Petrochemicals
EU chemicals output shows monthly, yearly decline
Monthly data for May 2012 showed a 0.7% decline compared with May the year prior, according to figures from trade group Cefic. Industry confidence also deteriorated in May, based mainly on a strong weakening in managers' expectations for the months ahead.
PetroVietnam looks to Japan investors for energy, infrastructure projects
Projects that could be invested in include a liquefied natural gas storage facility, a petrochemical plant, power plants, a seaport and a shipyard, PetroVietnam said after an August conference with 130 Japanese groups.
Invista acquires Europe, Mideast licensing rights to PTA, PET technologies
In 2000, the ownership of intellectual property and licensing rights for the region transferred to a regional joint venture company established by INVISTA’s and La Seda’s predecessors. Until Wednesday, licensing had required collaboration between the two companies.
UOP technology chosen to boost yields at Romania synthetic rubber plant
Energy Bio-Chemicals will use UOP’s KLP process to purify butadiene, a monomer used to produce synthetic rubber, at the company's CAROM Onesti styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) facility. The project is part of a modernization investment program to upgrade butadiene installation and increase production.
CF buys Viterra stake in Canadian fertilizer complex
By gaining full control of the complex, CF says it will have an additional 425,000 tpy of ammonia capacity and 275,000 tons of urea. “This acquisition is a low-risk expansion of our nitrogen supply capability, as we have operated the complex for over 35 years,” said Stephen R. Wilson, CEO of CF.
Fire forces Kuwait's Equate to close ethylene glycol unit for six weeks
Equate, a joint venture mainly owned by Kuwait's state-run Petrochemical Industries Co. and US-based Dow Chemical, said in a statement that the fire-affected unit has a total capacity of 550,000 tpy. “Production operations of other units are unaffected and ongoing,” the statement said.
Apply new guidelines to select compressors for low-temperature service
The writer calls on design and process engineers to take extra precautions when selecting and sizing their reciprocating compressors for low-temperature gas service.
HP Insight: How long is an economic cycle for the HPI?
As summer takes hold in the Northern Hemisphere, demand for energy in various forms increases. In looking back over the past 90 years, energy demand and pricing cycle through high and low points. In 2..
HP Construction: Latin America
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, has a contract from Exmar Group for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of what..
HP Construction: Europe
Haldor Topsøe has selected UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, to provide technology to purify hydrogen from a steam-reforming unit to be installed at the Antipinsky refinery in Tyumen, Russia. Honeywe..
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