Americas
Huntsman begins Louisiana MDI expansion work
Huntsman has commenced preliminary engineering to expand production of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) by investment in a new MDI plant at its site in Geismar, Louisiana.
GE unveils membrane wastewater treatment to generate renewables
GE introduced new membrane-based wastewater treatment technology, combining anaerobic digestion technology with its ZeeWeed 500 membranes to create anaerobic membrane bioreactor.
GE Oil & Gas to open new Florida plant for control valves, regulators
The new facility will manufacture GE’s Mooney regulators and Becker control valves for the energy industry, among other oil and gas industry products. It is expected to open in November 2014.
Fluor wins Canadian oil sands work for $1.3 billion
The project will be developed as an open-pit truck and shovel mine, and is planned to yield 180,000 barrels of bitumen per day at full production; first oil is expected as early as Q4 2017.
Formosa to use ThyssenKrupp reforming process on new Texas PDH unit
The contract awarded to ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions includes licensing, basic engineering, detail engineering for the key equipment, delivery of the catalyst and technical support during the project.
Wyoming Refining licenses Technip, ExxonMobil technology on new unit
The unit converts benzene contained in the gasoline pool into high-octane blendstock by reacting the benzene with propylene. The award includes technology license, process design, and start-up services.
ABB joins UN network to boost energy efficiency
ABB is expected to provide expertise on energy efficient motors and transformers to help governments devise policies that accelerate energy savings.
Linde to provide more hydrogen for Husky refinery modernization in Ohio
LRC, a subsidiary of Husky Energy, is implementing a modernization project that willstrengthen the refinery and enable processing of a diverse set of crude oils to produce a range of products.
Sulzer buys Advanced Separation Co., ProLabNL
These acquisitions expand the offering of the division Sulzer Chemtech for gas-liquid and liquid-liquid separation technologies and position it as a major player in the market.
Foster Wheeler to work with ZeoGas on US Gulf gas-to-gasoline plant
Foster Wheeler will support ZeoGas’ final site selection and project planning towards the development of ZeoGas’ first fuels manufacturing plant, to be located on the US Gulf Coast.
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