key members of engineering team
08-01-2016
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces two important promotions within their engineering group. Dave ...
Axens to expand its sulfur abatement portfolio
07-01-2016
Axens (Axens North America Inc) announces that it has on January 4th, 2016 entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with Scutter Enterprises, LLC to purchase ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Sweden refinery contract
07-01-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by Preem AB, the largest fuel company in Sweden, for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction ...
BP agrees to sale of Alabama petrochemical complex
06-01-2016
BP has agreed to sell its petrochemical complex in Decatur, Alabama, to Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, as part of a previously announced effort to ...
IndianOil refineries achieve record crude throughput of 55.2 MMT
06-01-2016
The year gone by has brought many happy tidings for IndianOil Refineries. Having achieved the highest crude throughput of 55.2 MMT, and one of the highest ever ...
CB&I announces polypropylene technology award in China
06-01-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Hebei Haiwei Group for the license and basic engineering design of a polypropylene unit to be built ...
Honeywell acquires remaining interest in UOP Russell LLC
06-01-2016
Honeywell announced today that it has acquired the remaining 30 percent stake in UOP Russell LLC, which develops technology and manufactures modular equipment ...
CRI Catalyst licenses IH2 technology to a leading European company
05-01-2016
A Fortune 2000 global company headquartered in Northern Europe has entered into an FEL-2 package license agreement with CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company LTD, ...
Tesoro launches plan to support development of renewable biocrude for its refineries
02-01-2016
Tesoro Corporation today announced its plan to foster the development of biocrude made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries, ...
Enterprise Products completes final phase of LPG export terminal expansion
30-12-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership has increased the loading rate at its liquefied petroleum gas export terminal ...
Methanex starts up Geismar 2 methanol plant
29-12-2015
Methanex Corporation announced that on December 27, 2015, the company successfully produced first methanol from its newly completed one million tonne Geismar ...
Gazprom completes large-scale reconstruction of residue deep conversion complex
28-12-2015
Reconstruction of the KT-1/1 atmospheric residue deep conversion complex at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery is now complete, with modernisation ...
Jacobs selected as a global engineering partner to BASF
23-12-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today its selection by BASF as a Global Engineering Partner. Under a three year contract, Jacobs is providing engineering, ...
Topsoe technology supports new large-scale methanol plant
22-12-2015
Topsoe has delivered licensed process technology, basic engineering, catalysts and services for the first greenfield methanol plant in the U.S. in many years. ...
Samsung Engineering win refinery contract from Pemex
21-12-2015
Samsung Engineering has met with Pemex Transformacion Industrial, the newly created fuel processing subsidiary of Mexican state-owned oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos ...
Western Refining and Northern Tier announce definitive merger agreement
21-12-2015
Western Refining, Inc and Northern Tier Energy LP today jointly announced that they have entered into a merger agreement whereby Western will acquire all of ...
Orpic award petrochemical project to Maire Tecnimont
18-12-2015
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract for the realizationof a Polyethylene Plant (HDPE/LLDPE) and ...
Dow announces start-up of new Texas propylene production facility
18-12-2015
The Dow Chemical Company today announced its new world-scale propane dehydrogenation unit (PDH) located at the Company’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, ...
Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency order in South Korea
17-12-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a ...
Rosneft and Sinopec to cooperate in gas and petroleum chemicals projects in East Siberia
17-12-2015
Rosneft and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec group) signed a Memorandum of understanding in the area of cooperation on gas and petroleum chemicals projects ...
Two processes of Wison Engineering recognised as proprietary technologies by CCESDA
17-12-2015
Two processes developed by Wison Engineering have been certified as proprietary technologies by the China Petroleum & Chemical Engineering Survey and Design ...
Yokogawa to supply control system for ethylene plant to be built by Toyo Engineering
17-12-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, has received an order to deliver control system solutions ...
Jacobs contract from Suncor for new oil sands in-situ development
15-12-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Suncor Energy to provide project management and engineering services to complete ...
Neste, Veolia and Borealis to build a new combined heat and power plant in Porvoo
15-12-2015
Neste, Veolia and Borealis have agreed to create a joint venture company to build a new combined heat and power plant and produce and supply steam and other ...
WorleyParsons awarded the PMC for Bapco modernization program
14-12-2015
The Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C, has awarded WorleyParsons a Project Management Contractor contract for the BAPCO Modernization Program. The BMP is designed ...
Axens’ APC to optimize SAMREF’s Prime-G+ unit performance
10-12-2015
SAMREF (Saudi Aramco Mobil Refining Company) has selected Axens to evaluate, develop and implement an Advanced Process Control (APC) system for their Prime-G+ ...
WorleyParsons named supplier of the year for exceptional performance
10-12-2015
WorleyParsons, a leading provider of professional services to the resources and energy sectors and complex process industries, has been named by BASF as the ...
Honeywell modernized plant for world’s largest ammonia producer
10-12-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it has upgraded the controls and safety system at TogliattiAzot’s production site in Tolyatti, Russia. The ...
Maintenance decreases utilization rate of Neste's Porvoo refinery
09-12-2015
Until mid-January, Neste's Porvoo refinery is expected to run with a utilization rate of about 70% due to an equipment malfunction identified in one of the ...
INEOS expands feedstocks trading activity in Europe
09-12-2015
INEOS has today announced the expansion of its cracker feedstock procurement and trading activity within Europe. The new trading business will be ...
Elliott to supply compression equipment for Navajo refinery upgrade
09-12-2015
Holly Refining Corporation has chosen Elliott Group to supply compression equipment for an upgrade at its Navajo Refinery in Artesia, New Mexico. This environmental ...
Sadara starts up first solution polyethylene plant in the Middle East
08-12-2015
Saudi Arabia: Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has successfully started up its first ...
Jacobs receives contract from Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company
08-12-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) for front end engineering and design (FEED) ...
Tesoro to acquire strategic logistics assets in the bakken
08-12-2015
Tesoro Corporation has agreed to acquire Great Northern Midstream LLC, a crude oil logistics provider which owns and operates high-quality, recently constructed ...
Phillips 66 announces startup of Sweeny fractionator one
08-12-2015
Phillips 66 has begun operations at its new 100,000 barrels-per-day (BPD) natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator located at the company's Sweeny Complex in ...
Shell to build solvent deasphalter unit at Pernis refinery
08-12-2015
Shell today announces it has taken the final investment decision to build a major new unit at the Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Solvent ...
AspenTech unveils updates to aspenONE® engineering software
07-12-2015
Aspen Technology, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced the availability of new enhancements to aspenONE® Engineering ...
Fluor acquires industrial services company Stork
07-12-2015
Fluor Corporation and Stork announced today that Fluor has signed an agreement with UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners to acquire 100 ...
Two petrochemical plant projects awarded to Samsung Engineering
04-12-2015
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. announced today that it received an LOA for the Malaysia RAPID package11 EO/EG project and package 6A LLDPE project with PRPC ...
Technip furnaces contract for Unipetrol ethylene plant
04-12-2015
Technip has been awarded by Unipetrol a significant lump sum contract to supply four cracking furnaces for their ethylene plant in Zaluzi, Czech Republic. The ...
Catalyst produced at Neft Omsk Refinery makes it into this year’s Russia’s 100 best products
03-12-2015
A micro-spherical zeolite-containing bi-zeolite catalyst produced at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has won a gold at the national Russia’s ...
SOCAR selects Axens technology for its Heydar Aliyev Baku refinery
03-12-2015
As a major licensor for clean fuel production, Axens has been selected for the modernization project of the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery that will enable the ...
Texas LNG selects Honeywell technology for new LNG production facility in South Texas
03-12-2015
Honeywell announced today that its natural gas technology and process automation have been selected by Texas LNG, a Houston-based energy company, to remove ...
Fluor announces completion of Isononanol project for BASF and Sinopec
02-12-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has completed a world-scale Isononanol (INA) plant for BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) ...
Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery completes construction of primary crude distillation unit
01-12-2015
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has completed the thoroughgoing reconstruction of its AT-9 primary distillation unit, resulting in a 12-percent ...
Williams selects Elliott Compressors for New PDH plant
01-12-2015
Elliott Group will supply the compression equipment for Williams’ new 525 kTA propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Redwater, Alberta, Canada. The PDH ...
Honeywell technology selected to convert coal to key ingredients used to make plastics
01-12-2015
Honeywell announced today that LUXI Chemical Group Co., Ltd. selected Honeywell process technology and automation controls to convert coal to key ingredients ...
Rosneft closes the acquisition PCK Raffinerie GmbH from Total
01-12-2015
Rosneft and Total have closed the sale and purchase transaction concerning the 66.67% share in AET-Raffineriebeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, representing a 16.67% ...
Yokogawa releases CENTUM® VP R6.02 integrated production control system
01-12-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the December 2 release of CENTUM VP® R6.02, a new version of the company's integrated production control system ...
ProSimPlus Energy to improve process energy efficiency
01-12-2015
ProSim, leading European process simulation and optimization software provider, announces the release of a must-have software to improve process energy efficiency. ...
Neste Jacobs to implement Borealis' multi-million cracker furnace upgrade
30-11-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
Shell to expand alpha olefins production at Geismar chemical plant
30-11-2015
Shell Chemical LP (Shell) today announces the final investment decision to increase Alpha Olefins (AO) production at its chemical manufacturing site in Geismar, ...
JGC awarded EPC contract for refinery upgrade project in Indonesia
27-11-2015
JGC Corporation announced today that, in partnership with JGC Indonesia, a subsidiary of JGC Corporation in Indonesia, and PT. Encona Inti Industri of Indonesia, ...
KBR awarded contract for G2 LNG's grassroots LNG liquefaction facility
24-11-2015
KBR Inc. announced today that the company has been awarded a contract by G2 LNG, LLC. The contract is to provide Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Front ...
Technip awarded contract to supply reformer for STAR hydrogen plant
24-11-2015
Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract to supply its proprietary technology, detailed engineering and procurement services for a reformer for a hydrogen ...
Chinese refiners looking for more product out of the Bottom Of The Barrel
24-11-2015
Chinese refiners are looking to get more product out of every barrel of oil – especially the hard-to-refine "bottom of the barrel" residue – ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 65M refinery order in Spain
19-11-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply air heat exchangers to a refinery in Spain. ...
Dresser-Rand receives order for small-scale distributed production of LNG
18-11-2015
The Dresser-Rand business, within Siemens Power and Gas, recently received an order from Elizabethtown Gas, a subsidiary of AGL Resources based in Elizabeth, ...
Shandong Luqing Petrochemical Company commissions UOP Oleflex™ technology
18-11-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Shandong Luqing Petrochemical Co. has started up a new production unit in just 20 months, leveraging Honeywell ...
Honeywell to boost output and efficiency for Russian refinery giant
18-11-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it has implemented its Experion® PKS R.410 distributed control system (DCS) at Angarsk Petrochemical Company, ...
ICA Fluor awarded Miguel Hidalgo refinery upgrade contract
18-11-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that ICA Fluor, its industrial engineering and construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V., signed a contract ...
Metso Corporation appoint Helena Marjaranta vice president global communications
18-11-2015
Helena Marjaranta, (FM) has been appointed Vice President, Global Communications at Metso as of December 1, 2015. She will be based in Helsinki. Helena's responsibility ...
NIPIGAS selects AVEVA’s integrated engineering & design solution
17-11-2015
AVEVA today announced that NIPIGAS has extended its contract for AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solution. The new contract means that NIPIGAS ...
BP explores sale of Alabama petrochemical facility
17-11-2015
BP has decided to market for sale its Decatur, Alabama petrochemicals complex as part of a broader reorganization of the company’s global petrochemicals ...
Contracts signed to build Fadhili gas plant
17-11-2015
Contracts signed with engineering, procurement, and construction firms to build the new plant north of Jubail, Eastern Province. Saudi Aramco has reached another ...
Emerson introduces a wireless pressure gauge to help plants improve operations
17-11-2015
Emerson Process Management has introduced the industry’s first WirelessHART® pressure gauge. The Rosemount Wireless Pressure Gauge enables remote ...
BASF starts operations at 300,000-metric-ton TDI plant at Ludwigshafen
17-11-2015
BASF today officially inaugurated the new TDI plant at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant has an annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons of TDI. The total investment, ...
Air Liquide announces agreement to acquire Airgas
17-11-2015
Air Liquide has reached an agreement to acquire Airgas in a game-changing combination that strengthens Air Liquide’s global leadership position, ...
Honeywell to automate Finland's first LNG import terminal
17-11-2015
Honeywell today announced it will provide its Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) automation controls and tank gauging systems for Finland’s ...
KBR signs EPC contract for Magnolia LNG project
16-11-2015
KBR announced today the signing of a major engineering, procurement and construction contract by Magnolia LNG for a liquefied natural gas facility at the Port ...
Petrofac awarded sulphur recovery plant contract
16-11-2015
Petrofac has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco to undertake the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a sulphur recovery plant as part of ...
Yokogawa wins control systems order for one of the world's largest methanol plants
13-11-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Corporation of America, has received an order from Orascom E&C USA to deliver control ...
Korea Petrochemical selects Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
12-11-2015
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd has received an order for a gas-fired H-25 gas turbine and a generator from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., Ltd. The turbine ...
Technip receive grassroots hydrogen plant contract at CHS Refinery
12-11-2015
Technip was awarded a significant contract by CHS Inc. to provide proprietary technology and EPC for a 40 thousand normal cubic meters per hour grassroots hydrogen ...
PTTGC America selects Innovene™ S HDPE process from INEOS
12-11-2015
INEOS Technologies is pleased to announce that it has licensed its Innovene S Process for the manufacture of medium density and high density polyethylene to ...
Tesoro Corporation to sell crude oil and refined product storage and pipeline assets
10-11-2015
Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics LP today announced that subsidiaries of Tesoro have agreed upon terms for the sale of crude oil and refined product ...
Gevo signs licensing and joint development agreements with Praj
09-11-2015
Gevo, Inc, announced today that it has entered into a license agreement and a joint development agreement with Praj Industries Limited to enable the licensing ...
Honeywell technology to drive Iraq's most advanced refinery
09-11-2015
Honeywell today announced that it will provide industry-leading process technology and advanced automation controls to Iraq's Karbala refinery, now under construction ...
INEOS signs ethane supply agreement with ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell Chemicals Europe
09-11-2015
INEOS Europe AG, ExxonMobil Chemical Limited and Shell Chemicals Europe B.V. today announced a long-term sale and purchase agreement to secure ethane from US ...
VMG announces acquisition of PHH Engineering Software
09-11-2015
Virtual Materials Group Ltd, a global technology company that develops process simulation software and solutions for the oil and gas industry, announced today ...
GEA Heat Exchangers becomes Kelvion
09-11-2015
Something’s happening in the international Heat Exchanger business: another new standalone company has been created out of the former Heat Exchanger division ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics announces supply agreement with DuPont
09-11-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics is pleased to announce a new distributor agreement with DuPont Clean Technologies. In an ongoing effort to expand overall reach, Blasch ...
Fluor completes Shell’s Quest carbon capture project in Alberta
06-11-2015
Fluor Corporation has completed the construction of Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The ...
Air Liquide inaugurates its CO₂ cold capture system, Cryocap™
06-11-2015
Today, in France, Air Liquide inaugurated Cryocap™, a unique industrial installation that enables the capture of CO2 released during hydrogen production ...
Emerson enhances blend solution to help refiners optimize in-line blending units
05-11-2015
Emerson Process Management announces a new release of SmartProcess Blend which incorporates a new Blend Order Management System as well as an enhanced on-line ...
Join Linde Gas at PEFTEC 2015
04-11-2015
Linde Gas is one of the sponsors of the inaugural PEFTEC series of conferences, seminars and exhibitions. PEFTEC will take place in Antwerp, Belgium on ...
Fluor ethane cracker project
hits milestone
03-11-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has completed the tallest lift on its U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project for Chevron Phillips Chemical ...
Honeywell to modernize and maintain control systems at New Zealand's sole oil refinery
03-11-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced a five-year agreement to provide maintenance, support and project delivery to Refining NZ, New Zealand's sole oil ...
Metso opens a new process valve service center in Sweden
03-11-2015
Today, Metso is opening a new service center specialized in process valve and field
equipment solutions in Gothenburg, Sweden. The investment supports the company's ...
ProSim releases its latest software to improve process energy efficiency
03-11-2015
ProSim, leading European process simulation and optimization software provider, announces the release of a must-have software to improve
process energy efficiency. ...
New industrial terminal for world-scale chemical complex in Saudi Arabia
02-11-2015
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) has entered into two agreements with Jubail Chemicals Storage and Services Company (JCSSC), a joint venture between Sabic and ...
Shell completes two Downstream divestments
02-11-2015
In France, the company has completed the sale of its Butagaz LPG business to DCC Energy for €464 million. The transaction is a share sale and all Butagaz ...
Enterprise offering additional capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline system
30-10-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced it will be conducting a binding open commitment period to gauge shipper support for a proposed expansion of ...
ExxonMobil to expand Rotterdam hydrocracker to produce higher-value products
29-10-2015
ExxonMobil will expand the hydrocracker unit at its Rotterdam refinery to upgrade heavier byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished products, including ...
Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery begins construction of a new biological treatment complex
28-10-2015
The Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery has begun construction of a cutting-edge biological treatment complex, “Biosfera”. The project was launched ...
Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery begins construction of a new biological treatment complex
28-10-2015
The Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery has begun construction of a cutting-edge biological treatment complex, “Biosfera”. The project was launched ...
Technip to provide ethylene technology and PDP for grassroots ethylene cracker
28-10-2015
Technip announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and PDP to PTTGC America LLC (PTTGCA), a subsidiary ...
Topsoe technology chosen for billion dollar fertilizer plant in Tanzania
28-10-2015
Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation has entered into a joint venture to realize the first fertilizer plant in Tanzania with a consortium of Ferrostaal ...
Air Products to build a helium plant for RasGas
28-10-2015
Air Products today announced two big helium market wins that demonstrate the company’s industry leadership. Air Products will supply to RasGas Company ...
Bechtel and Chart partner for development of floating LNG facilities
27-10-2015
Bechtel and Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc have signed a long-term agreement to design and build floating LNG (FLNG) process facilities using Chart’s ...
ICL Brasil to be the first to use Honeywell’s state-of-the-art process controls
27-10-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that a large chemical facility in Brazil will be the first in the world to use Honeywell’s state-of-the-art ...
Air Products and Kiewit team-up to pursue smaller-sized LNG projects in North America
27-10-2015
Air Products and Kiewit Energy Company today jointly announced an agreement in which the two companies will work together to pursue smaller-sized LNG projects ...
Air Products to build world-class SMR in Baytown
27-10-2015
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, announced today it will invest $350-$400 million to build, own and operate a world-scale steam methane reformer ...
PROSERNAT sponsors and exhibits at the industry’s leading annual Sulphur conference
27-10-2015
Sulphur 2015, now in its 31st year, is the industry’s leading technical and commercial conference with over 50 speakers and 70 exhibitors, attracting ...
Metso's advanced valve solutions selected for Barauni refinery's capacity expansion
26-10-2015
Metso will supply special Neles® valves for a delayed coker unit in the Barauni refinery's capacity expansion in India. The refinery is operated by Indian ...
$1.6B EPC contract awarded to Essar Projects-Saipem JV
26-10-2015
Essar Projects, a global EPC company, today said its joint venture with Italy’s Saipem S.p.A has won a USD 1.57 billion order from Kuwait National Petroleum ...
Wison delivers first batch of modules for RPLC refinery project
26-10-2015
Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd today announced the delivery of its first batch of modules for the key modularized components construction of the Petroleos ...
Maire Tecnimont group awarded licensing and engineering contracts
26-10-2015
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted several awards for approximately €102 million for licensing, engineering ...
Neste Jacobs chosen to implement Neste's Naantali Refinery reconfiguration project
23-10-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs will perform EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) services for Neste's ...
Urgency for global gas industry to create new opportunities gathers momentum
22-10-2015
The global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries are witnessing an unprecedented period of uncertainty as lower hydrocarbons prices continue to have ...
Axens’ Vegan™ technology selected by Total for its first Biorefinery in France
21-10-2015
The Vegan™ technology of Axens has been selected by Total for its first Biorefinery to be located at La Mède (France). The plant will produce 500,000 ...
Technip awarded contract to supply hydrogen reformers for PETRONAS’ RAPID project
20-10-2015
Technip has been awarded by Tecnicas Reunidas a significant contract to supply three hydrogen reformers as part of the hydrogen production facility at PETRONAS’ ...
Analysis of oils using ICP-OES with radial plasma observation
20-10-2015
A new application brief explains how the use of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) with radial plasma observation provides a ...
Praxair upgrades its air separation liquefaction capabilities in the Salt Lake City
19-10-2015
Praxair, Inc. announced that it will upgrade its air separation liquefaction capabilities in the Salt Lake City, Utah area to meet demand in the region. A new ...
DHDT unit of Paradip refinery commissioned
15-10-2015
In the run-up to full commissioning of the Paradip Refinery, the Diesel Hydrotreater Unit of Paradip Refinery was commissioned on October 13, 2015 by Shri B ...
Linde develops a new production process for synthesis gas
15-10-2015
Today, technology company The Linde Group officially opened the new Linde Pilot Reformer research facility at Pullach near Munich, Linde’s largest location ...
LOBO advanced platform system saves £3.5m and more at Pembroke oil refinery
14-10-2015
Within the refinery, scaffolding is used to provide access for preventative and reactive maintenance, inspection and operational tasks. For the last 30 years ...
Emerson technology to automate Sasol's petrochemical complex in lake Charles
13-10-2015
Sasol, an international energy and chemical company, has selected Emerson Process Management to help automate its $8.9 billion petrochemical complex in Lake ...
Axens’ VGO HDS technology selected by Total for its Donges refinery
13-10-2015
Axens VGO HDS technology has been selected by Total for a new vacuum gasoil (VGO) hydro desulfurization unit at the Donges refinery (France). The unit is designed ...
Fluor awarded Kuwait’s Al-Zour contracts
13-10-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture team was selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) as the preferred bidder for two engineering, ...
Grabner Instruments aquires NIR analysis from Light Technology Industries
13-10-2015
Grabner Instruments, inventor of and a world leader in vapor pressure testing, has expanded its product offering with the addition of near infrared (NIR) analysis ...
BASF and SINOPEC inaugurate world scale isononanol plant
12-10-2015
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) today inaugurated their world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development ...
Air Liquide signs long-term contract with Yan’an Energy and Chemical
12-10-2015
Air Liquide signed a new long-term contract with Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Yanchang Petroleum Group, one of the four largest ...
Bharat Petroleum award terminal automation systems order to Yokogawa
09-10-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa India Ltd., has won a turnkey project order valued at 730 million rupees (US$1M to automate ...
LUKOIL supplies gas to Gazprom processing plant
07-10-2015
ООО LUKOIL-Komi began supplying associated petroleum gas (APG) from its northern group of fields to PJSC Gazprom’s Sosnogorsky Gas Processing Plant. Based ...
MRPL agreement with NMPT for setting up an LNG Terminal
07-10-2015
MRPL & New Mangalore Port Trust signed an MoU today to study the feasibility of setting up an LNG Re-gassification Terminal, at Mangalore. The MOU, signed ...
Praxair starts up new air separation plant in East China chemical park
05-10-2015
Praxair, Inc announced the start-up of its new air separation plant at the Liaoning Oxiranchem, Inc. (Oxiran) facility in Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park, ...
Willbros Group announces sale of professional services segment
05-10-2015
Willbros Group, Inc. announced today that it has executed a purchase agreement for the sale of its Professional Services segment to TRC Companies, Inc. for ...
LyondellBasell aquires SJS Plastiblends
01-10-2015
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced the acquisition of SJS Plastiblends Pvt. Ltd. (SJS), thereby ...
Axiall Corporation sells aromatics business to INEOS Americas
01-10-2015
Axiall Corporation, a leading integrated chemicals and building products company, has sold its Aromatics division and Pasadena, Texas, manufacturing facility ...
FMC Technologies and PROSERNAT announce alliance
01-10-2015
FMC Technologies, Inc. and PROSERNAT have signed an alliance agreement to become a single source supplier of integrated modular systems and comprehensive ...
PBF Energy to purchase Torrance refinery from ExxonMobil
30-09-2015
PBF Energy Inc announced today that its subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the 155,000 barrel-per-day Torrance refinery, and related logistics ...
Aramco refinery cutting cost by 2/3 with in-house patented technology
30-09-2015
With a cost only 30% of a conventional dewatering system, Saudi Aramco’s Riyadh Refinery comes with a considerable financial upside. Being the brainchild ...
Elliott opens service center in India
29-09-2015
Elliott Group announced today that it will open a new, 3,530-square-meter turbomachinery service center on September 30, 2015, in the Bidadi Industrial Area ...
EPA’s
refinery rule is much improved but remains costly
29-09-2015
EPA has made substantial improvements in the final refinery sector rule over the proposal, but EPA’s new regulations on refineries could still cost up ...
Linde LoTOx™ process answer to EPA’s NOx removal requirements
28-09-2015
To meet the
ever-increasing EPA regulations for reduced NOx emissions, U.S. manufacturers can turn to Linde LLC for a proven, cost-effective NOx removal system ...
Sasol selects Fluor as a collaboration partner
28-09-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has signed a three-year agreement with Sasol Group Technology to perform a range of
projects as an integrated team ...
Manoir Industries to equip ammonia production unit in Slovakia
25-09-2015
Manoir Industries was awarded a new order to provide reformer tubes and hot manifolds to equip an ammonia production unit in Slovakia. This new plant will have ...
PennTex Midstream starts second Honeywell UOP Russell modular gas processing plant
25-09-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that a new in northern Louisiana has begun processing rich natural gas and recovering valuable natural gas liquids ...
Total launches FEED for a 2nd steam cracker at its Port Arthur complex
23-09-2015
Total has decided to launch front end engineering and design (FEED) for the construction of a second integrated steam cracker at its Port Arthur complex in ...
Alfa Laval to supply various pieces of equipment to a new petrochemical plant in Slovakia
23-09-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order in Italy to supply various pieces of equipment ...
Neste Jacobs to implement Neste's Naantali refinery reconfiguration project
23-09-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs will perform EPCM services for Neste's EUR 60 million investment in Naantali to improve ...
Saudi Aramco and LANXESS sign JV agreement
22-09-2015
The specialty chemicals company LANXESS and Saudi Aramco plan to establish a joint venture for synthetic rubber detailed in an agreement signed today. LANXESS ...
Aggreko to reduce catalyst cooling time during refinery turnarounds
21-09-2015
Aggreko, the world leader in rental power, heating, cooling and oil-free compressor solutions, announced today that the United States Patent and ...
Linde awards Servomex tier one status
21-09-2015
Following a successful Analytics Symposium held at Linde’s head office in Munich, Germany, several Servomex analyzers have been fully approved for use ...
Emerson’s technology helps Qatargas save energy and reduce greenhouse gases
21-09-2015
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has provided automation and engineering services for a Qatargas project that will reduce greenhouse ...
Sulzer launches the new SNS process pump range
18-09-2015
Sulzer has launched the new innovative SNS end suction single stage process pump range. It is designed to exceed the highest standards of performance and reliability, ...
Gastech revolutionises attending experience with new business matchmaking programme
17-09-2015
A new feature at the Gastech Conference & Exhibition this year, the Global Meetings Programme is a complimentary business matchmaking service for all registered ...
Shell lifts petrochemicals production with successful start-up of new Singapore plants
16-09-2015
Shell today announced that it has more than doubled the production of high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) and ethoxylates at its site on Jurong Island, Singapore. The ...
Essar Oil to undertake 30 days refinery shutdown
16-09-2015
Essar Oil, which owns and operates India’s second largest single location refinery of 20 MMTPA (405,000 BBL/day) will undertake a planned shutdown of ...
REG opens its biodiesel production and terminal facility
15-09-2015
Renewable Energy Group, Inc, celebrated the formal opening of the newest addition to its fleet of biomass-based diesel refineries Monday afternoon with a ribbon ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded contract for US methanol plant
15-09-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by Yuhuang Chemical Inc, a US-based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Co. Ltd, for ...
Eni and Total sign agreement on EST technology
14-09-2015
Eni and Total have entered into a special license and R&D Cooperation Agreement for Eni Slurry Technology (EST) and started today to work together ...
SPECTRO ships its 40,000th instrument
14-09-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a leading manufacturer of advanced instruments for elemental analysis, has announced a major milestone — the shipment ...
PennTex Midstream announces the completion of the Mt. Olive gas processing plant
14-09-2015
PennTex Midstream Partners, LP announced today that its Mt. Olive gas processing plant and related residue gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines have ...
Ningxia Baota licences BP's PTA technology
14-09-2015
BP and Ningxia Baota Chemical Fibre Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement to license BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology, ...
Burckhardt Compression to provide reciprocating compressors to Freeport LNG project
14-09-2015
Burckhardt Compression has been chosen to deliver numerous reciprocating compressors for Freeport LNG’s liquefaction and export project. The customers, ...
Technip receive contract for a new polyethylene unit
10-09-2015
Technip was awarded by Unipetrol a.s. an important contract on lump sum turnkey basis, covering the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new ...
Phillips 66 and Spectra Energy to strengthen DCP Midstream
08-09-2015
Phillips 66 and Spectra Energy, 50/50 joint venture owners in DCP Midstream, LLC, have entered into a nonbinding letter of intent for contributing assets to ...
Neste breaks ground on world's first Bio LPG facility in Rotterdam
08-09-2015
The ground-breaking ceremony held today at Neste's renewable product refinery in Rotterdam marks the beginning of construction for the world's first Bio LPG ...
Bechtel led consortium to design new petrochemical complex in Ohio
04-09-2015
A consortium of Bechtel, JGC America and Samsung Engineering America has been selected by PTT GC America to perform front-end engineering and design for a new ...
Virtual Materials Group and Optimized Gas Treating announce exclusive alliance
03-09-2015
Virtual Materials Group, a global technology company that develops process simulation software and solutions for the oil and gas industry, and Optimized Gas ...
Grace to provide UNIPOL PP technology and services to Hyosung Corporation
03-09-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. announces that it will provide its UNIPOL® polypropylene (PP) technology and services to Hyosung Corporation of Seoul, Korea for its ...
Fluor awarded front end contract for PTT Global Chemical’s petrochemical complex
03-09-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that PTT Global Chemical Public Company has selected a Fluor-led team to perform front-end engineering and design work for ...
ABB wins $15 million order to upgrade control systems at Karsto gas plant
02-09-2015
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $15 million contract by Norwegian oil operator Gassco and the Technical Service Provider ...
Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals selects UOP technology and equipment
01-09-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced today that Egypt's Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals Company (ANRPC) will use UOP technology and equipment ...
BP licenses its latest generation PTA technology in Oman
31-08-2015
BP and Oman International Petrochemical Industries Company (OMPET) have entered into a licensing agreement for BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded Dung Quat refinery contract
28-08-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd (BSR), a ...
INVISTA IPT to offer licenses for Green Chem’s FCC offgas technology
27-08-2015
INVISTA’s technology and licensing business, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Beijing Huiersanji Green Chem Co., Ltd. (Green Chem), a Beijing-based ...
Saipem awarded Al Zour refinery contracts
27-08-2015
Saipem has received award notification by the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation for Package 4 and Package 5 of the Al-Zour New Refinery Project, located ...
Clariant wins the 100th global reference for its AmoMax®-10 catalyst
27-08-2015
Clariant, world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCo) became the 100th customer of AmoMax®-10. The innovative ...
Clariant’s ENVICAT® N₂O-S removies harmful N₂O from chemical plants
26-08-2015
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today a new development in controlling harmful nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions. Nitrous oxide emissions ...
Siemens to supply compression solution for LNG project in the USA
26-08-2015
Siemens has been awarded a contract for supplying the initial ten compressor trains for a major Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in the USA. Siemens' customer ...
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions awarded contract for world-scale methanol complex
25-08-2015
Yuhuang Chemical Inc has awarded Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, US Inc. detailed Engineering and Procurement Services for YCI’s 1.7 million tons ...
Engen refinery successfully completes planned maintenance outage
25-08-2015
The Fuels section of the 120 000 barrels-per-day Engen Refinery is up and running, following the completion of a 30 day maintenance outage at an estimated cost ...
Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company to spend $1.8B expanding Dung Quat refinery
20-08-2015
A US$1.8 billion project to expand Dung Quat, Vietnam’s only oil refinery, is expected to start by the first quarter of 2016, its operator has said. Vietnam ...
Irving Oil announce $200M turnaround project at Saint John refinery
20-08-2015
This fall, Irving Oil will invest $200 million in a turnaround project at its Saint John refinery. The project, called Operation Falcon, will be the largest ...
Neste Jacobs receives contract for polyethylene plant modification project
20-08-2015
Borouge, the Abu Dhabi based leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project ...
Afton Chemical to expand their Manufacturing Facility on Jurong Island
19-08-2015
Afton Chemical Corporation has received approval from the NewMarket Corporation board to begin construction of the new second phase of its chemical additive ...
Blasch launches completely redesigned website
18-08-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, is pleased to unveil their completely redesigned website at BlaschCeramics.com. In ...
Yuhuang Chemical announces land purchase for world scale methanol manufacturing complex
18-08-2015
Yuhuang Chemical Inc., announced today it has secured long term, firm natural gas transportation capacity on Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) for YCI-M1, ...
INEOS awarded three new shale gas licenses from the UK government
18-08-2015
INEOS has today been awarded three new Petroleum Exploration and Development Licenses covering a total area of approximately 250 km2 in the East Midlands. ...
LyondellBasell announces sale of Argentina based Petroken
18-08-2015
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced that YPF S.A. and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica S.L. ...
At - line analysis of sulfur In fuels using ED XRF spectroscopy
18-08-2015
Sulfur content is a key quality determinant for many petroleum products and the knowledge of the content of sulfur in fuels impacts processing and assists compliance ...
Chambroad commissions first propylene and isobutylene coproduction plant in China
12-08-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Shandong Chambroad Holding Co., Ltd. has become the first company in China to commission a combined C3/C4 ...
ClearSign installs its Duplex™ technology at a California Refinery
11-08-2015
ClearSign Combustion Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed the initial installation of its Duplex™ technology in a multiple-burner, ...
Jacobs receives EPCM contract for Beaumont refinery expansion
11-08-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it was selected by ExxonMobil to perform engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services ...
Vadinar refinery gets best safety performance refinery of the year award
10-08-2015
In a firm endorsement to Essar Oil’s unrelenting focus towards safety, Vadinar Refinery was recently conferred with the prestigious “Best Safety ...
LyondellBasell to acquire SJS Plastiblends
10-08-2015
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the ...
Shell sells stake in Tongyi Lubricants to Huo’s Group and The Carlyle Group
07-08-2015
Shell has signed an agreement to sell its 75% stake in Tongyi Lubricants in China to Huo’s Group and The Carlyle Group. The transaction is expected to ...
ExxonMobil expands its Beaumont refinery for lighter crude
04-08-2015
ExxonMobil will add flexibility to process light crudes at its Beaumont refinery, increasing production capacity by approximately 20,000 barrels per day. ...
Neste to improve the competitiveness of its refinery operations
04-08-2015
Neste has decided to invest about EUR 60M in the Naantali production. The investments are connected to the program announced in October 2014 with which Neste ...
Metso improves valve availability at Neste's Porvoo refinery turnaround
03-08-2015
Metso has significantly improved valve availability at Neste's Porvoo refinery in Finland during a recent turnaround through its advanced valve maintenance ...
Renewable Energy Group to acquire Imperium Renewables
31-07-2015
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.and Imperium Renewables, Inc. announced Friday that they have signed an asset purchase agreement where REG would acquire substantially ...
Fluor and Sacyr form new joint venture
30-07-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to divest 50 percent of shares in its Spanish operations, Fluor S.A., to Sacyr Industrial ...
Shell to sell its shareholding in Showa Shell to Idemitsu
30-07-2015
Shell has reached an agreement with Idemitsu for the sale of 125,261,200 shares in Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, representing a 33.24% shareholding in the company, ...
Neste's NEXBTL renewable diesel will fuel UPS's fleet
30-07-2015
Neste, the world's leading producer of premium quality renewable fuels will supply NEXBTL renewable diesel to UPS, the global leader in logistics, to help facilitate ...
Kuwait signs contracts to build new refinery
28-07-2015
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has announced the signing of four contracts with foreign companies for the construction of a new refinery in the country. The ...
Technip to modernise and expand the MIDOR refinery
27-07-2015
Technip Italy S.p.A. and SACE announced the finalization of a joint agreement with MIDOR for a project to modernize and expand the MIDOR refinery near Alexandria, ...
Technip receive Assiut refinery modernisation contract
27-07-2015
Technip Italy S.p.A. announced the finalization of a joint agreement with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC) ...
Yara and BASF break ground on new ammonia plant
27-07-2015
Yara International ASA and BASF broke ground today on a world scale ammonia plant at the BASF site in Freeport, Texas. Total capital investment for the plant ...
ABB to supply static var compensator to Nyhamna gas plant
26-07-2015
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a $24 million order in the second quarter from engineering, procurement and construction contractor ...
New large-scale fertilizer plant in Uzbekistan
24-07-2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation will build a large scale ammonia and urea fertilizer production plant for Navoiyazat Joint Stock ...
Jiaxing Petrochemical to utilize INVISTA’s P8 technology
24-07-2015
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., Ltd., have reached agreement for the licensing ...
Jacobs receives five year contract from Suncor
21-07-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today that it was awarded a five-year, multiple use contract by Suncor Energy Services Inc. for turnaround services ...
Honeywell UOP technology to power new petrochemical complex in China
21-07-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Ningxia Baota Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s latest generation technologies ...
BASF and PETRONAS to build polyisobutene production plant
21-07-2015
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics introduces its new abrasion resistant CeraLine™ product line
21-07-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc, an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces CeraLine™, its new abrasion resistant product line including ...
Schneider Electric and AVEVA to create a global leader in industrial software
20-07-2015
Schneider Electric SE announces today it has reached a preliminary, non-binding agreement with AVEVA Group PLC on the key terms and conditions of a combination ...
Axens supply technologies for S Oil's residue upgrading capacity expansion project
20-07-2015
Axens has been awarded several contracts for the expansion of the existing residue conversion facilities at S-Oil’s Onsan refinery in South Korea. The ...
INEOS raises the roof on Europe's biggest ethane tank at Grangemouth
17-07-2015
INEOS Grangemouth today saw the massive roof that covers Europe’s biggest ethane storage tank rise into place using just four low pressure fans, following ...
Renewable Energy Group announces $31M Biorefinery upgrade
17-07-2015
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced Friday that it will invest $31 million to upgrade and enhance the Company’s Danville, Illinois biodiesel refinery. REG ...
New hydrogen fuelling station with technology from Linde opens in Munich
16-07-2015
Today, the TOTAL Multi-Energy fuelling station in Detmoldstrasse, Munich, opened its doors to drivers of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars. Equipped with innovative ...
Praxair and Delaware City Refining sign agreement for refinery's carbon dioxide
15-07-2015
Praxair, Inc has signed a long-term agreement with Delaware City Refining Company in which Praxair will purchase crude carbon dioxide from the refinery. Praxair ...
Gdansk refinery upgrading contract for KT - Kinetics Technology
15-07-2015
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC contract by Lotos Asfalt Sp. z o. o., a subsidiary ...
Honeywell to improve operations for liquefied natural gas pipeline in China
15-07-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced that its technology will help improve operations for China's long-distance Guangxi liquefied natural gas (LNG) high-pressure ...
Rosemount 8700M platform adds Modbus output and scalable power supply
15-07-2015
Emerson Process Management announces the addition of Modbus RS485 and a low power offering to their Rosemount® 8700M magnetic flowmeter platform. The new ...
Better Clean Energy licenses UOP's advanced methanol to olefins technology
14-07-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China's Better Clean Energy has licensed its Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) process to convert methanol ...
Marathon Petroleum to buy MarkWest Energy Partners
13-07-2015
Marathon Petroleum Corporation today announced that MPLX LP, the midstream master limited partnership sponsored by MPC, has signed a definitive merger agreement ...
Gunvor completes majority sale of Ust-Luga oil products terminal
13-07-2015
Gunvor Group, a leading global commodities trading house, has sold a 74 percent stake in OJSC “Ust-Luga Oil”, the operator of Ust-Luga Oil Products ...
MRPL proceeds with merger of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals
09-07-2015
MRPL’s Board has approved the integration/restructuring of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited its subsidiary company, in its 198th Board Meeting yesterday. OMPL ...
CB&I receive ethylbenzene / styrene plant contract in Egypt
09-07-2015
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Carbon Holdings for the license and basic engineering design of an ethylbenzene/styrene plant to ...
Rosneft and Essar expand integrated cooperation
09-07-2015
A Long Term Crude Oil Supply Agreement was signed between Essar Oil Limited and OJSC Rosneft Oil Company at Ufa, Russia for import of crude oil over a period ...
Enterprise expands its petrochemicals pipeline network
09-07-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced a series of projects to convert and expand segments of its petrochemicals pipeline network designed to increase ...
Linde Engineering North America's Bill Fronheiser wins judges' choice award
08-07-2015
Linde Engineering North America Inc. (LENA) is pleased to announce that Bill Fronheiser, Principal Structural Designer, was awarded the Judges' Choice Award ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded feasibility study for new refinery and petrochemicals complex
08-07-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by SKS Corporation Sdn Bhd, together with Petromin Corporation of Saudi Arabia, another Asian ...
Gas and LNG industries refocus attention on new business in emerging Asian economies
08-07-2015
At the World Gas Conference in Paris last month, Chevron chief executive John Watson highlighted the need for investors and stakeholders in prospective liquefied ...
New technology shines at Berri gas plant
07-07-2015
The Berri Gas Plant department (BGP) has successfully commissioned and started-up a new, more efficient ethane liquefaction exchanger at the Ethane and NGL ...
Honeywell helps to improve efficiency and reliability at Russian refinery
07-07-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that its control technology will help improve efficiency and reliability at LUKOIL’s gasoline blending ...
Neste Jacobs contract for Rijeka refinery residue upgrade program
07-07-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and INA- Industrija nafte, d.d. (INA) have signed an agreement, where Neste Jacobs will ...
Neles ValvGuard intelligent solenoid valves selected for Orpic's Sohar refinery expansion
07-07-2015
Metso's intelligent solenoid valves have been chosen by Daelim, a South Korean EPC company, to ensure highly reliable emergency shutdown (ESD) valve operation ...
Leading industrial valve producer to become independent company
06-07-2015
Sun Capital Partners, Inc, a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, today announced ...
KBR announces strategic business agreements with Bernhard Capital Partners
06-07-2015
KBR announced today that it has agreed to enter into two new partnerships with Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP). The first agreement will establish a new, equally ...
Total starts up world’s largest lubricants oil blending plant
03-07-2015
Total has announced the start up of its largest state-of-the-art lubricants oil blending plant in the world, located in Singapore. With an annual production ...
Engen refinery declares routine maintenance outage for continued smooth supply
03-07-2015
Engen Refinery, South Africa’s second largest oil refinery, will undergo a planned maintenance outage. Starting on Thursday 9 July 2015, this scheduled ...
Shell upgrades its Singapore ethylene cracker complex
02-07-2015
Shell today announced that it has successfully upgraded its Singapore ethylene cracker complex (ECC), bolstering the company’s largest refining-chemicals ...
Manoir Industries to supply hydrogen production furnace components to KNPC refineries
02-07-2015
Manoir Industries has been successively awarded by ITT (Italy) and Heurtey PetroChem (France) to provide complete solutions of reforming Manaurite® XM tubes, ...
Prosernat sponsors the CoTEs and exhibits at GASTECH 2015
02-07-2015
The 20th edition of GASTECH is held in Singapore from October 27th to 30th. PROSERNAT will be exhibiting in the French Pavilion and is sponsoring the Gas Processing ...
Yokogawa releases plant resource manager version R3.20
01-07-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the July 2 release of version R3.20 of its Plant Resource Manager (PRM) software tool for the centralized management ...
Enterprise signs additional commitment for Aegis ethane pipeline
01-07-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced it has executed a long-term agreement for incremental ethane transportation capacity on the partnership’s ...
Helios and Vitol to acquire Oando’s downstream businesses
30-06-2015
A consortium comprising Helios Investment Partners and The Vitol Group today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire 60 per cent of the economic rights ...
Planned maintenance turnaround at Jamnagar refinery complex
29-06-2015
The SEZ unit of Jamnagar refinery of Reliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down one crude distillation unit for routine Maintenance & Inspection ...
Volgograd refinery to increase efficiency and capacity
25-06-2015
Today in Volgograd, Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Kirill Molodsov, Deputy Energy Minister of ...
Nexans to supply low voltage cables to Karbala refinery
25-06-2015
Nexans has been awarded a contract by HDGSK Joint Venture to supply a low voltage cable system for the Karbala Refinery Project in Iraq. Iraq’s State ...
MTO separation technology from Wison Engineering
24-06-2015
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, ...
BASF select Fluor as global engineering partner
23-06-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that German-based BASF SE has selected the company as its global engineering partner for future chemical and petrochemical ...
Gastech is looking to welcome 20,000 attendees to Singapore in October
23-06-2015
Gastech, now in its 43rd year, is the world’s leading natural gas LNG conference & exhibition and brings together all the major industry players from ...
Linde air separation and gasification units officially on-stream in Texas
22-06-2015
Linde North America celebrated the official start-up of its atmospheric gases unit and gasification train, along with associated supporting facilities, in La ...
Honeywell to provide automation and security systems for LNG terminal expansion
22-06-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that its automation and security systems will help Freeport LNG Development, L.P. expand its southeast Texas liquefied ...
Axens technologies selected by Petronas for RAPID project
22-06-2015
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia’s national oil and gas company has selected Axens as a technology provider for PETRONAS’ Refinery ...
Rosneft and BP sign production, exploration and refining agreements
19-06-2015
Rosneft and BP today signed several agreements strengthening the long term strategic relationship between the two companies, at the St. Petersburg International ...
Technip awarded a revamp contract for an ammonia unit in Vietnam
19-06-2015
Technip, in a consortium with Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has been awarded a engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning ...
PBF Energy to purchase the Chalmette refinery and related logistics assets
18-06-2015
PBF Energy Inc. announced today that its subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Chalmette Refining, LLC, consisting of the 189,000 barrel ...
Gazprom Neft and RUSNANO sign letter of intent on joint cooperation in catalyst production
18-06-2015
Anatoly Cherner (JSC Gazprom Neft Deputy CEO for Logistics, Processing and Sales), and RUSNANO Deputy CEO Vladimir Avetisyan have taken the opportunity of the ...
Jacobs contract with InoChem in Saudi Arabia
16-06-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded the second phase of InoChem’s project management consultancy (PMC) services contract to undertake, ...
Assiut Oil Refining selects Axens technologies
16-06-2015
Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC) has selected Axens to supply technologies for its project of refinery upgrading, which consist of a new complex for the ...
Industrial Cooling Solutions contract for Petronas Refinery
15-06-2015
Lakewood, Colorado-based Industrial Cooling Solutions (ICS) announced that it has been awarded a contract to build a multimillion dollar 28-cell cooling tower ...
Willbros sells its downstream and heater engineering services
15-06-2015
Willbros Group, Inc announced today that it has completed the initial transaction of its recently disclosed intention to sell its Professional Services segment. ...
Sulzer introduces the NeXRing™ family of random packing
15-06-2015
Sulzer recently announced the introduction of new high performance product at the ACHEMA 15 exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany: the NeXRing™ random packing. ...
Arendal and Prosernat sign cooperation agreement
15-06-2015
A cooperation agreement has been signed by and between ARENDAL and PROSERNAT. Through this agreement ARENDAL and PROSERNAT will mutually strengthen their capacities ...
New SPECTROSCOUT X ray fluorescence spectrometer from SPECTRO Analytical
15-06-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today announced the introduction of the new portable SPECTROSCOUT X-ray fluorescence spectrometer that brings laboratory-quality ...
Linde to display comprehensive process and engineering expertise at ACHEMA trade show
11-06-2015
With the slogan “Collaborate. Innovate. Deliver.” technology company The Linde Group will demonstrate how the world leader in gases and engineering ...
Linde and Chart Industries highlighted cryogenic industrial applications
10-06-2015
Linde LLC and Chart Industries participated jointly in a trade show held recently by AWISCO, a Linde Platinum distributor. The show was at AWISCO’s headquarters ...
Qatargas 1 LNG plant successfully start-up amine unit designed by Prosernat
10-06-2015
PROSERNAT has announced the successful testing and operation of a giant multi-functional 1.1 BCF Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU) in Ras Laffan Industrial City ...
Ronald Buras promoted to Executive Vice President and General Manager
10-06-2015
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemical, and service solutions, announced today that Mr. Ronald ...
Grupa Azoty selects C3 Oleflex™ process technology from Honeywell UOP
09-06-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced today that its C3 Oleflex™ process technology will be used by Poland's Grupa Azoty to produce propylene. ...
Winson Engineering JV to promote synthetic gas to ethylene glycol technology
09-06-2015
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading energy & chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, ...
Solvay and INEOS create INOVYN joint venture
09-06-2015
Solvay and INEOS received final approval today from the European Commission to form their 50/50 Chlorvinyls Joint Venture, to be known as INOVYN. This follows ...
Bechtel to quadruple Queensland LNG production
08-06-2015
Bechtel is on track to complete the construction of an additional three liquefied natural gas (LNG) production trains on Curtis Island by the end of 2015, quadrupling ...
Over 20,000 international attendees are set to gather at Gastech 2015
08-06-2015
Gastech, now in its 43rd year, is the world’s leading natural gas LNG conference & exhibition and brings together all the major industry players from ...
Blasch expands reach with exclusive representation in Australia
05-06-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces the appointment of Darren Bridges of Specialized Engineering Services ...
Yokogawa and Shell next generation platform for advanced control and estimation
04-06-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa and Shell have jointly developed Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation, a software suite that speeds ...
Dangote Oil Refining Company selects technology from Honeywell UOP
04-06-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell International Inc company, announced today that its process technology, catalysts and proprietary equipment will form the basis for the ...
Fluor recognized for its role on Sadara chemical project
03-06-2015
Fluor received a Hydrocarbon Processing award today at the sixth annual International Refining and Petrochemicals Conference (IRPC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...
PMFG Inc announces $4.3M environmental systems awards
02-06-2015
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded two contracts totaling $4.3 million for SCR equipment, combustion systems, and SNCR's for petrochemical facilities ...
Sasol wax expansion project phase I successfully commissioned
02-06-2015
Phase I of Sasol’s Fischer-Tropsch Wax Expansion Project (FTWEP) has been successfully commissioned at its Sasolburg Operations in South Africa. “This ...
Cepsa closes sale of its PTA business in Canada to Indorama
01-06-2015
Cepsa concluded the sale of its purified terephtalic acid (PTA, raw material used to produce polyester) industrial plant in Montreal to Thailand-based ...
Emerson acquires Energy Solutions International
01-06-2015
Emerson announced today it has acquired Energy Solutions International Holdings, Inc. (ESI), a leading global supplier of decision support software and ...
Lloyds Energy award KBR FLNG FEED contract
01-06-2015
KBR Inc announced today it has been awarded a near-shore floating LNG Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Lloyds Energy Ltd. Under this ...
Toyo Engineering selects Intergraph solutions to construct steam cracker complex
01-06-2015
Toyo Engineering Corporation, one of Japan’s foremost engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, has announced the purchase of two leading ...
KBR and Exelus sign technology licensing agreement
28-05-2015
KBR Inc announced today that it has signed an alliance agreement with Exelus Inc., a leading developer of green chemical technologies, to allow KBR to exclusively ...
Manoir Industries contract for the Shintech Ethane Cracker project
28-05-2015
Manoir Industries has been awarded the complete furnace coils by CB&I for the Shintech Ethane Cracker Project located in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The ...
Taiyo Oil produces petrochemicals using technology from Honeywell UOP
27-05-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Japan’s Taiyo Oil Co. Ltd. has begun producing petrochemicals with UOP’s Tatoray™ process ...
KBR awarded licensing & design services contract for Ammonia plant
26-05-2015
KBR Inc announced today that it has been awarded a contract by OJSC Togliattiazot (ToAZ) to provide licensing, basic engineering design, front-end engineering ...
ST Engineering implements Intergraph 3D design solutions
26-05-2015
Korean engineering company ST Engineering has implemented various Intergraph® 3D design solutions, enabling it to deliver significant savings in cost and ...
Financing agreed for the expansion of petrochemical projects in Egypt
25-05-2015
Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative investment firms in the Middle East, and Carbon Holdings, Egypt's largest petrochemicals holding ...
LUKOIL opens heavy residue processing complex in Bulgaria
21-05-2015
The President of ОАО LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov took part in the official opening ceremony of ...
Neste Jacobs to engineer rail loading facility for Turkmenbashi refinery
21-05-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Hatipoglu Insaat San Tic A.S., have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to provide ...
Sasol performance chemicals expands catalyst carrier production capacity
20-05-2015
Today, Sasol announced that it has expanded the production capacity of its alumina spheres plant in Brunsbüttel to 4,000 tonnes per annum. Through the ...
Borealis and Agrifos to jointly develop a world-scale ammonia project
20-05-2015
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, and Agrifos Partners LLC, a project development ...
Flowserve receives Talara refinery upgrade contract from Petroperu
20-05-2015
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced today its operations in Rio ...
Bechtel to design and build a new liquefaction facility for Cheniere
18-05-2015
Bechtel announced today it has received the notice to proceed with the construction of two natural gas liquefaction trains on the Corpus Christi Liquefaction ...
Advanced Refining Technologies® to build a residue hydroprocessing catalyst plant
18-05-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. today announced that Advanced Refining Technologies® (ART), the company’s joint venture with Chevron Products Company, will ...
Aker Solutions selects AVEVA Everything3D
18-05-2015
AVEVA today announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Aker Solutions for AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D™). The Norwegian oil service company ...
GE’s Fuel
Flex Technology selected by CEPSA
18-05-2015
To meet environmental emissions restrictions without reducing efficiency or increasing operational costs, Compañia Española de Petróleos, ...
Enersul Awarded Contract from Petróleos del Norte of Spain
15-05-2015
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is
pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Petróleos del Norte ...
Emerson Process Management launches CSI 3000 machinery health monitor
15-05-2015
Emerson Process Management has introduced the CSI 3000 Machinery Health Monitor, a compact protection system for a wide
range of machinery such as pumps, ...
Elliott to build coker gas compressor for Russian refinery
13-05-2015
Elliott Group has won the order for a coker compression string for the Antipinsky Refinery in Tyumen, Russia. The project is part of the refinery’s Phase ...
New heat exchanger technology for air-cooled LNG facilities
13-05-2015
GEA Batignolles Technologies Thermiques and Wieland Thermal Solutions, in partnership with Technip, invite you to discover their new DIESTA heat exchanger technology ...
Open house scheduled for Linde air separation unit in Lewisville, Arkansas
12-05-2015
Linde North America will hold an open house on May 14 to celebrate the start-up of its air separation plant in Lewisville, Arkansas. The Lewisville plant separates ...
Jacobs awarded EPCM services contract by Sadara Chemical Company
12-05-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a four-year contract by Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) for engineering, procurement and construction ...
Wison Engineering delivers another cracking furnace project in Saudi Arabia
11-05-2015
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, ...
Neste Jacobs awarded ammonia - urea fertilizer contract by SOCAR
11-05-2015
Neste Jacobs Awarded Project Management and Inspection Services contract by SOCAR in Azerbaijan Technology, engineering and project management company Neste ...
Linde successfully launches compact hydrogen generator line
08-05-2015
Technology company The Linde Group has successfully launched its new HYDROPRIME® plant line of innovative, cost effective hydrogen generators which are ...
REFCOMM Galveston brings to focus more production and less risk in refining
08-05-2015
Refiners are currently the only money-makers in the energy industry. Against this backdrop, the May 4-8 RefComm Galveston 2015 Conference focused on how to ...
Linde expert to present paper at thermal spray conference
07-05-2015
A Linde paper to be presented at this year’s International Thermal Spay Conference and Exposition will discuss why more and more thermal spray applications ...
Grabner Instruments MINIVAP On-Line measures all vapour pressure standards
06-05-2015
The MINIVAP On-Line from AMETEK Grabner Instruments is a unique process analyzer that directly measures Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) and True Vapor Pressure (TVP) ...
Det-Tronics release FlexSight™ LS2000 line of sight infrared gas detector
05-05-2015
The new FlexSight™ LS2000 Line-of-Sight Infrared Gas Detector from Detector Electronics Corp. Det-Tronics is a next-generation solution for line-of-sight ...
Jacobs awarded contract for Huntsman’s Jurong Island expansion
05-05-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for an expansion ...
CECO Environmental to acquire PMFG
04-05-2015
CECO Environmental Corp and PMFG, Inc, today jointly announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which CECO will acquire ...
New
GE corrosion inhibitor protects crude oil and gas pipelines
04-05-2015
GE today introduced a new corrosion inhibitor to help protect crude oil and gas pipelines against the corrosive nature of acid gases. GE’s new ...
ExxonMobil licenses immersive 3D operator training simulator
technology from EON Reality
04-05-2015
ExxonMobil Research Qatar today announced that ExxonMobil has awarded a global commercial license for Immersive 3D Operator Training Simulator technology to ...
Dakota prairie refinery commences startup operations
04-05-2015
MDU Resources Group, Inc. and Calumet Specialty
Products Partners, L.P. today announced that the Dickinson, North Dakota-based Dakota Prairie refinery, the ...
D7094 flashpoint method accepted for ASTM D7467 biodiesel blend specifications
04-05-2015
AMETEK Grabner Instruments’ ASTM D7094 flashpoint method made history in 2013, when ASTM members
accepted the method for ASTM Diesel Fuel and Kerosene ...
Enterprise to build new crude oil and condensate pipeline from midland to Houston
30-04-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced it has executed long-term agreements that support development of a new 416-mile, 24-inch diameter
pipeline ...
Small-mid scale projects to pave future for Asia’s energy and maritime landscape
30-04-2015
Asia’s leading small-mid scale event, the 4th Annual Asia Pacific Small & Mid-Scale LNG (APAC LNG) Forum will gather energy and maritime professionals ...
Indian hydrocarbon industry takes forward the vision of 'Skilled India'
29-04-2015
An MoU on Skill Development in the Hydrocarbon Sector was signed by Mr. Dilip H. M. Chenoy, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Skill ...
Honeywell opens new petrochemical catalyst production facility in China
29-04-2015
Honeywell announced today its Performance Materials and Technologies division has opened a new manufacturing facility in China to produce state-of-the-art catalysts ...
Technip in partnership with UNICO wins Basra refinery upgrading project
28-04-2015
Technip, in partnership with UNICO, a Japanese engineering consultant, was awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract on a reimbursable basis, ...
Elliott Group open new service center in China
27-04-2015
Elliott Group announced today that it will open a new, 5,780-square-meter turbomachinery service center on May 7, 2015, in the Technological and Economic Development ...
Refinery projects going forward
27-04-2015
Recently announced capital projects in the refining industry reflect the downstream industry’s focus on going forward with process “reconfigurations,” ...
Yunnan Yuntianhua PetroChemical selects UNIPOL® PP technology and services from Grace
27-04-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. announces that it will provide its UNIPOL® polypropylene (PP) technology and services to Yunnan Yuntianhua PetroChemical Co., Ltd. ...
Praxair to provide industrial gases to CNOOC’s refinery and downstream chemical production
27-04-2015
Praxair, Inc. announced it has signed a long-term contract to provide industrial gases to the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), a Fortune Global ...
IndianOil's Paradip refinery starts crude processing
27-04-2015
IndianOil has started the process of commissioning its 15 MMTPA state-of-the-art Paradip Refinery. Crude processing has been started in Atmospheric & Vacuum ...
New analysis highlights U.S. Refiners’ contribution to clean air
23-04-2015
New analysis released today concludes that emissions from U.S. fuel manufacturers have decreased substantially over the last two decades, even as U.S. petroleum ...
SOCAR Polymer selects INEOS Technologies' Innovene S HDPE process
23-04-2015
INEOS Technologies is pleased to announce that it has licensed its Innovene S Process for the manufacture of medium density and high density polyethylene to ...
Fluor receives tank farm contract from Suncor Energy Oil Sands
22-04-2015
Fluor Corporation was awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction (EPFC) contract by Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership ...
Jacobs acquires controlling interest in Suzhou Han’s Chemical Engineering Company
22-04-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today that its subsidiary, Jacobs Projects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has acquired a controlling interest in Suzhou Han’s ...
Topsoe and Unifrax to commercialise an innovative new line of catalytic filter candles
22-04-2015
Unifrax LLC the Tonawanda, New York based manufacturer of specialty fiber products, and Haldor Topsoe A/S, a world leader in catalysis and related process technologies ...
Eclipse® model 706 guided wave radar transmitter now with modbus protocol
21-04-2015
Magnetrol® International has announced the release of the Eclipse® Model 706 guided wave radar (GWR) transmitter configured with Modbus protocol. The ...
Technip’s subsidiary Tipiel awarded a contract for a new gas pipeline in Peru
21-04-2015
Tipiel S.A., Technip’s subsidiary in Colombia, was awarded by the Consorcio Constructor Ductos del Sur, a front-end engineering design and detailed ...
Safety success at Sohar refinery improvement project
21-04-2015
The Sohar Refinery Improvement project in Oman has celebrated surpassing 5 million man hours without a loss time incident. The entire project team and construction ...
Grace completes phase 1 of first FCC manufacturing plant in Middle East
20-04-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fred Festa (second from left) was joined by representatives of Joint Venture partner Al Dahra Agriculture ...
Metso receives major control valve order for petrochemical plant project in Turkmenistan
20-04-2015
Metso has received a large control valve order for Turkmenistan's national oil and gas company Turkmengas's petrochemical plant project. The delivery includes ...
Air Products and ACWA JV to build world’s largest gas complex to supply Jazan refinery
20-04-2015
Air Products announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco under a joint venture (JV) of Air Products and ACWA Holding to build, own and ...
Total to upgrade Donges refinery and convert La Mède to a biorefinery
16-04-2015
Total today presented its French refining roadmap to employee representatives. The plan is designed to give each Total’s refining site in France the means ...
Clean Harbors agrees to buy Thermo Fluids for $85M
14-04-2015
Clean Harbors, Inc, the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services in North America, and Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc, a leading ...
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions contract for 2-stage slack-wax deoiling plant in Poland
14-04-2015
Plant engineering and construction specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering package and license for ...
AVEVA PDMS software used by Progen on EVONIK’s Boost project
14-04-2015
AVEVA announced today that Progen Projetos Gerenciamento e Engenharia S.A. (Progen), a leading Brazilian engineering company, has gained impressive benefits ...
Methanol and Dimethyl Ether plant contract for Mitsubishi
13-04-2015
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc. (MGC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) have signed an agreement with state-owned ...
Linde to supply LNG fuel gas system to new high-speed ferry
10-04-2015
echnology company The Linde Group, via its Swedish Engineering subsidiary Cryo AB, has been awarded a contract by Meyer Turku Shipyard of Finland to build a ...
Gazprom Neft increases collaboration with Vietnam
10-04-2015
Gazprom Neft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) have signed a series of agreements to extend their collaboration activity. The documents ...
Alfa Laval to supply OLMI heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in Turkmenistan
10-04-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers to ...
KBR awarded construction contract for Flint Hills Corpus Christi West refinery
10-04-2015
KBR announced today it has been awarded a reimbursable contract by Flint Hills Resources for the modification and expansion of its Corpus Christi West refinery. Under ...
Haldor Topsøe celebrate 75 years of excellence in catalysis
10-04-2015
Today, 75 years ago a young Danish physicist named Haldor Topsøe established a new company based on catalysis. In 1940, catalysis was a little-used chemical ...
Focus on hydrogen mobility, energy storage and liquefied natural gas
09-04-2015
Technology company The Linde Group will be showcasing the latest developments in environmentally sound energy carriers at HANNOVER MESSE 2015. This year, the ...
Intergraph releases PV Elite 2015
09-04-2015
Intergraph® has released PV Elite® 2015, the most advanced version of the complete solution for vessel and heat exchanger design, analysis and evaluation ...
Enterprise offering additional capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline system
09-04-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start of a supplemental binding open commitment period to determine shipper demand for incremental capacity ...
Phillips 66 selects Elliott to supply compressor train for it's Sweeny refinery
09-04-2015
Phillips 66 has selected Elliott Group to supply a compressor string for a major project at its Sweeny refinery in Old Ocean, Texas. The project will enable ...
Merichem reaches milestone with Ride-Tight® fluid sealing management programme
09-04-2015
Merichem Company is pleased to announce the achievement of a major milestone in the implementation of the Ride-Tight® Fluid Sealing Management Program. ...
Petrofac awarded major project by INPEX in Australia
08-04-2015
Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has been awarded an Integrity and Maintenance Programme Development contract by INPEX for ...
ABB opens new automation and power service office in Louisiana
08-04-2015
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has opened a new local service office near Lake Charles, Louisiana. The office will provide services ...
Blasch to present at upcoming SynGas 2015 conference in Tulsa
07-04-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, will be presenting “Improving Flue Gas Tunnel Reliability through the ...
SPECTRO launches new service & support website for North American customers
07-04-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has launched a new website consolidating service, training, and application and technical support for the benefit of its North ...
Alfa Laval expands LNG solutions portfolio
07-04-2015
Alfa Laval has entered into a patent licence agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the use of DSME’s patents on high ...
Magnetrol® announces the Thermatel® TA2 thermal mass flow meter
03-04-2015
Magnetrol® is pleased to announce the sales release of the Thermatel® TA2 thermal mass flow meter with Foundation fieldbus™ digital output communications. ...
ExxonMobil starts construction of cogeneration plant at its Jurong Refinery
02-04-2015
ExxonMobil has started the construction of a new 84-megawatt cogeneration facility at its Singapore refinery’s Jurong site, which will increase the energy ...
Shell successfully upgrades its ethylene cracker complex at Bukom Island
02-04-2015
The project on Bukom Island, home to Shell’s largest fully-owned refinery, has boosted production of ethylene by more than 20%. It has reduced the ECC’s ...
$50M oil sands storage tank contract awarded to CB&I
02-04-2015
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $50 million for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of ...
Neste Oil safety award - first award granted to Bilfinger
02-04-2015
Neste Oil has decided to establish a safety award for its contractor companies. The award will be granted annually to a contractor that has improved its safety ...
Versalis and LOTTE Chemical extended their cooperation in the elastomers business
01-04-2015
Versalis (Eni), a global leading producer in the elastomers industry, and LOTTE Chemical, a major petrochemical company in South Korea, announced today to have ...
Chet M. Thompson named as AFPM President
01-04-2015
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Chet M. Thompson the association’s next ...
Shri M
Venkatesh takes over as Director Refinery, MRPL
01-04-2015
Shri M. Venkatesh, appointed by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, GoI, on 7th January 2015, has taken charge as Director Refinery of MRPL (Mangalore ...
Siluria Technologies starts-up first demonstration plant to convert
natural gas to ethylene
01-04-2015
Siluria Technologies, a pioneer in the commercial production of fuels and chemicals made from clean and abundant natural gas, today held a grand opening event ...
Unipetrol to finalise acquiring Eni’s stake in Česká rafinerska
31-03-2015
Unipetrol, subsidiary of PKN
ORLEN, welcomes the Office for the Protection of Competition final decision regarding the purchase of Eni’s 32.445% stake ...
Sinopec and ExxonMobil announce joint technology development agreement
30-03-2015
Sinopec Engineering Co., Ltd. and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company are participating in a
Cooperative Development Agreement for advancement of fluid ...
Koch Heat Transfer aquires ALCO Products and Bos-Hatten heat exchanger brands
30-03-2015
Koch Heat Transfer Company, LP has purchased the Alco, Alco-Twin, and Bos-Hatten brands of heat exchangers from Peerless Mfg. Co. (Peerless). PMFG, Inc.
is ...
Alfa Laval to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas plant in the US
30-03-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas ...
GE Oil & Gas signs long-term service agreement with ADGAS to strengthen plant productivity
29-03-2015
GE Oil & Gas has announced a long-term service agreement with ADGAS, the Abu Dhabi-based regional pioneer in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum ...
Haldor Topsoe and Ferrostaal form JV based in Essen
27-03-2015
Ferrostaal GmbH, a leading global project developer for industrial plants, and Haldor Topsoe A/S, a world leader in catalysis and related process technologies, ...
Dow and Olin Corporation create the Chlor-Alkali and derivatives leader with $7B in revenues
27-03-2015
The Dow Chemical Company and Olin Corporation announced today that the boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved a definitive agreement under ...
KBR and SOCAR announce new engineering JV in Azerbaijan
27-03-2015
KBR, Inc announced today that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) to establish a new engineering ...
Linde to supply Shell Eco-marathon with hydrogen
26-03-2015
For the fifth consecutive year, technology company The Linde Group will support the Shell Eco-marathon and supply participating fuel cell-powered vehicles with ...
Linde sets up combustion centre in Suzhou
26-03-2015
The technology group The Linde Group has in Suzhou launched its combustion centre, taking the lead in the development of new combustion and heat treatment applications ...
Tesoro's
Goff Named AFPM Chairman
26-03-2015
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is pleased to announce that Gregory J. Goff, chairman, president and CEO of Tesoro Corporation, has ...
Motiva creates Louisiana refining system by integrating Norco and Convent refineries
26-03-2015
Motiva Enterprises announced plans today to integrate the company’s two Louisiana refineries – Norco and Convent – creating the Louisiana ...
Yokogawa wins control system order for PETRONAS's second floating LNG facility
25-03-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its affiliate,
Yokogawa Kontrol, has received an order from a consortium comprising JGC Corporation (Japan) and ...
CH2M HILL selects Intergraph solutions to pursue oil and gas opportunities
24-03-2015
CH2M HILL, a global leader in engineering solutions based in Englewood, Colorado, USA, has chosen the Intergraph®
SmartPlant® Enterprise software suite ...
AMECARE M2M service remotely monitors SPECTRO ICP spectrometers to ensure integrity
24-03-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments’ AMECARE M2M service offers the continuous remote monitoring of select SPECTRO ICP spectrometers to proactively ensure ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins technical services contract for Orpic, Oman
23-03-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a technical services agreement contract by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic) ...
The largest maintenance turnaround in history to be started at Porvoo refinery
23-03-2015
Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery will be stopped for the planned maintenance turnaround in April 2015. The major turnaround of nearly EUR 100 million involving 4,500 ...
Porocel’s new ex-situ catalyst pretreatment allows immediate startup of cracked feeds
23-03-2015
Porocel International, LLC, today introduced its actiCAT® ShieldSM catalyst pretreatment technology that presulfurizes and protects catalysts from the damaging ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics sign an exclusive supply agreement with Christy Catalytics
20-03-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc, an Albany-based ceramic technology manufeement with Christy Catalyticsacturer, announces that it has entered into an agreement ...
BASF continues to evaluate natural gas-based investment on the U.S. Gulf Coast
19-03-2015
BASF has made progress in its plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company has selected Freeport, Texas, as ...
Intergraph acquires pressure vessel design software company OhmTech
19-03-2015
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power ...
World's largest air separation unit to rely on a compressor solution from MAN Diesel & Turbo
19-03-2015
Air Liquide is opting for compressor technology from MAN Diesel & Turbo in the design of a new record Air Separation Unit in South Africa. The AIRMAX compressor ...
Porocel introduces technology that restores spent catalysts to near fresh
18-03-2015
Porocel International, LLC, today announced the commercialization of its patented ExcelSM rejuvenation process for restoring spent hydrotreating catalysts to ...
GTC Technology to licence its GT-BenZap® technology to Seydi refinery
18-03-2015
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Westport Trading Europe, Ltd. (WTEL) to provide its GT-BenZap® licensed technology for a 25,000 TPY benzene ...
Fluor selected as project management contractor for OGPC mega project in Azerbaijan
18-03-2015
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), as a result of the bidding process, awarded Fluor Limited a contract to provide project management ...
Alfa Laval to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas plant in Brazil
17-03-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas plant ...
Elliott to supply three compressor trains for Cameron LNG
16-03-2015
Elliott Group has been selected to manufacture three compressor trains for Cameron LNG’s new LNG Liquefaction export facility in Hackberry, Louisiana. ...
Rosneft completes Sanors acquisition
16-03-2015
The transaction was completed after obtaining all the necessary approvals from antimonopoly and regulatory authorities. The purchase of SANORS group of companies ...
CompactGTL and KazakhOil Aktobe agree gas contract for first commercial plant
13-03-2015
CompactGTL is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with KazakhOil Aktobe for the supply of gas for its first commercial gas to liquids (GTL) ...
United Steelworkers reaches tentative agreement with oil industry
12-03-2015
The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with Shell Oil as a pattern agreement for ...
Seeking innovative technological developments & applications in gas
11-03-2015
A popular feature of the Gastech Exhibition, the Centres of Technical Excellence (CoTEs) Seminars will return when the event runs from 27 to 30 October this ...
GTC wins award in Turkmenistan for benzene saturation unit
10-03-2015
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Westport Trading Europe, Ltd. (WTEL) to provide its GT-BenZap® licensed technology for a 25,000 TPY benzene ...
Neste Oil and Preem enter into patent license agreement
10-03-2015
Neste Oil Corporation and Preem AB have entered into a Patent License Agreement whereby Preem has licensed Neste Oil intellectual property rights for renewable ...
Ineos agrees deal to become UK's third biggest shale has player
10-03-2015
INEOS has today announced a deal to acquire a 50% interest in seven IGas shale gas licences in the North West of England (the Bowland licences). This consists ...
Howell and Manoir industries to offer local fabrication for their North American clients
10-03-2015
Manoir Industries and Howell Industries announce their industrial partnership to propose local fabrication and assembly for their North American clients at ...
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical to build naphtha refinery in 2018
09-03-2015
Petrochemical producer PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is conducting a year-long preliminary study to develop a mini-refinery in 2018, which is expected ...
NASA to buy renewable jet fuel from Gevo
09-03-2015
Gevo, Inc, announced today that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has purchased Gevo's renewable Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) for aviation ...
Merichem Company acquires wet air oxidation process technology
09-03-2015
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemicals, and service solutions, announced today that it has ...
PTT Research & Technology Institute selects Intergraph SmartPlant solutions
05-03-2015
Thailand’s PTT Research & Technology Institute (PTT RTI) has selected three Intergraph® SmartPlant® solutions to deliver a range of projects ...
Neste Oil now the world's largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues
04-03-2015
Over the last few years, Neste Oil has become the world's largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues. In 2014, the company produced nearly ...
BASF expands its capacity for specialty amines in Ludwigshafen
04-03-2015
BASF is significantly expanding its production capacity for about 20 specialty amines at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen. The company will therefore invest ...
RSAT technology passes SINOPEC review
04-03-2015
RIPP is pleased to announce that its selective hydro-desulfurization catalyst for FCC gasoline (RSAT) has passed the review of SINOPEC. RSAT is a pretreatment ...
Burckhardt to deliver three process gas compressor systems to Canadian refinery complex
04-03-2015
Burckhardt Compression has won an order for three (3) Process Gas Compressor systems for a capacity increase at a Canadian refinery complex. The compressors ...
Shell updates on planned maintenance at Pearl GTL
27-02-2015
Royal Dutch Shell plc updated today that the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, in Qatar has entered planned maintenance in February 2015. Pearl GTL comprises ...
Sasol appoints Air Liquide to build world’s largest oxygen production facility
27-02-2015
Sasol and Air Liquide have signed an agreement under which Air Liquide will invest around €200 million in the construction of the largest Air Separation ...
Metso wins major valve solution order for Jamnagar 3 oil refinery
26-02-2015
Metso received in 2014 significant repeat order for valves with accessories and spare parts for Jamnagar Phase 3 refinery, the projects are being implemented ...
Fluor partnership wins natural gas development contract in Brazil
25-02-2015
Fluor Corporation announced that its CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A., consortium with Construcap Engenharia e Comércio was awarded an engineering ...
Enterprise, Anadarko, DCP Midstream and MarkWest JV for Panola NGL pipeline
24-02-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, DCP Midstream Partners, LP and MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. today announced the formation ...
Cronus Fertilizers signs EPC contract with Maire Tecnimont for fertilizer plant
23-02-2015
Cronus Fertilizers announced today that it has executed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract with Tecnimont - Illinois, a subsidiary ...
Haldor Topsoe signs contract for new fertilizer plant in Slovakia
20-02-2015
Haldor Topsoe A/S has signed contracts with Technip and Duslo s.a. of Slovakia for a new ammonia plant that will be constructed adjacent to an existing fertilizer ...
Lukoil expands production capacities in Volgograd regin
20-02-2015
As part of his working trip to Volgograd, today, Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, along with Andrey Bocharov, Governor of the Volgograd Oblast (region), ...
Technip awarded a substantial contract for a new fertilizer unit in Slovak Republic
20-02-2015
Technip was awarded by Duslo a.s. a substantial contract on lumpsum turnkey basis to develop the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new ammonia ...
KBR awarded ammonia plant EPC contract
20-02-2015
KBR announced today that it has executed an EPC contract with Yara International and BASF Group’s new joint production company to provide ammonia synthesis ...
Yara and BASF to build a world scale ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas
19-02-2015
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 ...
Praxair agreement to supply new world-scale Ammonia project in Freeport
19-02-2015
Praxair, Inc has signed a 20-year agreement to supply approximately 170 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen and 2,000 tons per day of nitrogen to ...
SENER signs a contract with Samsung to modernise the Salamanca refinery
18-02-2015
The engineering and technology group SENER has signed a contract with Samsung Ingeniería for the development of a ULSD (Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel) project ...
Tesoro to enhance clean products production at its Anacortes refinery
18-02-2015
Tesoro Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has approved two complementary projects to enhance clean products production at its Anacortes, ...
SIBUR launches deep hydrocarbon to polyolefin processing facility
17-02-2015
The first foundations have been laid at ZapSibNeftekhim, a facility for deep hydrocarbon to polyolefin processing in the Tyumen Region - SIBUR's biggest ...
Honeywell to maintain control systems for world's largest Coal-to-Liquids plant
17-02-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced a five-year agreement to provide comprehensive services and support for the control systems of the world’s ...
Phillips 66 partners to acquire equity interests in three pipeline systems
16-02-2015
Phillips 66 Partners LP announced that it has reached agreement with Phillips 66 to acquire Phillips 66's interests in three pipeline systems. The acquisition ...
Lukoil signs a contract for procurement and construction of the Kandym gas processing plant
13-02-2015
Today in Tashkent, LUKOIL and a consortium headed by Hyundai Engineering (South Korea) signed a contract for procurement and construction of the Kandym Gas ...
TPC Group announces progress on Polyisobutylene capacity expansion
12-02-2015
TPC Group, a leading provider of C4 based products and services, announced today achievement of another significant milestone in its comprehensive expansion ...
Fluor wins major contract for natural gas transmission project
12-02-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, to provide engineering, procurement and construction ...
Jacobs awarded capital works contract for Australia Pacific LNG facility
10-02-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a multi-year engineering services agreement by ConocoPhillips to support the sustaining capital ...
Air Liquide to supply oxygen to new large-scale methanol production complex in Louisiana
10-02-2015
Air Liquide announces that it has been selected by Chinese petrochemical company Yuhuang Chemical, Inc., as the supplier of oxygen for its new world-scale ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK85M natural gas order
10-02-2015
Alfa Laval,a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas plant in ...
Yokogawa and Cisco deliver cybersecurity solutions for Shell
10-02-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces a collaboration with Cisco Systems, Inc. to deliver Shell's SecurePlant initiative at Shell. SecurePlant is a comprehensive ...
Honeywell UniSim competency suite increases both console and field operator capabilities
10-02-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced its new UniSim® Competency Suite, which improves operator competency and helps prepare them faster through ...
Heurtey Petrochem contracts for process furnaces in the United States
09-02-2015
These contracts concern the supply of three cracking furnaces for petrochemical units and three waste heat recovery units for a LNG terminal. These furnaces ...
New autosampler for vapor pressure testing
06-02-2015
AMETEK Grabner Instruments introduces the new RUN12 Autosampler for rapid and continuous vapor pressure testing of up to 12 samples in one run. The Autosampler ...
PTT Research & Technology Institute selects Intergraph SmartPlant Solutions
05-02-2015
Thailand’s PTT Research & Technology Institute (PTT RTI) has selected three Intergraph® SmartPlant® solutions to deliver a range of projects ...
Grace to separate into catalysts technologies & construction products companies
05-02-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. The two companies, ...
Sugar Patel appointed as sales director, Merichem Gas technologies
04-02-2015
Merichem Company announced today that Mr. Sagar Patel has joined the company as Sales Director for the Merichem Gas Technologies business unit reporting to ...
Topsoe part of consortium to develop large-scale fertilizer plant in Tanzania
03-02-2015
A consortium consisting of Haldor Topsoe A/S, the German company Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH, and the Pakistani industrial enterprise Fauji Fertilizer ...
Technip awarded contract for new 500 KTA ethylbenzene styrene monomer plant in China
03-02-2015
Technip was awarded a contract by Qingdao Soda Ash Industrial New Material & Technology Company to provide the technology, engineering(1), selected critical ...
Williams Partners Geismar plant to begin manufacturing ethylene for sale in February
03-02-2015
Williams Partners today announced its expanded Geismar plant is expected to begin manufacturing ethylene for sale in February after experiencing an unexpected ...
Jacobs to upgrade a hydrotreater unit for BP in Germany
03-02-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract from BP Gelsenkirchen GmbH for concept engineering services to upgrade a Hydrotreater ...
GE Oil & Gas providing main compression trains for Sasol’s LDPE Plant in Lake Charles
02-02-2015
GE Oil & Gas today announced its Downstream Technology Solutions (DTS) business has been awarded a contract from Sasol North America for the provision of ...
GE Oil & Gas announces long-term services agreement with Qatar Fertiliser
02-02-2015
GE Oil & Gas today announced its Downstream Technology Solutions (DTS) business has been awarded a long-term service contract with Qatar Fertiliser Company ...
GE Oil & Gas announces its newly fortified reciprocating compression business
02-02-2015
GE Oil & Gas today announced the establishment of a consolidated Reciprocating Compression (RC) business, bringing together its previous Gas Production ...
Sulzer contracts to supply strategic products to all Petrobras refineries in Brazil
30-01-2015
Sulzer received from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) two Long-Term, exclusive, Supply Agreement Contracts for the supply of Structured Packings ...
Propylene supply rising in cina with start-up of production technology by Honeywell’s UOP
29-01-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China commissioned its second unit to produce propylene, a key ingredient in plastics, using its C3 Oleflex™ ...
New sulphur production unit at LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC
29-01-2015
The opening of the first process unit of the new Heavy Residue Processing Complex at LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC, Sulphur Recovery Unit 4, was held on 29.01.2015. ...
Lukoil starts Austrian lube plant upgrade
29-01-2015
Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, attended a ceremony, in Vienna today, dedicated to the start of construction of a bulk-oil trans shipment and storage ...
Bashneft and Yokogawa sign partnership agreement
29-01-2015
On January 22 JSOC Bashneft and Yokogawa Electric Corporation signed a Long-Term Partnership Agreement in the area of support of Ufa Refining Complex production ...
KBR signs technical services agreement for Magnolia LNG export terminal
27-01-2015
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a technical services agreement by Magnolia LNG LLC to provide cost verification and other services associated with ...
Alfa Laval to provide compact heat exchangers to a US refinery
27-01-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in ...
Blasch introduces a new approach to primary reformer flue gas tunnels
27-01-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces a unique new approach to primary reformer flue gas tunnels with ...
Methanex starts up one million tonne methanol plant in Geismar, Louisiana
26-01-2015
Methanex Corporation announced that on January 24th, 2015, the company successfully produced first methanol from its new 1.0 million tonne plant in Geismar, ...
JGC wins EPCC contract for LNG complex expansion project in Malaysia
26-01-2015
JGC Corporation announced today that, as a part of a consortium with JGC Group company, JGC Malaysia, it has been awarded a contract by PETRONAS LNG 9 Sdn. ...
Linde to build its first hydrogen fuelling station in Sweden
22-01-2015
Technology company The Linde Group, via its Scandinavian business branch AGA, will build its first hydrogen refuelling station in Sweden at Arlanda airport ...
BP puts its Amsterdam oil terminal up for sale
22-01-2015
BP announced today that it intends to sell its 950,000 cubic metre capacity oil storage terminal in Amsterdam. The BP Amsterdam Terminal, which ...
New SPECTRO ARCOS high-resolution ICP-OES spectrometer
22-01-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today announced its new SPECTRO ARCOS high-resolution ICP-OES spectrometer, the first and only spectrometer featuring the fast ...
BASF to increase capacity for butanediol at its Geismar site
21-01-2015
BASF will increase its production capacities for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by 10% at its site in Geismar/Louisiana as of 2016. The company ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins oil storage design contract in Oman
21-01-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by the Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO) for the front-end engineering design of the Ras Markaz ...
Elliott announces YR training class in New Orleans
21-01-2015
Elliott has added a new YR Turbine Training Class to the 2015 training schedule. The class will be held at Elliott’s New Orleans Service Center ...
Petrofac awarded $4B heavy oil project in Kuwait
20-01-2015
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, has received an award notification for the first phase of Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) Lower ...
Matheson to build ASU to supply gases for Sasol’s ethane cracker
19-01-2015
Matheson has entered into an agreement with Sasol to supply tonnage oxygen and nitrogen to Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker, which is part of Sasol’s ...
Fund Energy selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene PP process
19-01-2015
INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Full-Tech ...
Neste Oil and Renewable Energy Group enter into NEXBTL license agreement
19-01-2015
Neste Oil Corporation of Finland and Renewable Energy Group, Inc, headquartered in Ames, Iowa, USA have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement whereby ...
GE Oil & Gas awarded 13 year service contract from Peru LNG
19-01-2015
GE Oil & Gas today announced it has been awarded a long-term contractual service agreement (CSA) through General Electric International Peru to support ...
Anellotech, IFPEN and Axens to co-develop bio-aromatics production technology
19-01-2015
Anellotech Inc., IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have announced a strategic alliance to develop and commercialize a new technology for ...
DMA 4200 M extends the limits of density measurement
19-01-2015
At last there is a density meter which can measure all petroleum samples, including crude oil, intermediate products, asphalt, liquefied petroleum gas and high-viscosity ...
Qatar Petroleum to pursue the expansion of Qatar’s petrochemical industry
15-01-2015
In a step forward aimed at promoting the growth of the petrochemical industry in Qatar, Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum (QP), ...
Hyperion Systems Engineering and RSI create HyperionRSI Simulation
15-01-2015
Hyperion Systems Engineering and RSI announce the creation of a new jointly owned company to deliver Operator Training Simulator and Dynamic Simulation solutions ...
Qatar Petroleum and Shell not to pursue Al Karaana petrochemicals project
14-01-2015
Qatar Petroleum and Shell have decided not to proceed with the proposed Al Karaana petrochemicals project, and to stop further work on the project. The decision ...
Badger Licensing to provide technology for new Bisphenol-A plant in China
13-01-2015
Badger Licensing LLC today announced that Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Lihuayi) has selected Badger to provide its proprietary technology for a 120,000 ...
SIBUR and Yokogawa extend agreement for supply of automated control equipment
13-01-2015
The Russian petrochemical holding SIBUR and Yokogawa have extended the agreement for supply of equipment for production automation and control systems through ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded coal chemicals project from Shenhua Ningxia Coal Group
13-01-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler today announces the award of a three-year project management contract by Shenhua Ningxia Coal Group for the Coal-chemical Byproduct Deep ...
Amec Foster Wheeler awarded syngas to liquids project in the US
12-01-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today it has signed an agreement with D’Arcinoff Group, a US-based investment and alternative technology development company, ...
Sulzer acquires weld overlay specialist InterWeld Inc Ltd
09-01-2015
On January 8, Sulzer agreed to acquire the business of InterWeld Inc Ltd located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. InterWeld is a specialized weld overlay company, ...
PROSERNAT technology selected for Encana's shale gas Dehydration and NGL extraction units
08-01-2015
The Canadian company Encana Corporation has selected PROSERNAT to provide the technology licenses for eight new IFPEXOL™ units to be located in NE British ...
First propylene production unit using UOP technology reaches project capacity in Russia
06-01-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that UOP C3 Oleflex™ process technology started up and has been successfully operating in Russia, producing ...
Schneider Electric and ZeoGas to build new fuel manufacturing plant
06-01-2015
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced a collaboration agreement with ZeoGas LLC, a development-stage energy company ...
Jacobs to upgrade BP's PTA units in Geel, Belgium
06-01-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract from BP Chembel N.V. for basic and detailed engineering services to upgrade its facilities ...
Cleantech Solutions receives $13M equipment order for chemical project in Xinjiang
05-01-2015
Cleantech Solutions International, Inc, a manufacturer of metal components and assemblies used in in various manufacturing industries, including clean technology, ...
Ammonia plant revamp contract for KBR
05-01-2015
KBR Inc, a world leader in ammonia technology, announced today that it has been awarded the license and engineering contracts to perform front end engineering ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical completes sale of its Ryton PPS business to Solvay
05-01-2015
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company announces that it has completed the sale of its Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide business to Solvay’s Global Business ...
EQUATE completes turnaround & 1st phase of polyethylene debottlenecking
03-01-2015
EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Kuwait’s first international petrochemical joint-venture, announced the successful completion of its plants’ Turnaround ...
GTC Technology wins first global application of toluene alkylation technology in China
02-01-2015
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) to provide its GT-TolAlk℠ licensed technology for a 280,000 TPY toluene ...
China commissions first of 14 planned propylene production units using UOP technology
23-12-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China has commissioned the first of 14 planned propylene production units using technology from Honeywell’s ...
Petronas selects LyondellBasell’s polypropylene process technologies
19-12-2014
PETRONAS today announced that PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (PRPC) has selected US-based LyondellBasell’s Spherizone and Spheripol ...
INEOS Innovene PP process technology selected for new project in China
19-12-2014
INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Full-Tech ...
Neste Oil and Renewable Energy Group enter into NEXBTL license agreement
19-12-2014
Neste Oil Corporation of Finland and Renewable Energy Group, Inc, headquartered in Ames, Iowa, USA have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement whereby ...
Jacobs Engineering Group selected by BP as strategic supplier
18-12-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been selected by BP to continue its role as Strategic Supplier of mid-cap work on a global basis. Company ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical to build polyethylene pilot plant
18-12-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce plans to build a state-of-the-art polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility ...
PetroChina selects hydrogen purification technology from UOP for new refinery
18-12-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company (GXPC) is using UOP process technology to purify hydrogen at ...
Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Limited launches clean fuels production project
17-12-2014
Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Limited (SAMREF) celebrated its 30th anniversary this month by launching the Clean Fuels Production Project, a continuation of Saudi ...
OxyChem and Mexichem start construction of their JV ethylene cracker
17-12-2014
Ingleside Ethylene, LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) and Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V., today announced that construction ...
Rosneft and Transneft to construct pipeline offshoot to Komsomolsk refinery
17-12-2014
Rosneft and Transneft signed a long-term Tariff Agreement as part of their joint project to construct a pipeline offshoot from the East Siberia – Pacific ...
Sulzer delivers its 1000th pump to Enbridge Pipelines
17-12-2014
Sulzer recently delivered its 1000th pump to Enbridge, marking a unique event in the history of both companies as well as in the industry. The event crowns ...
Fluor starts construction on new delayed coker at Antwerp refinery
16-12-2014
Fluor Corporation has started construction activities on a new delayed coker unit for ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical BVBA (ExxonMobil) at its Antwerp, ...
UOP Oleflex technology meeting design capacity of 510,000MTA of high-quality propylene
16-12-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that UOP C3 Oleflex™ process technology started up and has been successfully operating in Russia, producing ...
Technip to acquire Zimmer Polymer Technologies
15-12-2014
Technip announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany to purchase all of its Zimmer® polymer technology ...
Amec Foster Wheeler acquires Scopus
15-12-2014
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has acquired Scopus Group (Holdings) Limited (Scopus), a market-leading laser scanning, dimensional control and ...
Renewable Energy Group completes upgrades at its Newton Biorefinery
15-12-2014
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. celebrated Monday the completion of upgrades to its 30-million gallon nameplate biorefinery in Newton, Iowa, which allows the plant ...
Linde launches its first retail hydrogen fueling station in the U.S.
11-12-2014
Linde LLC, the North American subsidiary of The Linde Group, has put its first retail hydrogen fueling station in the U.S. into operation. The facility, which ...
Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil JV completes clean fuels project
11-12-2014
Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Limited (SAMREF), a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil, has completed construction of major desulfurization ...
GTC Technology contract for first global application of toluene alkylation technology
11-12-2014
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) to provide its GT-TolAlk℠ licensed technology for a 280,000 TPY toluene ...
Rosneft and Essar agree terms of oil and oil products supplies to Essar refineries
11-12-2014
Rosneft and Essar signed key terms of oil and oil products supplies to Essar refineries in India. Supplies may begin in 2015. Consequently Rosneft expands its ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical completes ethylene expansion
11-12-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced completion of an ethylene expansion at its Sweeny complex in Old Ocean, Texas. With the addition of a tenth furnace ...
Neste Oil to supply new low sulfur marine fuel to Tallink Grupp
09-12-2014
Neste Oil and AS Tallink Grupp have signed a partnership agreement according to which Neste Oil will supply low sulfur marine diesel oil to Tallink Grupp's ...
Alfa Laval wins petrochemical energy efficiency order in South Korea
09-12-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
Neste Jacobs implements use of Intergraph solutions globally
09-12-2014
Neste Jacobs, a preferred solutions provider in project management and control, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, pre-commissioning and ...
Air Liquide to increase production of oxygen, nitrogen and argon in East Texas
08-12-2014
The new state-of-the-art ASU will produce 2,400 tons per day of oxygen and 2,600 tons per day of nitrogen, enabling Air Liquide to triple its production capacity ...
INEOS and Sasol celebrate ground breaking ceremony for HDPE JV
05-12-2014
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) and Sasol broke ground today on their much anticipated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing joint venture ...
Honeywell UOP selected by Russia’s Mendeleev Group for new deep oil processing complex
05-12-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Russia’s Mendeleev Group will use UOP process technologies to produce high yields of transportation ...
KBR signs ammonia technology alliance with PT Rekayasa Industri
04-12-2014
KBR Inc announced today it has signed an agreement with PT Rekayasa Industri (REKIND) to provide ammonia technology in the Indonesian, Southeast Asian and Asian ...
Graham Corporation awarded $9M in orders
03-12-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
ICA Fluor to build $1.3B coker at Miguel Hidalgo refinery
03-12-2014
Fluor Corporation announced that its ICA Fluor industrial engineering-construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. signed a contract with Pemex ...
GTC wins award in China for first global application of toluene alkylation technology
02-12-2014
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) to provide its GT-TolAlk℠ licensed technology for a 280,000 TPY toluene ...
KBR awarded catalytic olefins technology contract
02-12-2014
KBR Inc. recently won a contract by Lotte Chemical Titan (M) SDN. BHD. to provide licensing and basic engineering design services to revamp an existing steam ...
Energy Recovery's PX technology to be installed at Jamnager refinery
02-12-2014
Energy Recovery, Inc. the leader in recycling fluid pressure in the oil and gas, chemical and water industries, announced today that Energy Recovery's PX Q300 ...
TOYO awarded polyethylene plant in USA
02-12-2014
Toyo Engineering Korea Limited, a subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded a contract from Sasol, to provide detailed engineering, procurement, ...
AFPM
files notice of intent to sue EPA on 2015 RFS
01-12-2014
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers today filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failure to issue the ...
MRPL inks MOU to set up a petroleum terminal
01-12-2014
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited
has entered into an MoU with STC Mauritius and IndianOil, to set up a Petroleum Terminal at Mauritius. This ...
Hyundai Engineering selects Intergraph Smart 3D to deliver South American oil refinery
01-12-2014
Leading Korean engineering company Hyundai Engineering (HEC) has reported
significant time and cost savings as a result of using Intergraph Smart™ ...
Inline viscometer for hazardous areas: L-Vis 520 Ex
01-12-2014
The L-Vis 520 Ex inline viscometer continuously displays the viscosity and temperature of petrochemicals, lubricants, detergents, coatings, starch adhesives, ...
Rosneft acquires 16.67% share in PCK Raffinerie GmbH
28-11-2014
Total and Rosneft signed a Term Sheet that envisages the main terms and conditions of the purchase of 16.67% share in a refinery located in Schwedt, Germany ...
How new spectrometer technologies substantially cut operating costs
26-11-2014
A new whitepaper detailing how new ICP-OES spectrometer technologies are substantially cutting operating costs in environmental, industrial, and academic laboratories ...
Sabin Metal marks 70th anniversary in 2015
25-11-2014
The Sabin Metal Group of Companies is composed of five independent organizations, and traces its origins to the late 19th century. The predecessor to the ...
Gevo Signs to license isobutanol technology to Highlands EnviroFuels
25-11-2014
Gevo Inc, the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced today that Highlands EnviroFuels, LLC has signed a letter of intent to become ...
Saudi Aramco outlines vision for GCC chemicals industry
24-11-2014
Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco called for greater integration, innovation and collaboration across the region's petrochemicals industry ...
Yokogawa completes FEED for PETRONAS' RAPID project in Malaysia
20-11-2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation today announced that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Kontrol Sdn. Bhd. has completed the Front End Engineering and Design for PETRONAS' ...
Blasch opens global sales office to service the refining and petrochemical industry
20-11-2014
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces the appointment of Mr. Shailesh Dayal as Regional Sales Manager, ...
Gazprom and Petrovietnam discuss future cooperation in oil and gas sector
20-11-2014
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nguyen Xuan Son, Chairman ...
TonenGeneral Sekiyu and AWCI conclude contract for CO2 business
20-11-2014
TonenGeneral Sekiyu and AWCI Conclude Contract for CO2 Business TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. has concluded an agreement with Air Water Carbonic Inc, for the manufacture ...
OAO VNIPIneft to use AVEVA engineering software
20-11-2014
AVEVA announced today a new contract with OAO VNIPIneft, for the supply of AVEVA Engineering software. The new deployment complements VNIPIneft’s existing ...
D7094 flashpoint method accepted for ASTM D7467 biodiesel blend specifications
20-11-2014
AMETEK Grabner Instruments’ ASTM D7094 flashpoint method made history in 2013, when ASTM members accepted the method for ASTM Diesel Fuel and Kerosene ...
Primoris Services Corporation receives petrochemical contract
18-11-2014
Primoris Services Corporation today announced an industrial and heavy civil award with an initial value of $290M. The Company believes that the completion of ...
Technip awarded contract for Westlake Chemical’s ethylene plant expansion
18-11-2014
Technip was awarded a contract by Westlake Chemical Corporation to provide detailed engineering and procurement services to expand the recovery section of Westlake’s ...
Leidos wins contract to design, build Magellan Midstream Partners condensate splitter
17-11-2014
Leidos, an engineering, national security and health solutions company, has won a prime contract from Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. to provide engineering, ...
BP to invest $200M in upgrades to US and Belgian petrochemical plants
17-11-2014
BP announced today that it plans to invest over $200 million to upgrade its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants at Cooper River, South Carolina and Geel, ...
Foundation stone laid at Indian Oil’s poly-propylene plant at Paradip
17-11-2014
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent charge) Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation of Rs.3150 Crore Poly-Propylene Plant ...
BASF completes sale of its share in Styrolution to INEOS
17-11-2014
BASF has completed the sale of its 50% share in Styrolution, the leading global styrenics supplier, to INEOS. The relevant merger control approvals have already ...
Wison Engineering commercialises proprietary butadiene technology and catalyst
13-11-2014
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, today announced ...
Wison Engineering’s proprietary olefin separation technology seleted for MTO project in China
12-11-2014
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service ...
Praxair signs long-term contract for hydrogen supply in Peru
12-11-2014
Praxair, Inc. announced it has signed a long-term contract to provide hydrogen to Repsol, one of the world’s largest producers of petrochemicals. The ...
Alon USA partners to acquire Krotz Springs refinery from Alon Energy
12-11-2014
In a joint statement today, Alon USA Energy, Inc and Alon USA Partners, LP announced that Alon Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire Alon Energy's ...
PETRONAS to acquire Phillips 66 interest in Malaysian refining company
11-11-2014
PETRONAS today announced it has reached an agreement with Phillips 66 Asia Ltd, a subsidiary of Phillips 66, to acquire its 47 percent interest in Malaysian ...
Jacobs continue to provide personnel to Chevron's Cape Town refinery
11-11-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract from Chevron South Africa to provide Engineering, Procurement and ...
Ergon BioFuels to restart Vicksburg ethanol facility
10-11-2014
Ergon BioFuels LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc., today announced plans to restart the ethanol facility in Vicksburg, Mississippi, beginning May 2015. With ...
Honeywell to boost refinery operations in Turkey
10-11-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today it will upgrade controls at two refineries run by Turkey's largest company as part of a five-year service, maintenance ...
ITL selects Intergraph CADWorx plant professional
10-11-2014
Leading New Zealand hydrocarbons engineering company ITL has selected Intergraph® CADWorx® Plant Professional plant design software to deliver all new ...
Rosneft and CNPC endorse feasibility study for construction of the Tianjin refinery
08-11-2014
The Board of Directors of the PetroChina-Rosneft Orient Petrochemical (Tianjin) Company Ltd (a joint venture of Rosneft and the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation ...
Technip forms an alliance with Biochemtex for bioethanol technology facilities
07-11-2014
Technip in Italy and Biochemtex, who is the majority shareholder of Beta Renewables who controls the world’s leading second generation bioethanol technology ...
World’s first practical use of innovative energy saving distillation system
07-11-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract to commercialize an energy-saving distillation system, called SUPERHIDIC®, that was patented in ...
Enersul awarded contract for the NGHI SON refinery in Vietnam
07-11-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the equipment supply contract from JGCS Consortium, GS Engineering ...
KBR awarded FEED services contract for Petrokemya butadiene unit expansion
06-11-2014
KBR Inc announced today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) for the debottlenecking ...
Intertek awarded laboratory outsourcing agreement with Statoil
05-11-2014
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has entered an agreement to provide analytical laboratory services to Statoil in Kalundborg, ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical announces PAO expansion study at Cedar Bayou plant
04-11-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today a study to expand its low viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity by 10,000 ...
CECO Environmental announces acquisition of Emtrol
04-11-2014
CECO Environmental Corp, a leading global environmental technology company focused on critical solutions in the air pollution control (APC), energy and fluid ...
Plains All American and Enterprise Products announce pipeline expansions
04-11-2014
Plains All American Pipeline and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that they are constructing a new condensate gathering system into their Three ...
Technip to provide ethylene technology for proposed ethane cracker in West Virginia
04-11-2014
Technip announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and process design package (PDP) for a world-class ...
Sasol award furnace engineering contract to Technip
03-11-2014
Technip was awarded by Sasol a contract to provide engineering and procurement for eight proprietary Ultra Selective Conversion (USC®) furnaces for a world-scale ...
ExxonMobil to invest in MIT Energy Initiative
03-11-2014
ExxonMobil has signed an agreement to become a founding member of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), a unique collaboration aimed at working together to advance ...
Kinder Morgan announces successful open season for Palmetto Project
03-11-2014
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced that it has successfully closed a binding open season for the Palmetto Project and received committed volumes ...
VectorWall™ furnace internals become new standard for DuPont MECS® sulfuric acid plants
31-10-2014
Blasch Precision Ceramics is pleased to announce the adoption of patented VectorWall™ ceramic furnace internals as a new standard for the MECS® Spent ...
Acquisition of GEA Heat Exchangers by Triton is finalised
31-10-2014
After receiving the required approvals, Triton has legally finalized its acquisition of GEA Heat Exchangers, as part of a so-called closing procedure. With ...
Phillips66 to build Bakken crude oil pipelines with Energy Transfer Partners
28-10-2014
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Phillips 66 announced that they have formed two joint ventures to develop the previously announced ...
Jacobs to provide construction management services at Sturgeon refinery
28-10-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract to provide construction management services for North West Redwater Partnership’s ...
BASF to increase production capacity for tertiary Butylamine plant in Nanjing
28-10-2014
BASF will expand the production capacity of its existing world-scale production plant for tertiary Butylamine (tBA) at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in ...
Tianchen selects AVEVA E3D to optimise design processes
28-10-2014
AVEVA today announced that Tianchen, one of China’s largest engineering contractors serving the chemical processing industry, has selected AVEVA Everything3D™ ...
Fluor and Technip contract for Sasol’s ethane cracker and derivatives complex
27-10-2014
Fluor Corporation, in a joint venture with Technip, was awarded a contract to continue to support Sasol with the detailed design, procurement and construction ...
Air Products to work with Technip on Inner Mongolia LNG project
27-10-2014
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it has signed an agreement to supply its proprietary liquefied ...
Pemex and Chevron sign cooperation agreement
27-10-2014
State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. to seek petroleum industry opportunities ...
REG begins production and sales of renewable diesel from Louisiana Biorefinery
27-10-2014
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that commercial-scale quantities of renewable hydrocarbon diesel (RHD) produced at the company's Geismar, Louisiana ...
Sasol approves an $8.1B ethane cracker and derivatives complex in Lake Charles
27-10-2014
Today, Sasol Limited announced the final approval of an US$8.1 billion ethane cracker and derivatives complex at its existing site in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “Sasol’s ...
Rockwool Group secures landmark contract for Abu Dhabi’s Takreer refinery
27-10-2014
A new order for Abu Dhabi’s TAKREER refinery project provides an excellent example on the huge business opportunities in the Middle East. The ROCKWOOL ...
Songwon and UTS enter cooperation agreement to supply additives to SIBUR
24-10-2014
Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd and its distributor United Trading System (UTS) have signed a long-term cooperation agreement to supply the Russian petrochemical ...
Renewable Energy Group completes upgrades at Mason City Biorefinery
23-10-2014
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. celebrated Thursday the completion of upgrades to its 30-million gallon biorefinery in Mason City, Iowa, which allows the plant ...
Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene capacity in Lake Charles
23-10-2014
Today Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that it will expand its ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements in Lake Charles, LA with an investment ...
Technip and Fluor awarded RAPID UIO project in Malaysia
23-10-2014
Technip, in a joint venture with Fluor, was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn. Bhd. ...
GTC Technology wins new BTX award in China
22-10-2014
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) to provide its GT-BTX® licensed technology for a 450,000 TPY aromatics ...
KBR awarded global master services agreement from Statoil
22-10-2014
KBR announced today it has been awarded a three-year master services agreement (MSA) with Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) to provide engineering and procurement ...
GTC Technology wins new BTX award in China
22-10-2014
GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) to provide its GT-BTX® licensed technology for a 450,000 TPY aromatics ...
CEPSA Chemical (Shanghai) will use UOP process technology to meet demand in China
22-10-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that CEPSA Chemical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., will use UOP process technology to meet demand in China for key petrochemicals ...
Foster Wheeler contract to upgrade ExxonMobil’s Antwerp refinery
22-10-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction ...
PROSERNAT acquires breakthrough sulfur recovery technology SmartSulf™
21-10-2014
PROSERNAT S.A. announced today the signature with Dr. Michael Heisel and Mr. Klaus Dieter Daun, the owners of ITS Reaktortechnik GmbH, of an agreement for the ...
Gazprom Neft and RUSNANO Group develop innovative technologies
20-10-2014
Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov and Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the RUSNANO Group Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs, have signed an agreement ...
Tesoro Corporation creates full-service logistics company
20-10-2014
Tesoro Corporation today announced that its affiliate, Tesoro Logistics LP has executed a definitive agreement to acquire QEP Resources, Inc.'s wholly owned ...
Ryazan Refining Company starts production of Euro-5 Regular-92 gasoline
20-10-2014
Ryazan refining company, a subsidiary of Rosneft, started production of Regular-92 gasoline in compliance with highest ecological standard (Euro-5) of Technical ...
PMFG Inc announces environmental systems awards totaling $6.5M
20-10-2014
PMFG, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded contracts for two separate projects related to critical air pollution control equipment totaling $6.5 million. ...
Methanex restarts chile plant
18-10-2014
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has successfully restarted its Chile I plant at its site in Punta Arenas, Chile. The Chile operation had been idled ...
KBR
Daewoo consortium wins FLNG FEED contract/competes for EPCIC
16-10-2014
KBR Inc, announced today that the KD Consortium, consisting of KBR and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company, Ltd, has been awarded a front end ...
Servomex wins major contract for world's largest gasification project
16-10-2014
Servomex, the world leader in gas analysis technology, has been awarded a major contract by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the second largest publicly traded ...
AVEVA and Capgemini strengthen their global alliance for asset-intensive industries
16-10-2014
AVEVA, a leader
in engineering, design and Information Management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, and Capgemini, one of the world’s ...
Arabian crude-filled VLCC arrives at Quanzhou new refinery
15-10-2014
The Sinochem Quanzhou Refinery in South China’s Fujian province recently received its first shipment of Saudi
Aramco crude oil. The crude shipment ...
Viscosity measurement of jet and diesel fuels according to ASTM D1655 and D975
14-10-2014
Anton Paar’s SVM 3000 viscometer allows for simultaneous determination of both dynamic viscosity and density as well as the calculation of kinematic viscosity. ...
MSCR (Multiple Stress Creep Recovery) testing of asphalt binder according to AASHTO T350
14-10-2014
The concept of creep and recovery tests to measure the temperature dependent properties of asphalt binder exists since the late 1990s and was originally used ...
New Schneider Electric and aeSolutions alliance focuses on process safety
14-10-2014
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has entered into an alliance with Applied Engineering Solutions, Inc. (aeSolutions), a recognized ...
Honeywell’s UOP gas plant selected by PennTex North Louisiana to recover valuable NGLs
14-10-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that PennTex North Louisiana, LLC, a subsidiary of PennTex Midstream Partners, LLC, has selected UOP to engineer, ...
Ergon to expand capabilities at its specialty oil refinery
14-10-2014
Ergon Refining, Inc today announced plans for a $150 million expansion at its Vicksburg, Mississippi, specialty naphthenic base oil refinery. The upgrades will ...
Foster Wheeler clean fuels contract for Pemex's Salina Cruz refinery
14-10-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by PEMEX REFINACIÓN ...
Emerson Process Management introduces Micro Motion model 5700 transmitter
13-10-2014
Emerson Process Management has introduced the Micro Motion Model 5700 Transmitter, a Coriolis flow transmitter designed to translate measurement data into meaningful ...
Neste Jacobs to implement production-related investments at Neste Oil refineries in Finland
13-10-2014
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has been chosen as the EPCM contractor to implement the new SDA (Solvent De-Asphalting) ...
Rosneft and CNPC strengthen strategic cooperation
13-10-2014
Rosneft and Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed an agreement for the extensions of strategic cooperation. The document was signed by Rosneft ...
Enersul awarded the equipment supply contract for the Aegean refinery project
10-10-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the equipment supply contract from UTE TSGI (TÉCNICAS ...
Emerson provides free licenses to enhance real-time control using WirelessHART®
09-10-2014
Emerson Process Management has licensed royalty free patent rights for its PIDPlus wireless PID controller technology to improve real-time control performance, ...
Bechtel selected to design new LNG project in Louisiana
08-10-2014
Bechtel has been selected by Louisiana LNG Energy, LLC to provide front-end engineering and design for a new midscale liquefaction facility and export terminal ...
BASF inaugurates chemical complex in Dahej, India
07-10-2014
BASF India Limited today inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej in Gujarat, India. With a project cost of INR 1,000 crore (approximately ...
SK Engineering & Construction implements Intergraph SmartPlant enterprise
07-10-2014
SK Engineering & Construction (SKEC), a leading engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services company and part of South Korea’s ...
Linde Engineering North America building ammonia plant for J.R. Simplot
07-10-2014
Linde Engineering North America (LENA) is building an ammonia plant for J.R. Simplot Company adjacent to Simplot's existing phosphate fertilizer complex in ...
Metso supplies major automation upgrade to Borealis in Finland
07-10-2014
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, is upgrading and extending its current automation ...
Neste Oil to integrate the operations of its Finnish refineries
07-10-2014
Neste Oil is planning to initiate a major development program to rationalize its operations. Investments totaling approx. EUR 500 million are to be made in ...
Neste Jacobs contract for new biopropane production process at Rotterdam refinery
06-10-2014
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has been chosen as the EPCM contractor to design and implement the new biopropane production ...
Emerson launches reliability management consulting service
06-10-2014
Taking on what may be industry’s greatest cause of excessive operational cost and unrealized profit, Emerson Process Management is changing the game for ...
JGC awarded contract for LNG receiving terminal in Soma
02-10-2014
JGC Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract from Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX) for the engineering, ...
Technology from Honeywell’s UOP to be used to produce renewable diesel for the U.S. military
01-10-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its advanced process technology will be used to produce renewable diesel for the U.S. military through ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics introduces ProLok™ twist & lock ferrule
30-09-2014
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces their newest two-piece ferrule – the patented ProLok™ ...
Neste Jacobs selected to implement Skangass' LNG terminal
30-09-2014
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs will perform EPCM services to construct Skangass' LNG terminal in Pori, Finland. Neste Jacobs ...
Alfa Laval wins energy-efficiency order in India
30-09-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
ABB to build $216M gas treatment plant in Tunisia
30-09-2014
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $216 million contract to deliver a gas treatment plant to the South Tunisian Gas ...
Enterprise completes initial segment of Aegis ethane pipeline
29-09-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that construction of the first segment of the Aegis pipeline between Mont Belvieu and Beaumont, Texas has ...
Tupras deploys AVEVA Integrated engineering and design solutions across national refineries
29-09-2014
Today AVEVA announced that Tupras, Turkey’s largest Owner Operator in the oil & gas industry, is investing extensively in AVEVA software technology ...
Velocys raises $85M for smaller scale GTL
29-09-2014
Velocys, the company at the forefront of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), announced today that it has raised approximately $85 million through an oversubscribed ...
Huntsman announces 400 Ktes MDI expansion plan for US manufacturing plant
29-09-2014
Huntsman Corporation today announced that it has commenced preliminary engineering to expand production of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) by investment ...
Kinder Morgan announces NOVA Chemicals as anchor shipper for UTOPIA project
29-09-2014
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has received a long-term transportation agreement from NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) to ...
Neste Oil to recover CO2 at its refinery in Singapore
26-09-2014
Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and National Oxygen Pte Ltd (NOX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, have signed an agreement ...
Topsoe researchers make breakthrough in refinery catalysis at the atomic level
26-09-2014
Haldor Topsoe A/S today announced the publication of a breakthrough study in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Angewandte Chemie. The research article, describes ...
Manoir Industries awarded a strategic project in Australia
25-09-2014
Manoir Industries has been awarded with its client Masoneilan, a huge contract for bodies and bonnets supply. This cast components are manufactured in Duplex, ...
ExxonMobil announces new projects to expand specialty hydrocarbon fluid production
24-09-2014
ExxonMobil Chemical is increasing production of its high performance hydrocarbon fluids by about 10 percent through expansion projects at its Singapore ...
Badger Licensing to provide proprietary BenzOUT™ technology to Wyoming refining
24-09-2014
Badger Licensing LLC (Badger) today announced that Wyoming Refining Company has selected Badger to provide its proprietary BenzOUT™ technology for a 4,000 ...
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions contract for propane dehydrogenation plant
24-09-2014
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions is making its Steam Active Reforming (STAR) process available to Formosa Plastics Corporation (FPC) for a propane dehydrogenation ...
LyondellBasell considers expanding its Channelview petrochemical plant
24-09-2014
LyondellBasell announced today that it is evaluating a further expansion project at its petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, that would potentially add ...
Fort Hills oil sands mining project for Fluor
23-09-2014
Fluor Corporation was awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction contract by Fort Hills Energy L.P. for the utilities scope of the Fort ...
Linde to supply additional hydrogen to Lima Refining Company
23-09-2014
Linde North America has executed a new integrated supply agreement with Lima Refining Company (LRC) for hydrogen and steam utilities to its refinery in Lima, ...
GE‘s compression technology selected for Total's Antwerp refinery
23-09-2014
GE Oil & Gas today announced that it will provide France-based energy company Total S.A. with a variety of compressors for a refinery off-gas (ROG) expansion ...
Jacobs enhances and expands support for Saudi Aramco and other Middle East clients
23-09-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc is expanding its presence with a new office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to strengthen its support for Saudi Aramco and other key ...
Foster Wheeler awarded coker training, commissioning and start-up services contract by Petron
23-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petron Corporation to provide ...
ProSim announces the launch of Simulis Pinch
22-09-2014
For the majority of industrial sites, energy is the major cost of operations after the raw materials, so improving the energy efficiency of processes represents ...
Schneider Electric introduces unified supply chain management software
22-09-2014
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, is first to introduce a unified supply chain management solution or the hydrocarbon processing ...
Sulzer acquires ASCOM and ProLabNL
22-09-2014
On September 15, Sulzer agreed to acquire Advanced Separation Company (ASCOM) B.V. and ProLabNL B.V., both located in Arnhem, The Netherlands. These acquisitions ...
Emerson to help North West Redwater reduce emissions at advanced, low-carbon refinery
22-09-2014
Canada’s North West Redwater Partnership has selected Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, to provide automation services and technology ...
Process Group selects Intergraph CADWorx 2014 plant professional
22-09-2014
Process Group, a company of Degremont, Suez Environment Group, has selected Intergraph® CADWorx® 2014 Plant Professional to help deliver BP’s ...
Siemens announces agreement to acquire Dresser-Rand
22-09-2014
Siemens executes on its Vision 2020 with a decisive move to strengthen its core. The company has entered into an agreement with Dresser-Rand, which is listed ...
Emerson completes burner management system migration for Sasol
19-09-2014
Emerson Process Management has successfully completed a DeltaV SIS burner management system migration project in Sasol’s integrated chemical plant in ...
Manoir Industries increases Manaurite® High Alloy Capacity in Yantai, China
19-09-2014
The Petrochem & Nuclear business unit of Manoir Industries announces a 50% increase in its production capacity of Manaurite® High Alloy Petrochemical ...
Eastman plasticizer expansion complete
18-09-2014
Eastman Chemical Company has completed a previously announced capacity expansion of its Eastman 168™ non-phthalate plasticizers at its manufacturing ...
Foster Wheeler to collaborate with ZeoGas on US Gulf Coast gas-to-gasoline plant
17-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with ZeoGas ...
Sulzer confirms discussions with Dresser-Rand regarding potential transaction
17-09-2014
Sulzer today made the following statement in response to speculation about potential transaction discussions with Dresser-Rand. “Sulzer has ...
Fujifilm starts with membrane production
17-09-2014
Today FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V. in Tilburg, The Netherlands, held the official start of the new production line for membranes. Shigehiro Nakajima, ...
Western Refining to acquire ConocoPhillips idled Wingate plant and associated assets
17-09-2014
Western Refining, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the 25,000 barrel per day (bpd) idled Wingate Fractionation ...
Foster Wheeler selected as a preferred engineering partner by Plaxica
16-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been selected as a preferred engineering partner ...
SIBUR proceeds with ZapSibNeftekhim project
16-09-2014
Based on completion of the FEED contracts and assessment of the design documentation, SIBUR proceeds with the ZapSibNeftekhim project. With the project moving ...
Technip contract for new refinery units in Bahrain
16-09-2014
Technip was awarded by The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) a significant contract on a reimbursable basis to develop the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) ...
Neste Jacobs to implement Borealis' multi-million steam cracker upgrade
16-09-2014
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
Alfa Laval Group wins SEK55M petrochemical order in South Korea
16-09-2014
Alfa Laval Group – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers ...
Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract by Sasol
16-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction ...
Air Products’ LNG technology and equipment selected for freeport terminal facility
16-09-2014
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, announced today an agreement to provide two sets of its proprietary ...
Siemens receives follow-up order for LNG plant in China
16-09-2014
Siemens Energy has received an order from Chengdu Cryogenic Liquidation Equipment Co., Ltd. to provide two compressor trains for an LNG (liquefied natural gas) ...
Pemex Refinación awards Técnicas Reunidas a new project at the Minatitlan Refinery
15-09-2014
Técnicas Reunidas, TR, has been selected by Pemex Refinación for the execution of the ultra low sulphur diesel project at the General Refinery ...
Samsung Engineering awarded PEMEX Salamanca refinery plant contract
12-09-2014
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, the first and largest engineering company in Korea has officially announced that it received a contract from PEMEX, a Mexican ...
BP and Tokyo Electric sign 17-year LNG deal
12-09-2014
BP and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) today signed a sales and purchase agreement for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the agreement, TEPCO will ...
UOP Oleflex™ technology selected to help meet China's fuel and petrochemical demands
12-09-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its Oleflex™ process technology has been selected to produce key ingredients to help meet the growing ...
Clariant introduces ShiftMax® 120 HCF catalyst
12-09-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today the launch of their new ShiftMax® 120 HCF catalyst. The enhanced high temperature shift ...
Linde awarded engineering contract for LNG plant in Canada
11-09-2014
Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract to provide engineering and procurement services for a 2.1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) natural ...
BASF starts up butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp
11-09-2014
BASF today announced the start-up of a new butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant has an annual production capacity of ...
SIBUR wins the downstream company of the year at the Petroleum Economist awards
11-09-2014
SIBUR was named Downstream Company of the Year in the annual Petroleum Economist Awards (United Kingdom). In evaluating entries, judges looked for ...
Conference to address innovative enhanced oil recovery techniques in UAE
11-09-2014
Rapid depletion and ageing of crude oil fields has been pressurizing oil producers to figure out new ways to acquire more oil from discovered oil & gas ...
KBR wins contract for licensing, design services for two ammonia plants in Algeria
10-09-2014
KBR Inc announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Fertial SpA to provide licensing and basic engineering design services to revamp Fertial’s ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK65M natural gas order in the U.S.
09-09-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a natural ...
Foster Wheeler awarded contract for heat recovery steam generators in Saudi Arabia
09-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Al-Toukhi Company for the design and supply of ...
Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering cryogenic storage tank facility contract
08-09-2014
Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering has secured a contract valued at approximately 580crore from a leading company engaged in hydrocarbon downstream ...
Yokogawa order to provide control system for new PEMEX ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel plant
08-09-2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. has received an order from Cobra Instalaciones Mexico S.A. de C.V., ...
Punj Lloyd wins tank farm contract for PETRONAS RAPID project
08-09-2014
Punj Lloyd Group, the global, diversified EPC giant today announced winning the mega Rs 3,515 crore (USD581 million) RAPID Tank Farm order from PRPC Refinery ...
CTCI, Chiyoda, CCJV P1 Engineering, Synerlitz and MIE Industrial awarded RAPID contract
05-09-2014
PRPC Refinery and Cracker Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary under the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) group, Malaysia’s national energy company has awarded ...
Harvest operations announces sale of Newfoundland Refinery
05-09-2014
Harvest Operations Corporation announced today it has reached an agreement to sell its 100 percent ownership in North Atlantic Refining Limited (NARL) to SilverRange ...
Graham Corporation awarded $7.5M in orders for oil refinery and petrochemical projects
04-09-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
Technip awarded contract by Air Products for a new industrial gas complex in Kochi, India
04-09-2014
Technip was awarded by Air Products a contract to provide project management, as well as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical signs agreement to sell its Ryton® PPS business to Solvay
04-09-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company today announces that it has signed an agreement to sell its Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) business to Solvay ...
CHS will boost diesel production with $406M Montana refinery investment
04-09-2014
CHS Inc, the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, announced today it will invest $406 million in its Laurel, ...
ExxonMobil announces Slagen refinery project to upgrade fuel oil
03-09-2014
ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Norge AS announced today plans to install a new processing unit at the Slagen refinery to enable production of high quality ...
Honeywell’s UOP modular equipment solution selected by Kuwait Energy Company
02-09-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Kuwait Energy Company and its partners to condition natural gas to meet pipeline ...
Topsoe to design large-scale fertilizer plant with project partners in Turkmenistan
02-09-2014
In collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Haldor Topsoe A/S has been selected for the design of a new ammonia plant for a major fertilizer project ...
KBR awarded EPC services contract for Koch Nitrogen urea expansion
02-09-2014
KBR Inc. announced today it has been awarded a reimbursable contract by Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) ...
Thailand's PTT plans $20B Vietnam refinery, petrochemical complex
01-09-2014
Thai energy firm PTT Pcl said it would make a proposal to the Vietnamese government to build a $20 billion refinery and petrochemical complex, revised down ...
Borealis acquired full ownership of Speciality Polymers Antwerp N.V.
01-09-2014
Borealis, a leading provider in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DuPont Holding ...
SINOPEC Engineering signed $1.32B contract with PETRONAS
29-08-2014
SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd announced that the Company formally entered into an EPCC (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning) package ...
MRPL commissions a petrochemical fluidized catalytic cracking Unit
28-08-2014
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), yesterday achieved the feed-cut in to Petrochemical Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (PFCCU), one of the ...
MOL Plc has awarded Axens a contract for the revamping of its mild hydrocracking unit
27-08-2014
The Hungarian company MOL Plc. has selected Axens to perform the revamping of its DMHCK unit (FCC feed hydrotreater and mild hydrocracking of the Danube Refinery ...
Honeywell's UOP launches highly efficient biological wastewater treatment system
26-08-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today its commercial launch of an integrated bioreactor system to efficiently remove organic and inorganic contaminants ...
Middle East contract win for MYCELX Technologies Corporation
26-08-2014
MYCELX Technologies Corporation, the clean water technology company providing patented solutions for commercial industrial markets worldwide, is pleased ...
LyondellBasell to build world scale PO/TBA plant on U.S. Gulf Coast
25-08-2014
LyondellBasell announced today plans to build a world scale PO/TBA plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast with an annual capacity of 900 million pounds of propylene oxide ...
Blasch Precision Ceramics introduces wear resistant FCC air distributor nozzles
25-08-2014
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces their newest ALTRON™ wear-resistant product. Specifically ...
A new generation of structured packings for gas treatment
22-08-2014
PROSERNAT is launching into commercialization of structured packings for gas treatment applications with a product under the trade name IFPACC™, patented ...
Toyo Engineering awarded large scale ethylene complex project in Malaysia
21-08-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a Steam Cracker Complex (SCC) project in Malaysia by PRPC Refinery and Cracker Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary ...
KBR awarded EPC contract for new high-density polyethylene facility
21-08-2014
KBR, Inc announced it has been awarded a contract from Gemini HDPE LLC, a manufacturing joint venture between INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) and Sasol, ...
Reliance expands feedstock supply options from north America for its crakers in India
20-08-2014
The Shale Gas industry, in North America has grown exponentially in the past 5 years. As a result Ethane has become the dominant feedstock for crackers replacing ...
Foster Wheeler awarded contract for heat recovery steam generator in Mexico
20-08-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Iberdrola, for the design and supply of a heat ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected to clean offshore natural gas
19-08-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by BW Offshore to remove contaminants from natural gas aboard a new Floating Production, ...
Mitsubishi corporation constructs fertilizer plant in Turkmenistan
19-08-2014
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and GAP Instaat Yatirim ve Dis Ticaret A.S. (GAP) have reached an agreement with the government of Turkmenistan for the construction ...
Emerson Process Management's new CSI 9360 vibration / position transmitter
19-08-2014
Emerson Process Management’s new CSI 9360 vibration/position transmitter offers users and manufacturers an economical solution for extending basic protection ...
Jacobs designs and builds iron sulfate plant for Huntsman Pigments
19-08-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. recently completed Huntsman Pigments’ new €38 million iron sulfate plant at its titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment manufacturing ...
INEOS moves into UK shale gas exploration
18-08-2014
INEOS, the world’s fourth largest chemicals company, has today announced it is making its first move into the shale exploration arena, with the purchase ...
PETRONAS awards Tecnicas Reunidas a contract for its RAPID project
18-08-2014
PRPC Refinery and Cracker Sdn. Bhd. a subsidiary under the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) group, Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, has awarded ...
Graham Corporation awarded $5M in orders from US refiner
14-08-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
Foster Wheeler licensee receives contracts for heat recovery steam generators in asia
14-08-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that BHI Co., Ltd., a licensee of its Global Power Group, has been awarded two contracts for Heat Recovery Steam Generators ...
Braskem chooses AVEVA software for 12 of its plants
14-08-2014
Braskem, Latin America’s largest petrochemical company, has signed a contract with AVEVA to convert the engineering and design data of 12 of its plants ...
Petrofac awarded refinery engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract
13-08-2014
Petrofac, the international service provider to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK95M natural gas order
12-08-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a U.S. ...
Jacobs receives contract from ExxonMobil Chemical Company for ethane cracker project
12-08-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract from ExxonMobil Chemical Company to provide engineering, procurement and construction ...
ORPIC selects LyondellBasell Spheripol PP technology
07-08-2014
LyondellBasell today announced that Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (ORPIC) has selected the LyondellBasell Spheripol polypropylene ...
Borealis signs long-term ethane supply contract with Antero Resources
07-08-2014
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has signed a 10-year agreement with Antero ...
Emerson enhances flue gas oxygen analyzer to optimize combustion efficiency
06-08-2014
Emerson Process Management has enhanced the Rosemount Analytical 6888 In Situ Flue Gas O2 Analyzer with new diagnostics that help maintain optimum oxygen levels ...
Essar Projects receives its first contract from Saudi Aramco
05-08-2014
The Hydrocarbon SBU of Essar Projects, a global EPC contractor, has secured its maiden contract from Saudi Aramco, the national petroleum and natural gas company ...
Metso selected by Petronas for gas processing plant modernization project
04-08-2014
Metso has been selected to supply cutting-edge flow control technology to the PETRONAS Gas Berhad's gas processing plant modernization project in Kerteh, Terengganu, ...
Biofuels Power Corp announces plans to build GTL Plant in Houston
01-08-2014
Biofuels Power Corporation announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Liberty GTL, ...
Arkema agreement to supply Enterprise Products Partners with propylene
01-08-2014
As part of its procurement policy for strategic raw materials, Arkema has reached an agreement for the supply of propylene with Enterprise Products Partners ...
Murphy Oil announces Milford Haven Refinery sales agreement
31-07-2014
Murphy Oil Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Murco Petroleum Limited, has signed an agreement to sell its Milford Haven refinery and terminal ...
AMETEK names Werner Mueller managing director for Grabner Instruments and Petrolab
30-07-2014
AMETEK has named Werner Mueller as Managing Director for the Petroleum business unit of AMETEK Oil & Gas. In his new position, Mr. Mueller is responsible ...
AVEVA information standards manager bridges the gap between owner operators and EPCs
30-07-2014
Today AVEVA announced the launch of AVEVA Information Standards Manager™ (AVEVA ISM™), a software product that enables both EPC contractors and ...
Commercial GTL plant go-ahead
29-07-2014
Velocys plc, the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that the final investment decision (FID) has been made ...
Gevo producing both isobutanol and
ethanol
28-07-2014
Gevo, Inc. today reported an update on the progress of the implementation of the Side-by-Side operational mode (SBS) of its plant in Luverne, MN. In the beginning ...
PMFG awarded SCR systems order for olefins plant
28-07-2014
PMFG, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a contract for
multiple SCR systems to be installed on new fired heaters that are part of an olefins plant ...
Varo Energy acquires storage and general trade businesses in Switzerland from Total
24-07-2014
The Varo Energy Group of Companies (Varo Energy) has acquired storage assets and Total’s heating oil and
diesel business units from Total Suisse S.A. ...
GE Measurement & Control announces strategic investment in Meridium
24-07-2014
GE’s Measurement & Control business today announced a minority equity investment in Meridium. The companies intend to enter into a joint development ...
Nexans cables to play key role at Qatar’s new condensate refinery
23-07-2014
Chiyoda and CTCI have been jointly awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning portion of Laffan Refinery ...
Tesoro corporation announces new petrochemical feedstock project
21-07-2014
Tesoro Corporation today announced plans to produce petrochemical feedstock in its U.S. West Coast refining system. The Company intends to gather intermediate ...
ZeoGas awarded Methanol-to-Gasoline technology license by ExxonMobil
21-07-2014
ZeoGas LLC, a developer of natural gas-to-gasoline projects, has entered into a license agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s ...
Air Liquide to supply oxygen for new world-scale methanol plant
21-07-2014
Air Liquide announced today that it has been selected by Natgasoline LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCI N.V., as the supplier of oxygen for its ...
Commercial production begins at Chevron’s new base oil plant
21-07-2014
Chevron Corporation subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc. announced that it has begun commercial production of premium base oils from a newly constructed manufacturing ...
Prosernat receives a €57M contract from PDVSA
17-07-2014
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature by its subsidiary Prosernat of a €57M contract with the national Venezuelan company PDVSA. This contract ...
Prosernat receives a €57M contract from PDVSA
17-07-2014
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature by its subsidiary Prosernat of a €57M contract with the national Venezuelan company PDVSA. This contract ...
INEOS to build a new terminal to store and process ethane from shale gas at Grangemouth
17-07-2014
INEOS Olefins & Polymers UK has today confirmed that it has received notification from Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon. Danny Alexander MP that ...
Praxair signs long-term supply agreement and builds presence in petrochemical park in China
17-07-2014
Praxair, Inc. through a subsidiary, has signed a long-term contract to supply industrial gases to Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint ...
CB&I awarded additional technology contracts in Oman
16-07-2014
CB&I today announced it has been awarded additional contracts by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for the Liwa Plastics Project ...
Jacobs receives project services contract from BP
15-07-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract with BP to provide engineering, design and procurement services for the Coker Heater ...
Fluor wins LNG terminal contract in Rotterdam
15-07-2014
Fluor Corporation was awarded a contract by Gate Terminal BV, a subsidiary of Dutch Vopak and Gasunie, to design and build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) break ...
QAPCO celebrates successful completion of planned general shutdown
15-07-2014
Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) Q.S.C., one of the leading petrochemical powerhouses in the region and a pioneer in petrochemical production, recently celebrated ...
AVEVA and ETAP sign agreement to deliver industry first for electrical engineers
15-07-2014
AVEVA and ETAP have signed a partnership agreement under which both companies will jointly develop a software interface between AVEVA Electrical™ and ...
L&T Hydrocarbon wins $846M order for Kuwait Oil & Gas facility
14-07-2014
L&T Hydrocarbon - the wholly-owned subsidiary of L&T dedicated to oil and gas - has achieved a major breakthrough in the Middle East by securing a contract ...
Foster Wheeler achieves two British Safety Council five-star ratings
14-07-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that Foster Wheeler Energy Limited (FWEL), the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has achieved ...
Elevance and Genting enter new Biorefinery collaboration
14-07-2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc, a high-growth specialty chemicals company that creates novel specialty chemicals from natural oils, today announced a new ...
Sinochem commissions Quanzhou refining project
10-07-2014
With all its 19 units successfully passed the trial run, Sinochem Quanzhou 12 million MT/a refining project (hereinafter referred to as Sinochem Quanzhou refining ...
Sandvik appoints new global product manager
10-07-2014
Sandvik Process Systems has appointed Tom Smith as Global Product Manager of its sulphur division. Tom joined Sandvik as a sales engineer in 1989 and has been ...
GE develops new chemical crude stabilizer solutions for refineries
09-07-2014
GE today announced two new products to help refineries process incompatible crude oil blends. Unlike many traditional asphaltene dispersants, GE’s new ...
UOP's green fuels technology selected by Petrixo to produce renewable jet fuel and diesel
09-07-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its green fuels process technology has been selected by Petrixo Oil & Gas to produce renewable jet ...
KBR selects AVEVA Everything3D for global projects
08-07-2014
AVEVA today announced that KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has substantially extended its utilization of AVEVA technology, which ...
Maverick Synfuels and Petrostar Petroleum Corporation form JV
07-07-2014
Maverick Synfuels, a leader in alternative chemicals and fuels production technology, and Petrostar Petroleum Corporation, a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration ...
ONGC's petrochemical complex to be ready in Q1 2015
03-07-2014
ONGC Petro Additions Ltd, $4B integrated petrochemical complex in Dahej,is scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2015, a top company executive ...
GE Oil & Gas expands presence in UAE
03-07-2014
GE Oil & Gas today celebrated the ground-breaking of a new facility that will further expand its presence in the UAE in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). Scheduled ...
Construction of Seaway crude oil pipeline loop completed
03-07-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enbridge Inc announced today that the 512-mile loop of the Seaway Pipeline system from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Jones ...
Sasol, ENH and Eni announce pre-feasibility study for large-scale GTL facility in Mozambique
03-07-2014
Sasol Limited (Sasol) announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin ...
Unipetrol accepts the offer to purchase shares of ENI in Česká Rafinérská
03-07-2014
Unipetrol, a.s. based on its pre-emptive right has accepted the bona fide offer from Eni International B.V., based on which it will acquire 32,445 % of Eni’s ...
Mr. Sanjiv Singh takes over as the Director [Refineries] of IndianOil
02-07-2014
Shri Sanjiv Singh has taken over as the Director [Refineries] of the leading Fortune 500 company, IndianOil. He takes over from Mr Raj Kumar Ghosh ...
Honeywell upgrades Qatar Petrochemicals expansion
02-07-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that it will supply a new integrated control and safety system for Qatar Fuel Additives Company’s (QAFAC) ...
OMV closes
the sale of Bayernoil
01-07-2014
OMV has closed the sale of its 45% stake in the German Bayernoil refinery network as planned on June 30, 2014. Gerhard Roiss, CEO of OMV: "With the closing ...
ExxonMobil to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery
01-07-2014
ExxonMobil affiliate
Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., announced today it plans to install a new delayed coker ...
Clariant and Ashland complete sale of ASK Chemicals JV to Rhône
01-07-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and Ashland Inc. today announced the closing of the
previously announced sale of their joint venture ASK Chemicals, ...
Grace names Beninati president of Grace Catalysts Technologies
30-06-2014
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today the appointment of Albert F. Beninati Jr., as President of its market-leading $1.1 billion Grace Catalysts Technologies ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical to expand alpha olefins capacity at Cedar Bayou plant
30-06-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce it received Board of Directors approval and obtained the necessary environmental permit from the ...
Bechtel-Linde consortium to build large-scale ethylene plant at Baytown complex
27-06-2014
Bechtel and Linde have been awarded a contract to design and build an ethylene plant in Texas for ExxonMobil. The plant will be built just east of Houston at ...
Technip wins program management consultancy contract for the RAPID project
27-06-2014
Technip, leader of a joint venture with Fluor, was awarded a substantial Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contract by PETRONAS for the Refinery and Petrochemical ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 50M natural gas order in Russia
26-06-2014
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply heat exchangers to a natural gas stabilization ...
Dow to begin construction on new world-scale ethylene facility
25-06-2014
On June 30, The Dow Chemical Company will begin construction of its previously announced world-scale ethylene production facility, representing a prominent ...
Clariant to establish catalyst research & development center in China
25-06-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that its Business Unit Catalysts will establish a state-of-the-art research center in Shanghai, ...
Foster Wheeler awarded contract for Terrace Wall™ steam reformer heater in Russia
24-06-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Glencore Oil Projects AG ...
Foster Wheeler EPCm services agreement for replacement heat exchangers with BOC
23-06-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed an engineering, procurement and construction ...
Honeywell’s UOP helping meet petrochemicals demand in China
23-06-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its licensee, China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. Ltd., has produced more than 360 million pounds ...
Honeywell to train next generation of refinery technicians in Vietnam
19-06-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that it would train technical personnel at Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company’s ...
ExxonMobil Chemical Company begins expansion project in Baytown
19-06-2014
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that it has started construction of a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker at its Baytown, Texas, complex and associated ...
Honeywell’s UOP celebrates 100 years of leadership in the oil & gas industry
18-06-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today marked 100 years of innovation and leadership in the oil and gas industry, celebrating the day of its centennial by helping ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical breaks ground on two world-scale polyethylene units
17-06-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP held its second groundbreaking ceremony for its U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project at the construction site in Old ...
Foster Wheeler receives contract for retrofit-SCR system in Finland
17-06-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) for the ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK120M energy-efficiency order from AkzoNobel
17-06-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers for ...
Rosneft and Yokogawa Electric Corporation sign strategic cooperation agreement
16-06-2014
Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board, Rosneft and Shuzo Kaihori, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Yokogawa Electric Corporation ...
Metso's automation and flow control technology for Neste Oil's sulfur plant at Porvoo
16-06-2014
Neste Oil will replace its existing systems with Metso's modern automation and flow control technology at the Porvoo refinery sulfur plant in Finland. Today's ...
GTC will host technology conference on October
15-06-2014
GTC Technology is hosting its own ‘GTC Technology Conference’ for our clients, partners and special guests on October 22–24 in San Diego, ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical announces the start-up of world's largest 1-Hexene plant
12-06-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today the successful commissioning and start-up of the world’s largest on-purpose 1-hexene plant. With ...
Honeywell UOP to be the exclusive licensor of TPC Group's OXO-D™ technology
12-06-2014
TPC Group Inc. and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced today that the two companies have entered into an agreement for UOP to be the exclusive licensor of ...
Schneider Electric introduces Foxboro compact 200 series I/O
10-06-2014
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has released a new I/O family for its Foxboro Evo™ process automation system. The ...
Kentz awarded $125M contract at Qatargas LNG plant
10-06-2014
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz Engineering and Construction Group, is pleased to announce the award by Qatargas Operating Company ...
Pacific Future Energy announces $10B bitumen refinery project
10-06-2014
Pacific Future Energy Corporation (Pacific Future Energy) announced today its plan to build and operate the world’s greenest refinery on British Columbia’s ...
Hyundai Engineering and Turkmengas select INEOS Technologies' Innovene™ S process
10-06-2014
INEOS Technologies announces that it has licensed its Innovene™ S process to Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. for the Turkmengas new greenfield world-scale ...
Graham corporation wins $8M of orders for global oil refining projects
10-06-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
Honeywell to automate oil sands project in Canada
10-06-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that it was selected by Suncor Energy to provide automation systems for a new multi-billion dollar Fort Hills Oil ...
Foster Wheeler receives seventh successive order of distinction award for health and safety
10-06-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded, for the seventh successive year, ...
Calumet Specialty Products announces investment in GTL JV
09-06-2014
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, today announced its investment as a joint ...
TrailStone acquires U.S. Oil and Refining Company
09-06-2014
TrailStone, a global commodities logistics and trading company backed by Riverstone Holdings LLC, today announced that it has acquired U.S. Oil and Refining ...
INEOS and Sasol reach final investment decision on high density polyethylene JV
09-06-2014
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA and Sasol Chemicals North America LLC have today announced that they have reached final investment decision to form a ...
Praxair starts up air separation unit in Tennessee
09-06-2014
Praxair, Inc. today announced the start-up of its new 600 tons per day air separation unit in Memphis, Tennessee, expanding the company’s ability to supply ...
Phillips 66 acquires major crude oil and refined products terminal
05-06-2014
Phillips 66, an energy manufacturing and logistics company, has agreed to purchase a 7.1 million-barrel storage capacity terminal located near Beaumont, Texas. ...
PEMEX Petroquimica increases plant performance after revamp by Burckhardt Compression
05-06-2014
PEMEX Petroquimica (PPQ) selected Burckhardt Compression for a major revamp and modernization of its Secondary Compressor lines. These three Hyper Compressors, ...
GE completes acquisition of Cameron’s reciprocating compression division
03-06-2014
GE today announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Cameron’s Reciprocating Compression division for $550M. The division provides ...
Honeywell brings the future of plant control rooms to life with Experion orion console
03-06-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced availability of the Experion® Orion Console, an advanced display technology that brings the plant control room ...
Linde and BASF intend to jointly develop on-purpose butadiene technology
03-06-2014
The Linde Group and BASF SE intend to cooperate in developing and licensing processes for the on-purpose production of linear butenes and butadiene. BASF has ...
Siluria Technologies and Linde announce ethylene technology partnership
02-06-2014
Siluria Technologies, a pioneer in the commercial production of fuels and chemicals made from clean and abundant natural gas, and The Linde Group, a world-leading ...
Honeywell Process Solutions launches LEAP™ project services
02-06-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced the launch of LEAP™ project services to help manufacturers in the processing industries get their plants up ...
Graham Corporation $10M of orders for North American oil refining and petrochemical projects
02-06-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
Topsoe lays foundation for first ever integrated methanol and ammonia plant in Russia
02-06-2014
On May 20, a foundation stone laying ceremony was held at the construction site of a new methanol ammonia co-production plant for the petrochemical company ...
MMG signs MOU with Essar to develop construction services solution for Jazan refinery
01-06-2014
Mohammed Al-Mojil Group (MMG), one of the largest Saudi construction service providers announces the signing of an MOU with Essar Projects (EPL); a global EPC ...
Petroperu awards Tecnicas Reunidas the Talara refinery modernisation project
30-05-2014
Tecnicas Reunidas and Petroperu have signed the final agreement for the conversion to LSTK contract for the Talara refinery modernization project in Talara, ...
KBR wins FEED contract for Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company
30-05-2014
KBR Inc announced today that the company has been awarded a contract by Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC), an affiliate of Gulf LNG Energy, LLC (GLE), ...
Foster Wheeler contract for Terrace Wall steam reformer heater in Kazakhstan
28-05-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Marubeni Corporation for ...
Clariant and Siemens to introduce new sour gas shift technology for coal gasification
28-05-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Siemens Fuel Gasification Technology to cooperate in the ...
AspenTech introduces aspenONE version 8.6 software
28-05-2014
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of optimization software for the process industries, announces Version 8.6 of aspenONE software. The latest AspenTech ...
Dow takes next step with new investment in Saudi Arabia
27-05-2014
The Dow Chemical Company has awarded Fluor Corporation the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Reverse Osmosis (RO) manufacturing ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK55M natural gas order in the US
27-05-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a U.S. ...
Honeywell names Vimal Kapur president of Honeywell Process Solutions
27-05-2014
Honeywell announced today that Vimal Kapur has been named president of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), a Honeywell business that supplies automation control, ...
Technip awarded new LNG plant contract in China
26-05-2014
Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement and technical assistance contract by Fengzhen Wanjie Gas Co. Ltd. for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant ...
The revamping of high density polyethylene tubes for furnaces awarded to Manoir Industries
25-05-2014
Manoir Pîtres, a Manoir Industries subsidiary, is proud to announce the award of a significant contract with one of the world’s largest plastics, ...
SIBUR, Gazprom Neft and Titan Group establish a JV Based on Poliom plant
23-05-2014
Gazprom Neft, SIBUR and Titan Group signed an agreement to establish a joint venture based on Omsk Polypropylene Plant (Poliom). As part of the deal, Sibgazpolimer, ...
UOP’s Oleflex™ technology selected to meet growing demand for propylene in Southeast Asia
22-05-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Guangdong Peng Zun Energy Development Co., Ltd., a Chinese petrochemical producer, has selected Honeywell’s ...
KBR wins project management consultancy contract for Russia’s largest refinery
22-05-2014
KBR Inc announced today it has been awarded a contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the construction of the advanced oil processing ...
Foster Wheeler JV contract for Kitimat LNG project
20-05-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, in joint venture with affiliates of Chiyoda Corporation, ...
PT Pertamina selects Axens to conduct a study for its Plaju refinery modernization
20-05-2014
The Indonesian National Oil Company PT Pertamina has selected Axens to conduct a Bankable Feasibility Study for the modernization and capacity expansion of ...
PennTex Midstream selects UOP Russell
20-05-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that PennTex Midstream Partners LLC has selected UOP Russell to supply a gas processing plant to recover valuable ...
Sinopec and SIBUR enter into a strategic cooperation agreement
20-05-2014
Witnessed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) and SIBUR today entered ...
Enterprise Products begins exporting refined products from Beaumont marine terminal
20-05-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced today that it has loaded the first cargo of refined products for export from its reactivated marine terminal in ...
Jacobs receives additional contract from Borealis
20-05-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a five year frame agreement for work at three Borealis facilities in Belgium. Company officials ...
AFPM responds to EPA proposal to update the toxic air pollution standards for U.S. refineries
15-05-2014
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responds to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal ...
API says risks from refinery emissions are low without new regulations
15-05-2014
regulations, according to API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman: “With this proposal, EPA adds to the list of new regulations ...
UOP/Eni Ecofining process technology powering Diamond Green Diesel facility
15-05-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its UOP/Eni Ecofining™ process technology is powering the largest commercial advanced biofuel facility ...
Technip confirms award for the engineering, procurement and construction of Yamal LNG
15-05-2014
Technip confirms that with its partners it has finalized the award by JSC Yamal LNG of a very major contract for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility with ...
Metso opens a new service center in Leuna
15-05-2014
Metso has opened a new service center in eastern Germany, in the Leuna industrial area. The new service center supports the company's strategy to grow its valve ...
Emerson’s smart wireless technology helps BP improve leak detection
14-05-2014
BP is using Smart Wireless technology from Emerson Process Management as part of a leak detection system that helps enhance safety at its chemical production ...
Metso wins a significant repeat order for its innovative noise attenuating valve technology
13-05-2014
Metso has won a significant repeat order for Neles® ball valves with Neles® Q-Trim noise attenuating technology from a North American pipeline owner ...
TOYO awarded large gas chemical complex in Turkmenistan
12-05-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract to build a large gas chemical complex for State Concern “Turkmengas”, in collaboration ...
MRPL phase III, CHT unit is onstream
12-05-2014
The 0.65 MMTPA Coker Heavy Gas Oil Hydro Treating Unit (CHTU), a secondary processing facility of the Phase III Upgradation and Refinery Expansion Project of ...
Pembina
Pipeline announces $460M of new capital projects
12-05-2014
Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced today that it has reached binding commercial agreements to proceed with constructing a new 55,000 barrel per day propane-plus ...
Chemtrade to sell Montreal East business for $120M to Suncor Energy
12-05-2014
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Montreal East business to Suncor Energy Products Inc. for ...
Clariant CATOFIN catalyst chosen for new isobutylene project in China
12-05-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces that
its CATOFIN® catalyst will be used in a new grassroots iso-butane dehydrogenation unit commissioned ...
BASF and Yara plan to build ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas
08-05-2014
BASF and Yara have made good progress with their plan to jointly build a world-scale ammonia plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The proposed plant
would be located ...
UOP to provide technologies for petrochemical production in China
08-05-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technologies have been selected to produce key ingredients for fuels and synthetic rubber in China. China’s ...
MOL to buy Eni's refining & marketing activities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania
07-05-2014
Today, Eni signed in Budapest an agreement with MOL Group, a Hungarian oil & gas company, for the sale of its 32.445% stake in Česká Rafinérská ...
INEOS agreement with Evergas for six state-of-the-art ethane vessels
07-05-2014
INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has today confirmed that it has reached an agreement with Evergas to expand its contract for a series of state-of-the-art ...
TOYO awarded new ammonia plant project in Brazil
07-05-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation, in cooperation with SOG - Oleo e Gas S.A., a leading engineering company in Brazil, has been awarded a contract from Petroleo ...
Emerson Process Management releases Danalyzer 370XA gas chromatograph
07-05-2014
Emerson Process Management has released the Danalyzer 370XA Gas Chromatograph. Providing reliable measurement accuracy, minimal maintenance and greater ease ...
Regency Energy Partners to construct new processing facility and NGL pipeline
07-05-2014
Regency Energy Partners LP, announced today it will construct a new processing plant and NGL pipeline at Regency’s Dubberly facility in North Louisiana. ...
Bharat Petroleum to install a new crude and vacuum distillation unit at its Mumbai refinery
06-05-2014
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, India's second-biggest state refiner, plans to invest Rs 1,419 crore in replacing an old crude processing unit at its 12 million ...
Jacobs receives polyethylene expansion contract from Borealis
06-05-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract from Borealis to provide engineering, procurement, project management and construction ...
Emerson Process Management releases DanPac™ v3.0
06-05-2014
Emerson Process Management has released a new version of its Daniel process acquisition controller. New features in DanPac™ Version v3.0 build on the ...
Foster Wheeler completes acquisition of Siemens Environmental Systems and Services
06-05-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has finalized the acquisition of the Siemens Environmental Systems and Services ...
Magellan Midstream to deliver refined petroleum products to Little Rock
05-05-2014
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. announced today that it is proceeding with its pipeline project to deliver refined petroleum products to Little Rock, Arkansas, ...
Técnicas Reunidas to develop a large world-scale power plant in Saudi Arabia
04-05-2014
Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company from Saudi Arabia, has selected Técnicas Reunidas (TR) for the execution of the Utilities & Common Area ...
BASF evaluates natural gas-based investment in the US gulf coast
02-05-2014
BASF is evaluating an investment in a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The on-purpose production of propylene to supply the ...
Honeywell Automation selected for third Phase of natural gas pipeline project
02-05-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that its automation and safety technology has been selected for the third phase of a pipeline project supplying ...
LyondellBasell north american ethylene expansion program on schedule
02-05-2014
LyondellBasell has received a key permit required in the company's multi-plant ethylene expansion program which, when fully operational, is expected to increase ...
Foster Wheeler awarded contracts for steam condensers and feed-water heaters in Saudi Arabia
01-05-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded two contracts for the design and supply of five steam condensers ...
Companies behind LNG Canada formalize JV
01-05-2014
Shell Canada Energy (Shell), PetroChina Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and Mitsubishi Corporation have today announced, in the presence of Honourable ...
Emerson’s wireless condition monitoring reduces downtime and costs for SABIC Teesside
30-04-2014
Emerson Process Management’s wireless condition monitoring and prediction system is being used at the SABIC Olefins plant in Teesside, UK, to detect potential ...
Air Products selected for second FLNG project by PETRONAS
29-04-2014
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas technology and equipment, announced today the signing of an agreement with JGC Corporation to provide ...
Foster Wheeler contracts by Pemex for coker slide valves at Cadereyta and Madero refineries
29-04-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, together with a joint venture partner for the project, ...
Honeywell’s latest Experion Pks Orion release improves design and operational efficiency
29-04-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions today launched its latest version of Experion® PKS Orion, featuring advanced capabilities that allow industrial plants to implement ...
Fluor wins EPCM contract from BASF Petronas
28-04-2014
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by BASF PETRONAS Chemicals for ...
Takreer selects Neles® globe valve technology
28-04-2014
Metso will supply industry-leading Neles® globe valve technology to Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company's (TAKREER) chemical refining complex in the United Arab ...
Linde to build a new hydrogen production unit for Neste Oil
28-04-2014
The technology company The Linde Group and Finnish refining company Neste Oil have agreed on a long-term on-site hydrogen supply contract. According to the ...
Lion Completes EPDM Expansion Study
24-04-2014
Lion Copolymer, Geismar, LLC has recently completed a detailed engineering study for an additional 60,000-80,000 metric tons per year EPDM manufacturing line, ...
GTC Technology licenses Isomalk-2℠ technologies to Shandong Sincier Chemical Group
22-04-2014
GTC Technology will provide its licensed Isomalk℠ technologies to Shandong Sincier Chemical Group (SSCG) for a new refinery and petrochemicals complex in ...
Metso groundbreaking ceremony for Neles globe valve technology center in South Korea
22-04-2014
Metso announced on January 22, 2014 the decision to invest in a new greenfield Neles® globe valve technology center in South Korea. The groundbreaking ceremony ...
IECEx certifications gain Michell world-wide approval for Exd analyzers
22-04-2014
Michell Instruments has recently gained IECEx certification for its Exd range of moisture, hydrocarbon dew-point, oxygen and binary gas analyzers. Adding this ...
Honeywell enhances its refining & petrochemical planning solution
22-04-2014
Honeywell has announced a major enhancement to its Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS) that will improve model building and maintenance, ...
Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery to build biological waste treatment plant
21-04-2014
Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery has selected a final wastewater treatment process to be employed in the construction of the second ...
EPA builds a strong clean - energy economy in Texas
21-04-2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit ...
ONEOK Partners announces completion of $1B in capital growth projects
21-04-2014
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced the completion of three natural gas gathering and processing and natural gas liquids capital-growth projects of approximately ...
SIBUR increases PET production capacity in Blagoveshchensk
16-04-2014
POLIEF, SIBUR's subsidiary, has completed its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production expansion project, increasing its capacity from 140 ktpa to 210 ktpa. ...
BASF to build new world-scale plant for specialty amines in Ludwigshafen
16-04-2014
BASF is building a new world-scale plant for the production of specialty amines in Ludwigshafen. Start-up of the facility with a total annual capacity of about ...
Lubrizol corporation forms energy and water business unit
16-04-2014
The Lubrizol Corporation announces the expansion of its new global Energy and Water (E&W) business unit. The announcement was made by John Uhran, vice president ...
GASSONIC OBSERVER-i Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector
16-04-2014
MSA is proud to announce the introduction of the new GASSONIC OBSERVER-i Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector designed with Artificial Neural Network (ANN) intelligence ...
Emerson introduces the Rosemount 3051S multiVariable wireless pressure transmitter
15-04-2014
Emerson Process Management introduces the Rosemount 3051S MultiVariable Wireless Pressure Transmitter, designed to directly measure two process variables in ...
Samsung Engineering signs Kuwait clean fuels project
14-04-2014
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, the first and largest engineering company in Korea, entered Kuwait with the KNPC Clean Fuels Project (CFP) worth 3.8 billion USD ...
Air Products and Enterprise Products hydrogen off-gas processing agreement
14-04-2014
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced a long-term agreement with Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary ...
URS awarded five-year contract extension by Wood River Refining
14-04-2014
URS Corporation has been awarded a five-year contract extension by WRB Refining LP, a partnership between Phillips 66 and Cenovus Energy, to provide mechanical ...
TOYO awarded another LNG regasification plant project in India
14-04-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a project for a new regasification plant with a send out capacity of 5 million tons to be constructed by GSPC ...
Technip wins a contract for Cargill’s new ethanol plant
14-04-2014
Technip was awarded a contract comprising detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the core process units of Cargill’s new ethanol ...
Foster Wheeler awarded contract for incinerator in Vietnam
14-04-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract for the design and supply of ...
Emerson releases new bulk storage tank relief valve for propane tank applications
11-04-2014
Emerson Process Management has released the new Fisher Type 63EGLP Bulk Storage Tank Relief Valve, typically used on 30,000 gallon and larger propane tank applications. ...
Sage Midstream launches west coast propane and butane export terminal project
10-04-2014
Sage Midstream today announced it has launched a project to build a world-class, West Coast propane and butane export terminal at the Port of Longview in Washington ...
Technip awarded FEED contract in Basra
10-04-2014
Technip, in partnership with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC), was awarded by Basra Gas Company (BGC*), a front-end engineering ...
Metso to supply valve technology to Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company
10-04-2014
Metso has won a second major order for advanced valve technology from Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company for its 20 million ton-per-year heavy crude ...
KBR names Stuart Bradie as President and CEO
09-04-2014
KBR today announced that Mr. Stuart Bradie has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of KBR, Inc., effective June 2, 2014. Mr. Bradie succeeds Mr. ...
UOP technology and equipment to support Mistral Midstream’s natural gas production
09-04-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Mistral Midstream, Inc., has selected Honeywell’s UOP Russell modular equipment to recover valuable ...
Nuevo Midstream expands processing, gathering, treating and compression services
09-04-2014
Nuevo Midstream, LLC announced today that the company has completed a major processing capacity expansion to its Ramsey system in the Delaware Basin near Orla, ...
BASF and Sinopec inaugurate acrylic acid and SAP plants in Nanjing, China
09-04-2014
BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) at their state-of-the-art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., ...
€200M Versalis plant expansion contract awarded to Saipem
08-04-2014
Saipem has been awarded an E&C onshore engineering, procurement and construction contract for the expansion of the Versalis plant in Ferrara, Italy, worth ...
Kentz awarded a further $570m contract for the Ichthys LNG project
07-04-2014
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award of an AUS$615m (US$570m) contract ...
Willbros announces sale of certain downstream oil & gas assets
07-04-2014
Willbros Group, Inc announced today that it has sold certain assets and operations of its Oil & Gas Segment's downstream businesses to a privately held ...
ABB to provide operations management software for world-leading chemical complex
07-04-2014
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract to provide an enterprise-wide mobile plant operations management solution ...
Total awards €190M refinery off gas project to Kinetics Technology
04-04-2014
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded by Total Olefins Antwerpen (Total Group) two contracts ...
Enersul awarded contract for custom sulphur forming and handling solution
03-04-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Markus LLC of Russia, for ...
Enersul providing custom forming solution to Hyundai Engineering
03-04-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract for sulphur forming from Hyundai ...
21st World Petroleum Congress brings global industry leaders together in Moscow
03-04-2014
The recent meeting of the Organising Committee of the 21st World Petroleum Congress, was headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady ...
Petronas approves $27B refinery and petrochemical integrated development
03-04-2014
The PETRONAS Board of Directors has approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Southern Johor, ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical breaks ground on USGC petrochemicals project
02-04-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP held a groundbreaking ceremony for its U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project at the Cedar Bayou plant in ...
ABB wins $175M project at Zirku oil and gas processing facilities
02-04-2014
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $175 million contract to upgrade the power generation capacity at Zirku oil and gas ...
BP Bulwer Island refinery processing to halt In 2015
02-04-2014
BP announced today that it intends to halt refining operations at its 102,000 barrels per day (bpd) Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Queensland by mid-2015. Andy ...
Intertek opens Eagle Ford shale laboratory in Elmendorf, Texas
02-04-2014
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, today announced the opening of a new laboratory in Elmendorf, Texas to address the company's ...
AspenTech acquires Sulsim software from Sulphur Experts
01-04-2014
Aspen Technology, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has acquired Sulsim® sulfur simulation software from ...
Air Products to supply nitrogen to Singapore's Jurong Rock Caverns
31-03-2014
Air Products today announced it had been awarded a contract to supply liquid nitrogen to Singapore’s Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) project, an innovative ...
Honeywell releases USM GT400 ultrasonic flowmeter
31-03-2014
Honeywell today released its newest ultrasonic flowmeter designed to help natural gas producers improve efficiency by more-accurately tracking the movement ...
Dow-Mitsui chlor-alkali facility achieves successful start-up
31-03-2014
The Dow Chemical Company announced today that its joint venture membrane chlor-alkali facility with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan successfully initiated ...
GE and Petronas sign new global frame agreement
31-03-2014
GE has signed a new seven-year Global Frame Agreement with PETRONAS, Malaysia's leading oil and gas corporation. The agreement, which includes an option to ...
Magellan Midstream to construct fee-based condensate splitter
31-03-2014
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. announced today that it plans to construct a condensate splitter at its terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas under a fee-based, ...
Linde awarded enterprise framework agreement by Shell to build ethane cracking units
31-03-2014
The technology company The Linde Group announced today that it has entered into an Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) with Shell Global Solutions International ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical expands mercaptan capacity in Europe
28-03-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned affiliate, Chevron Phillips Chemicals International N.V, is expanding its ...
Grangemouth £300M survival plan reaches latest milestones
28-03-2014
INEOS O&P UK is today announcing that it has reached the latest milestones in its £300 million survival plan to import US shale gas to Grangemouth. The ...
KBR awarded FEED contract for the upgrade of the Jebel Ali refinery
27-03-2014
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Emirates National Oil Company Processing Company LLC (EPCL) for ...
URS develops new prefabricated cryogenic gas plant packages
26-03-2014
URS Corporation has completed design of a new, full product line of prefabricated cryogenic gas plant packages that remove condensed ethane and natural gas ...
Planned maintenance of para xylene units at Jamnagar complex
26-03-2014
Reliance Industries Ltd has taken a planned maintenance shutdown of one of its three Para Xylene units at Jamnagar. The scheduled shut down period is approximately ...
Yokogawa receives orders for two groundbreaking oil plant construction projects in China
26-03-2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa China Co., Ltd., has received orders from Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. ...
KBR awarded onshore LNG portfolio contract with Shell Global Solutions International
26-03-2014
KBR announced today that it has been awarded an onshore liquefied natural gas portfolio contract by Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Under ...
Axens, Total and IFPEN launch Atol™,
25-03-2014
Atol™ is a technology for the most profitable production of polymer grade bio-ethylene by dehydration of 1G and 2G-renewable ethanol. The bio-ethylene ...
Foster Wheeler signs
alliance agreement with OMV
25-03-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed an alliance agreement with OMV to provide ...
BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals announces start-up of 10th furnace at Port Arthur steam
cracker
25-03-2014
The BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) joint venture (60 percent BASF, 40 percent Total) today announced the startup of a 10th furnace at its steam cracker ...
Honeywell to help China meet growing energy demand
25-03-2014
Honeywell today announced that PetroChina Company Limited will expand its
use of Honeywell advanced information management and process modeling software tools ...
GTL joint venture
25-03-2014
Velocys plc the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that it has entered a joint venture with Waste Management, ...
Sandvik expands its sulphur technology portfolio
25-03-2014
Sandvik Process Systems, a world leading supplier of Sulphur Processing and Handling Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry, has expanded its product portfolio ...
JGC contract for clean fuels project in Kuwait
24-03-2014
JGC Corporation and its partners GS Engineering & Construction (GS) and SK Engineering & Construction, both based in Korea, announced today that they ...
Petrofac engineering and procurement contract in Oman
24-03-2014
Petrofac, the international service provider to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded an by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to provide services for its ...
Emerson introduces the world’s first online guided wave radar integrity testing
20-03-2014
Emerson Process Management introduces the world’s first online Guided Wave Radar (GWR) transmitter and probe testing function. The Verification Reflector ...
Foster Wheeler acquires Siemens Environmental Systems and Services
20-03-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has signed an asset purchase agreement with Siemens Energy, Inc. to acquire the ...
Cleveland companies JV to reduce liability risks for industries generating hazardous materials
19-03-2014
As industries seek to find ecologically safe approaches to raw material disposal, three Cleveland-based companies - Metal Alloy Reclaimers (Metaloy), Redimet ...
US Department of Transportation issues emergency testing order for transport of crude oils
19-03-2014
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an Emergency Testing Order that requires all shippers to test crude oil from the Bakken region to ensure ...
Honeywell Enraf unveils new Fusion4 MSC-L loading controller
18-03-2014
Enraf today introduced the Fusion4 MSC-L, the company’s most sophisticated multi-stream controller for loading products from refineries and chemical plants ...
New toxic vapor analyzer improves on market-leading technology
18-03-2014
Compliance contractors and leak detection and repair (LDAR) professionals responsible for leak detection at processing plants, industrial facilities and hazardous ...
SIBUR to increase Vyngapurovsky GPP processing capacity
18-03-2014
SIBUR has approved the Vyngapurovsky GPP expansion project to launch processing of associated petroleum gas (APG) from Russneft's fields. New facilities ...
Al Saadan shares Saudi Aramco’s downstream plans
18-03-2014
About 2 500 energy leaders from about 60 countries gathered for discussions and presentations on the state of the industry at the CERAWeek annual conference ...
UOP to help Pakistan Refinery Limited meet growing gasoline demand
18-03-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Pakistan Refinery Limited will use process technology and modular equipment from Honeywell’s UOP to ...
Jacobs receives project services contract from ConocoPhillips
18-03-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract from ConocoPhillips Company to provide engineering, procurement and construction services ...
PMFG Inc acquires Combustion Components Associates Inc
18-03-2014
PMFG, Inc today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Combustion Components Associates, Inc, a leading ...
SCIPIG awarded long-term gas supply contract by SECCO
17-03-2014
Praxair, Inc, through its subsidiary Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Company (SCIPIG), was recently awarded a 15-year industrial gases supply ...
KBR awarded two EPC Contracts for Agrium's Nitrogen operations facility
12-03-2014
KBR a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that Agrium awarded the company two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) ...
Van Oord dredging contract for new refinery in Kuwait
12-03-2014
Van Oord has been awarded a land reclamation project in Kuwait. The client is the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). The contract value amounts to approximately ...
Foster Wheeler FEED contract for a residue upgrading project at S-OIL’s Onsan refinery in Ulsan
12-03-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded contracts by S-OIL Corporation for the ...
GEA Heat Exchangers to provide heat exchangers worth over €40M to Yamal LNG
12-03-2014
GEA Batignolles Technologies Thermiques (GEA BTT), a subsidiary of GEA Heat Exchangers, landed a record order with a value of over 40 million Euros from the ...
Sturgeon refinery contract for Jacobs
11-03-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract from North West Redwater Partnership for its Sturgeon Refinery Project in Alberta’s ...
Toyo Engineering awarded LNG regasification plant project by Petronet LNG
11-03-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a regasification plant project by Petronet LNG Ltd, India. The plant is to be constructed at Dahej, located in ...
CompactGTL announces 3,000 bpd commercial GTL project in Kazakhstan
10-03-2014
CompactGTL announces that its Chairman Tony Hayward and Uzakbay Karabalin, the Minister of Oil & Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have signed a Memorandum ...
Johnson Matthey announces contract for Qianan LNG plant
10-03-2014
Johnson Matthey is pleased to announce that it has entered into a contract for the supply of technology licence, engineering, catalyst and technical services ...
Essar Energy denies plans to close Stanlow refinery
10-03-2014
With reference to recent press reports, Essar Energy plc denies that it has any plans to close its Stanlow refinery. The Stanlow refinery is well positioned ...
Haldor Topsøe A/S expands its Frederikssund catalyst plant
10-03-2014
Haldor Topsøe A/S is today officially opening a large extension of the company's catalyst plant in Frederikssund, Denmark. This plant and a plant in ...
Planned maintenance at Jamnagar refinery complex
07-03-2014
Reliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down one of its four crude distillation units, for Maintenance & Inspection (M&I) activities from ...
BP acquires full ownership of Indonesian JV
07-03-2014
BP completed the purchase of all interests previously held by Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (MBK) in PT Amoco Mitsui ...
SGS
technical supervision for Pemex refinery
07-03-2014
SGS was awarded a contract to provide technical supervision services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project of a fuel terminal in Tapachula, ...
JGC wins LNG plant rejuvenation project in Malaysia
05-03-2014
JGC Corporation announced
today that, as leader of a consortium including JGC Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (a JGC Group company) and Malaysian company Synerlitz, ...
Technip FEED contract for world’s first commercial gas carbon capture and storage project
05-03-2014
Technip has been awarded a contract by Shell UK Limited
to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) for the onshore elements of the Peterhead Gas Carbon ...
Foster Wheeler awarded LNG import and regasification terminal contract
04-03-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded the
pre-front-end engineering design and ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 55M refinery order in Vietnam
04-03-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
Irving Oil refinery begins $60M turnaround
03-03-2014
Over the next 6 weeks, 1,700 additional workers will perform scheduled maintenance on several processing units at the Saint John refinery. Work will be underway ...
Takatuf and Petrofac sign JV to establish 'Centre of Excellence' in Oman
03-03-2014
Takatuf Oman LLC, the human capital solution provider for Oman Oil Company (OOC), has signed an Incorporated Joint Venture (IJV) agreement with Petrofac, an ...
Emerson introduces direct insertion density and concentration meter
03-03-2014
Emerson Process Management has released the Micro Motion Fork Density Meter, the next generation of the market-leading Micro Motion 7826 and 7828 direct insertion ...
New EPA gasoline regulations are costly and counterproductive
03-03-2014
EPA’s new Tier 3 rule requiring the last bits of sulfur to be removed from gasoline will unnecessarily raise costs and actually increase CO2 emissions ...
AFPM responds to EPA tier 3 rule
03-03-2014
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 3 Motor Vehicle ...
Hyperion Simulation to supply an Operator Training Simulator to ABB
01-03-2014
Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent solutions provider to the global process industries, announces that it will supply to ABB in ...
Shell Moerdijk clocks 40 years of petrochemical production
28-02-2014
The petrochemical complex has nearly tripled its capacity over the yearsto 5.4 million tonnes per year in 2013 and remains a key asset to Shell globally. Shell ...
Bechtel’s ThruPlus coking technology selected for Croatian refinery
28-02-2014
Bechtel has signed a license agreement with INA Industrija Nafte, d.d. for the process design of a delayed coking unit complex at the Rijeka refinery in Urinj, ...
Petrofac awarded $21M FEED on Bab Field
27-02-2014
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider has been awarded a US$21 million front end engineering design (FEED) contract by Abu Dhabi Company ...
Metso contract to supply valve solutions to Saudi Aramco
27-02-2014
Metso has received a large order to be delivered to Saudi Aramco’s petroleum refining and petrochemical production complex currently under construction. ...
Stephen Goff appointed plant manager of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Borger facility
26-02-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce that Stephen Goff has been appointed plant manager of the Borger plant in Borger, Texas, effective ...
UGL Kentz JV awarded a $640M contract for the Ichthys LNG project
26-02-2014
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award of a US$640m contract to the ...
Contract signed for Karbala refinery
25-02-2014
The Iraq ministry of oil has signed a contract with a consortium of four Korean companies to build a Karbala refinery costing more than six billion dollars. ...
ZeoGas secures Air Liquide MegaMethanol technology license
25-02-2014
ZeoGas LLC secures MegaMethanol® technology license from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, a subsidiary of Air Liquide Group, the world leader in gases, ...
Neste Oil chooses Metso’s automation for the production of high-octane gasoline
25-02-2014
The process unit under construction at Neste Oil’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland, transforms gasoline fractions into more valuable and higher-quality gasoline ...
Shell signs agreement to advance major clean energy project
24-02-2014
Shell has signed an agreement with the UK Government to progress the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project to the next phase of design. The project, ...
Enersul awarded an equipment supply contract from the Sunshine International
21-02-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from the Sunshine International ...
Shell agrees sale of downstream businesses in Australia to Vitol
21-02-2014
Shell today announced it has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses (excluding Aviation) to Vitol for a total transaction value ...
Anguil Environmental Systems partnership with Total Air Pollution Control
21-02-2014
Two leading suppliers in the air pollution control industry are partnering-up to meet the needs of Australian companies with emission control requirements. ...
MSA enhances its wide range of protective eyewear
20-02-2014
MSA enhances its wide range of Protective Eyewear with the sportive Move spectacles and a new UV400 clear version of the successful Altimeter. Like all MSA ...
Intergraph releases SmartPlant P&ID 2014
20-02-2014
Intergraph® has released SmartPlant® P&ID 2014, the latest version of its market-leading engineering solution for creating, maintaining and improving ...
Petrofac awarded Khazzan CPF project in Sultanate of Oman
20-02-2014
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, has been awarded a contract by BP, worth approximately US$1.2 billion, for the central processing ...
UOP technology selected to help meet growing demand in China for propylene
19-02-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a Chinese petrochemical producer, has selected UOP’s C3 Oleflex process ...
KBR to provide technology for two Ammonia Plants in Russia
19-02-2014
KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that Eurochem will use KBR’s Purifier™ technology licensed through ...
Axens’ mercury removal products selected for Macedon
19-02-2014
Axens is an international provider of advanced technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services, with a global reputation for basic engineering design excellence. ...
Foster Wheeler signs alliance with Tecnimont for North American chemicals projects
18-02-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has signed a collaboration ...
Yokogawa wins LNG carrier control system order for Ichthys LNG project
18-02-2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has received an order from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. to supply the control system for an LNG carrier that ...
Magnetrol introduces the Polaris electromagnetic flow meter
18-02-2014
Magnetrol® introduces the PolarisTM electromagnetic flow meter, which is capable of measuring liquids with a conductivity as low as 5 µS/cm in closed ...
ProSim announces the release of the 2.0 version of Simulis Thermodynamics
18-02-2014
ProSim, leading European process simulation and optimization software provider, announces the release of a major new version of its best-seller, Simulis Thermodynamics. ...
Technip awarded contract to supply proprietary furnace technology and services in Russia
17-02-2014
Technip was awarded by Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Kazanorgsintez a contract to provide technology and services for a grassroots furnace at Kazan, ...
Fluor selected for clean fuels project in Kuwait
17-02-2014
Fluor Corporation announced today its joint venture team was selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) as the preferred bidder to design, construct ...
INEOS Europe announces a new ethane purchase agreement with CONSOL Energy
13-02-2014
INEOS Europe AG has today announced a new ethane purchase agreement with CONSOL Energy in the USA. Ethane will be transported through the Mariner East infrastructure ...
AMETEK Grabner Instruments flashpoint method accepted for ASTM diesel fuel specifications
13-02-2014
In December 2013, ASTM cleared the way for the new age in flashpoint testing. ASTM members voted to accept D7094 as a new method for testing diesel, fuel oils ...
AMEC announces recommended offer for Foster Wheeler
13-02-2014
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Foster Wheeler AG under which ...
Graham Corporation wins $5M of orders for investments in new petrochemical capacity
12-02-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, and ...
Tecnicas Reunidas wins Sturgeon refinery contract
12-02-2014
Tecnicas Reunidas has been awarded a 580 million CAD contract by North West Redwater Partnership for the execution of the Units 50 (Light Ends Recovery) and ...
Iran, Indonesia oil firms plan to build refinery
11-02-2014
An Iranian oil firm and an Indonesian company are looking to build a refinery in the southeast Asian nation worth at least $3 billion, officials said, as the ...
Rosneft and General Electric expand science and technology cooperation
11-02-2014
Rosneft and General Electric signed an Agreement to set up a series of joint ventures. The document was signed by Rosneft President Igor Sechin and General ...
Linde to deliver two hydrogen plants to Russia
11-02-2014
Technology company The Linde Group has recently signed an engineering and procurement contract for two hydrogen plants in Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Tatarstan, ...
Invensys announces SimSci APC 2014
10-02-2014
Invensys, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world's major industries, has unveiled a new version ...
Borealis and Statoil renew their long term ethane sourcing contract
10-02-2014
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces a new long term agreement to source ...
Honeywell’s UOP to supply its 1,000th hydrogen purification system
10-02-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today the award of its 1,000th system for purifying hydrogen, which is being installed at Ruwais Refinery, United Arab ...
Emerson help BP’s Whiting refinery boost heavy-crude capacity more than four-fold
10-02-2014
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has completed process automation for BP’s modernization of its refinery in Whiting, Indiana. ...
Phillips 66 approve Sweeny Fractionator One and Freeport LPG export terminal
07-02-2014
Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, has received approval from its board of directors to move forward with both its Sweeny ...
CHS will invest additional $20M to strengthen refined fuels supply and distribution
07-02-2014
CHS Inc, the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, said today it is investing an additional $20 million in ...
Linde and Nynas conclude hydrogen on-site contract
07-02-2014
The technology company The Linde Group has signed a long-term contract with Nynas AB, one of the world leaders in the naphthenic specialty oils (NSP) and the ...
Johnson Matthey announces completion of first COG to LNG project
07-02-2014
Johnson Matthey is pleased to announce the acceptance of its coke oven gas (COG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project with Xinkuang Hengkung near Yinchuan, ...
Grabner Instruments enters into exclusive distribution partnership with Spectro South Africa
06-02-2014
Grabner Instruments, a global leader in petroleum testing instruments and a pioneer in the development of automatic vapor pressure testers, has entered into ...
Axens expands its Brockville production facility
05-02-2014
In order to meet increasing market demand, Axens Canada is expanding its Brockville, Ontario production facility. The expansion includes additional production ...
Elevance selects URS for EPC services to continue advancing Natchez biorefinery
05-02-2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc, a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced today that it has selected URS Corporation to provide engineering, procurement ...
Flint Hills to cease crude oil processing at North Pole refinery
04-02-2014
Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC announced today that it would cease crude oil processing at its North Pole refinery in the next few months. The extraction ...
SNC-Lavalin contract for large-scale sulphuric acid plant in Saudi Arabia
04-02-2014
SNC-Lavalin, in consortium with Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG), has signed a contract with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia to provide engineering, procurement, ...
JGC awarded EPC contract for the upgrading of an existing refinery in Singapore
04-02-2014
JGC Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Company Private Limited, jointly owned by Singapore Petroleum ...
Singapore Refining Co invests over $500M in gasoline and power units
04-02-2014
Singapore Refining Co (SRC) said on Tuesday it will invest more than $500M to build gasoline and power generation units at its refinery on Jurong Island. The ...
PPG to acquire high-heat-resistant coatings supplier
03-02-2014
PPG Industries today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co., Inc., ...
Marathon Petroleum purchases biodiesel plant from Felda Iffco
03-02-2014
Marathon Petroleum Corporation today announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase a facility in Cincinnati, Ohio from Felda Iffco Sdn Bhd, Malaysia. ...
Husky moves forward with heavy crude oil flexibility project at lima refinery
03-02-2014
Husky Energy has sanctioned a new crude oil flexibility project at its refinery in Lima, Ohio, which will allow for the processing of up to 40,000 barrels per ...
GE launches downstream technology solutions business
03-02-2014
GE Oil & Gas today announced the launch of its new Downstream Technology Solutions (DTS) business to more efficiently supply equipment and services to the ...
ADNOC to host the worlds leading gas sweetening event
03-02-2014
Next month will see the leading international experts gathering in Abu Dhabi at SOGAT 2014 to debate the latest technologies used in converting Sour Gas into ...
New condition monitoring system offers cost-effective analysis of wear metals in oils
30-01-2014
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced a condition monitoring system based on its SPECTRO GENESIS inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer ...
Yokogawa to offer solutions for optimizing plant operations
30-01-2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that in April it will begin offering new solutions for optimizing plant operations in the oil & gas, petrochemical, ...
Qatar Petroleum and Honeywell’s UOP to jointly develop natural gas treating technology
28-01-2014
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, have signed a joint research agreement on “Process Optimization of CO2 and Sulfur Components Removal ...
Jacobs announces oil sands and plant services contract from Suncor
28-01-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded an oil sands and plant services contract by Suncor Energy Services Inc. at its Fort McMurray ...
Hyperion Simulation to supply the OTS system for IGC Carbon Monoxide Plant to SIPCHEM
27-01-2014
Hyperion Simulation will provide a Stimulated DCS OTS System Solution for the SIPCHEM IGC CO OTS project. A stand alone OTS system will be developed connected ...
BASF and SINOPEC break ground on world-scale isononanol plant in Maoming, China
24-01-2014
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) broke ground today on the construction of its world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech ...
VETEK Group contract with Vitol and Trafigura, for the supply of Odessa Oil refinery products
23-01-2014
VETEK Group of Companies signed a long-term contract with Vitol to supply vacuum gasoil produced by the Odessa Oil Refinery. Also, VETEK Group of Companies ...
Air Products’ technology a perfect fit for massive Russian arctic LNG project
23-01-2014
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it has signed an agreement with a consortium including ...
Praxair signs long term contract and expands enclave supply in South Korea
23-01-2014
Praxair, Inc has signed a long-term contract with Taewoong Steel Co. LTD to supply high-purity oxygen to the company’s steel mill facility in Busan, Korea. ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 65M energy-efficiency order in Middle East
23-01-2014
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to an ...
Porocel purchases Canadian catalyst plant and processing facility
22-01-2014
Porocel of Canada, Ltd announces the acquisition of the Medicine Hat catalyst processing plant from Criterion Catalysts & Technologies Canada, Inc. Porocel ...
Gazprom and CNPC getting ready to sign contract for Russian gas supply
22-01-2014
Beijing hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Zhou Jiping, Chairman of China ...
Gulf Coast project begins delivering crude oil to Nederland, Texas
22-01-2014
TransCanada Corporation announced today that at approximately 10:45 a.m. CST on January, 22, 2014, the Gulf Coast Project began delivering crude oil on behalf ...
Bharat Petroleum’s $2.8B refinery expansion
22-01-2014
Bharat Petroleum Corp, India’s second-biggest state refiner, plans to almost double the combined capacity of two refineries at a cost of about $2.8 billion ...
Praxair expands in western Canada to serve oil and gas market
22-01-2014
Praxair Inc announced that the company has completed an upgrade to its air separation liquefaction capabilities in Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss, Alberta. ...
Two Chinese petrochemical producers select UOP technology
21-01-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that two Chinese petrochemical producers have selected UOP process technology to help meet growing demand for ...
Honeywell enables Suriname to double its refining capacity and reduce imports
21-01-2014
Honeywell today announced that Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., Suriname's state-owned oil company, will deploy Honeywell’s manufacturing execution ...
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions receives contract for aerosol dimethyl ether plant
21-01-2014
Plant engineering and construction specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has been awarded a contract for the extended basic engineering package and license ...
US Oil Sands Inc awards Utah project and construction management contract to KBR
20-01-2014
US Oil Sands Inc, a company focused on oil sands exploration and production in Utah, is pleased to announce that it has selected Kellogg Brown & Root LLC ...
Shell announces sale of Wheatstone LNG stake
20-01-2014
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced it has agreed to sell its 8% equity interest in the Wheatstone-Iago Joint Venture and 6.4% interest in the 8.9 million ...
Vung Ro Petroleum selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene PP process
20-01-2014
INEOS Technologies is pleased to announce that it has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers ...
GE to acquire cameron’s reciprocating compression division for $550M
20-01-2014
GE Oil & Gas and Cameron, a Houston-based provider of flow equipment, systems and services, today announced that GE has agreed to acquire Cameron’s ...
GE’s power conversion technology drives largest LNG project in China
16-01-2014
GE’s Power Conversion compressor-drive technology is driving the recently inaugurated HuaQi Ansai Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project in the city of ...
NOVA Chemicals announces utilization of Marcellus Shale sourced ethane at its Ontario cracker
16-01-2014
NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) today celebrated its commitment to the Sarnia, Ontario region during a ceremony to commemorate the first barrels ...
Magnetrol International opens new production facility in UAE
16-01-2014
Magnetrol International Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of level and flow process control instrumentation, has completed construction of a new MAGNETROL ...
AEA Investor aquire Siemens Water Technologies creating Evoqua Water Technologies
16-01-2014
AEA Investors LP has secured regulatory approvals and closed on an agreement to acquire the municipal, industrial and services water and wastewater treatment ...
Enersul awarded equipment supply contract from Daelim Industrial
14-01-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd. ...
Emerson breaks ground on new $16.7M service centre in Louisiana
14-01-2014
Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, is expanding its presence in Louisiana with a new $16.7 million service center and regional campus in Gonzales. ...
Sasol inaugurates plant to boost polyethylene production
14-01-2014
Today, Sasol Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, David Constable, and the South African Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, inaugurated Sasol’s ...
Fluor and JGC awarded EPC contract for Kitimat LNG project
14-01-2014
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with JGC was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Chevron Canada ...
Sadara Chemical Company selects Metso valves
14-01-2014
Metso has received significant orders for its Neles® and Jamesbury® valves from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian ...
Gazprom Neft acquired Russia's largest polymer modified bitumen plant
14-01-2014
Gazprom Neft has acquired 100% of the authorized capital of SYNTAZ OIL LLC, which owns Ryazan Petrochemical Experimental Plant JSC. Purchase of this asset ...
KBR announces EPCM master services agreement with DuPont Engineering
14-01-2014
KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, today announced it has been awarded a five-year Master Services Agreement (MSA) with DuPont Engineering ...
ThyssenKrupp combines capabilities in plant technology
13-01-2014
As part of its strategic way forward, ThyssenKrupp is strengthening its plant technology business as a major growth area for the Group. To better exploit global ...
Total becomes the first major to enter into shale gas licences in the UK
13-01-2014
Total announces that it has acquired a 40% interest in two shale gas exploration licences in the United Kingdom. The interests are in Petroleum Exploration ...
AMEC in $3.3B deal with Foster Wheeler
13-01-2014
Foster Wheeler AG today confirmed that, following a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives, it has provisionally agreed with AMEC plc on non-binding ...
Wärtsilä signs a contract to supply LNG terminal to Tornio in Finland
10-01-2014
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of power plant and ship power solutions and services, has signed a turnkey contract to supply a liquefied natural ...
Air Products new LNG heat Exchanger manufacturing facility
09-01-2014
Air Products today held a ceremony to dedicate its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchanger manufacturing facility in Manatee County, Florida which will ...
Contracts signed for the Shaybah arabian extra light crude increment project
09-01-2014
Saudi Aramco moved forward on a new project as it signed contracts on Dec. 31, 2013, with two of the world’s leading engineering and construction companies ...
AVEVA reduces design time by 80% for Burgasnefteproekt
09-01-2014
AVEVA today announced that Burgasnefteproekt, an engineering company in the field of petrochemicals, has achieved significant cost savings using AVEVA Laser ...
Burckhardt Compression to deliver one process gas compressor for acid gas injection
09-01-2014
Burckhardt Compression has been awarded an order to deliver one Process Gas Compressor API 618 for acid gas injection in North America. The customer chose Burckhardt ...
Foster Wheeler awarded PMC contract for grassroots refinery in Turkey
08-01-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group has been awarded a contract by STAR Rafineri ...
Siemens to supply wastewater treatment systems to refinery in China
08-01-2014
Siemens Energy has received an order from Sinopec Jiujiang Petrochemical Company for the supply of a refinery wastewater treatment system that includes PACT ...
ExxonMobil celebrates Singapore chemical plant expansion
07-01-2014
ExxonMobil reinforced its long-term supply commitment to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market today during an event celebrating the expansion ofits Singapore ...
Enterprise to expand LPG export facility at Oiltanking on Houston ship channel
07-01-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced a further expansion of its liquefied petroleum gas export terminal at Oiltanking’s complex on the Houston ...
Yokogawa wins control system order for Yamal LNG project
07-01-2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Yokogawa Europe Solutions B.V. has been awarded a contract by Yamgaz, a consortium ...
Total Safety acquires leading flare services company
06-01-2014
Leading international safety solutions provider Total Safety today announced it has acquired Flare Ignitors Holdings, owner of both Flare Ignitors & Rentals ...
Air Products increases U.S. Midwest liquid CO2 supply
06-01-2014
Air Products, one of the leading suppliers of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) in the United States, today announced the signing of a long-term agreement for ...
Harsco acquires Hammco Corporation
06-01-2014
Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation announced today it has acquired Hammco Corporation, an Owasso, OK-based provider of process coolers ...
LyondellBasell restarts methanol plant at Channelview on schedule
02-01-2014
LyondellBasell today announced that its methanol plant at Channelview, Texas, was placed into service in the fourth-quarter 2013 to take advantage of low-cost ...
Ergon acquires Bunge’s interest in Mississippi ethanol facility
02-01-2014
Ergon Inc announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ergon Ethanol, Inc, acquired Bunge North America, Inc.’s interest in and now owns 100% of ...
Repsol completes the sale of LNG assets to Shell
02-01-2014
Repsol has completed the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets with the handover to Shell of assets in Peru and Trinidad & Tobago after the relevant ...
Johnson Matthey announces further investments in catalyst manufacturing in China
31-12-2013
Johnson Matthey announces it is planning to make additional investments in China to support its growing process catalyst and technology licensing business. ...
KBR awarded major engineering design contract by BP for Shah Deniz stage 2 project
31-12-2013
KBR today announced that it was awarded a contract by BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited to provide detailed engineering and procurement support services for ...
LUKOIL takes full control of ISAB refinery
31-12-2013
LUKOIL has finalized a transaction to purchase the remaining 20-percent share in the joint venture running the ISAB refinery, located in the vicinity of Priolo ...
Fluor to provide consulting services for Kuwait Oil company projects
30-12-2013
Fluor Corporation today announced that it was selected by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), to provide comprehensive ...
SIBUR and Gazprom Neft to build new gas processing plant in Khanty-Mansi autonomous area
24-12-2013
SIBUR and Gazprom Neft have signed an agreement for construction of a new gas processing plant (GPP) with an annual associated petroleum gas (APG) processing ...
Nalco Champion to construct a new headquarters building in Sugar Land
23-12-2013
Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, plans to construct a new headquarters building in Sugar Land, Texas, to house its Houston-area energy ...
KBR enters into enterprise framework agreement with Shell for module fabrication
20-12-2013
KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that it has entered into an enterprise framework agreement with Shell under which ...
Kinder Morgan / Targa Resources to expand fractionation capacity in Texas
20-12-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Targa Resources Partners LP today announced they have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to construct ...
KBR ammonia technology selected for new fertilizer facility in Indiana
19-12-2013
KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that its leading ammonia process technology has been selected by Midwest Fertilizer ...
The Carlyle Group and Vitol Group to invest in Varo Energy
19-12-2013
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and the Vitol Group of Companies today announced a transaction intended to establish Varo Energy B.V. as ...
Technip to supply its ethylene technology to CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Company
19-12-2013
Technip was awarded by CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Company Ltd a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and process design package for a ...
Intertek opens new petroleum and residual fuel oil laboratory in Louisiana
19-12-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has opened a new petroleum and residual fuel oil testing laboratory in Harvey, Louisiana, ...
BP completes commissioning of Whiting refinery units
18-12-2013
BP announced today all of the major new units associated with the Whiting modernization project have been successfully brought on stream. The start-up ...
Technip awarded $400M contract by Kuwait Oil Company
18-12-2013
Technip was awarded by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) a contract, worth over USD 400 million, for consultancy services for project management and engineering. This ...
Flowserve expands the NAF Duball DLball valve product line
17-12-2013
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced that the Flowserve NAF® ...
Jacobs midwest fertilizer contract to provide nitrogen-based fertilizers for the U.S.
17-12-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was awarded a contract by Midwest Fertilizer to provide program management services for a nitrogen-based ...
Tecnimont sign FEED contract for Al Sejeel Petrochemical complex
17-12-2013
Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company ...
Air Products and SIRE sign liquid CO2 agreement for Iowa facility
17-12-2013
Air Products, one of the leading suppliers of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) in the United States, today announced the signing of a long-term agreement for ...
Neste Oil achieves its palm oil certification target two years early
17-12-2013
Neste Oil has achieved its long-term target of using only certified palm oil as an input for its renewable diesel production process. The original target, set ...
Yokogawa releases FAST/TOOLS R10.01 web-based enterprise operations solution
17-12-2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of FAST/TOOLS® R10.01 – the latest version of a web-based real-time operations management and ...
Burckhardt to deliver one process gas compressor for LDPE production in North America
17-12-2013
Burckhardt Compression has won an order for one Process Gas Compressor at the upper performance range as Booster/Primary Compressor and one Hyper Compressor ...
Pertamina and PTT Global Chemical sign a marketing and trading JV
16-12-2013
PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC) and PT Pertamina (Persero) signed Marketing and Trading-Joint Venture Agreements (Marketing & Trading ...
GE Oil & Gas service contract to support Yara International’s fertilizer complex
16-12-2013
GE Oil & Gas today announced it has signed a 12-year contractual service agreement (CSA) with Yara International ASA, a global chemical company based in ...
Bechtel contract with Cheniere for Corpus Christi liquefaction project
13-12-2013
Bechtel has entered into two lump-sum turnkey contracts with Cheniere Energy, Inc. subsidiary Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC for the engineering, procurement, ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 60M energy-efficiency order in the US
13-12-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers ...
Saudi Aramco expanding our R&D reach
12-12-2013
The inauguration last week of a new Aramco Research Center in Cambridge, Mass., near Boston, signaled another step forward in the company’s strategic ...
BASF expanding mobile emissions catalysts production capacity in India
12-12-2013
BASF Catalysts India Private Limited is expanding its mobile emissions catalysts production capacity in Chennai, India. Construction of a new 47,000 square ...
Haldor Topsøe build catalyst plant in China
12-12-2013
Haldor Topsøe A/S’ board of directors today approved the capital investment needed to carry out the construction that in two primary phases will ...
Alfa
Laval wins SEK 100M oil and gas order in Canada
12-12-2013
Alfa Laval Group – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers ...
IndianOil signs agreement with VITO
12-12-2013
R&D Centre and VITO, Belgium, have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI)
for joint research into utilisation of CO2 as a renewable & sustainable feedstock ...
Technip and BP extend their successful purified terephthalic acid alliance
12-12-2013
Technip announces the extension of its long-standing agreement with BP in the purified terephthalic acid (PTA)(1) domain. Technip
will now also become the exclusive ...
Neste Jacobs wins Gasum's Finngulf LNG bidding competition
12-12-2013
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has won the bidding competition of Gasum's Finngulf LNG and Balticconnector project to deliver ...
SmartPlant Fusion lands honor for rapidly capturing and organizing legacy plant information
11-12-2013
Intergraph® was presented the prestigious Innovation of the Year award for its SmartPlant® Fusion solution during the Asia Oil & Gas Awards 2013 ...
PTT Global Chemical and Pertamina JV for a world capacity petrochemical complex in Indonesia
10-12-2013
PT Pertamina and PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited announced December 10th in Jakarta, Indonesia, the signing of the Manufacturing Joint Venture - ...
Capabilities extension for ROSNEFT gasoline blending station in Achinsk
10-12-2013
Modcon has started a project which includes existing gasoline in-line blending capabilities extension at ROSNEFT Achinsk Refinery. The main purpose of this ...
Sonatrach, GTC ready PX plant for start-up
10-12-2013
Sonatrach, ranked by Forbes as the world’s 12th largest oil company, is nearing completion of a new paraxylene crystallization plant at its integrated ...
Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 to advance commercialization of algae crude Oil
10-12-2013
Sapphire Energy Inc, one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, ...
Capture Power welcomes FEED award
10-12-2013
Capture Power Limited, the consortium of Alstom, Drax and BOC, today welcomed the UK Government’s announcement that it has been awarded a Front End Engineering ...
Air Products and Takamul Investment announce the formation of a new JV
10-12-2013
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, and Takamul Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Oman Oil Company, today announced they have signed a ...
EMS-CHEMIE chooses AVEVA software to increase design efficiency
10-12-2013
AVEVA today announced that EMS-CHEMIE has moved to the new AVEVA Everything3D (software for the design of its chemical facilities. The EMS-SERVICES business ...
Dow introduces next-generation FLUIDFILE software to chemical process industries
09-12-2013
Dow will demonstrate its heat transfer fluids expertise with the introduction of its next-generation FLUIDFILE™ Software, a thermal fluid selection and ...
GE Oil & Gas acquires remainder of UK’s Allen Gears
09-12-2013
Expanding its presence in the industrial gears sector, GE Oil & Gas, a GE business, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Allen Gearing ...
ROSNEFT to co-host Russia & CIS oil & gas executive summit
09-12-2013
ROSNEFT has officially announced co-hosting of the Russia & CIS Oil & Gas Executive Summit 2014. Being one of the leading oil companies in Russia, ROSNEFT ...
Iberdrola Engineering has been awarded a €66M contract with Pemex
08-12-2013
Iberdrola Engineering has been awarded a 66 million Euro contract in Mexico to build an interconnection system that will join Salamanca's cogeneration plant ...
Optimization program successfully finalized at Omsk refinery
08-12-2013
The Omsk refinery is one of the most advanced refineries in Russia and one of the largest in the world. Main products include gasoline, diesel fuel, construction ...
The first LNG terminal station of Sinopec being under construction
06-12-2013
Shandong LNG project, the first LNG terminal station of Sinopec, is under construction now and is progressing smoothly. As present, 84% of the overall construction ...
AMEC awarded five-year £158M project engineering and management services contract
06-12-2013
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to provide ...
Rosneft and Statoil move forward with shale oil cooperation
06-12-2013
Rosneft and Statoil today signed the Shareholders and Operating Agreement for a joint venture to assess the feasibility of commercial production from the Domanik ...
Shell will not pursue US Gulf Coast GTL project
05-12-2013
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces that the company will not move forward with the proposed 140,000 barrels per day Gulf Coast gas-to-liquids (GTL) project ...
Gazprom selects WorleyParsons for Vladivostok LNG
05-12-2013
Gazprom subsidiary, VNIPIgazdobycha, has appointed WorleyParsons as their engineering contractor for the development of a major Russian LNG production and export ...
Amyris and Total form fuels JV
05-12-2013
"The joint-venture Total Amyris Biosolutions is a first step towards the commercialization of our renewable diesel and jet fuels. We are in the phase of ...
Honeywell to provide integrated control and safety systems to Al Zour Refinery
03-12-2013
Honeywell today announced that it has been selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to provide the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for ...
Invensys releases new Foxboro Eckardt levelwave radar series
03-12-2013
Invensys, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world’s major industries, has introduced its ...
Jilin Petrochemical Company acrylic ester recovery unit formally started up
02-12-2013
Acrylic ester unit for heavy component cracking system revamp project in Calcium Carbide Factory, Jilin Petrochemical Company was completed and started up successfully ...
Grace completes purchase of Dow’s polypropylene licensing and catalysts business
02-12-2013
W. R. Grace & Co announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of the Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business of The Dow Chemical ...
SABIC opens state of the art technology center in Shanghai
02-12-2013
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company’s ...
Exterran and Black & Veatch to market natural gas processing technology in North America
02-12-2013
Black & Veatch and Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. are joining forces to reduce capital and operating costs, improve natural gas liquid product yields and ...
Spectrotest mobile metal analyser now features Spectro metal database
30-11-2013
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers direct access to its SPECTRO Metal Database on the latest versions of its SPECTROTEST -- the most powerful mobile ...
SABIC opens state of the art technology center in Bengaluru, India
29-11-2013
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company’s ...
BASF produces first commercial volumes of butanediol from renewable raw material
27-11-2013
BASF has produced its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable raw material, and is offering this product to customers for testing and ...
Neste Oil awarded the world's first RSPO-RED certificate
27-11-2013
Neste Oil is the world's first company to be awarded an RSPO-RED Supply Chain certificate under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) new, more demanding ...
World’s leading gas industry event hits Korea in 2014
26-11-2013
Over 300 local and international exhibitors will showcase their products and services at Gastech Exhibition in Korea next year. Featuring a Korean Pavilion ...
Numerous orders of Burckhardt Compression’s Laby®-GI compressors
26-11-2013
Burckhardt Compression has been awarded numerous orders for its fully balanced Laby®-GI Compressor, tailor engineered for demanding offshore applications. ...
Technip awarded GTL service contract
25-11-2013
Technip was awarded by Sasol the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant to be built in Louisiana, USA. The GTL facility ...
Petrofac and Daelim awarded $2.1B refinery improvement project in Oman
25-11-2013
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, in a 50/50 joint venture with Korean based Daelim Industrial Co Ltd has been awarded a 36 month Engineering, ...
Aspen Technology announce version 8.4 of aspenONE software
25-11-2013
Aspen Technology Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the availability of aspenONE V8.4 software, featuring ...
Manoir Industries awarded hydrogen plant expansion contract in Venezuela
25-11-2013
Manoir Industries was awarded catalyst tubes, outlet manifolds and transfer line assembled by Technip Claremont for the expansion and upgrade of the PDVSA Puerto ...
Engineers India enters Nigerian refinery & petrochemical sector with a mega Project
24-11-2013
Engineers India Limited has reached an understanding with Dangote Group in Nigeria for Project Management Consultancy and Engineering, Procurement and Construction ...
Petrobras signs Premium II refinery indigenous agreement
22-11-2013
Petrobras signed the Premium II Refinery indigenous agreement in Fortaleza (CE) on Friday (22/11) as part of licensing process to start construction work on ...
Kentz awarded 5 year engineering framework agreement for SAMREF Refinery
21-11-2013
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award of a five year framework contract ...
SATORP progress marches on
21-11-2013
Executives from Saudi Aramco, Total, and their joint venture, Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) met this week to see the latest progress ...
OCI
selects Beaumont, Texas for new greenfield world scale methanol plant
21-11-2013
OCI N.V. announced today that Natgasoline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, plans to build a new greenfield world scale methanol plant in Beaumont, Texas. The ...
Testing of Hydrogen production installation has been started at
TANECO
21-11-2013
Commissioning tests have been started at the hydrogen production installation of the combined hydrocracking complex of the "TANECO" Refining and Petrochemical ...
IHI E&C selects Intergraph SmartPlant foundation and smartPlant materials
21-11-2013
IHI E&C
International Corporation of Houston, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary of IHI Corporation, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Foundation ...
SK innovation chooses Invensys to support operational excellence program
21-11-2013
Invensys, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and
control equipment to the world’s major industries, has rendered a multi-year, ...
Rugged shell and tube heat exchangers for the cleaning of tank containers
21-11-2013
GEA Heat Exchangers, with its GEA Bloksma-Fryer NHP shell and tube heat exchangers, presents a new series that was developed to meet the
requirements encountered ...
AFPM name Brendan Williams senior vice president
20-11-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (APFM) announces the promotion of Brendan Williams to senior vice president of advocacy. Williams joined ...
Gazprom starts developing design documentation on Vladivostok-LNG project
20-11-2013
As of today, a special-purpose company – Gazprom LNG Vladivostok – is set up to implement the project. The ...
Introducing Intergraph Smart 3D 2014
19-11-2013
Intergraph® has released Intergraph Smart™ 3D 2014, a new single solution created from the consolidation of SmartPlant® 3D, SmartMarine® 3D ...
Chevron names Bechtel safety contractor of the year for Wheatstone project
19-11-2013
Bechtel has been named the 2012 Safety Contractor of the Year by Chevron Corporation’s Project Resources Company. Bechtel was recognized for best-in-class ...
Enterprise’s eighth NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu begins operations
19-11-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the eighth natural gas liquids fractionator at the partnership’s Mont Belvieu, Texas complex is ...
Graham Corporation orders for chemical, petrochemical and power generation markets
19-11-2013
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, and ...
Numaligarh refinery commissions naphtha splitter unit
18-11-2013
Numaligarh Refinery commissioned its Naphtha Splitter Unit which has been set up in order to facilitate supply of petrochemical grade Naphtha to ...
DynAMo alarm suite helps plant operators identify most important automation alarms
18-11-2013
Process plants and pipelines rely on numerous automation systems to efficiently run their day-to-day operations. But those systems can generate thousands of ...
Rosemount 2120 enables automated level monitoring for improved safety at remote sites
18-11-2013
Emerson Process Management announces a 12V dc DPDT relay version of its Rosemount 2120 vibrating fork level switch for automated level monitoring and ...
Neste Jacobs to deliver the 3G renewal process of Borealis PE2 plant in Porvoo, Finland
18-11-2013
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
Axens to provide technology for Grupa Lotos coker naphtha hydrotreating unit
14-11-2013
The Polish company Grupa LOTOS S.A. has selected Axens to provide the technology license for a new Coker Naphtha Hydrotreater at its Gdansk refinery. This contract ...
Emerson’s automation safety system wins 2013 exida® Safety Award
14-11-2013
Emerson’s DeltaV safety instrumented system (SIS) has been granted the 2013 Safety Award by exida, the global leader in functional safety and cybersecurity ...
Yokogawa selected as main automation contractor for USGC petrochemicals project
14-11-2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced today that it has been selected as the Main Automation Contractor for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP's USGC Petrochemicals ...
Sinopec selects Honeywell’s profit suite R400 process optimization software
14-11-2013
Honeywell today announced that it was selected by the Sinopec Maoming Company for business management and automation technology that will rejuvenate and improve ...
Neste Oil to promote the deployment of sustainable aviation biofuel
13-11-2013
Neste Oil committed itself on 12 November, to a Dutch initiative aimed at the deployment of sustainable biofuel in the aviation sector. The signatories of the ...
CNOOC subsidiary Nexen Energy to examine LNG development in British Columbia
13-11-2013
CNOOC Limited announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Nexen Energy ULC (Nexen), has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Government of British ...
Gazprom Neft and PetroVietnam to invest in Dung Quat refinery modernisation
12-11-2013
Gazprom Neft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) have signed a framework agreement setting out the terms of Gazprom Neft’s proposed acquisition ...
Western Refining acquires ownership interests in Northern Tier Energy
12-11-2013
Western Refining, Inc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ACON Investments' and TPG's ownership interests in Northern ...
Gas leak alert over at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery
12-11-2013
The hazardous situation that resulted from a leak of LPG at the Porvoo refinery has been declared over. Repairs on the section of the process unit affected ...
Jacobs receives contract from Honeywell in China
12-11-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from Honeywell to provide Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) services for a new production ...
Hydrodec to develop leading oil re-refining centre with Essar Oil at Stanlow
11-11-2013
Hydrodec Group plc, the cleantech industrial oil re-refining group, is pleased to announce it has reached Heads of Terms on an agreement to collaborate with ...
HollyFrontier announces reduced crude rate at its subsidiary Navajo Refinery
11-11-2013
HollyFrontier Corporation announced that its subsidiary is reducing crude throughput at the Navajo Refinery due to refinery waste water constraints. Based on ...
GEA´s heat exchangers now under one roof in Spain
11-11-2013
Since September 13, 2013, the two Spanish companies GEA Ibérica S.A. and GEA Caldemón S.A. are jointly doing business under their new name GEA ...
Fushun Petrochemical Company’s ethylene unit restarts operation
08-11-2013
After a 4 months shut down for maintenance, Fushun Petrochemical Company’s 800,000 t/y ethylene unit has smoothly restarted in one-try and began producing ...
The application of DSO technology accelerate domestic State-5 gasoline upgrading
08-11-2013
A selective hydrodesulphurisation technology of catalytic gasoline (DSO technology) developed by Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina has been successfully ...
Axens, IFPEN and Michelin create a synthetic rubber production channel using biomass
08-11-2013
Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Michelin have announced the launch of a plant chemistry research partnership that aims to develop and bring to market ...
INEOS Oxide opens one million tonne deep-sea ethylene terminal
08-11-2013
The Minister-President of Flanders, Kris Peeters, has officially opened the one million tonne, deep-sea ethylene terminal at the INEOS Oxide facility located ...
JiangSu Sailboat Petrochemical order for Burckhardt Compression equipment
08-11-2013
Burckhardt Compression has been awarded an order from JiangSu Sailboat Petrochemical Co., Ltd. to deliver two Hyper Compressors as Secondary Compressors and ...
Unipetrol purchases Shell’s shareholding in Ceska Rafinerska
07-11-2013
Today, Shell signed an agreement for the sale of its 16.3 percent shareholding in Ceska Rafinerska to Unipetrol for the sum of $27.2 million. Ceska Rafinerska ...
Honeywell launches DCS for small to mid-size process applications
07-11-2013
Honeywell announced today the release of Experion® LX, a purpose-built distributed control system (DCS) for small to mid-size operations with continuous ...
KBR announces ammonia plant revamp study
07-11-2013
KBR a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Fertial SpA to conduct a study that will ...
Total Safety recognized as operational consultancy of the year by the oil & gas awards
06-11-2013
Total Safety has been recognized as the Operational Consultancy of the Year by the Oil & Gas Awards. The award demonstrates and celebrates advances made ...
Yokogawa upgrades its VPSRemote service solution
06-11-2013
Support of remote monitoring and engineering by customers. As part of its VPS initiative, Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release an upgraded ...
Honeywell Enraf's new solution for full integration of terminal operations
06-11-2013
Honeywell today announced its next generation Terminal Manager server software built on the Experion® platform, offering full integration of fire and gas, ...
Calumet Specialty Products expands crude oil logistics network
06-11-2013
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ...
Ramboll chooses SmartMarine enterprise for all oil and gas projects
05-11-2013
Ramboll, a global provider of engineering, design and operational support services in the oil and gas, energy, environment and transportation industries, has ...
Green plains to acquire BioFuel Energy Corporation
05-11-2013
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire two ethanol plants of BioFuel Energy Corp from ...
Jacobs agreement to acquire interest in Guimar Engenharia
05-11-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has acquired an interest in Guimar Engenharia, a privately held engineering services and project management/construction ...
Jacobs announces an option agreement with Suzhou Han’s Chemical Engineering
05-11-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that its subsidiary, Jacobs Projects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has signed an option agreement with Suzhou Han’s ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical completes NAO expansion study at Cedar Bayou plant
05-11-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced the completion of its study to expand normal alpha olefin (NAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, ...
Metso’s device management solution to be implemented at Grupa Lotos’s Gdańsk refinery
04-11-2013
Grupa Lotos S.A. has chosen Metso’s Device Management Solution to optimize its valve spare parts stocking and supply. As part of the contract, Metso will ...
Honeywell's new advanced control system to modernize Lysekil refinery
04-11-2013
Honeywell today announced that it has been selected by Preem AB to modernize one of Europe’s largest refineries – Preemraf Lysekil – with ...
Rosneft and ExxonMobil select Foster Wheeler for initial feed work on LNG project
04-11-2013
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been selected by Rosneft and ExxonMobil to undertake ...
PMFG Inc awarded $4.3M process products order
04-11-2013
PMFG Inc, today announced that it has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately $4.3 million (26.3 million RMB) for our separation technology. The ...
Gazprom and SIBUR cooperate on for east gas processing and petrochemical project
01-11-2013
Today, Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s Chairman of the Management Committee, and Dmitry Konov, SIBUR’s CEO, signed Memorandum of Cooperation in the gas ...
Metso wins order for over 4,000 intelligent valve controllers
31-10-2013
Metso has won a large order for intelligent valve controllers from Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company for its 20 million ton-per-year, heavy crude ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical completes sale of polystyrene business in China
31-10-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC today announces that it has finalized the sale to Grand Astor Limited of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s affiliate company ...
Sulzer appoints Oliver Bailer as president of Sulzer Chemtech
31-10-2013
Urs Fankhauser informed the Sulzer Board, that he is to step down as President of Sulzer Chemtech after being diagnosed with a serious illness. The Sulzer Board ...
Clariant opens its new €100M global R&D hub in Frankfurt
31-10-2013
The Clariant Innovation Center (CIC), based at the Industriepark Höchst, will be the home base of Clariant’s competence centers in chemical research ...
Phillips 66 seeks to expand midstream business with proposed LPG export terminal
31-10-2013
Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, plans to develop a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal in Freeport, Texas. ...
BP partners with the university of Texas on leading-edge energy research
31-10-2013
BP announced today it will commit $4 million to launch a new strategic partnership with The University of Texas at Austin to support several leading-edge oil ...
Texas express pipeline begins operations
31-10-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and DCP Midstream Partners LP today announced the start of service ...
New technology will revolutionise 3D model viewing and approving for decision makers
31-10-2013
AVEVA today launched of AVEVA E3D Insight, the Windows 8.1 app that enables project decision makers in the power, process plant and mining industries to view ...
Rominserv provide consultancy services for Shymkent refinery modernization
30-10-2013
The company will provide mixt consultancy services for the project management, engineering, procurement and supervision of works execution in the frame of an ...
Det-Tronics recognized with exida’s safety award for the FlexSonic acoustic gas leak detector
30-10-2013
Detector Electronics Corporation, the global leader in fire and gas safety systems, has been recognized with exida’s Safety Award, Sensors Category, for ...
Istanbul wins bid to host 22nd World Petroleum Congress in 2017
30-10-2013
“This time – Istanbul!” was the motto for the Turkish delegation as they faced the USA with Houston, Kazakhstan with Astana and Denmark with ...
Linde expert to discuss results of LNG fracturing project at workshop in Houston
29-10-2013
Roy Twymon, business development manager, Energy Solutions for Linde LLC, will be presenting the results from a first-ever commercial conversion of an entire ...
New manufacturing campus supports growth of UOP’s catalyst and adsorbents
29-10-2013
Honeywell announced today it will establish a new manufacturing campus in Zhangjiagang, China, to support growing demand in Asia for energy technology and advanced ...
Qatar Petroleum to launch a modern emergency and safety college
28-10-2013
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Qatar Petroleum (QP) in partnership with ...
World’s largest SNG plant goes on-stream with Topsøe catalysts and process technology
28-10-2013
Today Haldor Topsøe A/S announced that Qinghua, the largest SNG (Substitute Natural Gas) plant ever built in the world was successfully started in the ...
Renewable Energy Group opens biodiesel plant and announces $20M Upgrade
28-10-2013
Renewable Energy Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open their recently acquired biodiesel refinery in Mason City, Iowa and announced it has begun ...
Air Products wins Canadian hydrogen supply contract
24-10-2013
Air Products and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced the signing of a long-term agreement to supply North West Redwater Partnership with ...
Air Products fabrication and sale of 500th PRISM membrane process gas system
24-10-2013
Air Products has now fabricated and sold 500 PRISM® Membrane Process Gas Systems to customers all around the world, including a handful of systems ...
AVEVA electrical interfaces with ETAP for improved engineering productivity
24-10-2013
AVEVA today announced that it is collaborating with ETAP to create a complementary interface between AVEVA Electrical and ETAP’s enterprise solution for ...
Air Products expands pipeline coverage on Jurong Island
23-10-2013
Air Products, a leading global industrial gases and performance materials supplier, today announced it has signed a contract to supply both gaseous ...
JX Nippon Oil selet KBR’s ROSE technology
22-10-2013
KBR a world-leading provider of refinery technologies , announced today that JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation (JX Corp) has again selected KBR’s ...
Rosneft and CNPC agree key principles of Tianjin refinery commissioning schedule
22-10-2013
On October 22, 2013 the Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board, and Zhou Jiping, Chairman of the Board of Directors of China National ...
Honeywell selected to help new production facility meet rising demandfor clean energy
22-10-2013
Honeywell today announced that it will provide an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
Emerson introduces a new cooling tower monitoring solution
21-10-2013
Emerson Process Management has introduced an integrated Cooling Tower Monitoring solution as the latest addition to its Essential Asset Monitoring capabilities. ...
Sulzer Pumps acquires Finnish seal manufacturer Tartek Oy
21-10-2013
Sulzer Pumps has acquired Tartek Oy, a specialist in development, manufacture, repair and maintenance of high quality mechanical seals. With this acquisition, ...
Operational excellence drives performance in oil, gas and petrochemicals
21-10-2013
Euro Petroleum Consultants, will be hosting a major new conference, OpEx 2013 in Abu Dhabi in December. The conference will focus on Operational Excellence ...
BASF and Yara: otential joint ammonia investment
18-10-2013
BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into a world scale ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast. BASF, which has a strong presence in the United ...
Praxair starts up air separation plant in Brazil
18-10-2013
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has started up a new 800 tons per day air separation plant in the state of Minas Gerais, located ...
Eastman to expand capacity at plasticizer manufacturing facility in Texas City
17-10-2013
Eastman Chemical Company today announced it is expanding capacity of its Eastman 168™ non-phthalate plasticizers at its manufacturing facility in Texas ...
Gazprom Neft, UOP and ExxonMobil Research and Engineerin technology licensing agreement
17-10-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) have finalized a technology licensing agreement with a subsidiary of Gazprom ...
Yokogawa wins control system order for large second-generation Bioethanol plant
17-10-2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa América do Sul Ltda., has received an order to supply the control system and field ...
Technip awarded technology and engineering contract for Sasol’s ethane cracker in Louisiana
16-10-2013
Technip was awarded by Sasol a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and front-end engineering design (FEED) for a world-class grassroots ethane ...
Essar Oil UK completes lift of giant £23M unit at Stanlow refinery
16-10-2013
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd yesterday completed the successful lift of a giant new regenerator head for a key petrol producing unit at their Stanlow refinery as part ...
ICA Fluor to build vinyl chloride monomer plant in Mexico
16-10-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that its ICA Fluor industrial engineering-constructio joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. signed a contract with ...
Air Products to build new world-scale hydrogen plant to support Shell's Scotford facility
16-10-2013
Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced plans to build, own and operate a new world-scale hydrogen production plant adjacent ...
Emerson's new compact wireless remote monitoring solution
16-10-2013
With the introduction of the Smart Wireless Gateway 1410, Emerson Process Management is making it easier for process industry customers with remote operations ...
Invensys releases Spiral CrudeSuite crude oil knowledge-management software
16-10-2013
Invensys a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world’s major industries, released integrated ...
AFPM pleased with supreme court decision to review EPA’s GHG regulations
16-10-2013
Statement by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) General Counsel Rich Moskowitz on the Supreme Court decision today to review the Environmental ...
Jacobs receives contract extension from Irving Oil
15-10-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a two year extension with two further five year options to provide maintenance at the Irving Oil ...
Wison contract for Puerto La Cruz refinery deep conversion
15-10-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd., announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd., an indirectly non wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company was awarded ...
Metso wins order from Sino-Venezuela Guangdong petrochemical company
15-10-2013
Metso has won a large order for intelligent valve controllers from Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company for its 20 million ton-per-year, heavy crude ...
Sinopec Qilu plant sets world record using GE gasification technology
15-10-2013
The Sinopec Qilu No. 2 fertilizer plant in China has achieved the world’s longest continuous operation record for a licensed GE (NYSE: GE) coal-fed gasification ...
Bashneft select GE Technology for its new wastewater treatment plant
15-10-2013
Russian oil company Bashneft will use GE’s (ZeeWeed membrane bioreactor (MBR), electrodialysis reversal (EDR) and reverse osmosis (RO) technologies for ...
Emerson introduces next-generation gas density meter
15-10-2013
Emerson Process Management has released the Micro Motion Gas Density Meter, the next generation of the Micro Motion 7812 gas density meter designed for natural ...
Intertek shale gas services expanded with GPA natural gas testing
15-10-2013
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has added significant, new, Gas Processors Association ...
Bentley systems announces availability of AutoPIPE Vessel powered by Microprotol
15-10-2013
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the ...
Kentz awarded EPCm contract with Qatar Shell GTL
14-10-2013
Kentz Corporation Limited , the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award by Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. for ...
Enterprise to increase capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline
14-10-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced an expansion of its wholly owned Aegis Pipeline following strong interest from shippers. Long-term agreements ...
Vladimir Putin greenlights launch of CDU-12 unit at Tuapse refinery
11-10-2013
Modernization of Tuapse refinery suggests in-process construction of the advanced oil refinery. Upon its completion, the refinery throughput will increase from ...
Grace buys Dow’s UNIPOL polypropylene process technology licensing and catalysts business
11-10-2013
W. R. Grace & Co announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business ...
Neste pro diesel is the first fuel to comply with the WWFC 5 specification
11-10-2013
Neste Pro Diesel, a premium-quality diesel fuel developed and produced by Neste Oil in Finland, is the first anywhere to comply with the WWFC 5 specification ...
AFPM files lawsuit challenging renewable fuel standard
10-10-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical announces management changes
08-10-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC today announced planned management changes. Rick Roberts, senior vice president of Manufacturing, has elected ...
UOP to develop a master plan to modernize Indonesian refineries with Pertamina
08-10-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will help PT Pertamina (Persero), the national oil and natural gas company of Indonesia, develop a master ...
Enersul to supply two WetPrilll units & downstream solution to Saudi Arabia
07-10-2013
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Samsung Engineering Company ...
Methanex increases operating capacity in New Zealand, Canada and Chile
07-10-2013
Methanex Corporation has reached a number of key milestones with respect to its near-term capacity growth objectives in New Zealand, Canada and Chile. On October ...
Ashland Water Technologies and Dorf Ketal enter strategic distribution partnership
07-10-2013
Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc, and Dorf Ketal Chemicals, LLC, a specialty chemicals company serving the downstream refining and ...
New wireless air cooled heat exchanger monitoring solution from Emerson
07-10-2013
Emerson Process Management has unveiled a new wireless Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Monitoring Solution that expands its already robust Essential Asset Monitoring ...
Volga NIPITEK standardises on AVEVA plant software
07-10-2013
AVEVA announced today that Volga NIPITEK, a Russian engineering contractor (EPC) in the oil & gas and petrochemicals industries, has rapidly gained benefits ...
JGC awarded EPC contract for major ethylene plant in America
04-10-2013
JGC Corporation announced today that a contract has been signed between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) and JGC/Fluor to provide ...
MOL transforms Mantova refinery into a products logistics hub
04-10-2013
MOL Group announces the progressive transformation of its Mantova refinery into a products logistics hub. This transformation process starts in January 2014. ...
Emerson expands storage tank solutions with Enardo acquisition
04-10-2013
Emerson announced today it has acquired Enardo LLC, a leader in safety and environmental control equipment for the oil and gas, petrochemical, wastewater, refining ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded Zirku facilities enhancement contract by Zadco
03-10-2013
SNC-Lavalin Inc is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by ZADCO, a joint venture owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ExxonMobil ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical gets approval to build USGC petrochemicals project
03-10-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce it received board approval to execute the US Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project first announced ...
LyondellBasell and Oiltanking finalize 10-year partnership for storing and handling acetyls
03-10-2013
LyondellBasell and Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp today announced that Lyondell Chemie Nederland BV and Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp NV have signed a 10-year ...
Air Products to supply hydrogen and other gases to Bharat Petroleum's Kochi refinery
03-10-2013
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it has signed a long-term agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and will build, ...
Fluor and JGC JV awarded EPC contract by Chevron Phillips Chemical
03-10-2013
Fluor Corporation and JGC Corporation announced today that their 50/50 joint venture was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract ...
Unipetrol RPA selects Ineos Technologies’ Innovene S HDPE process
03-10-2013
INEOS Technologies is pleased to announce that it has licensed its Innovene S Process for the manufacture of medium density and high density polyethylene to ...
Essar Energy to exit Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd
03-10-2013
Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, today announced that it intends to exit from its 50% owned joint venture business ...
Technip and Zachry to build polyethylene plants for Chevron Phillips Chemical
03-10-2013
Technip and Zachry Industrial, in a partnership called Gulf Coast Partners, have been awarded a substantial contract to design and build two Polyethylene Plants ...
Pioneering a new age of precision in vapor pressure testing with MINIVAP VPXpert-L
03-10-2013
AMETEK Grabner Instruments has extended its vapor pressure tester product portfolio with the launch of a new automatic tester for low-volatility measurements. ...
Emerson expands AMS to deliver more data to plant personnel for better decision-making
03-10-2013
Emerson Process Management has released version 5.6 of its asset management software, AMS Suite: Machinery Health Manager. From route-based, online, and wireless ...
GE to provide turbomachinery equipment for Yamal LNG megaproject
02-10-2013
GE has received a contract to provide key turbomachinery equipment for the Yamal liquefied natural gas (LNG) “megaproject” that is being developed ...
Emerson releases next-generation meter for online gas specific gravity measurement
02-10-2013
Emerson Process Management has released the Micro Motion® Specific Gravity Meter, the next generation of the market-leading Micro Motion 3098 Gas Specific ...
Colfax aquire ČKD Kompresory
01-10-2013
Colfax Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of gas and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products, today announced that it has entered into a ...
Make the titanium connection with
RathGibson
01-10-2013
RathGibson, a leading manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless Stainless Steel, Nickel, Titanium, and Specialty Alloy tubing, connects with the ...
Invensys strengthens KBR’s refinery-wide optimization solutions
01-10-2013
Invensys, a leading supplier of
state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world’s major industries, has signed a multi-year, ...
AHLSTAR close coupled process pump series from Sulzer Pumps
01-10-2013
Sulzer Pumps has launched the most versatile AHLSTAR end suction single stage close coupled process pump series to meet
the high standards of reliability and ...
Cosmo Oil and Kyokuto Petroleum discuss collaboration of Chiba Refineries
30-09-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Mitsui Oil Co., Ltd and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. announce the conclusion today of an initial memorandum regarding their agreement to begin ...
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LyondellBasell opens chemical research center in Houston
30-09-2013
LyondellBasell today announced the opening of the 70,000-square-foot Houston Technology Center to develop process technologies and chemical catalysts for its ...
Technip and Shell Cansolv to strengthen CO2 capture technology
30-09-2013
Technip and Shell Cansolv have signed an agreement to leverage their respective expertise in marketing an end-to-end solution for Carbon Capture and Sequestration ...
Wison Engineering contract for Erdos Jinchengtai coal-to-methanol project
29-09-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd., an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, has been awarded a contract ...
Hyperion simulation to supply OTS system for the SWCC Training Center, in Saudi Arabia
26-09-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent solutions provider to the global process industries, announces that it will supply a generic ...
Wison Engineering commercializes proprietary methanol-to-olefins technology
26-09-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service provider in China, today ...
Emerson agrees to purchase Virgo Valves and Controls
26-09-2013
Emerson announced it has signed an agreement to purchase Virgo Valves and Controls, LTD, a leading manufacturer of ball valves and automation systems based ...
Clariant Oil and Mining services opens global headquarters in Houston
26-09-2013
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced the opening of the new global headquarters for its Oil and Mining Services business unit ...
New steam reforming catalyst from Haldor Topsøe
25-09-2013
Haldor Topsøe now offers a new alkali-promoted steam reforming catalyst, RK-400. RK-400 is engineered to provide consistently strong protection against ...
Enterprise announces additional expansion of is LPG export facility
25-09-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced an additional expansion of its LPG export terminal located on the Houston Ship Channel that will increase ...
PMFG awarded three new orders
25-09-2013
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded three separate contracts with a combined value of over $7 million. In our Environmental Systems segment, ...
China
Sonangol sign an MOU for a crude oil refinery project in Dubai
24-09-2013
On the 24th of September 2013, The Supreme Energy Council of Dubai, presided by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and China Sonangol International ...
ICA Fluor awarded Hidalgo refinery contract by Pemex
24-09-2013
Fluor
Corporation announced today that its ICA Fluor industrial engineering-construction joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. was awarded an additional ...
Invensys acquires InduSoft
24-09-2013
Invensys, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world’s major industries, has acquired InduSoft,
...
Honeywell UOP alliance to serve growing demand for LNG as a transportation fuel
24-09-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has formed an alliance with Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction ...
Praxair opens a global technology center in Shanghai
24-09-2013
Praxair China Investment Company, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, today announced the opening of its state-of-the-art global technology center in Shanghai, supporting ...
Graham corporation awarded $7.5M in refinery, petrochemical and power orders
24-09-2013
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, and ...
Alfa Laval to provide compact heat exchangers to LNG plant
23-09-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to ...
GTC Technology selected by SLOVNAFT for aromatics recovery unit
23-09-2013
GTC Technology will provide aromatics recovery technology to SLOVNAFT, a.s. for the reconstruction of an aromatics extraction and distillation unit at SLOVNAFT’s ...
INEOS and Sinopec break ground on the largest phenol acetone plant in China
23-09-2013
INEOS Phenol and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company (Sinopec YPC) have today broken ground on the largest Phenol and Acetone plant to ever be built in ...
Cabinet approves Hindustan Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Rajasthan
20-09-2013
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of state-run fuel retailer, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to set up a 9 MMTPA greenfield Refinery ...
Fisher provides accurate and reliable actuation of a broad range of sliding stem control valves
20-09-2013
Emerson Process Management has introduced the Fisher® 685 double acting piston actuator that provides high thrust output for short to long travel applications. ...
Petrofac consortium to provide services for integrated petrochemical project in Kazakhstan
19-09-2013
Petrofac in consortium with Linde AG of Germany (Linde) and GS Engineering & Construction Corporation, Republic of Korea (GS) (the ‘consortium’) ...
Jiangsu chemical sale branch’ new polyvinyl alcohol won initial success in sales
18-09-2013
In order to revitalise recessed PVA market in May, Chuanwei Plant has developed new product for the PVA flock JF series. The new product features quick resolvation, ...
Honeywell's UOP to provide technology for petrochemical production in China
18-09-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected to produce key ingredients for fuels and synthetic rubber in China. China's ...
Wison engineering contract for the first residue hydrocracking plant in China
17-09-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd., an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, has secured the contract ...
Sistema acquires United Petrochemical Company
17-09-2013
Sistema JSFC, the largest publicly-traded diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS, today announces the acquisition of a 98% stake (resulting in effective ...
New Intertek laboratory supports Texas City refineries and chemical plants
17-09-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has opened a new, state-of-the-art petroleum and chemical laboratory to provide expanded ...
Enterprise completes seventh NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu
17-09-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.today announced that the seventh natural gas liquids fractionator at the partnership’s Mont Belvieu, Texas complex is ...
TOYO awarded ethylene plant expansion project in Indonesia
17-09-2013
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract from PT. Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. in Indonesia to expand the capacity of an existing naphtha ...
Yulin 1 million t/y continuous reforming project kicked off
16-09-2013
A 1 million t/y continuous reforming project viability study of Yulin Refinery, Yanchang Petroleum Group, has recently been approved and formally kicked off, ...
Petrofac signs $120M agreement to deliver world-class training capabilities for PETRONAS
16-09-2013
International oil and gas services provider Petrofac has signed a US$120m agreement with PETRONAS, the Malaysian National Oil Company, for the operation and ...
Yokogawa wins Mizushima oil refinery FEED contract from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
13-09-2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, a subsidiary that oversees Yokogawa's IA and control business in Japan, ...
Fluor awarded gas-to-methanol engineering and design services contract
13-09-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering and design services contract by South Louisiana Methanol L.P. for a potential 5,000 metric ...
Emerson introduces high thrust piston actuators for improved process control
13-09-2013
Emerson Process Management has introduced the Fisher® 685 double acting piston actuator that provides high thrust output for short to long travel applications. ...
Emerson automating new Lubrizol additives facility in China
12-09-2013
Emerson Process Management and The Lubrizol Corporation have completed on-schedule, on-budget factory acceptance of Emerson’s integrated automation solution ...
Royal Dutch Shell appointment John Abbott as downstream director
12-09-2013
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces the appointment of John Abbott as Downstream Director with effect from October 1, 2013. In his new role, Mr Abbott will ...
Praxair expands hydrogen supply at Valero refinery
12-09-2013
Praxair, Inc today announced the start-up of its state-of-the-art 135 million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) hydrogen plant serving Valero’s St. Charles ...
Toyo Engineering receive EPC contract for oil sands SAGD facilities in Canada
11-09-2013
Toyo Engineering, through its Canadian subsidiary Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd., has signed a contract to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) ...
MAN Diesel & Turbo standardises on AVEVA software for Integrated Engineering & Design
11-09-2013
AVEVA announced today that MAN Diesel & Turbo has successfully completed the implementation of AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solutions. ...
Statement on EPA report on monitoring controls of the renewable fuel standard program
10-09-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement on a report by the Environmental Protection ...
Praxair India expands growth with small on-site plants
10-09-2013
Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc today announced it has signed two long-term contracts with JSW Steel, to operate small on-site nitrogen ...
Intertek expands Marcellus and Utica shale oil & gas services
10-09-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has expanded their Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facility to support growing oil and gas ...
Technip and HQC create two JV's to improve access to European and Chinese markets
10-09-2013
Technip announces that its operating center in Rome, Italy, has signed an agreement with China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC) to set ...
KBR to provide contracted construction and maintenance services to DuPont
09-09-2013
KBR a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that it has secured a five year extension to provide contracted construction and ...
Daqing Petrochemical leading butadiene analysis in Chinese refining industry
06-09-2013
Statistical data on September 1st shows that the accurate rate of analytical data for the critical components of butadiene products, such as water content, ...
PetroChina implements DuPont™ IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology
06-09-2013
DuPont Sustainable Solutions is pleased to announce the successful startup of the DuPont™ IsoTherming® Diesel Hydrotreating Unit at ...
PROSERNAT announces an exclusive license agreement with CCR Technologies Ltd
05-09-2013
PROSERNAT announced the signature with CCR Technologies Ltd of an exclusive License Agreement under which PROSERNAT will have exclusive licensing rights in ...
PROSERNAT announces an exclusive license agreement with CCR Technologies Ltd
05-09-2013
PROSERNAT announced the signature with CCR Technologies Ltd of an exclusive License Agreement under which PROSERNAT will have exclusive licensing rights in ...
Siemens receives major orders for air separation plants totalling €180M
05-09-2013
Siemens has won major orders for three air separation plants in India and Inner Mongolia. The customer for all three orders is Linde Engineering. A total of ...
Heurtey Petrochem announces a €14m contract in India
04-09-2013
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature of a € 14 million contract in the refining sector with Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, subsidiary of Indian ...
Oiltanking signs new JV to construct a commercial crude oil storage and blending terminal
04-09-2013
Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo Holdings (Pty) Ltd a subsidiary of Oiltanking GmbH, and Mining, Oil and Gas Services Pty Ltd are pleased to announce a joint venture ...
Master Chemicals Nalco Champion opens new research center and in Russia
04-09-2013
Master Chemicals Nalco Champion, a leader in Russia's oilfield chemical industry, today celebrated the opening of its new research and development center and ...
Heurtey Petrochem receive a €14M contract from CPCL in India
04-09-2013
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature of a €14 million contract in the refining sector with Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, subsidiary of Indian ...
Total’s project for the Carling platform’s future
04-09-2013
Total intends to invest €160 million before 2016 to adapt its petrochemical platform in Carling, in the Lorraine region of eastern France, and to restore ...
Galkynysh gas field processing facility inaugurated
04-09-2013
Petrofac’s largest EPC project to date, the US$3.4billion Galkynysh gas field project for SC “Turkmengas”, the state-owned National Gas Company ...
Kinder Morgan / Valero place parkway pipeline into service
03-09-2013
Construction of the approximately 141-mile, 16-inch diameter Parkway Pipeline, a 50-50 joint venture between Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Valero ...
PAC releases next generation AC Analytical Controls® Reformulyzer M4
03-09-2013
PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, today released the AC Analytical Controls® ...
Sanning 200,000 t/y caprolactam project placed in operation
03-09-2013
The total investment of 5 billion RMB, 200,000 t/y caprolactam (CPL) project of Hubei Sanning Petrochemical Corporation has been completed and begun operation. ...
BASF extends agreement with Apprion for industrial wireless applications, systems & services
03-09-2013
BASF Corporation announced today it has selected Apprion as the sole source provider of industrial wireless applications, systems and services for its North ...
SNC Lavalin name Terrance Ivers executive vice president oil & gas
03-09-2013
SNC-Lavalin Group announces today the appointment of Terrance Ivers as Executive Vice-President, Oil & Gas. Mr. Ivers will lead the global business from ...
New AVEVA AVP™ brings the power of industrial gaming to the plant industries
03-09-2013
AVEVA announced today the launch of its brand-new, AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform (AVEVA AVP™). AVEVA AVP, built on Industrial Gaming technology ...
Haldor Topsøe licensing technology to Azerbaijan’s first ammonia-urea complex
03-09-2013
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has decided to build the country’s first combined ammonia-urea complex 30 km north of Azerbaijan’s capital ...
EU Commission approves Nynas takeover of base oil plant in Germany
02-09-2013
The new production plant will be a core site for Nynas with an annual production of specialty oils up to 350,000 tons. This represents a forty percent increase ...
Solvay and Sadara JV begins construction of world-scale hydrogen peroxide plant
02-09-2013
Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Company, a newly created joint venture between Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and the Solvay Group (Solvay), announced today that ...
Clariant certifies cellulosic ethanol plant under european directives
02-09-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has received the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its sunliquid® demonstration ...
Transportable hydrocarbon dew-Point analyzer to rent
02-09-2013
Michell Instruments’ new Condumax II Transportable Hydrocarbon and Water Dew-Point Analyzer is now available to rent in Europe. It allows users to make ...
L&T Hydrocarbon wins orders worth over 807 crore
30-08-2013
L&T Hydrocarbon has recently secured new orders of 807 crore for the supply of cracking furnace modules and parts, supply of equipment, EPC execution of ...
Hyperion delivers hydro-cracking model and reforming model to Russio refinery
29-08-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent solutions provider to the global process industries, announces the successful delivery of two ...
JGC joins power and steam supply business in Saudi Arabia
29-08-2013
JGC Corporation announced today that together with Marubeni Corporation and Saudi company Aljomaih Holding Co., (Aljomaih), it has signed a contract as of August ...
Russian chemical giant extends commitment to AVEVA plant software
29-08-2013
AVEVA announced today that it has been awarded a significant new contract by LLC GSE-Giprokauchuk, Russia’s leader in design and research for the chemical, ...
Luoyang Petrochemical producing new high melt flow rate fiber materials
27-08-2013
To diversify the range of products and to meet the great domestic market demand on high melt flow rate fiber materials, Luoyang Petrochemical Company No.2 polypropylene ...
Zachry wins contract for ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge chemical plant and refinery.
27-08-2013
Zachry has been awarded a multi-year capital work contract for refining and petrochemical industry leader and Zachry customer, ExxonMobil, at their Baton Rouge ...
Dow confirms site selections for expansions in Texas and Louisiana
27-08-2013
As part of its focused investment strategy on the U.S. Gulf Coast to integrate advantaged shale gas, The Dow Chemical Company confirmed today the locations ...
Jacobs to design and supply an integrated chlorine dioxide plant for CMPC in Brazil
27-08-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose Riograndense Ltda. for the design and supply of an ...
Emerson extends accurate and reliable ultrasonic level measurement to corrosive environments
27-08-2013
Emerson Process Management has expanded the accurate and reliable measurement capabilities of the Rosemount® 3100 Series of ultrasonic non contacting level ...
AspenONE V8.3 transforms acid gas cleaning and delivers in pressure safety valve sizing
27-08-2013
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the availability of the V8.3 release of aspenONE software. ...
Wide range of Metso’s Neles flow control products receive SIL certifications
27-08-2013
Metso’s customer can confidently apply the high performance flow control products they have become familiar with on the process side to critical safety ...
Technip awarded the front-end engineering and design contract for LNG liquefaction project
27-08-2013
Technip was awarded by Trunkline LNG Export, LLC the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the potential expansion of the existing liquefied ...
SNC-Lavalin awarded contract by Transportadora de Gas Internacional in Colombia
26-08-2013
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P. (TGI), for a greenfield ...
Intergraph helps Petrofac succeed on Rabigh II project in Saudi Arabia
26-08-2013
Intergraph has published a new case study that describes how CAESAR II helped PETROFAC (Saudi Arabia) succeed on the $5 billion Rabigh II refining and petrochemical ...
Gevo opens biorefinery for fully renewable paraxylene
26-08-2013
Gevo, Inc, the world's only commercial producer of bio-isobutanol, today held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale paraxylene plant in Silsbee, ...
CVR Refining announces extended fccu outage at Coffeyville refinery
26-08-2013
CVR Refining, LP, a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced that the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its Coffeyville refinery is expected ...
ONEOK Partners acquire natural gas gathering and processing and natural gas liquids assets
26-08-2013
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced that it will invest approximately $440 million in the natural gas liquids-rich area in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming ...
Guangzhou petrochemical FCC flue gas emission control project approved
23-08-2013
Feasibility study report of Guangzhou Petrochemical Company 2 million t/y FCC regenerator flue gas emission control project has recently been approved by the ...
China polypropylene production has fallen in three consecutive months
22-08-2013
National Bureau of Statistics of China recently released data shows polypropylene production has fallen down to 993,300 tons in July, indicating a 5.4% decrease ...
Raise gas compressor efficiencies, reduce costs with precision ST75 air/gas mass flow meter
22-08-2013
Engineers and technicians who rely on point-of-use gas compressor measurement will find a cost-effective air/gas mass flow monitoring solution with the rugged ...
Metso acquires EPT Engineering Services in India
22-08-2013
Metso has acquired the Indian engineering company EPT Engineering Services Private Limited. The acquisition follows Metso’s strategy and strengthens the ...
Alfa Laval to provide Packinox heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in India
22-08-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
Linde to build world’s largest CO2 purification and liquefaction plant
22-08-2013
The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract to build the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) purification and liquefaction plant ...
The first-phase of Xinjiang first coal-to-gas project completed and put into operation
21-08-2013
The first-phase of Xinjiang first CTG project has been completed and put into operation, represented a great breakthrough in the application of fixed-bed coal ...
JGC receive a contract for lubricating oil blending facility in Indonesia
21-08-2013
JGC Corporation announced today that its subsidiary JGC Indonesia received a contract from the Indonesian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell for construction of ...
Technip and Sasol form a front-end engineering alliance for GTL facilities
21-08-2013
Technip and Sasol, the owner of the world’s leading gas-to-liquids* (GTL) technology, announce that they have established an alliance for front-end engineering ...
Rosneft and ExxonMobil proceed with LNG project implementation
21-08-2013
Rosneft and ExxonMobil continue to progress the LNG project proposed in the Russian Far East. The contractor selection process for design and engineering work ...
ISO 14001 certification for HERMETIC-Pumpen GmbH
21-08-2013
For over fifty years now, the term “canned motor pump” has been synonymous worldwide with the safe handling of media, which, in the event of a leak, ...
Honeywell to supply control systems for new process plants at russian refinery
20-08-2013
Honeywell announced today that Antipinsky Refinery CJSC will use Honeywell's Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) to control plant processes and general ...
Emerson's AMS suite predictive diagnostics available now on any foundation fieldbus network
19-08-2013
Emerson Process Management and Softing have announced that Softing's Linking Device and Gateway FG-110-FF has been successfully integrated and tested with Emerson's ...
Praxair to expand nitrogen facility
19-08-2013
Praxair, Inc, announced today that it has started up a second nitrogen plant at its facility in Kirtland, New Mexico to support growing nitrogen demand in the ...
Aibel selects CAESAR II® to improve standardization and integration
19-08-2013
Aibel AS, a leading engineering service provider that works within the oil, gas, and renewable energy sectors, has selected Intergraph® CAESAR II® to ...
Quintiliani joins Blasch Precision Ceramics
16-08-2013
Blasch Precision Ceramics announces the appointment of Joseph Quintiliani as Sales Engineer. In this role, Quintiliani will have account responsibility for ...
Evonik to significantly expand its oil additives capacity in Singapore
15-08-2013
Evonik Industries has announced a significant expansion of its Jurong Island, Singapore oil additives plant, to be completed in early 2015. With ongoing improvement ...
Linde opens new offices in Houston
14-08-2013
The gases and engineering group, Linde, announced that it has moved into new offices in Houston to house several of its groups. With the recently announced ...
Graham Corporation
announces $7M in orders
14-08-2013
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, and ...
Europeen commission selects Intertek for gas oil stability testing
14-08-2013
Intertek, the leading
quality solutions provider to a wide range of industries worldwide, has been selected by the European Commission Institute for Reference ...
Wide range of Metso’s Neles® flow control products receive SIL certifications
14-08-2013
Metso’s customer can confidently apply the high performance flow control
products they have become familiar with on the process side to critical safety ...
Technip to build a hydrogen plant for National Cooperative Refinery Association
14-08-2013
Technip, in consortium with its construction partner Performance Contractors Inc., was awarded a contract by the National
Cooperative Refinery Association. ...
AFPM files petition for partial waiver of 2014 RFS volumes
13-08-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute filed a joint-petition to the Environmental Protection Agency for a ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical closer to building ethane cracker and polyethylene units
13-08-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it received air permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for its planned ethane cracker ...
Calumet Specialty Products acquires crude oil logistics assets
12-08-2013
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, today announced that it has acquired seven ...
Siemens delivers wet air oxidation system to treat wastewater at gas processing plant
12-08-2013
Siemens Energy has received a contract from Indonesia to deliver a Zimpro wet air oxidation system. The technology will be part of the new Gundih gas processing ...
HERMETIC pump optimises production, processing and packaging of urgent orders
09-08-2013
HERMETIC pumps provide reliable service for years and often for decades. Canned motor pumps are known for their high Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF). In practice, ...
Siemens receives orders for three LNG plants in China
08-08-2013
Siemens Energy has received orders for the compressor trains for three LNG (liquefied natural gas) plants in China for liquefying synthetic natural gas. The ...
KBR selected to provide materials management at Alberta Oil Sands
08-08-2013
KBR, one of Canada’s leading construction management providers, today announced the contract award to provide materials management services at a major ...
Air Liquide joins H2USA
08-08-2013
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP announced today that it has joined H2USA, a public-private partnership launched by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) focusing ...
Siemens receives major
order for Yamal LNG project in Russia
07-08-2013
Siemens will deliver the key components for a power station that is going to supply the future Yamal LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) production plant in Northern ...
UOP technology to improve operational flexibility at key petrochemicals plant in
Japan
07-08-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Taiyo Oil Co. Ltd. to supply technology and catalysts to improve operational flexibility ...
Air Products to supply LNG technology and equipment to Technip for China plant
07-08-2013
Air
Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it has signed an agreement to supply its proprietary ...
Technip awarded contract for LNG plant in China
07-08-2013
Technip was awarded by an engineering, design and procurement contract, worth approximately €35 million, for a
mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. ...
Jacobs receives contract from Nexen for long lake base plant projects
06-08-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a three-year contract from Nexen Energy ULC for engineering and procurement services for the Long ...
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Siemens receives major order from Saudi Aramco
06-08-2013
Siemens will supply the key components for a major combined cycle power plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The power station is designed to deliver electricity ...
Graham Corporation awarded $10M in orders
06-08-2013
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, and ...
OMV Petrom commissioned the new gas desulfurization and sulfur recovery unit at Petrobrazi
06-08-2013
OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in Southeastern Europe, commissioned in July a new unit for gas desulfurization within the Petrobrazi refinery, ...
KBR awarded FEED to boost capacity for midwest crude oil refinery
05-08-2013
KBR today announced it has secured an award to execute front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a crude oil refinery revamp project for one of the oldest ...
Dow and Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies license LP Oxosm technology to PetroChina
05-08-2013
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies and The Dow Chemical Company announced that PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina Company ...
GTC Technology/Neville Chemical JV to provide C5 and HCR technology to Versalis
05-08-2013
Neville Venture, a joint venture between US-based companies GTC Technology and Neville Chemical Co., has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Versalis ...
Emerson support services help MOL increase throughput and reduce energy usage
05-08-2013
Emerson Process Management’s support services have helped the MOL Group increase throughput, improve product quality and reduce energy usage at the Algyõ ...
SIBUR and Sinopec establish a JV to produce synthetic rubbers in Krasnoyarsk
05-08-2013
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, a major global petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group, and SIBUR, a leading Russian gas processing and petrochemicals ...
Rominserv to perform the modernisation works on Pavlodar refinery
01-08-2013
Rominserv, part of The Rompetrol Group, will perform the works for modernisation and enhancing the processing capacity of Pavlodar refinery in Kazakhstan, the ...
Badger Licensing to provide cumene technology to Rabigh Phase II project in Saudi Arabia
01-08-2013
Badger Licensing LLC today announced that it was awarded a contract by Aramco Services Company and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. to provide its proprietary technology ...
Cosmo Oil Company implementation of restructuring of refinery supply
01-08-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. has been working on the 5th Consolidated Medium-Term Management Plan (MTMP) with the theme: "5 years to establish a solid business ...
Williams partners plans to bring Geismar olefins plant and expansion online
31-07-2013
Williams Partners L.P. is executing through its subsidiary Williams Olefins LLC on a plan that has an early April 2014 timeframe for restarting its Geismar ...
GE to expand its oil and gas facility in Hungary
31-07-2013
GE today announced the expansion of its existing oil and gas facility in Fót, Hungary. It will host the state-of-the-art manufacturing base of central ...
New OPTISONIC 3400 C multipurpose ultrasonic flowmeter for liquids
30-07-2013
KROHNE introduces the new OPTISONIC 3400 ultrasonic flowmeter for liquids. The 3-beam inline flowmeter is a multipurpose device that can be used for both ...
New technology from UOP improves natural gas processing capacity on US gulf coast
30-07-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ Flux+ membrane elements have been selected by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners ...
Frames and Paqell sign licensing agreement for THIOPAQ O&G desulphurization tech
29-07-2013
The agreement adds THIOPAQ O&G technology to Frames’ gas treating portfolio, enabling Frames to offer sulfur recovery technology to their customers, ...
KBR secures FEED contract for high-density polyethylene plants in the Americas
29-07-2013
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering and design contract by INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) for one of the largest ...
GE Capital and Gunvor launch €225M receivables financing program
29-07-2013
Gunvor Group and GE Capital have launched a EUR 225 mil. factoring program for Gunvor’s receivables portfolio to finance part of Gunvor’s German ...
Sasol chooses Emerson for Louisiana integrated GTL and ethane cracker complex
29-07-2013
Sasol, an international integrated energy and chemical company, has chosen Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, for a comprehensive program ...
Grace to end silica sol FCC catalyst production after three decades
26-07-2013
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that, during the third quarter of this year, it will close its 35,000 metric ton per year silica sol based ...
ABB wins $21M power order to support oil refinery extension in Colombia
23-07-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $21 million from EPM, a public electricity, gas and water utility, for ...
AFPM calls on congress to declare the RFS null and void
23-07-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna testified today at a House Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing titled ...
New elearning on pipeline leak detection for engineers
23-07-2013
Pipeline transport of fluids is a growing market all around the world. As the volume of substances transported increases, so does the importance of leak monitoring. ...
Praxair expands hydrogen supply with gulf coast start-up
22-07-2013
Praxair, Inc, today announced the start-up of its state-of-the-art, 135 million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) hydrogen plant serving the Valero refinery ...
Burckhardt Compression awarded service contract
22-07-2013
One of the four major global industrial gas producers selected Burckhardt Compression for a field service & valves maintenance framework supply agreement. ...
Clariant signs long-term ethylene supply contract with OMV
18-07-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it has signed a long-term supply contract with OMV. From 2015, the Austrian oil and gas ...
Heurtey Petrochem announces two contracts totalling €28m contract in the USA
17-07-2013
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature via its American subsidiary Petro-Chem Development of two contracts for a total amount of €28 million, to be ...
Essar projects wins its maiden EPC contract from BPCL
17-07-2013
Essar Projects Limited, a Global EPC company headquartered in Dubai, today announced that it has secured a contract valued at over Rs550 crores from Bharat ...
GE Oil & Gas to establish new global headquarters in London
17-07-2013
GE Oil & Gas today announced it will establish its new global headquarters in London. Florence will remain the global headquarters for GE Oil & Gas ...
KBR to perform revamp study for ammonia complex upgrade
17-07-2013
KBR today announced that it has been selected by Togliattiazot Corporation (ToAZ) to perform revamp studies for seven ammonia plants located in Togliatti, Russia. ...
Crambeth Allen is pleased to announce Refining China 2014
17-07-2013
The 2014 Refining China conference will take place at the Regent Hotel, Bejing, on 2-3 April 2014. It will follow upon the resounding success of ...
Moscow refinery switches to Euro-5 fuel production
17-07-2013
A catalytic cracking and hydrotreating unit and light naphtha isomerisation unit have been put into operation at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery. Sergei ...
Topsøe signs agreement to improve associated petroleum gas utilization in Western Siberia
16-07-2013
Haldor Topsøe A/S recently signed a ‘declaration of intent’ agreement with representatives from the local government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous ...
Shell, Sinopec and Total to build industry’s first shared Lube Park in Singapore
16-07-2013
Singapore Lube Park Pte Ltd today announced that they will build and operate a Lube Park in Tuas, situated in the southwestern part of Singapore. Singapore ...
Refiners backed against E10 blendwall
16-07-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) highlight the testimony of Valero Energy Corporation Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer ...
Praxair starts up new air separation plant in Korea
16-07-2013
Praxair Korea, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, announced the start-up of its second state-of-the-art air separation plant at the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ...
Sapphire Energy and Linde to commercialize technology used to upgrade algae into crude oil
16-07-2013
Sapphire Energy, Inc, one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and the technology company The Linde Group today announced they will ...
KOGAS gathers international energy companies ahead of Gastech 2014
16-07-2013
Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), the hosts of the 27th edition of the Gastech Conference and Exhibition, will be bringing together international energy companies ...
Sasol appoints engineering and technology providers for ethane cracker and derivatives project
15-07-2013
Sasol today announced a series of engineering and technology provider appointments as it continues to advance front-end engineering and design (FEED) of its ...
Total selects KBR’s ROSE® solvent deasphalting technology for use at their Antwerp refinery
15-07-2013
KBR today announced that it has been selected by Total to utilize KBR’s ROSE® solvent deasphalting technology for use at their Antwerp refinery in ...
Fluor awarded contract for Sasol’s Lake Charles chemical complex
15-07-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that the company has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker ...
Technoproekt expands use of AVEVA plant portfolio
15-07-2013
AVEVA today announced a significant development in its relationship with the Technoproekt Group of Companies. A new agreement further expands Technoproekt ‘s ...
WorleyParsons awarded contract by Sasol for an integrated GTL and ethane cracker complex
12-07-2013
WorleyParsons is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Sasol North America, Inc. (Sasol) for an integrated GTL and ethane cracker complex. ...
Haldor Topsøe licensing technology to Russia’s largest ammonia plant
12-07-2013
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Sojitz Corporation of Japan have received an order from PhosAgro-Cherepovets for a project to construct the largest ...
CNOOC selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene S HDPE process for their new project in Huizhou
11-07-2013
INEOS Technologies license its Innovene S Process for the manufacture of medium density and high density polyethylene to CNOOC. INEOS Technologies is pleased ...
Shell to spend $115M to reduce harmful air pollution at refinery and chemical plant in Deer park
10-07-2013
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Shell Oil and affiliated partnerships (Shell) have agreed ...
Bechtel to provide project management services for the Al Sejeel mega-petrochemical complex
10-07-2013
Bechtel announced today that the company was selected in April by the Qatar Petroleum – Qatar Petrochemical Company partnership (QP-QAPCO) to provide ...
Renewable Energy Group completes biodiesel plant upgrade
10-07-2013
Renewable Energy Group recently completed $21 million in technology upgrades at its 30 million gallon biodiesel refinery in southern Minnesota. The on-time, ...
Rolta wins engineering systems contract from Sadara Chemical Company
10-07-2013
Rolta India Ltd., announced today that it has been awarded a Multi-Million US$ contract from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) to implement a comprehensive Engineering ...
Eni announce a recovery project to turn the Gela refinery into a technological hub
09-07-2013
Eni has met today with National and Regional Institutions and with the Trade Unions to announce a project for the renovation and recovery of the Gela refinery. ...
Royal Dutch Shell announce Ben van Beurden will succeed Peter Voser as CEO
09-07-2013
Peter Voser will leave Shell at the end of March 2014, marking the end of 29 years with the Company. Van Beurden, 55, has been Downstream Director since January ...
Oxford Catalysts selected as the Fischer-Tropsch technology provider for a BTL plant
08-07-2013
Oxford Catalysts Group, the technology innovator for smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the Fischer-Tropsch ...
Shanxi Coking license UNIPOL polypropylene process technology
08-07-2013
Shanxi Coking Co. Ltd has signed a license agreement for UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Process Technology with Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics ...
Largest UK bio-refinery officially opened
08-07-2013
The £350 million Vivergo bioethanol plant in Hull was officially opened today by the Rt. Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation ...
Essar Projects wins project from Indian Oil Corporation
08-07-2013
Essar Projects, a global EPC company headquartered in Dubai, today announced that it had secured a prestigious contract from Indian Oil Corporation Limited ...
Siemens Oil & Gas solutions appoint Mario Azar as CEO
08-07-2013
Mario Azar (47) is appointed CEO of the Solutions Business Unit in the Oil & Gas Division of Siemens’ Energy Sector effective July 1st, 2013. Prior ...
ABB win terminal automation project at Sadara chemical complex
05-07-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a project from Foster Wheeler for the automation of bulk inventory operations management of ...
SGS provide baseline and high temperature hydrogen attack Inspections for Pryor Chemical
03-07-2013
In May 2013, SGS entered into an agreement with Pryor Chemical to conduct baseline inspection for vessels and piping for an ammonia unit and high temperature ...
Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon to construct a paraxylene plant
02-07-2013
L&T Hydrocarbon has secured an order of over `1000 crore to construct a paraxylene plant for a leading refinery in India. The company signed a memorandum ...
Petrobras sets new refinery production record
02-07-2013
On June 29th and 30th, Petrobras established a production record of 2.2 million barrels/day of oil at its refineries. This volume is 30,000 barrels more than ...
Praxair enters into industrial gas JV with OJSC KuibyshevAzot
02-07-2013
Praxair, Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with OJSC KuibyshevAzot, in central Russia’s Samara region, to produce and ...
PAC releases its latest version of MicroDist
02-07-2013
PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, recently released its latest version of ...
Energy and GHG reductions in the chemical industry via catalytic processes
02-07-2013
TCGR would like to acknowledge the important work by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) ...
Veolia Water to build desalination plant at Sadara petrochemical complex
02-07-2013
Marafiq, Saudi Arabia's leading water and electricity services operator, has contracted Veolia Water to design, build and operate the largest ultrafiltration ...
Sinopec and SK sign JV contract for Wuhan ethylene project
01-07-2013
President Wang Tianpu of SINOPEC Group and Vice Chairman Ja Young KOO of SK signed the joint venture contract of Wuhan ethylene project at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse ...
BP starts up new 250,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit at the Whiting refinery
01-07-2013
BP announced today that it has completed commissioning and start-up of its new 250,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit at the Whiting Refinery, marking ...
Hyperion delivers operating strategy / operator training simulator to PBG
01-07-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering, the leading independent solutions provider, has delivered to PBG the Dynamic Simulator for the new LMG Crude Oil and Natural Gas ...
Technip to provide two hydrogen reformers to PDVSA's Puerto La Cruz refinery
01-07-2013
Technip was awarded by the Hyundai-Wison consortium a significant contract to supply its proprietary technology as well as engineering and procurement services ...
INEOS announces new world scale alpha-olefins unit in the United States
27-06-2013
Today INEOS Oligomers unveiled future growth plans for its Linear Alpha Olefin (LAO) and Polyalphaolefin (PAO) product lines. “It is our intention ...
W. R. Grace and Al Dahra to build first FCC catalysts manufacturing plant in Middle East
26-06-2013
Grace and Al Dahra to build first fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts manufacturing plant in Middle W. R. Grace & Co. and Al Dahra Agriculture have ...
UOP Separex process technology to clean natural gas aboard four new FPSO vessels
26-06-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been contracted by PNBV, a subsidiary of Petrobras, to supply UOP Separex™ membrane ...
Neste Jacobs awarded engineering, project management and consultancy services contract
26-06-2013
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Abu Dhabi based Borouge have signed a long-term contract where Neste Jacobs provides ...
Emerson announces world’s first fully integrated wireless guided wave radar level transmitter
26-06-2013
Emerson Process Management announces the industry’s first integrated wireless Guided Wave Radar (GWR) transmitter for continuous level and interface monitoring. ...
Linde breaks ground for the largest air separation unit in the US
26-06-2013
Linde North America has broken ground for a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU) plant in La Porte, Texas. The ASU, part of a $200 million Linde ...
Marubeni agree to buy polypropylene and sulfur from Nghi Son refinery & chemical complex
26-06-2013
Marubeni Corporation has concluded an off-take agreement with Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company, the operator of the Nghi Son ...
Honeywell awarded contract by Rosneft to automate its new Tuapse Refinery
25-06-2013
Honeywell today announced it has signed an agreement with NK Rosneft, a leading Russia-based oil and gas producer, as the main automation contractor for the ...
Clariant opens a new R&D laboratory for catalysts and chemicals in Brazil
25-06-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, opened a new R&D Laboratory for Catalysts for Chemicals and Oil & Gas industries. Located in the company’s ...
Fluor awarded contract for Natref’s clean fuels 2 project
25-06-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Sasol Technology (Pty.) Ltd. to perform basic engineering services associated with the Natref ...
SENER engineering and technology acquires Brazilian engineering company EXEN
25-06-2013
SENER engineering and technology group has purchased the Brazilian engineering company EXEN, which is now 100% owned by SENER. Specialized in industrial projects ...
Borealis invest €65M to upgrade their PE plant in Porvoo
25-06-2013
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced a major upgrading project at ...
Creating integrated and sustainable gas markets to fuel Asia
25-06-2013
Asia’s growing reliance on imports and long-term contracts has raised doubts over the sustainability of its gas market. As the fastest growing gas market, ...
Emerson acquires leading innovator and developer of ultrasonic gas leak detection solutions
24-06-2013
Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has acquired Groveley Detection Ltd., a leading innovator and developer of ultrasonic gas leak detection ...
AFPM's disappointment at the supreme courts decision on E15
24-06-2013
“The Supreme Court’s decision denies the petitioners their day in court and will have negative repercussions for consumers. It is unfortunate ...
Haldor Topsøe and partners complete the first production of gasoline from woody biomass
24-06-2013
Haldor Topsøe A/S and its project partners: Andritz Carbona, Gas Technology Institute, Phillips 66 Company and UPM-Kymmene have successfully completed ...
Yantai Taihai acquires Manoir Industries
24-06-2013
On 28th February 2013, the Yantai Taihai group, the first private leader in China for nuclear casting and forging products, acquired the Petrochemical & ...
Saudi Butanol Company to build world’s largest butanol plant
23-06-2013
The Saudi Butanol Company (SaBuCo), which will be building the world’s largest butanol plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, was recently registered by the Saudi ...
GE and Rosneft JV to modernize the oil and gas sector in the Russian Federation
21-06-2013
GE and OJSC Rosneft, one of the world’s leading oil companies, signed a strategic agreement to establish a joint venture focused on developing local expertise ...
BP Zhuhai Chemical Company award Technip a services contract for a new petrochemical plant
21-06-2013
Technip was awarded a services contract by BP Zhuhai Chemical Company Limited, a joint venture between BP and Zhuhai Port Co. Ltd, for the execution of a new ...
Rosneft and SANORS to form JV incorporating their gas processing and petrochemical assets
21-06-2013
On June 21, 2013, Rosneft and SANORS petrochemical holding company signed Heads of Agreement (HoA), under which the parties intend to create a joint venture ...
QP and QAPCO selects UNIPOL PP process technology for polypropylene facility
20-06-2013
Qatar Petroleum/Qatar Petrochemical Company (QP/QAPCO), has signed a license agreement with Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC, a wholly ...
GE’s new TrueSense offers unparalleled corrosion control for crude unit overhead systems
20-06-2013
GE today introduced an expansion to its family of advanced automation and control technologies with TrueSense for Process, an online Crude Overhead Monitoring ...
Praxair to build a second air separation plant and extend pipeline system in the port of Antwerp
20-06-2013
Praxair, Inc. today announced it will build its second air separation plant and extend its pipeline system in the Port of Antwerp, the second largest petrochemical ...
Sulzer Pumps expands sales and service operations in South Africa
20-06-2013
Sulzer Pumps has expanded its sales and service center and relocated to a new premise in Durban, South Africa. The new location is a larger facility that houses ...
Petrobras / Sinopec letter of intent on the premium 1 refinery project
19-06-2013
Petrobras has announced that on June 11, 2013 it signed a letter of intent with China Petrochemical Corporation Sinopec for developing a joint study on the ...
Dartmouth refinery to be converted into a terminal operation
19-06-2013
Following a comprehensive evaluation of alternatives, Imperial Oil will continue to serve east coast Canadian markets by converting its Dartmouth refinery into ...
Jacobs to provide EPCM services at Polimeri Europa's plant in Grangemouth
18-06-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract by Polimeri Europa UK Limited (Versalis group), to provide engineering, procurement ...
SPECTROBLUE inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer
18-06-2013
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers three versions of its SPECTROBLUE inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). These models ...
Hyperion to supply an operator training simulator to Advanced Petrochemicals
17-06-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent solutions provider to the global process industries, announces that it will supply the Operator ...
Air Liquide signs a long term contract for three LyondellBasell sites in Pasadena
17-06-2013
Air Liquide has signed a new long term contract with LyondellBasell in the U.S. to provide steam, power, air gases and water to three LyondellBasell sites in ...
Honeywell introduces the future of plant control rooms
17-06-2013
Honeywell today introduced several new technologies that will transform control rooms of the future, including an advanced dashboard to help industrial plants ...
Emerson's new portable tool for analyzing machinery vibration
17-06-2013
Emerson Process Management has introduced the CSI 2140 Machinery Health Analyzer, the next generation of its portable tool for analyzing machinery vibration ...
Sadara Chemical Company confirms completion of financing for petrochemical complex
17-06-2013
Sadara Chemical Company today announced the signing of a number of definitive financing agreements for an additional funding of approximately US$10.5B, marking ...
EMCOR agrees to buy RepconStrickland
17-06-2013
EMCOR Group, Inc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RepconStrickland, Inc, a leading provider of recurring turnaround ...
Tesoro announces the sale of Hawaii operations to Par Petroleum
17-06-2013
Tesoro Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Par Petroleum Corporation to sell all of its interest ...
Mitsui Engineering receives contract from Sasol for LDPE plant in Lake Charles
17-06-2013
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. recently obtained a contract from Sasol North America, Inc. to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) ...
Sand Hills and Southern Hills natural gas liquids pipelines are in service
17-06-2013
DCP Midstream, Phillips 66 and Spectra Energy today announced that the Sand Hills and Southern Hills natural gas liquids pipelines are in service. DCP Midstream, ...
Linde to provide a one-stop shop for engineering and gas supply services to SIBUR
17-06-2013
Technology company The Linde Group will be managing the gas supply infrastructure of SIBUR, the largest petrochemical company in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe, ...
Sasol awards KBR EPCm contract for its Synfuels complex in Secunda
13-06-2013
KBR today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Sasol, duly represented by Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd, for the provision of engineering, procurement ...
Qatar Petroleum and QAPCO sign the technology selection agreements for Al Sejeel
13-06-2013
Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company ...
Bechtel wins contract for LNG facility in Canada
13-06-2013
Bechtel Corporation today announced it has been selected by Pacific NorthWest LNG to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) for a proposed liquefied ...
Honeywell introduces turnkey Experion virtualization system on blade servers
13-06-2013
Honeywell today launched the newest Experion® Virtualization Solutions package, the industry’s first turnkey blade solution that is optimized for ...
Outokumpu signs a strategic agreement with Sinopec
13-06-2013
Outokumpu signs a strategic partnership agreement with Sinopec Group on material development and deliveries of stainless steel. As part of the one-year agreement ...
Technip awarded FEED contract for a new biomass-to-liquid plant in Finland
13-06-2013
Technip was awarded by Forest BtL Oy a contract, worth approximately €5 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new second generation ...
Clariant signs cooperation agreement to implement SNG plant and catalysts in China
13-06-2013
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced that it has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Wison Engineering Ltd and a subsidiary ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 85M energy-efficiency order in the Middle East
12-06-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
Essar Projects secures US$90M contract in Abu Dhabi
12-06-2013
Essar Projects, a global Engineering, Procurement and Construction contractor headquartered in Dubai, today announced that it has secured another two ...
PMFG Inc awarded $12.6M environmental system order
12-06-2013
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately $12.6 million for a selective catalytic reduction ("SCR") ...
Enterprise forms JV with Western Gas Partners to own two new NGL fractionation trains
12-06-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership has entered into a joint venture with Western Gas Partners, LP to own natural gas liquid ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical executive says innovation is key to europe’s ability to compete
12-06-2013
Development of energy sources around the world drives the availability of petrochemical feedstocks, and for most of the past two decades, much of that development ...
Emerson awarded $67M in valve technologies contracts
12-06-2013
Emerson Process Management has been awarded contracts by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd which are valued at US $67 million to provide control valves and valve actuators ...
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the June 12 release of CENTUM VP R
11-06-2013
Yokogawa has been continuously developing and enhancing CENTUM VP as a cornerstone of its IA business's VigilantPlant® vision for operational excellence. ...
AMEC awarded environmental consulting framework contract for BP worldwide projects
11-06-2013
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a framework contract by BP to provide environmental and related consulting ...
Petrobras letter of intent with GS Energy Corporation
10-06-2013
Petrobras announces that it has executed, on May 29, 2013, a Letter of Intent with GS Energy Corporation, for the development of joint study for the Premium ...
Dresser-Rand and Honeywell to pursue turbomachinery control solutions
10-06-2013
Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power, and process industries, reached an agreement with Honeywell ...
Siemens to supply wet air oxidation system to Qatar
10-06-2013
Siemens Energy will supply a wet air oxidation ethylene spent caustic treatment system as part of an ethylene plant expansion. Customer is Qatar Petrochemical ...
Neste Oil signs an algae oil off-take agreement with Cellana
06-06-2013
Neste Oil, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel, has signed a contingent commercial off-take agreement with Cellana, an algae biomass developer ...
Honeywell adds new members to PKS advantage program, boosting wireless range
06-06-2013
Honeywell today announced three new member companies of the PKS Advantage™ program for its OneWireless™ Network and industrial wireless products ...
Kinder Morgan announces expansion of new BOSTCO oil terminal currently underconstruction
05-06-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced a 900,000-barrel expansion at the 185-acre Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company, LLC currently under ...
Final invest decision on Nghi Son refinery/petrochemical complex
05-06-2013
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd, hereby announces that it has reached a final invest decision on petroleum refinery and related projects by Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical ...
Kentz secures commissioning contract award in Alaska
05-06-2013
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction Group, is pleased to announce a contract award in Alaska, for the Point ...
Intertek petroleum and petrochemical terminal services showcased at ILTA
04-06-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, will showcase value-added services supporting the global petroleum and petrochemical ...
Honeywell announces new wireless technology for safer, more efficient terminal operations
04-06-2013
Honeywell today announced its new OneWireless™ Terminal Solution, which brings together a portfolio of wireless-enabled products, services and productivity ...
Technip awarded contract for the Karbala refinery in Iraq
04-06-2013
Technip was awarded by Oil Projects Company – SCOP a significant contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement ...
Hyperion delivers operator training simulator of OPaL's ethylene plant for Linde
03-06-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering, the leading independent simulation solutions provider, has delivered to Linde an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the ethylene ...
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners to expand Eagle Ford crude condensate pipeline
03-06-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it will invest approximately $107 million to expand its Kinder Morgan Crude and Condensate pipeline system ...
Pieridae Energy signs E.ON as long-term Goldboro LNG customer
03-06-2013
Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a long-term sales agreement with E.ON Global Commodities SE, a subsidiary of E.ON SE, ...
Linde strengthens petrochemical hub in the U.S.
03-06-2013
The technology company The Linde Group will invest more than USD 200 million to build a large, state-of-the-art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification ...
Tesoro closes the purchase of BP's southern California refining and marketing business
03-06-2013
Tesoro Corporation announced today that the Company has closed the acquisition of BP's fully integrated Southern California Refining and Marketing business, ...
Air Products adds north America liquid CO2 product offering with EPCO acquisition
03-06-2013
Expanding its portfolio of industrial gases offerings in North America, Air Products today announced it has acquired EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc., a privately-held ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical announces expansion of ethylene production at its Sweeny complex
03-06-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it will expand its ethylene production by 200 million pounds by adding a tenth furnace to ethylene unit 33 at ...
Enersul awarded equipment supply contract from Reliance Industries
31-05-2013
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Reliance Industries Limited ...
FS10A analyzer flow switch/monitor achieves SIL-2 compliance
31-05-2013
Process or analytical instrumentation engineers looking for a flow verification solution for their process analyzer sampling systems, and specifically when ...
Manoir awarded contract by Technip for the expansion of ethylene plant in the US
31-05-2013
Manoir Industries successfully supplied furnace tubes and coils assembled by Technip Claremont for the expansion of the ethylene cracking furnaces of Westlake ...
Heurtey Petrochem announces a €31m contract in Russia
30-05-2013
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature of a €31 million contract in Russia in the hydrogen sector with the Russian fertilizer company JSC Acron. This ...
Mexichem announces that has received clearance to acquire PolyOne's PVC resin business
30-05-2013
Mexichem, SAB de CV reports that it received clearance from the FTC in the United States and Germany for its acquisition of the PVC Specialty Resins business ...
Linde to invest more than $200 million in Texas
30-05-2013
Linde North America will invest more than $200 million to build a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification train and supporting ...
Enterprise to develop refined products export facilities on Texas Gulf Coast
30-05-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the partnership is developing two refined products export facilities to meet the growing demand for additional ...
Petrofac trains and graduates 78 Jazan engineers
30-05-2013
Petrofac, a leading service provider to the international oil and gas industry, recently celebrated the graduation of 78 of its Saudi Jazan engineers through ...
Alfa Laval acquires provider of niche heat transfer products to the U.S. energy market
30-05-2013
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired U.S.-based Niagara Blower Company (NBCo), a manufacturer ...
ExxonMobil Singapore chemical plant expansion in operation
30-05-2013
ExxonMobil’s Singapore Chemical Plant is now producing ethylene from the facility’s second world-scale steam cracker. The expansion is integrated ...
Emerson celebrates 25 years of leadership in handheld field communicator technology
29-05-2013
Emerson Process Management announces the release of the Silver Edition of its industry-leading 475 Field Communicator. The new Silver Edition represents 25 ...
TOYO’s Brazil affiliate awarded hydrogen production facilities
29-05-2013
TOYO-SETAL Empreendimentos Ltda. (TSE), a Brazilian joint venture capitalized by Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO, President and CEO Katsumoto Ishibashi), ...
Kralupy refinery unplanned shutdown
29-05-2013
UNIPETROL, a.s. informs that on 29 May 2013, ČESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, a.s. decided to shut down the whole Kralupy refinery operations. ...
New
multi-component accredited environmental testing mixtures available
29-05-2013
Linde Germany has achieved accredited status to manufacture and supply multi component calibration gas mixture standards as ISO Guide 34 reference materials ...
Praxair acquires industrial gas distributor dominion technology
gases
29-05-2013
Praxair Offshore Services Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, announced it has acquired Aberdeen, Scotland-based Dominion Technology Gases Investment Limited, ...
ABB and GlobaLogix partner to provide SCADAvantage in the cloud for oil and gas companies
29-05-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today a partnership with GlobaLogix to provide a new SCADA Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution ...
Cheniere partners starts construction on Sabine Pass liquefaction trains 3 and 4
29-05-2013
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
announced today that its Board of Directors has made a positive final investment decision for the development and construction ...
Siemens and China National Petroleum Corporation conclude framework agreement
29-05-2013
Siemens has concluded a framework agreement with China’s biggest oil and gas
corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), to supply the entire ...
Heurtey Petrochem announces a €31m contract in India
28-05-2013
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature of a €31 million contract in the petrochemical sector with the largest private Indian oil Group: Reliance Industries ...
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Williams and Boardwalk formalise key joint venture
28-05-2013
Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP today announced that they have executed a joint venture agreement to continue the development process for ...
Gastech 2014 brings its centres of technical excellence (CoTEs) to Korea
28-05-2013
The rise in energy demands worldwide has put significant pressure upon the energy industry to ensure that the security of supply is met both within the short ...
Air Products’ Indura to invest in new capacity in Chile
28-05-2013
Air Products today announced that INDURA, its South American joint venture, will build a new plant in Antofagasta, Chile, as well as expand the capacity of ...
Technip awarded contract for a new calcination unit for a coker project in Abu Dhabi
28-05-2013
Technip was awarded a significant contract comprising technology, engineering services and supply of core equipment for Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company – ...
Linde to build large ammonia plant in Russia
28-05-2013
The technology company The Linde Group has formed a joint venture with chemical company JSC KuibyshevAzot to build and operate a large ammonia plant at the ...
Bashneft commissions a new sulphuric acid alkylation complex
24-05-2013
Bashneft has put a complex of sulphuric acid alkylation and sulphuric acid regeneration (SKA-ROSK) units into full operation at the Bashneft-Novoil Branch. ...
ITOCHU participates in a next-generation biodiesel fuel production in Nebraska
23-05-2013
ITOCHU Corporation, together with ITOCHU ENEX CO., LTD, has invested in a 50 million gallon per year, next-generation biodiesel fuel project, which Flint Hills ...
The Port Arthur steam cracker in Texas is now processing ethane from shale gas
23-05-2013
To capitalize on the shale gas revolution in the United States, the BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) joint venture (40% Total, 60% BASF) revamped the Port ...
Essar Projects secures $80M contract in Abu Dhabi
23-05-2013
Essar Projects (EPL), a global Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor has bagged three new orders totalling US$80m in Abu Dhabi underpinning ...
Gazprom Neft to invest 50B rubles in modernisation of Moscow oil refinery before 2015
23-05-2013
Gazprom Neft has adopted a mid-term investment program for its Moscow Oil Refinery. The company will invest over 50 billion rubles in modernization of the enterprise ...
Heurtey Petrochem announces a €21M contract with an American chemical group
22-05-2013
This contract concerns the engineering, supply and fabrication of a steam reforming furnace in the frame of the construction of a methanol production unit within ...
Total sanctions a major project to modernize the Antwerp refining and petrochemical platform
22-05-2013
Total has approved a €1 billion modernization project for its Antwerp production facilities, Total’s largest European refining and petrochemical ...
Celanese announces intent to sell two european manufacturing facilities
22-05-2013
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced its intent to launch a sale process of its acetic anhydride facility ...
Linde will attend MSR exhibition in Hamburg
22-05-2013
The HiQ Expert Team from Linde Germany will attend the MEORGA MSR (Mess, Steuer & Regelungstechnik) exhibition in Hamburg on 5 June. The venue will be Messe ...
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Linde France at FORUM LABO in Paris
22-05-2013
Linde France will attend the largest professional exhibition dedicated to laboratories FORUM LABO in Paris from 4 to 7 June. The venue will be Paris Expo, Porte ...
Technip, in consortium with Samsung and Huanqiu, awarded contract for LNG
project in Canada
22-05-2013
Technip, leader of a consortium with Samsung Engineering Co Ltd and China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation, was awarded by Pacific NorthWest ...
JGC awarded FEED contract for large-scale LNG plant in Canada
22-05-2013
JGC Corporation announced today that in
partnership with KBR (USA), it has received a contract calling for FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) and early ...
Emerson expands flow service capabilities
22-05-2013
As an ongoing effort to strengthen global customer support, Emerson Process Management has created a new Flow Lifecycle Care organization. Flow Lifecycle Care ...
Azerikimya PU commissions Nitrogen-oxygen unit and water-cooling complex
21-05-2013
Nitrogen-oxygen unit and water-cooling complex was commissioned at Ethylene-polyethylene Plant of Azerikimya PU. The event was attended by SOCAR President Rovnag ...
KBR awarded FEED contract for world-scale LNG project in British Columbia
21-05-2013
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd., a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned oil company (PETRONAS) and Japan Petroleum ...
FIELDVUE DVC6200 digital valve controller eliminates need for accessory position transmitter
21-05-2013
Emerson’s Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6200 digital valve controller series now incorporates a 4-20mA position transmitter that can also be configured as a discrete ...
AVEVA expands sales presence in South Asia
21-05-2013
AVEVA today announced a further expansion of its support for the important South Asia market with the establishment of a new sales presence based in Dhaka, ...
Linde world-first accreditation enables leap forward in environmental testing
20-05-2013
Linde Gases, a division of the Linde Group, today announced that it has been recommended ISO17025 accreditation for its specialty gases mixtures used for environmental ...
Indian Oil achieves technological breakthrough
20-05-2013
In a major technological breakthrough that can be a game changer for advancing use of bio-diesel in the country and ensuring ready acceptance of the fuel by ...
Saudi Aramco upgrades gas/oil separation plant with GE’s advanced compressor control
20-05-2013
GE has replaced an aging compressor control system at Saudi Aramco’s Haradh gas/oil separation plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province with advanced ...
WEC announces a new refinery project in La Salle County, Texas
20-05-2013
Worldwide Energy Consortium, Inc announced today that it will begin the initial Engineering/Permitting phase for its new refinery located near Gardendale in ...
Técnicas Reunidas gets its ninth project in Turkey
20-05-2013
SOCAR Turkey Enerji A.Ş. has awarded to the consortium under the leadership of Técnicas Reunidas (TR) and incorporating Saipem from Italy, GS Engineering ...
Tesoro gets clearance to purchase BP's Southern California refining and marketing business
17-05-2013
Tesoro Corporation announced today that the Federal Trade Commission has cleared the Company's planned acquisition of BP's fully integrated Southern California ...
UOP to provide technology for world’s largest on-purpose propylene production facility
16-05-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected to provide technology for the world’s largest on-purpose propylene production ...
Emerson expands its smart wireless solutions with the Rosemount 3051 pressure transmitter
16-05-2013
Emerson Process Management is making it easier for the process industry to maximize productivity and reduce downtime by incorporating its Smart Wireless technology ...
TOYO awarded FEED for polyethylene plant in USA
16-05-2013
Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded a contract from Sasol North America, Inc to provide Front End Engineering Design (FEED) services for a 450,000 t/y ...
Technip awarded contract for a polyethylene expansion project in Canada
16-05-2013
Technip was awarded by NOVA Chemicals Corporation the detail engineering, and procurement services contract for the Polyethylene 1 expansion project located ...
Magnetrol and APM announce a strategic partnership
16-05-2013
Magnetrol International and APM Automation Solutions Ltd, have completed a market-changing agreement designating Magnetrol as a global private label distributor ...
Burckhardt Compression announces first order for Laby-GI fuel gas compressor
16-05-2013
Burckhardt Compression received the first order for the fuel gas compressor system Laby®-GI for two LNG carriers. This marks a major milestone for ...
Manifa project starts first phase of production
15-05-2013
The sheer scale of the project is mind boggling. A few numbers set the scene: More than 80 million construction man-hours without a lost-time injury, peak manpower ...
Celanese and Mitsui announce JV for methanol production at Clear Lake, Texas, facility
15-05-2013
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company of Dallas, Texas, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that ...
Emerson expands line of Micro Motion ELITE series coriolis flowmeters
15-05-2013
Emerson Process Management has added the Micro Motion ELITE CMFS sensor platform to its line of Coriolis flowmeters to deliver precise measurement to smaller ...
GTC Technology opens full-service office in New Delhi
15-05-2013
GTC Technology US, LLC, has opened a full-service process engineering office in New Delhi, India. The new facility, GTC Process Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd. ...
Axens and Headwaters Technology Innovation (HTI) join efforts on ebullated bed technology
15-05-2013
Axens announced today, that it has entered into a technology alliance with HTI, a subsidiary of Headwaters Incorporated. Axens is recognized as one of the world’s ...
Chiyoda awarded Laffan refinery phase 2 project in Qatar
14-05-2013
Chiyoda Corporation today announces that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning (“EPSCC”) ...
Enerkem starts "drop-in" renewable fuels R&D project
14-05-2013
Enerkem Inc, a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, announces the launch of a new research project with the Government of Canada. The objective ...
Jacobs renews frame agreement with Borealis in Sweden
14-05-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has renewed its frame agreement with Borealis for work at its facilities in Stenungsund, Sweden. Officials ...
Gazprom and Petrovietnam sign memorandum of cooperation in natural gas use as motor fuel
14-05-2013
Today in Moscow Vitaly Markelov , Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nguyen Vu Truong Son, Vice President of Petrovietnam ...
Kinder Morgan announces land purchase
13-05-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it will invest $106 million to purchase approximately 20 acres adjacent to its Pasadena, Texas, terminal, ...
Emerson Process Management opens flow calibration and service center for Southeast Asia
13-05-2013
Emerson Process Management announced the opening of its Southeast Asia Flow Calibration and Service Center in Singapore. Representing an investment of over ...
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP announces binding open season for Eaglebine Express pipeline
13-05-2013
Sunoco Logistics Partners today announced that Sunoco Pipeline L.P. will commence a binding Open Season for the Eaglebine Express pipeline. The pipeline will ...
Bechtel launches center of engineering excellence
13-05-2013
Bechtel announced today that the company will establish a global center of engineering excellence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) initially focused on rail ...
Neste Jacobs and Global Oil Shale sign oil shale development and engineering agreement
13-05-2013
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs Oy and energy company Global Oil Shale Group PLC ("GOS") have signed a Strategic ...
Update on Chiba refinery operation
10-05-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd announce that the #2 Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) which has resumed operations since January 30th has been temporarily shut down for its ...
BP Cherry Point refinery celebrates start up of new diesel and hydrogen units
09-05-2013
BP today announced the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plant at its 234,000 barrel per day Cherry Point Refinery ...
Boston to host AVEVA world summit 2013
08-05-2013
AVEVA announced today that the AVEVA World Summit 2013 is being held from 30 October - 1 November in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Customers from across the world’s ...
KBR awarded turnaround services contract on Gulf Coast
07-05-2013
KBR today announced it has been awarded a contract by a leading chemical company on the Gulf Coast to provide turnaround services for its pyrolysis gasoline ...
Enbridge to provide additional facilities at Cheecham terminal for surmont phase 2
07-05-2013
Enbridge Inc announced today that it has entered into a terminal services agreement with ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp and Total E&P Canada Ltd. ...
Solvay and INEOS join forces to create a world-class PVC producer
07-05-2013
Solvay and INEOS today announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to combine their European chlorvinyls activities in a proposed 50-50 joint venture. ...
Siemens develops world’s largest turbo compressor for sulfuric acid industry
07-05-2013
Siemens is expanding its compressor portfolio with a turbo compressor which has been especially developed for the sulfuric acid industry. With a rotor diameter ...
OMV €230M investment in butadiene production
07-05-2013
OMV has taken a strategic investment decision for butadiene production at its two refinery sites, Burghausen (Germany) and Schwechat (Austria) as part of its ...
Emerson expands ultrasonic meter family to provide high-accuracy dynamic flow measurement
07-05-2013
Emerson Process Management announces the new Daniel™ 3818 Liquid Ultrasonic Flow Meter for liquefied natural gas applications. Specifically designed for ...
AspenTech kicks off Optimize 2013 with Launch of new software
06-05-2013
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, kicked off OPTIMIZE 2013 with the launch of industry innovations ...
Binding agreements signed for QCLNG stake sale and LNG supply
06-05-2013
BG Group today announced it has signed binding agreements with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of certain additional interests ...
Singapore LNG terminal starts commercial operations
06-05-2013
Singapore’s energy sector marks a significant milestone today, as its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal receives its first commercial cargo and commences ...
McCrometer’s FPI mag and ultra mag flow meters receive ISO certification
02-05-2013
McCrometer’s advanced FPI MagTM Electromagnetic Flow Meter, Ultra Mag® Flow Meter and MX Ultra Mag® Flow Meter after TUV review have obtained ...
Manoir latest technology developments for ethylene cracker coils
02-05-2013
Manoir and his Toronto based Canadian partner PST have ramped up their exclusive development agreement to provide within a shorter period of time an advanced ...
Mitsubishi Corporation JV Starts natural gas operations in Iraq
02-05-2013
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce that Basra Gas Company (BGC), a joint venture established by MC, Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) and Iraq’s ...
Neste Oil begins preparations for modernizing energy generation at Porvoo
02-05-2013
Neste Oil is preparing to modernize its energy generation capabilities at the Porvoo refinery over the next 10 years. Some of the existing generating facilities ...
Fluor awarded contract for Dow U.S. gulf coast investments
02-05-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by The Dow Chemical Company to execute a significant portion of its U.S. Gulf Coast investments. ...
Kinder Morgan Energy partners to expand capacity on Sweeny lateral pipeline
02-05-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has entered into a long-term contract to support the expansion of its Sweeny Lateral pipeline that the ...
GE agrees to acquire Salof, a designer and nanufacturer of small LNG technologies
02-05-2013
Underscoring its commitment to the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, GE Oil & Gas today announced that it has agreed to acquire substantially ...
KBR to provide construction services for next generation global nylon production facility
30-04-2013
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by INVISTA, a global nylon producer, to provide construction services for their next-generation manufacturing ...
Emerson extends alarm management and actuator capability
30-04-2013
Emerson Process Management has released cost-saving new diagnostic capabilities in its FieldQ rack & pinion fully integrated valve actuator and controls. ...
ADNOC selects Shell to develop Bab sour gas project in Abu Dhabi
30-04-2013
Shell has been chosen by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to participate in a 30-year joint venture (JV) to develop the major Bab sour gas reservoirs ...
Emerson introduces remote-mount digital valve controller for hostile environment installations
30-04-2013
Emerson’s Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6205 remote-mount digital valve controller proves an ideal solution for applications in which accessibility, extreme ...
Illa International and Neste Jacobs intend to co-operate in the phenol process business
29-04-2013
Illa International LLC (ILLA) and Neste Jacobs Oy have agreed to develop a combined offering in phenol and acetone production technologies, engineering and ...
Honeywell, Dresser-Rand to implement Experion PKS turbomachinery control solution
29-04-2013
Honeywell today announced an agreement with Dresser-Rand to implement the Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) Turbomachinery Control Solution in a ...
Air Products wins LNG technology and equipment order for Maryland facility
29-04-2013
Air Products, which has shipped 100 liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchangers to some of the most remote natural gas fields around the world, today announced ...
ICA Fluor awarded $130M contract to build DuPont’s titanium dioxide plant expansion in Mexico
29-04-2013
ICA Fluor, the industrial construction joint venture of Empresas ICA, S.A. B de C.V. and Fluor Corporation, announced today a contract award for ...
Rosneft and Mitsui sign MoU to jointly develop FEPCO project
29-04-2013
Rosneft and Mitsui signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop FEPCO project - one of the largest petrochemical projects globally. The MoU was signed ...
Imperial Oil announces first production from kearl oil sands project
27-04-2013
Imperial Oil Limited today announced the start-up of the initial development of the Kearl oil sands project, which incorporates next-generation technology innovations ...
Neste invest in improving energy efficiency and operational reliability at its Porvoo refinery
26-04-2013
Neste Oil is to invest a total of approx. EUR 42 million in improving the energy efficiency and operational reliability of its Porvoo refinery. As part of the ...
BASF and PETRONAS chemicals to build an integrated aroma ingredients complex
25-04-2013
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) intend to invest USD 500 million in an integrated aroma ingredients project at their existing joint venture site ...
Emerson introduces electric on-off level controller for production and processing applications
25-04-2013
The Fisher L2e level controller brings fully electric level control to a wide variety of applications in production and processing systems. The new Fisher L2e ...
Honeywell customer solution center in Houston to serve as regional production facility
25-04-2013
Honeywell announced today that its Customer Solution Center (CSC) in Houston, Texas, will now serve as a regional production facility, combining integration ...
MAN supplies compressor technology for the production of synthetic fuels project in China
24-04-2013
MAN Diesel & Turbo has been awarded the contract for a major project to construct eleven turbomachinery trains in China. The contract value is in excess ...
Emerson certified for process systems cyber security
24-04-2013
Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV™ digital automation system and its project and engineering support services have successfully passed annual ...
Methanex proceeds with a second methanol plant in Geismar, Louisiana
24-04-2013
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the relocation of a second one million tonne per year methanol ...
Intergraph releases CAESAR II 2013
24-04-2013
Intergraph® has released CAESAR II® 2013 with significant new and extended capabilities, including an enhanced interface for SmartPlant® 3D model ...
Yokogawa releases FIELDEYE II all-weather CCD color camera for plant monitoring
24-04-2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the April 26 release of the first model in the new FIELDEYE II series of all-weather CCD cameras for the monitoring ...
Sulzer Pumps and Sinopec Corporation establish long term strategic partnership
23-04-2013
Sulzer Pumps and Sinopec Corporation have established a long term strategic partnership to develop their commercial activities within the hydrocarbon processing ...
UOP to provide technology and equipment to extract petrochemical feedstocks from NGL's
23-04-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it was selected by Crosstex Processing Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Crosstex Energy, L.P., to provide technology ...
Honeywell acquires RAE Systems, a leading global gas detection company
23-04-2013
Honeywell announced today a definitive agreement to acquire RAE Systems, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of fixed and portable gas and radiation detections ...
Tesoro and savage JV to construct a crude-by-rail unloading and marine loading facilty
22-04-2013
Tesoro Corporation and Savage Companies today announced the formation of a joint venture between Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (a subsidiary of ...
Fluor and Supreme Group form modular fabrication partnership in Canada
22-04-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it is combining its modular design expertise with the fabrication and construction capabilities of Supreme Group, ...
PMFG Inc awarded $4.1M separation/filtration systems order
22-04-2013
PMFG, Inc announced that it has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately $4.1 million for separation equipment. The equipment is for LNG applications ...
Praxair to supply North West Redwater Partnership
22-04-2013
Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc today announced it has entered into a long-term agreement with North West Redwater Partnership to build, ...
Qatar Petroleum and partners sign JV agreement for the Laffan Refinery 2 project
21-04-2013
Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Total, Idemitsu, Cosmo, Marubeni and Mitsui for the new Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) Project. The agreement ...
AFPM welcomes EPA move to address biodiesel fraud but greater fix is needed
19-04-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and American Petroleum Institute (API) filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection ...
Praxair and Valero successfully implement patented CONOx technology
19-04-2013
Praxair, Inc and Valero have successfully implemented Praxair’s new CONOx emissions control technology at Valero’s refinery in Ardmore, Oklahoma. ...
Honeywell selected to modernize automation system at refining and petrochemical complex
18-04-2013
Honeywell today announced that Idemitsu Kosan has selected Honeywell’s Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) to modernize the integrated control ...
UOP wins fourth license breakthrough technology to convert methanol from coal to plastics
18-04-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has licensed Honeywell’s UOP advanced methanol-to-olefin ...
GE technology to power Dominion’s Cove Point LNG liquefaction project in Maryland
17-04-2013
GE Oil & Gas has received contracts to supply gas compression trains for Dominion’s Cove Point Liquefaction Project in Lusby, Md. Adding liquefaction ...
AFPM applauds house vote to approve keystone pipeline
17-04-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to the House Energy and Commerce ...
Praxair starts up first air separation unit in Bahrain
17-04-2013
Praxair Bahrain, the Middle East-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. has announced the start-up of its first air separation plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain. As ...
KBR to provide integrated technology and EPC services for grassroots ammonia plant
17-04-2013
KBR today announced it has been awarded a contract by Incitec Pivot Limited’s US business, Dyno Nobel, to provide engineering, procurement and construction ...
JSC "NIIK" selects AVEVA for integrated engineering & design
17-04-2013
AVEVA announced today that JSC “NIIK” has implemented solutions within the AVEVA Plant software portfolio for the engineering and design of chemical ...
Fluor awarded clean fuels contract by SAPREF in South Africa
16-04-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by South African Petroleum Refineries (SAPREF) ...
Shell boosts production for chemicals customers in Asia
16-04-2013
Shell today announced new investments at its Singapore site that will add to its portfolio of world-class manufacturing facilities and boost its chemicals footprint ...
Jacobs receives contract from BASF for Antwerp site
16-04-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a frame agreement from BASF Antwerp N.V., part of BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, ...
UOP technology selected to treat liquefied natural gas on world’s first floating facility
16-04-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) to provide technology for acid ...
Smartsens, first family of analytical sensors that no longer require transmitters
16-04-2013
The year 2013 marks a turning point in analysis: KROHNE introduces SMARTSENS, the first family of 2-wire loop powered analytical sensors with integrated transmitter ...
Enterprise offering additional capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline system
15-04-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start of a supplemental binding open commitment period to determine additional shipper demand for capacity ...
GE unveils new corrosion protection technology for refinery steam Systems
15-04-2013
GE today announced a new corrosion protection technology specifically designed for refinery boiler and steam condensate systems. GE’s Steamate* low salt ...
Air Products’ LNG expertise selected for Petronas LNG train 9 project in Malaysia
15-04-2013
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it has received an LNG heat exchanger order from PETRONAS ...
Petrochemical conversion company announces successful delivery of four process modules
15-04-2013
Saudi Arabia Petrochemical Conversion Company Ltd. (PCC) announced the successful transport of four process modules to the Port of Jubail in the Kingdom of ...
Technip awarded contract for a sulfur recovery unit modification in Bahrain
15-04-2013
Technip was awarded by the Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. BAPCO, a lump-sum contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning as ...
Shell considering the sale of selected downstream businesses in Italy
15-04-2013
Shell today announces that it is considering the sale of its Retail, Aviation, and Supply and Distribution Downstream businesses in Italy. Shell’s non-service ...
Plains All American announces new cactus pipeline from McCamey to Gardendale, Texas
15-04-2013
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. today announced it is constructing the Cactus Pipeline, a new 310-mile, 20-inch crude oil pipeline from McCamey to ...
Williams Partners, Shell create midstream JV to serve Shell and other producers
12-04-2013
Williams Partners L.P. announced today that it has agreed to launch a new midstream joint venture with Shell to provide gas gathering and gas processing services ...
KBR to conduct turnaround services for Suncor Energy’s refinery in Edmonton, AB, Canada
12-04-2013
KBR today announced it has been awarded a three-year agreement to provide turnaround services for Suncor Energy’s refinery in Edmonton, AB, Canada. KBR ...
TOYO and BASF conclude comprehensive engineering partnership agreement in Asia Pacific
12-04-2013
Toyo Engineering Corporation has concluded a comprehensive engineering partnership agreement with BASF in Asia Pacific. The agreement covers basic engineering, ...
Praxair starts up plant to supply Eldorado in Brazil
12-04-2013
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has started up a new air separation plant in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil’s fast growing ...
Honeywell opens a new automation solution centre in Singapore
11-04-2013
Honeywell today inaugurated a new Automation Solution Centre (ASC) in Singapore as a part of its global deployment of demonstration centres around the world. ...
FPI mag flow meter delivers high accuracy with new CSA certification
11-04-2013
Municipal and industrial engineers will find McCrometer’s popular FPI MagTM (Full Profile Insertion) Electromagnetic Flow Meter now features the ...
HollyFrontier and Holly Energy Partners announce New Mexico crude oil rail project
11-04-2013
HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that the companies are collaborating to construct a rail facility that will ...
SENER and Obrascón Huarte Lain to build a cogeneration plant in México
11-04-2013
Pemex Refinación has awarded to a consortium formed by SENER and the industrial division of the company Obrascón Huarte Lain a turnkey project ...
Technip selects Emerson as main control valve supplier for Algiers Refinery upgrade project
11-04-2013
Technip has selected Emerson Process Management as the main supplier of control valves for the Algiers Refinery rehabilitation and adaptation project. The Algiers ...
Ecolab closes on purchase of Champion
10-04-2013
Ecolab Inc announced today that it has closed on its acquisition of Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies. 2012 sales of the ...
Champion owners form new company after recent merger with Ecolab
10-04-2013
As a result of the recent merger agreement between Champion Technologies and Ecolab Inc., a new process and water treatment company has been formed, named Athlon ...
KBR awarded turnaround contract for ammonia plant in Borger, Texas
10-04-2013
KBR today announced it was selected by a major supplier of agricultural products to perform turnaround services for their ammonia furnace revamp and expansion ...
Technip and Air Products global hydrogen alliance marks 20 years of success
10-04-2013
Technip and Air Products are celebrating two decades of operational excellence and success to mark the 20-year milestone of the longest and most productive ...
ONEOK Partners announces completion of growth projects
09-04-2013
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced the completion of three projects that are part of its previously announced $4.7 billion to $5.3 billion growth program ...
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Mitsubishi Corporation sign project development agreement
09-04-2013
Two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and Mitsubishi Corporation are in the final stages of an agreement with the Government of Trinidad and ...
SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering wins an additional general engineering service contract
09-04-2013
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its jointly-owned Saudi registered engineering company, SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering, has been awarded a General Engineering ...
Jacobs receives contract from Shell in Hong Kong
09-04-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has been selected by Shell Hong Kong Limited to provide detailed design for its Transformer Oil Project located ...
Linde to build major plant complex for Reliance in India
09-04-2013
Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a major contract by Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) to build several plants to generate and purify gases ...
NuVista Energy announces long term gas processing agreement for Wapiti Montney production
08-04-2013
NuVista Energy Ltd is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Keyera Corp for the transportation and processing of its Wapiti Montney condensate-rich ...
ABB wins $30 million oil and gas order in Australia
08-04-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been appointed the main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new floating production, storage and offloading ...
Air Liquide announces projects in Freeport, Texas
08-04-2013
Air Liquide’s Large Industries U.S. LP today announced two new projects in Freeport, Texas for its Gulf Coast Pipeline (GCPL) and Hydrogen/Syngas businesses. ...
AFPM files comments on EPA’s unworkable RFS
08-04-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed formal comments detailing the problems and harmful consequences caused by the Environmental ...
KBR and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announce ammonia technology alliance
08-04-2013
KBR and Yokogawa Electric Corporation today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will supply a fertilizer automation package as part of its ...
Siemens and Bentley extend collaboration to the process industry
08-04-2013
The Siemens Industry Automation Division and Bentley Systems announced today at the Hannover Messe that they are Stepping up their strategic collaboration, ...
Sasol advances ethane cracker and downstream derivatives project
08-04-2013
Sasol today announced its placing of a purchase order for the main ethylene compressor trains, a critical long-lead item for the world-scale ethane cracker, ...
AVEVA supports Calgary’s oil & gas industry
04-04-2013
AVEVA today announced its attendance at two key events for the Calgary-based North American oil & gas industry: the Slugging It Out Conference 2013 on April, ...
Shell announces Geelong refinery for sale
04-04-2013
The proposed sale of the 120 kb/d refinery is in line with Shell’s global strategy to concentrate investment on large scale sites, such as the company’s ...
Emerson introduces remote-mount digital valve controller for hostile environment installations
03-04-2013
Emerson’s Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6205 remote-mount digital valve controller proves an ideal solution for applications in which accessibility, extreme temperatures ...
KBR receives gold corporate partner status award from the Institution of Chemical Engineers
03-04-2013
KBR announced today that it has been named as Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE’s) newest Gold Corporate Partner. This award recognizes KBR’s ...
LyondellBasell licenses Lupotech technologies for LDPE and EVA production
03-04-2013
LyondellBasell today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (JSPCL) has selected LyondellBasell’s Lupotech T and Lupotech A process technologies ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 60M energy efficiency order in Canada
03-04-2013
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply plate heat exchangers for cooling applications ...
JGC, in consortium with Technip awarded the Yamal LNG project in Russia
03-04-2013
JGC Corporation, with the leader of a consortium, Technip, was awarded by JSC Yamal LNG, owned by NOVATEK (80%) and TOTAL (20%), a contract to carry out the ...
Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical celebrate their new para-xylene production plant
03-04-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Hyundai Oilbank Co., Ltd and HCP is pleased to announce that the inauguration ceremony has been held today for the new para-xylene production ...
KBR wins fabrication award for first Canadian oil sands CCS project in Alberta, Canada
02-04-2013
KBR announced today that Shell Canada Energy has selected KBR to perform off-site modularization and pipe fabrication at their Edmonton Module Facility. This ...
Phillips 66 proposes fractionator in Old Ocean, Texas
02-04-2013
Energy manufacturer Phillips 66 today announced that it is pursuing development of a 100,000 barrel-per-day natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator to be located ...
TransCanada launches binding open season for Eastern Oil pipeline
02-04-2013
TransCanada Corporation announced today that it will hold a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for a pipeline to transport ...
Intergraph releases SmartPlant fusion for capture & organization of legacy plant information
02-04-2013
Intergraph has released SmartPlant Fusion to specifically tackle the challenges faced by plant operators and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) ...
TOYO awarded polyethylene plant of ethydco in Egypt
02-04-2013
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been jointly awarded with ENPPI, an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, a contract to build a 400,000 ...
GE technology drives increased gas compression at China gas field
02-04-2013
Offering a 3 percent increase in gas compression compared to other machines in its class, a GE Waukesha gas engine, driving the largest gas compressor of its ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected for petrochemicals complex in Brunei
02-04-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected to produce key petrochemicals in a new complex in Brunei. Brunei Hengyi ...
Sasol to license ExxonMobil technology for Louisiana polyethylene plant
28-03-2013
ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing LLC, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, has signed an agreement to license its tubular process technology ...
Kinder Morgan secures additional commitment for condensate processing facility expansion
28-03-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has entered into a long-term, fee-based agreement with BP North America to underwrite an additional 50,000 ...
Total sells its 49% interest in the Voyageur upgrader project to partner Suncor Energy
28-03-2013
Following the decision not to proceed with the Voyageur Upgrader project located in Northern Alberta, Total announces that it has reached an agreement to sell ...
Essar Oil UK completes delivery of giant steel unit for £23 million Stanlow refinery project
28-03-2013
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd yesterday successfully completed the delivery of a giant steel regenerator head to the Stanlow Refinery. This is for a key petrol-producing ...
SVW methanol plant acceptance announced
28-03-2013
Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works, part of China Petrochemical International Limited and Johsnon Matthey announce the acceptance of a Methanol Plant in P.R. China. ...
Nynas AB signs agreement with Intergraph to use SmartPlant enterprise solutions
28-03-2013
Sweden-based Nynas AB, a world-leading producer of specialty oil products, has signed a general agreement with Intergraph® for the use of the SmartPlant® ...
Flowserve obtains full ownership of the JV Maraimalai Nagar manufacturing facility
28-03-2013
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the completion of a series ...
Join Linde Gas Benelux at GAS 2013
28-03-2013
Every second year, the Dutch Standardization Institute (NEN) and the International Technical Committee ISO/TC 158 organise an International Gas Analysis Symposium ...
ITT VP Charles Cappellino recognized for contributions to hydraulic institute
27-03-2013
Charles Cappellino, vice president of research, development and engineering at ITT Corporation's Industrial Process business, has been recognized by the Hydraulic ...
Honeywell strengthens its OneWireless network capabilities
27-03-2013
Honeywell today announced the availability of OneWireless™ Network Release 210, which incorporates several new features that make wireless technology ...
Emerson’s wireless technology helps RWE maximize gas storage capacity
27-03-2013
Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless technology is helping RWE Gas Storage maximize the capacity of its Dolní Dunajovice underground gas ...
Dakota Prairie refinery celebrates start of construction with groundbreaking ceremony
26-03-2013
Construction of the Dakota Prairie Refinery began today with a groundbreaking ceremony held by the developers, MDU Resources Group, Inc and Calumet Specialty ...
Air Products licences adsorption-based monomer recovery technology to Cryo Technologies
26-03-2013
Air Products has licensed its proprietary adsorption-based monomer recovery technology to Cryo Technologies, a worldwide supplier of custom engineered ...
Emerson introduces pre-engineered heat exchanger monitoring solution
26-03-2013
Emerson Process Management has announced the release of an integrated Heat Exchanger Monitoring Solution. The solution is part of Emerson’s new suite ...
PMFG Inc awarded $2.1M separation systems order
26-03-2013
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately $2.1 million for separation equipment. The order is for multiple ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected by Williams for petrochemical production in China
26-03-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its UOP C3 Oleflex™ process technology has been selected by Williams to produce propylene, a valuable ...
Centrica signs long-term North American LNG export contract with Cheniere
25-03-2013
Centrica plc has entered into an agreement with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P, to purchase 91,250,000 mmbtu (89 billion cubic feet) of annual liquefied natural ...
Dow showcases gas treating solutions for middle east sour gas fields
24-03-2013
The Dow Chemical Company is showcasing a range of solutions designed to reduce the capital and operating expenses of the gas processing industry’s assets ...
AMGAS Services launches new sour oil recovery process
24-03-2013
AMGAS Services Inc today announced the launch of its new Sour Crude Oil Recovery (SCOR) process in response to the increased development of sour oil and gas ...
Solomon associates advance understanding with the introduction of Solomon insights
22-03-2013
Solomon Associates, the leading performance improvement company for the global energy industry, has introduced its Solomon Insights program, a bimonthly series ...
Reliance Industries awarded 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013
22-03-2013
Reliance Industries Limited was awarded the prestigious 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013 at HART Energy’s 27th World Refining & Fuel Conference ...
Huntsman invests $135M in US and European MDI manufacturing plants
21-03-2013
Huntsman Corporation today announced a combined investment of $135 million at two of its worldscale methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) manufacturing facilities: ...
Engineers gather for AVEVA world user meeting Brazil 2013
21-03-2013
AVEVA today holds its AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. Delegates will learn more about AVEVA’s solutions for the design and construction ...
Clough selects Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID engineering integrity
20-03-2013
Clough, an engineering and project services company with headquarters in Perth, Western Australia, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID Engineering ...
Flowserve expands pump testing facility capabilities
20-03-2013
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced it has completed an upgrade ...
BG Group completes agreement on long-term LNG sales to India
20-03-2013
BG Group today announced it had completed an agreement for the long-term sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India, one of the world’s most rapidly ...
Linde to build natural gas terminal for Gassco AS in Emden
20-03-2013
The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract to build a natural gas terminal in the town of Emden in northern Germany. The deal is worth ...
SGS comprehensive corrosion services for South African Engen refinery
20-03-2013
SGS has received a contract for rope access maintenance and inspection services from Engen for the preservation and corrosion protection of storage tanks and ...
Phillips 66 signs crude logistics agreements to increase access to secure, advantaged crude
20-03-2013
As an energy manufacturing company, Phillips 66 is helping to shape the energy revolution in the U.S. by increasing supplies of cost-advantaged North American ...
ST100 flow meter receives ATEX & IECEx approvals
19-03-2013
The future-ready ST100 Series Thermal Mass Air/Gas Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) has received ATEX and IECEx approvals, assuring FCI’s ...
Honeywell’s UOP selected to provide technology for petrochemical production in China
19-03-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today it has been selected to provide technology to produce propylene in China. Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co. Ltd. ...
GE awarded $620M services contract in Australia for QGC downloads
19-03-2013
GE Oil & Gas, a leading supplier of equipment and services for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects worldwide, has received a US$620 million, 22-year contractual ...
TPC Group names senior vice president, commercial organization
18-03-2013
TPC Group Inc. (TPC) a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, announced today ...
Dow enhances US gulf coast integration with new Idemitsu/Mitsui JV
18-03-2013
The Dow Chemical Company announced today an initial agreement for a long-term ethylene off-take agreement with a new joint venture to be formed between ...
Williams to build and operate PDH facility to produce polymer-grade propylene from propane
18-03-2013
Williams announced today that it has sanctioned construction of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in Alberta, Canada. The new PDH facility, the first ...
New portable SPECTROSCOUT XRF analyzer
16-03-2013
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments announces the introduction of its new SPECTROSCOUT Portable Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (ED-XRF) analyzer that enables ...
DNV KEMA’s new multiphase flow lab to enhance oil & gas quality assurance
15-03-2013
Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA is officially opening a new Multiphase Flow Laboratory (MPFL) in Groningen, the Netherlands. ...
Wison Engineering successfully completes six projects at refinery and petrochemical complex
15-03-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, China's largest private chemical EPC contractor, announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd, an indirect non-wholly owned ...
OHL Gutermuth construct a new production hall
14-03-2013
By mid-2013 OHL Gutermuth plans to construct a new production hall with a capacity of 25 tons. The new hall will cover an area 600 square metres and have a ...
Air Liquide announces expansion in California
13-03-2013
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP today announces a new carbon dioxide liquefaction plant in the California central valley. The plant joins Air Liquide’s ...
Grace Catalysts Technologies announces price increase
13-03-2013
Grace Catalysts Technologies, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. announced today pricing and market related actions in its Refining Technologies ...
LyondellBasell investor day highlights plans to 'seize the moment'
13-03-2013
LyondellBasell executives, led by CEO Jim Gallogly, today told participants at the company's Investor Day in New York how LyondellBasell is preparing to build ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 60M natural gas order in Russia
13-03-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to ...
Contract award for modernization of the oil refinery in Tatarstan
13-03-2013
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract with “TAIF-NK” to provide services for detailed engineering and procurement for the oil ...
ZeaChem begins production of cellulosic chemicals and ethanol
12-03-2013
ZeaChem Inc, developer of highly-efficient biorefineries, today announced that it has produced commercial-grade cellulosic chemicals and ethanol at its 250,000 ...
CHS announces plans to boost McPherson refinery production
12-03-2013
A planned $327 million expansion will boost refining capacity by 18 percent at the National Cooperative Refinery Association facility at McPherson, Kansas, ...
Enterprise announces gulf coast ethane pipeline
12-03-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced today that it has received transportation commitments to support development of a new 270-mile pipeline header system ...
SIBUR and TNK-BP extend cooperation and define the long-term format of APG processing JV
12-03-2013
SIBUR and TNK-BP have signed a set of agreements that define the format of cooperation between the parties within OOO Yugragazpererabotka, an APG processing ...
UOP launches new membrane element to improve contaminant removal from natural gas
12-03-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today announced the launch of a new membrane element that more efficiently removes contaminants from natural gas and reduces the ...
Jacobs awarded contract for sulfuric acid regeneration plant
12-03-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract by Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for the design of a sulfuric acid regeneration ...
Selas Fluid Processing Corporation changes name to Linde Engineering North America Inc
12-03-2013
Selas Fluid Processing Corporation announced today that the company’s Executive Board has approved a name change to Linde Engineering North America Inc., ...
BP-Husky celebrates successful start up of reformer project with ribbon cutting ceremony
11-03-2013
BP-Husky Refining LLC today marked the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art naphtha reformer at the joint venture’s Toledo Refinery with a ribbon ...
KBR selected to execute recovery boiler inspection and repair for project
11-03-2013
KBR announced today that it was awarded a contract to inspect and repair a large recovery boiler in Jesup, Ga. KBR will perform project management and field ...
Heraeus platinum laboratory equipment at Pittcon
11-03-2013
The Pittcon Conference & Expo will take place in Philadelphia from 17 to 21 March 2013. Heraeus will present its high-quality platinum labware. More than ...
Liquid ring vacuum pumps in titan and hastelloy
11-03-2013
The liquid ring vacuum pump is one of the workhorses in the chemical and petrochemical industry. The construction provides a nearly isothermal compression at ...
Holly Energy proceeding with wxpansion of crude system in Southeastern New Mexico
07-03-2013
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it is proceeding with the expansion of its crude oil transportation system in southeastern New Mexico in response ...
KBR awarded project management contract for FEED phase of grassroots plant in Azerbaijan
07-03-2013
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) to provide PMC services for the FEED Phase of the ...
ABB to provide process analyzers for Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG project
07-03-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that it has been chosen to supply process analyzers, system integration and related ...
Intergraph solutions at the heart of BP engineering provider in Germany
07-03-2013
Verfahrenstechnik und Automatisierung GmbH (VTA), an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider and 100 percent subsidiary of BP Europa SE, has ...
Enterprise begins operations at expanded LPG export facility
07-03-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that it has commenced operations at its expanded export facility, increasing the partnership’s capability ...
GE motors to drive pioneering bitumen refinery in Canada’s oil sands
06-03-2013
Sustainable development of Alberta’s vast oil sands is a key priority, and in early 2013 construction began on the world’s first refinery specifically ...
Emerson unveils industry’s first wireless pre-engineered essential asset monitoring solutions
06-03-2013
Emerson Process Management has announced availability of Essential Asset Monitoring solutions, the industry’s first family of integrated wireless application ...
TNK-BP to invest $7M in development of power supply at RORC
06-03-2013
TNK-BP announces the introduction of fast-acting automatic load transfer system at Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (RORC). The overall project investment will exceed ...
KBR provide licensing, basic engineering and proprietary equipment for new ammonia plant
05-03-2013
KBR today announced it was selected by PT Panca Amara Utama (PAU) to provide licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for a new grassroots ...
Methanex announces expansion of its New Zealand operations
05-03-2013
Methanex Corporation announced today plans to increase operating capacity at its New Zealand operations by 700,000 tonnes to 2.2 million tonnes by the end of ...
Sasol North America selects Univation’s UNIPOL PE process
05-03-2013
Univation Technologies, LLC announced that Sasol North America Inc has selected Univation`s UNIPOL PE Process for its petrochemical project at Sasol`s Lake ...
Shell to develop two additional natural gas for transport corridors in North America
05-03-2013
Shell and its affiliates plan to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel one step closer for its marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America by ...
BASF and Markor plan to establish two joint ventures for butanediol and polytetrahydrofuran
05-03-2013
BASF and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF® ...
Jacobs receives contract from Shell in Australia
05-03-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been selected by the Shell Company of Australia Ltd for its Clyde Terminal Conversion Project ...
PMFG Inc awarded $3.9M in separation systems orders
05-03-2013
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded contracts on two projects with an aggregate value of approximately $3.9 million for separation equipment. ...
Vetek Group agree to buy Odessa refinery from Lukoil
04-03-2013
The OAO LUKOIL Press Service announces that the company and VETEK Group have signed an agreement on the purchase and sale of the public joint-stock company ...
Dow announces closure of proceedings in K-Dow arbitration
04-03-2013
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce today released the final award amount, representing interest and costs, ...
Borealis acquires DEXPlastomers in Geleen
04-03-2013
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announced today that it has acquired DEXPlastomers ...
Technip finalizes agreements with Rostec to address the subsea and onshore markets in Russia
01-03-2013
Technip announces that it has signed two agreements with State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostec) during the official meeting between François ...
South Louisiana Methanol announces $1.3B investment In St. James Parish
28-02-2013
South Louisiana Methanol (SLM) today joined Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in announcing plans to build what will be the largest methanol production facility ...
ART announces CLG hydrocracking catalysts sales agreement
28-02-2013
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART) announced that it has signed an agreement with Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) regarding hydrocracking and lubes ...
AFPM applauds bill requiring further testing of mid-level ethanol blends
28-02-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) lauds proposed legislation recently introduced by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) that would effectively ...
Qatar Petroleum & Shell announce FEED award for Al-Karaana petrochemicals complex
28-02-2013
Qatar Petroleum and Shell have launched today the logo of the Al-Karaana Petrochemicals Complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City and also announced the award of ...
Honeywell increases integration and asset life with experion PMD release 800
28-02-2013
Honeywell has upgraded Experion PMD, boosting the range and functionality of its comprehensive automation solution for controlling processes, machinery and ...
Daewoo shipbuilding & marine engineering selects Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise
27-02-2013
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company Limited (DSME) has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions for operations and maintenance ...
Emerson introduces the Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6200 SIS digital valve controller
27-02-2013
Emerson’s new FIELDVUE DVC6200 SIS digital valve controller responds to safety demands, and features partial stroke and position monitoring capabilities ...
Passavant-Geiger and Johnson Screens join forces to become a leading global supplier
27-02-2013
Effective 27th February 2013 Passavant-Geiger GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bilfinger SE, acquired Johnson Screens, a global leader in screening ...
Cat Tech Europe secures a 4 year framework agreement with Statoil
27-02-2013
In February 2013 Cat Tech Europe Ltd secured a 4 year framework agreement with Statoil for the supply of Cat Tech's catalyst and adsorbent handling services ...
Intertek opens new energy and industry services facility
26-02-2013
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, announces the opening of a new centralized office and training facility that will bring ...
Costain secures two environmental projects
26-02-2013
Costain has secured two engineering and procurement services projects at Total’s Lindsey Oil Refinery, which will further improve the environmental performance ...
Shell continues to expand its LNG leadership with the purchase of new positions from Repsol
26-02-2013
The Hague, 26 February 2013. Royal Dutch Shell plc continues to expand its industry leadership in Liquefied Natural Gas, today agreeing to acquire part of Repsol ...
UOP introduces new membrane element to improve natural gas processing capacity
26-02-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today announced a new, advanced membrane element designed to increase natural gas processing capacity, compared with existing ...
MDU Resources and Calumet Specialty Products receive air permit to construct a diesel refinery
25-02-2013
MDU Resources Group, Inc and Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced that the North Dakota Department of Health has issued an Air Quality Permit ...
Honeywell opens new automation training college serving Vietnam and South East Asia
25-02-2013
Honeywell today announced the opening of its new regional Automation College in Hanoi, Vietnam. Opened in partnership with Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group ...
Latest release of aspenONE software
25-02-2013
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the latest enhancements to the aspenONE process optimization ...
TPC Group board approves capital to advance engineering of butadiene production
25-02-2013
TPC Group Inc, a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, announced today that ...
Emerson wins record-setting orders for gas-leak detection technology
22-02-2013
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has received orders totaling approximately $5.8 million for ultrasonic gas detection technology that ...
Clariant opens new plant for AMPS polymers in Tarragona
22-02-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has officially opened its new AMPS polymers plant for production of specialty polysulfonates at its strategic ...
Magellan Midstream to acquire 800 miles of refined petroleum products pipeline
22-02-2013
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. announced today that it has agreed to acquire approximately 800 miles of refined petroleum products pipeline from Plains All ...
SIBUR further improves the quality of liquid gas at its Tobolsk facility
21-02-2013
SIBUR has started the construction of unit for separating methanol from propane fraction at Tobolsk-Neftekhim. Low methanol content is a requirement of many ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected to modernize refinery in Kazakhstan
21-02-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected by the largest refiner in Kazakhstan to help it upgrade its facility and ...
BOC UK to exhibit at AQE 2013
21-02-2013
Come and visit BOC on Stand 52 at the Air Quality & Emissions (AQE) show, previously known as the MCERTS event, on the 13th and 14th March 2013 at the Telford ...
New AVEVA
catalogue manager increases project profitability
21-02-2013
AVEVA today announced the launch of AVEVA Catalogue Manager, a ground-breaking new product set, to save significant man-hours in large capital projects through ...
Sofraser’s thermoset MIVI 9731 electronic unit for automatic analyser
21-02-2013
With innovative functionalities and electronics, Sofraser’s Thermoset MIVI 9731 brings the most efficient technology to viscosity measurement at reference ...
AFPM appoints vice president of strategic initiatives
20-02-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers today announced the hiring of Sarah Magruder
Lyle as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Lyle will ...
Dow and Davy license LP OxoSM technology to Sinopec project in Anqing, China
19-02-2013
Davy Process Technology Limited, a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company announced that China Petrochemical International Company Limited,
a ...
EmberClear completes technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project
19-02-2013
EmberClear Corp is pleased to announce its subsidiary, EmberClear GTL MS Inc, has completed the technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project ...
Petrostar incorporates refining entity
19-02-2013
Petrostar Petroleum Corp is pleased to introduce its newly formed company, Farrow Distillation Corp., incorporated in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Farrow ...
Fluor
awarded chemicals project for BASF in germany
19-02-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has secured a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for BASF’s toluene ...
RORC to increase autogas output by 30% in 2013
19-02-2013
ТNК-ВР reports that in 2013 CJSC Ryazan Oil
Refinery Company (part of the ТNК-ВР Group) plans to increase production of autogas (automobile propane-butane) ...
Linde Italy will be at OMC in March
18-02-2013
The HiQ Expert Team from Linde Italy will be at the 11th OMC (Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition) from 20 to 22 March Ravenna, Italy. The ...
Enbridge and Energy Transfer join to provide crude oil pipeline access to eastern gulf coast
15-02-2013
Enbridge Inc and Energy Transfer announced today that they have entered into an agreement on the terms for the joint development of a project to provide crude ...
AFPM applauds bill to reverse EPA’s illegal approval of E15
15-02-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) applauds Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and David Vitter (R-La.) for taking steps to reverse the ...
KBR wins license and design package for Bolivia fertilizer project
14-02-2013
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by Samsung Engineering Company, Ltd. to provide a technology license, basic engineering design package, and supply ...
Lukoil launches a major modernisation project at Volgograd refinery
14-02-2013
LUKOIL has launched a Vacuum Gasoil (VGO) Deep Conversion Complex construction project at the site of OOO LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka. The project will ...
Airgas to build new liquid carbon dioxide plant in Houston metropolitan area
13-02-2013
Airgas, Inc today announced plans to build a new 450 ton-per-day liquid carbon dioxide plant in the greater Houston area to replace its plant at the Shell Deer ...
Rosneft and ExxonMobil expand strategic cooperation
13-02-2013
Rosneft and ExxonMobil have agreed to expand their cooperation under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement to include an additional approximately 600,000 ...
Technip awarded contract for a refinery in Mexico
13-02-2013
Technip, in a consortium with Construcciones Industriales Tapia, was awarded by Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) through its subsidiary PEMEX Refinación, ...
SOGAT 2013 will discuss the future of sour gas development in the region
13-02-2013
The development of sour gas fields in the UAE, in particular has become a priority given the requirements for more gas fired power stations, gas injection to ...
Yokogawa and Soteica Visual MESA to address the energy management solutions business
12-02-2013
Yokogawa is pleased to announce the addition of Soteica Visual MESA's best-in-class energy management and optimization solution services to its portfolio of ...
Hyundai Heavy Industries selects Intergraph SmartPlant 3D
12-02-2013
The Industrial Plant & Engineering division of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® 3D and other SmartPlant Enterprise ...
State of the union a lesson in contradiction and denial
12-02-2013
President Obama’s energy policy remarks in the State of the Union address were a lesson in the art of contradiction and denial. He touted the benefits ...
Retrofit suitability of competing CO2 capture technologies
12-02-2013
Among the numerous challenges facing humanity in the coming decades will be delivering more transport and mobility to an exponentially-growing population in ...
Jacobs awarded contract for Luberef Yanbu refinery expansion
12-02-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract from Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to provide project management ...
Honeywell to enhance process performance at OOO Kirishinefteorgsintez's Kirishi refinery
12-02-2013
Honeywell today announced it has been selected by OOO Kirishinefteorgsintez, part of OAO Surgutneftegaz holding, to supply its Experion® Process Knowledge ...
Gazprom and LUKOIL agree on associated petroleum gas processing at Sosnogorsk GPP
11-02-2013
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Vagit Alekperov, ...
AspenTech demonstrates economically viable carbon capture at world’s largest CO2 test facility
11-02-2013
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced that Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) is using aspenONE® ...
Planned maintenance turnaround at Jamnagar refinery complex
11-02-2013
The Company has scheduled a planned maintenance turnaround of one crude distillation unit of its SEZ refinery at Jamnagar Complex for a period of approximately ...
A €65M additional investment in the Port of Rotterdam
07-02-2013
Rotterdam is the second largest chemical and petrochemical basin in Europe. This industry has maintained its momentum, despite the crisis, across Western Europe, ...
KBR to provide purifier technology package for world-scale ammonia and urea plant
07-02-2013
KBR today announced it was selected by PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang, to provide licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for a new 2000 MTPD ...
Alfa Laval consolidates manufacturing of boilers in Asia
07-02-2013
Alfa Laval a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has decided to consolidate its manufacturing of boilers in Asia ...
Thermal Energy signs agreement for product development in the Chinese petrochemical market
07-02-2013
Thermal Energy International Inc is pleased to announced that it has signed a funding agreement with the Canadian government related to a previously announced ...
TPC Group commences engineering to expand polyisobutylene capacity
07-02-2013
TPC Group Inc, a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, announced today that ...
MDU Resources Group and Calumet Specialty Products partners announce diesel refinery JV
07-02-2013
MDU Resources Group and Calumet Specialty Products Partners, today announced that they have formed a joint venture to develop, build and operate a diesel refinery ...
Leak monitoring of supercritical products and multi-product transport in pipelines
06-02-2013
KROHNE is offering a series of lectures to provide an overview of the official guidelines, technical requirements and technologies behind modern leak monitoring ...
Forest BtL Oy of Finland selects Axens’ Gasel Fischer-Tropsch technology suite
06-02-2013
Forest BtL Oy of Finland and Axens have signed a license for the use of Gasel® technology suite in the Biomass to Liquid (BtL) plant to be constructed in ...
SGS to provide certification services for gas & nitro pipeline projects in Vietnam
06-02-2013
SGS has been contracted to provide certification services for the Phu My I - My Xuan Industrial Gas Supplying Pipeline System Project by PetroVietnam Gas Investment ...
NOVATEK signs marketing agreement with Yeochun naphtha cracker center
05-02-2013
OAO NOVATEK, announced today the conclusion of a commercial agreement with the Yeochun Naphtha Cracker Center, a South Korean petrochemical company, for supplying ...
SIBUR and IES Holding agree on long-term cooperation
05-02-2013
SIBUR's CEO Dmitry Konov and President of Integrated Energy Systems Boris Vainzikher signed a Strategic Memorandum to boost energy efficiency of SIBUR's petrochemicals ...
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd. selects Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise
05-02-2013
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd., one of Korea’s foremost engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors for plant projects, ...
ABB wins $40 million order to upgrade oil transportation infrastructure in Italy
05-02-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a contract worth about $40 million to extend the export terminal of the eni refinery in Taranto, ...
Honeywell awarded four contracts worth $40m by Borouge
05-02-2013
Honeywell announced today that it has been awarded four major contracts worth a combined $40 million over an 18-month duration for the Borouge petrochemicals ...
Genesis Energy announces new crude oil pipeline and new unit train facility
04-02-2013
Genesis Energy, L.P. today announced the company plans to invest approximately $125 million to improve existing assets and develop new infrastructure ...
PBF Energy announces arrival of first unit train at completed east coast rail facility
04-02-2013
PBF Energy Inc announced today the completion of the second crude oil unloading facility at its subsidiary’s Delaware City Refinery. The construction ...
Neste Oil to invest €65 million in enhancing gasoline production at Porvoo
04-02-2013
Neste Oil to invest EUR 65 million in enhancing gasoline production at Porvoo Neste Oil has decided to build an isomerization unit at its Porvoo refinery. The ...
AVEVA presents at Kuwait EPC projects summit 2013
04-02-2013
AVEVA announced today that it is presenting, sponsoring and exhibiting at the upcoming Kuwait EPC Projects Summit being held 18-19 February 2013. Engineering, ...
GEA's new website presents its heat exchangers segment as innovative and customer-oriented
04-02-2013
GEA Heat Exchangers Segment launches its new customer website and presents its complete product portfolio on one Website for the first time. This new homepage ...
Purchase of BP's Texas City refinery and related assets closes
01-02-2013
Marathon Petroleum Corporation today announced that it has closed the transaction with BP to purchase several assets, including a 451,000 barrel per calendar ...
ABUTEC smokeless flares tested and exceed EPA’s quad o mandate
31-01-2013
ABUTEC flares are the only combustion control devices to pass independent third-party testing as mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
EPA’s proposed renewable fuel volumes ignore reality
31-01-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Renewable Fuel Volumes ...
Honeywell’s UOP regional engineering design seminar graduates first class in Middle East
31-01-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has graduated its first class of students from the UOP Regional Engineering Design Seminar in the Middle ...
API raises concern over high cost of new government fuel regulations
31-01-2013
EPA sent new fuel regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for final review that would raise costs, provide little or no environmental benefit, and ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected for petrochemical production in China
30-01-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its UOP Oleflex™ process technology has been selected by China’s Longgang Chemical Co. to produce ...
Technip awarded contracts for Westlake Chemical’s ethylene plant expansion in Kentucky
29-01-2013
Technip was awarded engineering and procurement contracts by Westlake Chemical Corporation for the expansion and modernization of the ethylene cracking furnaces ...
AltaGas and Idemitsu Kosan form partnership to export energy from Canada
29-01-2013
AltaGas Ltd and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to form the AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership. ...
Shell and Kinder Morgan announce plans to export LNG from the United States
28-01-2013
Shell US Gas & Power LLC a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and Southern Liquefaction Company, LLC, a Kinder Morgan company and unit of El Paso Pipeline ...
SABIC takes innovation to next level with four new technology centers set for opening this year
28-01-2013
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation will launch four new state-of-the-art technology and innovation facilities in 2013, two in Saudi Arabia and one each in India ...
Air Products’ phase one carbon capture project onstream in Texas
28-01-2013
Described by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) as a milestone in DOE’s Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) program, Air Products announced ...
Bechtel acquires Chevron’s waste water treatment technology
28-01-2013
Bechtel announced today the company has purchased Chevron’s Waste Water Treatment (WWT) Process, a technology that improves the efficiency of petroleum ...
Hess to pursue sale of terminal network and exit refining business
28-01-2013
Hess Corporation announced today that it will pursue the sale of its terminal network in the United States. Hess also announced that it will complete its exit ...
Compact sample conditioning for speedy spot-checks of moisture
28-01-2013
Michell Instruments’ compact and convenient sample options ensure the best results from their portable hygrometers, MDM300 and MDM300 I.S. Without ...
Court strikes down cellulosic biofuel mandate – finds EPA exceeded statutory authority
25-01-2013
In a decision that questions the motivation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today vacated EPA’s 2012 ...
API welcomes court decision to end mandate for non-existent biofuels
25-01-2013
API welcomed today’s decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals that rejected EPA’s 2012 mandate for refiners to use cellulosic biofuel, which is not ...
TNK-BP to invest $60 Million in construction of hydrocarbons sulfur removal facility at RORC
25-01-2013
TNK-BP reports that it will invest over $60 mln in the construction of a hydrocarbons sulfur removal facility at CJSC Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (RORC, part ...
Linde and Forest BtL sign licensing agreement for Carbo-V® technology
24-01-2013
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH has signed an agreement with the Finnish Forest BtL Oy for the licensing of the biomass gasification technology Carbo-V®, ...
Tatneft has increased collection and processing of petroleum gas
24-01-2013
Tatneftegazpererabotka Administration of the JSC TATNEFT collected 843.5 million m3 of associated petroleum gas for the year 2012, which was 53.1 million cubic ...
Technip awarded contract by JBF Petrochemicals Ltd for a world-scale petrochemical plant
24-01-2013
Technip was awarded by JBF Petrochemicals, a wholly–owned subsidiary of JBF Industries Ltd, an important contract(1) for a 1.25 million tons per year ...
PETRONAS and Evonik Industries sign Letter of intent for projects in RAPID project
23-01-2013
PETRONAS and Evonik Industries AG signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly embark on the development of production facilities of specialty chemicals within ...
Methanex and Chesapeake sign long-term natural gas supply agreement for methanol project
23-01-2013
Methanex Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced the execution of a 10-year agreement to supply all of the natural gas required for Methanex's ...
His Highness the Emir inaugurates QAPCO’s 3rd LDPE plant
23-01-2013
His Highness The Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, officially launched Qatar Petrochemical Company’s new state-of-the-art, third low-density polyethylene ...
KBR to perform turnaround management and turnaround mechanical execution services for BP
22-01-2013
KBR announced today that it has been selected to provide the BP Decatur site with specialty turnaround management and turnaround mechanical execution services ...
AFPM applauds governor Heineman’s approval of the keystone XL pipeline
22-01-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman’s ...
Ten weeks left to play at worldofpumpsquiz.com
22-01-2013
Nearly 10,000 industry specialists representing more than 140 countries have visited the World of Pumps Quiz website, sponsored by ITT Goulds Pumps, to test ...
Jacobs wins program management contract from SoCalGas
22-01-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was selected by Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to provide project management services for the Pipeline ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK55 million natural gas order in the U.S
22-01-2013
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won yet another large order to supply compact heat exchangers to ...
BASF and Sinopec take next steps in establishment of world-scale isononanol plant in Maoming
22-01-2013
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale ...
Bilfinger has signed an agreement to acquire Johnson Screens:
22-01-2013
Engineering and services group Bilfinger has signed an agreement to acquire filtration specialists Johnson Screens. Combining these activities with activities ...
FCI FLT93 series flexswitch provides reliable relief valve and flare gas flow or leak detection
21-01-2013
Petrochemical industry process and plant engineers searching for a precision flow/level/temperature switch for use in liquid, air, gas or for interface service ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical studying NAO expansion at Cedar Bayou Plant
21-01-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it is studying the possibility of expanding its normal alpha olefins (NAO) capacity – targeting at least ...
AVEVA hosts solution showcases in India
21-01-2013
AVEVA announced today that it is launching a Solution Showcase across four cities in India to feature AVEVA’s software solutions for the Process Plant, ...
Petronas and BASF terminate heads of agreement for joint project in Pengerang, Malaysia
21-01-2013
BASF and PETRONAS announced today that the Heads of Agreement (HoA) between the two parties for a joint speciality chemicals venture within PETRONAS’ ...
Local manufacturers to provide more equipment
19-01-2013
The share of domestic manufacturers in providing petrochemical sector’s need to parts and equipment will go up. Manager of Planning and Development at ...
Preparations to resume partial operations at Chiba refinery
18-01-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. express sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by the ...
Cape secures extension to SABIC contract
18-01-2013
Cape plc, the international provider of essential, non-mechanical support services to the energy and mineral resources sectors, announces the award of an extension ...
Bechtel awarded FEED contract for a new LNG project in Mozambique
18-01-2013
Bechtel has been selected by Anadarko Moçambique Area 1, Limitada to perform a front end engineering and design (FEED) for a new liquefied natural gas ...
Praxair starts up new air separation plant in India
18-01-2013
Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc India’s leading industrial gases supplier, announced the start-up of its third production ...
Hyundai Cosmo production and shipping from the new para-xylene production unit
18-01-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd and Hyundai Oilbank have been conducting test operations of the new para-xylene production plant though the joint venture company, HCP. The ...
Haldor Topsoe and partner Technip awarded FEED contract for proposed new ammonia plant
17-01-2013
Haldor Topsoe and its partner Technip was awarded by The Mosaic Company the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract, as well as preparation of the ...
KBR awarded veba combi cracker lcense and engineering services contract in Cambodia
17-01-2013
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by Cambodian Petrochemical Co. Ltd to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker Unit ...
First tonne of CO2 captured at RWE npower carbon capture pilot project
17-01-2013
RWE npower’s carbon capture pilot plant at Aberthaw Power Station – the first of its kind in Wales and one of the largest to be built so far in ...
NOVA Chemicals returns to the LDPE market
17-01-2013
NOVA Chemicals Corporation today announced its Moore, Ontario low-density polyethylene facility has returned to commercial operation at its full capacity. “We ...
FDS Group
becomes The Flexitallic Group
17-01-2013
FDS Group, the global leader in specialized sealing solutions and products serving the oil and gas, power generation, chemical and petrochemical industries, ...
The hydrocracker at Sines refinery begins operations
16-01-2013
Galp Energia informs that on 10 January, the
hydrocracking complex installed at the Sines refinery, under the refineries upgrade project, began the commercial ...
KBR selected by CRI Catalyst Company to develop engineering packages for IH2 process
16-01-2013
KBR today announced it was selected by CRI Catalyst Company (CRI) as the preferred
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partner supporting licensed ...
JGC led JV awarded contract for refinery and petrochemical complex in Vietnam
16-01-2013
JGC Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation, Technip, and South Korean contractors GS Engineering & Construction and SK Engineering &
Construction today jointly ...
Letter of award issued for Nghi Son refinery and petrochemical complex
15-01-2013
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. established Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC in 2008, together with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc, Kuwait Petroleum International, and ...
Jacobs wins another contract from Reliance Industries
15-01-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has been selected by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to provide engineering and procurement assistance services ...
Enterprise to provide marine transportation services for ExxonMobil subsidiary
15-01-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that its wholly owned affiliate, Enterprise Marine Services LLC, has entered into a multi-year contract with ...
KBR to provide license and basic engineering design package for Ammonia plant revamp
15-01-2013
KBR today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a License and Basic Engineering Design Package as part of the Ammonia Plant Revamp for capacity ...
Rensselaer polytechnic institute studies Blasch VectorWall
14-01-2013
Blasch Precision Ceramics and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have recently entered into a sponsored research agreement that is designed to create a comprehensive ...
Intertek expands Singapore Oil condition monitoring laboratory
14-01-2013
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has expanded and enhanced its lubricant testing ...
Gazprom and Novatek setting up JV for LNG production in Yamal Peninsula
10-01-2013
The joint venture will carry out pre-front end engineering and design studies, elaborate project documents, work out a plan for the LNG plant construction ...
AFPM voices concern about limits on free trade
10-01-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded today to statements from America’s Energy Advantage Coalition ...
Methanex announces upcoming temporary shutdown of its operations in Chile
10-01-2013
Methanex Corporation announced today it expects to idle its Chile operation in March 2013 due to anticipated insufficient natural gas supply. Methanex is currently ...
Westlake Chemical begins ethylene capacity expansion project in Lake Charles
10-01-2013
Westlake Chemical Corporation's previously announced expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA has begun. This expansion will ...
Shell technology center Houston relaunches after expansion and renovation
09-01-2013
The center is the largest of Shell’s three technology hubs with more than one million square feet of laboratory and office space. It is home to more than ...
White Martins starts up new air separation plant for Braskem in Brazil
09-01-2013
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc has started up a new air separation plant in the state of Alagoas, in Brazil´s northeast region. ...
Delek US Holdings announces agreement to purchase a biodiesel facility in Texas
09-01-2013
Delek US Holdings, Inc, a diversified energy company with assets in the petroleum refining, retail and logistics industries, announced that it entered into ...
TransCanada selected to develop $6B in natural gas infrastructure to Prince Rupert
09-01-2013
TransCanada Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. being the successor by amalgamation of PETRONAS ...
Larsen & Toubro and AVEVA sign teaming agreement
09-01-2013
Larsen & Toubro Integrated Engineering Services and AVEVA announced today that they have entered into an agreement which will enable Owner Operators and ...
Tesoro to convert Hawaii refinery to an import, storage & distribution terminal
08-01-2013
Tesoro Corporation today announced that it will cease refining operations at its Kapolei refinery during April of this year, and begin the process of converting ...
Phillips 66 and Global Partners sign long-term crude transportation and logistics contract
08-01-2013
Phillips 66 today announced that it has signed a five-year contract with Global Partners LP under which Global will use its rail transloading, logistics and ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 50 million energy efficiency order in South Africa
08-01-2013
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has won an order from Wärtsilä to supply Alfa Laval Aalborg ...
JGC/Fluor JV awarded FEED work by Anadarko for new LNG project in Mozambique
08-01-2013
Fluor Corporation and JGC Corporation announced today that their 50/50 joint venture was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Anadarko ...
AVEVA announces the commercial availability of AVEVA everything3D
08-01-2013
AVEVA announced today the commercial availability of its brand-new plant design software, AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D), setting a new level of performance ...
Dow restarts St Charles olefins plant
07-01-2013
The Dow Chemical Company today announced that the Company’s St. Charles Olefins 2 Plant near Hahnville, La. began producing on-spec ethylene on ...
Argus acquires TABrewer Consulting, expands presence in petrochemical consulting
07-01-2013
Founded in 2003 by Tom Brewer, TABrewer offers highly specialised consulting and business intelligence services. TABrewer has had a relationship with Argus ...
Post Oak Energy invests in Refinery Specialties Inc
07-01-2013
Post Oak Energy Capital, LP, through investment partnerships it manages, today announced its partnership with Refinery Specialties, Inc. (RSI) through a purchase ...
New CFO in Haldor Topsøe A/S effective as of February 1st 2013
07-01-2013
Peter Rønnest Andersen has been named CFO of Haldor Topsøe A/S, effective February 1, 2013. Andersen joins Haldor Topsøe A/S from the Mærsk ...
Alfa Laval acquires US-based Air Cooled Exchangers LLC
07-01-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired the US-based company Air Cooled Exchangers, ...
Enterprise “sells out” PDH facility; in discussions for a second PDH facility
07-01-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that it has executed long-term, fee-based agreements that effectively “sell out” the partnership’s ...
Linde wins fourth LNG project in China
04-01-2013
The technology company The Linde Group has signed a contract with Sichuan Tongkai Energy and Technology Development Company for the design and supply of the ...
Oil Refineries announces the successful activation of the hydrocracker
04-01-2013
Oil Refineries Ltd, Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, announced that it has successfully activated the hydrocracker, which passed ...
Fluor to provide engineering services to Williams for chemical project in Canada
03-01-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Williams to provide preliminary engineering services for a proposed propane dehydrogenation ...
Air Liquide acquires Progressive Resources Inc
03-01-2013
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP today announced that it has acquired Progressive Resources, Inc, an Oklahoma based oilfield services company. PRI is a key supplier ...
Technip awarded FEED contract by The Mosaic Company for proposed new ammonia plant
03-01-2013
Technip was awarded by The Mosaic Company the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract, as well as preparation of the corresponding engineering, procurement ...
Seaway pipeline expansion nearing completion
02-01-2013
Seaway Crude Oil Pipeline Company LLC announced today that final work is being performed in preparation for the increase in capacity from approximately 150,000 ...
Calumet Specialty Products completes acquisition of the San Antonio, Texas refinery
02-01-2013
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it completed the previously announced acquisition of the San Antonio, Texas refinery and associated ...
NGL recovery program next stage in Shaybah
02-01-2013
In 1998, Saudi Aramco achieved what to any observer might have appeared to have been the impossible – the Shaybah field came online after Saudi Aramco ...
AFPM petitions EPA to waive 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate
31-12-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to waive the 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate, ...
ExxonMobil commissions Singapore petrochemical plant expansion
28-12-2012
ExxonMobil has commenced startup operations at one of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers, the centerpiece of the company’s multi-billion ...
KBR’s first Veba Combi Cracker technology processing unit enters construction phase
28-12-2012
KBR signed an agreement with TAIF-NK to establish a Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) technology processing unit to be implemented at the Nizhnekamsk refinery in the ...
Sibur increases its MTBE production capacity
28-12-2012
SIBUR has expanded its methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) designed capacity in Tchaikovsky, Perm Territory, from 200,000 to 220,000 tonnes per year. The expansion ...
KBR and AYTB to provide long-term maintenance services for SATORP Refinery in Jubail
26-12-2012
KBR and AYTB announced today that they have signed a seven-year contract to provide refinery maintenance services for the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical ...
Chevron subsidiary acquires operating interest in Western Canada LNG project
24-12-2012
Chevron Corporation today announced that its indirect Canadian subsidiary, Chevron Canada Limited, will acquire a 50 percent operating interest in the Kitimat ...
Bechtel enters into contract with Cheniere Partners for Sabine Pass LNG Expansion
21-12-2012
Bechtel has entered into a lump sum turnkey contract with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC for the engineering, procurement, ...
SNC-Lavalin debooks hydrocarbons & chemical project in Alberta
21-12-2012
SNC-Lavalin has received a notice of termination for convenience from its client related to a fixed-price EPC contract it was awarded in November 2011 for a ...
Braskem Idesa successfully signs the $3.2B financing for its Etileno XXI project in Mexico
20-12-2012
The project will be the most modern petrochemical plant in the Americas and is expected to create 9,000 jobs during the construction phase and 3,000 direct ...
SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF spectrometer with new application for precious metals
20-12-2012
SPECTRO has equipped the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF spectrometer with a new application package for precious metal analysis. The inexpensive, portable instrument ...
Byco announces completion of the country’s largest oil refinery
19-12-2012
Byco Oil Pakistan Limited today announced the completion of the country’s largest oil refinery at Mouza Kund, District Lasbella, Balouchistan. At present ...
Topsoe presented at conference of senior executives of international companies in China
19-12-2012
On the 12th of December, Mr. Per K. Bakkerud, MD of Haldor Topsoe China was invited to participate the "2012 Roundtable Conference of Senior Executives ...
AFPM to facilitate the return of manufacturing in America
19-12-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) will work with the academic community to begin a series of national-level discussions to focus on ...
Linde attendance at MSR exhibition in western Germany
19-12-2012
The HiQ Expert Team from Linde Germany presented at the MEORGA MSR (Mess, Steuer & Regelungstechnik) exhibition held in Bochum. Portable cylinders such ...
Technip awarded an important contract by BASF for a chemical project in Germany
19-12-2012
Technip, in a consortium with Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation Japan, was awarded by BASF S.E. a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction ...
Neste Oil to produce renewable aviation fuel as part of the EU-funded ITAKA project
19-12-2012
Neste Oil has joined the ITAKA (Initiative Towards Sustainable Kerosene for Aviation) project, which is being funded by the EU to support the commercialization ...
Grabner Instruments MINIVAP-On-Line measures all vapour pressure standards
19-12-2012
The MINIVAP-On-Line from AMETEK Grabner Instruments is the only process analyzer that directly measures Reid Vapor Pressure (RVPE), True Vapor Pressure (TVP) ...
Air Products unveils advanced gas applications lab at Shanghai technology center
18-12-2012
Air Products today announced the opening of an advanced gas applications laboratory within its Asia Technology Center in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, ...
Intergraph SmartPlant enterprise selected for ichthys LNG project
18-12-2012
Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise has been selected by INPEX, operator of the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia. INPEX has implemented SmartPlant Enterprise solutions ...
GE to supply equipment and services for refinery upgrade in Turkey
18-12-2012
GE will provide a wide range of equipment and services for a major plant upgrade of the Izmit Tupras refinery, located on the Gulf of Izmit in Turkey. GE technology ...
Saras and Rosneft sign cooperation agreement for the purpose of establishing a JV
18-12-2012
On 15 December 2012, Saras S.p.A. and Rosneft executed a memorandum of understanding setting forth their intention to create a 50/50 Joint Venture for trading ...
Equate wins top Middle East CSR award
18-12-2012
On this occasion, EQUATE VP Technical services Mohammad Al benali said, “Such recognition is a result of EQUATE’s overall commitment to all sustainability ...
UOP CEO Rajeev Gautam receives 2012 chemical engineering personal achievement award
18-12-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that UOP President and CEO Dr. Rajeev Gautam has received the 2012 Chemical Engineering Personal Achievement Award ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 50M natural gas order in Australia
18-12-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to ...
Ryazan refinery invests $47M into hydrogen production plant
18-12-2012
The Ryazan Oil Processing Company (ROPC, part of TNK-BP Group) is completing the construction of a 617 million m3/year hydrogen production plant. The total ...
Toyo awarded gas processing plant rejuvenation project in Malaysia
18-12-2012
Toyo Engineering Corporation and Toyo Engineering & Construction Sdn. Bhd. (Toyo-Malaysia), the group company in Malaysia, as a Consortium, has been awarded ...
Aveva opens new training centre in India
18-12-2012
AVEVA announced today its opening of a new training facility in Mumbai, India on 11 January 2013. The announcement follows the recent opening of a new sales ...
KBR
awarded EPC contract by Kentucky Utilities
17-12-2012
KBR today announced that it was awarded a contract by Kentucky Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, to provide engineering, procurement and construction ...
AspenTech announces AspenTech academy
17-12-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and
services to the process industries, announced the establishment of AspenTech Academy, a corporate ...
Emerson offers instrument and valve recyling program
17-12-2012
Emerson Process Management, through its Instrument & Valve Services operation, now offers a cash-back valve and instrument recycling program. The new
recycling ...
Air Liquide brings new nitrogen liquefier online in Cleburne, Texas
17-12-2012
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP today announced it has commissioned a new nitrogen liquefier at its air separation plant in Cleburne, Texas to further support ...
Dieter Tuppinger new head of OMV Refinery Schwechat
17-12-2012
Dieter Tuppinger (53) has been appointed head of OMV Refinery Schwechat with effect from January 1, 2013. He will take over from Gerhard Wagner who is return-ing ...
Calumet announces agreement to acquire San Antonio refinery assets from NuStar Energy
17-12-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the San Antonio, Texas refinery and associated ...
AVEVA acquires Global Majic’s simulation software suite
17-12-2012
AVEVA today announced the acquisition of all assets relating to the advanced visualisation and simulation software of Global Majic Software, Inc. (GMS). ...
ProSim receives the cape open award
14-12-2012
ProSim has now joined the prestigious recipients of this award: Siegfried Nagel (2001), Daniel Piñol, Michael Halloran and Richard Szczepanski (2002), ...
KBR awarded ammonia technology license agreement by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer
14-12-2012
KBR announced today that Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (“Indorama”) has selected KBR to provide ammonia technology for its planned ...
Badmington to lead Grace communications
14-12-2012
W. R. Grace & Co recently named Richards R. Badmington as Vice President, Corporate Communications. Badmington, 57, will lead a global communications ...
Phillips 66 announces 2013 capital program and intent to form MLP
13-12-2012
Phillips 66 will host its inaugural Analyst Meeting today in New York to update investors and analysts on plans to enhance returns, deliver profitable growth ...
Shell and the Technip Samsung consortium sign agreement to strengthen FLNG collaboration
13-12-2012
Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell) and the Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) have signed a heads of agreement to enhance collaboration on the design, ...
DeCarlo named R&D manager
12-12-2012
Dr. Keith DeCarlo has been appointed Research and Development Department Manager, a new position, by Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. "Our investments ...
Intergraph presents third annual smartPlant engineering & schematics excellence awards
12-12-2012
Intergraph® has presented its 2012 SmartPlant® Engineering & Schematics Excellence Awards to recognize 15 customers who have deployed and rolled ...
BHP Billiton to sell interest in east and west browse joint ventures
12-12-2012
BHP Billiton has signed a definitive agreement with PetroChina International Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd to sell its 8.33 per cent interest in the East Browse ...
Honeywell sees record attendance at 2012 EMEA users group conference
11-12-2012
Honeywell today announced record attendance at its annual Honeywell Users’ Group (HUG) conference for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In ...
Praxair starts-up its first air separation plant in Russia
11-12-2012
Praxair Volgograd LLC, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has announced the start-up of its first large-scale air separation plant in Volgograd, an industrial region ...
Miniflash Touch - Trailblazer for the New Age in Flashpoint Testing
10-12-2012
MINIFLASH TOUCH is the latest addition to the AMETEK Grabner Instruments line of portable flashpoint testers that combines all of the field-proven advantages ...
Video highlights Linde’s leadership in clean energy solutions
10-12-2012
Linde North America today announced the availability of a new video describing Linde’s diverse products and services for clean energy solutions. Linde, ...
Flowserve Durco mark 3 ISO chemical process pump wins Ringier technology innovation award
10-12-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced its Durco® Mark 3(TM) ...
Increase sensitivity analyzing trace elements by using electroThermal vaporization
10-12-2012
By using electrothermal vaporization (ETV) for sample introduction, SPECTRO has greatly improved the sensitivity of the SPECTRO ARCOS ICP-OES spectrometer for ...
AspenTech announces availability of aspenONE® V8 process optimization software
10-12-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the release of aspenONE V8 software. aspenONE V8 ...
Valero announces corporate leadership changes
10-12-2012
Valero Energy Corporation announced corporate leadership changes that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2013. Kim Bowers, currently serving as Executive Vice President ...
SNC-Lavalin wins general engineering services contract in Saudi Arabia
07-12-2012
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a General Engineering Services Contract by Khafji Joint Operations (KJO), a joint venture between ...
BP biofuels to invest $350M to expand ethanol production in Brazil
07-12-2012
BP Biofuels announced today that it plans to invest $350 million to expand its ethanol processing capacity of Tropical, one of its sugarcane processing ventures ...
KBR selected to execute project management and field construction for air combustion upgrade
06-12-2012
KBR announced today that it was awarded a contract to execute project management and field construction for a large Air Combustion Upgrade Project in Georgia. KBR’s ...
DCP Midstream and DCP Midstream partners to build gas processing plant serving Eagle Ford
06-12-2012
DCP Midstream LLC and DCP Midstream Partners LP today announced the construction of a new cryogenic plant that will serve growing demand from producers in the ...
KBR to execute FEED for Mansuriya full field development for Turkish Petroleum Overseas Co
06-12-2012
KBR today announced that it has been awarded the Mansuriya Full Field Development contract to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) studies and Quality ...
Analysis of demand for captured CO2 and products from CO2 conversion
06-12-2012
Global climate change is a real issue facing the planet, industry and government. Programs like Cap and Trade and a move away from coal as a primary source ...
Continental Refining Company selects TabWare for oil & gas refinery asset maintenance
05-12-2012
AssetPoint, a leading provider of (EAM) Enterprise Asset Management and (CMMS) Computerized Maintenance Management Software solutions, announced today Continental ...
PPG and Henan Billions announce worldwide TiO2 technology license agreement
05-12-2012
PPG Industries today announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that ...
Plains All American Pipeline to acquire crude oil rail terminals from U.S. Development Group
05-12-2012
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., announced today that it has agreed to acquire four operating crude oil rail terminals, one terminal under development ...
OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim selects Ineoss Innovene G and Innovene S processes
05-12-2012
OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim and INEOS Technologies are pleased to announce that Innovene G and Innovene S polyethylene technologies have been licensed for OAO ...
New CEO at Lewa
05-12-2012
Bernd M. Stütz, longtime Chief Executive Officer of the Lewa Group, a leading manufacturing company of metering pumps and systems for complex tasks, is leaving ...
TOYO wins world’s largest single train
urea plant in Nigeria
04-12-2012
Toyo Engineering Corporation and its consortium partner Daewoo Nigeria Limited have jointly received letter of award to build world’s largest single train ...
SNC-Lavalin announces the departure of its hydrocarbons & chemicals executive VP
04-12-2012
SNC-Lavalin announces that Andy Mackintosh, Executive Vice-President in charge of the Hydrocarbons & Chemicals business unit, has accepted a position with ...
Petrofac awarded two contracts at Jazan
04-12-2012
Petrofac has been awarded two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages for Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery and
Terminal project. When ...
AMEC awarded $528M new refinery contract by KNPC, Kuwait
04-12-2012
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a $528 million (£330 million) Project Management Consultancy (PMC) ...
Jacobs wins Reliance Industries contract
04-12-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has been selected by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to provide engineering and procurement assistance services ...
AspenTech launches aspenONE package for small-to-medium engineering companies
04-12-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the launch of a new desktop package that makes it easy ...
TNK-BP introducing best international practices of EPC projects implementation in Russia
04-12-2012
TNK-BP strives to improve the efficiency of major project implementation by introducing best international practices and mechanisms of major project “turnkey” ...
Davy Process Technology and Johnson Matthey announce successful start-up of SNG plant
04-12-2012
Davy Process Technology (Davy), a wholly owned Johnson Matthey subsidiary and Johnson Matthey are pleased to announce the successful start-up of a new substitute ...
AVEVA highlights top five recommendations for an effective laser-enabled revamp
04-12-2012
AVEVA announced today the release of a new business paper listing the top five recommendations for effective plant revamps. AVEVA explains that not only should ...
Sasol commences the FEED phase for an integrated GTL and ethane cracker complex
03-12-2012
South African-based energy and chemicals company, Sasol, today announced it will proceed with front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for an integrated, ...
Maire Tecnimont awarded engineering & procurement contract for a polyethylene plant
03-12-2012
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded by Etileno XXI Services B.V., an Engineering and Procurement contract ...
Ecolab amends Champion acquisition agreement
03-12-2012
Ecolab Inc. announced it has amended its acquisition agreement with Permian Mud Service, the parent company of Champion Technologies and Corsicana Technologies ...
Fluor wins contract for new Ma'aden phosphate project in Saudi Arabia
03-12-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that the company was awarded a new project by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden). Fluor’s scope of work is ...
TNK-BP to invest $45M to cut emissions
03-12-2012
ТNК-ВР will invest $45 million to revamp its flaring systems at the Ryazan Refinery (Ryazan Oil Refining Company, or RORC, part of TNK-BP Group). In 2012, ...
Alliance Oil Company chooses honeywell for latest process control and security solutions
03-12-2012
Honeywell today announced it has signed an agreement with Alliance Oil Company, a leading independent oil operator in Russia and Kazakhstan, to supply Honeywell ...
Sulzer Pumps to supply 40 pumps for PetroChina Guangxi refinery project in China
03-12-2012
Sulzer Pumps will supply 40 pumps to PetroChina, the largest oil producer in China for the Guangxi Oil Refinery Project Phase II. Located in the Guangxi Province ...
DuPont advances commercialization of cellulosic ethanol with Iowa biorefinery groundbreaking
30-11-2012
DuPont today came one step closer to commercializing advanced biofuels by breaking ground on its cellulosic ethanol facility in Nevada, Iowa. Expected ...
OMV sells its marketing subsidiary in Bosnia-Herzegovina
30-11-2012
OMV has signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary in Bosnia-Herzegovina, OMV BH d.o.o, a 100%-owned subsidiary of OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH, to the ...
Brunei Shell Petroleum taps Emerson for wireless instrumentation training
30-11-2012
Emerson Process Management is conducting a wireless instrumentation training event for Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) as a key next step to broaden and standardise ...
Senate decisions on U.S. military and costly biofuels harmful to nation
29-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to recent U.S. Senate endorsements of the purchase of costly biofuels by the U.S. ...
JGC awarded contract for carbon dioxide capture, storage, and compression facilities
29-11-2012
JGC Corporation announced today that it received a contract from Japan CCS Co., Ltd to construct the core facilities at a carbon dioxide capture and storage ...
Grace completes the acquisition of assets of Noblestar Catalysts
29-11-2012
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Noblestar Catalysts Co., Ltd, a Qingdao, China-based manufacturer ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected by Petrobras for offshore natural gas processing in Brazil
28-11-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected by Petrobras to process natural gas aboard up to eight Floating Production, Storage ...
Haldor Topsoe signs hydrocracking contract with Eesti Energia Õlitööstus AS
28-11-2012
Topsoe has signed a contract to deliver a tailor-made engineering hydrocracking process design, converting shale oil into ultra low sulfur diesel, meeting Euro ...
SABIC sees technology and innovation as key to future success of Gulf petrochemical industry
28-11-2012
The petrochemical industry in the Gulf region needs to focus more on technology and innovation, offer customers more technologically advanced products and design ...
Honeywell helps Inpex satisfy growing demand for natural gas in Japan
28-11-2012
Honeywell today announced that Japan’s INPEX Corporation will implement Honeywell’s Experion® Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) ...
Total Normandy refinery calls on ProSim to optimize its utilities production
28-11-2012
In order to comply with the new consumption standards, Total is committed to improving its French refineries’ efficiency and competitiveness. In this ...
Congress should repeal unworkable renewable fuels standard
27-11-2012
API Downstream Group Director Robert Greco told reporters this morning that the federal Renewable Fuels Standard should be eliminated because it is not working ...
API files suit against EPA’s unworkable 2013 biodiesel mandate
27-11-2012
The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Monday against the Environmental Protection ...
New Emerson 3D CAD models accelerate the design process
27-11-2012
Emerson Process Management now offers 3D CAD drawings and 2D drawings with dimensions for its regulator products. The interactive 3D CAD drawings are high-quality, ...
Honeywell continues growth In UniSim process simulation business
27-11-2012
Major industrial companies from various sectors of the process industries are turning to Honeywell’s UniSim® technology to provide industrial operator ...
Jacobs receives contract from Viru Keemia Grupp
27-11-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from Viru Keemia Grupp AS to provide a license package and services for a sulfur recovery ...
Enbridge to partner in delivering Bakken crude by rail to Philadelphia refining markets
26-11-2012
Enbridge Inc today announced its U.S. subsidiary, Enbridge Rail L.L.C., has entered into an agreement with Canopy Prospecting Inc to create the Eddystone Rail ...
JGC awarded EPC contract for Jazan refinery and terminal in Saudi Arabia
26-11-2012
JGC Corporation announced today that, together with its Saudi subsidiary JGC Arabia Ltd., it has received a notice of award for a lump-sum turnkey contract ...
Linde awarded major contract for LNG plant by Petronas in Malaysia
26-11-2012
The technology company The Linde Group has received an order for a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant from Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd., a production subsidiary ...
SABIC and ExxonMobil host symposium on investment opportunities in Saudi rubber industry
25-11-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and its joint venture partner ExxonMobil hosted a symposium promoting rubber industry downstream development ...
Grupa LOTOS enters a consortium with Azoty Tarnów
23-11-2012
On November 23rd 2012 Grupa LOTOS S.A. signed an agreement with Zakłady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Mościcach to complete a preliminary feasibility study for two proposed ...
Tatneft – best downstream company in Eastern Europe in 2012
23-11-2012
World Finance magazine, published by media holding World News Media based in the UK, in its latest issue for November-December 2012 named Tatneft the best downstream ...
Linde to build LNG terminal near Gothenburg, Sweden, for Skangass
23-11-2012
The technology company The Linde Group has been commissioned by Norwegian-based Skangass AS to build a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal ...
Termination of refining business at the Kubiki Refinery, Japan
22-11-2012
Inpex Corporation has decided to terminate the refining business at the Kubiki Refinery in mid-December this year. INPEX’s wholly-owned subsidiary Teiseki ...
ABB wins $11M power products order for Kazakhstan refinery
21-11-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $11 million, from JSC OGCC KazStroy Service, an EPC contractor, for high ...
Learn from the HiQ expert team with new technical videos
21-11-2012
To communicate the best techniques related to handling specialty gases & specialty equipment, more than 10 new HiQ videos have been launched on the HiQ ...
AFPM files petition for reconsideration on 2013 biomass diesel volumes
21-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers today filed a petition for reconsideration of the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule Regulation ...
GE celebrates 40th anniversary and expansion of its water chemical manufacturing plant
20-11-2012
GE today marked the 40th anniversary and recent expansion of its chemical production reaction plant in Herentals for its water and process technologies business. ...
KBR to execute oil sands tailings management project for Syncrude Canada Ltd
20-11-2012
KBR announced today that it was awarded two contracts for Syncrude Canada Ltd to execute module fabrication and field construction for its Fluid Fine Tailings ...
PMFG Inc awarded environmental systems order for SCR retrofit project
20-11-2012
PMFG, Inc today announced it was awarded an order for environmental emissions-control equipment valued in excess of $2 million. The order is for Selective Catalytic ...
Magellan Midstream and Occidental Petroleum Corporation proceed with BridgeTex pipeline
19-11-2012
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced today that they are proceeding with the construction of the previously announced ...
Bentley Systems and Siemens initiate strategic collaboration
19-11-2012
Bentley Systems and Siemens today announced a strategic collaboration to advance the integration of digital product design and manufacturing processes design ...
New tool helps customers find gases & equipment for analytical instrumentation
19-11-2012
The new instrumentation gas finder has been launched on the international HiQ web site. It recommends the required carrier, purge & detector gases, calibration ...
REG well-positioned for future capacity growth with Georgia Biorefinery Purchase
19-11-2012
In its second acquisition in the past three weeks, Renewable Energy Group announced the purchase of a 15 million gallon-per-year biodiesel production plant ...
Yokogawa Australia wins supply bid on another major gas project
16-11-2012
Yokogawa Australia has won a supply bid from Bechtel for integrated control and safety systems for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project west of Onslow, Western ...
AFPM responds to EPA rejection of a request for renewable fuel standards waiver
16-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded to today’sdecision by the Environmental Protection Agency ...
TOYO awarded EO/EG project in Korea
16-11-2012
Toyo Engineering Korea Limited, a Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded a contract to build Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Glycol ...
AVEVA wins techMARK
company of the year
16-11-2012
AVEVA announced today that it has once again won the coveted techMARK Company of the Year award, beating competition from the software, manufacturing and engineering ...
Sulzer opens new pumps production plant in China
15-11-2012
In opening a wastewater pumps production plant, Sulzer
is strengthening its position as one of the leading manufacturers in China. Sulzer invested approximately ...
Completion of new para-xylene production unit
15-11-2012
Cosmo Oil Co Ltd and Hyundai Oilbank produce and market para-xylene through a joint venture company, Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical Co., Ltd. As part of the expansion ...
Emerson digital valve controller saves Chinese chemical plant $40,000 in repairs and downtime
15-11-2012
After Emerson Process Management replaced existing valve positioners in the Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) with Fisher® FIELDVUE™ DVC6200f ...
Saudi Aramco selected Técnicas Reunidas for two major refining projects in Saudi Arabia
15-11-2012
Técnicas Reunidas has participated in the official ceremony for the announcement of the preselected contractors by SAUDI ARAMCO for its mega refining ...
AFPM responds to President Obama’s remarks on carbon tax
15-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded to remarks made by President Barack Obama that indicated he ...
Shell invests to increase capacity at world-scale petrochemical complex in Singapore
15-11-2012
Shell announced today that it has taken a final investment decision to ‘debottleneck’ its Singapore ethylene cracker on Pulau Bukom (Bukom Island). ...
Bechtel’s ThruPlus technology to be used in Kazakhstan refinery
15-11-2012
Bechtel announced today that it has signed a license agreement with JSC Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery (POCR) for a major modernization and process design ...
AVEVA NET offers Suncor operational efficiency and cost savings with third-party integration
15-11-2012
AVEVA announced today that Suncor Energy has implemented AVEVA NET to support its data integrity management program for a new bitumen processing project in ...
Jazan project contracts signing
14-11-2012
Under the patronage of HRH Prince Muhammad ibn Nasser ibn Abdulaziz, Amir of the Jazan Area, a ceremony was held November 14, 2012, to sign the construction ...
LSB Industries reports its chemical business suffered damage from pipe rupture
14-11-2012
LSB Industries, today announced that the facility of its subsidiary, Cherokee Nitrogen Company, suffered a pipe rupture causing damage to the heat exchanger ...
Vopak and Sabic to invest in new storage terminal in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
14-11-2012
Vopak today announces that they have taken the decision to build together with Sabic a new storage terminal in King Fahd Industrial Port at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. ...
LyondellBasell to restore LDPE capacity at Wesseling, Germany
14-11-2012
LyondellBasell today announced that the company will restore a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) line in Wesseling, Germany, that has been out of service since ...
Aramco Asia regional headquarters opens in Beijing
14-11-2012
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the fully integrated, global petroleum and chemicals enterprise, announced the official opening of Aramco Asia in ...
BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap
14-11-2012
Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Alexej Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of OAO Gazprom, today (November ...
Honeywell launches new controller for seamless legacy system modernization
14-11-2012
Honeywell today announced the release of the next generation of its most widely used industrial process controller, the High-Performance Process Manager (HPM). ...
Parker acquires PGI International to broaden instrumentation technologies
13-11-2012
Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has acquired PGI International, headquartered in ...
Methanex granted air permits for Louisiana project
13-11-2012
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has been granted the required air permits by the State of Louisiana and the EPA to construct and operate its one ...
Huntsman and Sinopec form JV to build and operate PO/MTBE facility in Nanjing, China
13-11-2012
Huntsman Corporation today announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Sinopec Jinling Company, a subsidiary of Sinopec. The joint ...
GE and Clean Energy Fuels partner to expand 'America’s natural gas highway'
13-11-2012
GE and Clean Energy Fuels today announced a collaboration to expand the infrastructure for natural gas transportation in the United States. The agreement supports ...
GE opens skills development centre to train local talent for Australia’s oil and gas industry
13-11-2012
Addressing Australia’s need for skilled local workers to support a booming oil and gas industry, today celebrated the official opening of its Skills Development ...
Honeywell Enraf's terminal manager software provides complete control for operators
13-11-2012
Honeywell today announced its next generation of Terminal Manager server software that will allow bulk terminal operators to integrate any disparate business, ...
Honeywell new smartline pressure transmitters lower plant lifecycle costs
13-11-2012
Honeywell today launched its new range of SmartLine™ industrial pressure transmitters, which will enhance communication abilities, improve operational ...
KBR to execute FEED for Saudi Aramco’s Jazan IGCC project.
12-11-2012
KBR announced today it was awarded a contract amendment by Saudi Aramco to execute front-end engineering and design (FEED) for its Integrated Gasification Combined ...
Eni to use Honeywell’s UOP/Eni Ecofining process technology at Venice refinery
12-11-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Italy’s largest energy company, Eni S.p.A., will produce renewable diesel using Honeywell’s UOP/Eni ...
SABIC and Shell progress on plans for expansion at SADAF joint-venture
12-11-2012
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Shell announced today that they are progressing plans for the expansion of various projects at the Saudi Petrochemical ...
Lukoil refinery in Volgograd manufactures only euro-5 diesel fuel
09-11-2012
All diesel fuel manufactured at the LUKOIL-owned Volgograd refinery is now Euro 5 compliant. The switchover to the new standard became possible due to the ...
Shell to expand technology footprint in Asia
08-11-2012
Today, Shell laid the foundation stone for a brand new technology facility in Bengaluru, India, which marks the next step in the company’s expansion into ...
AFPM appoints senior director of communications
08-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) today announced the hiring of Rebecca Adler as Senior Director of Communications. Adler will lead ...
Honeywell’s UOP wins third license for breakthrough Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) technology
08-11-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today the third technology license for its breakthrough methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology, which converts methanol ...
BMZ will deliver air coolers to the high arctic region
08-11-2012
The Bugulma Mechanical Plant in collaboration with the Trade and Technical House of JSC TATNEFT have won the tender and will deliver 9 air cooler sets of ABG-KBS-R ...
Emerson extends the fieldvue digital valve controller line
08-11-2012
Emerson has extended the Fisher® FIELDVUE™ digital valve controller family with the addition of the FIELDVUE DVC6200p PROFIBUS PA digital positioner. ...
Galata Chemicals celebrates opening of technical center in India
07-11-2012
Galata Chemicals announced the grand opening of its newest Technical Center in Navi Mumbai, India. “Galata Chemicals is committed to investing in technology ...
KBR to execute FLNG production vessel design work for GDF SUEZ
07-11-2012
KBR today announced that it has been selected by GDF SUEZ Bonaparte Pty. Ltd. (GDF SUEZ), operator of the Bonaparte LNG project, to execute floating liquefied ...
Honeywell UOP honors Johannes Lercher at invitational lecture in catalysis
07-11-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Professor Johannes Lercher was honored for his creativity and contributions to the field of chemistry at ...
Fundamental limitations on CO2 capture processes
07-11-2012
Barriers to commercialization in the energy industry are numerous and substantial. Changes in these capital intensive industries happen by evolution, not revolution. ...
QP and Shell discuss positive progress in joint Al-Karaana petrochemicals project
07-11-2012
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Qatar Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman & Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, received Ben Van ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 120M energy efficiency order in Saudi Arabia
07-11-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat ...
TNK-BP warning of abusive market players acting on behalf of Ryazan Oil Refinery Company
06-11-2012
TNК-ВР issues a warning about potential risks caused by cooperation with abusive market players that act on behalf of CJSC RORC (part of the TNK-BP Group ...
Oxea conducts feasibility study for further plant expansion projects in Bay City, Texas
05-11-2012
Following the very successful capacity increase of its syngas production facility in Bay City, Texas, USA, the chemical company Oxea is in the last stages of ...
ExxonMobil supports hurricane sandy disaster relief and recovery
05-11-2012
ExxonMobil continues to work to support distribution of gasoline and fuel throughout the area affected by Hurricane Sandy and is donating $1 million to the ...
Dow Water & Process solutions introduces the TEQUATIC PLUS fine particle filter
05-11-2012
Dow Water & Process Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, today announced the launch of an innovative product for demanding water environments: ...
AspenTech wins chemical processing magazine 2012 readers’ choice award
05-11-2012
Aspen Technology Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has won Chemical Processing Magazine’s 2012 Readers’ ...
Equate restarts ethylene glycol unit
05-11-2012
Equate Petrochemical Company announced that it has restarted the 550,000 metric tons annually (MTA) Ethylene Glycol (EG) unit. An EQUATE officials said, “The ...
Cosmo Oil acquire
Sojitz Energy Corporation
05-11-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd announces the agreement with Sojitz Corporation (hereinafter Sojitz) on the acquisition of shares for Sojitz Energy Corporation (hereinafter ...
Honeywell Enraf to boost performance of small volume provers
05-11-2012
Honeywell today announced the
launch of a major upgrade to boost the performance of all existing and new small volume provers. For the first time, the Honeywell ...
Gazprom Neft completes refinery modernisation project at Pančevo
02-11-2012
Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary NIS has completed a major modernisation project of its refining capacity in
Serbia. The company has started operating a new ...
Fluor signs enterprise framework agreement with Shell for downstream projects
02-11-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that Shell has awarded the company a 5-year enterprise framework agreement for engineering and project management services ...
Hyperion completes labatory infrastructure project for Hellenic Petroleum
01-11-2012
Hyperion Systems Engineering announces the successful completion of an important Laboratory Infrastructure project for the Hellenic Petroleum S.A Group. Specifically ...
Indonesian government approves plan of further development for expansion of Tangguh LNG
01-11-2012
Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and oil and gas executive agency BPMIGAS have approved in principle the Plan of Further Development ...
TNK-BP to invest $97M in construction of sulphur recovery unit at RORC
01-11-2012
ТNК-ВР informs that by 2016 it will invest $97 mln in the construction of a free sulphur recovery unit at the Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (RORC). By ...
Summary of impact on Motiva terminals in NJ and NY
01-11-2012
Motiva’s terminals in New Jersey and New York have experienced flooding due to the storm surge as well as loss of power and wind impacts. The safety of ...
REG continues biodiesel production growth with Texas biorefinery acquisition
01-11-2012
With the acquisition of a 15 million gallon per year biorefinery located in New Boston, Texas, REG’s nameplate biodiesel production capacity is expected ...
TransCanada awarded contract to build US$1B natural gas pipeline in Mexico
01-11-2012
TransCanada Corporation today announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own ...
Enterprise completes Sixth Fractionator at Mont Belvieu, Texas Complex
01-11-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership’s sixth natural gas liquids (“NGL”) fractionator at its Mont Belvieu, ...
Williams partners signs agreement to purchase Williams' Gulf olefins business
31-10-2012
Williams Partners and Williams today announced an agreement for Williams Partners to acquire Williams' approximately 83-percent undivided interest in ...
Manoir Industries and Yantai Taihai form a new strategic partnership
31-10-2012
Leading international industrial organizations, Manoir Industries, France and Yantai Taihai, China (‘’Taihai’’), today announced signing ...
Sinopec plans to acquire an interest in SIBUR’s Krasnoyarsk based plant
31-10-2012
SIBUR, a Russian gas processing and petrochemicals company, and Sinopec International (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of China Petroleum ...
Praxair named a top green company by newsweek for fourth consecutive year
31-10-2012
Praxair, Inc announced today that it has been named to the 2012 Newsweek Green Rankings for the fourth consecutive year. The Green Rankings assess the environmental ...
Sulzer to revamp vacuum distillation unit for Saudi Aramco
31-10-2012
Sulzer Chemtech has been contracted to carry out the procurement and construction work for around CHF 20 million for a vacuum distillation revamp of Saudi Aramco’s ...
Gunvor awarded Rosneft products tender
31-10-2012
Gunvor Group has signed a contract with JSC Rosneft, under which it will export oil products from the Samara group of refineries (Kuibyshev, Novokuibyshevsk ...
Gunvor
closes $625M syndication for Belgian refinery
31-10-2012
Drawing on a diversified pool of European and international banks, Gunvor Group has successfully closed an oversubscribed borrowing base credit facility to ...
Phillips 66 contributes to hurricane Sandy disaster relief
30-10-2012
Phillips 66 will
make an immediate contribution of $500,000 to the American Red Cross to assist local disaster relief operations following Hurricane Sandy. ...
Jacobs wins contract from PPL for sulfuric acid plant expansion
30-10-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract from Paradeep Phosphates
Limited (PPL) to provide project management consultancy (PMC) ...
Emerson introduces wireless position monitor with on/off control for discrete valves
30-10-2012
Emerson Process Management has expanded its Smart Wireless solutions family with the release of the Fisher® 4320 Wireless Position
Monitor with On/Off Control ...
Honeywell green jet fuel powers gulfstream flights to NBAA
29-10-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ produced using Honeywell’s UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process powered demonstration ...
Air Liquide major licensor for world-scale gas-to-chemicals complex in Brazil by Petrobras
29-10-2012
As in many regions of the world, Brazil’s economic and industrial growth is increasingly dependent on its domestic energy supply. Energy independence ...
Fluor to provide engineering services on MacKay River oil sands project in Northern Alberta
29-10-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Suncor Energy to provide front-end project management and engineering services on the ...
TNK-BP announces appointment of new top managers in upstream and downstream
29-10-2012
TNK-BP announces that it has been joined by Johan van Scherpenzeel and Andrey Mukhachev who previously held managing positions in major international oil and ...
Neste Oil adds NExBTL renewable naphtha suitable for producing bioplastics
29-10-2012
Neste Oil - the world's largest producer of renewable diesel - has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers. ...
UOP honors Avelino Corma at Edith M. Flanigen Honeywell invitational lecture
26-10-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Professor Avelino Corma was honored for his creativity and contributions in the field of chemistry at the ...
TNK-BP to invest 800M Rubles in construction of new sulphur removal facilities
26-10-2012
This is to inform you that LLC Buguruslanneft (part of Orenburgneft, a 100% TNK-BP Subsidiary) is finalizing the construction of sulphur removal units in the ...
Technip awarded engineering & design contracts for a new ethylene production plant
26-10-2012
Technip was awarded by The Dow Chemical Company the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract and cracking furnaces engineering and procurement services ...
Samsung and AMEC form joint venture
25-10-2012
Samsung Engineering, the first and largest Korean engineering company, has formed a joint venture with Samsung Heavy Industries and AMEC to carry out the design ...
Emerson
introduces non-intrusive pipe clamp sensor
25-10-2012
Emerson Process Management announces the release of its Rosemount® 0085 non-intrusive Pipe Clamp Sensor, a simple, fast solution for adding reliable temperature ...
Dresser-Rand signs important agreement for small-scale LNG production
technology license
25-10-2012
Dresser-Rand Company, a subsidiary of Dresser-Rand Group Inc announced today that Dresser-Rand Company has entered into an important definitive agreement with ...
Crane Energy Flow Solutions presents its product solutions at Canada coking conference
24-10-2012
CRANE Energy Flow Solutions is pleased to announce its participation in the Canada Coking Conference & Exhibition scheduled for October 22-26, 2012, in ...
Dow announces plans for a new NORDEL IP hydrocarbon rubber plant
24-10-2012
The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it plans to build a new
world-scale plant for the production of metallocene ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), ...
Linde supports Bosch in developing cleaner automotive technologies
24-10-2012
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced the completion of a major gas supply system installation, along with supply of
high purity specialty ...
Enersul awarded an equipment supply contract from Samsung Engineering Company Ltd
23-10-2012
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Samsung Engineering Company ...
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Enersul awarded an equipment supply contract from TOTAL OIL LLC
23-10-2012
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from TOTALOIL LLC of Russia ...
U.S. shale energy production could support 3.5 million jobs by 2035
23-10-2012
API President and CEO Jack Gerard said today that the latest report by IHS Global Insight shows development of America’s unconventional oil and natural ...
Air Products dedicates world's largest hydrogen plant and pipeline system
23-10-2012
Stretching from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today held a dedication ceremony ...
Rafinerija Nafte Brod selects technology from UOP and ExxonMobil Research & Engineering
23-10-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company announced today that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sole ...
Praxair China signs contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou
22-10-2012
Praxair China has signed a long-term contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou Co., Ltd. to supply on-site industrial gases to their chemical park located in the Jiangsu ...
Calysta Energy targets natural gas as advantaged feedstock for transportation fuels and chemicals
22-10-2012
Calysta Energy™, a new company, today announced it has been established to use natural gas, an advantaged feedstock, to develop new liquid transportation ...
Yokogawa Saudi Arabia selected as process control system supplier for Rabigh Ⅱ project
22-10-2012
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa Saudi Arabia has been selected as the process control system supplier for the Rabigh Ⅱ project* in which ...
BP agrees heads of terms to sell its TNK-BP shareholding to Rosneft
22-10-2012
BP today announced that it has signed heads of terms to sell its 50 per cent share in TNK-BP to Rosneft, the major Russian integrated oil and gas company. Under ...
Samsung Engineering signs major refinery revamp with Luberef
22-10-2012
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. the first and largest engineering company in Korea, announced it had been formally awarded the Yanbu refinery expansion ...
Contractors selected for the Jazan project
21-10-2012
Saudi Aramco has completed the contractor selection process for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phases of the Jazan Refinery and Terminal, ...
Two oil marketing firms eye stake in Nagarjuna refinery
19-10-2012
Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Ltd (NOCL) is likely to take on a new partner to implement the 12-million tonne refinery coming up in Tamil Nadu, near Cuddalore. ...
SIBUR commissions an air separation plant by Air Products in Voronezh
19-10-2012
As part of the celebration ceremonies for the 80th anniversary of Voronezhsintezkauchuk, SIBUR launched a new air separation plant for nitrogen ...
PMFG Inc awarded process products equipment orders with combined value of $3.3M
19-10-2012
PMFG, Inc today announced it was awarded two new orders for two oil production projects with a combined value of approximately $3.3 million. The equipment ...
Praxair starts up air separation plant in Peru
18-10-2012
Praxair Peru, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has started up a new air separation unit (ASU) to expand Praxair’s supply of industrial gases to one of the ...
Flowserve releases NAF Duball DL ball valve for the chemical processing industry
18-10-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the release of the Flowserve ...
Emerson enhances Rosemount 644 temperature transmitter
18-10-2012
Emerson Process Management has released an enhanced Rosemount 644 Temperature Transmitter, featuring ease-of-use improvements and a modular design that enables ...
BPCL plans one month shutdown at Mumbai refinery to improve yields
18-10-2012
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to shut half its 240,000 barrels per day (bpd) Mumbai refinery for about a month in March-April to improve yields, its ...
AVEVA launches major new products at the AVEVA world summit
18-10-2012
AVEVA today announced the outstanding success of its first global AVEVA World Summit, held in Paris 10-12 October. Over 350 AVEVA customer and partner delegates ...
JGC subsidiary awarded ethylene facility expansion project in Saudi Arabia
17-10-2012
JGC Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned Saudi Arabian subsidiary, JGC Gulf International Co., Ltd. (JGC Gulf), has been awarded a contract for ...
Air Products and ACWA Holding announce the formation of ACWA Air Products Arabia
17-10-2012
Air Products and The Arabian Company for Power and Water Development (ACWA Holding) today announced they have signed a joint venture agreement for the formation ...
Höegh LNG signs revised FSRU agreement with Perusahaan Gas Negara in Indonesia
17-10-2012
Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 25 January 2012, where Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd informed that the agreement with PGN for the Medan LNG ...
Sulzer to move into the Wintower
17-10-2012
Sulzer is relocating its head office in Winterthur to the Wintower at Neuwiesenstrasse 15 in Winterthur. The move will involve the relocation of around 360 ...
AVEVA launches new tool to illustrate electrical engineering cost savings
17-10-2012
AVEVA today announced the launch of the AVEVA Electrical Business Value Calculator (BVC), an interactive tool that illustrates the savings that can be achieved ...
Intergraph breaks ground on new corporate headquarters
16-10-2012
Today, Intergraph®, leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software, commenced construction of its new headquarters in Madison, Ala. The ...
Murphy Oil Corporation plans to separate US downstream business into independent company
16-10-2012
Murphy Oil Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to spin off to its stockholders its U.S. downstream subsidiary, Murphy Oil ...
TNK-BP to invest $537M in modernization of Ryazan oil refinery
16-10-2012
TNK-BP announces that it will invest $537 mln in the modernization of facilities at its Ryazan Oil Refinery between 2012 and 2015 for a full transition to Euro-5 ...
Grabner Instruments marks 25 years of leadership in petroleum testing
15-10-2012
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the first Grabner Instruments vapor pressure tester—the world’s first automatic vapor ...
SIBUR begins Tomsk production overhaul
15-10-2012
SIBUR launches Tomskneftekhim capacities overhaul to increase production volumes, upgrade and expand basic polymers, and improve industrial safety. The ...
Honeywell opens first research and training center in Saudi Arabia
15-10-2012
Honeywell announced today the grand opening of its Research & Training Center at the Dhahran Techno Valley business cluster in Saudi Arabia. The ceremony ...
Invensys Operations Management acquires Spiral Software
15-10-2012
Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure ...
Petronas and Lanzatech to recycle CO2 into sustainable chemicals
15-10-2012
LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, and PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia today announced they will work ...
Clariant expands production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts
15-10-2012
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced to expand the production capacity for Houdry® dehydrogenation catalysts. The expansion ...
ITT to acquire Bornemann Pumps
15-10-2012
ITT Corporation announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Joh. Heinr. Bornemann GmbH (Bornemann Pumps), a leading global provider of highly engineered ...
Jamnagar SEZ Refinery wins coveted British safety council’s globe of honors award
14-10-2012
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)’s SEZ Refinery at Jamnagar has won the prestigious ‘Globe of Honor Award’ for the excellence in Environmental ...
Ecolab agrees to acquire Champion Technologies for $2.2B
12-10-2012
Ecolab Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies (hereafter collectively ...
Sulzer CHF 3B in order intake
12-10-2012
In the first nine months of 2012, order intake increased to CHF 3 billion, driven by the major acquisition and organic growth. For the full year, order intake ...
Ecolab agrees to
acquire Champion Technologies for $2.2B
12-10-2012
Ecolab Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies (hereafter ...
Air Products’ Indura to open new liquid plant in southern Chile
11-10-2012
Air Products
today announced that Indura, its South American joint venture, has opened a new 84-ton-per-day industrial gas plant producing liquid oxygen, nitrogen ...
AVEVA's new plant design product AVEVA everything3D launched
11-10-2012
AVEVA today launched AVEVA Everything3D (E3D) at the AVEVA World Summit in Paris. AVEVA E3D will
bring together technologies to provide a new vision enabling ...
Emerson releases DeltaV version 12 process automation system
11-10-2012
Emerson Process Management has announced a major new release of its DeltaV digital process automation system. New features in DeltaV Version 12 (v12) build ...
EPA awards $30M for clean diesel projects
10-10-2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $30 million for clean diesel projects as part of its ongoing campaign to reduce harmful diesel exhaust ...
Intertek awarded laboratory services agreement with Chevron Oronite in China
10-10-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has signed an agreement with Chevron ...
Ben van Beurden to become Shell downstream director
10-10-2012
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announced the appointment of Ben van Beurden as Downstream Director, effective January 1, 2013. In his new role, van Beurden ...
United Refining Company affiliate to purchase Phillips 66's long island 5 petroleum terminal
09-10-2012
Phillips 66 and United Riverhead Terminal, Inc, an affiliate of United Refining Company of Warren, Pa., have entered into an agreement for URT to purchase Phillips ...
Letter of award for provision of phase 1 site preparation work for the proposed RAPID project
09-10-2012
Further to the announcement dated 5 October 2012, Gadang Holdings Berhad wishes to announce that the total estimated provisional price for ...
Solvay and SIBUR form a JV to produce surfactants and oilfield process chemicals
09-10-2012
Solvay and Russian petrochemical company SIBUR have signed an agreement to establish Ruspav, a 50/50 joint venture for the production of surfactants and oilfield ...
WorleyParsons signs global alliance agreement with Intergraph
09-10-2012
WorleyParsons, a leading global engineering and project delivery company headquartered in Australia, has signed a long-term Global Alliance Agreement (GAA) ...
AVEVA’s solutions enable project integration for JPNOR Engenharia
09-10-2012
AVEVA today announced that its Integrated Engineering & Design applications were fundamental for JPNOR Engenharia, a leading EPC based in Brazil, for the ...
Fluor to build Shell's quest carbon capture facility in Canada
09-10-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that Shell selected the firm as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Shell’s carbon capture ...
Haldor Topsøe participated in green Denmark – Green fairytale in Russia
08-10-2012
Haldor Topsøe participated in a business delegation led by the Danish Ambassador to Russia in connection with HRH the Crown Princess’ visit to ...
Dow and Sadara announce marketing and sales agreement, focus on growth regions
08-10-2012
The Dow Chemical Company today announced that an agreement is in place through which the Company will market and sell the majority of products produced by Sadara ...
TPC Group receives non-binding proposal from Innospec and Blackstone
08-10-2012
TPC Group Inc, a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, today announced that ...
BP agrees to sell Texas City refinery to Marathon Petroleum Corporation for $2.5B
08-10-2012
BP announced today it has reached an agreement to sell its Texas City, Texas refinery and a portion of its retail and logistics network in the Southeast U.S. ...
GE technology to power Cheniere Energy’s LNG export facility in Louisiana
08-10-2012
GE Oil & Gas will supply gas compression trains for Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass liquefaction expansion project in Cameron Parish, La., about 170 ...
Saratov Oil Refinery informs that the refinery has resumed normal operations
08-10-2012
Saratov Oil Refinery informs that the refinery has resumed normal operations. Production and shipments to customers are being performed on time and without ...
AVEVA opens new office in India
08-10-2012
AVEVA today announced that it has opened a new office in Mumbai. The office, which is situated in Powai, will be AVEVA’s Indian hub for all sales and ...
DuPont standardizes on Bentley
OpenPlant
05-10-2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that ...
Fluor and Brazil's Construcap hold open house to support new JV CFPS Engenharia e Projetos
05-10-2012
Fluor Corporation and Brazil’s Construcap announced today that the companies held an open house at its new joint venture office in Sẵo Paulo attended ...
Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco announce successful completion of merger
05-10-2012
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. today
announced the successful completion of the previously announced merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
Saratov refinery incident update
05-10-2012
The Saratov Oil Refinery regrets to inform that one of the employees injured by the fire at the refinery on 4October, Alexander Krischenko (operator of Shop ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 70 million energy-efficiency order in Russia
05-10-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order for compact heat exchangers from a refinery ...
Design voltage was applied to the combined hydrocracking installation
05-10-2012
Design voltage was applied to step-down substation No.2 of the Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex, providing power supply for the TANECO second stage ...
Versalis signs agreement with Honam Petrochemical for the production of elastomers
05-10-2012
Versalis, Eni’s chemical subsidiary and global leader in elastomers, and Honam Petrochemical Corporation, one of the major petrochemical companies in ...
Lubrizol to expand global CPVC manufacturing capabilities
04-10-2012
The Lubrizol Corporation announces today it intends to build a resin and compounding manufacturing facility in Deer Park, TX. The additional capacity will serve ...
Official statement on the incident at the Saratov refinery
04-10-2012
The management of Saratov Refinery reports that the fire at the refinery has been extinguished. The affected facilities are currently being cooled down. According ...
TOYO awarded a urea production technology contract from Bolivia
04-10-2012
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a urea synthesis and granulation technologies supply contract with a capacity of 2,100 t/d for Yacimientos Petrolíferos ...
Technip JV with Odebrecht and ICA Fluor awarded EPC contract for ethylene XXI project
04-10-2012
Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. awarded to a joint venture formed by Odebrecht (40%), Technip (40%) and ICA Fluor (20%) a contract worth more than US$ 2.7 billion (around ...
KBR MTO technology selected for Jiutai Energy Group’s 600 KTA olefins recovery unit
03-10-2012
KBR announced today that it was awarded a License and Process Design Package contract by Jiutai Energy Group (Jiutai) for its Methanol to Olefins (MTO) Recovery ...
Reliance signs crude supply agreement and MOU with Petroleos de Venezuela
03-10-2012
Reliance Industries Limited and the Venezuelan state oil company, SA have signed a 15 year heavy crude oil supply contract and a Memorandum of Understanding ...
Flowserve awarded five-year contract by Dow Benelux for rotating equipment maintenance
03-10-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced it has been awarded a ...
Emerson receives ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for Daniel calibration flow lab
03-10-2012
Emerson Process Management has received certification of accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 from the Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (L-A-B) for its Daniel ...
EPCA provides numerous initiatives to ensure recruitment in the chemical industry
02-10-2012
The European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) is stepping up its involvement in educational initiatives for the natural sciences. EPCA is currently supporting ...
Spirax Sarco launches steam system asset management program
02-10-2012
In response to industry needs for expert year-round steam system maintenance, Spirax Sarco has created a Steam System Asset Management Program. Under this program, ...
AspenTech opens new R&D facility in Nashua, NH
02-10-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has opened a new R&D facility in Nashua, NH. New ...
Westlake to convert Calvert City ethylene feedstock to ethane
02-10-2012
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today it is converting the feedstock for its Calvert City, Kentucky ethylene plant from propane to ethane along ...
KBR selected to execute LNG pre-FEED studies in Tanzania, East Africa
02-10-2012
KBR announced today that it was awarded a contract by Statoil Tanzania AS (Statoil) to perform pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies for a ...
Emerson and Detector Electronics to interface fire and gas safety system with AMS suite
02-10-2012
Emerson Process Management announced support for the Detector Electronics Eagle Quantum Premier safety system within AMS Suite. The integration with Det-Tronics ...
Official opening of the chemical-biotechnological process centre in Leuna
02-10-2012
After a construction period of almost two years, the new Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes (CBP) in Leuna was today officially opened ...
Honeywell to provide automation systems to QAFCO for the next ten years
02-10-2012
The Qatar Fertilizer Company (QAFCO) has renewed a contract with Honeywell to provide safety and automation systems for QAFCO’s existing plants, expansion ...
Calumet Specialty Products Partners completes acquisition of Montana Refining Company
01-10-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it completed the previously announced acquisition of Montana Refining Company, Inc. on October ...
KBR to provide license and design package for oelfins recovery unit in Yulin, China
01-10-2012
KBR announced today that it was awarded a License and Process Design Package contract for a new Olefins Recovery Unit in Yulin city, Shanxi Province, China. The ...
Saudi Polymers Company manufacturing facility begins commercial production
01-10-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) congratulates Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical ...
Honeywell to acquire majority stake in Thomas Russell
01-10-2012
Honeywell’s UOP has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a 70 percent stake in Thomas Russell Co., a privately-held, leading provider of technology ...
AVEVA to present at AIChE 2012
01-10-2012
AVEVA today announced that it will present a paper in the upcoming American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) conference October 28 - November 2, 2012. ...
Topsoe recruits new vice president for corporate communications & marketing
01-10-2012
On October 1, 2012 Markela Dedopoulos (47) takes up a newly established position as Vice President for Corporate Communications & Marketing in Haldor Topsoe. “Topsoe ...
Vopak, Greenergy and Shell complete purchase of former Coryton refinery
01-10-2012
Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell UK Limited have completed on Friday 28 September the purchase of the assets of the former Coryton refinery with PwC, administrator ...
CVR Energy announces filling of registration statement for IPO of CVR Refining LP
01-10-2012
CVR Energy, Inc today announced that CVR Refining, LP (“CVR Refining”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has filed a registration ...
CVR Energy provides update on Wnnewood refinery
30-09-2012
CVR Energy, Inc confirmed today that it launched an immediate internal investigation into the cause of the boiler explosion that occurred at the refinery on ...
BP to sell Malaysian PTA interests to India’s Reliance
28-09-2012
BP today announced that it has agreed to sell all its interests in purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production in Malaysia to Reliance Global Holdings Pte. ...
AspenTech acquires PSVPlus
28-09-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has acquired the PSVPlus software product from Softbits ...
New
contracts for Maire Technimont in oil, gas & petrochemical business
27-09-2012
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that several contracts have been awarded to some of its subsidiaries for a total amount of approximately €135 million ...
Arkema introduces DMDS Evolution E2, a new DMDS grade with optimized
odor
27-09-2012
Arkema, the world's largest producer of Thiochemicals (sulphur-based fine chemicals), introduces DMDS Evolution® E2, a Dimethyl Disulfide grade with an ...
Enbridge to provide additional facilities at Athabasca terminal for Suncor
27-09-2012
Enbridge Inc announced today that
it has entered into an agreement with Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership (Suncor) to expand the existing infrastructure ...
ExxonMobil to expand high-performance synthetic lubricants capacity in Louisiana
27-09-2012
ExxonMobil is investing more than $200 million to expand its Baton Rouge
chemical and lubricants plants to increase capacity for synthetic lubricant base stocks ...
SOCAR announces open tender for procurement of environmental consultancy services
27-09-2012
SOCAR has announced an open tender for selecting contractor who will prepare international bankable Environmental
Social Impact Assessment and provide additional ...
Graham Corporation awarded five orders totaling $7.5M
27-09-2012
Graham Corporation a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
KBR to provide license, FEED and EPC proposal for Ohio Valley Resources
26-09-2012
KBR announced today it was awarded a license and engineering contract by Ohio Valley Resources LLC to execute a front-end engineering design (FEED) package ...
Petrofac selects leading technology from Intergraph’s SmartPlant solutions
26-09-2012
Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the oil & gas production and processing industry has chosen Intergraph SmartPlant® Enterprise ...
INEOS Europe announces a new agreement to source ethane from the USA
26-09-2012
INEOS Europe AG has today announced that it has completed supply and infrastructure agreements that will secure a significant volume of ethane feedstock from ...
Technip awarded two contracts for refinery projects in Kazakhstan
26-09-2012
Technip was awarded two contracts, worth a total value of about €50 million, for the front-end engineering design (FEED) services of two refineries in ...
AVEVA signs strategic alliance MOU with SEDIN Engineering
26-09-2012
AVEVA today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Beijing with SEDIN Engineering Company Limited(SEDIN) which defines a new strategic ...
Williams signs new agreement to provide gas processing in Canada's oil sands
26-09-2012
Williams announced today that the company has signed a new long-term gas processing agreement with a producer in the Canadian oil sands. Under the new long-term ...
Honeywell’s UOP and Petronas to collaborate on natural gas processing technology
25-09-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will collaborate with Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), ...
Jacobs wins contract for three SUPERCLAUS units from Petronas
25-09-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from PETRONAS, the state-owned oil company of Malaysia, to develop a basic engineering package ...
Non-standard equipment has been manufactured at the Bugulma mechanical plant
25-09-2012
Bugulma Mechanical Plant (BMZ), part of the OAO TATNEFT structure, has manufactured non-standard equipment: a gas separation unit (3S separation). This large-sized ...
Technip will host an audio webcast on Refining on October 2nd at 4pm CET
25-09-2012
Marie-Christine Charrier, Vice President Refining Product Line and Andrea Gragnani, Director Refining Product Line at Technip will present how refining is a ...
Lukoil fully resumes production at Stavrolen
25-09-2012
The production of ethylene and propylene has been fully resumed today at Stavrolen petrochemical complex (a LUKOIL subsidiary) in Budennovsk. Both these substances ...
Quest Integrity Group introduces furnace tube inspection system FTIS animation
25-09-2012
Quest Integrity Group, a global leader in the development and delivery of advanced inspection and engineering assessment services and software products, introduces ...
Technip chooses Metso’s high performance valves for Algiers refinery
25-09-2012
Metso has won an order from Technip to supply the latest generation of its automated on-off valves and actuators to the Algiers Refinery, 10 km South of Algiers, ...
Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene capacity in Lake Charles, LA in Q1 2013
24-09-2012
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today that it will perform planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in ...
Sinopec and Airbus to develop Chinese alternative aviation fuel
24-09-2012
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of China’s biggest energy companies and Airbus are developing and promoting renewable aviation ...
Intergraph releases CAESAR II 2011 R1 for integration with Smart 3D and SmartPlant review
24-09-2012
Intergraph has released an upgraded version of CAESAR II® – the world’s most widely used pipe stress analysis software – that offers advanced ...
Emerson introduces intrinsically safe vibration analyzer
24-09-2012
Emerson Process Management introduces the CSI 2125-IS Machinery Health Analyzer, an intrinsically safe vibration analyzer. The CSI 2125-IS is certified for ...
PTT Group wins boston strategies 2012 oil and gas award for excellence in process optimization
24-09-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced that its customer PTT Group, Thailand’s Petroleum ...
GE Measurement & Control unveils new customer application center in Houston
24-09-2012
GE today announced the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Customer Application Center (CAC) in Houston. At an invitation-only ribbon cutting ceremony, ...
Petronas selects GE’s compressor technology for Asia’s first floating LNG project
24-09-2012
GE Oil & Gas today announced it will supply its gas turbine-driven compressor train technology to Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas ...
Mitsubishi Compressor Corporation, begins global marketing & service company in the U.S
24-09-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has established a new subsidiary ...
Eni: a new future for the refinery of Venice
21-09-2012
Today, Eni met local and national institutions as well as trade unions to explain the Green Refinery process which will lead to the conversion of the Venice ...
Honeywell’s UOP methanol-to-olefins technology selected by Jiutai Energy
20-09-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. Ltd. has licensed Honeywell’s UOP methanol-to-olefins (MTO) ...
ExxonMobil to increase production and acreage in Bakken oil shale region
20-09-2012
ExxonMobil Corporation today announced an agreement that will significantly increase its production acreage in the prolific Bakken oil shale region in ...
Argentina and Venezuela agree to create the South American federation of oil industry suppliers
19-09-2012
In the framework of the First Argentina-Venezuela Integration Meeting for Oil and Industrial Development, the chambers of oil, gas and energy industry suppliers ...
New SPECTROMAXx: A top seller for metal analysis is now even easier to operate
19-09-2012
SPECTRO has brought onto the market the third generation of its highly successful SPECTROMAXx stationary metal analyzer. The latest generation takes over where ...
AVEVA to present its innovative software solutions at KIOGE 2012
19-09-2012
AVEVA announced today that it is exhibiting at the Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (KIOGE) 2012, held between 2-5 October 2012 ...
Eni: significant gas discovery in Pakistan
19-09-2012
Eni has made a significant gas discovery onshore Pakistan, in the Badhra Area B exploration concession, located in the Khirtar Fold Belt region, 350 kilometers ...
Complete line of ceramic ferrule technology available
18-09-2012
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. announces the availability of a complete line of waste heat boiler tubesheet ferrule products to augment its patented, one-piece, ...
ONEOK partners announces open season for Bakken crude express pipeline
18-09-2012
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced that it is holding an open season for its previously announced Bakken Crude Express Pipeline. The open season process provides ...
Bentley’s acquisition of Ivara redefines asset performance management: integrating OPEX with CAPEX!
18-09-2012
Uniquely Enables Owner-Operators to Improve the Performance, Reliability, and Safety of Infrastructure Assets Through Information Mobility Between Engineering ...
Completion of acquisition: Browse LNG project in Australia
18-09-2012
Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have completed the transaction in respect of the previously announced participation in the proposed Browse ...
TNK-BP to invest $180M in renovation of water purification plant at Ryazan Oil Refinery by 2016
18-09-2012
TNK-BP announces that it will invest $180 mln in the renovation of the water purification facilities at the Ryazan Oil Refinery, which form part of Ryazan’s ...
Air Liquide expands its growth in Brazil: Further investment of €70 million
18-09-2012
Brazil is South America’s leading economic power, with a sound economy and expanding presence in world markets, with high growth in energy, manufacturing ...
M&A back on the agenda for European chemicals companies, according to KPMG
18-09-2012
In the face of escalating costs, stiffer competition, and a stuttering global economy, Europe’s chemical industry executives intend to use the significant ...
Linde to be listed in the dow jones sustainability index
18-09-2012
On 24 September 2012, Linde AG will be added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI World) in acknowledgement of continued progress in its sustainability ...
Argosy Technologies selects Emerson’s coriolis flowmeters
18-09-2012
Argosy Technologies has selected Emerson Process Management’s Micro Motion® ELITE Coriolis flowmeters as an integral part of its new unique loading/unloading ...
Technip awarded important offshore contract for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia
18-09-2012
Technip has been awarded by INPEX CORPORATION an important offshore commissioning contract, worth approximately €210 million, for the Ichthys LNG Project ...
AVEVA software implemented in major Petrobras refinery projects
18-09-2012
AVEVA today announced that its software has been implemented on four major Petrobras Oil & Gas projects in Brazil. Engineering firm Chemtech has adopted AVEVA ...
Rosneft & Saras hold co-operation talks
17-09-2012
President of Rosneft Igor Sechin and Chairman of the Board of Saras Spa Gian Marco Moratti and CEO of Saras Spa Massimo Moratti met in Rome to discuss possible ...
Honeywell’s UOP brings engineering design seminar to Middle East
17-09-2012
UOP, Qatar Petroleum and other leading regional energy companies offer training to meet the growing need for refinery operators in the Middle East UOP LLC, ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 70 million heat exchanger order in Western Europe
17-09-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval compact heat exchangers ...
ASM consortium visits BP site and focuses on procedures
17-09-2012
The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM®) Consortium met in Hull, UK for a quarterly meeting to discuss their latest research and administrative business. The ...
Intergraph ranks No.1 overall engineering design solution provider for the 6th consecutive year
17-09-2012
ARC Advisory Group, the leading research and advisory firm for industry and infrastructure, ranks Intergraph® as the No. 1 overall engineering design solution ...
Acting together to enhance Pomerania’s energy security
17-09-2012
Today was the day marking the official launch of south-eastern supply for the city of Gdańsk, and the interconnection system supplying the refinery of Grupa ...
Emerson integrates Rosemount raptor tank gauging system with smart wireless technology
17-09-2012
Tank farm automation is now easier, faster and less costly with the integration of Emerson Process Management’s Rosemount® Raptor tank gauging systems ...
Bechtel's ThruPlus coking technology to be used in refinery in Mexico
17-09-2012
Bechtel has signed a license agreement with Pemex Refinación for the process design of a delayed coking unit (DCU) complex for the new Tula refinery ...
Yamal LNG to employ BASF’s technology for the purification of natural gas
17-09-2012
BASF and Yamal LNG OAO (shareholders are Novatek OAO and Total) have concluded a license agreement on the use of BASF’s technology for the removal of ...
Lukoil plans to increase automotive gasoline throughput
14-09-2012
LUKOIL has introduced changes into the list of refinery modernization projects aimed at increasing automotive gasoline throughput. The changes were introduced ...
EPA’s decision to increase 2013 biomass diesel volumes will cost consumers millions
14-09-2012
Statement by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision ...
Topsoe signs investment agreement with TEDA
14-09-2012
Haldor Topsoe and TEDA this week signed an investment agreement including the purchase of 67.000 m2 land. The agreement is an extension of the memorandum of ...
Fluor selected for The Dow Chemical Company's propylene production project in Texas
14-09-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by The Dow Chemical Company for a propylene ...
The integration process has a bright future Venezuela and Argentina strengthen ties for oil and industrial development
13-09-2012
In order to strengthen the Latin American integration process in different sectors, the First Argentina-Venezuela Integration Meeting for Oil and Industrial ...
AVEVA NET selected by Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s largest chemical producers
13-09-2012
AVEVA announced today that AVEVA NET has been selected by Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s largest chemical producers, to provide a data integrity management ...
Emerson and Spectro Incorporated form exclusive alliance to expand oil analysis offerings
13-09-2012
Emerson Process Management and Spectro Incorporated announced an exclusive alliance to combine technical innovation and expertise to deliver expanded best-in-class ...
Total signs a commercial agreement with Kogas for LNG
13-09-2012
Total announces that its gas trading affiliate Total Gas & Power Limited has signed an agreement with South Korean national company Kogas (Korea Gas ...
Fluor celebrates 25 years in the Philippines
13-09-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it celebrated the company’s 25th anniversary of continuous operations in the Philippines. Fluor management and ...
Fluor
and AG&P form JV in the Philippines
13-09-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has formed a new joint venture with AG&P, a Philippines-based company that specializes in modular engineering ...
PolyOne expands innovation centers for increased customer collaboration and
development
13-09-2012
PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has made several customer-focused upgrades and enhancements ...
TPC Group approves strategic project for restart of dehydrogenation asset
13-09-2012
TPC Group Inc today
announced the Board of Directors has approved its strategic project to produce on-purpose isobutylene. The project includes refurbishment ...
Phillips 66 chooses site of new global headquarters
12-09-2012
Phillips 66 will build its new global headquarters at a 14-acre site in the Westchase District of Houston. The property,
which will be acquired from an affiliate ...
Air Products acquires ASU and integrated liquefier in China
12-09-2012
Air Products today announced it has acquired an air separation unit (ASU) and integrated gases liquefier in Guiyang, China from Guizhou Kaiyang Chemical ...
WorleyParsons extends commitment to Aveva plant portfolio
12-09-2012
AVEVA today announced that WorleyParsons has renewed and further extended its commitment to AVEVA by signing multi-year agreements for solutions from both the ...
ABB wins $16 million automation services contract renewal for PEMEX in Mexico
12-09-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $16 million for the renewal of a lifecycle service contract to maintain and upgrade ...
Honeywell’s UOP selected to provide technology for petrochemical production in China
12-09-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected to help produce key ingredients for fuels, synthetic rubber and plastics ...
Flowserve provides custom-engineered pumps for DuPont's IsoTherming technology
11-09-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced an order for newly developed, ...
Announcing the first Asian nitrogen + syngas 2012 conference & exhibition
11-09-2012
This year CRU will hold the inaugural Asian Nitrogen + Syngas conference in Kuala Lumpur on 9-11 October. This event will be the latest addition to their international ...
Emerson and Vopak sign global framework agreement for terminal automation systems
11-09-2012
Netherlands-based Vopak has awarded Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson a three-year Global Framework Agreement to become one of the providers ...
AVEVA celebrates its first 45 years of pioneering technology at Gastech 2012
11-09-2012
AVEVA nnounced today that it will be exhibiting at Gastech 2012, where it will celebrate its first 45 years of leadership in engineering design and information ...
Jacobs wins contract from Lotte Chemical UK
11-09-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract by Lotte Chemical UK Ltd to provide construction management services for a new polyethylene ...
Praxair signs agreement with Honeywell resins & chemicals
10-09-2012
Praxair, Inc has signed a 15-year agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals for the purchase of carbon dioxide, a by-product of Honeywell's caprolactam ...
KBR to provide Purifier technology package for world-scale ammonia plant
10-09-2012
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Iowa Fertilizer Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), to provide ...
Praxair signs agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals
10-09-2012
Praxair, Inc has signed a 15-year agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals for the purchase of carbon dioxide, a by-product of Honeywell's caprolactam ...
New mechanical controllers and limiters for electric trace heating
10-09-2012
The new BTSW II family from BARTEC replaces the existing products in the current series. In this new generation the focus was placed on increased safety and ...
Keyera to add de-ethanization at Fort Saskatchewan
10-09-2012
Keyera Corp announced today its plan to construct a 30,000 barrel per day de-ethanizer at its NGL fractionation and storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. ...
Assam refinery to explore potential markets in neighbouring countries
10-09-2012
Given its proximity to countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar, Assam's Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is now planning to explore potential markets ...
BPCL starts preliminary work for Bina expansion
10-09-2012
Bharat Petroleum has started the preliminary work for expansion of its youngest refinery, the 6 million tonne per annum (mtpa) crude oil processing unit at ...
Sunoco and The Carlyle Group complete formation of Philadelphia refinery joint venture
10-09-2012
Sunoco, Inc. and The Carlyle Group, L.P. have completed the formation of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a joint venture that will operate the Philadelphia Refinery. ...
AVEVA extends global reach of engineering information management solutions
10-09-2012
AVEVA and Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, have signed a partnership agreement to jointly deliver engineering information management solutions ...
Dräger launches new era in gas detection at Gastech Expo
10-09-2012
Visitors to Gastech, London 8-11 October, will be amongst the first to see a new innovation by safety specialist, Draeger Safety UK Ltd. which marks a major ...
SGS tank inspection in Liberia complete
10-09-2012
In April of 2012, the Second Harbor Engineering Company contracted SGS experience and expertise in tank inspection for the out-of-service inspection of two ...
Intertek expands NDT capabilities with acquisition of NDT Services Limited
10-09-2012
Intertek Group plc, the leading international provider of quality services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired NDT Services Limited ...
Enterprise begins operation of second train at Yoakum natural gas processing facility
10-09-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start-up of the second 300 million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) train at the partnership’s ...
Hydrocracking reactors made by Izhorskiye Zavody successfully delivered in Tuapse
10-09-2012
Three hydrocracking reactors made by Izhorskiye Zavody, part of OMZ Group, have been successfully delivered to the customer - Tuapse refinery (enters Rosneft). Hydrocracking ...
Clariant oil & mining services breaks ground on global headquarters in The Woodlands
07-09-2012
Clariant today broke ground on a new global headquarters for its Oil & Mining Services business unit in The Woodlands, Texas, expanding the company’s ...
GDS International pushes the boundaries for its latest next generation downstream summit
07-09-2012
On the 5th to the 7th of November 2012, The Turnberry Resort in Scotland will witness GDS International's hotly anticipated second Next generation Downstream ...
Maire Technimont lands in the US with a double award
06-09-2012
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that two of its subsidiaries, Tecnimont S.p.A. and Stamicarbon BV, have separately received two awards related to a greenfield ...
Chemtura Organometallics starts up world scale AXION® MAO production
06-09-2012
Chemtura Organometallics GmbH, a subsidiary of U.S. based Chemtura Corporation, announces the startup of its world-scale expansion project for AXION® ...
Calumet specialty products announces plan to expand its specialty products facility
06-09-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it plans to expand its Karns City, PA specialty products facility to include a nominal 1,000 ...
LEWA and Burckhardt Compression join forces
06-09-2012
It seems that fossil fuels will continue to be the primary source of energy in the decades to come. However, solutions for the accompanying problems – ...
Rosneft and Transneft sign agreement for construction of pipeline to Komsomolsk refinery
06-09-2012
Rosneft and Transneft have signed an agreement to jointly construct an offshoot of the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean (ESPO) trunk pipeline linking to ...
Shell to construct world's first oil sands carbon capture and storage (CCS) project
05-09-2012
Shell today announced that it will go ahead with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. The Quest project ...
RVP waiver will help assure fuel supplies in hurricane states
05-09-2012
API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco said that EPA’s decision waiving summer Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements could help with fuel supplies in ...
Linde launches €1B bond
05-09-2012
Linde AG has today successfully placed EUR 1 bn of senior notes with an 8-year maturity. The bond, with a coupon of 1.75 % issued under the EUR 10 bn EMTN programme, ...
AVEVA
showcases owner operator and EPC solutions at Petrotech 2012
05-09-2012
AVEVA today announced that it will be participating at Petrotech 2012 in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India from 14-17 October 2012 on stand Stall A-13A, Hall ...
New guided wave radar from Vega
05-09-2012
The new VEGAFLEX 80 Guided Wave Radar ‘automatically’
delivers versatility and reliability for level and interface measurement in both liquids ...
Air Products’ ASU technology selected to supply Cangzhou Zhengyuan fertilizer
04-09-2012
Air Products today announced it has signed a long-term contract with Cangzhou Zhengyuan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. and will
build, own and operate an air separation ...
HE Dr. Al-Sada honours winners of safety excellence and innovation awards 2011
04-09-2012
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum (QP), awarded a total ...
Philippe Bello has been appointed as the new President of Manoir Petrochem & Nuclear
04-09-2012
Philippe, 52 years old, a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and an Ecole des Mines (Paris) engineer, with also a DEA diploma in Materials, was successively an ...
Valero Energy to convert Aruba refinery to terminalling operation
03-09-2012
Valero Refining Company-Aruba N.V, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, today notified employees of the Valero Aruba Refinery that Valero has decided ...
Honeywell to launch more than 20 new turbo applications in China
02-09-2012
Honeywell Turbo Technologies, the leading global developer of automotive turbochargers, will this year unveil more than 100 new turbo engine applications globally ...
ARL achieves ISO 50001 compliance
02-09-2012
Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) has made yet another achievement by implementing Energy Management System ISO 50001:2011. This represents another “First” ...
Cheniere files FERC and DOE applications for proposed Corpus Christi liquefaction project
31-08-2012
Cheniere Energy, Inc announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory ...
Shaw completes sale of Energy & Chemicals business to Technip
31-08-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today completed its previously announced divestiture of substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip, effective Aug. ...
FS10A analyzer flow switch/monitor receives FM & FMc (Canadian) approvals
31-08-2012
Engineers in search of a low-cost flow verification solution for process analyzer sampling systems that is suitable for hazardous plant environments will be ...
Topsoe delivers to the world’s largest Claus plant in Abu Dhabi
31-08-2012
In Abu Dhabi the construction of the largest Claus plant in the world has begun and by the end of 2013 when the construction is completed, Topsoe will supply ...
TNK-BP presents tender documentation for construction of Yamal Oil pipeline to contractors
31-08-2012
CJSC Rospan International (a member of TNK-BP Group of Companies) has issued tender documentation for the construction of the “Yamal” oil pipeline ...
Sinopec holds international seminar on catalyst technologies
30-08-2012
Sinopec International Seminar on Catalyst Technologies was Held in Beijing on August 29. This is the fourth international seminar on catalyst technologies since ...
Enterprise offering additional capacity on ATEX express ethane pipeline
30-08-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start of a binding open commitment period to determine additional shipper demand for capacity on the partnership’s ...
Heurtey Petrochem receives €59M contract in the petrochemical sector
30-08-2012
Heurtey Petrochem announces the signature of a € 59 million contract with one of the major actors of the petrochemical sector. This award concerns the ...
Intertek showcases global expertise at the 7th annual LNG world
30-08-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality testing, inspection and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, presents expanded technical ...
Flowserve celebrates grand opening of new pump manufacturing facility in Brazil
30-08-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the grand opening of ...
The Carlyle Group to buy DuPont performance coatings business for $4.9B
30-08-2012
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont ...
Continental Refining Company secures crude oil supply contract with Sunoco Partners
30-08-2012
Continental Refining Company Secures Crude Oil Supply Contract with Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals LP. Reliable Supply Will Ensure Consistent Operations ...
New transportable hydrocarbon dew-point analyzer
30-08-2012
In response to requests from customers, Michell Instruments has developed a transportable version of its market-leading hydrocarbon dew-point analyzer. The ...
Petrobras downstream sector focuses on modernizing and expanding the refining park
29-08-2012
By 2016, Petrobras will invest US$71.6 billion in the Downstream sector, focusing on modernizing and expanding its refining park. The sector has a total of ...
Linde to build Vietnam's largest air separation unit
29-08-2012
Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply Vietnamese steel company POSCO SS-Vina (PSSV) with industrial gases. PSSV ...
Neste Oil completes the first phase of its microbial oil pilot plant
29-08-2012
Neste Oil has completed the first phase of its project to build a pilot plant for producing microbial oil. Construction of the plant is on-schedule and on-budget. ...
Intergraph wins contract with Santos for SmartPlant enterprise for owner operators
28-08-2012
Intergraph® has won a contract with leading Australian energy company Santos for the use of SmartPlant® Enterprise for Owner Operators (SPO), along ...
Fire has been totally extinguished at Amuay refinery
28-08-2012
Rafael Ramírez, the People’s Minister of Petroleum and Mining and President of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), said that at 7:15 am on Tuesday ...
Emerson’s wireless vibration transmitter provides insights into machinery in hazardous areas
28-08-2012
Emerson Process Management has expanded the application of its CSI 9420 Wireless Vibration Transmitter with intrinsic safety ratings to the US, Canadian, and ...
China National Petroleum Corporation certifies Intertek as quality inspection partner
28-08-2012
Intertek Moody, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, has been certified as a quality inspection ...
Restructuring of refinery supply
28-08-2012
Please be announced that Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd has decided that we will close Sakaide Refinery to restructure refinery supply as follows: Summary: To close ...
Equate ethylene
glycol unit to be back online mid-November
28-08-2012
Equate Petrochemical Company said that its Ethylene Glycol (EG) Unit is estimated to be back online mid-November 2012. An Equate official added, “This ...
AVEVA world north America user conference opens registration
28-08-2012
AVEVA today
announced registration has opened for its 2012 AVEVA World North America User Conference being held on November 12 –14, 2012 at the Astor ...
Planned maintenance at Jamnagar refinery complex
27-08-2012
Reliance Industries Limited has scheduled a planned Maintenance turnaround of one of the Diesel Hydrotreater units of the DTA
Refinery at our Jamnagar complex ...
Gunvor starts Ingolstadt refinery
27-08-2012
Gunvor Group Ltd has commenced operations at the former Petroplus refinery in Ingolstadt, Germany, having completed the acquisition of the refinery assets and ...
Praxair releases 2012 sustainable development report
27-08-2012
Praxair, Inc one of the largest industrial gases companies worldwide, has released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report. The report received the highest ...
Downstream Asia in Singapore to look at optimization of refinery operations
27-08-2012
The optimization of refinery and petrochemical operations, from the assets, to the staff, to the energy management of projects, is just some of the industry ...
AspenONE engineering software make it easier to model, track, and reduce CO2 emissions
27-08-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced enhancements to aspenONE Engineering software that make ...
New assay management functionality in Aspen PIMS software
27-08-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced new assay management functionality in Aspen PIMS software software ...
Aspentech introduces new Aspen Plus university teaching modules
27-08-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the availability of new Aspen Plus software university ...
Alfa Laval acquires American tank cleaning equipment company
27-08-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired Gamajet Cleaning Systems, Inc., a leading ...
Larsen & Toubro secures order from Petroleum Development Oman
27-08-2012
Larsen & Toubro Limited, India has bagged another order from Petroleum Development Oman LLC valued around 1302 Crore (USD 235 million). The new order involves ...
Triplan AG welcomed visitors from DPR of China
27-08-2012
In June 2012 a delegation from China based Company Xiangyang Hangsheng Petrochemical Evironmental Protection Equipment Co. Ltd, paid a visit to Triplan's Karlsruhe ...
Bechtel recognized as one of the world's top contractors
24-08-2012
Bechtel has once again been named one of the world’s top contractors by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction ...
Sempra adds new underground natural gas storage capacity in gulf coast
23-08-2012
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, LLC, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, today announced that it has received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...
Kinder Morgan and Phillips 66 agree to deliver eagle ford shale crude to coastal refinery
23-08-2012
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Phillips 66 have entered into an agreement for Kinder Morgan to transport Eagle Ford crude and condensate to Phillips ...
Iracore awarded long-term agreement by Shell Canada for supply of lined pipe to the oil sands
23-08-2012
Iracore International Inc announced today the completion of a long-term agreement with Shell Canada Energy (Shell) for the supply of Iracore® lined pipe ...
Flint Hills Resources studying opportunities to refine more Texas crude
23-08-2012
Flint Hills Resources is considering spending more than $250 million to enable its West Refinery to process more Eagle Ford crude oil while extending its ability ...
AVEVA releases structural analysis interface - SP for STAAD.Pro
23-08-2012
AVEVA today announces the release of AVEVA Structural Analysis Interface - SP for Bentley’s STAAD.Pro. The new product fulfils customers’ needs ...
Olin Corporation completes acquisition of K. A. Steel Chemicals Inc
22-08-2012
Olin Corporation announced today that it had completed the previously announced acquisition of privately held K. A. Steel Chemicals Inc. (KA Steel), on a cash ...
Univar announces deal with K2 Pure Solutions to market new production of hydrochloric acid
22-08-2012
Univar Inc, a leading global chemical distributor, announced today it has signed an agreement with long-standing partner, K2 Pure Solutions (K2 Pure) to market ...
Bechtel marks major milestone for LNG projects in Australia
22-08-2012
Bechtel announced the first modules for the Curtis Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects have arrived in Gladstone, Australia. The prefabricated steel ...
Honeywell UOP technologist receives american institute of chemical engineers' Gerhold award
22-08-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Dr. Santi Kulprathipanja has been selected to receive the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ ...
Chemtex selected for a USDA 9003 Biorefinery assistance program loan guarantee
22-08-2012
Chemtex International Inc., a leader in chemical engineering and renewable processes, is pleased to announce that it has received a Letter of Conditional ...
Quadrise Fuels International sign memorandum of agreement with saudi arabian partner
22-08-2012
Quadrise, the emerging supplier of MSAR®, a low cost alternative to heavy fuel oil in the shipping, refining, and power generation markets, is pleased to ...
Emerson expands quick ship service to include global delivery of Micro Motion products
22-08-2012
Emerson Process Management has expanded the scope of its recently introduced Quick Ship service to include delivery of Micro Motion® Coriolis mass flow ...
Battle of Santa Inés refinery to open by the end of November 2013
21-08-2012
Asdrúbal Chávez, Vice President of Refining, Marketing and Supply of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), monitored the progress of the ...
KBR to increase plant capacity at processing plant near Dawson Creek, British Columbia
21-08-2012
KBR today announced it was awarded a General Works Contract for phase two construction at a raw gas processing and compression facility near Dawson Creek, British ...
Topsoe catalysis forum dedicated to the Haldor Topsøe centennial
21-08-2012
Every year since 2004 Topsoe has invited highly recognized scientists from both academia and industry to Denmark to participate in Topsoe Catalysis Forum which ...
AVEVA releases pipe stress interface for ROHR2
21-08-2012
AVEVA today announced the release of AVEVA Pipe Stress Interface – R2 for Sigma’s ROHR2 in response to customer demand. This new interface will ...
Nalco completes 20,000th installation of innovative 3D TRASAR® technology
20-08-2012
Nalco, an Ecolab company, has completed installation of its 20,000th 3D TRASAR® technology system for cooling water, boiler water and membrane operations, ...
Syntroleum announces dynamic fuels receipt of renewable gasoline registration from EPA
17-08-2012
Syntroleum Corporation a renewable and synthetic fuels technology company, today announced that Dynamic Fuels, LLC has been granted Part 79 registration for ...
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes target commercial bio-based acrylic acid process
17-08-2012
Presently, acrylic acid is produced by the oxidation of propylene derived from the refining of crude oil. BASF – The Chemical Company, Cargill and industrial ...
Topsoe sponsors India today Copenhagen tomorrow competition
17-08-2012
Initiated by the ambition to introduce Denmark and the Danes to modern India and to allow Indians to become better informed about Denmark, an initiative has ...
Court decision on E15 puts consumers at risk
17-08-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's split decision to dismiss ...
Neste Oil and Stora Enso end their biodiesel project and continue on other bio products
17-08-2012
Neste Oil and Stora Enso have decided not to progress with their plans to build a biodiesel plant, for which the two companies had applied for funding under ...
GTC supplying BTX technology for Reliance Industries complex
16-08-2012
GTC Technology US, LLC, is licensing its GT-BTX® Extractive Distillation process for the production of high purity aromatics at Reliance Industries’ ...
Largest LNG plant in northeast China awarded to Chemtex featuring PRICO® LNG technology
16-08-2012
Jilin Qianyuan Energy Development has selected Chemtex, along with Black & Veatch’s patented PRICO® LNG technology, to deliver a major liquefied ...
Linde to break ground for new air separation plant in southern Arkansas
16-08-2012
Linde North America will break ground on August 22 for construction of a new air separation plant in Lewisville, Arkansas. The 470 ton-per-day plant will ...
Materia and Sigma Aldrich extend catalyst distribution agreement
16-08-2012
Materia announced today a ten year extension of its exclusive catalyst distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, that allows Aldrich Chemical Co. ...
Invista to expand production of terate polyols
16-08-2012
INVISTA Specialty Materials is investing several million dollars at its two Terate® aromatic polyester polyols manufacturing sites located in Wilmington, ...
Mexichem signs MOU
with Oxy
15-08-2012
Mexichem, S.A.B. DE C.V. informs that, in order take advantage of the competitive shale gas market in North America, on July 30, 2012, it signed a Memorandum ...
Evonik lays foundation stone for new chemical plant in Marl
15-08-2012
Evonik Industries laid the foundation stone for a
new, large plant to produce functionalized polybutadienes in Marl, Germany. The plant, with an annual capacity ...
Calumet Specialty Products announces agreement to acquire Montana Refining Company
14-08-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it has signed a definitive
agreement to acquire Montana Refining Company, Inc for aggregate consideration ...
Jacobs awarded five-year contract from Shell for european partnership
14-08-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a five-year enterprise frame agreement (EFA) from Shell Global Solutions International
B.V. to provide ...
Jacobs receives contract from Methanex
14-08-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Methanex Corporation, the world’s largest methanol supplier to major international ...
Graham corporation awarded $3M in orders for US refinery and alternative energy facilities
14-08-2012
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
Invista and LanzaTech sign joint development agreement for bio-based butadiene
13-08-2012
World-leading nylon producer INVISTA and biotechnology firm LanzaTech signed a joint development agreement focused on bio-based butadiene. According to the ...
Tesoro to purchase BP's fully integrated southern California refining and marketing business
13-08-2012
Tesoro Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has approved agreements for the Company to purchase BP's integrated Southern California refining ...
AVEVA enterprise solution selected for global deployment by Saudi Aramco Total
13-08-2012
AVEVA announced today that Saudi Aramco Total Refinery and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) has selected AVEVA NET from the AVEVA Enterprise portfolio to ...
Leading the way in coal to substitute natural gas
10-08-2012
Johnson Matthey is continuing to lead the way in the conversion of coal to substitute natural gas (SNG) in China, as it announces its sixth contract for an ...
Eagle Rock announces agreement to acquire BP's Texas panhandle midstream system
10-08-2012
Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BP America Production Company's ("BP") Sunray ...
LANXESS chooses Burckhardt Compression for new equipment and revamp
10-08-2012
One of the leading companies for speciality chemicals, LANXESS, has chosen Burckhardt Compression to deliver one Process Gas Compressor for their chemical production ...
EIL bags FEED for Mangala polymer project of Cairn Energy India
09-08-2012
Engineers India Ltd. (EIL), a premier design & engineering consultancy Company has secured the Consultancy Services Contract from Cairn Energy India Pty ...
Huntsman commences design and feasibility studies to expand its US MDI manufacturing plant
09-08-2012
Huntsman Corporation today announced that it has commissioned engineering design studies to increase its global capacity for the manufacture of methylene diphenyl ...
Cheniere issues notice to proceed for construction of first two liquefaction trains
09-08-2012
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it has completed all milestones and has issued a full notice to proceed to Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, ...
Lifting a unique fractionator was carried out at the hydrocracking installation construction site
08-08-2012
Lifting of a unique fractionator, which is a major unit of the combined hydrocracking installation, was carried out at the construction site of the oil refineries ...
Invista acquires IP and licensing rights for PTA, PET and related technologies in EMEA
08-08-2012
INVISTA Performance Technologies has acquired from La Seda de Barcelona SA intellectual property relating to its leading purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polyethylene ...
Praxair breaks ground on new air separation plant
08-08-2012
To support the current and projected industrial growth in the U.S. Southeast region, Praxair, Inc broke ground on its new air separation unit in Memphis, Tennessee. ...
Shell Global Solutions and KBR announce hydroprocessing technology alliance agreement
08-08-2012
KBR and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will market, sell and provide technology and ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected at Romania’s largest synthetic rubber facility
07-08-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected to boost yields at Romania’s largest synthetic rubber production facility. ...
Jacobs awarded contracts by Foskor in South Africa
07-08-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has been awarded two contracts by Foskor (Pty) Limited to design and fabricate two final acid towers and ...
SIBUR opens subsidiary in India
07-08-2012
SIBUR Petrochemical India extends SIBUR’s geographic reach into India and South Asia. The subsidiary company will initially conduct detailed research ...
TNK-BP will conduct the annual supplier and contractor forum on September 12
07-08-2012
TNK-BP announces that it will conduct the annual Supplier and Contractor Forumon September 12 to discuss company contracting policy and current issues pertaining ...
Praxair and nexAir Announce joint venture
07-08-2012
Praxair Inc, one of the largest industrial gases companies worldwide, and Memphis-based nexAir LLC, one of the largest distributors of atmospheric gases and ...
The future of plant design’ to preview at AVEVA world summit 2012
07-08-2012
AVEVA announced today that it is offering delegates of its AVEVA World Summit 2012 a preview and live demonstration of its new 3D design software product ...
Intergraph and Siemens Energy extend their global alliance agreement
07-08-2012
Intergraph announces the extension of the existing Global Alliance Agreement with the Energy Sector of Siemens AG for further multiple years. The agreement ...
Keyuan Petrochemicals second SBS production line has entered into commercial production
07-08-2012
Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc, an independent manufacturer and supplier of various petrochemical products in China, today announced that it has completed the trial ...
Honeywell launches intelligent management of change for industrial manufacturers
07-08-2012
Honeywell today announced the launch of the Intelligent Management of Change (iMOC™) workflow process management application. iMOC is a new solution within ...
Honeywell introduces application control and whitelisting to improve cyber security.
06-08-2012
Honeywell today announced a fully certified application control and whitelisting solution to help combat viruses and malware from attacking its Experion® ...
Hydrodec Group & D.E.L.CO joint marketing agreement
06-08-2012
Hydrodec Group plc, the cleantech industrial oil re-refining group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint marketing agreement with D.E.L.CO ...
Bomin and Linde to establish joint venture in liquefied natural gas for the marine market
06-08-2012
Marquard & Bahls through its subsidiary Bomin, a leading provider of marine fuels, and technology company The Linde Group today announced that they will ...
EIL bags pipeline project of GSPL India Transco Limited
06-08-2012
Engineers India Limited (EIL) a premier design & engineering consultancy Company has secured Engineering, Procurement & Project Management Consultancy ...
PMFG Inc to build new manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas
03-08-2012
PMFG Inc conducted a ceremonial groundbreaking at the construction site of its new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas. CBRE represented ...
Bolttech Mannings acquires Bone Frontier Inc
03-08-2012
Bolttech Mannings, Inc, an affiliate company of Grey Mountain Partners ("Grey Mountain"), has acquired Bone Frontier, Inc. (“Bone Frontier” ...
Hohhot Petrochemical's 5 Mt/a expansion/upgrading project ready for trial operation
03-08-2012
On July 30, CNPC Hohhot Petrochemical Company’s 5 Mt/a expansion and upgrading project, which consists of 11 production units, supporting facilities, ...
CF Industries Holdings to acquire the interests in Canadian Fertilizers Limited
03-08-2012
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore International plc to acquire the interests in Canadian ...
Honeywell’s UOP to provide technology for gasoline and petrochemical production to Lukoil
01-08-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Russia’s Lukoil to provide technology to produce blending components used to ...
Alfa Laval acquires leading wastewater treatment company
01-08-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired Ashbrook Simon-Hartley, a leading provider ...
Dow begins production of ENLIGHT™ polyolefin encapsulant films in Map Ta Phut, Thailand
01-08-2012
The Dow Chemical Company said today that it has begun production in Thailand for ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films for use in photovoltaic ...
Valero 3Q & 4Q turnaround schedule
31-07-2012
Valero has updated its maintenance turnaround schedule. This list includes only major projects that will have a material impact on production, and it ...
Eastman announces JV with Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company
31-07-2012
Eastman Chemical Company today announced a joint venture with Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company Limited to build a world scale hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin ...
McCrometer's V-Cone flow meter obtains GOST-R certification
31-07-2012
McCrometer is pleased to announce that the advanced differential pressure V-Cone® Flow Meter, offering a proven track record for precision flow measurement ...
BASF and SINOPEC sign MOU to explore building a world-scale isononanol plant in Maoming
31-07-2012
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen their cooperation by jointly ...
Amyris enhances strategic partnership with Total for renewable diesel and jet fuels
31-07-2012
Amyris signed an amendment to its existing technology collaboration agreement with Total. Under the enhanced collaboration, Total reaffirms its commitment to ...
New Emerson high pressure relief valves broaden overpressure protection offering
31-07-2012
Emerson Process Management has expanded its overpressure protection offering with additional sizes for the EZH, EZR and FL series relief valve and backpressure ...
EIL bags consultancy services contract from PLL for LNG terminal at Gangavaram
31-07-2012
Engineers India Limited (EIL) has secured a job from Petronet LNG Limited for providing Consultancy Services for preparation of Front End Engineering & ...
Honeywell's advanced solutions to optimize material movement and blending operations
31-07-2012
Major oil and gas industry firms around the world are using Honeywell’s recently launched BMA R400.1 solution to improve safety, reliability and operational ...
Singapore Refining goes live with Meridium asset performance management system
31-07-2012
Meridium Inc, the global leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, has been selected by Singapore Refining Company Private ...
ANTARES plus - remote I/O for hazardous areas
30-07-2012
The remote I/O system ANTARES plus made by BARTEC can be connected to any conventional control system by means of different bus systems (PROFIBUS-DP, ProfiNet, ...
Honeywell to upgrade control and safety systems at Staatsolie refinery in Suriname
30-07-2012
Honeywell today announced it has been selected by Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., the state-owned hydrocarbon and sustainable energy company, to upgrade ...
First half of 2012: Linde increases revenue and earnings
27-07-2012
In the first six months of 2012, positive business trends have continued at the technology company, The Linde Group. Group revenue and Group operating profit ...
SNC-Lavalin and JV partners acquire engineering division in Saudi Arabia
26-07-2012
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering (SLFE), an engineering consultancy joint venture between SNC-Lavalin and its local partners, ...
Air Products expands LNG heat exchanger manufacturing in Florida
26-07-2012
In order to stay ahead of the increasing demand for Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) world leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, the ...
Clariant to acquire remaining share of Ukrainian catalyst joint venture
26-07-2012
The Swiss specialty chemicals group Clariant has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 40 percent share of a joint venture between the Holding company ...
Emerson introduces remote fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system
26-07-2012
Emerson Process Management, in collaboration with Ascenz Pte Ltd, introduces a remote fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system to help shipping companies ...
Greenergy purchases terminal assets at Teesside
26-07-2012
Greenergy, the UK's leading supplier of petrol and diesel, today announced that it has purchased assets at the former Petroplus facility in Teesside from the ...
Know-how is
safety-relevant
25-07-2012
The safety of explosion-proof electric equipment primarily depends on the proper implementation and supervision of technical measures for ignition protection. ...
The Vitol group confirms safe restart of refinery operations in Cressier
25-07-2012
The Vitol Group
confirmed today that Varo Energy Holding S.A., a joint venture between the Vitol Group and AtlasInvest, safely accomplished the final phase ...
Methanex proceeds with Louisiana project
25-07-2012
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the relocation of a one million tonne
methanol plant from ...
Statement by AFPM on TSCA markup
25-07-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement on today's markup of the "Safe Chemicals ...
ZBB Energy and Honam Petrochemical complete flow battery joint development milestone
25-07-2012
ZBB Energy Corporation a leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced today that the final milestone in the Joint Development ...
The future of plant design’ to preview at Aveva world summit 2012
25-07-2012
AVEVA announced today that it is offering delegates of its AVEVA World Summit 2012 a preview and live demonstration of its new 3D design software product ...
Emerson introduces the Smart Wireless Gateway with native EtherNet/IP output
25-07-2012
Emerson Process Management is making it easier for process industry manufacturers who require EtherNet/IP to set-up and run a wireless field network in their ...
Essar Energy agrees new oil and product inventory arrangements for Stanlow refinery
25-07-2012
Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, today announced that its subsidiary Essar Oil UK has entered into new arrangements with Barclays ...
SIBUR signs strategic partnership agreements with TNK-BP
25-07-2012
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIBUR Holding Leonid Mikhelson, Executive Director of TNK-BP German Khan and Chairman of the Management of SIBUR Holding ...
Evonik and BioAmber partner on catalysts for sustainable chemicals made from bio-based succinic acid
24-07-2012
Evonik Industries’ Catalysts Business Line has recently agreed with US based BioAmber Inc. on a long term cooperation for the development and manufacturing ...
Jacobs awarded contract from Braskem
24-07-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has been selected to provide professional technical services for Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resin producer ...
Versalis to partner with Genomatica and Novamont for bio-based butadiene
24-07-2012
Versalis, Eni's chemicals subsidiary leader in the production of elastomers, together with Genomatica (a leading developer of process technology for renewable ...
Petrofac awarded two projects for Petro Rabigh II
24-07-2012
Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, has been awarded two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for Petro Rabigh’s ...
Emerson extends level control capability of Smart Wireless vibrating fork liquid level switch
24-07-2012
Emerson Process Management has enhanced its Rosemount 2160 IEC 62591 (WirelessHART®) vibrating fork liquid level switch with faster update rates and advanced ...
TOYO awarded chemical production complex in India
24-07-2012
Toyo Engineering India Limited, an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract ...
ABB wins order worth over $100M for a new gas condensate plant in Oman
24-07-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a contract worth over US$ 100 million to build a new gas condensate processing plant for Petroleum ...
Fluor teams with Brazil's Construcap for new joint venture
23-07-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has formed a new joint venture with Sẵo Paulo-based Construcap, called CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A., to pursue ...
Axens, IFPEN and Dynamotive to develop process upgrading Bio-Oil to transportation fuels
23-07-2012
Axens, an international provider of advanced technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services to the refining, petrochemical, gas and alternative fuels industries, ...
AVEVA presents the design efficiency factors influencing the future of plant design software
23-07-2012
AVEVA, today announced the release of a new business paper for the process and power industries highlighting the need to maximise the efficiency of plant design. ...
Technip awarded contract for a substantial elastomer project in Saudi Arabia
23-07-2012
Technip was awarded by the petrochemical company Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (KEMYA)(1) - a joint venture between SABIC and Exxon Chemical Arabia, an affiliate ...
Clariant launches biofuel of the future
20-07-2012
Clariant, the Swiss specialty chemicals company, today inaugurated Germany’s biggest pilot plant for the production of climate-friendly cellulose ethanol ...
Linde partners with EQT Corporation for LNG solutions in the oil and gas industry
20-07-2012
Linde North America’s solution for using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel engines and power generators is being tested in West Virginia by EQT Corporation, ...
GE Simplifies energy business
20-07-2012
GE announced today that it will reorganize its Energy business into three standalone businesses effective in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Energy headquarters ...
Spectroblue ICP-OES Spectrometer brings home an innovation award from Achema 2012
20-07-2012
At the ACHEMA Trade Show, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments received the Innovation Award for its breakthrough SPECTROBLUE ICP-OES spectrometer. SPECTRO was ...
Williams explores building first propane dehydrogenation facility in Canada
19-07-2012
Williams announced today that it is exploring building a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in Alberta, Canada. A new PDH facility, which would ...
Celanese joint statement to advance the development of fuel ethanol projects with Pertamina
19-07-2012
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced that it has entered into a Joint Statement of Cooperation to advance ...
Chevron awards long-term service agreement for Gorgon project in Australia to GE
19-07-2012
GE today announced it has signed a more than US$600 million 22-year contractual services agreement (CSA) with Chevron Australia Pty LTD to maintain the compressor ...
Award for large scale refinery modernization project in Venezuela
19-07-2012
Toyo Engineering Corporation being a leader of a consortium with Foster Wheeler AG and the Venezuelan engineering company Y&V Ingeniería y Construcción, ...
Petronas secures another potential partner for Rapid
19-07-2012
PETRONAS has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Italy-based Versalis SpA to jointly own, develop, construct and operate elastomer plants within PETRONAS’ ...
The popular gases & applications handbook becomes an interactive e-Book
18-07-2012
To meet the increasing requests from customers, the popular Gases & Applications Handbook has been created as an interactive e-Book. The book provides physical ...
MSR (measurement & control technology) exhibition in southern Germany
18-07-2012
Linde Germany welcomes all laboratory professionals on 19 September to the (Mess, Steuer & Regelungstechnik) exhibition in Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen. ...
Specialty gases day with Linde Czech Republic
18-07-2012
On 18 September the Linde Czech Republic HiQ Expert Team will invite laboratory professionals for an open-day in Prague. As the leading specialty gases ...
Air Products’ LNG expertise selected for PETRONAS FLNG project in Malaysia
18-07-2012
Air Products’ global leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment will be floating on an LNG production platform 180 kilometers off the ...
TNK-BP to spend 670M rubles on modernization of process furnaces at Ryazan refinery in 2012
18-07-2012
TNK-BP will spend over 670 million rubles in 2012 on a programme to upgrade the process furnaces at the Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (CJSC RORC is a member of ...
Neste Oil's diesel line 4 at Porvoo back on-stream after maintenance
18-07-2012
Maintenance work on diesel production line 4 at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery has been completed and the line has been brought back on-stream ahead of schedule. ...
Penspen signs $1.2 million two year contract with PEMEX
17-07-2012
Oil and gas engineering group Penspen has signed a pioneering $1.2 million contract with a range of private and public companies and institutions to develop ...
Aker Solutions to deliver MEG process plant to Ichthys LNG project
17-07-2012
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Technip to supply a Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) reclamation plant for the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia. The ...
Gazprom and CNPC discuss prospects for Russian gas supplies to China
17-07-2012
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Wang Dongjin, Vice President of the China National Petroleum Corporation ...
Praxair debuts innovative high purity oxygen generator
17-07-2012
Praxair Distribution, Inc. a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc announces the debut of its new Ultra-High Purity (UHP) Oxygen Generator. The uniquely designed system ...
Jacobs awarded contract by INEOS Enterprises
17-07-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been awarded a design and fabrication contract by INEOS Enterprises Limited for two gas-gas heat exchangers ...
AVEVA opens new office in Helsinki, Finland
17-07-2012
AVEVA announced today it has opened a new office in Helsinki, Finland to support its growing presence in the country and to maximise business opportunities ...
Laing O'Rourke to deliver major APLNG gas facilities
16-07-2012
Australia Pacific LNG has awarded Laing O’Rourke a major multi-million dollar contract to build gas processing plants and associated infrastructure as ...
Codexis advances fuels discussions with Shell
16-07-2012
Codexis, Inc, a developer of cost-advantaged processes for the production of biofuels, bio-based chemicals and pharmaceuticals, today announced that the company ...
Emersons Rosemount® 3051 helps users reduce maintenance and increase productivity
16-07-2012
Rosemount 3051 features improved performance, advanced diagnostics, user-friendly interface, Selectable HART® Revisions, and SIL2 certification Emerson ...
Unique solutions for plant safety: BARTEC at the ACHEMA 2012
15-07-2012
ACHEMA 2012 recently closed its doors having welcomed over 167,000 visitors from all around the world to an extremely successful event. In an optimistic ambiance ...
Argus acquires DeWitt, expands into petrochemical reporting
15-07-2012
Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus Media Inc today announced the acquisition of DeWitt & Company Inc (DeWitt), a provider of market ...
GE’s Waukesha gas engines to power Cambodia Rice Husk biomass-energy project
13-07-2012
GE today announced the SOMA Group, a leading Cambodian industrial conglomerate, has selected GE’s Waukesha gas engine technology to power a new ...
Solvay Chemicals commissions landmark mine methane recovery facility
13-07-2012
The Methane Recovery System (MaRS) captures methane liberated during the mining process that would otherwise be vented directly into the atmosphere and instead ...
Topsoe represented in governmental energy and climate growth team
13-07-2012
The Danish Government wishes to strengthen the conditions for green growth in Denmark. Therefore it has established an energy and climate growth team with the ...
Bharat Petroleum to form JV with LG Chem
13-07-2012
Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. on Thursday said it has signed a joint venture pact with South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. to set up a petrochemical plant near the ...
Black & Veatch technology and expertise critical to world’s first Floating LNG Liquefaction unit
12-07-2012
Black & Veatch will provide technology and services for the world’s first Floating LNG Liquefaction, Regasification and Storage Unit called EXMAR ...
ABB wins orders worth $80M for one of Australia’s largest oil and gas developments
12-07-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $80 million to supply power technologies and medium-voltage drive systems ...
Kvaerner sells EPC center Houston
12-07-2012
Kvaerner announces today the signing of an agreement to sell its on-going downstream focussed operations and related assets of the entity known as EPC Center ...
KBC's Petro-SIM 4.1 improves furnace-heat exchanger monitoring with model-data collaboration
11-07-2012
KBC Advanced Technologies plc (KBC) announces the release of version 4.1 of Petro-SIM and the KBC SIM Suite, the world’s leading process simulation system ...
BASF named world’s most transparent chemical company
11-07-2012
BASF has been named the world’s most transparent chemical company, in a new global ranking by non-governmental organization Transparency International. ...
Air Products celebrates manufacturing of 100th LNG heat exchanger
11-07-2012
Adorned with a banner appropriately marking the milestone occasion, Air Products’ employees at its Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility said ...
Fluor secures Sasol’s tar separator replacement project in South Africa
11-07-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has begun work on a new project for Sasol Technology Pty. Ltd. in South Africa for its Tar Separator Project. The ...
Jacobs receives contract from Shell Canada Energy
10-07-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a five-year contract from Shell Canada Energy for front end engineering design, engineering, procurement, ...
Statement by AFPM on house alternative fuels hearing
10-07-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) submitted a letter in response to today's hearing by the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on ...
Intertek expands rhine river petroleum and fuel testing services with a new facility in Birsfelden
10-07-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions for a wide range of industries worldwide, has expanded petroleum and fuel laboratory and inspection ...
ZAO Vostochnaya Neftechemicheskaya company selects INEOS technologies
10-07-2012
INEOS Technologies has announced that is has licensed its Innovene G, Innovene S and Innovene PP processes to ZAO “VOSTOCHNAYA NEFTECHEMICHESKAYA COMPANY” ...
Williams Partners, Caiman Energy II to develop Utica shale infrastructure
10-07-2012
Williams Partners L.P. today announced it will be a funding partner in a joint venture with Caiman Energy II to develop midstream infrastructure ...
Emerson enhances flow computer to provide greater accuracy and flexibility for measuring liquid hydrocarbons
10-07-2012
Emerson Process Management has updated the ROC800L liquid hydrocarbon flow computer, delivering improvements to flow calculation accuracy, fluid handling flexibility, ...
Idemitsu concludes basic agreement to establish a JV with Formosa Petrochemical
09-07-2012
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd and Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (hereinafter "FPCC") have concluded a basic agreement on the establishment of a joint-venture ...
AFPM says Obama administration biorefinery decision will cost millions
09-07-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded today to reports that the Pentagon is moving forward with a ...
NiSource, Hilcorp announce major Utica shale venture
09-07-2012
NiSource Inc.'s Midstream & Minerals Group, LLC, today announced a joint venture with affiliates of Hilcorp Energy Company ("Hilcorp"), a privately ...
LyondellBasell grants largest Spheripol process technology license to ZapSibNeftekhim
09-07-2012
LyondellBasell today announced that ZapSibNeftekhim L.L.C, a fully owned subsidiary of SIBUR, has selected the Spheripol process technology from LyondellBasell ...
Linde Germany HiQ expert team trains specialty gases customers in Leuna
06-07-2012
On 24 & 25 April HiQ Expert Teamfrom Linde Germany conducted the second LIPROTECT® customer training seminar, entitled “Qualified people - specialty ...
First for BP as it licenses latest generation PTA technology to JBF petrochemicals
06-07-2012
BP and JBF Petrochemicals (a wholly owned subsidiary of JBF Industries Ltd.) have signed an agreement for licensing BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic ...
First gas plant in a Bottle™
06-07-2012
In 2011, Ortloff Engineers, Ltd. introduced a new process design and equipment concept for reducing the cost and plot space required for the typical cryogenic ...
Praxair China starts up air separation plant to supply coal gasification in Wuwei
06-07-2012
Praxair China has started up a large air separation plant in Wuwei, Anhui province, 100 kilometers from Nanjing, to supply oxygen, nitrogen, and clean air to ...
EIL bags integrated refinery expansion project of BPCL, Kochi
06-07-2012
Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) has secured Consultancy Services Contract from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) for Integrated Refinery Expansion Project ...
BASF plans to expand vinylformamide capacity in Ludwigshafen
05-07-2012
BASF is planning to expand the manufacturing plant for vinylformamide (VFA) in Ludwigshafen. In addition, BASF intends to increase the polymerization capacity ...
KBR to provide engineering and procurement services for first-of-a-kind plant in Nevada, Iowa
05-07-2012
KBR today announced it has been awarded a contract for engineering and procurement services for DuPont’s first cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa. KBR ...
Total and Lukoil to deliver one process gas compressor API 618 for their refinery expansion
05-07-2012
Zeeland Refinery N.V. selected Burckhardt Compression to deliver one Process Gas Compressor API 618 for the refinery expansion in Nieuwdorp, the Netherlands. ...
Methanex completes the restart of a second plant in New Zealand
05-07-2012
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has restarted its second methanol plant at its Motunui site in New Zealand and production commenced this week. ...
Intergraph expands local presence in Malaysia
04-07-2012
Intergraph® has formally opened the newly-expanded Intergraph office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expansion ensures that Intergraph is fully equipped ...
Linde Philippines signs long term contract with JG Summit Petrochemicals Corporation
04-07-2012
Linde Philippines Inc., a member of The Linde Group, today announced that it had been awarded a contract by JG Summit Petrochemicals Corporation to install ...
BASF to build butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp
04-07-2012
BASF plans to build a butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 155,000 metric ...
Australia Pacific LNG second train approved
04-07-2012
The Australia Pacific LNG Board today announced it had approved the development of a second 4.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) production train for its world-class ...
Technip awarded contract for one of the largest ethylene crackers in the world
04-07-2012
Technip was awarded by Reliance Industries Limited a license, supply of basic engineering package and an engineering and procurement services contract for the ...
BASF to strengthen polyurethanes business in North America with acquisition of ITWC
03-07-2012
BASF and ITWC, Inc. today announced BASF’s acquisition of ITWC, Inc., based in Malcom, Iowa. ITWC specializes in cast elastomer polyurethane systems and ...
Alfa Laval continues to expand its product portfolio – acquires leading niche company in the US
03-07-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired the US based company Vortex Systems, a leading ...
Linde signs contract for second linear alpha olefin plant with Alpha-SABLIN® process
03-07-2012
Linde Engineering, a division of The Linde Group, is set to build a new Alpha-SABLIN® plant for the production of linear alpha olefins (LAO) in Nizhnekamsk, ...
Eastman completes acquisition of Solutia
02-07-2012
Eastman Chemical Company announced today the completion of its acquisition of Solutia Inc. The approximately $4.8 billion acquisition supports Eastman’s ...
TNK-BP fully converts Saratov refinery and YANOS to production of Euro-5 motor fuels
02-07-2012
TNK-BP announces that as of July 01, 2012 the Saratov Oil Refinery (SNPZ - a subsidiary of TNK-BP) and Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (YANOS forms part of Slavneft, ...
Greater China becomes separate operating region for Intergraph process, power & marine
02-07-2012
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine has created a new world industry region: Greater China. It will be the division’s fourth region because of ...
Exterran selected by Williams Partners for design, fabrication and installation services
02-07-2012
Exterran Holdings announced today that Williams Partnershas awarded the company a contract for the design, fabrication and installation of natural gas facilities ...
The Carlyle Group and Sunoco agree to form Philadelphia refinery JV
02-07-2012
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. announced today that they have agreed to form Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a joint ...
SGS to supply technical assistance for start-up of compression units
02-07-2012
In April, 2012, SGS was awarded a technical assistance contract for the start-up of three gas compression stations in Brazil. SGS to Assist at Three Sites in ...
Grace and Braskem sign catalyst agreement to produce green chemicals
02-07-2012
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Braskem to develop process technologies and catalyst solutions to produce ...
GE introduces major energy efficiency breakthrough for desalination plants
02-07-2012
GE today introduced its new Integrated Pump and Energy Recovery (IPER) system, a major engineering breakthrough that overcomes a significant technical obstacle ...
Ecopetrol selects Axens’ hydrocracking and coker naphtha hydrotreating technologies
02-07-2012
In order to enhance its processing capabilities of local heavy crudes while increasing clean fuels throughput, Ecopetrol has embarked into the modernization ...
Emerson’s AMS suite improves accuracy and efficiency of reliability analysis
02-07-2012
Emerson Process Management announces the latest release of its industry-leading asset management software, AMS Suite: Machinery Health Manager. Version 5.5 ...
Expected stop of crude oil processing in refinery Paramo
02-07-2012
UNIPETROL, a.s. hereby announces that it does not plan to resume the atmospheric and vacuum distillation processing of crude oil and the hydrotreater desulphurization ...
Petrobras signs agreement on Pasadena Refinery
02-07-2012
Petrobras executed an agreement today to end all existing lawsuits between the companies in the Petrobras System and the Belgian group Transcor/Astra, controller ...
Antwerp and Dalian port authorities sign MOU
29-06-2012
Antwerp Port Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dalian Port Authority. In the MoU both parties express the desire to extend their collaboration ...
Praxair acquires Canadian Cylinder & Gases Inc
29-06-2012
Praxair Canada Inc, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has acquired Canadian Cylinder & Gases Inc. (CCG), an independent distributor of industrial and specialty ...
Solazyme announces commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery
29-06-2012
Solazyme, Inc a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today the successful commissioning of its first fully integrated biorefinery (IBR) in Peoria, ...
Varo Energy Holding completes purchase of the assets of Petroplus Refining Cressier
29-06-2012
The Vitol Group confirmed today that Varo Energy Holding S.A., a joint venture between the Vitol Group and AtlasInvest, has completed the purchase of the assets ...
Dow and Aksa announce formation of JV for carbon fiber and derivatives
29-06-2012
The Dow Chemical Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dow Europe Holding BV, and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Ş, a world-leading acrylic fiber ...
NIB funds Topsoe's catalysis research for efficient biofuels production
29-06-2012
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has made a commitment of DKK 250 million to support Topsoe’s research and development of catalysts and catalytic technologies, ...
Knovel whitepaper identifies opportunities for refurbished petroleum refineries
28-06-2012
Knovel, the leading provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, introduced today a whitepaper explaining ...
ABB wins $80M order from Samsung Heavy Industries
28-06-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $80 million from Samsung Heavy Industries to supply energy efficient drives, ...
Talisman Energy exits GTL project
28-06-2012
After participating in Sasol Canada's feasibility study for a GTL (gas-to-liquids) facility, Talisman Energy has decided not to proceed with the next phase ...
Honeywell UOP’s Rende awarded society of chemical industry Gordon E. Moore medal
28-06-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Dr. Dean Rende has been selected to receive the 2012 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal ...
Kobe Steel to set up compressor companies in Europe and the Middle East
28-06-2012
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it will establish two 100% owned companies in July, one in Europe and the other in the Middle East, to expand the global marketing ...
Alfa Laval wins a SEK 60M unique energy efficiency order from AkzoNobel
28-06-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply a unique evaporation system ...
Emerson launches high-capacity pressure reducing regulator
28-06-2012
Emerson Process Management announces the new high-capacity, pressure reducing Tartarini 10” Type FL regulator. The 10” FL is a pilot-operated regulator ...
GE and memsys team up to pursue water treatment for unconventional resources
27-06-2012
GE and water technology developer memsys clearwater Pte. Ltd entered into an agreement to jointly develop membrane distillation (MD) technology for the ...
ExxonMobil's methanol to gasoline technology selected for Sundrop fuels biomass fuel project
27-06-2012
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) today announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Sundrop Fuels Inc. (Sundrop Fuels) for ...
Wison wins Puerto la Cruz oil refinery in Venezuela
27-06-2012
Wison Engineering Ltd. ("Wison Engineering"), China's largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service provider ...
Petrom has completed upgrading the crude oil distillation unit Petrobrazi
27-06-2012
Petrom, the largest oil and gas in South East Europe, has energized the oil distillation unit upgraded from Petrobrazi in the scheduled shutdown of six weeks. ...
Saipem awarded new E&C onshore contracts worth $1B
27-06-2012
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Onshore contracts in Saudi Arabia and Nigeria worth approximately $1 billion. In Saudi Arabia, Saipem has signed a lump ...
Emerson offers free online tool to aid WirelessHART network planning
27-06-2012
Emerson Process Management now offers an online planning tool to help process industry facilities get started with wireless. Backed by Emerson’s proven ...
Technip awarded two contracts for a petrochemical complex in Russia
27-06-2012
Technip was awarded by ZapSibNeftekhim LLC (an affiliate of JSC Sibur Holding) two front end engineering and design contracts for plants located in Tobolsk, ...
Caprolactam JV between Sinopec and DSM progresses smoothly
26-06-2012
The 200,000 tons/year caprolactam joint venture between Sinopec and DSM will be a world-leading project in terms of energy saving and emission reduction. The ...
Dow grows north east technology presence with R&D facility in suburban Philadelphia
26-06-2012
The Dow Chemical Company announced today, an agreement that will position the nation’s largest specialty chemical and advanced materials company ...
Praxair China signs contract with Yankuang Group
26-06-2012
Praxair China has signed a long-term supply contract with Yankuang Guohong Chemical Co., Ltd. and Yankuang Group to supply industrial gases to its coal gasification ...
TNK-BP planning to complete the corrosion prevention program at the Ryazan oil refinery
26-06-2012
TNK-BP is planning to complete implementation of a large-scale corrosion prevention program at CJSC Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (CJSC RORC, incorporated in ...
Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell to develop new import terminal for oil products at Coryton
26-06-2012
Royal Vopak, Greenergy, and Shell UK Limited have reached agreement today with the joint administrators of Petroplus Refining & Marketing Limited, to purchase ...
Jacobs receives contract from Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company
26-06-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a design contract from Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company, an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries ...
Jacobs receives contract extension from Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
26-06-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it received a contract extension for 2012 from Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company to provide program and construction ...
MSR (measurement & control technology) exhibition in central Germany
25-06-2012
For all laboratory professionals who are interested in metrology, process control technology and work place monitoring applications, you are welcome to meet ...
TNK-BP prepares capital repairs at Saratov Oil Refinery in 2013
25-06-2012
TNK-BP has conducted a Regional Counsel meeting on cooperation with contractors and suppliers in Saratov on the preparations for and conduct of capital repair ...
SABIC and ExxonMobil to proceed with specialty elastomers project in Al-Jubail
25-06-2012
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil announced today they will construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the ...
JV company established to build new Duqm refinery and petrochemical complex
25-06-2012
Oman Oil Company (OOC) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, announced the formation of a joint venture ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 60 million energy-efficiency order in South Korea
25-06-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order for Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers ...
SABIC signs agreement with German research organization to develop advanced technologies
23-06-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, a leading German organization for applied research, signed a multiyear agreement ...
Dow water & process solutions headquarters named top workplace
22-06-2012
For the second consecutive year, the Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS) Edina, Minnesota site has ranked as a Top Workplace in the Star Tribune's ...
Samsung Engineering lands major UAE carbon black project Jun 22, 2012
22-06-2012
Samsung Engineering, the first and largest engineering company in the Republic of Korea, announced they received a letter of award for a carbon black ...
TNK-BP to allocate over $1 bln for APG utilization projects in Orenburg
22-06-2012
TNK-BP reports that OJSC Orenburgneft will invest in excess of $1 bln in associated petroleum gas (APG) utilization projects in the Orenburg region. As ...
Technip awarded contract for Ichthys FPSO unit
22-06-2012
Technip was awarded a services contract for the Ichthys floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The FPSO unit will be located in the Browse ...
GTC Technology signs MOU with Beijing Sanju for cooperation in sulfur removal technologies
21-06-2012
GTC Technology US, LLC, a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announce ...
Aither announces open season
21-06-2012
Aither Chemicals LLC today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch an “Open Season” for ethylene from a potential catalytic ethane ...
KBR to
provide SCORE™ technology and EPC support for Ethylene plant in Uzbekistan
21-06-2012
KBR announced today that it will provide an integrated technology, engineering, procurement and construction support solution for Uz-Kor Gas Chemical’s ...
AFPM applauds house vote for an all of the above and below energy
policy
21-06-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna applauded action today by members of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass ...
Linde receives engineering contract for ethylene plant from SIBUR in Russia
21-06-2012
Technology company The
Linde Group has received an engineering contract for the licensing and front end engineering design (FEED) of one of the world's largest ...
Honeywell wins $2.4M project to automate Petrocity's Greenfield Konza Terminal
21-06-2012
Honeywell has won a $2.4M project to deliver a full automation solution
for Petrocity’s Greenfield Konza terminal storage facility 60 km southeast of ...
Enterprise to build propane dehydrogenation unit
21-06-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that it plans to build one of the world’s largest propane dehydrogenation (“PDH”) units ...
New FCI FLT93 series FlexSwitch brochure
21-06-2012
Process and plant engineers in search of a reliable, precision flow/level/temperature switch for use in liquids, air, gases or for interface service will find ...
Emerson and Beamex announce an integrated asset management and calibration solution
20-06-2012
Emerson Process Management announced an integrated asset management and calibration solution that combines its AMS Suite predictive maintenance software application ...
Bayer Technology Services and Intergraph® lay the foundation for a German partner community
20-06-2012
Intergraph® announces the partnership agreement between Bayer Technology Services GmbH, the technology backbone of the Bayer Group, and Intergraph which ...
KBC announces £9.5 million acquisition of Infochem
19-06-2012
KBC Advanced Technologies plc ("KBC" or "the Group") is pleased to announce it has purchased Infochem Computer Services Limited ("Infochem"), ...
Honeywell green jet fuel™ powers flights to Rio+20 united nations conference in Brazil
19-06-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ produced from its UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process powered flights to the Rio+20 ...
Intertek expands petroleum industry services in Trinidad and Tobago
19-06-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has expanded its facilities, capabilities and expertise ...
Jacobs receives contract from Chevron Phillips Chemical
19-06-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (CPChem) to provide front end engineering ...
AVEVA unveils new vision to define the future of plant design software at ACHEMA
19-06-2012
AVEVA a leading provider of engineering design and information management solutions for the process, power and marine industries, today unveiled its vision ...
Chinese president Hu Jintao meets Bjerne S. Clausen, CEO Haldor Topsoe
18-06-2012
In relation to the Chinese president Hu Jintao’s state visit to Denmark Bjerne S. Clausen, CEO of Haldor Topsoe, had the honour to meet Mr President Hu ...
Participation in Wheatstone LNG project
18-06-2012
Mitsubishi Corporation today announced its participation in the Wheatstone LNG project, together with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and The Tokyo Electric Power ...
Linde helps Husqvarna reduce emissions across outdoor product range
18-06-2012
Linde Gases, a division of the Linde Group today announced a new contract agreement with Swedish outdoor power products manufacturer, Husqvarna, for the supply ...
Lukoil will manufacture only Euro 5 compliant gasolines
18-06-2012
All LUKOIL Russian refineries will switch over to the manufacture of Euro 5 compliant AI-92 and AI-95 automobile gasoline beginning July 1, 2012. The manufacture ...
EFG Hermes’ InfraMed invests $100M in the Egyptian Refining Company
18-06-2012
InfraMed invests in landmark USD 3.7 billion refining project led by Citadel Capital that will halve Egypt’s diesel import requirements, result in more ...
EFG Hermes investment banking raises $462M for a greenfield petroleum refinery project
18-06-2012
In One of Arab World’s Largest Equity Raisings Since Start of 2011, EFG Hermes Investment Banking Raises USD 462 mn for a Greenfield Petroleum Refinery ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 120 million energy efficiency order in South Korea
18-06-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order to supply of Alfa Laval Packinox ...
DCP Midstream partners to expand east Texas natural gas processing business
18-06-2012
DCP Midstream Partners, LP or the "Partnership" announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. ("PVR") ...
BARTEC recognized as a powerhouse for new ideas
15-06-2012
Ranga Yogeshwar honors the most innovative medium-size companies/BARTEC is among the “Top 100” They share an excellent inventive talent, exemplary ...
Topsøe signs agreement to purchase land in China
15-06-2012
On June 15th 2012 Haldor Topsøe has signed the agreement with TEDA to purchase land for a new catalyst plant in the Tianjin city of China. Corporation ...
Air Liquide celebrates new air separation unit in Geismar, Louisiana
15-06-2012
The new ASU produces high purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon for customers along Air Liquide’s Mississippi River Pipeline System and for a range of industries, ...
Petroplex announces the development of a bulk liquids terminal in Louisana
15-06-2012
Petroplex International, a development company of bulk liquids storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge, today announced that it has launched the front-end ...
OPTIMASS 6400: The new standard high performance flowmeter for the process industry
15-06-2012
At Achema 2012, KROHNE introduces the new OPTIMASS 6400. Enhancing KROHNE’s OPTIMASS portfolio of Coriolis mass flowmeters, the OPTIMASS 6400 is an all-new ...
Kinder Morgan’s crude/condensate pipeline in service
14-06-2012
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P today announced its Kinder Morgan crude/condensate pipeline (KMCC) is in service and available to transport volumes to the ...
Celanese plans methanol plant for Houston
14-06-2012
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced its intention to construct and operate a methanol production facility ...
MOL Group reduces annual energy costs by €1.2M using Emerson’s advanced process control
14-06-2012
MOL Group has improved energy efficiency and process stability at its gas distillation plant in Algyõ, Hungary, by implementing advanced process control ...
5,000,000 tons of oil processed at TANECO
13-06-2012
5,000,000 tons of Tatarstan's oil have been used and processed since the start of the equipment comprehensive testing and commercial operation at the refinery ...
AVEVA
celebrates its first 45 years
13-06-2012
Pioneering technology, continuous business growth and a trusted partner to the engineering community Cambridge, UK: AVEVA announced today that it is ...
TNK-BP will get an effect of $11M as a result of reducing refinery losses in 2012
13-06-2012
TNK-BP reports that a positive effect of $11 mln is expected as a result of the long-term program for loss reduction at the Company’s refining assets ...
American Chemistry Council applauds Linde on responsible care achievements
12-06-2012
Linde North America has received a commendation by the
American Chemistry Council (ACC) for its role in helping ACC meet industry-wide safety and product stewardship ...
Financing Asia’s gas projects and infrastructure to meet regional demand
12-06-2012
Energy consumption and demand in Asia is expected to increase by more than 70% by 2035, accounting for at least
60% of the overall total growth in energy consumption ...
LyondellBasell awarded $4.5M grant from DOE for energy innovations
12-06-2012
LyondellBasell today was awarded a $4.5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a catalyst-assisted technology to improve the energy ...
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Honeywell Industrial IT solutions to help manufacturers improve cyber security safeguards
12-06-2012
Honeywell today announced the formation of the Industrial IT Solutions group, a global team of experts who can help manufacturers and process industry ...
Jacobs receives EPCM award from Sadara in Saudi Arabia
12-06-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has been awarded an In-Kingdom engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for three ...
GE delivers advanced water treatment technology to support Bahrain’s oil and gas industry
12-06-2012
The Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (BAPCO) has chosen GE to design and supply a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for its oil refinery wastewater treatment ...
Johnson Matthey confirmed as CompactGTL catalyst partner
11-06-2012
CompactGTL, the pioneer of modular gas to liquid solutions, has announced its strategic partnership with Johnson Matthey for the development, manufacture and ...
Rotork flow control technologies specified for UAE petroleum storage expansion project
11-06-2012
The project at the Emarat Fujairah Terminal has included the construction of ten new storage tanks, increasing the site’s total capacity from 50,000 to ...
Advanced and Aramco Total signed a short-term sales agreement for the supply of propylene
11-06-2012
Advanced Petrochemical Company (Advanced) and Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (Satorp) signed on June 9, 2012 a sales agreement for the ...
Essar Oil conferred refinery of the year award 2011
11-06-2012
Essar Oil, India's second largest private refiner, has been conferred the prestigious 'Refinery of the Year Award 2011' by the Petroleum Federation (PetroFed), ...
Conclusion of a sales and purchase agreement of LNG from State of Qatar
11-06-2012
Today, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated ("TEPCO") entered into an LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement with Qatar Liquefied Gas Company ...
Blue Dolphin purchases option to acquire Ingleside refinery site
11-06-2012
Blue Dolphin Energy Company, an independent energy company with refining, midstream and upstream operations, today announced its purchase of a 180 day option ...
AFPM sues EPA over agency’s mandate to use non-existent biofuels
11-06-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) filed a lawsuit today with the D.C. Circuit Court ...
India’s largest commercial organisation IndianOil opts for Axens’ AlphaButol® technology
11-06-2012
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), India’s leading “Fortune 500” company and the largest commercial organization of the country, has chosen ...
Emerson Process Management’s new CSI 6300 SIS digital overspeed protection system
11-06-2012
Emerson Process Management’s new CSI 6300 SIS Digital Overspeed Protection System, gives process manufacturers another tool for meeting the challenges ...
Honeywell launches Experion Orion globally
11-06-2012
Honeywell today launched its next-generation Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS). Experion PKS Orion introduces two major innovations: it is the first ...
A. Schulman announces JV with NATPET to produce polypropylene compounds in Saudi Arabia
11-06-2012
A. Schulman announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ...
SABIC selected Técnicas Reunidas for a petrochemical project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
11-06-2012
SABIC, through its 100% subsidiary, Petrokemya, has awarded to Técnicas Reunidas (TR) an EPC contract to build a grassroots 140KTA Acrylonitrile Butadiene ...
Neste Oil's Naantali refinery back online after major turnaround
11-06-2012
Neste Oil's Naantali refinery back online after major turnaround Neste Oil's Naantali refinery is back in normal operation following the completion of a scheduled ...
Chesapeake Energy announces plan to sell its midstream assets for more than $4B
08-06-2012
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced plans to sell its midstream assets in three separate transactions for total expected cash proceeds ...
WorleyParsons, Empresarios Agrupados and Samsung Heavy Industries receive awards
07-06-2012
Companies from Australia, Europe and Asia received the top prizes in the annual Golden Valve and Platinum Pipe Awards customer competitions sponsored by Intergraph®. ...
AFPM supports the domestic energy and jobs act
07-06-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) offered its support tothe Domestic Energy and Jobs Act in a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner. ...
Emerson releases Micro Motion® coriolis transmitter in stainless steel
07-06-2012
Emerson Process Management has expanded the range of its Micro Motion® Model 1700 and 2700 field and integral mount transmitters with the introduction of ...
Honeywell expands partnership with SKF as part of PKS advantage program
07-06-2012
Honeywell today announced that SKF, a global leader in vibration-based machinery protection and monitoring systems, has expanded its partnership with Honeywell ...
Enerkem begins ethanol production from waste at its demonstration facility in Westbury
07-06-2012
Enerkem Inc, a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, announced today the initial production of cellulosic ethanol from waste materials at its demonstration ...
Shell confirm date of Clyde refinery conversion confirmed
07-06-2012
Shell today confirmed that refining operations at its 79,000 barrel Clyde Refinery will stop from 30 September. This follows an earlier announcement last July ...
Euro Petroleum Consultants opens an office in UAE and announces ME-Tech 2013
07-06-2012
The respected oil & gas consulting and conference company, Euro Petroleum Consultants, expands its worldwide network by opening a new office in the U.A.E., ...
Topsøe makes top 10 on Danish image list
06-06-2012
Once a year members of the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) measure Danish engineering companies by their image. For the first time Haldor Topsøe makes ...
The world's most accurate ultrasonic controller for level measurement
06-06-2012
Siemens Industry Automation Division announces Sitrans LUT400 series ultrasonic controllers with one-millimeter (0.04-inch) measuring accuracy. These new controllers ...
ExxonMobil to expand Houston campus to accommodate additional employees
06-06-2012
ExxonMobil announced today it will expand the size of its campus under construction in Houston to accommodate additional employees from the immediate area and ...
Sembcorp signs JV agreement for industrial wastewater treatment in China’s Jiangsu province
06-06-2012
Sembcorp Industries is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp (China) Holding Co, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Chinese ...
ABB to increase natural gas pipeline capacity in Turkey
06-06-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group was awarded a contract to supply automation and safety systems, electrical equipment and related services ...
AVEVA world summit 2012 is launched
06-06-2012
AVEVA announced today the AVEVA World Summit 2012 being held on October 10th - 12th at the Marriott Rive Gauche Conference Center, Paris. For the first ...
Meet HiQ expert
team at ACHEMA 2012 in Frankfurt
06-06-2012
True to the motto “Precision matters in everything we do” specialty gases will be a focus of Linde at ACHEMA this year. Visit us at Frankfurt ...
Emerson reduces complexity in safety instrumented system installation and operation
06-06-2012
Emerson Process Management has transformed safety systems by combining the proven performance and reliability of the DeltaV™ Safety Instrumented System ...
Honeywell wins multi-year contract renewal with Linde AG For UniSim design suite
06-06-2012
Honeywell announced today it has signed a
multi-year contract with Linde AG to continue providing the leading industrial gases and engineering company with ...
Malaysia’s first LNG re-gasification terminal reaches completion
05-06-2012
To mark this important industry milestone, Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and Melaka Chief Minister Datuk
Seri Mohd Ali Rustam today ...
Essar Oil completes optimisation project; capacity increased to 20MMTPA
05-06-2012
Essar Oil, India’s second largest private refiner, today announced that it has completed its Optimisation Project, which has taken the capacity of its ...
Honeywell’s UOP hydrogen purification technology selected for clean fuel refining in Russia
05-06-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Haldor Topsoe to provide technology to purify hydrogen from a steam reforming unit ...
Petronas selects GE technology for the Petronas LNG train 9 project
05-06-2012
GE Oil & Gas will supply proven, advanced turbocompression technology for the PETRONAS LNG Train 9 project, which will add 3.6 million tons per annum (mtpa) ...
Angola LNG plant ensuring gas supply through GE service agreement
05-06-2012
Angola LNG, operator of one of the world’s most modern LNG and processing facilities in Soyo, Zaire Province in Angola, and GE Oil & Gas have signed ...
Jacobs awarded contract from Evonik for new methionine plant in Singapore
05-06-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Evonik Methionine SEA Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evonik Industries AG, ...
Jacobs receives contract from Solutia for new chemical plant in Malaysia
05-06-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Flexsys Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Solutia Inc., to provide engineering, ...
BP-Husky Toledo awards URS three-year master services agreement
05-06-2012
URS Corporation has been awarded a three-year Master Services Agreement for engineering, construction and maintenance services by BP-Husky at the company’s ...
Petronas awards EPCIC contract for floating LNG project
05-06-2012
The contract, awarded via PETRONAS’ wholly owned subsidiary PETRONAS Floating LNG 1 (L) Ltd, was signed today in Kuala Lumpur. PETRONAS was represented ...
Shell to take ownership of the data management at its Pearl gas to liquids plant in Qatar
05-06-2012
The engineering mega-project Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) plant, an $18 billion-$19 billion development by Qatar Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell, reaches a new ...
TransCanada to develop multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline to Canada's west coast
05-06-2012
TransCanada Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Shell Canada Limited and its partners to design, build, own and operate the proposed ...
ExxonMobil Chemical earns ACC responsible care company of the year award
05-06-2012
ExxonMobil Chemical Company received the Responsible Care Company of the Year Award at the 2012 American Chemistry Council (ACC) annual meeting in Colorado ...
Neste Oil's diesel line 4 at Porvoo shut down for maintenance
04-06-2012
Following an unexpected production incident on diesel line 4 at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery, the line has been shut down. Maintenance work originally scheduled ...
Brenntag acquires Italian specialty distributor in fuel and oil additives
04-06-2012
Brenntag further strengthens its distribution of specialty additives for the fuel and oil sector with the signing of an agreement to acquire Petrolube, the ...
MCO wins integrally geared compressor for CO2 recovery plant in Qatar
01-06-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), has received an order of integrally geared compressor for carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery plant in Qatar. The ...
MCO receives compressor trains for world's largest fertilizer plants in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia
01-06-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) has received consecutive orders of compressors and steam turbines for fertilizer plant both in Saudi ...
Praxair Canada acquires five Airgas branch locations
01-06-2012
Airgas, Inc and Praxair, Inc announce the acquisition by Praxair Canada Inc. of the assets and operations of five Airgas branch locations in western Canada, ...
TNK-BP has launched production of Euro 5 diesel at Saratov Refinery
01-06-2012
TNK-BP announces the start of production of environmentally compliant Euro-5 diesel at Saratov Refinery (SNPZ, part of TNK-BP Group of companies). As part ...
Alfa Laval wins order to supply equipment for the world’s first FLNG facility
01-06-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order from a Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) ...
IHS announces SmartPM, the next generation in pre-heat train simulation software for refineries
31-05-2012
Solution helps oil refiners operate more efficiently and evaluate mitigation solutions for dirty pre-heat train heat-exchangers, a common source of industrial ...
Emerson strengthens presence in Thailand to serve Indo-China process automation market
31-05-2012
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has opened an Indo-China Regional Office in Bangkok to better serve growing industries in Cambodia, ...
Harsco’s infrastructure secures mutli-year refinery services renewal
31-05-2012
Global industrial services and engineered products company Harsco Corporation announced today the multi-year contract renewal and expansion of its onsite access ...
SENER awarded the contract for a cogeneration plant in Veracruz, Mexico
31-05-2012
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiary Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. de C.V., has awarded a "turnkey" contract to a consortium led by SENER Mexico ...
AFPM president testifies on the need to develop national resources
31-05-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna testified before a House Committee today on the need to develop our national ...
LyondellBasell earns award for energy conservation
31-05-2012
LyondellBasell today received the 2012 Energy Award at the Industrial Energy Technology Conference (IETC) in New Orleans for energy reduction programs at its ...
Motiva celebrates completion of landmark crude expansion project
31-05-2012
A ceremony held today at the Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, celebrated the completion of a five-year construction project that more than doubled the ...
Gunvor Group signed a purchase agreement to acquire assets of Petroplus’ Ingolstadt refinery
31-05-2012
Gunvor Group, one of the world's major independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets ...
Graham corporation awarded $5M in orders for nuclear energy facilities and oil refinery in China
31-05-2012
Graham Corporation, a global designer and manufacturer of critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including the supply ...
Advanced Petrochemical Co announced the successful end of the scheduled maintenance
30-05-2012
Referring to the pervious announcement made by Advanced Petrochemical Company on May 1, 2012 concerning the start of the regular maintenance scheduled, Advanced ...
Shell awards enterprise framework agreement to MRC Global Inc
30-05-2012
MRC Global Inc the largest global distributor of pipe, valves and fittings to the energy industry, today announced that it has signed a five year global Enterprise ...
Proven, economical V-Cone flow meter reduces LNG installation and operating costs
30-05-2012
With its unique self-conditioning flow technology, the versatile V-Cone® Flow Meter from McCrometer offers a lowest-installed cost, low-maintenance and ...
Sasol inaugurates expanded natural gas central processing facility in Mozambique
30-05-2012
Sasol Petroleum International, the upstream subsidiary of Sasol Limited, today inaugurated its expanded central processing facility (CPF) in Temane, Mozambique. ...
Grace signs agreement to purchase China Catalyst assets
30-05-2012
W. R. Grace & Co announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Noblestar Catalysts Co., Ltd. Noblestar is a manufacturer of fluid ...
KBR announces expected management changes
29-05-2012
KBR announced today that David Zimmerman has been appointed to the new position of Group President for Australia-Asia. In this new role, David will serve ...
MarkWest Energy partners completes acquisition of Keystone Midstream Services
29-05-2012
MarkWest Energy Partners. L.P. today announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Keystone Midstream Services, LLC (Keystone) from Stonehenge ...
Honeywell's Metersuite™ receives MID and OIML R117 certification
29-05-2012
Honeywell today announced that its MeterSuite™ fiscal metering solution has received European Measuring Instrument Directive (MID) and International Organization ...
GAIL selects Axens AlphaButol® technology
29-05-2012
A new ethylene dimerization unit, using Axens’ AlphaButol® technology will be installed at the petrochemical complex of GAIL (India) Ltd at Pata. ...
Dow Chemical award SGS third-party services contracts for Tarragona Cracker Octene plant
29-05-2012
SGS is pleased to announce that in January 2012 it was awarded two contracts for comprehensive third party services by Dow Chemical for their Tarragona Cracker ...
Establishment of EPT joint venture company in China
29-05-2012
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc with its Head Office in Tokyo, Japan and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp with its head office in Beijing, China announced formation ...
Haldor Topsoe China's refinery technology and catalyst seminar was held in Yishui, Shandong province
28-05-2012
On 23rd-25th, Haldor Topsoe China's Refinery Technology and Catalyst Seminar was held in YiShui, Shandong. More than 100 people participated in the seminar. ...
Naftec PX plant nears start-up
25-05-2012
Naftec SpA, a subsidiary of Sonatrach, is reported to be nearing mechanical completion of a new paraxylene production plant in Skikda, Algeria. Anticipated ...
Eco-Friendly alternative to fluoropolymer heating cables in the T4 temperature class
25-05-2012
BARTEC has completed its portfolio of heating cables for electric trace heating: the newly developed, self-limiting MSB heating cables close the gap between ...
AFPM criticizes EPA’s decision to continue advancing phantom fuel mandate
25-05-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the Environmental Protection Agency's May 22 decision to continue mandating cellulosic ...
EPA out of touch with reality by deciding to continue mandating imaginary biofuels
25-05-2012
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied the American Petroleum Institute’s (API’s) request to eliminate mandates for biofuels that ...
CB&I signs SGS for pre and post weld heat treatment services in Colombia
25-05-2012
SGS has been contracted to perform pre- and post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) processes for the CB&I expansion project at the Refinería de Cartagena ...
Rabigh phase II project by Sumitomo Chemical and Saudi Aramco
25-05-2012
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh), jointly founded by Sumitomo Chemical Company (Sumitomo Chemical) and The Saudi Arabian Oil Company ...
Gevo announces successful startup of world’s first commercial biobased isobutanol plant
24-05-2012
Gevo Inc, a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, announced today it has begun startup of the world’s first commercial biobased ...
Dow announces $2.16B award in K-Dow arbitration
24-05-2012
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) this morning released its findings in the arbitration ...
Vopak and Emerson develop new software application for bulk liquid terminals
24-05-2012
Working in close collaboration with Vopak, Emerson Process Management has developed a software solution specifically for management and optimization of bulk ...
Yokogawa to receive control systems orders for Ichthys LNG project in Australia
24-05-2012
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Australia Pty. Ltd. has been advised that it will receive orders to supply the control ...
Honeywell's UOP opens gas processing membrane manufacturing center in Malaysia
24-05-2012
Manufacturing site for Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ membrane systems, a technology to remove impurities from natural gas; Investment supports growth ...
Australia Pacific LNG secures US$8.5B in project finance
24-05-2012
Australia Pacific LNG today announced that it had secured a US$8.5 billion project finance facility for the development of the Australia Pacific LNG coal seam ...
Abu Dhabi state oil refiner launches pilot project with solar frontier CIS thin-film modules
24-05-2012
Showa Shell Sekiyu Group Participates in Takreer Joint Project with Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and Solar Frontier K.K. announced ...
Lukoil to install the 200th Axens’ Prime-G+ unit
24-05-2012
Lukoil has selected Axens to provide the technology license for a new Prime-G+TM unit to desulfurize FCC gasoline at its Kstovo refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod ...
Dr. Haldor Topsøe celebrates his 99th birthday
24-05-2012
Management and employees are happy to congratulate the founder on this special occasion. Turning 99 is exceptional. Turning 99 with the business understanding ...
Linde meets US EPA’s demanding criteria for ozone monitoring
23-05-2012
Linde Gases Division, a member of The Linde Group, has been awarded the US Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations ...
New long - leg inlet to shut off valve on REDLINE regulators
23-05-2012
REDLINE regulators are now supplied with an outlet shut off valve that has an integral inlet connection. In the past the shut off valve needed an additional ...
Honeywell opens new customer acceptance center in Abu Dhabi
23-05-2012
Honeywell today opened its new Customer Acceptance Center in the Mussafah industrial zone of Abu Dhabi. The facility is Honeywell’s largest Customer Acceptance ...
AVEVA acquires Bocad
23-05-2012
AVEVA today announced the acquisition of the Bocad group of companies (“bocad”). This strategic acquisition includes all companies in the Bocad ...
Petrofac awarded US$220M refurbishment project in
Malaysia
22-05-2012
Petrofac Facilities Management Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd (Petrofac), part of the Petrofac Group, has been awarded a US$220 million contract by PETRONAS Carigali ...
Willbros awarded construction contract for hydrogen pipeline
22-05-2012
Willbros Group, Inc announced today that a unit of
its Oil & Gas segment has been awarded a contract by Praxair, Inc. to construct 52 miles of 12-inch pipeline. ...
Jacobs receives contract from Shell Canada Energy
22-05-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a five-year contract from Shell Canada Energy to provide main mechanical maintenance services to
its ...
Jacobs awarded contract for Ma'aden's Umm Wu'al phosphate project in Saudi Arabia
22-05-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) to provide a bankable feasibility study/front ...
Grace signs MoU for catalyst investment in Qingdao, China
22-05-2012
W. R. Grace & Co announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Qingdao Bureau of Commerce for an investment in China to manufacture ...
AVEVA releases the latest and most powerful version of AVEVA Instrumentation
22-05-2012
AVEVA has today announced AVEVA Instrumentation 12.1, an enhanced version of its highly successful and market leading instrumentation and control engineering ...
Essar Oil - L&T sign MoU for bitumen supply
21-05-2012
Essar Oil, amongst India’s top private sector refiners, and Larsen & Toubro, amongst India’s top engineering and construction companies, have ...
Shaw to sell energy & chemicals group to Technip for approximately $300M
21-05-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip. Under ...
PetroSA partners with China's Sinopec Group for Mthombo refinery
21-05-2012
The state oil company PetroSA has partnered with China's Sinopec Group to work together in pushing the building of the proposed Mthombo crude oil refinery project, ...
Rolls-Royce wins $136M contract to supply industrial trents to Dolphin Energy Limited
21-05-2012
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded contracts worth $136 million to supply technology and long-term services support to Dolphin ...
Phillips 66’s E-Gas™ technology selected for Reliance Industries’ gasification project
21-05-2012
Phillips 66 today announced that Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector enterprise, has selected Phillips 66’s E-Gas™ ...
BPCL plans petrochemical complex in JV near Kochi refinery
18-05-2012
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has proposed to set up petrochemical complex near its Kochi refinery in a joint venture at an investment of about Rs 4,000-5,000 ...
Imperial Oil Limited is evaluating the future of its Dartmouth Refinery.
17-05-2012
The company will market the refinery and related supply terminals to prospective buyers in the coming months and consider conversion to a terminal, as well ...
URS Corporation completes acquisition of Flint Energy Services Ltd
16-05-2012
URS Corporation and Flint Energy Services Ltd. announced that URS has completed its acquisition of Flint. "We are pleased to have completed the acquisition ...
Enbridge proceeding with $2.6B of additional eastern access projects
16-05-2012
Enbridge Inc today announced that it has secured commercial support to proceed with additional Eastern Access projects. Enbridge and Enbridge Energy Partners, ...
Study documenting engine failures requires EPA to reconsider increasing ethanol in gasoline
16-05-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to a Coordinating Research Council report ...
Schneider Electric and KROHNE announce partnership
16-05-2012
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, and KROHNE, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation, ...
Glogal energy firms announce LNG export facility in Canada
16-05-2012
Mitsubishi Corporation, Shell Canada Limited, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), and PetroChina Company Limited today announced they are jointly developing a proposed ...
ComEx flex - Control and display series for hazardous areas
15-05-2012
Meeting the demands of machine and plant engineering for more flexible solutions in control systems, BARTEC has further developed its proven control stations ...
AFPM highlights critical flaws in new ethanol study
15-05-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna released the following statement responding to a study issued today by the Center ...
GE‘s new, compact D800 diaphragm replacement meter
15-05-2012
Building on its heritage of innovation for the natural gas industry, GE is launching the Dresser D800 Diaphragm Replacement Meter, designed for long-term accuracy ...
ABB strengthens global lead in enterprise asset management software market
15-05-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has advanced its position as a world-leading supplier of enterprise asset management (EAM) software, ...
Tyco Thermal Controls presented with safety recognition award for Motiva crude expansion
15-05-2012
Tyco Thermal Controls’ Tracer Turnkey Solutions Team was recently presented with a Safety Recognition Award for its work on the Motiva Crude Expansion ...
AEG Power Solutions to provide all power system equipment for Atyrau refinery project
15-05-2012
SINOPEC LPEC is a high-tech company which operates as an EPC contractor and a technology licensor for Chinese energy and petrochemical industries. Founded in ...
PROJECTUS makes strategic investment in AVEVA plant
15-05-2012
AVEVA announced today that PROJECTUS Consultoria LTDA., a Brazilian Engineering company, has significantly invested in AVEVA Plant to implement an ...
Neste Oil produces premium-quality NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat
15-05-2012
Neste Oil has again expanded the range of renewable raw materials it uses by beginning to produce NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish ...
Topsoe fuel cell and SK Holdings makes an alliance for clean energy of the future
14-05-2012
One year ago in Denmark, SK Holdings and Topsoe Fuel Cell signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim to commercialize the solid oxide fuel cell technology ...
New release of aspenONE® enables the display of real-time data on simulation flowsheets
14-05-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of aspenONE software that delivers another ...
AspenTech introduces crude assay management for Aspen PIMS™ refinery planning software
14-05-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of aspenONE® Petroleum Supply Chain ...
New release of aspenONE® APC software delivers groundbreaking new functionality
14-05-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of aspenONE Advanced Process Control that ...
Chevron, Tohoku sign agreement for Wheatstone LNG
14-05-2012
Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiaries have signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Tohoku Electric Power Company Incorporated ...
Sultan of Johor launches Petronas' refinery and petrochemical integrated project
13-05-2012
His Royal Highness the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, today launched Malaysia’s largest refinery and petrochemical venture, ...
Topsøe sets up office in South Africa
11-05-2012
This week, Helge Rosenberg, Managing Director of Haldor Topsoe S.A. Pty Ltd. has relocated to South Africa in order to set up a new office in Cape Town. The ...
SIBUR begins polypropylene imports to reduce deficit in Russian market
10-05-2012
SIBUR is beginning temporary imports of basic grades of polypropylene to reduce the existing deficit in the Russian market. The pilot shipment will amount to ...
Siemens awarded long-term service agreement for Santos GLNG project in Australia
10-05-2012
Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract to provide long-term maintenance services for the pioneering Santos GLNG Project in Queensland, Australia. The multi-million ...
New Aveva enterprise resource management suite offers optimised project performance
10-05-2012
AVEVA today announced the release of an exciting new software product family for the marine and EPC market, AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management. Comprising ...
Bechtel named top U.S. contractor for 14th straight year
10-05-2012
Bechtel Corporation has been named the top U.S. contractor in 2012 by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction ...
The new face of Eni's chemicals division new strategy and rebranding to Versalis
09-05-2012
The new face of Eni's chemicals division is Versalis. Created following the rebranding of Polimeri Europa, it represents a tangible sign of the new strategy ...
Petroplex to commence development of multimodal liguid terminal in St James, Louisiana
09-05-2012
Petroplex International, L.L.C, a development company of bulk liquid storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge, along with a consortium consisting of Macquarie ...
Linde north america announces joint marketing agreement with American Power Group
09-05-2012
Linde North America today announced its Energy Solutions business has formalized a joint marketing agreement with American Power Group (APG) to introduce and ...
Siemens and Masdar Institute complete first research project on carbon capture and storage
09-05-2012
Siemens and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable ...
SABIC supports scientific studies at KFUPM, seeks new avenues for collaborative research
09-05-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, are exploring new avenues for future ...
GE’s Bently Nevada unveils new customer application center in Minden, Nevada
09-05-2012
GE’s Bently Nevada, a GE Measurement & Control business, today announced the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Customer Application Center ...
Honeywell announces global launch of enterprise wide software for process industries
09-05-2012
Honeywell today announced the global launch of Intuition Executive, the flagship product of its new Intuition software portfolio. Intuition Executive delivers ...
Siemens breaks ground on new gas turbine manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
08-05-2012
Siemens took the next step towards a massive expansion of its activities in Saudi Arabia, breaking ground on a landmark manufacturing facility for gas turbines ...
Grace receives awards for energy efficiency, safety and product stewardship improvements
08-05-2012
W. R. Grace & Co has received Responsible Care® Energy Efficiency Awards, Facility Safety Certificates and a Performance Award from the American Chemistry ...
Honeywell opens new interactive technology experience center in China
08-05-2012
Honeywell today opened its largest technology experience center, an immersive experience for customers and visitors to interact with technologies that make ...
Honeywell Green Diesel™ to be produced from bio feedstocks in U.S. facility
08-05-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to license technology to Emerald Biofuels LLC to produce Honeywell Green Diesel™ ...
Jacobs receives contract from Evonik for new chemical plant
08-05-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Evonik Industries AG to provide basic engineering services for an investment in ...
Emerson acquires ISE Magtech
08-05-2012
Emerson announced it has acquired ISE Magtech, enabling Emerson Process Management to strengthen its level measurement solutions in the oil and gas, refining, ...
L&T Group Co wins Saudi
Chemicals contract
08-05-2012
A joint venture of L&T – Larsen & Toubro ATCO Saudia LLC has secured a large procure and construct contract from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), ...
PMFG Inc awarded environmental systems orders with combined value of $4.7M
07-05-2012
PMFG, Inc today
announced it was awarded two orders for environmental emissions control equipment valued in excess of $4.7 million. The first order is for a ...
Aker Solutions celebrates opening of carbon capture plant at Mongstad
07-05-2012
Aker Solution today celebrates the official opening of the carbon capture plant at CO2
Technology Centre Mongstad, which forms a basis for further development ...
West african ventures awards SGS NDT contract for Escravos gas project in Nigeria
07-05-2012
SGS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a non-destructive testing services contract by West African Ventures (WAV) for
the Escravos Gas Project ...
Advanced Petrochemical and Bayegan Group signs MOU for US$1B PDH-PP plant in Turkey
06-05-2012
Advanced Petrochemical Company, a leading Saudi Arabia based producer of petrochemical products, and Bayegan Group (Bayegan), a unique Turkish international ...
In-Process measurement of kinematic viscosity
05-05-2012
Viscosity is an important measurement parameter in the production of petrochemical end products such as fuel oils and lubricating oils. For the control of production ...
BASF to build new formic acid plant in the USA
04-05-2012
BASF announced today its plans to build a world scale production plant for formic acid at its integrated “Verbund” site in Geismar, Louisiana. The ...
AFPM calls
for keystone XL permit approval
04-05-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to the filing today by TransCanada for ...
Chromatic Industries announces Wayne Hall as its new president and chief executive
officer
03-05-2012
Chromatic Industries Inc, a private corporation, announces the hire of its new President and Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Hall. Mr. Hall took the reigns at ...
Enterprise expects record propane exports in 2012 and increase capacity by 100,000 bpm
03-05-2012
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P. today announced that it expects record propane exports in 2012. The partnership’s exports of propane from its terminal ...
Enterprise begins operations at Yoakum natural gas processing facility in the Eagle Ford Shale
03-05-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
today announced the start-up of the first train at the partnership’s new cryogenic natural gas processing plant at Yoakum, ...
BASF acquires Mazzaferro polyamide polymer business
03-05-2012
BASF today announced that it has acquired the polyamide (PA) polymer business of the Mazzaferro Group, Brazil. BASF is hereby further
strengthening its position ...
Valero names Joe Gorder chief operating officer
03-05-2012
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that Joe Gorder, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, has been named Executive Vice President and ...
KBR selected to construct shale gas processing facility
03-05-2012
KBR today announced it was awarded a general works contract for the construction of a 200 million standard cubic feet per day (SCFD) sweet natural gas processing ...
Shaw’s ethylene technology selected for Eastman’s furnace in Longview, Texas
03-05-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide its proprietary technology and engineering services for a new Ultra Selective Conversion® ...
Reliance selects Fluor for project management of its’ refinery and petrochemicals expansions
03-05-2012
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has selected Irving, Texas based Fluor Corporation to perform project management services for its’ projects being executed ...
AVEVA opens new office in Wroclaw, Poland
03-05-2012
AVEVA announced today it has opened a new office in Wroclaw, Poland. Serving the Polish market, the office will offer sales and support for all of AVEVA’s ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 80 million natural gas order in Saudi Arabia
03-05-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order from a Korean engineering company to ...
CORE BioFuel selects Technip to engineer the worlds first first wood to gasoline biorefinery
02-05-2012
CORE BioFuel Inc announced today that it has selected Technip, a world leader in engineering, construction and project management in the energy industry, to ...
FMC Corporation launches environmental solutions division
02-05-2012
FMC announced today the launch of FMC Environmental Solutions, a new division that integrates the company's portfolio of proprietary products and specialty ...
Air Products supplying additional hydrogen required by Motiva from gulf coast pipeline asset
02-05-2012
For the second time in less than a year Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, is announcing it will supply additional hydrogen to be used by Motiva’s ...
KBR appoints David Zelinski as President downstream business unit
01-05-2012
KBR announced today that David Zelinski has joined KBR as president of the Downstream business unit. David will be responsible for providing leadership to the ...
Honeywell’s UOP technology selected by Sinochem to produce high-purity hydrogen
01-05-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Sinochem to provide technology to purify hydrogen at a new refinery in China. Sinochem ...
Phillips 66 debuts as advantaged downstream company
01-05-2012
Phillips 66 today emerges as an independent downstream energy company with industry-leading businesses in refining and marketing, midstream, and chemicals. ...
Mitsubishi Corporation participate in Browse LNG project in Australia
01-05-2012
Mitsubishi Corporation (“Mitsubishi”) is pleased to announce that it is participating in Browse LNG Project (“Project”) promoted by ...
Phillips 66 sells Trainer refinery to Delta Air Lines
30-04-2012
Phillips 66 and Monroe Energy LLC have signed a purchase and sales agreement for Monroe Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, to purchase the Trainer ...
Shaw proceeds with FEED for Chevron Phillips Chemical’s 1500 KTA Ethylene Plant in U.S.
30-04-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has executed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) to proceed with front-end ...
Delta subsidiary to acquire Trainer refinery complex
30-04-2012
Delta Air Lines wholly-owned subsidiary, Monroe Energy LLC, has reached agreement with Phillips 66 to acquire the Trainer refinery complex south of Philadelphia. ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical selects Old Ocean, Texas as location of new polyethylene facilities
30-04-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today the two polyethylene facilities planned as part of the company’s U.S. ...
Williams Partners acquires Caiman Eastern
30-04-2012
Williams Partners L.P. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Caiman Energy's wholly owned subsidiary, Caiman Eastern Midstream, ...
GE, CH2M HILL and UGL to provide power generation for Ichthys LNG project in Australia
30-04-2012
UGL Limited today announced that in a 50:50 joint venture with EPC firm CH2M HILL it has been awarded a $550 million contract (total JV) by JKC Australia LNG ...
Energy Transfer partners to acquire Sunoco in $5.3B transaction
30-04-2012
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby ETP will acquire Sunoco in ...
Prime Minister dedicates Guru Gobind Singh Refinery to the Nation
29-04-2012
The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, dedicated the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery at Bathinda in Punjab to the nation today. Present on the ...
Advanced Petrochemical will be setting up a Polypropylene JV with a Turkish company
28-04-2012
The Management is pleased to announce that Advanced will be setting up a Polypropylene Joint Venture, with a Turkish company, in Turkey. A Memorandum of Understanding ...
SIBUR and Sinopec sign cooperation agreement
28-04-2012
Dmitry Konov, CEO of Russian petrochemical holding company SIBUR, and Wang Tianpu, President of ChinaPetrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), today signed ...
Shareholders say yes to Marsden Point refinery expansion
27-04-2012
Refining NZ shareholders today voted for a $365 million expansion of petrol making facilities at the Marsden Point refinery. The vote at the Company's Annual ...
Vapor pressure of LPG
27-04-2012
Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of AMETEK, Inc has upgraded its top-selling portable vapor pressure tester - the MINIVAP VPXpert. After extensive testing ...
Refinery
closures signal need for a course correction on energy regulation, API says
26-04-2012
API Group Director of Downstream Bob Greco testified about the importance of a strong U.S. refining sector and called for better regulatory policies based on ...
Pöyry awarded civil and detail engineering contract
for the new UPM Biorefinery
26-04-2012
Pöyry's Industry business group has been awarded an engineering contract for detail engineering in the UPM Biorefinery project in Lappeenranta, Finland. ...
Honeywell’s UOP selected to provide technology for propylene production in China
26-04-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected to provide key technology to produce propylene in China. Zhangjiagang Yangzi River ...
Essar Oil renews product sale and purchase agreement with BPCL
26-04-2012
Mumbai: Essar Oil Limited (EOL) today announced that it has renewed a major
product sale and purchase agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. The ...
Neste Oil sold its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market
26-04-2012
Neste Oil has recently supplied its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market. The fuel, which qualifies as an advanced
biofuel in the US, was ...
Refinery operations go on stream
26-04-2012
Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka has passed an order to draw 2 MGD water from Nethravathi river on 25 April’12. District Commissioner of Mangalore ...
Intertek extends its relationship with SABIC in Geleen
26-04-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world; has extended its long term relationship with ...
Yokogawa upgrades DPharp EJA series pressure/differential pressure transmitters
25-04-2012
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release an enhanced version of the DPharp EJA series pressure/differential pressure transmitters, one of ...
Air Liquide announces start up of new Steam Methane Reformer in La Porte, Texas
25-04-2012
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP today held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the formal start up of a new Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) in La Porte, Texas, ...
Honeywell’s UOP selected to provide technology for petrochemical production in China
25-04-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its UOP C3 and C4 Oleflex™ processes have been selected by China’s Shandong Chambroad ...
Axens receives the 2011-2012 national safety award for “Responsible Care”
25-04-2012
Axens received the 2011-2012 National Safety Award for “Responsible Care” from the Union of the French Chemical Industries (UIC) for its Salindres ...
Petron Engineering in receipt of orders from GAIL limited
25-04-2012
Petron Engineering Construction Ltd. has recently bagged an order from GAIL (India) Limited, (A Government of India Undertaking - A Navratna Company) for Gas ...
AVEVA announces new plant and marine customers in Russia
24-04-2012
AVEVA announces today that it has won two significant contracts in Russia with SevZap NTC, a leading Russian EPC in the power industry and DO “Vympel”, ...
Linde refuels fuel-cell cars at HANNOVER MESSE trade show with TÜV-certified green hydrogen
23-04-2012
The technology group The Linde Group has reached another milestone in its journey to produce hydrogen from sustainable sources. The hydrogen generated from ...
Karan milestone reached
23-04-2012
Saudi Aramco’s Karan Gas Program passed another milestone with the successful start-up of its gas processing facilities at Khursaniyah, seven weeks ahead ...
Methanex and OCI enter into methanol
offtake agreement
23-04-2012
Methanex Corporation has entered into a long-term offtake agreement with Orascom Construction Industries ("OCI") for a significant portion of the ...
GE begins collaboration with Braskem Idesa for a high-efficiency Polyethylene complex
23-04-2012
Mexico
will significantly reduce the amount of polyethylene it imports for manufacturing, packaging and other industrial applications when its new polyethylene ...
Air Products wins technology selection for Ichthys LNG project in Australia
23-04-2012
Air Products, the leader in providing liquefied natural gas
(LNG) technology and equipment to the world, is again increasing its presence in Australia’s ...
Fluor offices worldwide kick off centennial with a view toward the next 100 years
23-04-2012
Today Fluor Corporation marked the 100th anniversary of the company's founding in 1912. In the 1880s, John
Simon Fluor Sr., emigrated from Switzerland and came ...
Sunoco enters discussions with the Carlyle Group regarding Philadelphia refinery Joint Venture
23-04-2012
Sunoco, Inc announced today that it has entered into exclusive discussions with The Carlyle Group, a global alternative
asset manager, regarding a potential ...
Another award for TANECO
23-04-2012
The policy of transparency and openness adopted by the management of OAO TATNEFT from the very start of implementing the "Refinery and Petrochemical Plants ...
Thiess wins Wheatstone site clearing & preparation project
20-04-2012
Thiess Pty Ltd has secured a contract with Bechtel to undertake site preparation works for the downstream portion of the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project, ...
Preparations to resume operation of the #1 crude distillation unit (CDU) at Chiba refinery
20-04-2012
Cosmo Oil Co Ltd express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by ...
China steel corporation announces new product of alloy 800(H) superalloy plate
20-04-2012
China steel corporation (CSC) announced the availability of its new product, Alloy 800(H) superalloy plate in early this year after breaking through the technical ...
Linde North America to showcase technology that can capture CO2
19-04-2012
Linde North America will showcase its portfolio of carbon capture technology and experience at the 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture Utilization & ...
PMFG Inc wins separation equipment order for LNG terminal in Australia
19-04-2012
PMFG, Inc today announced that it was awarded an order in excess of $4.0 million to provide large-scale separation equipment for a new liquefied natural gas ...
New analyzer from GE enhances utility of RFM in demanding distributed computing applications
19-04-2012
Further enhancing the compelling case for Reflective Memory (RFM) in distributed applications where high speed, deterministic data sharing is required between ...
CVR Energy enters into transaction agreement with Carl Icahn
19-04-2012
CVR Energy, Inc a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and a majority owner of CVR Partners LP, a nitrogen fertilizer producer, today announced that it has ...
Linde China in CISILE Beijing
19-04-2012
From 15 to 17 May, Linde China will attend the 10th International Scientific Instrument and Laboratory Exhibition (CISILE) at the International Exhibition Centre ...
New
AVEVA electrical offers plant market up to 30% man-hour savings
19-04-2012
AVEVA today announced the release of the completely new AVEVA Electrical software application, a feature-rich design solution for electrical engineers and designers ...
ONEOK Partners to invest $340M to $360M for
additional projects in Cana-Woodford shale
19-04-2012
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced plans to invest approximately $340 million to $360 million between now and the first quarter of 2014 to construct a new ...
Dow to build new Ethylene production plant at Dow Texas operations
19-04-2012
The
Dow Chemical Company today announced that the Company will construct a new world-scale ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 75 million heat transfer order in Morocco
19-04-2012
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling
– has won an order to supply Alfa Laval plate heat exchangers to ...
Kvaerner awarded major onshore contract for Shell
19-04-2012
Kvaerner has received a letter of award from A/S Norske Shell for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management (EPCM) for modifications and projects ...
Aquaflow poised to fire up next generation biofuels refining in New Zealand
18-04-2012
Aquaflow announced today it has executed a technology cooperation agreement with CRI Catalyst Company (CRI). CRI has exclusive global sublicensing rights to ...
Honeywell green jet fuel power flights using new biofeedstock designed for biofuel production
18-04-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ will be used for the world’s first comprehensive test program using ...
Repsol's Cartagena refinery expansion officially opened
18-04-2012
His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias officially opened the expansion of Repsol’s refinery in Cartagena today, the biggest industrial investment in ...
Eastman completes 2-EH capacity expansion at longview facility
18-04-2012
Eastman Chemical Company today announced it has completed a previously announced capacity expansion of its 2-ethyl hexanol (or 2-EH) facility in Longview, Texas. ...
Nalco announces water and process services price increase
17-04-2012
Nalco, an Ecolab company, today implemented a price increase for all water and process services industry segments. Pricing for most Nalco Water and Process ...
Orders of CHF1B in the first quarter
17-04-2012
In the first quarter of the year, Sulzer increased its order intake significantly by 9.1% to CHF 1000.9 million. The increase was driven by the strong organic ...
Pre-commissioning work commences on innovative environmental waste management solution
17-04-2012
Man Oil Group AG, the Swiss based environmentally friendly oil-sludge treatment specialist, today confirms that pre- commissioning work has commenced at LINIK, ...
AFPM responds to Obama oil market oversight
17-04-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement today in response to President Obama's plan to increase ...
Honeywell’s Envergent technologies receives sustainable biofuels award
17-04-2012
Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been awarded a Sustainable Biofuels Award for its contributions toward sustainable ...
Record breaking attendance at eighth StocExpo
17-04-2012
Leading terminal operators, oil majors, chemical companies, manufacturers and suppliers came together at StocExpo 2012 in unprecedented numbers. The show saw ...
Siemens awarded process gas chromatography agreement by Shell
17-04-2012
During the next five years, Siemens Industry Automation Division will be delivering process gas chromatographs to Shell through a recently signed Enterprise ...
Commercial development agreement with Cameron LNG to Liquefy Natural Gas in Louisiana
17-04-2012
Mitsubishi Corporation has signed a Commercial Development Agreement with Cameron LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, to liquefy approximately 4 million metric ...
Neste Oil begins major maintenance turnaround at its Naantali refinery
17-04-2012
Neste Oil began a scheduled major maintenance turnaround at the company's Naantali refinery today. The refinery will be offline during the turnaround, which ...
Jacobs receives contract from SABIC for chemical plant in The Netherlands
17-04-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) to provide engineering, procurement, ...
Jacobs receives contract from BP for Rotterdam refinery
17-04-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from BP Raffinaderij Rotterdam B.V. to provide engineering and procurement services, ...
CMS introduces breakthrough quality assessment solution for major savings on leaking tubes
16-04-2012
Corrosion Monitoring Services Inc, the only company in the world to offer complete, integrated inspection, loss prevention and field repair services for tubular ...
GE launches inspection academy
16-04-2012
GE’s Inspection Technologies product line, a GE Measurement & Control business, today announced the GE Inspection Academy, a global training and knowledge-sharing ...
Aveva
laser modeller reduces 3D modelling time by up to 50%
16-04-2012
AVEVA today announced the commercial release of a brand-new product in its AVEVA Plant portfolio, AVEVA Laser Modeller, a 3D laser scanning software solution ...
TOTAL reorganization of downstream and chemicals segments
16-04-2012
In October
2011, the Group announced a proposed reorganization of its Downstream and Chemicals segments. The reorganization became effective on ...
New feature: Testing Vapor Pressure of LPG
15-04-2012
Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of AMETEK, Inc. has upgraded its top-selling portable vapor pressure tester - the MINIVAP VPXpert.
After extensive testing ...
SIBUR invests more than 1.2 Billion Rubles in environmental protection measures
12-04-2012
SIBUR companies reduced their industrial and sanitary waste by 31% and their discharge of waste water by 27% in 2011, compared with 2010. SIBUR’s key ...
BASF to invest in new chemical production site in Dahej, India
11-04-2012
BASF India Limited will invest €150 million to set up a new chemical production site at the Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment ...
Roberto Felipe, new general manager of SENER in Mexico
11-04-2012
Roberto Felipe has been appointed General Manager of the engineering and construction company SENER in Mexico, replacing Jose Manuel Belmonte. In his new role, ...
ABB successfully starts up new lube oil blending plant for Oryx in West Africa
11-04-2012
ABB announced the recent start-up of the new Lube Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) built by Oryx Lubrifiants Togo SA, an affiliate of Oryx Oil & Gas, part of the ...
Fluor named North America engineering partner for BASF
11-04-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that Germany-based BASF has chosen the company as its engineering partner for chemicals capital projects across North America. ...
SIBUR has increased its share in the largest Russian producer of polypropylene film to 100%
11-04-2012
SIBUR has completed a deal to acquire 50% of the chartered capital of BIAXPLEN LLC, one of the largest Russian manufacturers of biaxially oriented polypropylene ...
KBR to provide additional ethylene furnace for INEOS olefins complex in Alvin, Texas
10-04-2012
KBR announced today it will design and construct an ethylene furnace for INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) that upon commissioning will provide the highest ...
Jacobs receives contract from Afipsky refinery in Russia
10-04-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract from Afipsky Refinery, located in the Krasnodarskij Region of Russia, to develop ...
CECO Environmental announces new orders totalling $4.3M
10-04-2012
CECO Environmental Corp, a leading global provider of air pollution control technology and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has recently ...
Brazil’s Centroprojekt selects AVEVA PDMS to increase design productivity
10-04-2012
AVEVA announced today that Centroprojekt do Brasil S/A has selected AVEVA as its sole provider of 3D design software for complex engineering projects. Centroprojekt ...
ONEOK Partners to build a crude-oil pipeline from Bakken Shale to Cushing, Oklahoma
09-04-2012
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced plans to invest $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion between now and 2015 to build a 1,300-mile crude-oil pipeline with the capacity ...
Nalco receives three 2012 manufacturing leadership 100 awards
06-04-2012
Nalco, an Ecolab company, and two of its leaders were presented with awards during the eighth annual Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards ceremony in ...
Engineers India Limited signs MoA with Oil India Limited
05-04-2012
Engineers India Limited (EIL) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Oil India Limited (OIL) for providing Consultancy Services to OIL for its various ...
HollyFrontier announces temporary shutdown by its subsidiary of Navajo refinery unit
05-04-2012
HollyFrontier Corporation announced today that its subsidiary plans to make an unscheduled shutdown of the Navajo refinery fluid catalytic cracking unit ...
Petronas rapid project progresses as scheduled
05-04-2012
Petronas is pleased to inform that its proposed Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project, to be located in Pengerang, Johor, is progressing ...
PMFG Inc awarded three orders totaling more than $6.5M for natural gas and oil sands markets
05-04-2012
PMFG, Inc has been awarded three new large international orders with a combined value of more than $6.5 million for an assortment of process systems equipment ...
MBO for Cat Tech International
05-04-2012
A specialist industrial services group that supports the global oil refining and petrochemical industries has been acquired in a management buy-out. Based ...
Intertek acquires Automation
Technology Inc (ATI)
05-04-2012
Intertek Group plc, the leading international provider of quality services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired ATI, a provider of ...
Russian Rosneft selected Topsoe technology for two hydrogen units
04-04-2012
Russian oil giant Rosneft has
selected Topsoe’s technology for two hydrogen units at Kuibyshev and Syzran Refineries. Both units will supply ...
BASF commissions new plant for oxidized polyethylene waxes at Ludwigshafen site
04-04-2012
A new plant for the manufacture of oxidized polyethylene waxes went into operation at the
BASF site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant manufactures high quality ...
Technip and CIMV sign green chemistry cooperation agreement
04-04-2012
Technip, a specialist in engineering and construction for the energy industry, signed a cooperation agreement in the green chemistry business with the Compagnie ...
Intertek expands fuel quality testing with 2-dimensional gas chromatography
03-04-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, is expanding its fuel testing expertise with ...
GE’s first MS 5002E gas turbine completely assembled in Russia passes key acceptance test
03-04-2012
GE today announced that the first 32-megawatt MS 5002E gas turbine unit fully assembled in St. Petersburg has successfully passed commissioning acceptance ...
Dow Water & Process solutions purchases remaining equity in Clean Filtration Technologies
03-04-2012
The Dow Chemical Company today announced an agreement to purchase the remaining equity in Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc. This move underscores Dow Water ...
Essar Oil elevates Mr C Manoharan to board position as Director (Refinery)
03-04-2012
Essar Oil elevates Mr C Manoharan to board position as Director (Refinery) Essar Oil Ltd. announces the appointment of Mr. C. Manoharan, as Director (Refinery), ...
Applied Instrument Technologies renews ISO 9001 certification
03-04-2012
Applied Instrument Technologies (AIT), a leading manufacturer of process analyzers for the refining, petrochemical, chemical, steel, biotechnology and emissions ...
Honeywell UOP to expand adsorbents and catalysts production at its Mobile, Alabama facility
03-04-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will invest $20 million to expand its production facility in Mobile, Ala., to produce adsorbents and catalysts. The ...
AFPM Says EPA action on E15 irresponsible
03-04-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency announced ...
Sinopec and Sabic joint venture for a large scale Petrochemical project in Tianjin
03-04-2012
Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Company (SSTPC) laid the foundation for a polycarbonate production complex with 260 kilo metric tonnes per annum capacity, ...
Fluor wins FEED contract for LNG terminal in Malaysia
02-04-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today following a formal signing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that it was awarded a contract by PETRONAS Gas Berhad, a subsidiary ...
Bechtel is a major contributor to Emirates’ Infrastructure
02-04-2012
Bechtel is celebrating its 50th anniversary of working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year. From its first project in 1962, the Murban oil field ...
Axens technologies for IRPC Public Company Limited in Thailand
02-04-2012
IRPC Public Company Limited, a company specialized in the production of Petrochemical and Refining products in Thailand, selected Axens to supply technologies ...
Linde to construct on-site plants for Sadara's major chemical complex in Saudi Arabia
02-04-2012
The technology group The Linde Group and Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical to build world’s largest on-purpose 1-Hexene plant
02-04-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) will build the world’s largest on-purpose 1-hexene plant capable of producing up to 250,000 ...
Jaraguá awards SGS petrochemical plant contract in Brazil
02-04-2012
SGS is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded a twelve-month contract by Jaraguá Equipamentos in Brazil to perform third party testing ...
Technip awarded a services contract for a new upgrader in Venezuela
02-04-2012
Technip was awarded a lump sum contract for the basic, front-end engineering design and the first phase of project management consultancy services for the Petrocarabobo ...
EuroChem completes acquisition of BASF’s fertilizer assets
02-04-2012
BASF has completed the sale of its fertilizers activities in Antwerp, Belgium, to EuroChem as of March 31, 2012, as planned. The appropriate antitrust authorities ...
Effective corrosion protection technologies
30-03-2012
OAO TATNEFT has been rapidly developing the activities aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of operating oilfield equipment and underground pipelines. ...
IndianOil signs annual MoU with government of India
30-03-2012
IndianOil has signed the annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India for the year 2012-13. The MoU document was signed today by Mr. ...
Start-Up of crude distillation unit (CDU) at Chiba refinery
30-03-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by ...
GE unveils new high-speed, high-accuracy meter
30-03-2012
GE announces the release of the Multilin™ EPM 9900 , a high-speed, high-accuracy power quality metering solution for monitoring critical power applications ...
Engineers India signs MoU with Nalco Water India Limited
29-03-2012
Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) has signed an MoU with Nalco Water India Limited (NWIL), a subsidiary of global water treatment major Nalco, to expand business opportunities ...
Winners of the SAS competition visit Topsoe
29-03-2012
In connection with the Sino-Danish network, which Topsoe is member of, SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) has organised a competition for Chinese students. The six ...
Grace and Dow to develop next-generation catalysts for Polypropylene production
29-03-2012
W. R. Grace & Co announced today that it has entered into an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production. ...
HPCL-Mittal energy announces successful commissioning of its Guru Gobind Singh Refinery
29-03-2012
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of its state-of-the-art 9 Million Metric Tons per annum Guru Gobind Singh ...
Essar oil completes refinery expansion project
29-03-2012
Essar Oil Ltd today announced the completion of the Rs 8,300-crore expansion of its Vadinar Refinery with the successful commissioning of the final Delayed ...
TNK-ВР has completed the reconstruction of diesel fuel hydrotreater in Saratov
29-03-2012
TNK-ВР informs that it has completed the reconstruction of L-24-6 – diesel fuel hydrotreater at Saratov Oil Refinery (a part of TNK-BP Group) as part ...
The Japan-GTL demonstration test project completed
29-03-2012
INPEX Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd, Chiyoda ...
Pentair and Tyco International's flow control business to combine in $10B all-stock merger
28-03-2012
Pentair Inc and Tyco International Ltd announced today a definitive agreement to combine Tyco's Flow Control business ("Tyco Flow") with Pentair in ...
Siemens to deliver state-of-the-art power plant technology to South Korea
28-03-2012
Siemens is again to deliver state-of-the-art power plant technology to South Korea. For the Ansan combined cycle power plant (CCPP), the company is supplying ...
Toyo awarded Ethylene plant of Ethydco in Egypt
28-03-2012
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been jointly awarded with ENPPI, an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, a contract to build a 460,000 ...
Engineers India signs MoU with Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
27-03-2012
Engineers India Limited signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for the year 2012-13 as a commitment to the ...
Westlake Chemical opens Singapore office
27-03-2012
Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), the Houston-based petrochemical and building products company, announced today the establishment of an office in ...
Lukoil plans to resume Ethylene production as soon as possible
27-03-2012
LUKOIL is conducting energetic repair and maintenance operations to cure the effects of the fire outbreak which took place in mid-December of 2011 at the ethylene ...
Technip receives the top employers 2012 certification for its outstanding working conditions
27-03-2012
Technip is proud to announce that it has been certified as a Top Employer Europe 2012. This independent certification, delivered by the CRF Institute, underlines ...
Cynar Plc awards $11 Million waste-to-energy process order to Rockwell Automation
27-03-2012
Cynar Plc, a leading technology company in the waste-to-energy market, has awarded an $11 million contract to Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) to design and ...
Dow Oil & Gas to celebrate market expertise milestone at SOGAT 2012
27-03-2012
Celebrating more than 1,000 global references in gas treating, Dow Oil & Gas will mark this milestone by showcasing a full range of innovative, customized ...
Dow opens complex at asia industrial estate
27-03-2012
The Dow Chemical Company officially announced the grand opening of its new production complex in Asia Industrial Estate (AIE), Ban Chang, Rayong province. This ...
Jacobs awarded contract for $1B pipe manufacturing facility in Texas
27-03-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract to provide Project Management Consulting (PMC) services for a new pipe rolling mill near ...
Linde Malaysia will be present at MLab & ICA exhibitions in May 2012
27-03-2012
Linde Malaysia will be participating in the MLab & ICA exhibitions. The joint exhibitions will be held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 22 to 24 May ...
Total Safety partners with Application Factory
27-03-2012
Total Safety, the leading global industrial safety services company based in Houston, Texas, has partnered with Application Factory to become their exclusive ...
MCO receives order for 9 compressors for Ichthys LNG project in Australia
26-03-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) has received an order for nine compressors and seven motors to drive compressors for the Ichthys LNG ...
Emerson introduces combustion flue gas analyzer
26-03-2012
Emerson today announced the release of the latest solution for combustion flue gas analysis, the Rosemount Analytical Model 6888 in situ oxygen analyzer. The ...
Kraton performance polymers continues asian expansion strategy
26-03-2012
Kraton Performance Polymers Inc, a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or "SBCs," is advancing its Asian expansion strategy to support ...
Enterprise and Enbridge to proceed with 450,000 B/D expansion of Seaway crude oil pipeline
26-03-2012
Enbridge Inc and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that they have secured capacity commitments from shippers to proceed with an expansion ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical to expand the NGL fractionation unit at the Sweeny plant
26-03-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) will expand the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Fractionator Complex at its Sweeny Plant in Old Ocean, ...
Shaw receives full notice to proceed on Entergy’s Ninemile combined cycle plant
26-03-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it received full notice to proceed on a new dual fuel combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant at Entergy’s Ninemile ...
Ergon Inc announces expansion in the Appalachian region
23-03-2012
Ergon Inc announced today the expansion of its subsidiary facilities and operations within the Appalachian Basin. The expansion will enable Ergon companies ...
Preparations for start-up of crude distillation unit (CDU) at Chiba refinery
23-03-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by ...
TNK-BP implemented a safety geographic information system at Saratov refinery
23-03-2012
The Saratov Oil Refinery (TNK-BP subsidiary) has implemented a monitoring Geographic Information System (GIS) with a view to enhance the subsidiary's industrial ...
Celanese receives approval for industrial ethanol facility in Nanjing, China
22-03-2012
Celanese Corporation a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced that it has received key government approvals necessary to proceed ...
Air Products makes strategic acquisition of Xebec’s adsorption technology
22-03-2012
Air Products today announced it has acquired advanced adsorption technology assets for its Generated Gases product lines from Xebec Adsorption, Inc. In this ...
Grace and Al Dahra sign a MOU for FCC catalysts and additives project in Abu Dhabi
22-03-2012
W. R. Grace & Co. today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture with Al Dahra Agricultural Company to build and ...
Woodside announces Pluto LNG Project achieves ready for start up
22-03-2012
Woodside’s Pluto LNG Project in Western Australia has reached ready for start up (RFSU) status and first gas has entered the processing train late this ...
Global refinery catalyst market to reach $4.3billion in 2018
22-03-2012
ReportsnReports adds new market research report 'Refinery Catalyst Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018' to its store. Worldwide ...
Alfa Laval wins SEK 130 million heat transfer order in Brazil
22-03-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won a plate heat exchanger order from a big oil company ...
SNC-Lavalin announces contract with Petroleos de Venezuela S.A
21-03-2012
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce it has signed a project management contract with Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) for the Delta Caribe Oriental Project. ...
AFPM calls on President Obama to approve entire keystone XL pipeline.
21-03-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement responding to the White House announcement today ...
CNPC and Shell sign first shale gas production sharing contract in China
21-03-2012
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Shell China Exploration and Production Company Limited (Shell) today signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) ...
Essar Oil commissions vacuum gas oil hydrotreating unit and sulphur recovery unit at Vadinar
21-03-2012
Essar Oil Ltd today announced the successful commissioning of its new Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrotreating Unit (VGOHDT) and Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU) at its Vadinar ...
IndianOil wins prestigious Hart Energy award
21-03-2012
IndianOil, India’s flagship petroleum company has won the prestigious Hart Energy Award for its contributions towards a cleaner environment. Along with ...
Siemens to supply integrated solution for process and wastewater treatment in Colombia
21-03-2012
The Siemens Industry Automation Division is to equip the Reficar refinery in Cartagena, Colombia, with an integrated water treatment solution. It will form ...
Air Products and South China university of technology collaborate to drive green solutions
20-03-2012
Air Products, a leading global industrial gases and performance materials supplier, today announced it has signed a joint research and development (R&D) ...
AFPM asks Obama for fair treatment and to stand up for American workers
20-03-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers calls on President Obama to stop singling out the oil and natural gas sectors to pay additional taxes not ...
Enterprise to construct NGL fractionators seven and eight at Mont Belvieu
20-03-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership plans to construct two more natural gas liquid (“NGL”) fractionators at its ...
SGS provides commissioning services for compression module building in Brazil
20-03-2012
In January 2012, SGS was awarded a contract to perform comprehensive third-party services during the building of a compression module for a petroleum platform ...
Jacobs wins new acid plant contract for Teck's trail smelter
20-03-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from Teck Metals Ltd. to design and supply a new sulfuric acid plant for its Trail operation ...
TATNEFT recognized as the best company in Tatarstan for invention and rationalization
20-03-2012
OAO TATNEFT was named a winner in the group of chemical, petrochemical and oil industry enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan based on the results of a review ...
Air Products completes acquisition of CryoService Limited
19-03-2012
Air Products today announced it has completed the acquisition of the UK company CryoService Limited, which will now be known as Air Products CryoEase® Services. ...
Williams partners announces $2.5B acquisition to establish major footprint in liquids-rich area
19-03-2012
Williams Partners L.P. today announced it has agreed to acquire Caiman Energy's wholly owned subsidiary, Caiman Eastern Midstream LLC, for approximately ...
Hess explores sale of St. Lucia terminal
19-03-2012
Hess Corporation announced today that it is exploring the sale of its St. Lucia crude oil and refined products storage and transshipment terminal in the Caribbean. Hess ...
China Shenhua selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene PP process for their new project in Yulin
19-03-2012
INEOS Technologies has licensed the Innovene PP process to China Shenhua, Coal to Liquid and Chemical, Beijing Engineering Company, for the manufacture of polypropylene ...
Total commits to four R&D institute projects
19-03-2012
Total is partnering four of the R&D institute projects covered by the French government’s Investissements d’avenir (Investing in the Future) ...
Topsoe launches a new series of SCR and CO oxidation catalysts for gas turbine applications
19-03-2012
Topsoe's air pollution control technologies provide energy efficient and reliable solutions for the cleaning of air, flue- and waste gases. Now, Topsoe has ...
Shaw announces global Polystyrene licensing alliance with Total Petrochemicals
19-03-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has formed an exclusive alliance with Total Petrochemicals to jointly market and license Total Petrochemicals’ polystyrene ...
Fluor named as one of the world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere Institute
19-03-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that for the sixth straight year the company has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the ...
GE energy helps launch new U.S. industrial energy efficiency coalition
19-03-2012
GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business has joined the new Industrial Energy Efficiency Coalition (IEEC) as a founding member. The IEEC is a unique ...
Honeywell UOP to discuss offshore natural gas processing technology during 2012 Rio Gas
19-03-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will discuss natural gas processing solutions for Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels ...
Valero energy to suspend refining operations at Aruba
19-03-2012
Valero Energy Corporation today announced that due to unfavorable refinery economics and the outlook for continued unfavorable refinery economics, refining ...
Graham corporation awarded $9.5M in new orders for nuclear energy and oil sands markets
19-03-2012
Graham Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including the supply of components ...
AVEVA presents solutions for natural gas industry at the Rio gas forum
16-03-2012
AVEVA today announced it will present a series of customer case studies to highlight design and engineering software solutions currently being applied in some ...
Siemens delivers yet another wet air oxidation system to Sinopec
16-03-2012
Siemens Industry Automation Division is providing another Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system to treat wastewater at Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s ...
DuPont wins 2012 sustainable Biofuels award for feedstock innovation
16-03-2012
DuPont has won the 2012 Sustainable Biofuels Award in the Sustainable Feedstock Innovation Category for its Stover Harvest Collection Project. This ...
IRPC announces strategic cooperation with Samsung engineering company
15-03-2012
IRPC Public Co Ltd, represented by President Atikom Terbsiri, and Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd., represented by President and Chief Executive Officer Ki Seok ...
Shell signs agreement to evaluate petrochemical site in Pennsylvania
15-03-2012
Shell Chemical LP (Shell) signed a land option agreement with Horsehead Corporation to evaluate a site in the US Appalachian region for a potential petrochemical ...
AFPM urges president Obama to take steps to strengthen the nation’s energy security
15-03-2012
In light of Energy Secretary Steven Chu's recent comments regarding fuel prices, the American Fuel &Petrochemical Manufacturers urges President Obama to ...
A record year for DuPont innovation
15-03-2012
DuPont had a record-breaking year with 910 new U.S. patents granted in 2011, an increase of 32% over last year. That breaks the previous record set in 1966 ...
ProSep
announces $2.3 Million in new contract awards
15-03-2012
ProSep Inc, dedicated to providing process solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced it was awarded two contracts for a total value of $2.3 million. ...
Fueling unconventional oil & gas infrastructure, GE unit backs Howard
Energy
15-03-2012
Fueling the build out of unconventional oil, gas and gas liquids infrastructure to support North American shale, GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has invested ...
Macmahon JV awarded $340 million Ichthys onshore LNG facilities site development contract
15-03-2012
Macmahon Holdings Ltd, in a 50:50 joint venture with John Holland, has been awarded the contract for site development civil works for the onshore facilities ...
HPCL selects IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology from DuPont Sustainable Solutions for Mumbai refinery
14-03-2012
DuPont Sustainable Solutions is pleased to announce that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has selected IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology ...
AVEVA PDMS selected by Conmore for new projects in process and energy industries
14-03-2012
AVEVA announced today Conmore
Ingenjörsbyrå AB has selected AVEVA PDMS as its primary 3D engineering design application. Having traditionally focussed ...
BASF expands capacity for cyclohexane oxidation
14-03-2012
BASF will increase its capacity for cyclohexane oxidation at its Antwerp Verbund site by about 50,000 tons per year. The total investment amounts to
about €10 ...
Essar Energy commissions diesel hydrotreater unit at Vadinar refinery
13-03-2012
Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, today announced that Essar Oil Ltd has successfully commissioned the Diesel Hydrotreater Unit ...
Chesapeake Energy announces partnership to build a Gas Processing complex in Eastern Ohio
13-03-2012
Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced the execution of definitive agreements to build the largest integrated midstream service complex in eastern Ohio. ...
Launching of Axens South Asia Sdn Bhd
13-03-2012
Axens is pleased to announce the creation of Axens South East Asia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary 100% owned by Axens. This new subsidiary located in Kuala Lumpur ...
GE’s Bently Nevada introduces portable plant condition monitoring solution series
13-03-2012
Bently Nevada product line, a GE Measurement & Control business, today unveiled SCOUT, an intelligent suite of portable vibration monitoring and analysis ...
Jacobs wins contract for Vale's new acid plant in Canada
13-03-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a contract from Vale Canada Ltd. (Vale) to design and supply a new sulfuric acid plant ...
Linde to supply air gases to Chinese chemicals producer Dahua Group in Dalian
13-03-2012
The technology group The Linde Group has been selected to supply air gases to chemicals producer Dahua Group on Songmu Island in Dalian, Northeast China. Linde ...
Air Products wins long-term supply contract for Xinlianxin in China
13-03-2012
Air Products today announced it has signed a long-term contract with Henan Xinlianxin Fertilizer (Xinlianxin) and will build, own and operate an air separation ...
Kuwait Petroleum and Total sign a MOU for a refining and petrochemicals project in China
13-03-2012
Total today signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI)1 and Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC)2, ...
QAPCO awards two EPC contracts in excess of QR 600 million to CTCI Corporation
13-03-2012
Since its inception in 1979; Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) has continually invested in advanced petrochemical manufacturing technology, with an aim ...
Technip awarded an engineering contract for PETRONAS’ RAPID project in Malaysia
13-03-2012
Technip has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by PETRONAS for its proposed Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) ...
ProSep announces $2.5 Million in contract awards from repeat customers
12-03-2012
ProSep Inc, dedicated to providing process solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced it was awarded multiple contracts from existing customers, ...
AFPM AM opens with call to develop America's energy resources to benefit the nation
12-03-2012
The refining and petrochemical industries can help build a better future for the American people if regulatory conditions are improved and the nation is allowed ...
Praxair acquires Russian-based industrial gas gompany
12-03-2012
Praxair Inc announced today that it has entered into an agreement with SIBUR - Russian Tyres to acquire their industrial and packaged gases business in the ...
Shaw awarded contract for deep catalytic cracking technology for refinery upgrade in Thailand
12-03-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has been awarded contracts to provide a process design package and technology license for the addition of a 30,000 barrels ...
Enersul awarded equipment supply contract from Globalstroy Engineering
09-03-2012
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Globalstroy Engineering of ...
Enersul awarded equipment supply contract
09-03-2012
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Consolidated Contracting Engineering ...
Fluor awarded strategic global EPC agreement by The Dow Chemical Company
08-03-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that The Dow Chemical Company and Fluor have signed a Strategic Global Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Construction ...
Linde Hungary will be at laboratory technology exhibition
08-03-2012
Linde Hungary will be at the annual national Laboratory Technology Exhibition, which will be held from 27 to 29 March in SYMA Sport & Event Centre in Budapest. ...
Motiva to convert storage to ULSD heating oil and biodiesel at Sewaren terminal
08-03-2012
Motiva Enterprises LLC (Motiva) today announced plans to convert all of its High Sulfur Diesel Heating Oil (2000 ppm) storage to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) ...
ExxonMobil and GE initiative to help bring latest best practices to shale development
08-03-2012
Colorado School of Mines, Penn State University and the University of Texas at Austin today announced a new training initiative to support the rapidly growing ...
ABB wins contract from Shell to deliver efficient, reliable power to gas processing facilities
08-03-2012
New plant to deliver efficient, reliable power to gas processing facilities as part of the Iraqi South Gas Project. ABB, the leading power and automation technology ...
Graham corporation secures $8 million in orders for petrochemical projects
08-03-2012
Graham Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including the supply of components ...
K Controls announce two new valve position monitors
08-03-2012
The 007-100 and 007-120 Exd IIC Position Monitors are ATEX and IECEx certified for use in gas Zones 1 and 2 and dust Zones 21 and 22. The CE marked, IP67 enclosures ...
AFPM President testifies on gasoline prices
07-03-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical ManufacturersPresident Charles T. Drevna told a House subcommittee today thathigh crude oil prices are the primary factor ...
Metso expands its offering to the oil, gas and power industries by acquiring Valstone Control
07-03-2012
Metso has signed an agreement to acquire South Korean valve technology company, Valstone Control Inc. (Valstone). The acquisition strengthens Metso’s ...
Dow’s world-scale propylene production unit investment receives initial board authorization
07-03-2012
The Dow Chemical Company announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized capital to finalize detailed engineering and purchase long lead-time ...
Met-Pro Corporation’s environmental air solutions business unit receives equipment order
07-03-2012
Met-Pro Corporation today announced that the Company’s Environmental Air Solutions business unit has received an order to supply a Flex-Kleen® brand ...
Coffeyville resources refining & marketing to implement environmental improvement projects
06-03-2012
Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, a subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc, said today that it has entered into a consent decree with the United States ...
PETRONAS and BASF move ahead with expansion of partnership in Malaysia
06-03-2012
PETRONAS and BASF have taken the next steps in the development of the previously announced €1 billion investment that will expand their partnership in ...
Chemtura holds groundbreaking ceremony for new, multipurpose manufacturing site in China
06-03-2012
Chemtura Corporation, a leading global specialty chemicals company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new, multipurpose ...
AspenTech launches new release of Aspen InfoPlus.21® software
06-03-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has brought enterprise scale search and high performance ...
New release of Aspen PIMS™ and Aspen Petroleum Scheduler™ software
06-03-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc. a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of Aspen PIMS and Aspen Petroleum Scheduler ...
New release of Aspen Plus™ software
06-03-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of Aspen Plus software ...
SABIC outlines key role in enabling entrepreneurship at Saudi Downstream Forum in Jubail
06-03-2012
Under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Basic ...
ValvTechnologies ValvXpress™ introduces an off-the-shelf valve actuator package
06-03-2012
ValvTechnologies manufacturer of zero-leakage, severe service isolation valve solutions has developed ValvXpress™, an off-the-shelf, valve, mounting kit ...
Alfa Laval raises stake in Alfa Laval India Ltd and plans to apply for delisting
05-03-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – will buy just over 50 percent of the outstanding minority ...
Manoir Industries has invested in a new machining center in its Pitres plant
05-03-2012
To support its strong growth in the nuclear and conventional casting market, the Manoir Petrochem & Nuclear Business Unit has invested in a new Varnsdorf ...
Reliance gets certified as a “Responsible Care” company under American Chemistry Council
04-03-2012
Reliance Industries Limited becomes the first Indian company to be certified as “Responsible Care Company” under stringent standards of American ...
Fluor awarded renewable fuel production plant by Joule
03-03-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Joule to design and build ...
Gunvor Group bids successfully to purchase Petroplus’s Antwerp refinery
02-03-2012
Gunvor Group, one of the world's major independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has successfully bid to purchase Petroplus’s refinery ...
Lamons focuses on engineered products
02-03-2012
Lamons, a TriMas Corporation company, announced today that it is continuing to help customers reduce their fugitive emissions by increasing their awareness ...
Air products announces further strategic expansion in growth regions
01-03-2012
Air Products announced plans today for two new significant investments in Russia, continuing the company’s strategy of investment in growth regions. Air ...
Siemens to supply first pre-engineered integrally geared air compressors to China
01-03-2012
Siemens Energy will supply together with its Chinese joint venture SITHCO (Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Huludao Co. Ltd.) the first two large size, pre-engineered ...
CRANE energy flow solutions announces new cast steel valve product lines business manager
01-03-2012
CRANE Energy Flow Solutions, a leading provider of highly engineered products for fluid handling applications worldwide, is pleased to announce its recent hire ...
Quadnetics Group major contract wins
01-03-2012
Quadnetics Group PLC, a leader in the design, integration and control of advanced surveillance technology, networked security systems and strategic security ...
Anton Paar
acquisition of the Petrotest Group
01-03-2012
As of March 1, 2012, Anton Paar – world leader in providing high-precision measuring instruments in the field of density and concentration measurement, ...
AFPM challenges EPA regulation of GHG
29-02-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers joined 20 other business
groups Tuesday and Wednesday in presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Court ...
AspenTech acquires SolidSim Engineering GmbH
29-02-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has acquired SolidSim Engineering GmbH, a leading ...
LyondellBasell grants Lupotech T process license to Samsung Total Petrochemicals
29-02-2012
LyondellBasell today announced that Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., a joint venture of Samsung Group and Total S.A, has selected the Lupotech T process ...
130,000 Nm3/hr Hydrogen unit with HTER at Vadinar Refinery, India
29-02-2012
In January 2012, Essar Oil limited announced the successful commissioning of a new Hydrogen manufacturing unit with an installed capacity to generate 130,000 ...
FCI’s ST100 flow meter with verical system improves performance and reduces maintenance
28-02-2012
The breakthrough ST100 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) is now available with FCI’s VeriCal In-Situ Calibration ...
Far East Petrochemical Company selects Axens’ technologies
28-02-2012
ZAO “Far East Petrochemical Company” (FEPCO), which is implementing the project of OJSC “NK Rosneft” for the construction of petrochemical ...
Jacobs selected for Solvay's specialty polymers project in China
28-02-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has been awarded a contract from Solvay for a major, specialty polymers production plant to be built at Solvay's ...
SABIC acquires license to manufacture TDI and MDI from Mitsui
28-02-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has signed a TDI and MDI technology license agreement with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., in keeping with the company’s ...
New vectorWall results released
27-02-2012
Field results from new installations of new mixing checkerwalls in dozens of reaction furnaces indicate very significant cost-savings improvements through operating ...
LINN Energy announces $1.2 Billion acquisition of BP's Hugoton Basin properties
27-02-2012
LINN Energy, LLC announced today that it signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Hugoton Basin properties located in Kansas from BP America Production ...
Formosa plastics announces long-term capital Investments
27-02-2012
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. will be investing more than $1.7 billion in capital equipment and construction at its Point Comfort, Texas site. This investment ...
Blackstone enters into an arrangement for $2B investment for the Sabine Pass LNG project
27-02-2012
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Blackstone Energy Partners L.P., Blackstone Capital Partners ...
Spectro introduces latest generation of SPECTROTEST metal analyzers
27-02-2012
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced the latest generation of SPECTROTEST mobile metal analyzers. In addition to the instrument’s excellent analytical ...
Entrec enters into letters of intent to acquire Singer specialized ltd
24-02-2012
Entrec Transportation Services Ltd is pleased to announce it has entered into a letter of intent, subject to certain conditions, to acquire 100% of the issued ...
Petrofac awarded US$330 million project in Iraq
24-02-2012
Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, has been awarded a US$330 million lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract ...
GE gas engine technology to power China’s largest landfill gas project
23-02-2012
GE today announced that its ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines will power China’s largest landfill gas (LFG) power generation project. The ...
AFPM criticises President Obama’s proposed energy tax increases
23-02-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s energy speech ...
Topsoe launches new LTS catalyst for ammonia and hydrogen production
23-02-2012
The new LTS catalyst LK-853 FENCE™ takes Topsoe’s world-leading position one step further. Ground-breaking research within catalysts for ammonia ...
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation announces clean fuels project at Visakh refinery
23-02-2012
Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas today dedicated to the nation Clean Fuels Project of Visakh Refinery of HPCL. ...
MDU resources & affiliates of Calumet specialty products plan to study diesel refinery JV
22-02-2012
MDU Resources Group, Inc through its wholly owned subsidiary, WBI Holdings, Inc. and Calumet Refining, LLC, an entity owned by the existing owners ...
Sulzer appoints Klaus Stahlmann as new CEO
21-02-2012
The Board of Directors of Sulzer has unanimously appointed Klaus Stahlmann as new Chief Executive Officer of Sulzer with immediate effect. Klaus Stahlmann, ...
Topsoe will sponsor top talent from Dalian National Laboratory, China
21-02-2012
Dr. Jesper Nerlov, Executive Vice President from Topsoe visited Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (DNL) on 9-10 Februaary 2012, as a follow up ...
ITT announces global supply agreement with Shell Global Solutions
21-02-2012
ITT Corporation announced today an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions in which ITT’s Goulds Pumps brand will provide American ...
CECO Environmental announces six new orders totalling $11.1M
21-02-2012
CECO Environmental Corp, a leading global provider of air pollution control technology and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has recently ...
Intergraph and Skire announce new customer signing of INPEX Ichthys LNG project
21-02-2012
Intergraph, the leading global provider of enterprise engineering software, and its partner, Skire, have entered into an agreement with INPEX for ...
SemGroup, Gavilon and Chesapeake announce new pipeline and storage company
21-02-2012
SemGroup Corporation, Gavilon Midstream Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of The Gavilon Group, LLC; and an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced ...
SIBUR and Reliancе form a Joint Venture to produce butyl rubber in India
21-02-2012
SIBUR, Russia and Eastern Europe's largest petrochemical company, and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private company, have agreed to form ...
URS to acquire Flint Energy Services for C$1.25 Billion
20-02-2012
URS Corporation and Flint Energy Services Ltd, today announced a definitive agreement under which URS will acquire Flint for C$25.00 per share in cash, or C$1.25 ...
Saudi Aramco Asia company limited, PT Pertamina sign MOU for integrated project
18-02-2012
Saudi Aramco Asia Company Limited (SAAC), a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and PT Pertamina (Persero) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly evaluate ...
AFPM warns of adverse effects of E15 use
17-02-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna today issued the following response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
Ryazan Oil Refinery invests $50 Million into the turnaround interval increase program
16-02-2012
The Ryazan Oil Refinery is going to invest $50 million into implementation of the measures planned for the spring of 2012 and aimed at increasing the turnaround ...
Flowserve Abahsain opens valve manufacturing, service and training facility in Saudi Arabia
16-02-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, and S&A Abahsain Co. Ltd., one of ...
IMI announces acquisition of Remosa SpA
16-02-2012
IMI plc, the international engineering group, has acquired Remosa SpA and related companies (collectively “Remosa”), a leading engineering business ...
GTC Technology to exclusively license advanced sulfur recovery technology from ConocoPhillips
15-02-2012
GTC Technology, a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announce an exclusive, ...
Multi-Million Pound Project to Improve sustainability and efficiency of Russian oil industry is given green light
15-02-2012
A £9.3 million international consortium to make oil refining in Russia more efficient and environmentally sustainable has been given the green light this ...
DCP Midstream announces new processing plant and gathering systems in Permian Basin
15-02-2012
DCP Midstream LLC today announces that it will build a 75 MMcf/d natural gas processing plant in Glasscock County, Texas, and associated low-pressure ...
KBR awarded contract to provide construction services for plant expansion in Oklahoma
15-02-2012
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract to provide construction services for a new 150 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) gas processing plant. ...
IndianOil enhances catalyst research with hte technology
15-02-2012
hte – the high throughput experimentation company announces that IndianOil has decided to implement hte's parallel reactor technology to enhance its R&D ...
QP and QAPCO sign heads of agreement for a new Petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan
15-02-2012
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, today signed a Heads ...
Fluor awarded Biofuels demonstration plant by Joule Unlimited
15-02-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Joule Unlimited, ...
Takreer selects Zimpro wet air oxidation system by Siemens for refinery spent caustic treatment
15-02-2012
Siemens Industry Automation Division is providing Takreer (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co.) with a Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent ...
KBR Awarded VCC license and basic engineering package for TAIF's refinery at Nizhnikamsk
14-02-2012
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by TAIF Group to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) to be implemented ...
Honeywell opens new technology centre in India
14-02-2012
Facility expands technology development capabilities for refining, petrochemical, low-global-warming and nylon technologies and applications. Honeywell announced ...
Jacobs receives four contracts from Arkema to support PVC projects in China
14-02-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it is executing four contracts from Arkema France for basic engineering services to support the provision ...
Let Vega take the pressure
14-02-2012
VEGA have been ‘quietly’ building on their pressure expertise founded in hydrostatic level transmitters. They have developed one of the broadest ...
Bharat
Oman Refineries employs Bentley's ProjectWise to save time and reduce project risk
13-02-2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that ...
Dover to acquire Maag group
13-02-2012
Acquisition to Strengthen Dover's Fluid's
Position by Enhancing Technology and Increasing Global Reach. Dover Corporation announced today that it has signed ...
Air Liquide brings new ASU online in Geismar, Louisiana
13-02-2012
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP today announced the start up of a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) at its facility in Geismar, La. to
increase its supply ...
Willbros awarded EPC contract for CO2 compression facility
13-02-2012
Willbros Group, Inc announced today that a unit of its Oil & Gas segment has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction ("EPC") ...
MCO compression system for ethylene plant was shipped to Korea
10-02-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) shipped a tertiary compressor and steam turbine driver for an ethylene plant in Korea. This compression ...
API warns of upcoming “tsunami” of EPA regulations for refineries
10-02-2012
API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman warned of a “veritable tsunami” of new EPA air regulations for refineries that ...
Topsøe wins contract with Chambroad Petrochemicals, ShanDong, China
10-02-2012
Chambroad Petrochemicals has chosen Topsoe for the delivery of catalyst and hardware. 60 ton TK-578 BRIM™ catalyst and gradings as well as three Topsoe ...
Halliburton and Petronas collaborate for the evaluation and development of Shale resources
10-02-2012
Halliburton and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd have signed a Framework Agreement for the evaluation and development of global shale resources. The signing ceremony ...
KBR and its JV Partners (JKC JV) sign contract for EPC activities for Ichthys LNG project
09-02-2012
KBR announced today that its joint venture with JGC Corporation and Chiyoda Corporation, the JKC JV, has signed the formal contract for engineering, procurement ...
KBR establishes GES+ (General Engineering Services +) entity in Saudi Arabia
09-02-2012
KBR today announced that it has completed the registration and licensing of a new entity to carry out general engineering and project management services under ...
KBR announces appointment of Zachary Nagle as VP, investor relations and communications
09-02-2012
KBR today announced that Zachary “Zac” Nagle has joined the Company as Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications and will report to ...
Fluor to undertake project for Syncrude Canada Ltd
09-02-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it will provide project management services for the Mildred Lake Mine Replacement (MLMR) project for Syncrude ...
Linde Engineering dresden purchases CHOREN’s Carbo-V®-technology
09-02-2012
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH has acquired the Carbo-V® Technology of the insolvent Choren Industries GmbH, Freiberg from the insolvency administrator ...
SCG joins with Qatari and Vietnamese partners towards Vietnam’s first Petrochemicals complex
09-02-2012
The Siam Cement Public Company Limited hereby announces that The Siam Cement Group and its Vietnamese and Qatari partners have together signed the “Joint ...
S-OIL signs 20-year long-term crude supply contract with Saudi Aramco
09-02-2012
Long-term crude supply contract amid volatile international oil market will contribute to stable oil security of Korea - S-OIL to secure crude required for ...
Thiess has won a $325 million contract from QGC Pty to construct Gas Processing Facilities
08-02-2012
has won a $325 million contract from coal seam gas explorer and producer QGC Pty Limited to construct gas processing facilities for one of Australia’s ...
Global Refining industry outlook 2012
08-02-2012
Capacity analysis, forecasts and details of active and planned refineries to 2016. ReportsnReports add the 2012 version market research report on Global Refining ...
Grace announces business segment presidents and elects new officers
08-02-2012
W. R. Grace & Co announced today a realignment of its business into three operating segments: Grace Catalysts Technologies, Grace Materials Technologies ...
Graham corporation awarded more than $3.5 million in orders
08-02-2012
Graham Corporation, a global designer and manufacturer of critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including the supply ...
Jacobs receives contract from Methanex to relocate idle plant from Chile to Louisiana
07-02-2012
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Methanex Corporation, the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international ...
Sumitomo Chemical holds groundbreaking ceremony for new S-SBR plant in Singapore
06-02-2012
Sumitomo Chemical announced that on February 6, 2012 it held a groundbreaking ceremony and a celebration reception for the new solution styrene-butadiene rubber ...
Exterran selected to design, manufacture and construct Gas Processing plant in Eagle Ford
06-02-2012
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, L.P. has selected Exterran to design, manufacture and construct a natural gas processing plant in South Texas. The project includes ...
Shaw awarded contract to revamp residue fluid catalytic cracking unit in Thailand
06-02-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide the technology license and process design package for the revamp of a residue fluid ...
Crane energy flow solutions’ obtains 2 star rating in Shell TAMAP listing for Duo-Chek valve
02-02-2012
CRANE Energy Flow Solutions, a leading provider of highly engineered products for fluid handling applications worldwide, recently announced that it has obtained ...
Topsøe launches new China website
01-02-2012
The new China website will support Topsoe’s strategic decision to increase its presence in China, www.topsoe.cn. "We are very pleased to be able ...
Air
Liquide acquires air separation unit from Georgia Gulf corporation
30-01-2012
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP (“Air Liquide”) announced that it has purchased an Air Separation Unit (ASU) from Georgia Gulf Corporation ...
Crane energy flow solutions expands online product catalogue
30-01-2012
Crane
Energy Flow Solutions today announced enhancements to its website that introduce new Technical Menus of key product information. This new tool, ...
Major expansion and upgrade project at Samsung Total Petrochemicals’ complex
27-01-2012
Total is consolidating its positions in petrochemicals in Asia
with a new expansion and upgrading project for the Daesan complex in South Korea, which the Group ...
Brazil's Petrobras to expand Minas Gerais biofuels plant
27-01-2012
Brazilian oil and gas company Petroleo Brasileiro S/A, or Petrobras, said Thursday it signed an accord with the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais to boost
output ...
Ametek announced it has acquired O'Brien corporation
26-01-2012
AMETEK, Inc. today announced that it has acquired O'Brien Corporation, a leading manufacturer of fluid and gas handling solutions, sample conditioning equipment ...
Technip awarded detailed design contract for the Wheatstone gas processing platform
26-01-2012
Technip Oceania, a Technip Group operating centre in Perth, Australia, has been awarded a contract, worth approximately AUD110 million (€90 million), by ...
Honeywell UOP Technology for upgrading bottom of the barrel selected for refnery expansion
26-01-2012
UOP’s UniflexTM technology converts the heaviest portions of crude oil, allowing refiners to get more high-value fuels and other products from each barrel ...
IFP energies nouvelles and Avantium intensify collaboration in high throughput research
26-01-2012
Today Avantium and IFPEN announced the expansion of the collaboration for further deployment of Avantium’s Flowrence technology in IFPEN’s High ...
ADB to help develop Uzbekistan's largest petrochemical plant
25-01-2012
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan and political risk guarantee totaling up to $400 million to help build the largest-ever petrochemical plant ...
Technip awarded a major refining contract in Bulgaria
25-01-2012
Technip was awarded by Lukoil Neftochim Burgas ad, subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL, a lump sum turnkey contract, worth more than €900 million (Technip share ...
Pall Corporation to supply advanced water treatment technology for Qatar petroleum
25-01-2012
Agreement with SEG Qatar Calls for Locally Supported, Complete Water Management Solution. Pall Corporation has been selected by contractor SEG (Société ...
Linde unveils revolutionary new gas cylinder GENIE®
24-01-2012
In a major development for the compressed gases industry, Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today introduced GENIE® – a technologically ...
Keyuan petrochemicals to build new petrochemical facility in China
23-01-2012
Keyuan Petrochemicals has signed a cooperation agreement with Fangchenggang City to build a new production facility in China’s Guangxi Province. The ...
MSR (measurement & control technology) exhibition in Germany
21-01-2012
For all laboratory professionals who are interested in metrology , process control technology and work place monitoring applications, you will have an opportunity ...
Ballast Nedam wins EUR25m contract for refinery expansion in Suriname
20-01-2012
Ballast Nedam has received a EUR25m contract to provide civil works as part of an expansion program at Tout Lui Faut Refinery in Suriname. The general civil ...
Hemiwedge positioned to redefine valve technology and performance
20-01-2012
Chromatic Industries, Inc, a private corporation, is ramping up production of its key technology, the Hemiwedge® Valve product, at a new specialized manufacturing ...
Successful start-up of a PLA plant with innovative Sulzer technology
19-01-2012
The first PLA plant running with innovative Sulzer technology was successfully put into service by Synbra Technology in the Netherlands. Furthermore Sulzer ...
Selas fluid wins contract for ethylene furnace
19-01-2012
Selas Fluid, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Linde Group's Engineering Division, has been awarded a contract by BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP for a cracking ...
Hess announces charge related to closure of HOVENSA joint venture refinery
18-01-2012
Hess Corporation announced today that it will take a $525 million after-tax charge against its fourth quarter 2011 earnings as a result of the shutdown of the ...
Exterran selected by Pemex to provide gas conditioning, treatment & compression systems
18-01-2012
Pemex has selected Exterranto provide gas conditioning, treating and compression services in three natural gas facilities in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. ...
Honeywell’s UOP to provide technology for petrochemical and fuels production in South Korea
18-01-2012
Complex first to use latest energy-efficient designs, reducing energy consumption by 33 percent. UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been ...
Hess announces charge related to closure of HOVENSA joint venture refinery
18-01-2012
Hess Corporation announced today that it will take a $525 million after-tax charge against its fourth quarter 2011 earnings as a result of the shutdown of the ...
MCO wins compressor order for gas processing plant in Brazil
16-01-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) has received an order of propane refrigerant compressors for gas processing plant in Brazil. Two compressors ...
Intelligent and portable fuel analysis
15-01-2012
Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of AMETEK, Inc. has introduced a new portable and highly versatile FTIR spectrometer for the fully automatic measurement of ...
Acquisition of pump company Hidrotecar S.A. completed
13-01-2012
The announced acquisition of the privately owned pump company Hidrotecar S.A. in Burgos, Spain, was completed on January 10, 2012. The acquired company achieved ...
Total and INPEX launch the ichthys strategic offshore LNG Project
13-01-2012
Total and its joint venture partner INPEX CORPORATION today announced that they have taken the final investment decision for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas ...
Order intake increased to CHF3.6B
12-01-2012
For the full year 2011, Sulzer received orders of CHF 3 566.1 million. This was a significant adjusted1 increase of 13.7% (nominal increase of 8.4%) from the ...
Resuming partial
operations at Chiba Refinery
12-01-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd wish to express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected ...
AMEC awarded £70 million asset support contracts by SABIC UK Petrochemicals
10-01-2012
AMEC has been awarded two asset support contracts by chemical giant SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited. The first is a £30 million asset support contract ...
Honeywell’s UOP selected to provide technology for petrochemicals production in South Korea
10-01-2012
Facility will use UOP
technology to produce building block materials for plastics to support growing demand. UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that ...
Linde Canada introduces portable gas detectors for use in industrial operations
05-01-2012
Linde Canada has introduced the G-TECTA™ line of portable gas
detection instruments. Designed for easy use and maximum protection against hazardous working ...
Exterran selected to develop Gas Processing plant in Bolivia
05-01-2012
Exterran Holdings Inc announced today that Petrobras has awarded the company a contract for the design, fabrication and sale of a major natural gas
processing ...
KBR to provide construction services for ExxonMobil's specialty lubricant base stock facility
05-01-2012
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract to provide construction services for ExxonMobil's new synthetics lubricant base stock facility to be built at ...
Honeywell UOP’s selected by Dow Chemical to provide technology for U.S. petrochemical facility
05-01-2012
First-of-its kind U.S. production plant will utilize on-purpose propylene technology to convert propane from shale gas to propylene for petrochemicals ...
Honeywell’s UOP creates dedicated gas processing and hydrogen business unit
04-01-2012
Increases focus on development and execution of solutions to support growing natural gas use and hydrogen supply for growing fuels demand. UOP LLC, a Honeywell ...
Total expands its position in the USA, entering the Utica shale formation in Ohio
03-01-2012
Total announces that its subsidiary, Total E&P USA, Inc, has signed and completed on December 30, 2011 an agreement to enter into a Joint Venture with Chesapeake ...
Topsøe awarded the third coke oven gas to SNG plant in China
03-01-2012
CNOOC (China National Oil and Off-shore Corporation) has awarded Topsoe a contract for converting coke oven gas with extra CO2 into SNG/LNG. At the end of 2011 ...
New managing director at topsoe’s representative office in Moscow
02-01-2012
As of 1 January 2012, Jens Perregaard will take up the position as Managing Director for Haldor Topsoe’s Moscow representative office and for ZAO Topsoe. ...
Topsøe signs contract with Russian JSC Acron
22-12-2011
Topsoe has signed a contract with the Russian company JSC Acron for the design of a 2,060 MTPD ammonia plant. The plant will be located in Veliky Novgorod, ...
Creating
opportunities in Vietnam
20-12-2011
HRH Crown Prince Frederik, Minister of Export and Trade, Pia Olsen Dyhr and Anne Birgitte Lundholt, Export Ambassador, headed a Danish business delegation to ...
Grassroots diesel hydrotreater for Russian Rosneft
12-12-2011
Topsoe has won the contract for a diesel hydrotreating
unit for the Russian Syzran Refinery owned by Rosneft, the largest Russian oil company. The Rosneft Syzran ...
Qatar Petroleum and Shell sign heads of agreement
04-12-2011
His Excellency Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of the State of Qatar, and Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Shell, signed
...
Topsoe present at the World Methanol Conference
01-12-2011
Topsoe will be present at the up-coming World Methanol Conference in San Diego, California 6-7 December. The World Methanol Conference is the largest methanol ...
Topsoe partner in new Danish BioRefining Alliance
30-11-2011
From waste to usable products. BioRefining Alliance is a new and groundbreaking partnership aiming at accelerating Denmark’s leading position in the field ...
Topsoe receives order for two SNOX™ plants from Petrobras, Brazil
29-11-2011
The order includes supply of proprietary equipment for two SNOX™ flue gas cleaning plants. Topsoe has signed an agreement with the Brazilian oil company ...
Topsoe hosts synthesis gas seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
23-11-2011
Topsoe invited clients in South-East Asia and the Pacific to a seminar for ammonia, methanol and hydrogen producers. Focusing on syngas - The seminar was hosted ...
Grace completes expansion in Brazil to support renewable fuels customers
21-11-2011
W. R. Grace & Co is celebrating the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Sorocaba, Brazil today with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by community ...
Haldor Topsoe A/S appoints new Chief Executive Officer
18-11-2011
Our CEO since September 2007, Niels Kegel Sørensen has handed in his resignation from his position. The Board has at its meeting today accepted his resignation. ...
MECS Inc and Blasch precision ceramics sign distributor and supply agreement
14-11-2011
MECS Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, has entered into an agreement with Blasch Precision Ceramics of Albany, N.Y., appointing MECS as the exclusive ...
GTC signs agreement with RATE for gas processing and sulfur recovery technologies
11-11-2011
GTC Technology, a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announce a worldwide ...
Topsoe presents Slovnaft’s revamp project at the ERTC conference
11-11-2011
Topsoe will present a paper in collaboration with Slovnaft at the up-coming ERTC conference in Barcelona 29 November to 1 December. The ERTC conference is Europe’s ...
Linde installs major gas supply system enabling advancements in manufacturing and the process industries
07-11-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced an agreement with Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) for the installation of a major central ...
Linde installs gas supply system enabling advancements in manufacturing & process industries
07-11-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced an agreement with Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) for the installation of a major central ...
New Topsøe methanol plant in Russia
20-10-2011
On 20 October 2011 the official ceremony of commissioning of the new 1350 MTPD Topsøe methanol plant took place in OAO ShchekinoAzot, Russia. The contract ...
KBR Announces first license for the advanced catalytic olefins (ACO™) process
17-10-2011
Yields surpass those of traditional olefins technologies. KBR today announced it was awarded a License and Process Design Package contract for a new olefins ...
103% capacity at Hyundai Oilbank, Korea
14-10-2011
Hyundai Oilbank, Korea launched the second Heavy Oil Upgrade (HOU) project with Topsoe in 2008 and the project was completed in June 2011 - ahead of schedule. ...
Spectro launches next generation SPECTRO xSORT handheld EDXRF spectrometer offers
12-10-2011
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a leading supplier of analytical instruments for optical emission and XRF spectrometry, has introduced the next-generation ...
Axens’ technologies for Irak Nassiriya new refinery
05-10-2011
The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), part of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, has awarded Axens the Basic Design and License contracts for the construction ...
KBR awarded EPCM master services agreement by DuPont engineering
27-09-2011
KBR today announced it has signed a three-year Master Services Agreement (MSA) with DuPont Engineering to provide engineering, procurement and construction ...
Topsoe hosts Hydroprocessing course 2011
26-09-2011
For the sixth consecutive year, Topsoe has hosted the annual Hydroprocessing Course in Copenhagen. Hydroprocessing update - The course targets Topsoe clients ...
Axens awarded licences for the Saudi Aramco Jazan refinery & terminal project
23-09-2011
Axens' technologies have been selected by Saudi Aramco for its Jazan Refinery & Terminal Project. The refinery, scheduled to be commissioned in December ...
Enersul awarded contract for a new sulphur granulation plant
22-09-2011
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract from Consolidated Contracting Engineering & Procurement ...
Belco and A.P. Moller - Maersk sign contract for exhaust gas cleaning system
19-09-2011
Belco Technologies Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., USA, has reached an agreement with A.P. Moller – ...
Axens’ technologies for Petron corporation in the Philippines
16-09-2011
Petron Corporation, the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, selected Axens to supply technologies for its Bataan Refinery Upgrading ...
US Department of energy awards 5 million USD for advanced biofuels technology project
12-09-2011
Topsoe partners with RTI International in a project which will develop an advanced technology to produce biofuels that are compatible with the existing transportation ...
Topsoe strengthens activities in China
08-09-2011
To strengthen business in China Topsoe has restructured the organisation and Per Bakkerud has been appointed as new managing director for the subsidiary in ...
Spectroblue ICP-OES spectrometer offers simplified operation, greater stability and lower cost
07-09-2011
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a leading supplier of analytical instruments for optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, has introduced the SPECTROBLUE, ...
Grace receives department of energy grant for carbon capture technologies
06-09-2011
W. R. Grace & Co has been selected to receive a three-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop advanced post-combustion ...
Topsoe’s WSA technology, now 100 plants and still going strong
31-08-2011
This year, Topsoe’s wet-gas sulphuric acid units (WSA) have reached the magic 100, with over 100 units licensed around the globe. One of a kind. Topsoe’s ...
KBR to provide licensing and engineering services for Jaiprakash Associates
29-08-2011
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), a Jaypee Group company to provide license and engineering design services ...
GTC Technology signs sulfur recovery agreement with TDA Research
25-08-2011
GTC Technology, a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announcea worldwide ...
KBR executes engineering study for BP Hod re-development project
24-08-2011
KBR today announced that it was awarded a contract by BP NORGE AS (BP) to execute pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) engineering studies for the ...
Topsoe hosts the 8th annual Topsoe catalysis forum
23-08-2011
The Topsoe Catalysis Forum is a framework for an open exchange of views on catalysis in the fields of interest to Topsoe. The idea is to invite experts, partners ...
KBR awarded pre-FEED contract by Anadarko for Liquefaction plant in Mozambique
22-08-2011
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by Anadarko Mozambique Area 1, Ltd., to perform a pre-front-end-engineering and design (pre-FEED) study for a ...
KBR subsidiary awarded phase two expansion at DuPont’s Wilmington Campus
18-08-2011
KBR today announced that its Building Group has been awarded the second phase of a multi-phase expansion at DuPont’s Chestnut Run Plaza, the company’s ...
KBR to provide Phenol license and engineering services for LG Chem Ltd
17-08-2011
KBR today announced it was awarded a contract by LG Chem Ltd. (LG) to license KBR’s leading phenol technology for LG’s 240 thousand metric tons ...
Enersul partnering with PR3
04-08-2011
Enersul announced it is partnering with PR3 Sulphur Solutions, LLC to complement Enersul’s technological expertise and help develop the next generation ...
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and Honeywell’s UOP form strategic alliance
03-08-2011
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) and Honeywell’s UOP have formed a joint marketing and licensing alliance to deliver a comprehensive ...
Expansion in the Middle East
02-08-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell Global Solutions) has signed an agreement with the South Refineries Company of Iraq, for the provision of technology ...
ART expands manufacturing capacity through strategic relationship with Kuwait catalyst co
01-08-2011
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture between Chevron Products Company (Chevron) and W. R. Grace & Co, and Kuwait Catalyst Company (KCC) ...
Linde to build two large air separation plants in China
29-07-2011
The technology company The Linde Group has been commissioned to build and operate two large air separation plants to supply gases on site to the Chinese company ...
Grace celebrates award for catalysis research
12-07-2011
W. R. Grace & Co announced that Professor Bert Weckhuysen of Utrecht University in The Netherlands has received the 2011 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental ...
Axens and Viscolube Revivoil technology selected for NexLube’s oil re-refining plant in Florida
11-07-2011
NexLube Tampa LLC plans to begin construction of a used oil re-refinery and blending plant in Tampa, Florida using Axens’ and Viscolube Revivoil™ ...
Axens and GENTAS to build hydroprocessing catalyst manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia
05-07-2011
Axens and GENTAS of the Shoaibi Group, announced today they have signed a Letter of Intent to build a world scale hydroprocessing catalyst production plant ...
Shell & Paques in JV for desulphurisation
01-07-2011
Shell and Paques Holding B.V. have agreed upon the formation of a 50-50 joint venture, Paqell B.V., to focus their efforts on the marketing of biological desulphurisation ...
Topsoe signs contract with Rio Seco, Peru
30-06-2011
Topsoe signs contract with Rio Seco, Peru for supply of a WSA sulphuric acid production plant. Procesadora Industrial Río Seco S.A., Cia. De Minas Buenaventura, ...
Hydroprocessing technology agreement with KBR
20-06-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and KBR, Inc. today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will market, sell and provide technology ...
Axens awarded Irak Maissan refinery contracts
17-06-2011
South Refineries Company (SRC), a subsidiary of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, awarded Axens the Basic Engineering Design and License contracts for the construction ...
Strategic alliance with Sandvik on Sulphur
13-06-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and AB Sandvik Process Systems have today announced a cooperation agreement, designed to enable the provision of total ...
Ras Tanura refinery runs successfully the new diesel hydrotreater licensed by Axens
10-06-2011
A grassroots diesel hydrotreater unit (Prime-DTM), licensed by Axens, was successfully put into production at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura Refinery. The ...
Grace announces successful commercialization of zero/low rare earth catalyst technologies
01-06-2011
Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co, has announced the successful global commercialization of eight fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts ...
Bulk separation of gas-liquid mixtures (PTQ Outlook, Q2 2011)
20-05-2011
Effective gas-liquid separation is increasingly important to produce high-quality products from feedstocks of decreasing quality The operating conditions ...
Spectro Xepos HE XRF instrument sets a new standard for the quantification of heavy elements
17-05-2011
Optimized excitation and detection guarantee outstanding sensitivity and accuracy for the analysis of metals and heavy metals in a wide range of material. SPECTRO ...
Linde subsidiary BOC awarded elite accreditation as testing laboratory
16-05-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced that accreditation as a testing laboratory by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) was ...
Grace Davisons NEKTORM catalyst wins downstream technology of the year award
12-05-2011
Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. has won the Downstream Technology of the Year Award at the Middle East Downstream Week 2011 Conference. ...
Grace earns awards for energy efficiency and facility safety
11-05-2011
W. R. Grace & Co. has received 2011 Responsible Care(R) Energy Efficiency Awards and Facility Safety Awards from the American Chemistry Council ...
Linde and Sapphire Energy announce deal to co-develop CO2 management systems
11-05-2011
The technology group The Linde Group and Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world’s leaders in algae-based crude oil, today announced that they have entered ...
Knowledge is key to growth
04-05-2011
Knowledge management is about getting the right information to the right people at the right time, and a comprehensive knowledge management capability is essential ...
Linde builds
large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in China
03-05-2011
The technology company The Linde Group will build and operate a large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in the Chongqing Chemical Park in Western China in a ...
A paradox pacified
01-05-2011
Yvonne Lucas, Shell Global Solutions International B.V., explains how new technologies empowered
refineries to manage the sulphur paradox On a global level, ...
Topsoe awarded contract for a coal to SNG plant with Hui Neng in China
13-04-2011
Topsoe has been awarded the contract for the second out of four SNG projects approved by China’s National Development and Reform Commission. The plant ...
Haldor Topsoe awarded the world’s largest coke oven gas to SNG plants in China
07-04-2011
Topsoe has been awarded the contract for the world’s two largest plants for production of Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) from coke oven gas. The contractor ...
Axens and Shaw selected to license next generation FCC technology
06-04-2011
Axens and the Shaw Group Inc. have been selected to license a next-generation catalytic cracking technology that will help refiners maximize the production ...
Grace - Chevron joint venture celebrates tenth anniversary
01-04-2011
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture between W. R. Grace & Co and Chevron Products Company (Chevron), is celebrating ten years of successful ...
DuPont sustainable solutions introduces incident investigation training series
22-03-2011
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released a new four-part training series on incident investigations. Available on DVD and as online courses, the Incident ...
PetroAlgae partners with Haldor Topsoe for renewable fuels based on biomass
22-03-2011
Finalises cooperation agreement with leading global catalyst and technology company to upgrade PetroAlgae’s biomass to renewable fuels PetroAlgae Inc, ...
The FCC alliance celebrates its 50th license in Philippines
21-03-2011
The FCC Alliance announced today its 50th license as Petron Corporation selected this technology for a second grassroots FCC unit to be located at its 180,000 ...
Strategic alliance with Sulzer Chemtech
17-03-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and Sulzer Chemtech Ltd have renewed and extended their strategic alliance agreement, originally concluded in 2000. ...
Hydrotreating unit for refinery in Venezuela
17-03-2011
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and the Danish company Haldor Topsøe have signed a contract for the Centro de Refinación Paraguaná ...
Total Petrochemicals, IFPEN and Axens to co-develop Bio-Ethylene production technology
10-03-2011
Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens announce an alliance with the objective to develop a new optimized technology ...
Enersul LP awarded a contract from Dodsal Engineering and Construction Pte. Ltd
28-02-2011
Enersul LP of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract from Dodsal Engineering and Construction Pte. Ltd. of the United Arab ...
Linde to build a new carbon dioxide plant in Cebu
17-02-2011
Linde Philippines (South) Inc., a member of The Linde Group, announced it would invest PHP 219 million (EUR 3.8 million) to build a new 24 tons per day (tpd) ...
GTC Technology awarded mass transfer equipment contract for Ruwais refinery expansion
03-02-2011
GTC Technology, a global licensor of process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announce a contract to design ...
Spectro partners with SII Nanotechnology to market ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments
01-02-2011
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH has formed a strategic marketing alliance with SII NanoTechnology, Inc. to market SPECTRO’s inductively coupled plasma ...
Linde partners with Pulsair® to deliver total mixing and blending solutions
25-01-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced its partnership with US company, Pulsair® Systems, in Bellevue, Washington state, to enable ...
NPRA Says EPA Decision on E15 Could Hurt Consumers
21-01-2011
Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, issued the following statement in response to the decision by the ...
Sasol and Linde conclude long-term agreement for engineering services
21-01-2011
Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd of South Africa has appointed the Engineering Division of The Lind Group as preferred Licensor’s Engineering Contractors ...
NPRA Praises President Obama’s Action on Regulations
18-01-2011
Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, today issued the following statement: “President Obama’s ...
Linde and Air Products form Anhydrous Hydrogen Chloride joint venture
12-01-2011
Linde Gas North America and Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced they have formed Hydrochlor, a 50-50 joint venture to supply high purity anhydrous ...
Axens to acquire Criterion’s catalytic reforming catalyst business
06-01-2011
Axens North America Inc. announces the signature with Criterion Catalysts & Technology L.P (“Criterion”) and Shell of an Asset Purchase and ...
EPA approval of E15 hurts consumers
05-01-2011
When you fill up your car, truck, boat, snowmobile, motorcycle, or outdoor power equipment with gasoline, you expect the fuel will be safe and reliable. American ...
DuPont
completes acquisition of MECS Wilmington
03-01-2011
DuPont has completed its purchase of MECS from affiliates of American Securities LLC. The previously announced transaction strengthens the DuPont clean ...
NPRA's Drevna in ICIS: Education of New Congress Goal of NPRA
30-12-2010
A top priority for
NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, in the months ahead will be educating new members of Congress about the importance ...
Valero Completes Sale of Paulsboro Refinery
17-12-2010
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of its Paulsboro, N.J. refinery to PBF Holding Company LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary ...
Topsoe will supply tail gas treatment catalysts to BASF
17-12-2010
Haldor Topsoe has entered into an agreement with BASF’s Catalysts division on the marketing of Topsoe’s line of tail gas treatment catalysts ...
Valero Announces Plans for LNG Project, Decision to Restart Aruba Refinery Units
13-12-2010
Valero, Government of Aruba sign a memorandum of understanding to supply the island with liquefied natural gas for power generation. San Nicholas, ...
Topsoe launches new sulphuric acid catalyst
02-11-2010
Topsoe has developed a new sulphuric acid catalyst for operation in converted strong gases. Activity leap The catalyst designated VK-701 LEAP5™ ...
Valero 4Q
& 1Q Turnaround Schedule Update
26-10-2010
Valero has updated its maintenance turnaround schedule. This list includes only major projects that will have a material impact on production, and it ...
Bharat petroleum corporation Ltd selects Axens octanizing technology
26-10-2010
Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Ltd. BPCL has selected Axens to provide the technology licenses for a Naphtha Hydrotreater and a Continuous Catalytic Regeneration ...
Valero To Sell Its Interest In Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline Co. To Genesis Energy
25-10-2010
Valero Energy Corporation today
announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its 50 percent indirect equity interest in the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline ...
Axens delivers optimization software to Aromatics Oman for its ParamaX complex
25-10-2010
Axens (Performance Programs) has delivered to Aromatics Oman LLC (AOL) a
Process Operations Simulator (POS) for its ParamaX complex started up beginning of ...
Ecopetrol successfully started-up the HDT complex project
11-10-2010
Ecopetrol has successfully started-up two new units for the production of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (Prime-D) and Ultra Low Sulfur Gasoline (Prime-G+), as part ...
Haldor Topsøe and Linde supply technology for POSCO’s SNG plant in South Korea
05-10-2010
Topsoe, together with the technology group The Linde Group, announces that they have been selected as technology suppliers for the syngas treatment and methanation ...
Axens acquires the Rio Tinto Alcan's Brockville activated alumina business
01-10-2010
Axens has successfully completed the acquisition of the activated alumina business of Rio Tinto Alcan in Brockville (Ontario, Canada) on October 1, 2010. The ...
SOCAR & Turcas Aegean refinery to implement Axens technology
27-09-2010
SOCAR & Turcas Refining has selected Axens’ hydrotreating technologies for its Aegean Refinery Project at Aliaga province of the Aegean port city ...
Topsoe signs contract for sulphur treatment plant
24-09-2010
Topsoe has signed a contract with the Henan Jinkai Group, China. The contract includes a sulphur management plant, which will play a key role in clean coal ...
Axens & Orbeo team up to combine their services in energy efficiency
15-09-2010
Axens and Orbeo have signed an agreement to form an alliance and offer their clients a single-source solution for improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse ...
ExxonMobil and Badger sign agreement to market new technology to reduce benzene
07-09-2010
Allows for cleaner burning fuel and reduced pollution • Converts benzene into high octane alkylaromatics using light olefins • Avoids octane ...
IOCL selects Axens coker gas oil hydrotreating technology
06-09-2010
IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Ltd) has chosen Axens to supply the technology for its Coker Gas Oil (CGO) Hydrotreating Unit at its Haldia Refinery. With a design ...
Axens Revivoil technology at PDVSA Intevep
30-08-2010
PDVSA Intevep selected Axens’ and Viscolube Revivoil™ for its waste oil re-refining plant to be located in San Juan de los Morros (Guárico ...
Haldor
Topsoe Inc and CoaLogix Inc announce collaboration
24-08-2010
Haldor Topsoe Inc. and CoaLogix Inc. announce collaboration in supplying certified regenerated SCR catalyst to the power industry Haldor Topsoe Inc. ...
Topsoe signs contracts with YPF Argentina
10-08-2010
YPF Argentina and Haldor Topsøe have signed two
contracts for the production of hydrogen and ultra low sulphur diesel at the Lujan de Cuyo Refinery in ...
Axens to acquire the Rio Tinto Alcan's Brockville activated alumina business
04-08-2010
Axens announces that it has signed an Asset Sale Agreement (ASA) with Canada-based Rio Tinto Alcan regarding
the sale by Rio Tinto Alcan of its activated alumina ...
Gazprom, Axens and IFP are developing cooperation in the field of LNG
21-06-2010
Today within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 a meeting between Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head ...
Enersul awarded Hyundai Engineering contract
17-06-2010
Enersul has been awarded a contract from Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. (HEC) to provide its patented GXM3TM sulphur granulation technology for a new gas plant ...
Valero Announces Maintenance at Aruba Refinery in Anticipation of Possible Restart Later this Year
03-06-2010
Officials with the Valero Aruba Refinery announced today that maintenance would soon begin at the refinery with the aim of potentially restarting the refinery ...
PEMEX chooses Axens Prime-D technology
02-06-2010
PEMEX Refinación has selected Axens Prime-D™ technology for the production of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel at its Salina Cruz, Minatitlan and Madero ...
Valero Completes Sale of
Delaware City Assets
01-06-2010
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of the assets of its terminal operation and discontinued operations in Delaware City ...
Dr. Henrik Topsøe receives award
26-05-2010
Dr. Henrik Topsøe has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Distinguished Researcher
Award from The Petroleum Chemistry Division of American Chemical ...
Start-up of hydrogen plant in Argentina
12-05-2010
Topsoe announces the start up of a new hydrogen production unit. The new unit is based on steam methane reforming and supplies hydrogen to Esso Petrolera ...
Topsoe signs contract with Pemex
06-05-2010
Pemex Refinacion and Haldor Topsøe have signed a contract. The contract includes the modernisation of eight existing diesel hydrotreaters and licensing ...
New technology for
production of bio-degradable plastic
05-05-2010
Topsoe has developed a process in cooperation with Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, making it possible to convert carbohydrates from ...
Topsoe involved in Swedish project producing synthetic natural gas from biomass
15-04-2010
Topsoe will participate in the design of the world’s first plant for producing substitute natural gas (SNG) from biomass. The complete process includes ...
Valero Renewables Closes on Purchase of Jefferson Ethanol Plant
02-04-2010
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy
Corporation, announced today that it has closed on its purchase of an ethanol ...
ExxonMobil technology selected by SINOPEC for new Beijing lubricants plant
29-01-2010
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) jointly announced today that
SINOPEC has selected ...
Topsoe signs refining contract with PetroPeru
25-01-2010
Haldor Topsoe has signed a contract supplying technologies for three new plants with oil refiner PetroPeru. The contract includes license and basic engineering ...
Valero 1Q & 2Q Turnaround Schedule Update
21-01-2010
Valero has updated its maintenance turnaround schedule. This list includes only major projects that will have a material impact on production and is subject ...
Axens and Headwaters Incorporated form direct coal liquefaction alliance
21-01-2010
Axens and Headwaters Incorporated have signed an agreement to form a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing ultra-clean fuels ...
Tessenderlo NL Holding, BV and Gulf Technologies form MPR Services Middle East
10-03-2009
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas (MPR) announced today the formation of MPR Services Middle East WLL (MME), a joint venture between Gulf Technologies Holding ...
MPR Services and Jet Oil Solutions Form Environmentally Clean Systems™
19-02-2009
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas and JET Oil Solutions (JET) of Salt Lake City, Utah have formed Environmentally Clean Systems (ECS), a joint venture, serving ...
MPR Services Granted Patent for Improving the Conversion of Oxazolidones to Alkanolamines
28-05-2008
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas, has been granted United States Patent #7,323,600 for a regeneration process for converting oxazolidones such as hydroxypropyloxazolidone ...
Técnicas Reunidas and Repsol will develop technologies for industrial decarbonization
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Repsol and Técnicas Reunidas, the engineering company specialized in the design and execution of projects in the energy sector, have signed an alliance to ...
Enterprise selects Honeywell technology for second PDH plant
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Honeywell announced that Enterprise Products Partners L.P. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology in its second propane dehydrogenation ...
