Americas
Solvay and Rhodia are joining together
Solvay and Rhodia have a framework agreement allowing Solvay to launch a friendly cash offer for 100% of the share capital of Rhodia. The cash offer at €31.60 per share values the equity of Rhodia at €3.4 billion and the enterprise value at €6.6 billion, representing a REBITDA multiple of 7.3x
Shaw and Axens will license “next gen” FCC technology
The Shaw Group and Axens have been selected to license a next-generation catalytic cracking technology that will help refiners maximize the production of propylene and other high-value refinery products
URS to provide services to BP’s Whiting refinery
URS Corp. today announced that it has been awarded a contract by BP Products North America Inc. to provide construction maintenance services, including electrical, mechanical, piping, instrumentation and civil works to the Whiting refinery in Whiting, Indiana.
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Better control-loop management lowers energy costs
This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software
Improve evaluations for your industrial gas needs
Petrochemical and refining complexes are significant consumers of industrial gases; here are some tips in planning process-gas needs
Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production
New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate
Investigation: Failure of a surface condenser titanium tube
Advanced analytic methods determine contributing factors in heat exchanger corrosion problem
How to properly apply a plant asset management strategy
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