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April 18, 2013
Graphene stakeholders association formed
A new non-profit organization was launched this month to promote the responsible development and commercialization of graphene and graphene-enabled products. The Graphene Stakeholders Association (GSA; Buffalo, N.Y.; www.graphenestakeholders.org) is a 501(c)6 enterprise headquartered in Buffalo, NY. The GSA's founders include Keith Blakely, a 35 year veteran of the advanced materials and nanotechnology...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Graphene-stakeholders-association-formed_10435.html
April 18, 2013
Air Products signs MOU with Gazprom for Russian helium project
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Russia-based Gazprom Export LLC (www.gazpromexport.com) that confirms Air Products’ long-term plans to purchase helium from Gazprom. Gazprom intends to start development of its major natural gas resources in Eastern Siberia and plans to implement large-scale helium production from...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Air-Products-signs-MOU-with-Gazprom-for-Russian-helium-project_10436.html
April 18, 2013
UOP wins fourth license for MTO technology in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. has licensed Honeywell’s UOP advanced methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process to convert methanol from gasified coal into key plastics building blocks. It is the fourth licensing win for Honeywell’s UOP advanced MTO process technology. The technology allows petrochemical...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/UOP-wins-fourth-license-for-MTO-technology-in-China_10437.html
April 17, 2013
Praxair starts up first ASU in Bahrain
Praxair Bahrain, the Middle East-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has announced the start-up of its first air separation unit (ASU) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. As part of the long-term contract, Praxair will supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to United Steel Company (SULB) B.S.C. to support the company’s ongoing expansion efforts. Praxair’s plant has the...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Praxair-starts-up-first-ASU-in-Bahrain_10431.html
April 17, 2013
Parsons awarded SAWS brackish-water desalination program
Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) and a joint-venture (JV) partner, has been selected by the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to serve as the construction manager at-risk (CMAR) for its critical brackish-groundwater desalination program. This $86-million CMAR contract includes preconstruction phase collaboration with the...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Parsons-awarded-SAWS-brackish-water-desalination-program_10432.html
April 17, 2013
KBR to provide integrated technology, EPC services for grassroots ammonia plant
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Incitec Pivot Ltd.’s U.S. business, Dyno Nobel, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, as well as technology...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/KBR-to-provide-integrated-technology-EPC-services-for-grassroots-ammonia-plant_10433.html
April 16, 2013
Lanxess starts leather-chemicals plant in China
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has started up — on schedule — a leather-chemicals plant in Changzhou Yangtze Riverside Industrial Park. With a capacity of up to 50,000 metric tons (m.t.) per year, the plant is the largest of its kind in China and will strengthen Lanxess’ position as a sustainable leather chemicals provider in the local market. Lanxess has invested...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Lanxess-starts-leather-chemicals-plant-in-China_10427.html
April 16, 2013
Solvay plans to build large-scale alkoxylation facility in Singapore
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay) says that it will build a large-scale alkoxylation facility in Singapore which is expected to start operations by 2015 and will serve the fast-growing Asian market in home & personal care, coatings, industrial, agrochemicals and oil & gas. The facility will be connected to Shell's new high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) unit located in the world-class...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Solvay-plans-to-build-large-scale-alkoxylation-facility-in-Singapore_10428.html
April 16, 2013
Jacobs receives contract from BASF for Antwerp site
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a frame agreement from BASF Antwerp N.V., part of BASF SE (Ludwiigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) to provide engineering services at BASF’s...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Jacobs-receives-contract-from-BASF-for-Antwerp-site_10429.html
April 16, 2013
Black & Veatch launches new Prico E-Pack natural-gas liquefaction plant
Black & Veatch (Houston; www.bv.com) announced today the availability of its standardized liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant, Prico E-Pack. Based on Black & Veatch's successful PRICO LNG technology, the Prico E-Pack plant solution allows companies in the transportation, power generation and other sectors to realize the benefits of switching to LNG fuel. Prico E-Pack will be available for...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Black-and-Veatch-launches-new-Prico-E-Pack-natural-gas-liquefaction-plant_10430.html
April 15, 2013
Chemical prices continue rise, CLI points to growth, ACC report says
Prices for chemicals rose overall 0.5% in March, following a 0.6% gain in February and a 0.9% gain in January, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Washington, D.C.; www.bls.gov) that were discussed in the most recent Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com).   Excluding pharmaceutical prices...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Chemical-prices-continue-rise-CLI-points-to-growth-ACC-report-says_10423.html
April 15, 2013
Air Products’ LNG technology selected for Petronas in Malaysia
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has received an LNG heat exchanger order from Petronas for a major LNG project in Malaysia. Air Products’ SplitMR liquefaction process and technology was selected and will be supplied to the Petronas LNG Train 9 Project. This project will produce 3.6-million ton/yr of LNG and is an expansion of the existing Petronas LNG Complex in Bintulu...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Air-Products-LNG-technology-selected-for-Petronas-in-Malaysia_10424.html
April 15, 2013
Technip awarded contract for a sulfur-recovery-unit modification in Bahrain
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by the Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. – BAPCO, a lump-sum contract for the engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), pre-commissioning as well as commissioning and start-up assistance for the modification project of the #3 sulfur...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Technip-awarded-contract-for-a-sulfur-recovery-unit-modification-in-Bahrain_10425.html
April 15, 2013
Nevada deploys first U.S. commercial, grid-connected enhanced geothermal system
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department (Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) today recognized the nation’s first commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project to supply electricity to the grid. Based in Churchill County, Nevada, Ormat Technologies’ Desert Peak 2 EGS project has increased power output of its nearby operating...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Nevada-deploys-first-U-S-commercial-grid-connected-enhanced-geothermal-system_10426.html
April 13, 2013
KeyGene and Kultevat to develop commercial rubber production from Russian dandelion
The biotech companies Kultevat (Carlsbad, Calif.; www.kultevat.com) and KeyGene (Wageningen, the Netherlands; www.keygene.com) have entered into collaboration for production of rubber based on the Russian dandelion. This plant has demonstrated potential as a domesticated crop for the U.S. and Europe; the origin of the species is the southeastern part of Kazachstan. Kultevat and KeyGene will invest in the...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/KeyGene-and-Kultevat-to-develop-commercial-rubber-production-from-Russian-dandelion_10422.html
April 12, 2013
Veolia Environnement and Total inaugurate Osilub recycling plant in Normandy
Veolia Environnement (www.veolia.com) and Total (both Paris, France; www.total.com) today inaugurated the Osilub plant at the Gonfreville l’Orcher site in Normandy, France. Completed after 20 months of construction work, the new plant expands engine-oil-treatment capacity in France and, more broadly, northwestern Europe, to regenerate used oil as high-end engine oils. “Developing innovative...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Veolia-Environnement-and-Total-inaugurate-Osilub-recycling-plant-in-Normandy_10420.html
April 12, 2013
Solvay plans to build a specialty surfactant plant in Germany
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Bedlgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that it will build a specialty surfactant plant at an industrial park in Genthin, Germany, close to Berlin. The unit will develop and produce surfactant solutions for Solvay's home & personal care and industrial customers serving Central and Eastern Europe. "This investment advances the successful execution of our...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Solvay-plans-to-build-a-specialty-surfactant-plant-in-Germany_10421.html
April 11, 2013
Outotec to deliver technology for an iron-ore pelletizing plant in China
Outotec Oy (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Baotou Steel International Economic & Trading Co. on the design and delivery of an indurating furnace for a new iron-ore pelletizing plant to be built in China. The contract price is not disclosed, but deliveries with similar scope are typically worth approximately €30 million. The order has been booked in Outotec's first quarter 2013...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Outotec-to-deliver-technology-for-an-iron-ore-pelletizing-plant-in-China_10416.html
April 11, 2013
Intergraph launches SmartPlant Cloud
Intergraph (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraoph.com) announces the launch of SmartPlant Cloud, the company’s Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, a dynamic cloud-computing environment to support the entire SmartPlant Enterprise portfolio. SmartPlant Cloud removes the need for customer hardware and infrastructure and allows users to access SmartPlant Enterprise applications, project and plant...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Intergraph-launches-SmartPlant-Cloud_10417.html
April 11, 2013
Wison and Black & Veatch to jointly pursue offshore LNG projects
Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Shanghai, China), a subsidiary of the Wison Group (www.wison.com), announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) to jointly pursue barge-based natural gas liquefaction facility projects on an exclusive basis. Under the agreement, Wison will hold responsibility for barge design and engineering, and...
http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/Wison-and-Black-and-Veatch-to-jointly-pursue-offshore-LNG-projects_10418.html
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