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February 6, 2013
ACC releases report on exports in the chemical sector
American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washgton, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) President and CEO Cal Dooley joined U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Craig Morrison, President and CEO of Momentive Performance Materials Holdings LLC and Chairman of the ACC Board of Directors, and John Paro, Chairman, President and CEO of The HallStar Company, on Capitol Hill today to announce the release of a...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/ACC-releases-report-on-exports-in-the-chemical-sector_10209.html
February 6, 2013
Italian industry-academic collaboration on breakthrough innovation
An official ceremony took place today with Giovanni Azzone, rector of Politecnico di Milano (www.polimi.it), and Fabrizio Di Amato, CEO and chairman of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (www.mairetecnimont.com) for the signature of a framework agreement for a scientific collaboration between Maire Tecnimont Group and Politecnico di Milano University in Breakthrough Innovation, so-called radical innovation. The...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Italian-industry-academic-collaboration-on-breakthrough-innovation_10210.html
February 5, 2013
Teijin Chemicals to establish JV with SK Chemicals
Teijin Chemicals Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp), the core company of the Teijin Group’s resin and plastic processing business, announced an agreement with SK Chemicals, a South Korean chemical producer, on a business collaboration, including the establishment of a joint venture to develop, produce and distribute polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resins and compounds in July. The joint venture (JV)...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Teijin-Chemicals-to-establish-JV-with-SK-Chemicals_10200.html
February 5, 2013
Praxair to acquire NuCO2 for $1.1 billion
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire NuCO2 INC. from Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles, California based private equity firm, for $1.1 billion in cash. The transaction is subject to customary conditions to closing, including regulatory approval, and is expected to close by the end of the first...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Praxair-to-acquire-NuCO2-for-$1-1-billion_10201.html
February 5, 2013
Samsung Engineering awarded Iraq Gazprom Badra GSP contract
Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has officially announced its contract award from Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of Gazprom, one of Russia’s largest oil and gas companies. The $879-million contract covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the gas...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Samsung-Engineering-awarded-Iraq-Gazprom-Badra-GSP-contract_10202.html
February 1, 2013
First shipment of bio-based farnesene is made
The renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.; www.amyris.com) announced today the first commercial shipment from its new plant in Brazil. Amyris's first purpose-built industrial fermentation facility produces Biofene, the company's brand of renewable farnesene. The product...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/First-shipment-of-bio-based-farnesene-is-made_10198.html
February 1, 2013
U.S. specialty chemicals market volume expanded in December, ACC says
The market volume for specialty chemicals in the U.S. rose by 0.7% in December 2012, according to the American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The December expansion follows a 0.5% gain in November and offsets some softness experienced in this area from August through October, ACC noted.   The data indicate that 22 of the 28 specialty-chemical market segments monitored...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/U-S-specialty-chemicals-market-volume-expanded-in-December-ACC-says_10199.html
January 30, 2013
Outotec to provide a renewable energy solution for a bio-ethanol facility in Iowa
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with a major cellulosic ethanol producer on the design and delivery of a renewable energy solution for a bio-ethanol facility in Iowa. The order has been included in Outotec's Q4 2012 order intake and its value will not be disclosed. The customer's...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Outotec-to-provide-a-renewable-energy-solution-for-a-bio-ethanol-facility-in-Iowa_10192.html
January 30, 2013
Shell and Kinder Morgan plan to export LNG from the U.S.
Shell US Gas & Power LLC (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and Southern Liquefaction Company, LLC, a Kinder Morgan company and unit of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P., announced their intent to form a limited liability company to develop a natural gas liquefaction plant in two phases at Southern LNG Company, LLC’s (Southern LNG) existing Elba Island LNG Terminal, near Savannah, Ga...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Shell-and-Kinder-Morgan-plan-to-export-LNG-from-the-U-S-_10193.html
January 30, 2013
UOP technology selected for petrochemical production in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that its UOP Oleflex process technology has been selected by China’s Longgang Chemical Co. (Qingdao Province, China) to produce key ingredients for fuels and synthetic rubber. The C4 Oleflex process will be used to convert refinery-derived isobutane to isobutylene, a valuable petrochemical used in the production of fuels...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/UOP-technology-selected-for-petrochemical-production-in-China_10194.html
January 30, 2013
Fluor to provide engineering services for PDH project in Canada
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a contract by Williams to provide preliminary engineering services for a proposed propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project near Redwater, Alberta...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Fluor-to-provide-engineering-services-for-PDH-project-in-Canada_10195.html
January 30, 2013
Uhde wins another fertilizer contract in Turkey
Bandirma Gübre Fabrikaları A.Ş. (BAGFAS; Bandirma, Turkey) has awarded ThyssenKrupp Uhde (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-uhde.de) a contract to supply a plant for the production of calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) fertilizer in 2012. The new plant will be integrated into the existing...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Uhde-wins-another-fertilizer-contract-in-Turkey_10196.html
January 30, 2013
Jacobs receives contract for boron expansion project
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says it was awarded a contract from Rio Tinto Minerals (RTM) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Jacobs-receives-contract-for-boron-expansion-project_10197.html
January 29, 2013
Technip awarded contracts for ethylene plant expansion in Kentucky
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded engineering and procurement contracts by Westlake Chemical Corp. for the expansion and modernization of the ethylene cracking furnaces and the recovery section of Westlake’s...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Technip-awarded-contracts-for-ethylene-plant-expansion-in-Kentucky_10189.html
January 29, 2013
Partnership to produce guayule-based biorubber established
Versalis, a global leader in elastomers and a subsidiary of Eni s.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.eni.com), and Yulex Corp. (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.yulex.com) an agricultural-based biomaterials company, announced today they are forming a strategic partnership to manufacture guayule-based biorubber materials and will launch an industrial production complex in Southern Europe. The partnership will cover the entire...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Partnership-to-produce-guayule-based-biorubber-established_10190.html
January 29, 2013
Bechtel completes construction of chemical weapons demilitarization facility
Bechtel (Houston; www.bechtel.com) announced today the Bechtel Pueblo Team (BPT) has completed construction of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP). The facility will eventually destroy 2,611 tons of mustard agent-filled munitions currently being stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado. “Construction completion marks the first step towards creating a safer...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Bechtel-completes-construction-of-chemical-weapons-demilitarization-facility_10191.html
January 28, 2013
Lanxess to build new pigment plant in China
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com)  is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments in China. A new high-tech facility for premium iron-oxide red pigments is being constructed at the Ningbo Chemical Park on the Chinese East Coast. The plant, with highly modern environmental standards, will initially have an annual capacity of 25,000 metric tons (m.t.). The investment...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Lanxess-to-build-new-pigment-plant-in-China_10185.html
January 28, 2013
Air Products’ Phase One Carbon Capture Project onstream in Texas
Described by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) as a milestone in DOE’s Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) program, Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced today that Phase One of its two-stage carbon-capture project in Port Arthur, Texas is onstream. Ultimately, the project will capture approximately 1-million ton/yr of carbon dioxide...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Air-Products-Phase-One-Carbon-Capture-Project-onstream-in-Texas_10187.html
January 28, 2013
Bechtel acquires Chevron’s WWT Process
Bechtel (Houston; www.bechtel.com) has purchased Chevron’s Waste Water Treatment (WWT) Process, a technology that improves the efficiency of petroleum refineries. The WWT Process is a proprietary, two-stage sour-water-stripping process that separates ammonia and hydrogen sulfide streams from sour waters generated by a refinery’s process units. The technology also allows debottlenecking of...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Bechtel-acquires-Chevrons-WWT-Process_10188.html
January 26, 2013
Messer produces pure CO2 from waste gas in China
The largest privately managed industrial gas specialist, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.de) and Sichuan Meifeng, a Chinese chemicals company, have signed a joint-venture (JV) agreement to found Sichuan Meifeng Messer Gas Products. The JV will invest some €7.24 million in producing around 100,000 ton/yr of liquid carbon dioxide from industrial CO2...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Messer-produces-pure-CO2-from-waste-gas-in-China_10184.html
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