http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:32:37 EDT Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France www.axens.net) has been awarded a design package for the new, 400,000 bbl/d, world class, full-conversion refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The refining and petrochemical complex is scheduled to start-up in 2012. Among the units that are being designed by Axens and its Alliance... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/saudi_arabia/3915.html Tue, 3 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Total (Paris, France; www.total.com) have both confirmed their decision to invest in a 400,000 bbl/d world-class, full-conversion refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The refinery will process Arabian Heavy crude to... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/saudi_arabia/3895.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partner GS Engineering & Construction (GS), Korea, announced today that they received Award Notification by Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) to provide engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and commissioning services for the NRP Project... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/kuwait/3896.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Qatar Petroleum (www.QP.com) has awarded Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) basic engineering design contracts for the new 250,000 bbl/d Al Shaheen petroleum refinery to be built in the Messaieed Industial City in Qatar. Axens will supply the following process technologies* for the refinery... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/qatar/3835.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The opening of a subsidiary in Istanbul last month signifies a continuation of Beckhoff Automation's (Verl, Germany; www.beckhoff.com) export offensive. After several years of successful presence in the Turkish market through a distributor, Beckhoff intends to strengthen its sales activities in Turkey... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/3837.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lummus Technology (The Woodlands, Tex.), a CB&I company (www.cbi.com), has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $140 million... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/3759.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT The International Petroleum Investment Company (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E) and Borealis AG (www.borealisgroup.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding along with Abu Dhabi Investment Council to prepare jointly for the first phase of the development of... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/saudi_arabia/3755.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT Despite challenges created by a building frenzy in the Middle East and Asia, E&C firms continue to deliver new chemical facilities around the world Anyone with an ear to the door of the chemical process industries (CPI) knows that the rising cost of raw materials is forcing processors to chase the cheap... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/3716.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT Synfuels International, Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; edlinks.che.com/7370-561) plans to commercialize its patented gas-to-liquids (GTL) process in Kuwait through a newly formed partnership with Kuwait’s Aref Energy Holding (edlinks.che.com/7370-562). In contrast with Fischer-Tropsch technology, the process... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/kuwait/3735.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT  Siemens has received a 5.5 million euros award to provide a wastewater-treatment system and associated piping, instrumentation and engineering to the Inegol Industrial Zone in Inegol, Turkey.  The system will... http://www.che.com/regions/middle_east/3655.html Wed, 6 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST