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HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels and Aromatics Project, the first major project to be awarded under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project m..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Thai Oil Public Co., Ltd. for the basic design engineering package and engineering, procurement and co..

AkzoNobel to buy German coatings firm Schramm

AkzoNobel has struck a deal to acquire coatings manufacturer Schramm and the coatings activities operated by Schramm's largest shareholder, Korean company SSCP.

KBR, Shell to align on hydroprocessing technology

KBR and Shell have formed a new alliance in which KBR will market, sell and provide technology and design packages with Shell for hydroprocessing solutions worldwide.

NOx control market to hit record level in 2011 – consultants

The market for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems and replacement catalysts will reach a record $7.6 billion in 2011, according to the latest forecast from US-based consultancy McIlvaine Co.

HP Construction: New methanol facility online in China

China Blue Chemical Co. Ltd. and Davy Process Technology (DPT), a Johnson Matthey Co., announced the successful start- up, performance test and plant acceptance of a 2,500-metric ton/day methanol plan..

Momentive completes sale of N America composites, coatings unit to European group

Momentive Specialty Chemicals said Wednesday that it had completed the previously-announced sale of its North American composites and coating resins business to PCCR USA, a subsidiary of European investment group Investindustrial.

Honeywell to begin work on new transportation fuels refinery in Iraq

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, said Wednesday that its technology has been selected for a new transportation fuel refinery to be built in Iraq, with design to begin in the second quarter of 2011.

Shaw renews contract with Albemarle for engineering work at US specialty chemical sites

The Shaw Group said on Wednesday that it renewed a contract with Albemarle to provide maintenance, engineering, construction, reliability, operations and other labor services at Albemarle's specialty chemicals manufacturing locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

Albemarle acquires biodiesel catalyst firm Catilin

US specialty chemicals firm Albemarle has expanded its presence in the biofuels market by acquiring Catilin, a technology leader in the development and application of heterogeneous biodiesel catalysis.