Americas
BASF buys CRI/Criterion’s global styrene catalysts business
BASF has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the styrene catalysts business of CRI/Criterion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell based in Houston, Texas. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed.
CSB applauds NFPA’s new committee on standards for gas processing safety
The chairman of the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) applauded the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for its recent decision to establish a new technical committee to develop a comprehensive standard for gas processing safety, including the cleaning of fuel gas piping systems.
Tronox to resolve environmental liabilities with US government
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Justice Department and the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Tronox Inc. has agreed to resolve its environmental liabilities for $270 million and 88% of Tronox’s interest in a pending litigation.
ONEOK Partners honored by US EPA
ONEOK Partners has been named the "Natural Gas STAR Program's Gathering and Processing Partner of the Year" by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its significant efforts to reduce greenhouse gases through voluntary implementation of methane emission reduction technologies and practices.
Statoil recruits PTTEP for its Alberta oil sands project
Statoil has agreed to sell a 40% interest in its oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, to PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) of Thailand.
Full speed ahead with Praxair’s new Indiana hydrogen facility
Praxair, Inc. has begun supplying BP’s refinery complex in Whiting, Indiana, with hydrogen from its new hydrogen facility. The two steam methane reformers have a total capacity of 200 million standard cubic feet per day.
Eni starts major heavy oil project in Venezuela
Eni and PDVSA are working on two projects: PetroJunín, dedicated to the development of the Junín 5 Block, located in the Orinoco Oil Belt some 550 kilometers south east of Caracas, and PetroBicentenario, dedicated to the construction and operation of a refinery in the area of the existing industrial coastal complex of Jose.
Enterprise purchases isobutylene facility
Enterprise Products Partners has acquired out of bankruptcy a Houston Ship Channel facility previously owned by Bigler LP that produces high-purity isobutylene (HPIB) and provides terminal services for refined products and petrochemicals.
Revamped process gas compressors delivered to Petrobras refinery
Petrobras selected Burckhardt Compression (Brasil) Ltda. to revamp their existing process gas compressors that are operated in the Petrobras Recap refinery in Capuava, Brazil.
ITT picks up OI and enhances its global analytical instrumentation business
ITT Corp. has completed its previously announced acquisition of OI Corp. for approximately $29 million. OI is a provider of innovative instrumentation for laboratory and environmental testing in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, power and industrial markets.
- Vioneo awards Lummus polypropylene contract for world's first industrial scale fossil-free plastics from green methanol facility 8/19
- Research: Developing an energy-saving, carbon-capturing method for making ethylene glycol 8/19
- Emerson announced the release of its new Rosemount 3144S temperature transmitter 8/19
- Chinese refiners sweep up Russian oil after Indian demand falls 8/19
- Indonesia plans quick-to-build oil refineries for U.S. crude 8/19
- Russia's ultra low-sulfur diesel exports from Primorsk scheduled to rise in August 8/19
