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Shell makes progress on site work for Pennsylvania petchem complex

HOUSTON – Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC has made progress on site preparations for its new major petrochemicals complex in Pennsylvania, USA. The early works program is in preparation for the start of main site construction in late 2017, with commercial production beginning early next decade.

Alpek to acquire PetroquímicaSuape, Citepe from Petrobras

MONTERREY, Mexico – Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that it obtained all necessary corporate approvals to acquire 100% of PetroquímicaSuape and Citepe from Petrobras for $385 MM. This amount is payable on the closing date for the two companies on a debt-free basis, and is subject to adjustments in working capital, among others.

ExxonMobil in talks to buy Singapore's Jurong Aromatics

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- ExxonMobil said on Wednesday it is in talks to buy a refining-petrochemical complex in Singapore that could boost its fuel and chemical production in Asia.

ChemChina, IPP team to supply turn-key chlor-alkali plants

PRINCETON JUNCTION, New Jersey and BEIJING -- International Process Plants (IPP) and ChemChina's Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Company, Ltd. (BCMC) announce a partnership for IPP to provide new chlorine alkali plants designed and built by BCMC to industries around the world.

CB&I to provide up to 30 technologies to refining, petchem complex in China

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- CB&I announced it has signed a strategic alliance with Jinzhou Port Co., Ltd. (Jingang) to become the master licensor for an integrated refining and petrochemicals project in Jinzhou City, China.

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Udo Bauer has been appointed to the executive board of Hoerbiger Holding AG. Mr. Bauer will represent the compression technology strategic business unit, now comprised of the previous compressor OEM business area and the previous compressor service business area, as the business unit’s CEO.

Business Trends: Standardized modularization—Drivers, challenges and perspectives in the oil and gas industry

RTS Ltd.: Eftimie, C.

Modularization is an alternative way of performing engineering aimed to reduce the number of interfaces, the total installed cost (TIC) and overall schedule length of a project, while optimizing the return on investment (ROI) and allowing standardization for similar future projects.

Viewpoint: Operational excellence—The path to world-class performance

Petrotechnics: Murray, P.

Why is operational excellence (OE) increasingly being recognized as the path to world-class performance?

Editorial Comment: Petrochemical project announcements top $80 B since 2014

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Although new petrochemical project announcements have fallen over the past 3 yr, the global petrochemical sector will continue to see strong growth through the end of the decade.

PBT polyester evaluation on catalyst and secondary reactions

Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem): Shirpurkar, V.

Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) is an important, versatile thermoplastic polyester that has exceptional resistance to both heat and chemicals.