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Beyond processbook & PI vision: Exploring today’s industrial analytics tools
04-06-2024
(Webinar) - In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, industrial organizations have more data at their fingertips than ever, offering the promise of higher production rates, ...
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The Progress of SAF solutions for the Decarbonisation of aviation
22-05-2024
(Webinar) - As the world increasingly commits to steeper decarbonization targets, the aviation industry is determined to develop sustainable solutions to produce ...
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Transforming reactor operations: A hydrodynamics and foulant oriented approach for success by design
17-05-2024
(Webinar) - In this presentation, Crystaphase will share examples of refiner experiences that illustrate a proven next-level approach to fixed-bed reactor optimization ...
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NEXTCHEM completes the acquisition of GasConTec
15-05-2024
Further to the announcement made on 4 March 2024, MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM has finalized the acquisition of 100% of GasConTec GmbH, an innovative company ...
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MOL inaugurates its polyol complex in Tiszaújváros
15-05-2024
MOL's EUR 1.3 billion polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, boasting a capacity of around 200,000 tonnes of polyol per year, has been inaugurated. The ceremony, ...
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KBR awarded digital solutions contract by OCI
13-05-2024
KBR announced today it has been awarded a contract by OCI Global to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI's 3,000 metric ...
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Worley awarded Bayou Bend CCS carbon capture and storage facility contract
13-05-2024
We’ve been selected to design and evaluate CO2 gathering, handling and sequestration facilities located along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. Bayou ...
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NEXTCHEM partners up with Johnson Matthey to jointly license Waste-to-Methanol solution
13-05-2024
NEXTCHEM S.p.A, through MyRechemical, a leader in waste-to-chemicals, with its proprietary waste-to-syngas technology and its proprietary Circular Methanol™ ...
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Shell to sell interest in Singapore Energy and Chemicals Park to CAPGC
08-05-2024
Shell Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has reached an agreement to sell its Energy and Chemicals Park in Singapore to CAPGC Pte. Ltd., a joint ...
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Integrated Global Services recognized for role in mega turnaround
08-05-2024
Integrated Global Services has been recognized as a major contributor to the successful Ras Tanura Refinery 2024 Mega Turnaround and Inspection for Saudi Arabian ...
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BASF invests in capacity expansion of Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors
07-05-2024
BASF plans to expand the global production capacity of its Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors at its site in Tarragona, Spain. This investment will enable ...
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TotalEnergies and Sinopec strengthen cooperation
07-05-2024
On the occasion of the state visit to France by the President of the People's Republic of China, TotalEnergies, represented by Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and ...
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IPP enters agreement to market ammonia, methanol and melamine plants in Ludwigshafen
06-05-2024
BASF and International Process Plants (IPP), a global leader in the acquisition and sale of process plants and equipment, have entered an agreement to market ...
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Cherry Point refinery turns feedstock into renewable diesel fuel
06-05-2024
In many ways, the world is clamoring for more low-carbon energy. That’s why bp is aiming to boost biofuel production to nearly 50,000 barrels per day globally, ...
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NextChem acquire HyDEP and Dragoni Group
30-04-2024
Maire Tecnimont Spa announced Tuesday that NextChem, through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, has finalized the acquisition of 80 percent of HyDEP Srl and 100 ...
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Merichem Technologies acquires Chemical Products Industries
24-04-2024
Merichem Technologies, a portfolio company of Black Bay Energy Capital, announced today the closing of its acquisition of Chemical Products Industries, a provider ...
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Sasol provides state of the art catalysts to INERATEC for the production of sustainable e-fuels
24-04-2024
The catalysts will be used, among others, in the first large-scale industrial Power-to-Liquid (PtL) plant that INERATEC is currently building in Frankfurt, ...
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Honeywell Technology helping to produce SAF with lower cost and waste
24-04-2024
Honeywell today announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass, helping to make sustainable aviation ...
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Worn out: How ignoring valve wear could cost you
24-04-2024
Find out how the Neles™ WearBlock solution can give valves in wear-intensive oil & gas applications increased durability, reliability and cost efficiency ...
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Lummus Expands R&D capabilities to enhance innovation and water and wastewater technologies
17-04-2024
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the opening of its cutting-edge research and development ...
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Heraeus Precious Metals launches Circlear
16-04-2024
Heraeus Precious Metals, a globally leading company in the precious metals industry and one of the largest recyclers of precious metals, has introduced its ...
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Yokogawa and GridBeyond conclude investment and strategic partnership agreements
16-04-2024
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and energy IT solutions provider GridBeyond of Ireland announce that they have concluded a strategic partnership agreement. Furthermore, ...
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Radix partners with Cleopatra Enterprise to enhance project controls and turnaround management
16-04-2024
Radix, a global technology solutions company, announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Cleopatra Enterprise, a leading project cost management ...
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Lummus and Braskem partner on electrified cracking heater
16-04-2024
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Braskem, the largest bio-based polymer producer in the world, ...
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Hexagon and Dragos unveil technical partnership to strengthen industrial cybersecurity
16-04-2024
Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division today announced a strategic partnership with Dragos, a global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology ...
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EMA and JERA to cooperate on LNG procurement and supply chains
16-04-2024
The Energy Market Authority and JERA Co Inc, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on mutually beneficial areas in liquefied natural gas procurement ...
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Rhône Energies in talks to buy Fos-sur-Mer refinery
14-04-2024
Rhône Energies, a consortium of Entara LLC and Trafigura Pte Ltd, has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Fos-sur-Mer refinery and the Toulouse ...
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Black & Veatch to proceed for FLNG project in Canada
11-04-2024
Black & Veatch’s proven PRICO® liquefaction technology solidifies preferred status in the FLNG market. Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure ...
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Kent plays integral role in Fawley petrochemical complex
11-04-2024
Kent, a leading global engineering and project management company, is proud to announce its significant involvement in ExxonMobil's £800m investment in its ...
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Tube Tech wins international safety award
11-04-2024
IGS Tube Tech has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces healthy ...
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Cenovus Energy to invest in Toledo and Lima refineries
11-04-2024
Canada's Cenovus Energy said it will spend more than $1.5 billion on its 160,000 b/d Toledo and 185,000 b/d Lima refineries in Ohio over the next five years ...
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Borealis invests in Porvoo steam cracker
09-04-2024
Borealis announces a EUR 4.5 million investment in the cracker furnaces of its olefins unit in Porvoo, Finland. This investment ensures that the Porvoo steam ...
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TotalEnergies expands its partnership with SONATRACH
08-04-2024
TotalEnergies and SONATRACH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of concluding a hydrocarbon contract in the north-east Timimoun region, under ...
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More than a classic level measurement system
05-04-2024
The LB 476 Level+ system adds that little extra to radiometric level measurements, which makes it the perfect system for challenging processes. Compared to ...
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Level on distillation tower bottoms
05-04-2024
Precise measurement with extreme process conditions. The level measurement in the bottom of any distillation column is a critical measurement task in refineries. ...
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Chevron invests in ION clean energy
04-04-2024
Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., announced a lead investment in ION Clean Energy, a Boulder-based technology company that provides post-combustion ...
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NextChem to combine with Vallourec to offer an integrated solution for Power-to-X projects
04-04-2024
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, and Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions for the energy markets, agreed ...
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Enterprise to build natural gas processing plant in the Delaware basin
03-04-2024
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced plans to further expand its natural gas processing capabilities in the Permian Basin with construction of ...
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Repsol to begin large scale production of renewable fuels in Cartagena
03-04-2024
Repsol marks a milestone in the decarbonization of transport in the Iberian Peninsula with the start of large-scale production of renewable fuels at its industrial ...
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Phillips 66 announces milestone in production of renewable diesel
03-04-2024
Phillips 66 today announced a major milestone in its conversion of the San Francisco refinery into the Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex, expanding commercial ...
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Valmet has completed the acquisition of the Process Gas Chromatography business from Siemens
02-04-2024
Valmet has completed the acquisition of the Process Gas Chromatography & Integration business from Siemens AG. The closing of the transaction follows the ...
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Haldia Petchem planning oil-to-chemical project in south India
02-04-2024
The Chatterjee Group is in talks with local and global companies to partner with its majority-owned petrochemical firm Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd to build a ...
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Major turnaround at Neste refinery in Porvoo about to begin
02-04-2024
Neste secures safe and undisrupted operations at its refineries with regularly scheduled maintenance shutdowns, i.e. major turnarounds. At Neste’s refinery ...
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INEOS completes the acquisition of TotalEnergies petrochemical assets at Lavera
01-04-2024
INEOS has today completed the acquisition of TotalEnergies’ 50% share of Naphtachimie (720 ktpa steam cracker), Appryl (300 ktpa polypropylene business), ...
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Neles™ 6D ball valves - Developed to deliver performance
28-03-2024
The journey of the Neles 6D ball valve to meet latest 25th edition of API 6D took a little more than two years from drawing to reality. It is one more triumph ...
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SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals selects multiple Lummus technologies and services
28-03-2024
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced that SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s grassroots ...
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SLB acquires majority ownership in Aker Carbon Capture
27-03-2024
Bringing together complementary technology portfolios, leading process design expertise and an established project delivery platform, the combination will leverage ...
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SIAD Americas LLC established by SIAD Macchine Impianti S.p.A.
26-03-2024
SIAD Macchine Impianti S.p.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of SIAD S.p.A., has announced the formation of SIAD Americas LLC. Headquartered in The Woodlands north ...
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26-03-2024
As the world observes the United Nations World Water Day on 22 March 2024, Ecolab is proactively addressing the global water crisis to advance sustainable solutions. ...
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TotalEnergies and SINOPEC to produce sustainable jet fuel
26-03-2024
TotalEnergies and China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation have signed a Heads of Agreement to jointly develop a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production ...
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Koch Modular to expand state-of-the-art pilot plant in Houston
26-03-2024
Koch Modular Process Systems, a market-leading provider of engineered and fabricated modular mass transfer systems for the chemical processing industry, announces ...
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SABIC and Pashupati group to target recycling opportunities in India
25-03-2024
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pashupati Group, a leading Indian recycler of plastic waste ...
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Karen McKee named 2024 petrochemical heritage award recipient
24-03-2024
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is pleased to announce ExxonMobil’s Karen McKee, president of ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company, ...
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ABB and Cap Clean Energy collaborate to help SAF production take off
21-03-2024
ABB has signed an agreement with Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production sites in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, ...
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Yokogawa launches OpreX robot management core
21-03-2024
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the development and release of OpreXTM Robot Management Core, a software application in the OpreX Asset Management and ...
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Samsung Engineering rebrands name to SAMSUNG E&A
21-03-2024
Samsung Engineering, a world leading engineering solutions and project management company, announced today, that it will officially changes its name to 'SAMSUNG ...
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ADM names Integrated Global Services as a 2023 supplier award winner
20-03-2024
Integrated Global Services Inc, has been named a 2023 Supplier Award winner by ADM, a global leader in sustainability sourced solutions from nature. ADM honored ...
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Optimising the efficiency of shutdowns and turnarounds to improve processes
20-03-2024
(Webinar) - Tracerco’s diagnostic techniques provide you with the invaluable insights you need to reduce your turnaround times and costs by identifying operational ...
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Striking the right balance between reliability and innovation
18-03-2024
Typically, one of the first questions we get asked relates to reliability. In our industry, just like in the fields where our customers operate, reliability ...
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Sasol and Topsoe launch Zaffra JV
14-03-2024
Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, and Topsoe, leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, announced the successful launch of their joint ...
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Decarbonizing process heat with industrial heat pumps and steam compressors
14-03-2024
Industrial energy consumption accounts for about 25% of energy demand and CO2 emissions worldwide, with process heat being the most common application. Hydrocarbon ...
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ADNOC technical academy opens new campus
11-03-2024
ADNOC Technical Academy has inaugurated its new campus in Al Dhannah city. The new campus reinforces ADNOC’s commitment to developing and upskilling UAE National ...
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U.S. patent office to issue another patent to Sulfex™ Desulfurization Technology
11-03-2024
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp, has just been notified of the imminent issuance by the U.S. Patent Office of yet another patent directed ...
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Ketjen’s new ZSM-5 investment will support its FCC customers into the future
08-03-2024
Across the globe, regulations to decrease fossil fuel use and greenhouse emissions through efficiency standards, emissions targets, carbon taxes and cap-and-trade ...
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Koch Modular advances clean technology through additional pilot study with ReGen III
06-03-2024
Koch Modular Process Systems, a market-leading provider of engineered and fabricated modular mass transfer systems for the chemical processing industry, announces ...
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bp awards Kent a five-year global commissioning framework agreement
04-03-2024
Kent, a global integrated energy services company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a five-year global commissioning framework agreement by bp. Under ...
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IHI and ACME signed pact to supply green ammonia from India to Japan
01-03-2024
ACME Group, a leading renewable energy company in India, and IHI Corporation, a Japanese integrated heavy industry group, today signed an offtake term sheet ...
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MOL and Idemitsu Kosan to launch demonstration test of recycling used plastics generated aboard VLCC
29-02-2024
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd, and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd, announced the joint start of a demonstration test on the recycling of used plastic waste generated aboard ...
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NETL discovers breakthrough scaling approach for circulating fluidized bed technology
27-02-2024
NETL researchers have developed a new scaling methodology for measuring and understanding the performance of key elements used in circulating fluidized bed ...
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NextChem awarded a licensing and equipment supply contract for new urea melt and granulation plant
26-02-2024
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM, through its nitrogen technology licensor Stamicarbon, has been awarded a licensing and equipment supply contract for a state-of-the-art ...
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Proven decarbonisation pathway for sustainable biofuels and chemicals production from waste Webinar
22-02-2024
The flexibility to make use of varying waste streams as feedstocks to replace primary fossil resources is a common goal in operations today. You may be looking ...
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Approtium selects Topsoe ammonia technology to boost hydrogen production in South Korea
20-02-2024
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has signed an engineering agreement with Approtium, a leading South Korean industrial supplier ...
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QatarEnergy and CPChem celebrate construction start for Ras Laffan petrochemicals project
19-02-2024
QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical today celebrated the commencement of construction of a $6 billion integrated polymers complex in Ras Laffan Industrial ...
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Regional hydrogen hubs to kickstart Australia’s hydrogen industry
19-02-2024
The Australian Hydrogen Council today congratulates the Australian Government on the announcement of a $140 million agreement with the Western Australian Government ...
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Successful startup of Axens hydrocracking units at Shenghong’s integrated refinery
15-02-2024
Axens’ designed 3.2 MMTPA ebullated-bed residue hydrocracking (H-Oil®) unit and 3.5 MMTPA distillates hydrocracking (HyKTM) unit and Naphtha Hydrotreating ...
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ADNOC and bp to form gas joint venture
15-02-2024
ADNOC and bp today announce that they have agreed to form a new joint venture (JV) in Egypt. The JV will combine the pair’s deep technical capabilities and ...
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No problems with interference radiation
14-02-2024
Reliable measurement solutions for petrochemical industries are not a matter of course. The prevailing conditions are anything but ideal and thus pose great ...
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Measurement solution for the most challenging processes
14-02-2024
Berthold Technologies radiometric instruments for non-invasive level and density measurement are used in industries worldwide, including the oil refining and ...
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No problems with interference radiatio
14-02-2024
Reliable measurement solutions for petrochemical industries are not a matter of course. The prevailing conditions are anything but ideal and thus pose great ...
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Verde Clean Fuels and Cottonmouth Ventures agreement for proposed Natural Gas-to-Gasoline facility
13-02-2024
Verde Clean Fuels Inc, and Cottonmouth Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, today announced that the parties have executed a Joint Development ...
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KBC welcomes Takayuki Matsubara as New CEO
12-02-2024
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces the appointment of Mr. Takayuki Matsubara as its new Chief Executive Officer and member of the KBC board of directors effective ...
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Baker Hughes and Dussur inaugurate Saudi Petrolite Chemicals facility
11-02-2024
In the presence of HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy; His Excellency Eng. Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Investment; His Excellency ...
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Members of the Moratti family enter into an agreement to sell approx. 35% of Saras to Vitol
11-02-2024
Massimo Moratti S.a.p.A. di Massimo Moratti, Angel Capital Management S.p.A., and Stella Holding S.p.A. and Vitol B.V., a company based in The Netherlands, ...
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Energy security boost after Centrica and Repsol agree LNG supply deal
07-02-2024
Centrica Energy and Repsol today announced the signing of a deal that will improve the UK’s energy security in the coming years. The deal will see Centrica ...
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Tube Tech unveils most advanced convection section automated rover system to date
07-02-2024
Tube Tech, the leader in premium cleaning and inspection solutions for oil and gas, petrochemical and agrochemical plants, has launched its next generation ...
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Mabanaft conducts scoping meeting for the construction of its ammonia import terminal in Hamburg
06-02-2024
On Tuesday last week, Hamburg-based energy company Mabanaft successfully completed the so-called scoping meeting in the run-up to the approval procedure for ...
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Servomex announce James Gravestock as President
05-02-2024
Servomex, the leader in advanced gas analysis for a cleaner, healthier and more productive world, has announced James Gravestock as its new President from 05 ...
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BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions completes acquisition of Arc Metal AB in Sweden
01-02-2024
BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions has completed the acquisition of Arc Metal AB in Hofors, Sweden. The asset purchase adds toll smelting and processing ...
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TotalEnergies converts feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at Texas Plant
30-01-2024
For the first time in the United States, TotalEnergies has converted feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at its polypropylene plant in La Porte, ...
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Sulzer Chemtech licensed technologies surges in North America
30-01-2024
A rapidly growing number of oil and gas processing facilities across North America is leveraging Sulzer Chemtech’s licensed solutions to enable major boosts ...
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Baker Hughes achieves new hydrogen milestones to accelerate transition to hydrogen economy
29-01-2024
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Monday several milestones to support the growth of the hydrogen economy, as part of the company’s broader ...
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Shell to repurpose German refinery
26-01-2024
Shell Deutschland GmbH has taken a final investment decision (FID) to convert the hydrocracker of the Wesseling site at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland ...
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Hey Siri, optimize my fired heater performance
26-01-2024
The petrochemical and refining industries are facing unprecedented challenges to the current role of fired equipment in industrial processes. Political, ...
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23-01-2024
The Cyber Essentials Scheme is a UK government-backed security standard, which identifies the security controls an organization must have in place within their ...
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SABIC one step closer to approving Fujian petrochemical complex
22-01-2024
SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, today announced the final investment decision for the SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Complex in China’s Fujian ...
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LG Chem and Enilive JV agreement for a biorefinery in South Korea
19-01-2024
LG Chem and Enilive move a further step forward to the final investment decision on the project of a new biorefinery in South Korea by signing the joint venture ...
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Yokogawa and TIM solution ink global partnership to offer 8D digital twin to customers
18-01-2024
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has entered into a partnership with TIM Solution and will act as a global value-added reseller for this company's ...
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A growing turnover and new projects in the pipeline for Vanzetti Engineering
18-01-2024
Vanzetti Engineering, the Italian company specialising in the design and manufacture of cryogenic equipment for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and air gases, had ...
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BASF and Heraeus JV supports supply security and sustainability goals in China
17-01-2024
BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions and Heraeus Precious Metals have commenced operations of a new joint venture facility, BASF HERAEUS Metal Resource ...
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LyondellBasell to acquire 35% of NATPET to expand Core PP business
16-01-2024
LyondellBasell today announced it entered into an agreement to acquire a 35% interest in Saudi Arabia–based National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) ...
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The Neles™ XH ball valve - Taking every angle into consideration
12-01-2024
We really have looked at this through the eyes of the customer. The Neles™ XH metal-seated ball valve has been designed to deliver benefits across its entire ...
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Naffco selects innovative and sustainable polyethylene (PE100) materials from Borouge
11-01-2024
Borouge Plc, a leading petrochemical company known for its innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, today announced the signing of a AED160-million ...
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Lummus strengthens position in Circular Economy
10-01-2024
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a major investment in Resynergi, a pioneering leader ...
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INPEX Corporation select Blue Ammonia technology from KBR
10-01-2024
KBR announced today that its blue ammonia technology has been selected by Tokyo-based INPEX Corporation and Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries for a large, ...
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Celanese begins carbon capture and utilization operations at Clear Lake facility
09-01-2024
Celanese Corporation, a global specialty materials and chemical company, announced it has begun running a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project at its ...
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Heraeus Precious Metals for the hydrogen economy
04-01-2024
Heraeus Precious Metals, a global leader in the precious metals industry, announced the establishment of a new dedicated Business Line Hydrogen Systems, effective ...
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Neles™ XH ball valve – The anatomy of forward-thinking design
03-01-2024
The Neles XH series has recently been updated to cover a wider range of sizes and requirements. The reason for bringing new offering to market can be found ...
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Curtiss-Wright Exlar announces new Tritex EVA for oil & gas valve actuation
03-01-2024
Curtiss-Wright's Actuation Division has announced that its new Exlar Tritex EVA electric valve actuator has achieved CSA Class 1, Division 2 (C1D2) Hazardous ...
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Black Bay Energy Capital acquires process technologies & catalyst business from Merichem Company
03-01-2024
Black Bay Energy Capital announced today the acquisition of Merichem Company’s technology business unit, comprised of Merichem Process Technologies and Merichem ...
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Revolutionizing customer profitability through innovative technologies
02-01-2024
Innovation is at the heart of our company mission, driving us toward new horizons and patent successes. Dedicated to revolutionising Catalyst technology to ...
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Reliance Industries cecomes the first to use chemical recycling for circular polymers in India
29-12-2023
Reliance Industries Limited, operator of the world's largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex, has become the first Indian company to chemically ...
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Tecnimont to start engineering works for KIMA fertilizer project
29-12-2023
Further to the award of the project for a nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plant by KIMA, Egyptian Chemical Industries Company, announced on 9 June 2023, MAIRE ...
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Tecnimont achieves important milestone for the rehabilitation project of Port Harcourt complex
28-12-2023
MAIRE announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont has successfully achieved the mechanical completion of the rehabilitation works of the old plant for a subsidiary ...
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Petrobras to analyse Mubadala Capital proposal for refining and biorefining partnership
22-12-2023
Petrobras informs that it has received a communication from Mubadala Capital proposing the formalization of recent discussions on the formation of a potential ...
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Wood announces new executive leadership appointments
20-12-2023
John Wood Group PLC today announces the changes to its Executive Committee with the appointment of two new executive leaders. Marla Storm and Michael Rasmuson ...
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ADNOC signs first long-term LNG heads of agreement from Ruwais low-carbon LNG project
20-12-2023
ADNOC announced today, the signing of a 15-year Heads of Agreement with ENN LNG Pte. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENN Natural Gas Co. Ltd, for the delivery ...
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Neste to transform refinery into renewable and circular solutions refining hub
20-12-2023
Neste has completed the strategic study launched in September 2022, and begins a gradual transformation of its crude oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland into a ...
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Yokogawa recognized as `Leader` in the 2023 Green Quadrant report for Process Safety Management
19-12-2023
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been recognized as `Leader` in the 2023 Green Quadrant report for Process Safety Management (PSM) Software by Verdantix, an ...
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Coolbrook successfully cracks naphtha in large-scale pilot plant
19-12-2023
The Pilot testing achievements reinforce Coolbrook’s position as the leader in electric steam cracking enabling CO2 emission reductions of 300 million tons ...
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Woodside Energy to study potential CCS value chain with Japanese companies
19-12-2023
Woodside Energy has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with four Japanese companies to enable studies of a potential carbon capture and ...
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BASF ECMS sets the standard for 100% recycled platinum group metal offering with Verdium
18-12-2023
BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS), a global leader in precious metal services and catalysis, today launched VerdiumTM, a new approach to ...
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ADNOC to acquire OCIs stake in Fertiglobe
15-12-2023
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company P.J.S.C. and OCI Global, today announced that they have entered into a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition by ADNOC ...
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Prax Group agrees to acquire interest in PCK Schwedt refinery
15-12-2023
The Prax Group has announced that it has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement to acquire a 37.5% interest in PCK Schwedt Refinery and its associated logistic ...
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Neste refinery in Porvoo is preparing for a major turnaround in spring 2024
14-12-2023
Neste secures safe and undisrupted operations at its refineries with regularly scheduled maintenance shutdowns, i.e. major turnarounds. The next major turnaround ...
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SSE Thermal acquires 50% stake in H2NorthEast hydrogen project
13-12-2023
SSE Thermal has become joint owner of a blue hydrogen project in Teesside which is set to play a major role in supporting a reliable decarbonised power system ...
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Mott Corporation and DL E&C agreement with S-OIL to advance cutting edge chemical production
12-12-2023
Today Mott Corporation, a global leader in filtration and flow control solutions, announced a new eight-figure agreement with South Korean refinery S-OIL. Mott ...
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Aramco to acquire a 40% stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan
12-12-2023
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, today signed definitive agreements to acquire a 40% equity stake in Gas & ...
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Gunvor partners with ClearShift on zero carbon diesel and chemicals
12-12-2023
As part of its strategy to accelerate the energy transition, Gunvor USA LLC, part of the Gunvor Group and one of the world's largest independent commodities ...
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PTQ Magazine call for articles
12-12-2023
For 27 years, PTQ’s independent editorial policy and reputation within the industry have allowed us to provide the most relevant content, highlighting the ...
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Phillips 66 announces 2024 capital program
08-12-2023
Phillips 66 today announced a 2024 capital budget of $2.2 billion, including $923 million for sustaining capital and $1.3 billion for growth capital. Excluding ...
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BASF and Heidelberg University extend collaboration at catalysis laboratory
08-12-2023
BASF and Heidelberg University will continue to jointly operate the Catalysis Research Laboratory for a further five years. The two partners signed an agreement ...
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Lummus and NET Power sign agreement for heat transfer equipment
06-12-2023
Lummus Technology announced it has signed a Strategic Supply Agreement with NET Power Inc, to design and supply recuperative heat exchangers for NET Power's ...
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Lummus and Toshiba partnership for advanced carbon capture solutions
05-12-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation announced ...
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CPC Pumps International extends its global manufacturing footprint
04-12-2023
Canadian-headquartered CPC Pumps International reached a significant milestone this week, as it celebrated the completion of its first pump assembly in Pune, ...
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Cosmo Oil and Yokogawa start exploring possibilities for refinery digitalization
01-12-2023
Cosmo Oil Co Ltd, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation are pleased to announce that Cosmo Oil and the Yokogawa Electric subsidiaries Yokogawa Solution Service ...
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Neste granted investment for its green hydrogen project at the Porvoo refinery
28-11-2023
In November 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in Finland granted Neste an energy investment aid of EUR 1.96 million for heat recovery from ...
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Yokogawa and FPT Software ink global partnership to advance DX solution offerings
28-11-2023
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a leading provider of industrial automation and test and measurement solutions, and FPT Software Company Limited, a global technology ...
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Dow approves Path2Zero project
28-11-2023
Dow today announced that its board of directors has declared Final Investment Decision on the Company's Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero investment to build the ...
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Clariant and Conser further strengthen partnership in the maleic anhydride industry
28-11-2023
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Conser, part of MAIRE Group, for ...
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ADNOC opens the region’s first high-speed green hydrogen refueling pilot station
24-11-2023
ADNOC, today announced that it has opened “H2GO”, the region’s first high-speed green hydrogen pilot refuelling station, to test a fleet of zero-emission ...
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Neste introduces solar power to its Porvoo refinery
24-11-2023
Neste has signed a purchase agreement for solar power supply to its Porvoo refinery in Finland with the renewable energy company CPC Finland Oy. Solar ...
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Samsung Engineering commences Sarawak H2biscus FEED project in Malaysia
24-11-2023
Samsung Engineering, a world leading engineering solutions and project management company, announced today, that with LOTTE CHEMICAL, Korea National Oil Corporation ...
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LyondellBasell to build industrial-scale advanced recycling plant in Germany
20-11-2023
LyondellBasell today announced it has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling demonstration ...
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ExxonMobil to develop a petrochemical project and establish CCS facilities in Indonesia
17-11-2023
Exxon Mobil Corporation intends to allocate a substantial investment, amounting to $15 billion, to develop a petrochemical project and establish carbon capture ...
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XRG and Bayotech partner to design and build a next generation reformer furnace
15-11-2023
In this next generation reformer design, XRG will utilize their combustion expertise and CFD modeling capabilities to tailor heat flux profiles to BayoTech’s ...
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Reducing emissions from refining
14-11-2023
The global climate is warming up and countries and individual companies are seeking ways to reduce their emissions to slow down climate change. Looking at oil ...
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Dragos and Aramco sign MOU regarding the protection of industrial infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
13-11-2023
Dragos Inc, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding ...
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Eni and Saipem sign agreement to develop new biorefineries
09-11-2023
Eni and Saipem have signed an agreement for the development of biorefining. It was signed today by Giuseppe Ricci, Chief Operating Officer for Energy Evolution ...
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Tracerco celebrates four years without a lost time injury
09-11-2023
Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey Plc, is pleased to announce that it has reached a safety milestone record of four years without a Lost Time Injury (LTI). ...
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Riograndense refinery to process 100% renewable feedstocks using Petrobras technology
08-11-2023
The Riograndense Petroleum Refinery (RPR) has accomplished a historic achievement by successfully processing 100% soybean oil in a Fluid Catalytic Cracking ...
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Mission critical electric heat tracing solutions to support the energy transition webinar
08-11-2023
Around the globe, clean fuels are helping reduce carbon emissions. And world leaders have pledged to invest in technologies such as carbon capture and hydrogen ...
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Trends in refining and petrochemicals
03-11-2023
The pace of change is picking up in the once-conservative hydrocarbon industries. Many interesting initiatives are underway as these sectors look to play their ...
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Maximizing valve performance and simplifying life cycle management through digitalization Webinar
01-11-2023
In this webinar, we will delve into real-world case studies to demonstrate how digitalization can enhance valve performance, streamline life cycle management, ...
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Grace expands operating UNIPOL® PP technology capacity in China with Oriental Energy Co
01-11-2023
W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, today announced that ...
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thyssenkrupp Uhde and Proman embark on highly efficient world-scale ammonia plant
00-11-2023
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been engaged by Proman to realize a 2200 metric tons/day ammonia plant in Topolobampo, Sinaloa. It will be a state-of-the-art facility ...
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DNV launches new recommended practices for safe application of industrial AI
31-10-2023
High-quality AI systems require strong building blocks, that is, data, sensors, algorithms, and digital twins. The nine new or updated RPs cover each of these ...
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Axens and ZPJE establish Nectis JV
30-10-2023
Energy efficiency improvement is a significant contributor to the achievement of the Paris Agreement objectives. Nectis aims at contributing to this effort ...
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Zeopore enables breakthrough in hydrocracking by leveraging zeolite mesopore quality
30-10-2023
Targeting higher fractions of middle distillates in hydrocracking installations is highly desired but challenging, especially when aiming to maintain process ...
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SICK and Endress+Hauser want to join forces in process automation
27-10-2023
German sensor company SICK and Swiss measurement and automation technology specialist Endress+Hauser want to intensify their cooperation. Both companies are ...
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LyondellBasell acquires 25% of Cyclyx joint venture
26-10-2023
Cyclyx International, a joint venture between Agilyx and ExxonMobil , announces LyondellBasell has acquired 25% equity ownership of the joint venture (JV). ...
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Honeywell offers renewable fuels technologies to refiners in Asia Pacific
25-10-2023
Honeywell today announced the availability of technologies and digital solutions to enable customers in Asia Pacific to produce renewable fuels from ...
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Sumitomo plans to make propylene from ethanol
25-10-2023
Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention ...
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New digital tools to improve operational profitability in refineries
25-10-2023
(Webinar) - Join this webinar to learn how you can leverage new digital tools as part of the Honeywell UOP upgraded PremierPLUS Performance Services offering ...
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ExxonMobil licenses fluid bed MTG technology to Aramco
24-10-2023
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC has licensed its advanced fluid bed Methanol-to-Gasoline technology to Aramco for a demonstration scale unit to be located ...
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Eni signs long term LNG agreement for deliveries from North Field East expansion project in Qatar
23-10-2023
Eni has signed a long-term contract with QatarEnergy LNG NFE (5), the JV between Eni and QatarEnergy for the development of the North Field East project in ...
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Ethernet-APL advancements for field devices in process automation
18-10-2023
Processes in the most hazardous areas have long been limited to individual discrete/analog sensors or to fieldbuses that are too expensive, complex, and slow. ...
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Tracerco celebrates 65 years of innovation Excellence
16-10-2023
World leading industrial technology solutions provider, Tracerco, is celebrating a momentous milestone as it celebrates 65 years of excellence and innovation ...
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Samsung Engineering receives HSE award from ADNOC
12-10-2023
Samsung Engineering, a world leading engineering solutions and project management company, announced that its ADNOC Crude Flexibility (CF) Project received ...
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Maximizing renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel yields with ISOTERRA Technology
10-10-2023
(Webinar) - Investments in renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production are gaining considerable momentum and are expected to play a ...
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Topsoe and Aramco to demonstrate groundbreaking low-carbon hydrogen production technology
09-10-2023
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, and Aramco, a global integrated energy and chemicals company, are pleased to announce a new ...
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HIF Global and Empresas GASCO announce the worlds first carbon-neutral liquefied gas
06-10-2023
HIF Global, the world´s leading eFuels company, and the Chilean gas company Empresas GASCO, today announced the first production of carbon-neutral liquefied ...
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Borouge and Tadweer to explore recycling opportunities in Abu Dhabi
04-10-2023
Borouge Plc, a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions and Tadweer (Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company) ...
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World’s largest PDH plant construction project streamlined
04-10-2023
As the world’s largest Propane Dehydration plant (PDH) takes shape in Saudi Arabia, Mammoet ensured that its critical components all arrived in the right ...
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Enabling energy transitions with the Callidus® Ultra Blue® Burner System
04-10-2023
(Webinar) - Join this webinar to learn how your renewable energy and net zero operations can dramatically lower nitric oxide (NOx) emissions with the Honeywell ...
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Wood and OMV sign collaboration agreement for plastic recycling technology
03-10-2023
Wood has signed a collaboration agreement with OMV for the commercial licensing of its innovative plastic recycling technology, ReOil®. This agreement will ...
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TotalEnergies and Borealis start up Baystar JV polyethylene unit
03-10-2023
TotalEnergies and Borealis celebrate the start-up of their Baystar joint venture’s new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar® polyethylene (PE) unit, which ...
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Global energy and chemical leaders partner to develop low-carbon ammonia project
03-10-2023
Tokyo-based INPEX Corporation, Paris-based Air Liquide Group, Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc, and Houston-based Vopak Moda Houston LLC have agreed to ...
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Emirates and Shell aviation sign SAF supply agreement at Dubai hub
02-10-2023
Emirates has today announced an agreement with Shell Aviation for the supply of over 300,000 gallons of blended SAF for use at the airline’s international ...
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LanzaTech to collaborate with Dow to introduce bio-degradable cleaning solution
29-09-2023
LanzaTech Global Inc, the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable raw materials, has collaborated with Dow to introduce a new biodegradable ...
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Aramco to enter global LNG business by acquiring stake in MidOcean Energy
28-09-2023
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has signed definitive agreements to acquire a strategic minority stake in MidOcean ...
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INEOS announces the acquisition of the Eastman Texas City site
28-09-2023
INEOS has today announced it has reached an agreement with Eastman Chemical Company to purchase the Eastman Texas City site, including the 600kt Acetic Acid ...
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ABB motor solutions set turbomachinery and pump standards
27-09-2023
ABB, a global leader in innovative electric motor manufacturing, has raised the bar in the turbomachinery and pump industry. At the recent Turbomachinery & ...
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Neste expands its capability to supply renewable fuels in Southern California
27-09-2023
Neste has expanded its capability to supply renewable fuels to customers on the West Coast of the United States in cooperation with Vopak, a leading energy ...
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Arkema increases global production capacity of DMDS
27-09-2023
In a fast-growing biofuel market, driven by the demand for sustainable growth, in particular decarbonisation of road and air transport, Arkema has decided to ...
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Excel® Technology: The Sustainable Solution for HydroProcessing Catalysts
27-09-2023
(Webinar) - Unveil the path to sustainable catalyst processes with Excel® Rejuvenation Technology! Join us as we delve into the art of catalyst rejuvenation, ...
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Mitsui to invest in renewable diesel and SAFproduction business in Portugal
25-09-2023
Mitsui & Co Ltd, has agreed to invest in a renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil/HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production business operated ...
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ORLEN partner with Yokogawa to develop cutting-edge technology for SAF production
22-09-2023
ORLEN and Yokogawa Europe, the regional headquarters for Japan’s Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announce they have joined forces to initiate industrial-scale ...
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Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 receives federal energy regulatory commission authorization
21-09-2023
Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the permit authorizing ...
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Aconcagua refinery reduces emissions with BELCO® gas cleaning technology
20-09-2023
The third quarter marked an important milestone for Chilean oil refiner ENAP Refinerías S.A. (ENAP) with the successful startup of their newly installed BELCO® ...
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Emerson’s new engineering software accelerates plant modernization using AI
20-09-2023
Global technology and software leader Emerson is helping customers more quickly and efficiently transition legacy technology to modern DeltaV™ automation ...
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Developments and solutions for renewable fuels testing
20-09-2023
(Webinar) - Regions and nations around the world are swiftly translating their climate targets into investments in renewable energy and fuel production. This ...
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ExxonMobil expands chemical production at Baytown
19-09-2023
ExxonMobil today announced the startup of two new chemical production units at its Baytown, Texas, manufacturing facility. The $2 billion expansion is part ...
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Simple, flexible, accurate valve adjustment with bar-agturn®
15-09-2023
The squaring of the circle does not have to be limited to the opening angle of 90° for shut-off valves, but other rotating angles can be individually set. The ...
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Improved process efficiency with high-performance butterfly valves
14-09-2023
Process efficiency can be defined as optimal flow capacity, minimized emission and leakage, and low energy consumption. At the same time, the first two contribute ...
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Fives announces the acquisition of ProSim
14-09-2023
Fives, an international leader in industrial engineering, strengthens its capabilities with the acquisition of ProSim, an expert in process simulation and optimization. ...
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ConocoPhillips to further diversify Global LNG Portfolio
14-09-2023
ConocoPhillips announced today further progress on its global liquefied natural gas strategy, signing a commercial agreement to secure additional regasification ...
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TotalEnergies launches call for tenders for the supply of Green Hydrogen
14-09-2023
As part of the drive to decarbonize its European refineries, TotalEnergies is launching a call for tenders for the supply of 500,000 tons per year of green ...
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LG Chem and Eni sustainable mobility explore options for a potential new biorefinery
14-09-2023
South Korea’s leading chemicals producer LG Chem and Italian energy group Eni Sustainable Mobility jointly announced today that they are exploring the possibility ...
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Evonik expands catalyst production in China
12-09-2023
Evonik Industries has completed the relocation and expansion of its precious metal powder catalyst plant in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). Production ...
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Control Station and dataPARC partnership to improve data utilisation and plant efficiency
12-09-2023
Control Station and dataPARC today announced a technology partnership to enable plants to better leverage data from dataPARC’s next-gen data historian in ...
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NSI Mobile Water Solutions acquires segment of Pall Water's european mobile water fleet
12-09-2023
NSI Mobile Water Solutions is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of a significant segment of Pall Water's European mobile water fleet, including ...
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Discover our range of solutions for the industrial gas market
10-09-2023
Download the latest edition of our Expert Solutions (ES) Magazine, which focuses on our innovative, industry-leading gas analysis solutions for the industrial ...
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Bluenzyme™ sustainable CO2 capture solution from Saipem
07-09-2023
BluenzymeTM is an innovative plug-and-play solution based on the use of enzymes, which ensures a carbon capture process with reduced environmental impact and ...
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ADNOC to develop one of the largest carbon capture projects in MENA
06-09-2023
ADNOC has announced a final investment decision (FID) to develop one of the largest carbon capture projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. ...
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Yokogawa to supply energy management system for Yuri Green Hydrogen project
05-09-2023
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Australia has received an order from Monford Group Pty Ltd. to supply an energy management ...
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BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site
04-09-2023
BASF has commenced construction of its syngas plant at the Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. This world-scale syngas facility, fully integrated into the Verbund ...
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Baker Hughes and Venture Global LNG expand master equipment supply agreement
04-09-2023
Today, Venture Global LNG announced its long-term expansion plan to increase production from 70 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to more than 100 MTPA of nameplate ...
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Technip Energies and Versalis to integrate plastic waste recycling technologies
01-09-2023
Technip Energies, a leading engineering and technology company for the energy transition, and Versalis, Eni's chemical company, have signed an agreement aimed ...
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GTC Vorro technology for reducing octane loss in an FCC gasoline stream
25-08-2023
Another U.S. refiner has asked GTC Vorro to study using its catalytic adsorption technology for an FCC gasoline stream to reduce octane loss. The unit is currently ...
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Reliable use of every flow with OHL butterfly valves
24-08-2023
Shut-off and control valves from OHL Gutermuth are used in steam turbines for power stations that burn biomass and in CSP solar plants. Here, safety and functionality ...
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GTC Vorro’s SweetTreat™ sulfur removal technology is ideal for California refiner
22-08-2023
GTC Vorro is responding to a California refiner interested in sulfur removal from fuel gas that feeds a new boiler coming under construction. GTC Vorro is offering ...
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Marathon Petroleum inpolements Topsoe technology at Martinez Renewables facility
22-08-2023
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, was selected by Marathon Petroleum Corporation as the technology provider for renewable fuels ...
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Commonwealth LNG and Baker Hughes sign strategic agreement
21-08-2023
Commonwealth LNG announced today that it has signed a strategic agreement with Baker Hughes related to Commonwealth LNG's liquefied natural gas facility under ...
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Lummus and Biohydrogen Technologies partnership to develop and deploy blue hydrogen technology
21-08-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Biohydrogen Technologies have announced an agreement to ...
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GTC Vorro’s Chemisorption technology & Bharat VI standards
18-08-2023
Indian refiners have taken interest in GTC Vorro’s chemisorption technology for sulfur removal from cracked gasoline and diesel to meet the standards of Bharat ...
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ORLEN increases LNG import capacity
18-08-2023
ORLEN will be able to receive up to 58 shipments of liquefied natural gas per year at the Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) terminal to be built in ...
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Braskem and SCG Chemicals join forces to advance in the bio-based Ethylene project in Thailand
17-08-2023
Braskem, the leading global biopolymer producer, and SCG Chemicals, a leading petrochemical company in Thailand and Southeast Asia, have signed a joint venture ...
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Lummus’ Novolen Technology Celebrates 100 Licensed Production Lines
17-08-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the recent licensing of its 100th Novolen® polypropylene ...
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Production of renewable diesel restarted at Neste’s Singapore refinery after shutdown
16-08-2023
The production of renewable diesel at Neste’s Singapore refinery expansion has been restarted in early August according to the company’s plans. The production ...
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Irving Oil announces major refinery turnaround
09-08-2023
On September 17, Irving Oil will begin one of its largest turnaround projects in several years at its Saint John refinery. Operation Ram represents a private ...
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Evonik to supply catalyst for new Röhm MMA plant
08-08-2023
Evonik has signed an agreement to scale up and produce custom catalyst for Röhm’s new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant in Bay City, Texas, USA, ...
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Swagelok® Ammonia sampler Improves sampling safety and accuracy
04-08-2023
Swagelok, a leading provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services, has announced the release of the Swagelok® ammonia sampler. This innovative ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical completes construction of 1-Hexene unit in Old Ocean
03-08-2023
Chevron Phillips Chemical has completed construction of the world’s largest on-purpose 1-hexene unit in Old Ocean, Texas, with operations set to begin at ...
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ORLEN Group’s investment in Mažeikiai gathers pace
03-08-2023
An Italian-designed reactor, which lies at the core of investments in deep crude conversion, has arrived in Lithuania. This key component of the hydrocracking ...
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Connecting with our digital future
03-08-2023
The IQ3 range is renowned for being one of the most robust and intelligent actuators in the industry, and Rotork is excited to introduce the new IQ3 Pro with ...
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Ball valves – Ideal control valve solution for delayed coking
02-08-2023
Using ball valves for flow control allows a delayed-coker unit to continuously run at full capacity, making them the ideal control valve for these high solid ...
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Mobideo and eGrowth partner to deliver digital solutions for South African process industries
02-08-2023
Mobideo, a leading provider of innovative solutions for Shutdown, Turnaround, and Outage (STO) management, is delighted to announce its strategic partnership ...
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INEOS and SINOPEC complete major petrochemicals deal in China.
02-08-2023
INEOS has today completed the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with SINOPEC for the Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project, announced in December 2022, which is ...
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Basf announces BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS)
31-07-2023
BASF has completed the carve-out of its mobile emissions catalysts and precious metal services businesses and named the separate legal entity BASF Environmental ...
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bp and OMV sign a 10-year LNG supply agreement
28-07-2023
bp and OMV today announced the signing of a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) covering supply of up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
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Topsoe helps Calumet become the largest producer of SAF in North America
27-07-2023
The demand for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is rapidly growing, with IATA, the International Aviation Transport Association, estimating 120 billion gallons ...
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Daily Thermetrics and its partner ISG open a new manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
27-07-2023
Daily Thermetrics, a global leader in temperature instrumentation, has partnered with ISG (Industrial Systems Group), a leading industrial solutions provider, ...
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27-07-2023
hte, the high thoughput experimentation company, is proud to announce management team updates effective June 1, 2023. With this change, hte is reacting on increasing ...
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IGS releases inaugural environmental, social and governance (ESG) report
26-07-2023
IGS today published its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report. The report outlines the company’s ESG commitments and the environmental ...
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Advanced Refining Technologies launches ENDEAVOR™
25-07-2023
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC, a joint venture of Chevron and specialty chemicals leader W. R. Grace & Co, today launched ENDEAVOR™, a hydroprocessing ...
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Aramco completes purchase of Rongsheng petrochemical stake
21-07-2023
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has successfully closed a landmark transaction to acquire a 10% interest in ...
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Zeolyst and Valoregen announce JV for advanced plastic recycling technologies
19-07-2023
Zeolyst International, an Ecovyst Inc joint venture that is a leading producer of zeolites, and Valoregen, a leading innovator of recycling technologies, proudly ...
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KBR and Air Liquide partner to offer low carbon ammonia solutions
19-07-2023
KBR announced today that it will now offer its clients the option to include a fully integrated and flexible Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology solution ...
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Chart Industries and Fabrum execute MoU for micro-scale liquefiers for hydrogen
18-07-2023
New Zealand company Fabrum, a world leader in zero-emission transition technologies to enable a lower-carbon economy, and Chart Industries, a leading global ...
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Valmet acquires the process gas chromatography business from Siemens
17-07-2023
Valmet entered into an agreement on July 14, 2023, to acquire the Process Gas Chromatography business of Siemens AG. The value of the acquisition is EUR 102.5 ...
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16-07-2023
Under pressure, the hydrogen molecule H2 cracks metal and can even penetrate steel. Hydrogen fracture weakens the tensile strength and ductility of steel, which ...
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14-07-2023
The Executive Board of OMV has just decided to pursue negotiations with ADNOC on a potential cooperation with respect to their polyolefins businesses. Such ...
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MAN Energy Solutions announces first ammonia engine test completed
13-07-2023
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). The company reports that ...
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Technip Energies and LanzaTech agreement to create a new pathway to sustainable ethylene
11-07-2023
Technip Energies and LanzaTech Global, Inc. signed a Joint Collaboration Agreement to create a new pathway to sustainable ethylene utilizing their combined ...
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Pre-configured units make gas analyzer selection simple
10-07-2023
Servomex has made the process of selecting complex gas analyzers simpler by introducing a number of preconfigured variants designed to remove the complexity ...
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Servomex and Pentatec support delivering automated gas analysis system for ASUs
10-07-2023
Servomex, the global expert in gas analysis, and Pentatec SRL, have increased their support for whole plant analysis and filling management at air separation ...
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TotalEnergies strengthens its gas partnership with SONATRACH
10-07-2023
During a meeting held on July 9 in Algiers between Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, and Toufik Hakkar, Chief Executive Officer of SONATRACH, ...
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thyssenkrupp Uhde Oleochemicals Thailand wins contract for alkoxylation reactor unit
07-07-2023
thyssenkrupp Uhde Thailand has been awarded a contract by BASF for engineering services and proprietary equipment supply for its new non-ionic surfactant (NIS) ...
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Baker Hughes to supply 3 liquefaction trains for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project
06-07-2023
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Thursday it has been awarded an order by Bechtel Energy Inc, to be booked in the second quarter of 2023, ...
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Technip Energies receives project management consultancy contract from Aramco
05-07-2023
Technip Energies has been selected by Aramco for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract to develop the master plan for Ras Al Khair, a new industrial ...
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Endress+Hauser celebrate 70th birthday
05-07-2023
A lavish party at the Swiss Messe Basel exhibition center for 5,500 Endress+Hauser employees marked the end of the Group’s anniversary week. In the days before, ...
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Oiltanking announces sale of its terminal in Copenhagen
03-07-2023
The terminal has a storage capacity of 461,652 cbm and is strategically located at Prøvestenen island in the city of Copenhagen and provides storage and handling ...
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MAN Energy Solutions and Shell join forces
29-06-2023
MAN Energy Solutions and Shell have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the potential of combining their individual competencies and technologies ...
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Structured Catalyst for Steam Methane Reforming
28-06-2023
(Webinar) - Join this webinar to learn about the benefits of ZoneFlow Structured Catalyst for Steam Methane Reforming. Honeywell UOP and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies ...
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Lummus Technology MOL group establish partnership advanced waste plastic recycling
27-06-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and MOL Group, the leading integrated Central Eastern European ...
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ExxonMobil award Kent FEED contract for large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling program
27-06-2023
Kent, a leading engineering company in the energy and chemicals industries, has been appointed as the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contractor for potential ...
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Topsoe receives funding from EUDP for FrontFuel project
27-06-2023
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has received funding from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP). ...
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Linde signs contracts with Wanhua Chemical Group
27-06-2023
Linde announced today that it has signed a series of contracts with Wanhua Chemical Group, expanding the companies’ cooperation across multiple key sites ...
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Piñon Midstream expands its sour natural gas treating and carbon capture facility
22-06-2023
Piñon Midstream LLC, today announced additional expansions to its sour natural gas treating and carbon capture facility located in Lea County, New Mexico. The ...
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Air Products selects Sulzer pumps for NEOM's renewable energy source production plant
21-06-2023
Sulzer pumps have been selected by natural gas process technology supplier Air Products to enable a 100% renewable and carbon free biofuel facility in the smart ...
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Sasol and Topsoe to form a future business to accelerate global SAF production
21-06-2023
Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, and Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, have signed a landmark agreement to establish ...
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BASF breaks ground on polyethylene plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China
19-06-2023
BASF has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new plant with a capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE annually ...
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BASF breaks ground on polyethylene plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China
19-06-2023
BASF has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new plant with a capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE annually ...
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IGS recognised as top performer in work efficiency analysis
16-06-2023
IGS emerges as a top performer with high contractor efficiency for the 2022 TAR project with an efficiency rating of 80% within the industry. A multinational ...
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Neste to invest in liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at its Porvoo refinery
15-06-2023
Neste has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. ...
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Enhancing SCR performance by revolutionising renewable fuel yields
15-06-2023
Recognising selective catalytic reduction helps prevent the negative impact on production rates, catalyst lifespan and compliance with EPA standards. In the ...
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Facilitating significant reduction in emissions at utility plant
15-06-2023
Plants face the challenge of SCR fouling which, if left unresolved, can lead an excessive accumulation of ash on a catalyst resulting in compromised gas flow. ...
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Leading the charge in meeting EPA’s stringent emission standards
15-06-2023
IGS is collaborating with industry experts to create an actionable plan for power plants to meet the requirements EPA’s emission standards. The Environmental ...
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Material solutions for maximum safety of hydrogen valves
12-06-2023
Does hydrogen present any special issues related to service hardware compared to other gases? Hydrogen certainly presents challenges to hardware design and ...
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Ingersoll Rand to acquire roots from Chart Industries
12-06-2023
Ingersoll Rand Inc, a global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Howden ...
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EnBW, VNG and JERA plan feasibility study for an ammonia cracker demonstration plant
12-06-2023
EnBW, VNG and Jera signed a memorandum of understanding with the goal of jointly conducting a feasibility study to evaluate the construction of an ammonia cracker ...
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KES China facility operational
12-06-2023
On May 19, Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) held an opening ceremony for its first manufacturing facility in China, located in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. The ...
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hte launches first virtual lab for digitalized R&D
12-06-2023
hte – the high throughput experimentation company is proud to announce the launch of its new virtual lab for catalysis and materials R&D. The platform ...
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Laser-focused on gas analysis the SERVOTOUGH Laser 3 Plus range
10-06-2023
Servomex’s SERVOTOUGH Laser 3 Plus range delivers fast, accurate gas analysis in a light, compact design. Using our own Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) technology, ...
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TotalEnergies awards Kent three year multi-site master services agreement
09-06-2023
Kent, a leading engineering services provider in the oil and gas, low carbon energy and chemicals sectors, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a ...
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KIMA awards EPC contract for a fertiliser plant to consortium led by Tecnimont
09-06-2023
MAIRE S.p.A. announces that a consortium composed by its Integrated E&C Solutions subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A and Orascom Construction S.A.E. has been awarded ...
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Albemarle announces new leadership at Ketjen
07-06-2023
Albemarle Corporation, a global leader in providing essential elements for mobility, energy, connectivity, and health, announced the appointment of Michael ...
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Linden Cogeneration and Phillips 66 Bayway refinery complete hydrogen blending commissioning
06-06-2023
Linden Cogeneration (Linden Cogen) has successfully completed the commissioning process of its hydrogen blending initiative which stands to curb CO2 ...
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ExxonMobil and Nucor Corporation sign carbon capture agreement reaching 5 MTA milestone
01-06-2023
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions’ newest carbon capture and storage agreement – with Nucor Corporation, one of North America’s largest steel producers ...
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Science Based Targets initiative approves Topsoe’s 2040 net-zero target
01-06-2023
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, announces that it’s 2040 net-zero target has been approved by the Science Based Targets ...
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LyondellBasell announces delay in refining business exit
31-05-2023
LyondellBasell today announced plans to delay its refining business exit from year-end 2023 to no later than the end of the first quarter 2025. Favorable inspections ...
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Improved H2 purification and recovery with UOP Polybed™ Pressure Swing Adsorption
31-05-2023
(Webinar) - Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) is the industry standard for H2 purification and long-term, reliable recovery. Honeywell UOP’s PSA technology ...
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The new Neles™ NDX 2.0 is making life simple and easy
25-05-2023
Less is less – And sometimes that is a good thing. In fact, when it comes to time and money spent, it is the greatest thing imaginable. This is why the new ...
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Indian Oil award PMC contract to McDermott
24-05-2023
McDermott has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract from India Oil Corporation Limited for the Maleic Anhydride unit at the Panipat ...
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24-05-2023
We are often asked why we recommend upgrading older valves to the latest technology. We will examine how technological improvements deliver measurable results ...
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Low cost production of renewable diesel and SAF with BioFlux™ Hydrotreating Technology
24-05-2023
Feed flexibility is critical for operators to stay competitive and deliver high-quality products. But diversifying your feed can bring its own set of challenges. ...
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World Fuel Services and Neste sign SAF supply agreement
23-05-2023
World Fuel Services and Neste today announce their recently signed agreement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), further strengthening the relationship ...
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Lummus acquires water and wastewater treatment technologies from Siemens Energy
23-05-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced that it has reached an agreement with Siemens Energy ...
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Petrobrazi refinery to produce green hydrogen
22-05-2023
OMV Petrom obtained financing through NPRR to produce green hydrogen at the Petrobrazi refinery OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeast ...
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Johnson Matthey Hystar sign three year strategic supply agreement
22-05-2023
Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Hystar, a Norwegian high-tech hydrogen company, have signed a three-year strategic supply ...
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Koch Engineered and Chart Industries sign MoU to collaborate on CCUS projects
19-05-2023
Koch Engineered Solutions LLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly ...
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SAR Technology contracts MECS for spent e-grade sulfuric acid regeneration plant
18-05-2023
SAR Technology Inc, located in Tainan, Taiwan, has contracted with MECS Inc, a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies, for the supply of MECS® proprietary ...
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Petrofac, led, JV, selected for EPC project in Algeria
18-05-2023
Petrofac, leading a joint venture with petrochemical industry specialist, China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation, has received notification ...
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RefComm Galveston 2023 post-event highlights
18-05-2023
The 23rd annual RefComm Training, Conference, & Exhibition culminated last Friday, closing out a weeklong program that included training courses for delayed ...
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Greens Combustion to license Honeywell Callidus Technologies
17-05-2023
Honeywell today announced that Greens Combustion Ltd. will license Honeywell Callidus Burner technologies and aftermarket support of the Honeywell Callidus’ ...
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AspenTech advances BPCL's sustainability initiative
17-05-2023
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in industrial software, today announced that its process simulation and optimization expertise is being integrated with ...
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Vopak enters binding agreement to divest its terminal in Savannah
16-05-2023
Royal Vopak has entered into a binding agreement to sell its terminal in Savannah USA to BWC Terminals, a US-based bulk liquids storage company. The operational ...
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Heraeus Precious Metals invests in the expansion of precious metals recycling in Hanau
16-05-2023
Heraeus Precious Metals, one of the leading suppliers of precious metal products and one of the largest recyclers of platinum group metals, is expanding its ...
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HIF Global selects Johnson Matthey and Honeywell technologies for SAF facility in America
10-05-2023
HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, today announced agreements with Johnson Matthey and Honeywell to conduct preliminary engineering for HIF’s ...
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Solenis recognized as a US Best Managed Company for third consecutive year
08-05-2023
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals used in water-intensive industries, is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2023 US Best Managed ...
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Lummus Technology announces partnership with Texplore to license HDPE technology
08-05-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Texplore Co. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of SCG Chemicals ...
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Solenis completes acquisition of Diversey
07-05-2023
Solenis, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals used in water-intensive industries, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Diversey Holdings, ...
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Neste moves forward in its renewable hydrogen project at its Porvoo refinery
03-05-2023
In accordance with its ambition to reach carbon neutral production by 2035, Neste is working on a 120 MW electrolyzer project to produce renewable (i.e. green) ...
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Solenis releases 2022 sustainability report
20-04-2023
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals used in water-intensive industries, has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, summarizing the company’s ...
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Lummus announces startup of world’s largest double reslurry Paraxylene crystallization unit
20-04-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the startup of Shenghong Refining & Chemical (Lianyungang) ...
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Lummus and RWDC Industries sign MoU accelerating PHA production at scale
14-04-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and RWDC Industries, a biotechnology company developing biopolymer ...
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Clariant announces grand opening of its new CATOFIN® catalyst plant in China
14-04-2023
Clariant announced today the grand opening of its new CATOFIN catalyst production site in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. Investing in innovations such as ...
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Fundamentals of Safe Liquid Grab Sampling
13-04-2023
(Webinar) Every day, grab (or spot) sampling systems allow oil, gas, and chemical companies around the world to simply and accurately determine the quality ...
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12-04-2023
Axens has acquired stakes in the BioTJet project, the aim of which is to build and operate the largest European Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production unit ...
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Lummus’ Novolen technology expands portfolio for enhancing recycled polymers
10-04-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the addition of Novolen® EnhanceTM performance polypropylene ...
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10-04-2023
JERA Co Inc, is delighted to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Gas Corporation, regarding cooperation in the LNG business. Under ...
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Honeywell introduces liquid organic hydrogen carrier solution
10-04-2023
Honeywell today announced Honeywell Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC), a solution that enables the long-distance transportation of clean hydrogen. This ...
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L&T wins order for its hydrocarbon business
10-04-2023
The Hydrocarbon Business of Larsen & Toubro has recently secured an order under its AdVENT (Advanced Value Engineering and Technology) business vertical. The ...
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Chart Industries expands partnership with McPhy and Larsen & Toubro for hydrogen-related equipment
06-04-2023
Chart Industries Inc, a leading global engineering design and manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy ...
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AVEVA and Petrofac MoU to accelerate digital initiatives for the energy industry
05-04-2023
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving innovation and sustainability, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petrofac, a leading ...
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ClearSign Technologies announces successful testing of Ultra-Low NOx hydrogen burner
05-04-2023
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
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Linde signs long term agreement with ExxonMobil for carbon dioxide off-take
04-04-2023
Linde announced today that it has signed a long-term agreement with ExxonMobil for the off-take of carbon dioxide associated with Linde’s new clean hydrogen ...
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Clariant completes sale of North American Land Oil business
04-04-2023
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the completion of the divestment of its North American Land Oil ...
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CECO Environmental acquires Transcend Solutions
03-04-2023
CECO Environmental Corp, a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, ...
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Vitol delivers first LNG cargo into Finland’s new Inkoo terminal
03-04-2023
On Sunday Vitol delivered the first LNG cargo into Finland’s new Inkoo terminal. The cargo was ordered by Elenger, the largest privately owned energy company ...
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Neste completed second series of runs at its Porvoo refinery
31-03-2023
Neste has successfully concluded its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The ...
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Yara and Enbridge to jointly develop and construct a low-carbon blue ammonia project
31-03-2023
Yara Clean Ammonia, a Yara International ASA company, and Enbridge Inc, are pleased to announce the signing of a letter of intent to jointly develop and construct ...
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Evonik Catalysts invests in capacity expansion to support Activated Nickel Catalysts market
28-03-2023
Evonik Catalysts is fully on track to expand its production capacities for activated nickel powder catalysts marketed under the KALCAT® and Metalyst® brands ...
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Aramco to expand presence in China by acquiring 10% stake in Rongsheng Petrochemical
27-03-2023
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 10% interest in Shenzhen-listed ...
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Aramco JV HAPCO to commence construction of major refinery and petrochemical complex in China
26-03-2023
Aramco and joint venture partners NORINCO Group and Panjin Xincheng Industrial Group plan to start construction of a major integrated refinery and petrochemical ...
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Lummus commends S-OIL on Groundbreaking for Shaheen crude-to-chemicals complex
24-03-2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, today commended S-OIL for breaking ground on the Shaheen project ...
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Elliott Group opens new service center in Saudi Arabia
22-03-2023
Elliott Group is pleased to announce the opening of Elliott Gas Services Saudi Arabia (EGSSA), which is the product of a joint venture between Elliott and GAS ...
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Sempra launches Port Arthur LNG project
20-03-2023
Sempra today announced that its 70%-owned subsidiary, Sempra Infrastructure Partners, LP, reached a positive final investment decision (FID) for the development, ...
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Servomex has announced the latest round of promotions following its recent reorganization
20-03-2023
The global experts in gas analysis have seen five new manager-level appointments as part of its pursuit of Operational Excellence that underpins its internal ...
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ExxonMobil boosts fuel supply with Beaumont refinery expansion
16-03-2023
ExxonMobil today announced the successful startup of its Beaumont refinery expansion project, which adds 250,000 barrels per day of capacity to one of the largest ...
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Saudi Aramco and Linde Engineering to develop ammonia cracking technology
15-03-2023
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and Linde Engineering, a global leader in the production and processing of gases, ...
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LyondellBasell commissions world's largest PO/TBA unit
15-03-2023
LyondellBasell today announces it has successfully started up the world's largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) unit in Texas. These ...
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New company strategy launched by LyondellBasell
14-03-2023
LyondellBasell hosts its Capital Markets Day today at the New York Stock Exchange and is introducing its new long-term strategy which is aligned with the company's ...
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Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on S-Oil Shaheen project
10-03-2023
A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical facilities ...
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ABB wins automation contract for Cerilon’s first gas-to-liquids plant
09-03-2023
ABB has been awarded the contract for front-end design services for automation, electrical and advanced digital solutions at Cerilon’s first gas-to-liquids ...
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IGS announces dust control as new distributor for South American region
09-03-2023
International provider of surface protection solutions, Integrated Global Services (IGS), has announced a new distribution agreement with Dust Control as its ...
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Economics of Decarbonisation with Honeywell Sustainability Portfolio and IRA
09-03-2023
(Webinar) - The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed by the US government on August 16, 2022, provides nearly $370B in clean energy and climate funding over ...
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GenH2 and Chart MoU for Hydrogen liquefaction systems
08-03-2023
GenH2, an industry leader in hydrogen infrastructure solutions, and Chart have formed a strategic partnership to jointly market and distribute small-scale hydrogen ...
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QatarEnergy and CPChem break ground on the Golden Triangle Polymers Plant
08-03-2023
QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) marked the ground breaking of the Golden Triangle Polymers Plant in Orange County, in the U.S. State ...
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SABIC and Coolbrook agreement to advance electrification of steam crackers
08-03-2023
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, has signed an agreement with Coolbrook, a transformational technology and engineering company, to assess Coolbrook’s ...
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TotalEnergies launches integrated engineering studies for the Papua LNG project
08-03-2023
TotalEnergies, operator of the project, announces the launch of the fully integrated Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Papua LNG project. Following ...
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chevron and JERA to explore carbon capture and storage projects in United States and Australia
07-03-2023
Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and JERA Co Inc, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for their ...
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Gunvor and Chesapeake sign LNG supply agreement
06-03-2023
Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Gunvor Group Ltd today announced that Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd has entered into a Heads of Agreement with Chesapeake Energy ...
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Chesapeake Energy and Gunvor Group sign LNG supply agreement
06-03-2023
Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Gunvor Group Ltd today announced that Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd has entered into a Heads of Agreement with Chesapeake Energy ...
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Baker Hughes and bp collaborate on Cordant™ to enhance asset strategy across key operations
06-03-2023
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Monday that it will collaborate with bp, the global integrated energy company, on further defining and ...
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Eni and ADNOC to accelerate energy transition sustainability and decarbonisation
06-03-2023
Claudio Descalzi, Eni Chief Executive Officer, and his Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Managing ...
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MAN Energy Solutions ships world’s largest salt bath reactors to China
01-03-2023
MAN Energy Solutions supplies three salt-powered reactor systems for the production of biodegradable plastic to a leading Chinese chemical company Back to ...
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IGS announces Iberfluid as new distributor for Spain and Portugal
01-03-2023
International provider of surface protection solutions, Integrated Global Services (IGS), has announced an exclusive long-term distribution partnership with ...
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Alternative Environmental Technologies announces distribution partner for Oceania
01-03-2023
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp, announces that a New Zealand distributor is now representing AET’s SULFEXTM product line in addition ...
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CF Industries and Lotte Chemical agreement for clean ammonia offtake in South Korea
28-02-2023
CF Industries Holdings Inc, the world’s largest producer of ammonia, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LOTTE ...
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bp launches plans for low-carbon green hydrogen cluster in Spain’s Valencia region
28-02-2023
bp today launched the green hydrogen cluster of the Valencia region (HyVal) at its Castellón refinery. Led by bp, this public-private collaborative initiative ...
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Ecopetrol selects Honeywell technology for advanced solvent carbon capture study
27-02-2023
Honeywell today announced that it has been selected by Ecopetrol S.A, the largest company in Colombia and one of the main diversified energy companies on the ...
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Neste introduces new Neste ReNew™ lubricant product family
27-02-2023
Neste is introducing a new Neste ReNew™ lubricant product family in Finland, Sweden, the Baltic countries and Poland during the first quarter of 2023. The ...
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Luberef signs EPC contract for Yanbu (Growth II) expansion
27-02-2023
Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company - Luberef has signed an engineering, procurement, and constructions contract with PETROJET Co. for Yanbu facility expansion (Growth ...
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Applying Crude to Chemicals technologies for effective petrochemicals production
23-02-2023
(Webinar) - With the consumption of petrochemicals increasing globally and the demand for transportation fuels under pressure from energy transition initiatives, ...
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Level measurement on distillation bottoms
22-02-2023
The level measurement in the bottom of any distillation column is a critical measurement task in refineries. Tower internals damage due to the failure of level ...
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mPACT2WO leak detection solution enables US EPA approved AMEL for LDAR
22-02-2023
mPACT2WO, a Molex business, today announced AirCompliance, a groundbreaking, end-to-end leak detection solution that systemizes an Alternative Means of Emission ...
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Shell completes acquisition of renewable natural gas producer Nature Energy
20-02-2023
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell has acquired the largest producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Europe, its portfolio of operating plants, ...
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Eni Sustainable Mobility and PBF Energy partnership for St. Bernard Biorefinery
16-02-2023
Eni Sustainable Mobility and PBF Energy Inc. today announced they have entered into definitive agreements to partner in a 50-50 joint venture, St. Bernard Renewables ...
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ExxonMobil to deploy Honeywell carbon capture technology
15-02-2023
Honeywell today announced that ExxonMobil will deploy one of Honeywell’s carbon capture technologies – Honeywell’s CO2 Fractionation and Hydrogen Purification ...
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Burckhardt Compression strengthens its presence in Thailand
15-02-2023
After four years of successful cooperation as authorized service partner of Burckhardt Compression, SPAN Maintenance and Service Co. Ltd. in Thailand will be ...
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ExxonMobil selects SynCOR™ technology from Topsoe for world's largest low carbon hydrogen facility
15-02-2023
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, and ExxonMobil, one of the worlds largest energy and petrochemical companies, have signed ...
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INEOS secures financing for project one
14-02-2023
INEOS Olefins Belgium has today announced it has raised €3.5 billion to support the construction and operation of the most environmentally sustainable ...
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14-02-2023
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, and Velan Inc, a leading manufacturer ...
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RMS to acquire hot gas expander product line from Siemens Energy
14-02-2023
Rotating Machinery Services, Inc. (RMS) today announced that an agreement has been reached for the acquisition of the fluid catalyst cracking unit (FCCU) Hot ...
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Solenis is platinum again in EcoVadis ratings for corporate social responsibility
13-02-2023
For the second consecutive year, Solenis has earned the Platinum Recognition Level for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance from EcoVadis, a collaborative ...
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Indian Oil signs MOU with LanzaJet on SAF
12-02-2023
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Indias leading Energy major today entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology ...
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Unigel partners with Elessent Clean Technologies for MECS® sulfuric acid plant
10-02-2023
Brazilian chemical maker Unigel RI (Unigel) one of Latin America's largest chemical companies and Brazil's top manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers“ ...
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A new perspective on improving process and operational efficiencies
09-02-2023
(Webinar) - Presented with ageing equipment and ever-increasing environmental restrictions, process engineers are challenged with maximizing efficiency and ...
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APK to develop recycling technology with funding from LyondellBasell and KIRKBI
08-02-2023
LyondellBasell, a global leader in the chemical industry and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand, announce they ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical selects Nexus Circular for advanced circular liquid feedstocks
07-02-2023
Nexus Circular today announced that the company has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) for the supply of a significant ...
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PetroChina again selects differentiated LyondellBasell Polyethylene (PE) technology
07-02-2023
LyondellBasell announced today that PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company will again license LyondellBasell’s polyethylene technology at their facility located ...
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Valves for the boom in the LNG industry
04-02-2023
OHL Gutermuth, based in Altenstadt, Germany, has supplied valves to numerous major industry-specific projects over the past 150 years. This wealth of experience ...
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Your new guide to all you need to know about gas analysis
02-02-2023
Find the right gas analysis solution for your process in the new issue of our Gas Guide. This edition is fully updated to cover our current analyzer line-up. ...
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Veritas Capital completes acquisition of Wood Mackenzie
02-02-2023
Veritas Capital, a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government, today announced that an affiliate of Veritas has completed the purchase ...
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ADNOC signs agreements with 23 companies for local manufacturing opportunities
02-02-2023
ADNOC, a reliable and responsible provider of lower-carbon intensity energy, today announced it has signed agreements with 23 UAE and international companies ...
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Find out how we support sustainability efforts in the latest ES magazine
01-02-2023
The new Issue 39 of our Expert Solutions (ES) magazine looks at our commitment to sustainability, including how we are working towards carbon net-zero operations. Available ...
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Vertex Energy announces sale of Heartland used motor oil refinery
01-02-2023
Vertex Energy Inc, a leading specialty refiner and marketer of high-quality refined products, today announced that it has sold its Heartland used motor oil ...
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KP Engineering acquired by The Shaw Group
31-01-2023
KP Engineering (KPE) a leader in the design and execution of customized EPC solutions for the refining, syngas, hydrogen, and renewable fuels industries, is ...
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GEA compressor important component of new particle accelerator facility
31-01-2023
GEA Grasso screw compressors for the compression of helium gas are playing a crucial role in one of the world's largest construction projects for cutting-edge ...
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KP Engineering acquired by The Shaw Group
31-01-2023
KP Engineering, a leader in the design and execution of customized EPC solutions for the refining, syngas, hydrogen, and renewable fuels industries, is pleased ...
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Yokogawa enters investment and collaboration agreement with Ideation3X
31-01-2023
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has made a US$10 million Series B investment in Ideation3X Pte. Ltd. (i3X), a Singapore-based venture company ...
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Albemarle announces launch of Ketjen Corporation
31-01-2023
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, today announced the official brand launch of Ketjen, its wholly owned subsidiary ...
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ExxonMobil moves forward with largest renewable diesel facility in Canada
26-01-2023
ExxonMobil today announced its majority-owned affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd, will invest about $560 million to move forward with construction of the largest renewable ...
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Velocys and Bechtel collaborate on SAF project delivery solution
25-01-2023
Velocys plc, the sustainable fuels technology company, is pleased to announce the execution of a master relationship agreement with Bechtel Limited, one of ...
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Nippon Steel, Mitsubishi and ExxonMobil sign MoU to evaluate and establish CCS value chains
25-01-2023
Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation and ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly study carbon capture ...
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Sweeny Refinery certified to process pyrolysis oil from waste plastics
25-01-2023
Phillips 66 has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its Sweeny Refinery in Texas to process oil made ...
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Emerson builds new innovation and manufacturing hub at King Salman Energy Park
25-01-2023
The global technology, software and engineering powerhouse Emerson (NYSE: EMR) will build a state-of-the-art innovation and manufacturing hub at the King Salman ...
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Syzygy Plasmonics and RTI International agreement to demonstrate sustainable fuels production system
25-01-2023
Syzygy Plasmonics, a deep decarbonization company, announced an agreement today with the nonprofit research institute RTI International to demonstrate sustainable ...
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25-01-2023
Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions announced today a collaboration with OLI Systems, a leader in water chemistry-based process simulation and electrolyte ...
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Equinor awards PSW Technology a maintenance services contract for Mongstad refinery
25-01-2023
Equinor has awarded PSW Technology a three-year contract for maintenance services to the Mongstad refinery. The agreement is estimated at 200 MNOK per year ...
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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases announces sales and service facility in Qatar
24-01-2023
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd group of companies, is proud to announce yet another expansion of their sales ...
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Air Liquide and Sasol sign contract for the supply of renewable energy to the Secunda site
24-01-2023
Air Liquide and Sasol have signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Enel Green Power for the long-term supply of a total capacity of 220 MW of renewable ...
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Phillips 66 achieves ISCC PLUS certification to turn oil from plastics into feedstocks
24-01-2023
Phillips 66 today announced it has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its Sweeny Refinery in Texas ...
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Maire Tecnimont acquires the majority stake of Conser
23-01-2023
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that, through its subsidiary NextChem Holding S.p.A., it is expanding into the high-value derivates and biodegradable plastic ...
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Anaergia to supply carbon-negative RNG to Irving Oil
20-01-2023
Irving Oil and global waste-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) industry leader Anaergia Inc. have announced a partnership that will supply Canada’s largest refinery ...
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KBC has been accredited with the Cyber Essentials Plus certification
19-01-2023
The Cyber Essentials Scheme is a UK government-backed security standard, which identifies the security controls an organization must have in place within their ...
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TA’ZIZ and Proman agreement to develop UAE’s first methanol facility
19-01-2023
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (TA’ZIZ) and PROMAN AG, one of the world’s leading producers of methanol, have signed a shareholders’ ...
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SABIC reaffirms commitment to the circular carbon economy
19-01-2023
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating the circular carbon economy during the World Economic Forum ...
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thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by ADNOC for exploration of commercial-scale ammonia cracking plant
17-01-2023
thyssenkrupp Uhde and ADNOC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a long-term partnership to create new markets for hydrogen and promote ...
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Braskem to evaluate production of bio-based polypropylene
17-01-2023
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today ...
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USD Clean Fuels announces the development of a new biofuels terminal in National City, CA
17-01-2023
USD Clean Fuels LLC announced its intention to build a new biofuels terminal in National City, CA that will have the capability to transload renewable diesel, ...
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BASF’s Monomers division expands portfolio of climate-friendly products
17-01-2023
BASF’s Monomers division has announced an ambitious sustainability roadmap: It will expand its portfolio of products with a lower CO2 footprint and is committed ...
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Evonik Catalysts strengthens market position through further expanding its innovative portfolio
17-01-2023
Evonik is pooling its expertise and integrating its alkoxides business into the Catalysts Business Line. The extensive portfolio of heterogeneous catalysts ...
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ExxonMobil to sell interest in Esso Thailand
11-01-2023
ExxonMobil has reached an agreement with Bangchak Corporation to sell its interest in Esso Thailand that includes the Sriracha Refinery, select distribution ...
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BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion project at Geismar site
11-01-2023
BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, ...
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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group acquires Cryotec Anlagenbau
09-01-2023
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group, a part of Nikkiso Co., Ltd, has entered into an agreement to acquire Cryotec Anlagenbau ...
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LUKOIL concludes the sale of ISAB refinery in Italy
09-01-2023
PJSC LUKOIL announces that LITASCO S.A, 100% subsidiary of LUKOIL, and G.O.I. ENERGY LIMITED reached an agreement regarding the sale of ISAB S.r.L. to G.O.I. ...
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QatarEnergy makes the largest investment in its history in the petrochemical sector
08-01-2023
QatarEnergy announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem) to build the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals complex ...
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Kuwait Oil Company awarded Technip Energies a large project management consultancy contract
05-01-2023
The five-year framework agreement contract covers front-end engineering design (FEED), project management, and associated services for KOC’s major projects. This ...
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TÃœV Rheinland signs agreement to acquire part of ABB’s Energy Industries division
05-01-2023
TÃœV Rheinland signs an agreement to acquire ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy, part of ABB’s Energy Industries division. TÃœV Rheinland will ...
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ADNOC allocates $15B to low-carbon solutions
05-01-2023
ADNOC, a reliable and responsible provider of lower-carbon intensity energy, today announced a bold new strategy to progress the world-scale decarbonization ...
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Chart Industries and BNG clean fuel MoU for hydrogen liquefaction and equipment supply
04-01-2023
Chart Industries Inc, a leading global engineering design and manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy ...
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Vopak and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies to take hydrogen logistics to the next level
04-01-2023
Vopak and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies will incorporate an equal shared joint venture, named LOHC Logistix, for hydrogen storage, transport and supply based ...
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PKN ORLEN closes acquisition of petrochemical assets
02-01-2023
PKN ORLEN has closed the transaction to acquire a part of the business of Poland’s largest plastics manufacturer Basell Orlen Polyolefins, in which the Company ...
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Four additional directors as Servomex undergoes major reorganisation
01-01-2023
In an effort to streamline processes, pursue Operational Excellence and execute the outcomes of its internal strategic review, the global experts in gas analysis ...
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Sinopec releases China Energy Outlook 2060
29-12-2022
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation officially published the "China Energy Outlook 2060" on December 28 in Beijing. This is Sinopec's first publicly ...
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SABIC, OQ and KPI sign agreement for a world-scale petrochemical complex in Duqm
28-12-2022
SABIC, OQ and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have signed a Project Development Agreement of a jointly owned petrochemical complex in the Special Economic ...
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Maire Tecnimont Group and NTPC sign MoU to develop green methanol project in India
27-12-2022
Tecnimont Private Limited, Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NTPC, India's largest ...
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Hidden Savings: The incredible value of proper training
22-12-2022
Almost every refinery, chemical plant or manufacturing facility has experienced that horrible moment. The moment a pump fails, an injury occurs or a release ...
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Raven SR and Chart Industries to collaborate on Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Storage
22-12-2022
Raven SR Inc (Raven SR), a renewable fuels company, and Chart Industries Inc, today announced their agreement to collaborate globally on the liquefaction, storage, ...
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Lukoil completes reconstruction of several units at its Volgograd refinery
22-12-2022
A large-scale reconstruction has been completed at the Volgograd refinery (a wholly owned subsidiary of PJSC LUKOIL). The project included modernization of ...
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ADNOC acquires 24.9% stake in OMV
21-12-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Mubadala Investment Company today announced a transaction involving OMV AG, a global energy and chemicals group, headquartered ...
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Burckhardt Compression order intake passed one billion Swiss francs
20-12-2022
Since the start of the fiscal year on April 1st 2022, Burckhardt Compression's order intake passed one billion Swiss francs, a new milestone in the company's ...
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Aramco, Sinopec and SABIC expand refining and petrochemical cooperation
18-12-2022
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation and SABIC, are ...
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Johnson Matthey and Honeywell partner to advance lower carbon Hydrogen solutions
15-12-2022
Honeywell and Johnson Matthey (JM), today announced they will work together to deploy low carbon hydrogen solutions. The companies will offer JM's innovative ...
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Aramco and TotalEnergies to build petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia
15-12-2022
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company and TotalEnergies have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a world scale petrochemical facility in Saudi ...
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Siemens Energy halves emissions in its operations
13-12-2022
Siemens Energy improved in almost all areas of sustainability this past year, as reflected in its fiscal year 2022 Sustainability Report, published today. "Global ...
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LanzaJet marks major milestone at its Freedom Pines SAF facility
13-12-2022
LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today joined government officials, industry leaders, and investors ...
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12-12-2022
Atlas Copco Energas GmbH and STRABAG Umwelttechnik GmbH (operating in the Dresden-based business area plant engineering and construction) have agreed on an ...
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Aramco and Shandong Energy collaborate on downstream projects in China
09-12-2022
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and Shandong Energy Group, are exploring collaboration ...
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Phillips 66 announces 2023 capital program
09-12-2022
Phillips 66 today announced a 2023 capital program of $2 billion, including $865 million for sustaining capital and $1.1 billion for growth capital. Approximately ...
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08-12-2022
Leading industrial technology specialist Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey Plc, has announced the launch of its cloud-based platform that will provide customers ...
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Baker Hughes and Woodside Energy MoU to collaborate on decarbonisng the natural gas supply chain
08-12-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, and Woodside Energy announced Thursday that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore ...
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08-12-2022
The pumps will support a number of critical applications to convert waste oils and fats into renewable fuels with a lower carbon cost. Once complete, the new ...
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INEOS and SINOPEC sign JV agreement for a brand new petrochemicals complex in Tianjin
07-12-2022
INEOS and SINOPEC have today announced a new Joint Venture agreement that will see INEOS acquire a 50% share in the existing Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project ...
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ADNOC accelerates delivery of low carbon growth strategy
06-12-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is accelerating operationalization of its board mandated low carbon growth strategy, by establishing a new Low ...
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Axens achieved the guaranteed performance of its first Ethanol-to-Ethylene Atol® plant
05-12-2022
In May 2022, Axens have demonstrated the successful start-up of the first ethanol-to-ethylene pilot plant based on Axens Atol® technology with Sumitomo Chemical, ...
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Rotoflow opens turbomachinery solutions center in Shanghai
02-12-2022
Rotoflow, an Air Products business, has opened a new Solutions Center in the Qingpu district of Shanghai, China to better serve the turbomachinery needs of ...
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Recommended practices for cost estimating maintenance turnarounds
01-12-2022
In the September 2021 edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine, Gordon discusses the current poor state of turnaround cost estimating and highlights ...
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Nijhuis Saur Industries completes acquisition of Veolia’s european mobile water services division
01-12-2022
Nijhuis Saur Industries (part of Saur Group) announces that it has finalized the Group’s acquisition of Veolia’s European Mobile Water Services division ...
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Clariant's NiSat® 310 catalyst adds polishing touch to Evonik-tkIS HPPO process
30-11-2022
Clariant Catalysts has teamed up with Evonik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (tkIS) in a major propylene oxide project for one of China’s largest rubber ...
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Essar Oil to build carbon capture facility at its Stanlow refinery
30-11-2022
Essar Oil UK Limited today announces its plan to build a £360 million major new carbon capture plant at its Stanlow refinery in line with its ambition to ...
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ExxonMobil to deploy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries leading CO2 capture technology
29-11-2022
ExxonMobil and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have joined forces to deploy MHI’s leading CO2 capture technology as part of ExxonMobil’s end-to-end carbon ...
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HOERBIGER breaks ground on new plant in Changzhou
29-11-2022
With the groundbreaking of the new site in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, HOERBIGER strengthens its presence in China and lays the foundation for further ...
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Axens announces joint commercial cooperation agreement with Chiyoda Corporation
28-11-2022
Axens is pleased to announce the signature of a Joint Commercial Cooperation Agreement (JCCA) with Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda). The purpose of this cooperation ...
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25-11-2022
Valmet entered into an agreement on November 9th to acquire the U.S. based NovaTech Automation’s Process Solutions business. The value of the acquisition ...
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Optimized energy efficiency and fewer emissions after compressor revamp
24-11-2022
Our customer, a global chemicals company, operates two vertical Process Gas Compressors in their petrochemical plant. High leakages, reduced gas flow, temperature ...
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Sichuan Energy investment signs MoU with hte
24-11-2022
Sichuan Energy Investment (SCEI) and hte — the high throughput experimentation company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a satellite ...
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Samsung Engineering wins MENA’s project of the year award
24-11-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies announced today, that ...
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Sinopec and QatarEnergy agree long-term LNG deal
22-11-2022
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and QatarEnergy have signed a long-term Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) purchase and sales agreement for the ...
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Vopak and PETRONAS sign MoU to explore opportunities in CCS value chain solutions
21-11-2022
Vopak and Petroliam Nasional Berhad signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of the value chain for CCS in the Southeast Asia region. As ...
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Technip Energies and Baker Hughes to collaborate on modularized LNG solution
17-11-2022
Technip Energies and Baker Hughes, two leading energy technology companies, announced Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets the groundwork ...
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PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional selects Univation's UNIPOL™ PE Process
17-11-2022
PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional has selected Univation's UNIPOL™ PE Process for two reactor lines. Each reactor line is designed to achieve nameplate capacities ...
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BASF TotalEnergies facility awarded International Sustainability and Carbon Certification
15-11-2022
BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals facility, a 60/40 joint venture between BASF and TotalEnergies, based in Port Arthur, Texas — has obtained the International ...
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(Webinar) Preparing for a petrochemical plant revamp or technology upgrade
15-11-2022
Petrochemical producers have recently confronted unprecedented volatility in crude oil prices and limits on advantaged feedstock, while the refining and gas ...
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Pertamina NRE and ACWA Power collaborate to support Tuban grass root refinery
14-11-2022
Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE), and ACWA Power signed joint development agreement (JDA) on Core utilities Supply to Tuban Grass ...
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Stamicarbon selected for licensing and equipment supply in China
11-11-2022
Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has been selected as the licensor for a urea project in China. The plant’s capacity ...
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Stamicarbon signs agreement for a feasibility study for keystone natural gas synthesis project
11-11-2022
Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed an agreement for a feasibility study with KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis, ...
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Servomex earns coveted gold standard for business sustainability ratings
09-11-2022
Global expert in gas analysis, Servomex, is proud to announce it has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Rating 2022 for its business sustainability ratings. EcoVadis ...
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09-11-2022
Chart today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Howden, a leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products ...
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Chevron and JERA collaborate on low carbon opportunities
09-11-2022
Chevron Corporation, through its Chevron New Energies business, and JERA are collaborating on multiple lower carbon opportunities — including production; ...
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Servomex opens new service center in Korea
08-11-2022
Servomex has been supplying analyzers to the Korean petrochemical, refinery oil and gas market for 30 years. As the service center is officially unveiled at ...
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Sulzer Chemtech’s crystallization technology helps drive DSI’s growth
04-11-2022
Sulzer Chemtech is providing process engineering and key equipment for the expansion of PT. Dongsuh Indonesia (DSI) naphthalene downstream sector. The delivery ...
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Hummingbird Sensing Technology hosts Lord Lieutenant at Queen’s Award ceremony
03-11-2022
Queen’s Award winner and expert manufacturer of gas sensors for medical and industrial applications, Hummingbird Sensing Technology, has hosted the Lord Lieutenant ...
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ADNOC and Baker Hughes to explore new clean energy technologies
03-11-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company signed a strategic technology collaboration agreement during ADIPEC 2022 ...
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Site construction underway at TA’ZIZ and next major phase of growth launched
03-11-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and ADQ, the majority shareholders in TA’ZIZ, launched, today, the next phase of growth at the TA’ZIZ Industrial ...
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Watlow completes the acquisition of Eurotherm
02-11-2022
Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of complete industrial thermal systems, is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of Eurotherm® from ...
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Maire Tecnimont awarded LPG project by Sonatrach
27-10-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded by the Direction Centrale Engineering & Project Management of ...
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AspenTech acquires inmation Software
24-10-2022
Aspen Technology Inc, a global leader in industrial software, today announced that it has acquired inmation Software GmbH, a market leader in industrial real-time ...
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Safety advantages of using AET’s Sulfex™ for desulfurization
24-10-2022
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp, combats climate change via technologies which minimize the environmental impact of fuels. However, ...
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ExxonMobil to sell Billings refinery to Par Pacific Holdings
20-10-2022
ExxonMobil and its affiliates have reached an agreement with Par Pacific Holdings for the sale of the Billings refinery and select midstream assets in Montana ...
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Siemens Energy to supply a gas/electric hybrid drive system for NEC’s LNG plant
20-10-2022
Northeast Energy Center and Chart Energy & Chemicals selected Siemens Energy to supply a gas/electric hybrid drive system for NEC’s LNG plant being built ...
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Neste's NEXPAO technology to be implemented at Huizhou production site in China
19-10-2022
Neste's Engineering Solutions, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services, and CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company ...
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Topsoe to support first sustainable aviation fuel-production in Brazil
19-10-2022
The Brazilian market offers great potential within low carbon fuels and Brasil BioFuels is one of the pioneers when it comes to SAF. Gustavo Cienfuegos, ...
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Radiometric measurement solutions for the petrochemical industry
18-10-2022
In order to produce a variety of plastics and polymers, petrochemistry deals with the synthesis of hydrocarbon compounds, derived from the refining of crude ...
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INEOS O&P Europe announces upgrade of Lillo polyolefins plant
18-10-2022
INEOS O&P Europe has announced today a €30m investment in the conversion of its plant in Lillo, at the Port of Antwerp, to enable its existing capacity ...
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Braskem Idesa works with Emerson to drive operational excellence
18-10-2022
Global software and technology leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced a strategic partnership with Braskem Idesa to provide digital automation technologies ...
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ABL Group and Mammoet complete Dos Bocas marine transportation project
17-10-2022
Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group and its client Mammoet have successfully completed 12 heavy-lift shipments of refinery equipment to the new Dos Bocas ...
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17-10-2022
In a move that will expand and accelerate the growth of its strategic bioenergy business, bp today announced that it has agreed to acquire Archaea Energy Inc., ...
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Clariant & Technip Energies' EARTH® tech for energy-efficient H2 production wins first place twice
14-10-2022
Clariant and its engineering and technology partner, Technip Energies, were presented with two industry awards for their ground-breaking EARTH technology. ICIS, ...
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Technip Energies awarded FEED contract for H2Maasvlakte
13-10-2022
Following the announcement by the European Commission that Uniper's H2Maasvlakte project has been selected as an Important Project of Common European Interest ...
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Hydrogen produced from natural gas delivers significant emissions reductions in the US
12-10-2022
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released new analysis on the benefits of low-carbon hydrogen produced from natural gas. The study, commissioned ...
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Ecopetrol Castilla Blend® and CITGO to offset carbon
10-10-2022
A carbon compensated crude oil cargo sold by Ecopetrol and purchased by CITGO Petroleum Corporation is currently making its way to the CITGO Corpus Christi ...
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Honeywell announces innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel processing technology
10-10-2022
Honeywell today announced a new, innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ...
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Elliott group releases CO2 compressor pump solution
07-10-2022
Elliott Group, a leader in the engineering and manufacturing of rotating equipment, announced today the release of their new CO2Phase Hybrid Compressor Pump ...
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Atlas Copco has acquired a distributor of compressors in New Mexico
04-10-2022
Atlas Copco has acquired the operating assets of the compressor business of Mesa Equipment & Supply Company (Mesa). Mesa is located in Albuquerque, New ...
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Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi to build a renewable plastics supply chain
03-10-2022
Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi Corporation have agreed to build a renewable plastics supply chain utilizing bio-based hydrocarbons (Neste RE™) ...
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30-09-2022
In April 2022, Neste announced that it would merge the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Neste Engineering Solutions Oy (NES) into Neste Corporation. The ...
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Technip Energies and MetGen to industrialize METNIN® lgnin refining technology
28-09-2022
Technip Energies and MetGen Oy, announce a collaboration for the industrialization of METNIN® technology for the valorization of lignin. Lignin is a high-volume ...
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Yokogawa selected as MAC for construction of the largest renewable hydrogen plant in Europe
27-09-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced today that it has been selected by Shell Plc to be the main automation contractor (MAC) for the construction of its ...
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Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery receives bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate
23-09-2022
Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation obtained a bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration ...
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HIF Global and Topsoe partner for eFuels facility in Texas
22-09-2022
Roeland Baan, CEO at Topsoe, said: “We are proud that HIF Global has selected our technology for this truly innovative project which will contribute to decarbonizing ...
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Neste and Marathon establish Martinez Renewables
21-09-2022
Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel ...
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Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel Infrastructure and PetroChina explore CCUS solutions in Singapore
21-09-2022
Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel Infrastructure, and PetroChina announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a consortium which will aim to ...
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19-09-2022
Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste launches a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining ...
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Chart Industries and C.A.T. Group sign MoU
16-09-2022
Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries and C.A.T. ...
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Mitsui Chemicals selects Ethylene Oxide catalyst from Shell Catalysts & Technologies
16-09-2022
Mitsui Chemicals has asked Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) for its Shell S-896 catalyst, which is expected to provide important economic benefits ...
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GENTARI drives energy transition through cleaner energy solutions
16-09-2022
Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd (GENTARI) was officially launched today by Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob following ...
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Siemens and Shell to advance low-carbon, highly efficient energy solutions
15-09-2022
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Shell Global Solutions International BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on developing low-carbon ...
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ADNOC refining to complete first phase of waste heat recovery project
14-09-2022
ADNOC Refining, a joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Eni, and OMV, is set to complete the first phase of its innovative Waste ...
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Topsoe and First Ammonia launch zero emission ammonia production
14-09-2022
Today, two leaders in the global green transition, technology pioneer Topsoe and green ammonia early-mover First Ammonia, announced that they have entered into ...
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Evonik and Leibniz Institute for Catalysis discover new type of hydroformylati
13-09-2022
A research team involving Evonik and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) has made another breakthrough in the field of hydroformylation. Hydroformylation ...
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Koch Technology Solutions and Ioniqa Technologies to commercialise PET upcycling technology
13-09-2022
Koch Technology Solutions (KTS), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, and Ioniqa Technologies B.V. (Ioniqa) today announced a partnership to scale up and commercialize ...
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08-09-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Project Management companies with SEDC Energy and Sarawak Energy ...
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Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ deoxygenation catalyst qualified for green hydrogen purification
07-09-2022
Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ deoxygenation catalyst has been qualified for the purification of hydrogen gas produced electrolytically in Shell’s ...
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Tecam has been awarded 3 new environmental technology projects for gas emissions in The Netherlands
07-09-2022
Tecam continues to establish itself in the environmental projects sector, with the awarding of 3 new projects for gases emissions removal in relevant industrial ...
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DORIS and Axens to jointly develop CCUS services
07-09-2022
DORIS and Axens have entered in a partnership to jointly develop integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) services. The main objective of this ...
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BASF and ARCUS agreement for the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil
05-09-2022
BASF SE has concluded a framework agreement for the purchase of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste with ARCUS Greencycling Technologies GmbH, a technology ...
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01-09-2022
BASF, SABIC and Linde have started construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. By using ...
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Topsoe confirms final investment decision to construct world’s largest electrolyzer plant
01-09-2022
Topsoe CEO, Roeland Baan,said “The case for using electrolysis to produce green fuels is now well established, but manufacturing capacity has always been ...
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Albemarle announces new global business unit alignment
30-08-2022
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, today announced that it will realign its Bromine and Lithium global business units ...
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Axens pyrolysis gasoline unit successfully started-up at Hyundai Chemical petrochemical complex
30-08-2022
Axens and Hyundai Chemical Co. successfully achieve the start-up of the pyrolysis gasoline (Pygas) unit, part of the Hyundai Chemical petrochemical grassroots ...
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Albemarle concludes strategic review of catalysts business
29-08-2022
Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, today announced that as a result of its strategic review of the business, Albemarle ...
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Anellotech demonstrates Plas-TCat™ catalytic pyrolysis technology
29-08-2022
Anellotech is pleased to announce that it has, for the first time, continuously processed solid, post-consumer plastic waste into light olefins and aromatics ...
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Sinopec starts first carbon capture storage facility
29-08-2022
China's Sinopec Corp said on Monday it has put into operation the country's largest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) facility in east China, and ...
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Phillips 66 offer to acquire outstanding publicly held common units of DCP Midstream
17-08-2022
Concurrent with Phillips 66’s announcement of the realignment of economic and governance interests in DCP Midstream, LP, Phillips 66 also announced today ...
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Wood awarded two major multi-million-dollar projects in Uzbekistan
17-08-2022
Wood has secured two new contracts from Enter Engineering with a combined value of over $200 million, to deliver major capital investment projects in Uzbekistan. The ...
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Howden and Raven SR strengthen partnership with MoU to streamline waste-to-fuels process
17-08-2022
Raven SR Inc, a renewable fuels company, announced today it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Howden, a leading global provider of mission critical ...
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Heraeus Precious Metals adds a smelter to its recycling capabilities
17-08-2022
Heraeus Precious Metals, a leading provider of precious metals services and products, will further expand its recycling capabilities by building a smelter in ...
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Construction starts at refinery modernisation project in Lithuania
16-08-2022
A ‘ground-breaking’ ceremony in Lithuania officially marked the beginning of the construction of the new Residue Conversion Unit at PC ORLEN Lietuva’s ...
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UKs first refinery based hydrogen furnace arrives at Essar
16-08-2022
Essar Oil UK has taken delivery of the first-ever hydrogen-powered furnace at a refinery anywhere in the UK at its Stanlow site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. In ...
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Baker Hughes opens new chemicals facility in Singapore
16-08-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, is expanding its presence in Asia by opening a new oilfield services chemicals manufacturing facility in Singapore, ...
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Baker Hughes acquires Quest Integrity
15-08-2022
Baker Hughes has announced an agreement to acquire Quest Integrity, a subsidiary of Team, Inc and a global leader in the development and delivery of technology-enabled ...
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Shell completes acquisition of renewables platform Sprng Energy group
10-08-2022
Sprng Energy, set up in 2017 by Actis, is a renewable energy platform based in Pune, India, and develops and manages renewable energy facilities such as solar ...
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TOYO awarded refinery plant project at Vadodara
08-08-2022
Toyo Engineering India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited ...
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Southern Rock Energy proposes next generation refinery
08-08-2022
A “next generation” oil refinery powered by blue hydrogen could be developed in a small town outside Victoria, according to an application for a tax break ...
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United Energy completes Integrity Terminals acquisition
05-08-2022
United Energy Corporation today announced 100% acquisition of Integrity Terminals, adding to UNRG's previous minority ownership stake of 12%. According to Brian ...
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EPA risk assessment makes unrealistic assumptions on key refining chemical
03-08-2022
The American Petroleum Institute (API) yesterday filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), highlighting concern that EPA’s risk ...
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Aramco and Sinopec sign MoU to collaborate on projects in Saudi Arabia
03-08-2022
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco”) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) covering ...
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Several refining projects are scheduled in Asia and the Middle East
02-08-2022
In Asia and the Middle East, at least nine refinery projects are beginning operations or are scheduled to come online before the end of 2023. At their current ...
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Petrobras signs contract with Petrogal to share natural gas processing units
01-08-2022
Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/30/2020, informs that the Integrated Processing System (SIP) contract signed with Petrogal Brasil started ...
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01-08-2022
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by a market leader in plastics ...
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Alternative Environmental Technologies adds distribution partner for select Latin American countries
01-08-2022
Alternative Environmental Technologies Holdings Corp is very pleased to announce that it has signed another distribution agreement with OGE Drilling & Investment ...
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GTC Vorro Technology and RATE announce collaboration
29-07-2022
GTC Vorro Technology has entered into an agreement with Rameshni & Associates Technology and Engineering (RATE), a global specialty engineering firm providing ...
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Shell USA and Shell Midstream Partners reach definitive merger agreement
25-07-2022
SHLX’s assets include interests in entities that own crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminals that serve as key infrastructure to transport ...
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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases add vaporizer manufacturing facility to Houston facility
25-07-2022
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group, a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd group of companies, is proud to announce yet another expansion of their ...
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Johnson Matthey and ClimeCo collaborate to accelerate the deployment of low carbon solutions
25-07-2022
Johnson Matthey (JM), a leader in sustainable technologies, is collaborating with ClimeCo, a global climate solutions company, to accelerate the deployment ...
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LIFTE H2 and Burckhardt announce collaboration for Hydrogen projects
21-07-2022
The hydrogen infrastructure development company LIFTE H2, head quartered in the US with a German subsidiary, and compressor manufacturer Burckhardt Compression, ...
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Baystar® announces start up of new ethane cracker in Port Arthur
21-07-2022
Bayport Polymers LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between TotalEnergies and Borealis, today announces the start-up of a new ethane cracker with an annual production ...
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IndianOil & NTPC sign agreement for powering IndianOil refineries with renewable energy
19-07-2022
IndianOil and NTPC signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to meet the power requirements of upcoming projects of IndianOil refineries on July 18, ...
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Technip Energies and National Petroleum Construction Company JV to accelerate energy transition
19-07-2022
On the sidelines of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to Paris, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of ...
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LyondellBasell helps to close the loop on Polypropylene by joining NEXTLOOPP initiative
18-07-2022
NEXTLOOPP, launched in October 2020, aims at creating circular food-grade recycled polypropylene (FGrPP) from post-consumer packaging. LyondellBasell, one of ...
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Boeing and Alder Fuels partner to scale SAF Globally
18-07-2022
Boeing and Alder Fuels today announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) around the world. Using Boeing airplanes, the ...
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European Commission grants IPCEI status for Porvoo refinery hydrogen projects
15-07-2022
Neste has become the first Finnish company to be granted IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) status by the European Commission, which enables ...
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Lummus introduces industry's first net zero ethane cracker
14-07-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the launch of a major enhancement to its leading ...
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Neste receive EU funding for chemical recycling project in Porvoo
13-07-2022
Neste has received a positive grant decision for up to EUR 135 million from the EU Innovation Fund for the company’s project to build chemical recycling capacities ...
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Clariant’s SynDane® catalyst chosen for Wanhua’s new world-scale maleic anhydride plant
12-07-2022
Clariant has been awarded a major contract by Wanhua Chemical Group to supply catalysts for its new maleic anhydride plant, which will be one of the largest ...
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Elliott Group appoint Matthew Rhodes VP of Global Service
11-07-2022
Elliott Group announces the appointment of Matthew Rhodes as Vice President of Global Service, effective July 1, 2022. Matthew succeeds Shane Reph who was named ...
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Elliott Group appoint Ronald Josefczyk VP of Global Manufacturing
08-07-2022
Elliott Group announced today that Ronald Josefczyk has been appointed Vice President of Global Manufacturing, effective July 1, 2022. He succeeds Takanobu ...
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Neste, MAN and Altens sign a partnership to promote biofuels in France
08-07-2022
Sharing a common vision where biofuels have a key role to play in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions in transportation — Neste, MAN and Altens have signed ...
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Axens to begin licensing Plastic Energy’s TAC process for advanced plastic recycling
07-07-2022
Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens is pleased to announce that Plastic Energy’s TAC process ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical receives 16 Texas Chemical Council safety awards
06-07-2022
Chevron Phillips Chemical announced today it received 16 safety awards from the Texas Chemical Council (TCC) for excellence in safety and operational performance. Seven ...
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Samsung Engineering signs an agreement with Aramco for the national EPC champions initiative
06-07-2022
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies announced today, that ...
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BASF and MAN Energy Solutions enter strategic heat pump partnership
01-07-2022
BASF and MAN Energy Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership to pursue the construction of an industrial-scale heat pump at the BASF site in Ludwigshafen. ...
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Lummus and Clariant announce successful start-up of world’s largest operating CATOFIN PDH unit
01-07-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and its catalyst partner Clariant, announced the successful ...
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30-06-2022
Lummus Digital, an industry-leading integrated digital solution provider has announced it has entered into an agreement with LACC, LLC, a subsidiary of ...
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Sulzer enabling world’s first commercial-scale waste-to-fuel plant with zero carbon emissions
29-06-2022
Sulzer has supported Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. to complete construction of the world’s first commercial-scale production plant that will convert municipal solid ...
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Circularix and Macquarieto build and operate PET recycling plants across the US
29-06-2022
HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group's Commodities and Global Markets group have formed a joint venture to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). ...
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Egyptian General Petroleum and Baker Hughes partner to reduce emissions from flaring operations
29-06-2022
Baker Hughes and Petrosafe, a subsidiary of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), today announced a contract that will mark the first deployment ...
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Lummus announces successful start-up of CATOFIN PDH unit in China
29-06-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the commissioning and startup of a propane dehydrogenation ...
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Ariel and Hoerbiger announce partnership
28-06-2022
Ariel Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of separable reciprocating gas compressors and Hoerbiger, a global leader in reciprocating gas compressor ...
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ExxonMobil, CNOOC and Shell to pursue carbon capture and storage hub in China
27-06-2022
ExxonMobil, Shell, CNOOC, and Guangdong Provincial Development & Reform Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the potential for ...
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TABADUL and Sadara ink MoU to develop logistic solutions for Petrochemical industry
27-06-2022
Saudi Electronic Information Exchange Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sadara Chemical Company on Monday May 23, 2022 at TABADUL’s headquarters ...
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Neste invests in its world scale renewable products refinery in Rotterdam
27-06-2022
Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand ...
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Neste acquires European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology
27-06-2022
Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. ...
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23-06-2022
Air Liquide and Siemens Energy announce the creation of a joint venture dedicated to the series production of industrial scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers ...
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API, AFPM Joint Statement on Sec. Granholm's Meeting with U.S. Refiners
23-06-2022
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) released the following joint statement on U.S. Energy ...
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OMV Petrom will start the production of sustainable aviation fuel at Petrobrazi
23-06-2022
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeastern Europe, will produce sustainable aviation fuel at the Petrobrazi refinery by co-processing ...
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Swagelok Company celebrates 75th Anniversary
23-06-2022
Swagelok Company, a leading solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services, is marking its 75th year in business by expanding ...
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Pioneering hydrogen-powered furnace arrives for installation at Stanlow terminal
23-06-2022
A new furnace capable of running on hydrogen and cutting CO2 emissions has arrived at the Port of Liverpool. The furnace, which is part of a multimillion-pound ...
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Shell qualifies BASF Puristar® and BASF Sorbead® for green hydrogen purification
22-06-2022
BASF has worked with Shell to evaluate and de-risk BASF’s Puristar® R0-20 and Sorbead® Adsorption Technology for the use in green hydrogen production. The ...
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22-06-2022
Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale. E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based ...
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ExxonMobil advancing Singapore resid upgrade project
21-06-2022
ExxonMobil said today that it has made a final investment decision on a multi-billion dollar expansion of its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore ...
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Emerson and Neste to optimize Fintoil biorefinery operations
21-06-2022
Fintoil, together with Neste Engineering Solutions, has selected Emerson’s automation software and technologies to maximize the operational performance of ...
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ExxonMobil introduces new technology to convert methanol to SAF
20-06-2022
“SAF produced from renewable methanol can play an important role in helping the aviation industry achieve the transition to a net-zero future. Reaching that ...
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Topsoe technology to reduce customer greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022
17-06-2022
Topsoe technology to reduce customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022 “Effectively reducing carbon emissions requires a coordinated ...
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Wood appoints new Executive President for Consulting business
16-06-2022
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, today announces the appointment of Azad Hessamodini as Executive President of its Consulting business and ...
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Shell and Dow start up e-cracking furnace experimental unit
16-06-2022
Shell and Dow have started up an experimental unit to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This ...
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Nextchem strengthens partnership with GranBio
16-06-2022
Europe’s strict regulations and challenging targets for the decarbonization of transports are driving a rapidly growing demand for bio and low carbon fuels, ...
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Watlow celebrates 100 year anniversary
15-06-2022
Industrial heating technology manufacturer Watlow, which specializes in electric components for complete thermal systems, has reached its 100-year anniversary ...
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Servomex relocates office in United Arab Emirates to better support customers in the region
14-06-2022
The move comes as Servomex expands its expertise and infrastructure within this key business locality. This is driven by continued demand for Servomex gas analysis ...
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Wood signs global engineering & project support master services agreement with Chevron
14-06-2022
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, has entered into a 10-year global master services agreement for engineering and project related services ...
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Clariant produces first commercial sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol
14-06-2022
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced that it has produced the first commercial cellulosic ethanol at ...
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Arbor Renewable Gas reveals plan renewable fuels facility in Port Allen
14-06-2022
Arbor Renewable Gas LLC, a Houston-based company formed in 2019 that produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue, is evaluating ...
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Chevron completes acquisition of renewable energy group
13-06-2022
Chevron Corporation today completed its previously announced acquisition of Renewable Energy Group Inc, following approval by REG stockholders. “We have ...
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Nevada site acquired for largest Western US renewable diesel refinery
13-06-2022
Vegas Renewable Diesel Inc, announces acquisition of a prime site near Las Vegas for the largest renewable diesel refinery to be built in the Western United ...
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Sulzer to support Shell to produce biofuels at new Rotterdam facility
13-06-2022
Expected to become one of the largest biofuels production sites in Europe, the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park will create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and ...
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GTC Vorro Technology launches as a new process technology provider
10-06-2022
GTC Vorro Technology, a turn-key provider of environmental services and process technologies to oil & gas, refining, petrochemical and chemical companies, ...
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Chevron and kazmunaygas announce collaboration on lower carbon opportunities
08-06-2022
Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Chevron Munaigas Inc, and JSC NC “KazMunayGas” have announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore ...
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Sasol and Uzbekistan GTL continue to cooperate for next generation catalysts
08-06-2022
Sasol and Uzbekistan GTL’s ongoing cooperation took a significant step forward with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the supply of Low ...
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Ukraine orphanage breaks ground
07-06-2022
Through the Andrew Sabin Family foundation, Sabin Metal Corp, precious metal recycler, supports the Ukrainian people and aims to raise more funds to complete ...
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ABB technology to drive production and energy efficiency at Olefin III
01-06-2022
ABB, working alongside Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas, have been employed to install their market leading distributed control system (DCS) ABB ...
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Elise H. Nowee appointed President of Shell Catalysts & Technologies
01-06-2022
Elise H. Nowee has been named President Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) effective July 1, 2022. She will succeed Andy Gosse who has served in ...
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Yokogawa and DOCOMO successfully test remote control technology using 5G, Cloud, and AI
30-05-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and NTT DOCOMO INC, announced today that they have conducted a proof-of-concept test (PoC) of a remote control technology for ...
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TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy partner on U.S. advanced recycling project
27-05-2022
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy today announced a commercial agreement under which New Hope Energy will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas to transform ...
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CB&I signs MoU with Korea Gas Corporation to support hydrogen economy in South Korea
27-05-2022
McDermott's storage business, CB&I, and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of large-scale ...
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Samsung Engineering and Technip Energies JV for the Texas LNG project
26-05-2022
Samsung Engineering and Technip Energies have received a Pre-FID (Final Investment Decision) Engineering contract for the Texas LNG project in Brownsville, ...
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INERATEC’s and Clariant’s partnership to support the scale-up of sustainable fuel production
25-05-2022
Clariant continues to join forces with Ineratec in the challenge for a greener future. Since 2017, Clariant’s tailor-made catalysts have supported Ineratec’s ...
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S&B selected as contractor for New Hope Energy’s advanced plastics recycling unit
24-05-2022
S&B Engineers and Constructors signs a multi-year master service agreement to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for New Hope Energy’s ...
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TotalEnergies signs LNG long term sale contract with Hanwha Corporation
24-05-2022
Against the backdrop of World Gas Conference 2022, TotalEnergies announces the signing of a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Korea’s Hanwha ...
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ADNOC award Fujairah LNG FEED contract to McDermott
18-05-2022
McDermott has been awarded a contract by ADNOC to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the new Fujairah Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility. ...
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bp & Linde plan major CCS project across Texas Gulf Coast
17-05-2022
bp and Linde today announced plans to advance a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas that will enable low carbon hydrogen production at Linde's ...
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Neste and Nordic Marine Oil introduces co-processed marine fuel
17-05-2022
Together with its partner Nordic Marine Oil, Neste is piloting a new Neste Marine™ 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia, a solution helping the maritime ...
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Emerson and AspenTech complete transaction
17-05-2022
Emerson and AspenTech today announced the successful closing of the combination of Emerson’s industrial software businesses — OSI Inc. and its Geological ...
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UAE’s Shaheen joins TA’ZIZ, Reliance JV to construct chemical project in Ruwais
17-05-2022
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company, known as Ta’ziz, said Shaheen Chem Holdings Investment will enter its $2 billion joint venture with India's Reliance ...
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Axens and Toray Films to study a PET chemical recycling facility
12-05-2022
Axens, worldwide provider of technologies, products and services, and Toray Films Europe, market leader in engineering plastics films, are announcing their ...
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HOERBIGER expands its Hydrogen Research Center in Vienna
12-05-2022
The demand for CO2-neutral energy is increasing. Hydrogen will therefore become increasingly important for both industrial and consumer applications in the ...
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Phillips 66 to convert San Francisco refinery to a renewable fuels facility
10-05-2022
Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, ...
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bp and Clean Planet Energy to help advance the circular plastics economy
06-05-2022
bp has signed a ten-year offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy, a UK-based company that is developing facilities to convert hard-to-recycle waste plastics ...
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ADNOC acquires 25% stake in Borealis
29-04-2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) today announced a strategic transaction involving Borealis AG (Borealis), ...
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Neste Engineering Solutions Oy to be merged into Neste Corporation
29-04-2022
Neste’s Board of Directors has approved a merger plan according to which the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Neste Engineering Solutions Oy will be merged ...
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Sasol ecoFT and Sweden’s Uniper partner to produce sustainable aviation fuel
28-04-2022
Sasol ecoFT has signed a letter of intent with SollefteÃ¥ municipality in collaboration with Sweden’s energy company Uniper, to investigate the possibility ...
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McDermott joins industry experts on hydrogen hub and CCUS project
26-04-2022
McDermott International has joined a group of industry experts focused on unlocking the potential for a hydrogen-led energy hub located at Bacton, Norfolk, ...
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Aemetis to supply JetBlue with 125 million gallons of SAF
26-04-2022
Aemetis Inc., a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that an offtake agreement has been signed with JetBlue ...
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TA’ZIZ and Reliance sign shareholder agreement for Ruwais chemicals project
26-04-2022
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (TA’ZIZ) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), have signed the formal Shareholder Agreement for the TA’ZIZ ...
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HIMA and Mangan Software Solutions partnering in safety lifecycle digitalization
26-04-2022
HIMA, a global leader of safety related automation solutions, announces a global partnership with Mangan Software Solutions (MSS), a leading functional safety ...
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BASF and thyssenkrupp Uhde optimize STAR process dehydrogenation technology
26-04-2022
BASF and thyssenkrupp Uhde achieved measurable improvements in the STAR process®, a proprietary dehydrogenation process from thyssenkrupp Uhde that can produce ...
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Lummus and Braskem announce partnership for green ethylene yechnology
22-04-2022
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a partnership with Braskem, the largest biopolymer ...
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Air Products and World Energy to build conversion of SAT production facility in Southern California
22-04-2022
Air Products announced today that it is teaming up with World Energy to build a new $2 billion major expansion project at World Energy’s Sustainable Aviation ...
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TOYO starts DX-PLANT® service for Ethylene Plant of Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
21-04-2022
Toyo Engineering Corporation signed an agreement for DX-PLANT® subscription service with Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (MPC). This is the first application ...
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LyondellBasell announces plans to exit refining business
21-04-2022
LyondellBasell today announced its decision to cease operation of its Houston Refinery no later than December 31, 2023. In the interim, the Company will continue ...
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Strong progress towards net zero for Shell
21-04-2022
Shell today published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2021 detailing the company’s progress over the past year. This report will be put to shareholders ...
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Magma Catalyst receives the Queen’s Award for Enterprise
21-04-2022
Magma Catalyst has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise — for Innovation. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise is the most prestigious business ...
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Topsoe supports new production of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in Ontario
20-04-2022
Refuel Energy Inc, has announced its plans for the construction of a 3000 barrels per day renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario, Canada. The proposed ...
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Baker Hughes acquires Mosaic Materials
20-04-2022
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has acquired Mosaic Materials Inc. to further develop and scale its next-generation capture technology for carbon ...
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CEMEX to turn CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel
18-04-2022
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. continues its path to a net-zero future by joining forces with integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol ecoFT and renewable energy ...
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ExxonMobil begins design studies for South East Australia carbon capture hub in Gippsland
14-04-2022
ExxonMobil said today it is undertaking early front-end engineering design studies (pre-FEED) to determine the potential for carbon capture and storage to reduce ...
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TotalEnergies and ENEOS to study sustainable aviation fuel production at ENEOS Negishi refinery
14-04-2022
TotalEnergies and ENEOS Corporation announced a collaboration to jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ...
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Technip Energies and Alterra Energy to develop sustainable plastics projects
14-04-2022
Technip Energies and Alterra Energy today announced they have signed a global joint development and collaboration agreement to integrate Alterra’s commercially ...
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Linde to continues US Gulf Coast expansion
13-04-2022
Linde announced today it is expanding its La Porte, Texas, facility, effectively doubling the facility’s merchant liquid production capacity. Starting ...
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Key developments for Viva Energy’s Geelong energy hub
13-04-2022
The Viva Energy Board has approved funding to upgrade processing capability at Geelong Refinery to produce Ultra-Low Sulphur Gasoline (ULSG). This investment ...
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Phillips 66 announces CEO transition plans
12-04-2022
Phillips 66 has named its current President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Lashier, as President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 1. Lashier will ...
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SOCAR’s Heydar Aliyev oil refinery modernization and revamp project
12-04-2022
SOCAR’s Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery is currently undergoing modernization and reconstruction process to increase the refining capacity, provide the country ...
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08-04-2022
The world is changing, and so are we. Today, the biggest global challenge is climate change, and we have made it our vision to become recognized as the global ...
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XRG celebrates 5th anniversary!
06-04-2022
XRG is celebrating 5 years of service in the oil and gas industry. We are a fired equipment engineering firm specializing in the design and supply of new equipment ...
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Burckhardt Compression begin construction of a hydrogen test facility in Winterthur
05-04-2022
Today Burckhardt Compression in Winterthur laid the groundbreaking for the construction of a hydrogen test facility. It will serve the further development of ...
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Neste, CINEA and the EU Commission grant agreement for the clean hydrogen project 'SHARC' in Porvoo
04-04-2022
Neste has closed the grant agreement process with CINEA and the European Commission, following the earlier announced positive EU Innovation Fund grant decision ...
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Neles and Valmet confirm April 1 merger completion date
01-04-2022
Merger of Neles Corporation and Valmet Oyj will be completed; Valmet’s listing application has been approved and trading in the new shares will commence on ...
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Neste’s divestment of base oils business to Chevron has been completed
01-04-2022
In October 2021, Neste Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement to sell its existing base oils business to Chevron Global Energy Inc., a wholly ...
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INEOS Aromatics completes modernisation of its PTA facility in Merak
01-04-2022
INEOS Aromatics has completed a $70 million modernisation of its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Merak, Indonesia, that significantly reduces emissions ...
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25-03-2022
Airport operators Groupe ADP and GMR Airports together with Airbus, Axens and Safran have signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a joint ...
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KBR and ExxonMobil Catalyst Licensing collaborate on next generation PDH technology
24-03-2022
KBR and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC will collaborate to bring significant advancements to propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology. Under the ...
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Leading midstream company selects KBR’s Catalytic Olefins technology
24-03-2022
KBR announced today that it has secured a contract from a leading midstream company for a world-scale olefins production facility to be built on the U.S. Gulf ...
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ArcelorMittal start-up "3D" Carbon Capture pilot in Dunkirk
22-03-2022
The "3D" industrial pilot to demonstrate an innovative process for capturing CO2 from industrial activities is now running at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk site. ...
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Yokogawa and JSR use AI to autonomously control a chemical plant
22-03-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and JSR Corporation announce the successful conclusion of a field test in which AI was used to autonomously run a chemical plant ...
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Special valves for the world’s largest CSP PROJECT
21-03-2022
OHL Gutermuth is one of the world’s most experienced partners when it comes to supplying solar plants with high-pressure valves. The company has even supplied ...
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Honeywell announces Integrated Olefin Suite of technologies
16-03-2022
Honeywell today announced an Integrated Olefin Suite (IOS) of technologies that can increase ethylene production and improve profitability when added to a naphtha ...
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Rene Gonzalez appointed as Editor for PTQ and DigitalRefining
13-03-2022
Rene Gonzalez has returned to PTQ as editor to continue the excellent work of Chris Cunningham over the past 13 years, ensuring PTQ provides the most relevant ...
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Mark Peters to handle US Operations for PTQ, DigitalRefining & Decarbonisation Technology
13-03-2022
Mark Peters has been hired to help with the launch of the Decarbonisation Technology Summits, to be held in London and Houston this year, along with the US ...
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hte wins A*Star hardware tender
08-03-2022
hte — the high throughput experimentation company has been awarded a tender for the provision of a very flexible high throughput solution to A*STAR. The unit ...
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Valmet launches the beyond circularity R&D and innovation project
08-03-2022
Valmet will launch a new R&D and innovation project called Beyond Circularity, which improves Valmet’s readiness to support the green transition in Valmet’s ...
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Técnicas Reunidas and Axens agreement to develop carbon capture and storage projects
03-03-2022
Técnicas Reunidas and Axens have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly promote carbon capture projects and provide integrated solutions from the concept ...
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Qenos selects advanced recycling technology from Axens and Plastic Energy
02-03-2022
Plastic Energy (UK), one of the world’s leading advanced plastics recycling technology companies, and Axens (France), worldwide provider of technologies, ...
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INEOS Aromatics reduces CO2 emissions and increases capacity at PTA facility
01-03-2022
INEOS Aromatics has completed a $70 million modernisation of its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Merak, Indonesia, that significantly reduces emissions ...
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ExxonMobil to expand carbon capture and storage at LaBarge facility
01-03-2022
ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than ...
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Gevo investigates proprietary dehydration technology at hte
01-03-2022
hte — the high throughput experimentation company - was selected in March of 2021 by Gevo Inc., a pioneer in sustainable, low-carbon biofuel and chemicals, ...
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Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group
28-02-2022
Chevron Corporation and Renewable Energy Group Inc, announced today a definitive agreement under which Chevron will acquire the outstanding shares of REG in ...
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DuPont Sustainable Solutions unveilsnew name dss+
28-02-2022
Today, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, a global operations consulting firm, announced it will operate under a new name: dss+ (pronounced 'dss plus'). Since DuPont ...
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ExxonMobil to expand carbon capture and storage at LaBarge
25-02-2022
ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than any ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical invests in circular plastics fund
21-02-2022
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) reinforced its commitment to accelerate change for a sustainable future by investing in Infinity Recycling’s Circular Plastics ...
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Servomex appoints Andy Cowan as President
20-02-2022
Andy Cowan replaces Trevor Sands as the new President, having been promoted from his role as Chief Finance Officer at Spectris’s Industrial Solutions Division ...
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Pilot project launched aimed at commercial use of fuel ammonia to naphtha crackers
18-02-2022
Mitsui Chemicals Inc, Maruzen Petrochemical Co Ltd, Toyo Engineering Corporation and Sojitz Machinery Corporation, today announced that a joint pilot project ...
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Integrated Global Services acquires Tube Tech
17-02-2022
Integrated Global Services, a leading provider of thermal spray and other surface protection solutions and portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. ...
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BCCK partners with Kaizen Clean Energy
17-02-2022
BCCK Holding Company, a leader in engineering, procurement, fabrication, and field construction services, has partnered with Kaizen Clean Energy, a leading ...
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Green hydrogen pioneer Hy2gen announces investment
17-02-2022
Hy2gen AG, the green hydrogen investment platform, today announces the successful completion of a €200 million, investment round. The capital will be ...
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17-02-2022
TotalEnergies and Honeywell today announced a strategic agreement to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling. Under this agreement, Honeywell ...
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Baker Hughes collaborates with Egyptian General Petroleum on a flare recovery initiative
15-02-2022
Baker Hughes has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2022 Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) ...
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Combating corrosion at a major South African refinery
15-02-2022
Remote monitoring specialist Omniflex is supplying next-generation cathodic protection (CP) technology to Engen, a major South African energy company, as it ...
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Elliott Group developes Flex-Op® compressor arrangement for hydrogen applications
14-02-2022
Elliott Group has developed a new, configurable compressor arrangement designed to enhance operational flexibility in hydrogen applications. The Flex-Op® compressor ...
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Lummus and Synthos advance Bio-Butadiene technology
10-02-2022
Lummus Technology announced that its Green Circle business and Synthos S.A. have reached a major milestone in the development of advanced bio-butadiene technology. ...
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Unifeeder and VARO collaborate to reduce European transportation carbon footprint
09-02-2022
This is the first biofuel collaboration between Unifeeder and VARO, which supports both companies’ ambition to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of ...
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Essar to build UKs first refinery based hydrogen furnace
09-02-2022
Essar Oil UK (‘EOUK’), the leading UK-focused downstream energy company, announces plans to install a new £45 million furnace at Stanlow that’s capable ...
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Linde signs long term agreement with BASF in France
08-02-2022
Linde today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with BASF, one of the world's largest chemical companies, for the supply of hydrogen and steam. Linde ...
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ESC Spectrum acquires Control Analytics expanding product and service offerings
02-02-2022
ESC Spectrum, industry leader industry leader in air emissions monitoring and compliance, has acquired Control Analytics, Inc. Control Analytics provides continuous ...
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Yokogawa selected as system integrator for open process automation field trial
31-01-2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil as the system integrator for the first field trial of an Open Process Automation* ...
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BASF and Innospec collaborate to bring increased value to ethanol producers
31-01-2022
BASF Enzymes LLC and Innospec Fuel Specialities LLC have entered into a distribution agreement to increase the overall value to the customers and to show their ...
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ABB and Coolbrook MoU to reduce emissions in petrochemical market
27-01-2022
ABB and Finnish technology company Coolbrook have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commercialize and accelerate the adoption of Roto Dynamic Reactor ...
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Clariant supplies novel AmoMax® 10 Plus catalyst for ground-breaking green ammonia project
27-01-2022
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, further underlines its commitment to decarbonize the chemical industry and supports ...
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BCCK Holding sign agreement with Pinnacle Midstream for Nitech® NRU
27-01-2022
BCCK Holding Company has signed an agreement with Pinnacle Midstream to supply a NiTech® Nitrogen Rejection Unit (NRU) in the Permian Basin. BCCK, along with ...
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Technip Energies purchases Iowa Corn promotion boards monoethylene glycol technology
25-01-2022
Technip Energies and Iowa Corn announced that the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) and Technip Energies have signed an Asset Purchase Agreement under which ...
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Port Arthur renewable diesel facility construction milestone reached
20-01-2022
Diamond Green Diesel LLC and Burns & McDonnell Reach Construction Milestone for Port Arthur Renewable Diesel Facility Diamond Green Diesel LLC (DGD), ...
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Industry support for large-scale carbon capture and storage gain momentum
20-01-2022
Three additional companies have announced their support for exploring the implementation of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in and around ...
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Toyo Engineering and SCG Chemicals collaborate on recycled feedstock for petrochemicals
19-01-2022
Toyo Engineering Corporation and SCG Chemicals in Thailand entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) relating to the joint collaboration of improving ...
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Aggreko completes the largest flare gas to power project to date in the Middle East
17-01-2022
Aggreko is proud to announce we have completed commissioning of the largest flare gas to power project in the Middle East to date at 165 MW capacity. The plant ...
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17-01-2022
Burckhardt Compression and KB Delta have signed a global distribution agreement in December 2021, effective January 1, 2022. Burckhardt Compression acts ...
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LanzaJet secures funding from Microsoft climate innovation fund
13-01-2022
Today, LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, announced it has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in ...
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Strategic growth in the Middle East for Wood
12-01-2022
Wood marks a year of strategic growth in the Middle East region following a suite of contract awards and strategic framework renewals across its Consulting, ...
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12-01-2022
BASF signed a joint development agreement with China BlueChemical Limited Company (China BlueChemical), a leading natural gas producer, and the chemical engineering ...
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12-01-2022
Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. After kicking the series ...
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McDermott and CSIRO team up to advance carbon capture technologies
11-01-2022
McDermott International and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia's premier national science organization, are evaluating ...
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StyroMax® UL3 catalyst demonstrates outstanding productivity at Risun’s new styrene monomer plant
11-01-2022
Clariant announced today that its StyroMax UL3 catalyst is demonstrating successful results at Risun’s new styrene monomer plant located in Tangshan, China. ...
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SpectraSensors and Kaiser Optical Systems merge into Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis
05-01-2022
Effective 1 January 2022, the Endress+Hauser subsidiaries SpectraSensors, Inc. and Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. have joined forces to form a new company: Endress+Hauser ...
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Elessent Clean Technologies acquires Clean Technologies business from DuPont de Nemours
03-01-2022
New Year’s Day marked the beginning for Elessent Clean Technologies as an international private equity consortium, consisting of BroadPeak Global LP, Asia ...
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Lummus Green Circle and Chevron Lummus Global to offer integrated circular solutions
22-12-2021
Lummus Technology’s Green Circle and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) announced the integration of multiple technologies from their portfolios for application ...
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Ford, Bacon & Davis officially integrates with S&B
20-12-2021
Ford, Bacon & Davis LLC, today announced it is officially integrating with the S&B Family of Companies and will operate within S&B effective January ...
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16-12-2021
Shell Catalysts & Technologies supports Calpine Texas CCUS Holdings, LLC’s (Calpine) front-end-engineering design (FEED) of a post-combustion carbon dioxide ...
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An introduction to Sinopec Hydrocracking Technologies
16-12-2021
This webinar gives you an overview and understanding of hydrocracking and its applications, with an emphasis on technologies and catalysts developed by Sinopec ...
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Technip Energies passes all performance tests at SP Olefins gas-cracking ethylene plant
14-12-2021
Technip Energies provided the technology licensing and process design to SP Olefins (Taixing) Co. Ltd., for China’s first gas-cracking ethylene plant in Taixing, ...
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Gazprom Neft launches sustainable aviation fuel alliance with industry leaders
13-12-2021
Gazprom Neft has launched an alliance with aviation industry leaders to help ensure the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Russian airports in accordance ...
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ACHEMA to be moved from April to August 2022
13-12-2021
ACHEMA 2022, the World Forum for the Process Industries, will be held at the Frankfurt Fairground from 22 to 26 August 2022, instead of 4 to 8 April 2022 as ...
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SINOPEC starts up seventh STRATCO® alkylation unit at Fujian refinery
09-12-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that the STRATCO® alkylation unit at the Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd (FREP) refinery ...
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Wood to drive refinery efficiency on ultra Clean fuel project
08-12-2021
Wood has further strengthened its relationship with IRPC by securing a new contract to work on the Ultra Clean Fuel Project on the IRPC Industrial Estate in ...
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Aramco and Larsen & Toubro to collaborate on manufacturing sector development
07-12-2021
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company in collaboration with Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is developing manufacturing capabilities in the Kingdom ...
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SABIC signs MoU to study development of new petrochemical project in Oman
07-12-2021
Coinciding with the visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Oman, SABIC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OQ on December 6 to support the ...
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Severn Group announces acquisition of ValvTechnologies
07-12-2021
Severn Group, the global family of specialist high-end valve engineering and manufacturing companies, which includes Severn and LB Bentley, has acquired US-headquartered ...
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Indian Oil awards Bio-Ethanol plant project to Nuberg EPC
06-12-2021
Leading Indian Global EPC and turnkey project management company, Nuberg EPC has been awarded the prestigious 10 TPD 2nd Generation Bio-Ethanol from Biomass ...
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Mammoet works closely with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering for cost-effective heavy lifts
06-12-2021
Mammoet continues to provide client L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering with heavy lifting services for the construction of its Barmer oil refinery and petrochemical ...
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British Airways and Phillips 66 announce sustainable aviation fuel agreement
03-12-2021
British Airways will become the first airline in the world to use sustainable aviation fuel produced on a commercial scale in the UK after signing a multi-year ...
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NETZSCH to showcase its advanced pumping technology at TPS 2021
02-12-2021
Visit Booth #2729 to learn about highly efficient, advanced pumping technology for chemicals and treatments for oil and gas, metering, and downstream oil and ...
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Burckhardt Compression acquires Mark van Schaick BV
02-12-2021
Burckhardt Compression has signed on December 2, 2021 an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Mark van Schaick BV, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The ...
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Seamless startup at PetroChina Tarim supported by Shell Catalysts & Technologies
30-11-2021
The Tarim Ethane to Ethylene Project operated by PetroChina achieved a fast and successful startup at the end of August using Shell Catalysts & Technologies ...
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Gazprom Neft expands JET A-1 aviation fuel to Kyrgyzstan
30-11-2021
Gazpromneft-Aero, the aviation fuel operator of Gazprom Neft, has expanded JET A-1 aviation fuel coverage to Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan further ...
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MiRO & Axens celebrate twenty years of close partnership around Prime-G+® technology
30-11-2021
Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the new millennium, MiRO (Karlsruhe, Germany) was the first end-user to select the new Axens Prime-G+® technology to produce ...
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How turbomachinery can support decarbonization
30-11-2021
(Webinar) - With the hydrocarbon processing industry’s efforts to decarbonize, hydrogen and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) have further moved ...
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29-11-2021
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and Malaysia-based plastic recycling company HHI, have announced a pioneering new collaboration to create the ...
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Eni and CNR to continue collaboration in research and technological innovation
26-11-2021
The President of the National Research Council (CNR), Maria Chiara Carrozza, and Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, today signed the renewal of the Framework Agreement ...
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BASF bundles renewable energy activities in new subsidiary BASF Renewable Energy GmbH
25-11-2021
BASF is bundling its activities in renewable energies under the umbrella of BASF Renewable Energy GmbH as of January 1, 2022. The wholly owned subsidiary’s ...
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BASF is accelerating the implementation of its CO2 reduction targets
24-11-2021
With a new project organisation, BASF is bundling and accelerating its extensive cross-company activities to reduce its CO2 emissions by 25 percent by 2030 ...
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EnviNOx® technology from thyssenkrupp Uhde saves up to 600,000 tons of CO2-equivalents per year
24-11-2021
Recently, thyssenkrupp Uhde successfully commissioned its 35th EnviNOx® system, a patented technology for the reduction of nitrous oxide emissions which reduces ...
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Shell to build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit on Pulau Bukom
23-11-2021
Shell will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit that improves the quality of pyrolysis oil, a liquid made from hard-to-recycle plastic waste that would have ...
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Axens announces a price increase for its catalysts and adsorbents
22-11-2021
Several market factors such as energy and transportation costs along with challenges in the availability and costs of raw materials have significantly increased ...
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Air Liquide and BASF welcome support from European Innovation Fund for joint CCS project
22-11-2021
Air Liquide and BASF are planning to develop the world’s largest cross-border Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain. The goal is to significantly reduce ...
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Technip Energies partners with Svante to develop industrial-scale carbon capture projects
22-11-2021
Technip Energies and Svante have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further develop Svante’s solid sorbent carbon capture technology and ...
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Viridos agreement with ExxonMobil to help scale algae biofuels
19-11-2021
Viridos Inc., previously Synthetic Genomics, a privately held biotechnology company harnessing the power of photosynthesis to create transformative solutions ...
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TechnipFMC and Petronas to commercialize gas processing technology
18-11-2021
TechnipFMC and PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, today entered into an agreement to commercialize a unique natural gas processing ...
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SIAD Macchine Impianti takes on BOG management at LNG storage facility
18-11-2021
SIAD Macchine Impianti - SIAD MI, the SIAD Group's engineering company, has installed and started up at the Port of Ravenna a re-liquefaction plant for the ...
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Bilfinger and Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam extend contract
18-11-2021
Bilfinger and Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam are continuing their long-standing successful partnership through the joint venture SIP’s United. ...
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Rosneft acquires share in PCK refinery
17-11-2021
Rosneft exercised the pre-emption right for 37.5% share of the PCK (Schwedt) refinery from Shell. Relevant notifications have been shared with the partner. ...
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DNV and Equinor partner to develop software for safe carbon capture and storage
17-11-2021
The transition to a low-carbon society is reliant upon bringing in new and growing technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to reduce ...
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Haldor Topsoe and Green Fuel sign MoU to develop scalable technologies for green ammonia
17-11-2021
Topsoe and Green Fuels are both already active in developing green solutions to help combat the climate challenge. The two parties are now collaborating to ...
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Neste to develop its Porvoo refinery through green hydrogen production and carbon capture & storage
17-11-2021
The EU Innovation Fund has given a positive grant decision of EUR 88 million funding to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO2 capture & storage project, which ...
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Technologies to enhance Ethylene production
17-11-2021
(Webinar) - In this presentation, three technologies will be introduced. This first is swirling element radiant tube (SERTTM) technology for steam cracking ...
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Technip Energies and PETRONAS to accelerate the development of carbon capture technologies
16-11-2021
Technip Energies and PETRONAS have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) establishing a strategic collaboration framework for the further development and commercialization ...
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NAES partners with ABS Consulting to strengthen industrial cybersecurity
16-11-2021
NAES partners with ABS Consulting to strengthen industrial cybersecurity NAES Corporation, one of the energy industry's largest independent providers of operations, ...
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ADNOC and Borealis to expand Borouge facility
15-11-2021
His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office and Chairman ...
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10-11-2021
Honeywell announced today its UOP Ecofining™ technology supported the world’s first jet flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from algal ...
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ART’s ICR 450 technology wins Hydrocarbon Processing award for best catalyst technology
09-11-2021
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), the joint venture of US specialty chemicals and materials company W. R. Grace & Co. and US energy company Chevron, ...
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08-11-2021
Within the scope of the agreement, Neles will deliver Neles™ segment valves to be used in electrolysis plant modules supplied by thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine ...
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08-11-2021
Neles is introducing Neles™ Eurohub, a centralized warehouse and logistics concept catering to the needs of its European channel partners. The new concept ...
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ExxonMobil to invest in petrochemical complex in China
08-11-2021
The chemical complex will produce performance polymers used in packaging, automotive, agricultural, and consumer products for hygiene and personal care. As ...
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Phillips 66 to convert alliance refinery to terminal facility
08-11-2021
Phillips 66 announced today it plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., to a terminal facility. The conversion is expected to take place ...
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Oxy Low Carbon Ventures award services contract to Worley
08-11-2021
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental, announced today it awarded a services contract to Worley for a facility being designed to produce renewable ...
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Johnson Matthey appoint Alberto Giovanzana to be Managing Director, Catalyst Technologies
08-11-2021
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces it has appointed Alberto Giovanzana as Managing Director of Catalyst Technologies. Alberto ...
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Air Liquide and Eni partner for the development of hydrogen mobility
04-11-2021
Eni and Air Liquide join forces to support hydrogen mobility as one of the solutions to decarbonize the transport segment. The two companies have entered into ...
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Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technology collaborate on structured catalyst for hydrogen production
04-11-2021
Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, today announced a joint agreement to commercialize ZoneFlow™ Reactor Technology. This technology promises to ...
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India Glycols and Shell Catalysts & Technologies progress with growth in sustainable chemicals
03-11-2021
IGL, is a leading company in the production of sustainable intermediate chemicals like green Ethylene Oxide (EO), Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) and a wide range ...
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Technip Energies announces launch of Carbios industrial demonstration plant
03-11-2021
Carbios inaugurated in Clermont-Ferrand an industrial demonstration plant of its C-ZYME® technology, produced in collaboration with Technip Energies. Carbios ...
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Lianyungang Petrochemical selects Hostalen ACP technology from LyondellBasell
02-11-2021
LyondellBasell the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced Lianyungang Petrochemical Co., Ltd (a company of Zhejiang Satellite) ...
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Burckhardt compression enters partnership with Shell New Energies
28-10-2021
Because of its high energy density and environmental sustainability, hydrogen is an attractive alternative fuel in transportation and plays a key role in the ...
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New approach brings benefits at Corinth refinery in Greece
26-10-2021
A forward-thinking change in the project execution strategy by our team at the Motor Oil Hellas’ Corinth Refinery in Greece has helped make sure the project ...
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26-10-2021
Sumitomo Chemical has successfully conducted the first waste-based polyolefin production at its laboratory in Japan earlier this year, by use of the ethylene ...
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Clariant Catalysts & Lummus Technology expand CATOFIN® footprint
21-10-2021
Clariant Catalysts and its process partner, Lummus Technology, continue to expand their presence in the PDH market with a major contract award in India. GAIL ...
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ExxonMobil plans to increase carbon capture at Wyoming facility
21-10-2021
ExxonMobil today initiated the process for engineering, procurement and construction contracts as part of its plans to expand carbon capture and storage (CCS) ...
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Playing a key role in Europe’s first large-scale blue ammonia plant
21-10-2021
Wood has entered into a framework agreement with Horisont Energi, an independent Norwegian clean energy company that provides clean energy and carbon storage ...
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Virtual tour of our brand new Northern Europe regeneration and service centre
20-10-2021
Virtually step inside our brand new Regeneration and Service Centre physically located in Heinsberg, Germany. From this facility, our team provides a flexible ...
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Minimizing manifested hazardous waste through beneficial reuse
19-10-2021
For very valid reasons, oil companies have turned a corner and are more concerned than ever before with their public images, especially pertaining to their ...
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Carbon recycling International and Johnson Matthey colloborate to support sustainable methanol
19-10-2021
Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey have agreed on a long term exclusive catalyst supply agreement for the use of JM’s KATALCOTM methanol catalysts ...
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Axens Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of AxSorb® and AxTrap™
19-10-2021
Axens is pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of its AxSorb® and AxTrap™ adsorbents. Over the years the adsorbent series ...
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Cansolv CO2 capture technology improvements tested at waste to energy plant
15-10-2021
Technip Energies and Shell Catalysts & Technologies announce that their jointly developed improvements on the Cansolv CO2 Capture technology are being tested ...
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SIE Neftehim is the best exporter of the year in high-tech
15-10-2021
Based on the results of its activities in 2020, SIE Neftehim became the winner and awardee of the All-Russian competition “Exporter of the Year” (in the ...
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Topsoe puts demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable Methanol from biogas.
14-10-2021
* With the demonstration plant, Topsoe will validate its electrified technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable Methanol from biogas as well ...
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13-10-2021
Gevo Inc and Axens North America Inc, have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ...
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Partnership between Dow and Haldor Topsoe will turn waste plastics into circular plastics
12-10-2021
Waste plastics in the environment is a climate issue. Advancing the circular economy for plastics maximizes the sustainability benefits that plastics bring ...
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Mayor Turner welcomes Downstream USA back to Houston
12-10-2021
City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has welcomed the return of the Reuters Events Downstream USA 2021 conference and exhibition to the city. “What better ...
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11-10-2021
PKN ORLEN is investing to expand its refinery in Mažeikiai. By the end of this year construction will start on a project to build deep crude conversion units ...
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11-10-2021
LyondellBasell today announced the extension of the Circulen suite of sustainable solutions to its Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) segment, allowing brand ...
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Lukoil continues upgrade of Stavrolen plant
07-10-2021
Vagit Alekperov, President of PJSC LUKOIL, and Andrey Khlopyanov, acting First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Stavropol region, took part in today's foundation ...
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Rod Sources - a game changer for radiometric measurements webinar
07-10-2021
In this webinar OUR EXPERTS from Berthold show you the advantages of a rod source / point detector arrangement. They will explain what makes this combination ...
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Neles to showcase its extensive valve offering at Valve World Americas
07-10-2021
Neles will showcase its comprehensive valve, valve automation, and service offering for all process industries at Valve World Americas Expo & Conference ...
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Clariant unveils groundbreaking catalysts developed jointly with Linde Engineering
07-10-2021
Clariant Catalyts has teamed up with Linde Engineering to develop new catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODH-E), an innovative, low-emissions ...
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Sasol announces lead role in feasibility study for the Boegoebaai Green Hydrogen Project
06-10-2021
The Boegoebaai “green hydrogen” development has been designated a Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) in the South African National Development Plan and ...
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ExxonMobil increases participation in Scotland carbon capture and storage project
06-10-2021
ExxonMobil has increased its participation in the proposed Acorn carbon capture project in Scotland by signing an Expression of Interest to capture, transport ...
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Dow announces plan to build world's first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex
06-10-2021
Dow announced today its plan to build the world's first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site with respect to scope 1 and ...
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Learn from our experts at Berthold
06-10-2021
Gamma continuous level, nuclear measurements, radiometric measurements — are you familiar with these topics? Radiometry is a measurement technology with ...
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Oil-Free high-pressure compressor reaches 10’000 hours of uninterrupted operation
06-10-2021
Burckhardt Compression’s Laby®-GI Compressor type LP250 is the world’s first oil-free reciprocating high-pressure fuel gas compressor in service. The compressor ...
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Lummus announces twin heater award from KINEF in Russia
05-10-2021
Lummus Technology announced it has been awarded a contract from Limited Liability Company Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) for two proprietary heaters that will ...
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hte bolsters Hanwha’s efforts to construct a sustainable chloro-alkali value chain
05-10-2021
hte — the high throughput experimentation company signed a contract with Hanwha Solutions to provide research services for the Korean material-to-energy solution ...
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Steam Cracker recycle processing and product upgrade options
05-10-2021
(Weninar) - LPG and light naphtha generated in a refinery complex (from both straight-run and conversion units) are sent to the ethylene cracker as feedstock. ...
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04-10-2021
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce today’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) and Sembcorp ...
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Neste to sell its base oils business to Chevron
04-10-2021
Neste Corporation has signed an agreement to sell its existing base oils business to Chevron Corporation, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. ...
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NEA GROUP starts cooperation in Foshan
29-09-2021
Guangdong-Aachen Green Energy Center" for decarbonization in South China. Climate change is a global challenge and can only be mastered through cross-border ...
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Optimizing the critical level measurements in delayed coker units
29-09-2021
Global refiners are always seeking new techniques to optimize their refinery assets with the purpose of maximizing their profitability. Since delayed coking ...
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Aramco, Air Products, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra announce ASU/Gasification/Power JV
27-09-2021
Aramco, Air Products, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra today announced the signing and finalization of definitive agreements for the asset acquisition and ...
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Advances in benzene derivatives production
24-09-2021
(Webinar) - Xylene and ethylbenzene are important benzene derivatives. In this presentation, you will learn about recent advances in the production process ...
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Honeywell and Wood technologies to produce carbon neutral sustainable aviation fuel
23-09-2021
Honeywell and Wood today announced a comprehensive package of technologies to support the effort to produce carbon-neutral aviation fuel. When used together, ...
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INEOS Grangemouth moves forward on the next phase of its journey to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
22-09-2021
INEOS Grangemouth has today announced planned further investment of over £1 billion towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions at its site to net zero by ...
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KBC enhances visual MESA energy management suite to support energy transition to carbon neutrality
22-09-2021
Energy digital twin provides single version of the truth across all energy related operations for optimal scheduling, real time optimization, and monitoring. KBC ...
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Dorf Ketal & TriBonds Chemical announce new joint venture
22-09-2021
Dorf Ketal Chemicals India Pvt Ltd, have entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with TriBonds Chemical Co. (Dammam, 2nd industrial city, KSA). This venture, ...
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LUKOIL revises policy on energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
20-09-2021
PJSC LUKOIL adopted a revised technical policy on energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In compliance with the requirements of climate ...
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Eni and CLG announce licensing agreement for complete suite of residue hydrocracking technologies
20-09-2021
Eni and Chevron Lummus Global LLC, are pleased to announce the execution of a Joint Cooperation and Licensing Agreement for a complete suite of residue hydrocracking ...
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Shell announces plans for sustainable aviation fuel
20-09-2021
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announced its ambition to produce around 2 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025. It also aims ...
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Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities
16-09-2021
A facility of this size could produce enough renewable diesel to avoid 2,800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions a year, the equivalent of taking more ...
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Honeywell and Preem conduct trial to produce renewable fuel
15-09-2021
Honeywell announced today the completion of a commercial refinery trial with Preem AB for co-processing of biomass-based pyrolysis oil in a fluidized catalytic ...
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Chevron accelerates lower carbon ambitions
14-09-2021
During its Energy Transition Spotlight, Chevron Corporation announced plans to invest more capital to grow lower carbon energy businesses. “Chevron intends ...
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TotalEnergies and Air Liquide to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in Normandy
14-09-2021
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide are joining forces to decarbonize hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France. This project will enable ...
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Kinder Morgan and Neste partner on major renewable fuels logistics project
13-09-2021
Kinder Morgan Inc, one of North America’s largest energy infrastructure companies, is partnering with Neste, one of the leading providers of renewable and ...
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Chevron and Gevo announce intent to pursue sustainable aviation fuel investment
09-09-2021
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation and Gevo Inc, today announced a letter of intent to jointly invest in building and operating one or ...
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Sandvik celebrates first full reference order for Sanicro® 35 super-austenitic grade
07-09-2021
Sandvik Materials Technology a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, and other high-performance materials, has received the first ...
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MyRechemical and Johnson Matthey to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology
07-09-2021
A new milestone in Maire Tecnimont Group’s green acceleration roadmap: MyRechemical, NextChem’s subsidiary dedicated to waste-to-chemical technologies, ...
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Wison Engineering awarded EPCC contract by IRPC in Thailand
06-09-2021
Wison Engineering announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) for a new Hydrogen ...
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JGC awarded feasibility study for the introduction green growth in Azerbaijan
06-09-2021
JGC Holdings Corporation announces that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has selected JGC Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation to carry out ...
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Cooperation agreements signed for implementing projects in Russia
03-09-2021
A number of documents were signed today in the presence of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, at the Eastern Economic Forum 2021 in ...
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Change of leadership at Burckhardt Compression
02-09-2021
CEO, Marcel Pawlicek, together with the Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression, have decided to embark on a planned and transparent succession process ...
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Huntsman increases polyurethane catalyst and specialty amine capacity
01-09-2021
Huntsman Corporation today announced that its Performance Products division plans to further expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet ...
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Neste increases the use of renewable electricity at its Porvoo refinery
01-09-2021
Neste has signed a renewable power purchase agreement with Statkraft, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy. Statkraft will begin the wind power deliveries ...
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Sabin Metal Corporation announces the adoption of a new brand identity and website
29-08-2021
Sabin Metal Corporation announces the adoption of a new brand identity, including a new logo, brand elements, typography as well as the creation of a new website. ...
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Petrobras signs contract for the sale of the REMAN refinery
25-08-2021
Petrobras informs that it signed today with the company Ream Participações S.A., a corporate company owned by the partners of Atem's Distribuidora de ...
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JSC Gazprom conference abstracts
24-08-2021
Sustainable processing of associated petroleum gas can become an additional source of profit for gas processing plants. In particular, butane and pentane fractions ...
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Marathon Petroleum and ADM Announce feedstock partnership to support renewable diesel production
20-08-2021
Marathon Petroleum Corp and ADM announced today an agreement to form a joint venture for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for ...
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18-08-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of ...
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18-08-2021
Gazprom Neft’s directly owned refineries, in Moscow and Omsk, increased gasoline production by 10.6% in H1 2021, reaching 3.58 million tonnes, ...
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Wood sees growth in CCUS linked to decarbonisation imperative
18-08-2021
Wood has strengthened its position across the Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) value chain through a series of new wins in the first half of 2021. ...
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CB&I completes conceptual design for worlds largest liquid hydrogen sphere
12-08-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has completed the design of a 40,000 cubic meter liquid hydrogen sphere ...
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Wood captures growth linked to thriving hydrogen market
12-08-2021
Wood has secured over 30 separate hydrogen awards in the first half of 2021 and anticipates continued growth in this space, with circa $600m worth of potential ...
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One of the worlds largest alky units achieves successful start-up
12-08-2021
Lummus Technology today announced the start-up of its CDAlky alkylation unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd.’s (ZPC) refinery in Zhejiang Province, ...
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Deep catalytic cracking technology for maximizing the production of chemicals
12-08-2021
(Webinar) - Optimization of light olefins (including ethylene, propylene and butene) production has become one of the most competitive options for refiners ...
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TOYO awarded polypropylene plant project in Japan
11-08-2021
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. TOYO will carry out the ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical receive 24 TCC safety awards
10-08-2021
Chevron Phillips Chemical today announced it received 24 safety awards from Texas Chemical Council (TCC) for excellence in safety performance. The accomplishment ...
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ADNOC and Fertiglobe partner to sell blue ammonia to Idemitsu
10-08-2021
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced today that, in partnership with Fertiglobe, it has agreed to the sale of blue ammonia to Idemitsu in Japan, ...
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Topsoe HydroFlex™ being used in renewable diesel production at Phillips 66 refinery
10-08-2021
“We are thrilled that Phillips 66 has chosen Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology for the production of renewable diesel at the Rodeo Refinery. This market-leading ...
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06-08-2021
Phillips 66 is driving to expand its advanced analytics capabilities with an investment supporting Seeq, a developer of software applications for analyzing ...
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BASF and SINOPEC to further expand their Verbund site in Nanjing, China
05-08-2021
BASF and SINOPEC will further expand their Verbund site operated by BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BASF-YPC), a 50-50 joint venture of both companies in Nanjing, China. ...
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Marathon successfully tests Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology producing 100% renewable diesel
05-08-2021
“This is a great accomplishment for the Marathon and Topsoe Team. We are also excited about the conversion of the Martinez refinery to renewable fuels production ...
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Zhenhai Refinery & Chemicals Company announce the of their H-Oil® unit test run
04-08-2021
Following the successful start-up of the unit in December 2020, Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery & Chemicals Company and Axens are proud to announce the completion ...
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Bionext and its partners complete the test program on BioTfueL® demonstration units
03-08-2021
Bionext and its partners have just successfully completed the test program on BioTfueL® demonstration units, a crucial step in the development of this technology ...
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hte tests different fibrous catalyst materials for Unifrax
27-07-2021
hte — the high throughput experimentation company was chosen by Unifrax, a leading manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, to test different ...
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Eni expands renewable projects in Spain
26-07-2021
Eni, through Eni gas e luce, has signed an agreement with Azora Capital for the acquisition of a portfolio of nine renewable energy projects in Spain. The ...
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IndianOil to build India's first green hydrogen plant at Mathura refinery
23-07-2021
To strengthen its bouquet of clean energy offerings, IndianOil (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) will build the nation's first 'Green Hydrogen' plant at its ...
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Lukoil lays the corner stone for new poltpropylene complex at Nizhny Novgorod refinery
22-07-2021
Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yury Borisov, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin and President of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov ...
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Sasol joins the global Hydrogen Council
21-07-2021
Sasol has joined the global Hydrogen Council, which is a grouping of more than 120 companies from across the hydrogen value. These are companies that all want ...
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TotalEnergies partners with Technip Energies to advance low-carbon solutions
21-07-2021
TotalEnergies and Technip Energies signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to jointly develop low-carbon solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production ...
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McKinsey urges refiners to take action as downstream market shrinks
20-07-2021
With light product demand set to fall by 2035, McKinsey identifies actions refiners can take to pursue profitability in shifting conditions. Research released ...
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MegaMax® 800 catalyst achieved an outstanding performance at CNOOC’s Davy methanol plant
19-07-2021
Clariant has been awarded another major contract by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for its high-performance methanol synthesis catalyst, MegaMax ...
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ExxonMobil to participate in carbon capture and storage project in Scotland
16-07-2021
ExxonMobil has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to participate in the recently announced Acorn carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in Scotland. The ...
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LACC awards McDermott contract for seventh heater addition
14-07-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has been selected by LACC, LLC, a joint venture between Westlake Chemical Corporation and Lotte Chemical Corporation, ...
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Linde starts up new liquid hydrogen plant in Texas
14-07-2021
Linde today announced it has started up its fifth liquid hydrogen plant in the U.S., reinforcing the company's robust supply network of plants in California, ...
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Shell proposes new carbon capture and storage facility proposed for Scotford
14-07-2021
Shell recently announced a proposal to build a large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at our Scotford Complex near Edmonton, providing customers ...
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Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Sulzer Chemtech extend licensing agreement
14-07-2021
Sulzer Chemtech has renewed and extended its licensing agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies for the development and distribution of high-capacity ...
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Haldor Topsoe to build catalyst plant in the US
13-07-2021
“We are happy to announce this significant investment which will reduce lead time and secure stable deliveries of Topsoe’s top-tier hydroprocessing catalysts ...
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New head of Evonik’s Catalysts business line
09-07-2021
Sanjeev Taneja has taken over the management of Evonik’s business line Catalysts from July 1, 2020. On the same date, the Catalysts business line became part ...
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Sinopec launches China's first megaton scale carbon capture project
07-07-2021
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation has initiated China's first megaton carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, the Sinopec Qilu-Shengli ...
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Honeywell UOP announces price increase for molecular sieves and aluminas
07-07-2021
Honeywell UOP has announced a price increase of up to 9 percent over current prices on certain molecular sieves and aluminas, effective with shipments ...
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Shell sells its minority shareholding in PCK Schwedt JV refinery to Alcmene
07-07-2021
The divestment is part of Shell's strategy to reduce its global refinery footprint to core sites integrated with the company's trading hubs, chemicals plants ...
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MOL selects Burckhardt to modernize another brand hyper compressor at its LDPE plant
06-07-2021
Burckhardt Compression was selected to modernize MOL Petrochemicals' other brand hyper compressor at its LDPE plant in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. Based on ...
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Neste MY renewable diesel receives TOP TIER certification
06-07-2021
Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ is the first renewable diesel brand to receive TOP TIER™ Diesel Fuel certification for its high quality and powerful performance. ...
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TotalEnergies and Veolia JV to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2
06-07-2021
TotalEnergies and Veolia have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to ...
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Gas and Heat select Boil-Off Gas compressors from SIAD Macchine Impianti
05-07-2021
SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIADMI) is proud to have supplied two BOG (Boil-Off Gas) compressors and thus to have contributed to the construction of the first coastal ...
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Sasol and IDC formalise partnership to co-develop South Africa’s hydrogen economy
05-07-2021
Sasol Limited (Sasol) and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) have concluded a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to jointly develop ...
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BASF expands chemical catalyst recycling capacity and capability
02-07-2021
BASF has expanded its chemical catalyst recycling capacity and capability with the acquisition of Zodiac Enterprises LLC in Caldwell, Texas. The site recycles ...
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02-07-2021
Valmet Oyj and Neles Corporation announce that their respective Boards of Directors have today signed a combination agreement and a merger plan to combine the ...
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AVEVA and RIB announce strategic partnership
01-07-2021
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement ...
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Chart Industries acquires L.A. Turbine
01-07-2021
Chart Industries Inc, today announced the acquisition of L.A. Turbine for $80 million in cash (subject to certain customary adjustments). L.A. Turbine ...
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Lhoist joins ArcelorMittal France, IFP Energies nouvelles, Axens and Total in the dinamX project
01-07-2021
Coordinated by Axens, the four-year dinamX “Demonstration and Innovative Applications of the DMX™ Process” project was launched by partners ArcelorMittal ...
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AVEVA and Wood launch new industrial solution to accelerate digital transformation
30-06-2021
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability, has formed a new alliance with Wood, the global consulting ...
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Zeopore reaches 30°C cloud point improvement while keeping diesel yield loss under 2wt%
30-06-2021
Making diesel winter-proof is currently an expensive process as refiners face high diesel yield losses or have to turn to expensive additives or kerosene blending. ...
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Zeopore selected hte for testing mesoporized zeolite samples in catalytic diesel dewaxing
30-06-2021
hte — the high throughput experimentation company has been selected by Zeopore Technologies for testing different mesoporized zeolite catalysts under various ...
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ORLEN Group takes another step towards zero-carbon energy
29-06-2021
PKN ORLEN and Synthos have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop and implement zero-emission nuclear energy technologies based on micro and small ...
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Baker Hughes and Samsung Engineering to collaborate on CCUS and hydrogen projects
29-06-2021
Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, and Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project ...
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Wood appoints Josh Carmichael to bolster its hydrogen expertise
29-06-2021
Wood has appointed Josh Carmichael as Vice President of Hydrogen, to further strengthen its commitment to accelerating the global energy transition ...
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Gazprom collaborating on hydrogen energy technologies with Russian scientists
28-06-2021
A meeting of the Sustainable Development Council led by Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee — Head of Department ...
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OMV Petrom to replace coke drums at Petrobrazi refinery
28-06-2021
OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, will invest approximately EUR 70 million at the Petrobrazi refinery, to replace certain facilities ...
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28-06-2021
Burckhardt Compression Laby®-GI fuel gas compressor systems play an important role on LNG carriers. As the liquified natural gas warms up during storage and ...
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ADNOC and Reliance sign strategic partnership for world-scale chemical projects at TA’ZIZ
26-06-2021
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today announced that Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance), has signed an agreement to join a new world-scale chlor-alkali, ...
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Chiyoda Corporation and Qpinch to roll out breakthrough energy efficiency technology
25-06-2021
Chiyoda Corporation and Qpinch announce a cooperation to implement the breakthrough Qpinch Heat Transformer technology with customers in Japan and other regions. The ...
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Enabling circularity via plastics chemical recycling
24-06-2021
(Webinar) - Chemical recycling of plastics is an emerging route to supplement mechanical recycling since polymers can be converted into monomer form. ...
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Gazprom Neft selects Tecnicas Reunidas
21-06-2021
Gazprom Neft has chosen Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. (Spain) to manage the construction of the delayed coking unuit (DCU) at its Moscow Refinery’s ...
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Clariant's MegaMax catalyst series to help China reach its carbon neutrality target
21-06-2021
Clariant's MegaMax catalyst series for CO2-based methanol production helps China reach its carbon neutrality target. Capturing and converting CO2 emissions ...
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Lukoil commissions Penex Isomerisation unit at Nizhny Novgorod refinery
18-06-2021
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov, Governor of ...
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Dow and Shell JV demonstrate progress in development for lower CO2 emission crackers
17-06-2021
Following announcement of a joint development agreement in June 2020, Dow and Shell today report progress on their technology programme to electrically heat ...
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Worley secures a services contract at Burnaby refinery
17-06-2021
Worley has secured a services contract with Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd (Parkland) for its strategic projects at the Burnaby refinery in British Columbia, ...
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Motiva announces base oil supply agreement with S-Oil
17-06-2021
Motiva Enterprises today announced that it has executed a long-term supply agreement with Aramco base oil affiliate S-Oil Corporation that will more than double ...
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Honeywell partners with DRDO, CSIR-IIP and Government of India
16-06-2021
Honeywell today announced that the company is partnering with Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and with the Council of Scientific and Industrial ...
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Axens and Sulzer alliance delivers an advanced FCC naphtha processing solution
16-06-2021
Axens, an international provider of process technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services and Sulzer Chemtech (GTC Technology), a global licensor of refinery ...
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Best Practice: Screening and QC testing of petroleum products and fuels
16-06-2021
(Webinar) - Screening and quality control of petroleum products and fuels can be a tedious and expensive process when performed utilizing traditional methods. Near-Infrared ...
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Sinopec starts up two additional STRATCO® alkylation units
15-06-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce successful startup of the STRATCO® alkylation units at the Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Company ...
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MAN Energy Solutions and the thyssenkrupp digitalization cooperation
15-06-2021
MAN Energy Solutions and the thyssenkrupp business unit Uhde are looking to drive forward the development, testing and marketing of autonomous turbomachinery ...
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ORLEN Group to launch international hydrogen program
14-06-2021
The ORLEN Group is launching HYDROGEN EAGLE, an investment program to develop an international chain of hydrogen hubs powered by renewable energy sources and ...
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Air Products announces net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton
09-06-2021
Air Products, the world leader in hydrogen production, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., in conjunction with the Government of Canada and the Province ...
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Mammoet installs new FCC reactor head at Germany’s largest refinery
07-06-2021
The Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrhein (MiRo) in Karlsruhe is preparing for its major scheduled turnaround in 2021. As part of this, the reactor head of the FCC ...
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Trafigura and Yara sign MoU to explore joint opportunities in Clean Ammonia
07-06-2021
Trafigura Pte Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies, and Yara International ASA, a leading global ammonia player, have signed ...
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Air Products and Baker Hughes to collaborate on global hydrogen projects
06-06-2021
Air Products, a global leader in industrial gases and megaproject development, and Baker Hughes, a world leader in advanced hydrogen compression and gas turbine ...
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Air Liquide partners with Samsung Engineering for a Methanol plant in Sarawak
06-06-2021
Following a successful Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study in 2019, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will continue its partnership with ...
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Chart invests in Carbon Capture Technology
04-06-2021
Chart Industries Inc, a leading global manufacturer of liquefaction and cryogenic equipment serving multiple applications in the energy and industrial gas end ...
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Antea expands new office in Houston
03-06-2021
Antea, a global leader for the past 32 years in risk-based asset integrity management (AIM) software with 3D digital twin integration, is excited to announce ...
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Shell awards Worley contract to help create a green hydrogen factory in the Netherlands
02-06-2021
We have been awarded an early engineering services contract by Shell to support the development of a new 200 megawatt electrolysis-based hydrogen plant. Once ...
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Haldor Topsoe establishes green hydrogen organization to accelerate electrolysis business
01-06-2021
Topsoe is determined to take a leading position in the burgeoning green hydrogen space, which, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast, has ...
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Lummus announces cooperation with Synthos for development of Biobutadiene technology
31-05-2021
Lummus Technology today announced that its Green Circle business and Synthos have started collaborating to commercialize Synthos’ biobutadiene technology. ...
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Neste is testing renewable gasoline in Sweden for possible commercialisation internationally
25-05-2021
Until now, there have been no commercial drop-in solutions for replacing fossil gasoline to reduce high amounts of greenhouse gas emissions from conventional ...
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Haldor Topsoe and Preem achieve 85% co-processing of renewable feedstock
25-05-2021
Together, Topsoe and Preem have concluded the revamp of Preem’s Gothenburg refinery, which is part of Preem’s endeavors to reduce Sweden’s total carbon ...
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Downstream USA returns to Houston as a hybrid event
25-05-2021
Downstream USA 2021 will return to Houston as a groundbreaking hybrid event with the best lineup the industry has ever seen, Reuters Events announced today. After ...
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Shell to sell interest in Deer Park refinery to Pemex
24-05-2021
Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a ...
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CORC agree to take over petroleum facilities in Curaçao from Refineria di Kòrsou
21-05-2021
Refineria di Kòrsou (RdK) and CORC B.V. signed a ‘Draft Deed’. This important agreement lays the foundation for management and operation of the refinery, ...
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New reference in Asia for LD 153 Axens’ selective hydrogenation catalyst
20-05-2021
Axens recently announced the launch of SeLene, a newly created family of catalysts dedicated to selective hydrogenation (See Press Release here). Part of ...
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Understanding Alarm Management Standards
20-05-2021
(Webinar) - Alarms are an essential layer of protection, enabling industrial facilities to avoid abnormal situations that may put people, the environment, and ...
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Hydratight and Henkel partnership for petrochemical pipeline and vessel repair
19-05-2021
Integrity assurance specialists, Hydratight, has partnered with adhesive sealants and functional coatings leader Henkel, to be a primary service provider for ...
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Navitas Midstream purchases gas processing plant from Honeywell UOP
18-05-2021
Honeywell today announced that Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC has purchased a 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day gas processing plant from Honeywell UOP to extract ...
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Chevron Lummus Global announces successful startup of 100% renewable base oil unit
18-05-2021
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) is pleased to announce the successful startup of a 100% renewable base oil unit in Novvi's Deer Park, Houston facility that employs ...
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Transitioning back to normalcy and optimization webinar
16-05-2021
In case you missed the live broadcast, the recording is now available. Our subject matter experts discussed opportunities to help you optimize and improve refinery ...
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Wood expands downstream work in Australia with new bp contract
12-05-2021
Wood has secured a new contract with bp Castrol Australia to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to two Castrol lubricant blending, ...
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11-05-2021
ABB in the UK signs an MoU with asset integrity management business Metegrity to bring a new solution to market that will tackle asset downtime by optimizing ...
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Ensuring business continuity with reliable and secure treated water webinar
11-05-2021
(Webinar) - Learn how you can mitigate risk by improving security and reliability of treated water supply with mobile and temporary water treatment services ...
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Global partnership between Dräger and Shell renewed
10-05-2021
Once again, Dräger and Shell have signed an enterprise framework agreement for the provision of portable gas detection equipment for all of Shell's ...
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NEA Group Compressor Day 2021 goes virtual
10-05-2021
The program comprises Keynote, Deep Dive, User Cases and Expert Talk. Listen to the experts dealing with these applications on their day-to-day ...
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Chart Industries and ABB execute commercial and development agreement
07-05-2021
Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries today signed ...
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Shell Catalysts & Technologies form global avlliance with Arbios Biotech
06-05-2021
Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Arbios Biotech, a joint venture between Licella and Canfor, have formed a new global alliance aimed at utilizing SC&T’s ...
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Technip Energies and Arundo announce SPYRO® for Asset Management (SAM).
05-05-2021
Technip Energies and Arundo have joined forces to deliver a new digital service, SPYRO® for Asset Management (SAM). This unique service improves the Operation, ...
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AVEVA and Maire Tecnimont take industrial digital transformation to the next level
04-05-2021
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with engineering, ...
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Unicat Catalyst Acquires Magma Group
29-04-2021
Unicat Catalyst Technologies, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy, has announced the acquisition of Jemmtec Limited, dba Magma Group. Magma is a UK-based ...
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Neste to enable production of up to 500,000 tons/a of sustainable Aviation fuel
29-04-2021
Neste, the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, will modify its existing ...
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Reuters Events celebrates world day for cultural diversity and development
29-04-2021
Reuters Events celebrates World Day for Cultural Diversity and Development with live discussion ‘Increasing Diversity Development in the Petrochemical Industry’, ...
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Haldor Topsoe and Shchekinoazot to jointly discover opportunities for CO2 emission reduction
29-04-2021
Topsoe and the leading Russian chemical company Shchekinoazot have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to synchronize vison and plans on developing blue ...
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Acron and Haldor Topsoe complete ammonia unit revamp project
27-04-2021
Acron, one of the world’s largest producers of compound fertilizers based in Russia, and Haldor Topsoe completed the ammonia unit revamp project and successfully ...
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Mammoet transports 480 items from a small port to construction site
26-04-2021
Building an industrial scale chemical plant is, without a doubt, a complex endeavor — it takes time, good planning and spot-on organization. Not to mention ...
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ZymeFlow® completes company rebrand
26-04-2021
ZymeFlow, a leader in chemical decontamination of process equipment, announced they have completed a major rebrand effective immediately. ZymeFlow has seen ...
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SIE NEFTEHIM is the best exporter of Krasnodar region
23-04-2021
The “Golden Mercury” award competition is annually held by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation supported by the State Duma and ...
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CB&I storage solutions wins multiple STI/SPFA tank of the year awards
22-04-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has won multiple Field Erected Tank of the Year awards from the Steel ...
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ExxonMobil expands renewable fuels agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings
22-04-2021
ExxonMobil will be the exclusive buyer of renewable diesel from Global Clean Energy’s biorefinery in Bakersfield, California, which is on schedule to begin ...
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SOCAR completes its engagement in the management of Antipinskii Refinery
22-04-2021
SOCAR successfully completed its engagement in the management of Antipinskii Refinery and the oil fields, owned by the subsidiary of the refinery - NKNP LLC. ...
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Transitioning back to normalcy and optimization webinar
22-04-2021
Join Becht for our Transitioning Back to Normalcy and Optimization Webinar. Our subject matter experts will discuss opportunities to help you optimize and improve ...
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Maire Tecnimont signs MoU to develop biopolymer plant
21-04-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiaries NextChem and MET Development have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MC TAIF JSC (TAIF) today ...
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Sandvik’s super-austenitic grade Sanicro® 35 wins prestigious award
21-04-2021
Sandvik, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, has received a major industry ...
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21-04-2021
Axens is pleased to announce the signature of a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement for the acquisition, on 15 April 2021, of Flowvision (Denmark, Odense), an ...
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Sinopec starts up two STRATCO® alkylation units
20-04-2021
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce successful performance tests for the STRATCO® alkylation units at the Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Company ...
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Air Products Kochi industrial gas complex supplying syngas to Kochi Refinery
19-04-2021
Air Products, a world leader in industrial gases megaproject development and execution, today announced that the Kochi Industrial Gas Complex is reliably supplying ...
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Clariant collaborates with Pertamina in advanced biofuels assessment
19-04-2021
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, is working with Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas corporation, Pertamina, since ...
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Indian Oil awards contracts to Larsen & Toubro
15-04-2021
L&T Heavy Engineering also won a Critical Reactor system package order for IOCL’s Petrochemical Project against stiff international competition. This ...
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Tidewater chooses Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for renewable diesel production
15-04-2021
Topsoe has signed a contract with Tidewater for the delivery of Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology in Canada. The technology will be utilized in a new ...
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Panipat refinery selects multiple technologies from Chevron Lummus Global
14-04-2021
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.’s Panipat Refinery in Haryana, India. The lubricants ...
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TOYO awarded ethylene pilot plant project
13-04-2021
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a project to construct an Ethylene Pilot Plant, using waste-derived ethanol as raw material, planned ...
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Chevron start up the world's first commercial scale ISOALKY™ process unit
13-04-2021
Chevron Corporation and Honeywell today announced the commissioning and start-up of the world's first commercial-scale ISOALKY process unit that utilizes ionic ...
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XRG Technologies appoints Joe Tleimat as senior principal engineer
13-04-2021
XRG Technologies, a fired equipment engineering firm located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Tleimat as a Senior Principal Engineer. ...
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Everything you always wanted to know about radiometric measurements webinar
13-04-2021
Radiometric measurements are reliable even under the most challenging process conditions and are used where other technologies fail. But what exactly is a radiometric ...
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CB&I and New Energy complete engineering for green hydrogen generation facility
12-04-2021
McDermott International, Ltd and New Energy Development Company LLC today announced the completion of engineering for two transformative 50-megawatt energy ...
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Successful advanced biofuels production from woody biomass on demonstration units
12-04-2021
Bionext and its partners have reached a major milestone in the development of low-carbon BioJet Fuels with the production of Fischer-Tropsch-synthesis products ...
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Control combustion in thermal power with Servomex solutions and expertise
10-04-2021
Servomex, the global leader in gas analysis, has combined its thermal power expertise into a video and podcast aimed at plant operators and managers, to enable ...
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Gazprom Neft launches industrial production of JET A-1 jet fuel
08-04-2021
The Gazprom Neft-owned Omsk Oil Refinery has launched production of JET A-1 fuel for jet and turboprop engines. This will add to the expansion of the ...
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Total begins producing sustainable aviation fuel
08-04-2021
Total has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its La Mède biorefinery in southern France and its Oudalle facility near Le Havre. The biojet ...
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Honeywell introduces process to convert 100% of naphta into cleaner burning Euro V gasoline
08-04-2021
Honeywell today announced a new refinery configuration developed by Honeywell UOP to produce a cleaner-burning gasoline product that meets increasingly stringent ...
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Linde Engineering and AGR collaborate on a trendsetting green hydrogen project
08-04-2021
Linde Engineering has won the official bid for the design and construction of an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR in Herten, ...
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Catalyst innovations drive a more performant and sustainable refining and petrochemical industry
07-04-2021
Zeopore successfully builds on groundbreaking research at KU Leuven (Belgium), which focused on advancing mesoporization technology and the economical applicability ...
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Why Southeast Asia is the ideal hub for crude-to-chemicals’ next phase
06-04-2021
In response to growing demand for petrochemicals products and the glut in oil prices, APAC operators have had a chemical reaction: the region’s oil to chemicals ...
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Inter Pipeline awarded grant under Alberta's petrochemicals incentive program
05-04-2021
Inter Pipeline Ltd, announced today that it will receive $408 million under the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program. The grant has been awarded in support ...
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Burckhardt Compression strengthens its presence in the Nordic countries
01-04-2021
After three years of successful cooperation with Kompressorteknik ML AB, Burckhardt Compression established a fully owned subsidiary at the existing location ...
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Saipem and Hyperion Systems launch SAIPEM-HYPERION Eastmed Engineering Ltd
31-03-2021
Saipem and Hyperion Systems Engineering join forces to create Saipem-Hyperion Eastmed Engineering Ltd, a jointly controlled company based in Cyprus. The new ...
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Work towards a cleaner future with Servomex
31-03-2021
Servomex, the global provider of gas analysis, is leading the change towards lower-emission processes and cleaner industries with a new ‘Clean Air’ campaign, ...
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SIE Neftehim presented its best process solutions at Downstream Russia
30-03-2021
The 7th Annual DOWNSTREAM Russia 2021 Conference took place in SIE Neftehim’s native city Krasnodar, Russia. The Conference program involved a series of ...
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Honeywell software supports some of the worlds largest carbon capture projects
30-03-2021
Honeywell announced today that Aker Carbon Capture has selected Honeywell as a key contributor to its work on some of the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
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Emerson selected to help HPCL Visakh refinery achieve operational excellence
30-03-2021
Emerson has been selected to provide its automation software and services including the DeltaVTM Operator Training Solution (OTS), to help the Hindustan ...
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BASF presents roadmap to climate neutrality
26-03-2021
BASF is setting itself even more ambitious goals on its journey to climate neutrality and wants to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Based on the ...
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ERTC Advisory Board Report Released!
26-03-2021
It has been a busy few weeks for us at the WRA as we began shaping the agenda for our flagship ERTC ​​​​​which will ...
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Neste joins the eFuel Alliance
25-03-2021
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has joined the eFuel Alliance, an interest group dedicated to the industrial ...
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LUKOIL and Russian ministry of energy agree to support construction of deep oil refining units
24-03-2021
LUKOIL and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation concluded an agreement that provides for LUKOIL receiving an investment increment to reverse excise ...
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24-03-2021
BASF, SABIC and Linde have signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. The partners have already ...
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Lucid Energy commissions Red Hills V cryogenic processing plant
23-03-2021
Lucid Energy Group today announced the company has commissioned its Red Hills V cryogenic processing plant in the Delaware Basin. The Red Hills V plant has ...
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Qatar Petroleum signs a long term SPA to supply LNG to Sinopec
22-03-2021
Qatar Petroleum today entered into a 10-year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation for the supply of 2 million tons ...
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New ISO C4 plant in Burghausen starts production
22-03-2021
With the commissioning of OMV´s new ISO C4 plant at the Burghausen site, the collaboration between the world’s largest chemical company, BASF, and OMV, ...
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Clariant opens state-of-the-art catalyst R&D center in Shanghai.
22-03-2021
Clariant Catalysts has opened a new, state-of-the-art R&D center at its “One Clariant Campus” in Shanghai. This R&D Center is integrated into the ...
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Regenerable hydrogen sulfide scavenger technology for sour gas streams
19-03-2021
Merichem® is proud to introduce EcoTreat®, a revolutionary modular treatment system that completely removes H2S from sour gas streams using a sulfur-catalyst ...
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MoU signed regarding carbon capture and storage for clean fuel ammonia production
19-03-2021
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), a national university in the Republic ...
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Eni’s Biomass treatment plant launches in Gela
19-03-2021
Eni’s new BTU (Biomass Treatment Unit) plant has begun production and was tested a few days ago. It will enable the Eni biorefinery in Gela to use up to 100% ...
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bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project
18-03-2021
bp today announced that it is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility, targeting 1GW of hydrogen production by 2030. The project ...
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PKN ORLEN secures oil supply contract
16-03-2021
PKN ORLEN has signed an oil supply contract with Rosneft, with the monthly contract volume amounting to 300,000 tonnes of oil, as agreed with the Russian partners ...
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The case for plant modernization and upgrades webinar
16-03-2021
(Webinar) - With a system that's outdated or showing signs of it, you are well aware of the risks of running your plant processes with aging hardware and software. ...
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Euglena, CLG and ARA announce successful production of Euglena based renewable jet fuel
15-03-2021
Euglena Co. Ltd, Chevron Lummus Global, and Applied Research Associates Inc, are pleased to announce the successful production of renewable jet fuel from a ...
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Neste selects Rotterdam for its next world scale renewable products refinery
15-03-2021
Neste announced in March 2020 an intention to increase its renewable products production capacity in Europe according to the company strategy. The company has ...
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NextChem and Agilyx to support the development of advanced chemical recycling facilities
15-03-2021
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem, and Agilyx Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, a pioneer in the advanced recycling ...
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Sinopec accelerates hydrogen energy development to build world-leading clean energy chemical company
11-03-2021
Mr. Ma Yongsheng, President of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, has proposed to accelerate hydrogen ...
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Gazprom Neft increases energy efficiency at its directly owned refineries
11-03-2021
Gazprom Neft succeeded in cutting energy, heating and fuel costs across its directly owned refineries (in Moscow and Omsk) throughout 2020, with energy-saving ...
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Implico Group maintains market leadership for terminal automation systems in EMEA
10-03-2021
The downstream IT solutions provider Implico Group is the market leader for terminal automation systems (TMS) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). ...
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McDermott completes minority investment in Lummus Technology
08-03-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that it has invested in Lummus Technology Holdings LLC, a holding company of Lummus Technology. Under the terms ...
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Alfa Laval starts testing sustainable shipping fuels
08-03-2021
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, will soon start testing two new types of marine fuels; biofuels ...
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OHL Gutermuth becomes a key global player in solar energy
05-03-2021
The leading manufacturer of special industrial valves OHL Gutermuth from Altenstadt has expanded its global activities and now supplies its products to almost ...
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Value chain partners in the Arabian Gulf join global efforts to address plastic waste
02-03-2021
Major players from across the plastic value chain in the Arabian Gulf have adopted Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) in an effort to address plastic waste, the ...
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Lummus announces start-up of CDAlky unit at St. Charles refinery
01-03-2021
Lummus Technology today announced the start-up of its CDAlky® C5 alkylation unit at Valero’s St. Charles Refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The capacity of the ...
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bp and SABIC to drive circular economy at the Gelsenkirchen production site
01-03-2021
bp and SABIC have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical ...
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Reuters Events unveils Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics USA 2021
25-02-2021
Reuters Events today announced details of an event that will be key for a sector that accounts for 25% of US gross domestic product. Petrochemical Supply ...
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Saulsbury awarded EPC contract for Midland Basin gas processing facility
23-02-2021
Saulsbury was recently awarded a turnkey EPC contract for the design and installation of a new cryogenic processing facility in the Midland Basin for one of ...
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Closing of remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor successfully completed
23-02-2021
After the signing for the acquisition of the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor which took place on January 25, 2021, the closing has now also taken ...
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Baker Hughes to acquire ARMS Reliability
18-02-2021
Baker Hughes has announced it is acquiring ARMS Reliability, a leading global provider of reliability solutions to some of the world’s largest industrial ...
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Enel Green Power and Saras team up to develop green hydrogen
16-02-2021
Enel Green Power and Saras signed a memorandum of intent to develop a green hydrogen project in Sardinia. The solution being studied involves using a 20 MW ...
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Fulcrum BioEnergy selects site for UK waste to fuels plant
16-02-2021
Fulcrum BioEnergy, a pioneer in the production of low-carbon, transportation fuels from municipal solid waste, announces the site selection and launch of development ...
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15-02-2021
Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company has achieved an impressive 92% catalyst selectivity at the start of the most recent cycle at its 600,000-t/y monoethylene ...
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XRG completes turnkey heater efficiency project
15-02-2021
XRG Technologies recently completed the revamp of a large vertical cylinder (VC) crude heater, solving several operational problems while increasing efficiency ...
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TechnipFMC completes separation of two industry leading companies
15-02-2021
TechnipFMC today announced the completion of its spin-off transaction to create two industry leading, independent, publicly traded companies, TechnipFMC and ...
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Becht acquires EPS Customer Solutions
15-02-2021
Becht Europe B.V. and EPS Customer Solutions B.V. have come together to better serve Refining, Petrochemical, and Renewable customers in the European, Middle ...
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Banning Hydrofluoric Acid Won’t Eliminate Risk, but it Will Threaten Fuel Supplies
12-02-2021
Safety is the top priority for American fuel refineries, in fact it’s the entire point of my job. I travel around the country, and even to other parts of ...
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JGC awarded FEED contract for gas separation plant in Kazakhstan
10-02-2021
JGC Holdings Corporation announced today that JGC Corporation, which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the ...
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Technip Energies and Chiyoda awarded major LNG contract
09-02-2021
TechnipFMC is pleased to announce that CTJV, a joint venture between Chiyoda Corporation and Technip Energies, has been awarded a major Engineering, Procurement, ...
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Kentech acquires oil and gas business from SNC-Lavalin
09-02-2021
Kentech Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the oil and gas business of Toronto-listed SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. Completion is anticipated ...
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BP and Oxbotica complete industry first autonomous vehicle trial at refinery
08-02-2021
bp has successfully completed an autonomous vehicle trial at its Lingen refinery in Germany, working with Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software. ...
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Veolia Water Technologies announces investment in regeneration facility and new mobile assets
07-02-2021
Veolia Water Technologies, a subsidiary of the Veolia group and leading specialist in water treatment, has invested 20 million euros in the development and ...
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06-02-2021
At the beginning of January, a pilot plant for optimizing the production processes of hydrogenation catalysts for oils and fats was inaugurated at Evonik's ...
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CVR Energy proceeds with KBR on second phase scope for alkylation revamp project
05-02-2021
KBR Inc, announced today that a subsidiary of CVR Energy Inc, is proceeding with the next phase of the KBR Solid Acid Alkylation Technology (K-SAATTM) project ...
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Clariant signs catalysis research partnership with prestigious ETH Zurich university
04-02-2021
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, has signed a cooperation agreement with ETH Zurich to support research in catalysis ...
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McDermott expands energy transition portfolio with green hydrogen award
03-02-2021
McDermott International, Ltd today announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by New Jersey Natural Gas for the engineering, ...
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Maire Technimont awarded Heydar Aliyev oil refinery contracts from SOCAR
03-02-2021
The contracts relate to the installation of three process units, necessary for the production of EURO-5 gasoline at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery in Baku, ...
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A new nanocatalyst increases vacuum residue hydrocracker performance at LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC
02-02-2021
In February 2020 LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC commissioned an innovative technology using a new type of nanocatalyst — with higher selectivity and performance. ...
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NAPCON INFORMER has renewed the certificate of compliance by OPC Foundation
02-02-2021
NAPCON Informer has successfully passed the OPC Foundation certification test, including an intense 2 weeks of both automated and manual testing, and hence ...
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ExxonMobil low carbon solutions to commercialize emission reduction technology
02-02-2021
ExxonMobil said today it has created a new business to commercialize its extensive low-carbon technology portfolio. The new business, ExxonMobil Low Carbon ...
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Limetree Bay commences refinery startup operations
01-02-2021
Limetree Bay Ventures LLC, a world-class refinery, terminal and logistics hub controlled by EIG Global Energy Partners, today announced that Limetree Bay Refining ...
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Lukoil commissions new production complex at the Volgograd refinery
29-01-2021
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, Russian Minister of Energy Nikolai Shulginov, Governor of the Volgograd ...
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Siemens Energy commissions low emissions compressor trains for Canadian gas plant
29-01-2021
Siemens Energy recently completed the commissioning of one feed and sales gas train and one refrigeration compression train for the Pipestone Processing Facility ...
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Diamond Green Diesel receives approval to begin construction in Port Arthur Texas
28-01-2021
Darling and Valero jointly announce today that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel ("DGD"), has received approval from both companies' Boards of ...
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Air Liquide completes worlds largest low carbon hydrogen membrane based production unit in Canada
26-01-2021
Air Liquide has completed the construction of the world's largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is ...
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LyondellBasell and Sinopec JV to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer
25-01-2021
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one ...
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Burckhardt Compression acquires remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor
25-01-2021
The contract to acquire the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor, based in Shenyang, China, was signed on January 25, 2021. Closing is expected within ...
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OMV to expand and modernise Burghausen refinery
20-01-2021
OMV, the integrated, international oil, gas and petrochemicals company headquartered in Vienna, is expanding and modernizing its cracker units and petrochemical ...
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Johnson Matthey announces manufacturing capacity for key components in Green Hydrogen
20-01-2021
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has taken the next major step in its plans to commercialise technologies to enable production ...
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Refcomm® Galveston 2021 takes place May 10-14 as a virtual event
19-01-2021
The 23rd annual Refcomm® Galveston will take place May 10 - 14, 2021 as a 100% virtual and on-demand event. In light of the uncertainty that still surrounds ...
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Mammoet supports modernisation of MiRo refinery
13-01-2021
The Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrhein (MiRo) in Karlsruhe is preparing for its major scheduled turnaround in 2021. As part of this, the reactor head of the FCC ...
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Chart Industries and Matrix Service Company execute commercial Hydrogen MoU
12-01-2021
Chart Industries Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries today signed ...
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Neste and Avfuel create strategic partnership for sustainable aviation fuel
12-01-2021
Neste and Avfuel Corporation announce a strategic partnership to create an efficient, continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States. ...
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Honeywell Introduces a single-stage UOP Ecofining™ technology
12-01-2021
Honeywell today announced that it has introduced a single-stage UOP Ecofining™ technology offering for the production of renewable diesel fuel. The new single-stage ...
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Sharjah National Oil Corporation launches gas storage project
10-01-2021
Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) has announced the start-up of its new gas storage project. This follows a small-scale pilot phase using existing infrastructure ...
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KBR awarded a master services agreement from LanzaTech
07-01-2021
KBR announced today it has been awarded a Master Services Agreement by LanzaTech to provide engineering services for their global carbon recycling technology ...
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Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries Group sells turboexpander business line to Air Liquide
07-01-2021
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group (Group), a part of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), announces the sale of its Turboexpander ...
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TechnipFMC resumes plan to separate into two industry leading companies
07-01-2021
TechnipFMC plc today announced the resumption of activities toward its planned separation into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded companies: ...
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Shell invests in waste to low carbon fuels plant
05-01-2021
Shell will have a 40% interest in the plant using technology developed by Enerkem, a leading Canadian clean tech company. Enerkem announced the project in December ...
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Neste acquires minority stake in Alterra Energy
04-01-2021
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable and circular chemical ...
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INEOS completes the acquisition of BPs global Aromatics & Acetyls business
01-01-2021
INEOS, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, has today completed the purchase of the global Aromatics and Acetyls businesses from BP for a consideration ...
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Howard Energy Partners to acquire refinery services facility in Corpus Christi
29-12-2020
Howard Energy Partners today announced that it has executed an agreement with a subsidiary of MPLX LP to purchase the Javelina Facility (Javelina) located in ...
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Aramco continues progress in digital transformation with SAP strategic alliance
28-12-2020
Aramco today announced a strategic alliance with SAP Saudi Arabia to expand the digitalization of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The agreement ...
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Specialty Welding and Turnarounds acquire Hydroprocessing Associates
28-12-2020
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds LLC (SWAT), a leading provider of specialty welding and other highly technical services to the oil and gas refinery, biodiesel, ...
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Haldor Topsoe and Aker Carbon Capture to cooperate on low-carbon hydrogen solutions
21-12-2020
”The collaboration with Aker Carbon Capture is an exciting opportunity to support customers in lowering their emissions from hydrogen production. Haldor Topsoe ...
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Chart to acquire carbon capture technology
16-12-2020
Chart Industries Inc, today announced the signing of an exclusive letter of intent to acquire Sustainable Energy Solutions Inc, subject to execution of definitive ...
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OMV invests in biofuel production at Schwechat refinery
15-12-2020
OMV, the integrated, international oil, gas and petrochemicals company headquartered in Vienna, is committed to the Paris Agreement and EU climate targets and ...
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Mammoet completes PTC lifts at petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania
12-12-2020
In 2019, Mammoet’s team completed several lifts using the PTC 200-DS in Potter Township, Pennsylvania. Originally there were ten scheduled lifts to be executed ...
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GPCA announces special edition of annual forum to take place in February 2021
09-12-2020
The forum will address the theme ‘Leadership in the New Reality — Catalyzing Sustainable Growth in the Chemical Industry’ The Gulf Petrochemicals and ...
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Mitsubishi Chemical feasibility study for a 350 KT MMA Plant in Geismar
09-12-2020
Mitsubishi Chemical is pleased to announce that it has recently acquired “green field” property at a large integrated site on the Mississippi River in Geismar, ...
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Aramco and Baker Hughes commence construction on non-metallics JV
08-12-2020
Aramco and Baker Hughes have announced the formation of Novel, a 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) to develop and commercialize a broad range of non-metallic products ...
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KBR's SCORE™ technology commissioned at Sinochem Quanzhou petrochemical plant
07-12-2020
KBR announced today the successful startup of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s 1,000 KTA ethylene plant in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. The ...
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ABB and CORYS sign MoU for digital collaboration
07-12-2020
The two companies enter a strategic agreement to advance digital twin modeling and simulation technology across energy and process industries. The agreement ...
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Laby® LNG boil-off gas compressors to support reduction of sulphur and CO2 emissions
04-12-2020
To reduce sulphur and CO2 emissions at sea, the shipping industry is pushing towards alternative fuels and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tends to become the preferred ...
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Air Liquide supports the development of a liquid hydrogen plant in South Korea
03-12-2020
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed an agreement with Doosan Heavy Industries to support the construction of a liquid hydrogen plant in Changwon, ...
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LyondellBasell and Sasol complete louisiana JV transaction
02-12-2020
LyondellBasell one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and Sasol, a global integrated chemicals and energy company, today ...
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Neles expands its presence with eight new channel partners in South and Central America
02-12-2020
Neles signed seven new distributor agreements and one agent agreement in South and Central America during the last three quarters of 2020. The new partners ...
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Improving desalter performance for opportunity crudes Webinar
01-12-2020
Berthold's next webinar is coming up, this time it's about the topic “Improving desalter performance for opportunity crudes”. David Williams from Berthold ...
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Neste to end refinery operations at Naantali
30-11-2020
In September, Neste announced that it was planning to restructure its refinery operations in Porvoo and Naantali, Finland, to ensure the competitiveness of ...
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Samsung Engineering receives contract for the Sarawak methanol project
30-11-2020
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies, announced today, that ...
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Arcanum Infrastructure startup Axens AlphaButol® technology at its Raven Butene-1 facility
30-11-2020
Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC and Axens NA Inc. today announce the successful ongoing operations and production of 1-Butene at Raven Butene-1, LLC, which is an ...
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NEA Group acquired Hytron Energy & Gas
20-11-2020
The Brazilian company, based in Sumaré, São Paulo, was founded in 2003 as a spin-off from the University of Campinas and has established itself as a leading ...
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Successful start-up of LAMINOL sulphur removal and recovery unit for Antwerp refinery
19-11-2020
Frames has supplied, and successfully commissioned, a hydrogen sulphide (H2S) removal unit, based on Frames’ proprietary LAMINOL technology, to a refinery ...
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Burckhardt Compression's oil-free API 618 Process Gas Compressor sets a new benchmark
19-11-2020
Oil-free compression of hydrogen mixtures is mandatory in many industrial applications which involve components sensitive to oil. However, the absence of oil ...
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How turbocompressors drive and safeguard downstream plant operations
19-11-2020
This webinar reaches out to end users in the hydrocarbon industry who face the challenge of achieving operational availability, equipment reliability, and efficiency ...
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Sasol announces beneficial operation of Louisiana low-density polyethylene unit
16-11-2020
Sasol today announced our LDPE unit reached beneficial operation on 15 November 2020. The LDPE unit is the seventh and final Lake Charles Chemicals Complex ...
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Grace scientist Yuying Shu’s discovery now enhancing FCC catalyst performance and sustainability
16-11-2020
W. R. Grace & Co, today announced that Principal Scientist Yuying Shu has been awarded its highest honor for her discovery of the now patented Grace Stable ...
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Joe Gentry receives lifetime achievement award from Hydrocarbon Processing
12-11-2020
Joseph C. Gentry was honored with Hydrocarbon Processing’s ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award at the publication’s annual awards presentation. The awards ...
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12-11-2020
Linde and Evonik Industries offer a fully integrated, holistic solution combining different technologies to extract hydrogen from natural gas pipeline networks. Currently ...
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ADNOC and Total agreement on CCUS, emissions reduction and De-carbonization projects
12-11-2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed, today, a strategic framework agreement with Total, to explore joint research, development and deployment ...
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Arturo Puigbo appointed General Manager Merichem Company
11-11-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Arturo Puigbo to the position of General Manager Ecotreat®. Ecotreat® is Merichem’s latest innovation ...
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Adam Peakes appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Merichem Company
11-11-2020
Merichem Company announces the appointment of Mr. Adam Peakes to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his financial ...
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Arturo Puigbo appointed General Manager Merichem Company
11-11-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Arturo Puigbo to the position of General Manager Ecotreat®. Ecotreat® is Merichem’s latest innovation ...
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AVEVA and Microsoft to accelerate digital transformation in the industrial sector
09-11-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced that it will be extending its long-standing strategic collaboration with ...
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Neles strengthens its distributor network with 13 new partners in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
09-11-2020
Neles signed 13 new distributor agreements in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh in the second quarter of 2020. The new distributors help to further expand the ...
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INEOS launches a new clean hydrogen business
09-11-2020
INEOS has today launched a new business to develop and build Clean Hydrogen capacity across Europe, in support of the drive towards a zero-carbon future. INEOS ...
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Siemens partners with Linde to accelerate decarbonization efforts in the petrochemical sector
06-11-2020
The downstream oil and gas industry is under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, comply with strict environmental ...
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Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (DRPIC) selects UNIPOL™ PE Technology
05-11-2020
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC) has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Process for a 480,000 TPY line to be built ...
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Baker Hughes signs agreement to acquire compact carbon capture technology
03-11-2020
Baker Hughes announced today it is acquiring Compact Carbon Capture (3C), a pioneering technology development company specializing in carbon capture solutions. ...
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Nextchem and Indian Oil Corporation sign India's first circular economy MoU
03-11-2020
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that NextChem, the Group’s subsidiary dedicated to green chemistry and technologies for the energy transition, and Indian ...
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Neste to acquire Bunge's refinery plant in Rotterdam
03-11-2020
Neste, the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire Bunge ...
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Shell launches Blue Hydrogen Process
02-11-2020
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has launched the Shell Blue Hydrogen Process to help the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate heavy industries. Unveiled today, ...
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Diamond Green Diesel to more than double renewable fuel capacity
02-11-2020
Honeywell UOP today announced that the Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., will more than double its annual production of renewable diesel with the ...
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BASF wins “Best Catalyst Technology” for Fourtune™ at the 2020 HP Awards
29-10-2020
BASF was awarded “Best Catalyst Technology” at the 2020 Hydrocarbon Processing (HP) Awards for its Fourtune™ FCC catalyst. Fourtune is the latest product ...
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Expanding Comprimo's portfolio with BASF's solvent suite
29-10-2020
Comprimo®, our sulphur technology business, is working on this exact challenge. We can now offer a larger range of licensing ...
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AVEVA and Shell align in digital transformation vision
28-10-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced that it has signed an agreement to help accelerate Shell Global Solutions ...
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Sulzer expands its Tower Field Services capabilities with a new facility
27-10-2020
Sulzer Chemtech is expanding its Tower Field Services (TFS) capabilities by moving into a new state-of-the-art facility on Tees Advanced Manufacturing Park ...
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ADNOC seeks opportunities to strengthen UAE-India energy relationship
27-10-2020
His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), reinforced ...
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The large scale conversion of Preem’s refinery in Lysekil begins
23-10-2020
The conversion of Preem’s refinery in Lysekil has begun. In the latest update to the refinery’s environmental permit, Preem will apply to establish the ...
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Repsol to build Spain's first advanced biofuels plant in Cartagena
22-10-2020
Repsol will build the first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. From this new facility, the multi-energy company, committed ...
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Lummus awarded contract for one of the world’s largest polypropylene units
22-10-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Hengyi Industries for a large-scale polypropylene unit in Brunei. ...
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Chart Industries to participate in US Department of Energy H2@Scale project
22-10-2020
Chart Industries, Inc. (“Chart”) (NASDAQ: GTLS) today announced their participation in a U.S. Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework ...
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Costain part of proving hydrogen can be distributed via existing gas networks
22-10-2020
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, in collaboration with the gas networks, has produced a feasibility study that will contribute to the ongoing ...
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Sinopec Qilu successfully starts up DuPont™ STRATCO® alkylation technology
22-10-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that the STRATCO® alkylation unit at the Sinopec Qilu refinery in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, ...
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Tracerco announce optimising processes with data driven diagnostics solutions webinar
21-10-2020
In a market where CAPEX spending is limited, now it’s more important than ever to ensure you are maximising your refinery output to increase your profitability. Whilst ...
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AVEVA and SCG announce strategic partnership to deliver a ‘Digital Reliability Platform’
19-10-2020
AVEVA, the global leader in engineering and industrial software, and Chemicals Business, SCG, one of the largest petrochemical companies in Thailand and ...
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19-10-2020
Siemens Energy and Bentley Systems, Inc. (Bentley) have announced a joint solution that delivers intelligent analytics derived from domain experience ...
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Watlow® attains INMETRO certification
16-10-2020
Watlow®, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, is pleased to announce that it has attained INMETRO certification on ...
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Jason Lu appointed general manager Merichem Energy Technologies
15-10-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Jason Lu to the position of General Manager, Merichem Energy Technologies Limited with offices in Shanghai, ...
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TechnipFMC enters into a strategic collaboration with McPhy to accelerate green hydrogen
15-10-2020
TechnipFMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with McPhy, a leading manufacturer and supplier of carbon-free hydrogen production and distribution equipment, ...
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Linde and Shell team up to commercialise lower-carbon technology for ethylene
15-10-2020
Linde GmbH and Shell today announce an exclusive collaboration agreement on ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for ethylene production. The ...
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Jason Lu appointed General Manager Merichem Energy Technologies
15-10-2020
Merichem Company announced the appointment of Mr. Jason Lu to the position of General Manager, Merichem Energy Technologies Limited with offices in Shanghai, ...
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14-10-2020
Lummus Technology and New Hope Technologies today announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development ...
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How can oil & gas congress be successful at the times of pandemic?
13-10-2020
Petrochemical and Refining Congress Europe has taken place on September, 28-30. To keep the high-quality level of the Congress and ensure safety during the ...
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Lummus establishes green circle, focused on circular economy and energy transition
12-10-2020
Lummus Technology today announced that it has formed a new business entity called Green Circle LLC, to concentrate and expand its capabilities and capture new ...
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Alfa Laval wins natural gas order in Algeria
09-10-2020
Alfa Laval — a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling — has won an order to supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers to ...
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LyondellBasell and Sasol form integrated polyethylene JV
02-10-2020
LyondellBasell and Sasol today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture (JV) through which LyondellBasell will ...
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Gazpromneft Omsk refinery reduces environmental emissions with BELCO® wet scrubbing technology
01-10-2020
The Gazpromneft Omsk Oil Refinery (Omsk) in Siberia, Russia has significantly lowered its air emissions using BELCO® wet scrubbing technology licensed by DuPont ...
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Prime-G+® helps India drive towards cleaner fuels
01-10-2020
In order to reduce the sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions released from vehicles and so to comply with more stringent specifications for transportation fuel standards, ...
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Tube Tech International and Serba Dinamik announce strategic partnership
30-09-2020
Alliance will deliver next-generation refinery maintenance solutions in Malaysia and Indonesia. We are delighted to announce a strategic alliance with international ...
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Qatar Petroleum to supply Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel to the local market from its Mesaieed refinery
27-09-2020
Qatar Petroleum is pleased to announce the commencement of supply of Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) by the QP Refinery in Mesaieed for the domestic transportation ...
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25-09-2020
Reuters Events is connecting more than 30 downstream leaders and 5,000 industry representatives this November to investigate how the sector can deliver value ...
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How to achieve operational excellence with safe and profitable operating windows
25-09-2020
(Webinar) - Plant of the Future’ is making headway towards operational excellence using technologies that enable safe and efficient operations to improve ...
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Total to convert Grandpuits refinery into a Zero-Crude platform for Biofuels and Bioplastics
24-09-2020
Within the framework of its net zero strategy, Total will convert its Grandpuits refinery (Seine-et-Marne) into a zero-crude platform. By 2024, following an ...
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Air Liquide announces new investment to reinforce its position in the industrial basin of Tianjin
24-09-2020
Air Liquide China will invest around 60 million euros to build an Air Separation Unit (ASU) in the Lingang Economic District, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. ...
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CNOOC successfully completes performance test for DuPont IsoTherming® hydrotreating unit
24-09-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that an IsoTherming® hydrotreating unit installed at the CNOOC Huizhou Refinery in Guangdong Province, ...
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Range signs long term Ethane Supply agreement for Appalachia polyethylene complex
22-09-2020
Range Resources Corporation announced that it has signed a long-term ethane supply agreement with PTTGC America LLC to become an anchor supplier for a proposed ...
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OMV refinery implements energy-efficiency measures to reduce CO2
22-09-2020
OMV, the integrated, international oil and gas company headquartered in Vienna has declared its commitment to the Paris Agreement and EU climate targets and ...
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Clariant to build new production site for CATOFIN™ catalysts in Jiaxing
18-09-2020
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the construction of a new state-of-the-art catalyst production site ...
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Burckhardt Compression to acquire the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor
14-09-2020
Burckhardt Compression has entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire the remaining 40% of Shenyang Yuanda Compressor. Burckhardt Compression initially ...
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Fluor JV successfully starts up boilers at New Al-Zour refinery in Kuwait
11-09-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries, FDH JV, has successfully started ...
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US refiners behind schedule to meet Tier 3 gasoline standard face costly adaptations
11-09-2020
At recent industry forums, refining process expert, George Hoekstra, presented a detailed argument that much work remains for US refiners to profitably meet ...
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MAN Energy Solutions and Wasco to drive Power-to-Gas Technology in South-East Asia
10-09-2020
MAN Energy Solutions and Wasco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote and commercialize Power-to-X (PtX) projects in South-East Asia. The ...
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Clariant announces new R&D partnership with Tianjin University
10-09-2020
Clariant Catalysts and Tianjin University (TJU) put the spotlight on the future development and commercialization of new catalytic solutions to better serve ...
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Wood and Aspen Technology partnership to deliver asset performance management solutions
09-09-2020
Aspen Technology, Inc. and Wood today announced a new partnership that will offer Wood’s clients Aspen Mtell® asset performance management (APM) ...
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ADNOC to upgrade main oil lines and Jebel Dhanna terminal
09-09-2020
ADNOC Onshore, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced today, the award of two Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) ...
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Haldor Topsoe sets out to become the global leader in technologies to reduce carbon emissions
09-09-2020
“The world is at a climate crossroads, and we believe that Topsoe has a decisive role to play in reducing carbon emissions globally. We want to deliver the ...
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Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN JV for innovative PET monomer recycling process
08-09-2020
Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN have recently signed a joint development and commercialization agreement in order to develop, demonstrate and commercialize an innovative ...
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IndianOil to invest in grassroot needle coker unit at Paradip refinery
05-09-2020
The IndianOil board has cleared the Stage-1 approval to install a Grassroot Needle Coker Unit at Paradip Refinery using IndianOil R&D's in-house technology. ...
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Refining India 2020 Conference postponed
03-09-2020
Now in its 8th year, Refining India has come to be known in the Indian hydrocarbons industry as “the September conference”. Organised by PTQ magazine and ...
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PrimeServLab extends scope of engine-fluid analyses
02-09-2020
A department of MAN PrimeServ — MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division — PrimeServ Lab performs analyses of such fluids as fuel oil, lube oil, cooling ...
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Sulzer restarts customer seminars on separation technology and equipment
02-09-2020
Sulzer Chemtech’s teams in China are gradually restarting customized seminars on separation and mixing technologies for businesses in the manufacturing and ...
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Aspen Technology announces the new release of Aspen Unified™
01-09-2020
Aspen Technology, a global leader in asset optimization software, today announced the new release of Aspen Unified™ to deliver the next generation of production ...
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DuPont Sustainable Solutions celebrates one year anniversary as independent consulting firm
01-09-2020
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) today celebrates its one-year anniversary as an independent global operations management consulting firm following its separation ...
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AIR-SONIC to open first catalyst wash facility in Europe
31-08-2020
AIR-SONIC, a MIRATECH Company, is set to open the first catalyst washing facility in Europe. The state-of-the-art catalyst chemical washing facility is scheduled ...
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Elliott launches compressor online performance prediction tool
28-08-2020
Elliott Group has released a new Compressor Online Performance Prediction Tool (OPPT) specially designed for Elliott compressors. The web-based software tool ...
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28-08-2020
Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) has successfully completed the expansion of its Port Allen, Louisiana plant in the United States, doubling its ...
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Zeopore Technologies raises new capital to bring its novel zeolite catalyst technologies to market
28-08-2020
Zeopore Technologies NV, a leading Belgian technology developer, active in the commercialization of cost-effective mesoporous zeolites for catalytic applications, ...
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East meets west to showcase excellence at Yokogawa Digital Transformation (DX) Symposium
27-08-2020
Technology today, co-creating tomorrow — Y Now 2020 to showcase digital transformation solutions for the embattled energy and chemical industries. Y Now ...
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Evonik acquires Porocel to accelerate growth of catalysts business
26-08-2020
Evonik is acquiring the Porocel Group for US$210 million to accelerate the growth of its catalysts business. Based in Houston, Texas (USA), Porocel offers a ...
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AVEVA prioritizes cloud strategy in order to respond to the demands of the new normal
26-08-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today unveiled ‘Cloud-First’, a key component of its long-term software portfolio strategy ...
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Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious sustainable fuel project in Denmark
26-08-2020
"For sustainable fuels to become competitive with fossil fuels, technologies must be matured and ultimately become available and proven on an industrial scale. ...
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Learn how to build refinery models quickly and easily to support your LP model
26-08-2020
(Webinar) - In this webinar we will present refinery modelling workflows, features and functionalities, which showcase Honeywell Forge Process Simulation’ ...
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AVEVA agrees to acquire OSIsoft
25-08-2020
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, and OSIsoft, a global leader in real-time industrial data software and services, have announced an agreement ...
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Sandvik launches Sanicro® 35 super-austenitic grade
25-08-2020
Sandvik, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials, has launched Sanicro® 35, a ...
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Baofeng Energy selects proprietary cracker technology from KBR
24-08-2020
KBR has been awarded two contracts by Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. Ltd (Baofeng Energy) for its 500KTA coal to olefins project & 500KTA C2-C5 comprehensive ...
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Interview with Gazprom Neft’s Chief Digital Officer, Andrey Belevtsev
24-08-2020
Gazprom Neft CDO Andrey Belevtsev is a professional with 18 years’ experience in the IT industry. For the last 3 years, he has been responsible for developing ...
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MAN Energy Solutions establishes new benchmark with remote commissioning
19-08-2020
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful, remote commissioning of a compressor train at Uzbekistan’s largest chemical company, JSC Navoiyazot. This ...
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Fluor JV achieves final provisional turnover of the facilities on clean fuels megaproject
18-08-2020
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries has successfully achieved final ...
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Lummus Technology announces successful start-up of CDTaee® Bio-ethers unit
18-08-2020
Lummus Technology today announced the successful start-up of its CDTaee unit for Hellenic Petroleum’s refinery in Aspropyrgos, Greece. For this start-up, ...
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Revamped industry resource focuses on environmental technologies and techniques
18-08-2020
Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc is pleased to announce the launch of the newly revamped Anguil.com. The fully redesigned website focuses on streamlined, industry-relevant ...
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40 years of sulphur granulation
18-08-2020
Sulphur processing and handling equipment manufacturer IPCO is celebrating 40 years’ continuous production of its market-leading Rotoform sulphur pastillation ...
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ADNOC upgrades Ruwais refining capabilities
17-08-2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company confirms significant progress made on its “Crude Flexibility Project”, with 73% project delivery of ADNOC’s ongoing ...
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Clariant forges strategic partnership with Chemtex for its sunliquid® technology
17-08-2020
Clariant’s Business Line Biofuels and Derivatives announced on August 15 during a joint presentation at the 7th Asia-Pacific Biomass Utilization Summit in ...
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Nexo Solutions announces the formation of the SulfurSWEET technology division
17-08-2020
SulfurSWEET proprietary chemical formulations and process system designs combine chemistries and mechanical equipment for removing H2S & Mercaptans in a ...
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XOS heads to Mars with NASA on 2020 Perseverance Rover
14-08-2020
Men, women, and children across America woke up early on July 30th, 2020 and tuned in to watch the launch of the 2020 Perseverance Rover at Cape Canaveral Air ...
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ClearSign Technologies Corporation announces collaborative alliance with Zeeco
13-08-2020
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
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Shell boosts import capability with refinery transformation
13-08-2020
Pilipinas Shell is transforming its Tabangao Refinery into a world-class full import terminal to optimize its asset portfolio and enhance its cost and supply ...
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Ensuring business continuity in industrial operations
12-08-2020
(WEBINAR) - Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and safety ...
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Grabner Instruments vsion series — Industry 4.0 ready analyzers
11-08-2020
The word is rapidly changing and decision makers around the globe are facing many uncertainties. Once certainty is that our digitally connected world has embarked ...
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ExxonMobil and Global Clean Energy Holdings sign agreement for renewable diesel
11-08-2020
ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five years from a converted ...
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California Air Resources Board (CARB) approves VUV ASTM D8071-19
11-08-2020
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8071-19, the “Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrocarbon Group Types and Select Hydrocarbon and Oxygenate ...
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Haldor Topsoe and BASF to offer ammonia producers ClearView™ connected services
11-08-2020
Haldor Topsoe and BASF have announced that they entered into an agreement to offer ammonia producers new optimization possibilities. With Topsoe’s connected ...
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Total Safety wins 22 Awards from American Petrochemical and Fuel Manufactures
05-08-2020
Total Safety, a leading global provider of integrated safety services, solutions, and equipment, has been awarded the 2019 Contractor Safety Achievement Award ...
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Rotork launches Lifetime Management services
05-08-2020
The new Lifetime Management service changes the way that Rotork Site Services (RSS) operates, with a stronger focus on ensuring the most appropriate ...
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ValvTechnologies integrates augmented reality tool to provide first-class remote service support
04-08-2020
ValvTechnologies, the leading manufacturer of zero-leakage, severe service isolation valve solutions, today introduced VirtualValv Support™, an on-demand ...
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Velocys completes Red Rock Biofuels reactor order
04-08-2020
Velocys plc, the sustainable fuels technology company, announces that it has completed the manufacturing and delivery of four reactors to Red Rock Biofuels. ...
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Ammonfuel - An industrial view of ammonia as marine fuel
04-08-2020
Today, Alfa Laval, Hafnia, Haldor Topsoe, Vestas, and Siemens Gamesa issued a report “Ammonfuel — an industrial view of ammonia as a marine fuel” providing ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical earns 24 TCC safety awards
03-08-2020
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP today announced it has received 24 safety awards from the Texas Chemical Council (TCC) for excellence in operational performan Overall, ...
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Hengli Petrochemical starts-up 5th PTA line utilising P8 PTA technology from INVISTA
03-08-2020
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies, and Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd are pleased to announce the successful start-up ...
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German oil refinery to build 30 MW hydrogen electrolysis plant
03-08-2020
Companies involved in a hydrogen project at the Heide oil refinery near Hamburg said on Monday they would build a 30 megawatts (MW) electrolysis plant as a ...
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IndianOil approve integrated PX-PTA complex at Paradip refinery
31-07-2020
The IndianOil Board has given its go-ahead for the implementation of an Integrated Para-Xylene (PX) and Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) complex project at ...
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The NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP acquired the NORWALK Compressor Company
30-07-2020
The family-owned NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP (NEA) with its global headquarters in Übach-Palenberg, Germany acquired NORWALK Compressor Company, based in Stratford, ...
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Mammoet delivers 109m C3 splitter to new Borealis site in Kallo
29-07-2020
Successful transportation of the site’s largest component marks an important first step in the construction of one of the world’s largest and most efficient ...
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Crude Quality: Hurricanes wreak havoc for producers and refiners
29-07-2020
Our Opportunity Crudes Management Seminars (OCMS) at www.opportunitycrudes.com, initially launched in mid-July 2017, is designed to identify common problems ...
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A layered approach to achieving plant-wide optimization goals
29-07-2020
(WEBINAR) - This webinar will introduce Honeywell’s layered approach to optimization, and demonstrate how refiners can unlock the benefits of plant-wide optimization ...
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IndianOil and Total form JV to offer high-quality bitumen derivatives
27-07-2020
Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil), India's largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and Total, a multinational energy major with headquarters in ...
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SIBUR & G-Core Labs launch a universal AR service
24-07-2020
SIBUR, one of the world leaders in the petrochemical industry, has launched a universal AR service for remotely maintaining and repairing industrial equipment ...
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Hengli Petrochemical successfully starts up new alkylation unit
24-07-2020
DuPont Clean Technologiesis pleased to announce the successful startup and performance test of a 300 KMTA STRATCO® alkylation unit licensed by DuPont at the ...
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Clariant and Jiangsu Jinneng partner in catalytic off-gas treatment
23-07-2020
Clariant and Jiangsu Jinneng’s collaboration in off-gas treatment is off to a strong start in 2020. Jiangsu Jinneng’s innovative catalytic combustion unit ...
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Reuters Events releases free guide ‘Marketing during COVID-19: A guide for downstream marketers’
23-07-2020
Reuters Events has released a guide for marketers in the Petrochemicals, LNG & Refining space, to understand the lessons learned from COVID-19 and how brand ...
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ADNOC and ADQ JV to catalyze the UAE’s chemicals sector and accelerate industrial growth
22-07-2020
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and ADQ today signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to create a new investment platform to fund and oversee the development ...
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Interview with Yannis Bassias, President & CEO of Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management
21-07-2020
Natural gas reserves discovered in the Mediterranean Sea around Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are changing Europe’s energy politics. In the interview ...
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Optimal monitoring of separation processes
20-07-2020
Monitoring interfaces or multiple layers in process vessels poses some challenges for the measurement technologies and its equipment. Separation processes occur ...
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2019 Rising Stars Winner Q&A - Damian Kwiatkowski, Junior Process Engineer, Grupa LOTOS
18-07-2020
How has lockdown been treating you and how has it affected your work routine? Of course lockdown was a horrible time for the global economy, but ...
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2018 Rising Stars Winner Q&A - Ross O’Brien, Executive Assistant — Executive Office HR, BP
17-07-2020
How has the lockdown affected your daily work routine? The lockdown came as a sudden change. I’ve always worked at operating sites so working from home has ...
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DWC Innovations awarded dividing wall column project in LOBS unit of Indian refinery
17-07-2020
DWC Innovations in cooperation with Koch Glitsch has been awarded the design of a grassroots Dividing Wall Column (DWC) Project in Lubricating Oil Base Stock ...
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Aramco announces Downstream business reorganisation
17-07-2020
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company today announced the reorganization of its Downstream business to support and enhance integration across the hydrocarbon value ...
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US EPA releases latest data on sulfur in gasoline
17-07-2020
The 2019 US average sulfur in gasoline was 17.5 ppm. We are still a long way from meeting the 10 ppm Tier 3 goal for 2020. We came down from 26.6 ppm ...
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2017 Rising Stars Winner Q&A - Pedro Medina, Senior Technology Development Engineer, CEPSA
16-07-2020
How has the lockdown affected your daily work routine? Just some days before the lockdown my company suggested that we work from home, and that was the situation ...
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Siemens and Bentley Systems build digital twin for Chandra Asri integrated petrochemical complex
16-07-2020
Siemens and Bentley Systems will develop the first petrochemical digital twin in Indonesia for Chandra Asri, the country’s largest integrated petrochemical ...
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Elliott Group to consolidate packaging solutions operation
16-07-2020
Elliott Group today announced plans to close its Packaging Solutions operations in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania by the end of 2020, and to consolidate design ...
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Clariant awarded a second CATOFIN™catalyst contract with Dongguan Grand Resource
16-07-2020
Clariant announced today a second contract win for its CATOFIN catalysts with Dongguan Grand Resource Technology (DGR) in Dongguan, China. The company ...
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McDermott appoints Tareq Kawash as Senior Vice President for EMEA
14-07-2020
McDermott International Ltd. today announced Tareq Kawash as Senior Vice President for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region effective immediately. ...
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PTTGCA moves forward on Ohio petrochemical project as Daelim withdraws
14-07-2020
PTTGC America President and CEO Toasaporn Boonyapipat made the following statement today in reference to the withdrawal of Daelim Chemical USA from ...
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Alfa Laval to use advanced digital twin technology
13-07-2020
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - will use advanced digital twin technology when expanding capacity in ...
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Clariant catalysts powers Ineratec’s green fuel production technology
09-07-2020
Clariant has joined forces with Ineratec in the challenge for a greener future. The companies have entered a partnership to develop and commercialize novel ...
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Mammoet completes heavy lifting and transport scope at Dangote Refinery
09-07-2020
With the final 1,240t propylene mounded bullet installed at Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical complex in Nigeria, Mammoet is demobilizing equipment ...
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Honeywell hydrogen solutions help customers reduce carbon emissions
07-07-2020
Honeywell today announced a strengthened focus on harnessing hydrogen energy to enable industrial and commercial thermal process customers to reduce their carbon ...
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PKN ORLEN invests to develop its refining and petrochemical production
07-07-2020
PKN ORLEN has commenced the construction of a visbreaking unit, a key project for the PÅ‚ock refinery. Worth approximately PLN 1bn, it will significantly ...
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Neles opens state of the art valve technology center in China
07-07-2020
Neles’ new valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, has started its operations. The new plant strengthens Neles’ valve and related products production ...
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Sulzer’s mass transfer technology supports development of Dangote Refinery
07-07-2020
Sulzer Chemtech has been selected as the sole supplier of column internals, packings and trays for the Dangote integrated oil refinery and petrochemical complex ...
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Driving machine learning through fundamental machinery diagnostics
06-07-2020
(WEBINAR) - Join Honeywell’s APM specialist, Ben Berwick, as he discusses how Honeywell leverages Asset Performance Management technology to recognize the ...
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Air Products and thyssenkrupp sign strategic cooperation agreement
05-07-2020
Air Products, a world leader in industrial gases megaproject development, and thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, the world leader in technologies and comprehensive ...
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Reuters Events announces free to attend Petrochemical Development virtual event
02-07-2020
Reuters Events has launched the Petrochemical Development virtual event with CEO of Chemours, CEO of Lanxess, CEO of CNX Corporation and more all making speaking ...
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Clariant’s HYDEX® E catalyst helps Duslo turn plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel
02-07-2020
Clariant and Duslo’s research institute VUCHT are transforming waste into wealth. Using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s HYDEX E next-generation ...
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MOGAS acquires Watson Valve assets
01-07-2020
MOGAS Industries, Inc. recently completed the acquisition of assets of Watson Valve, a Houston-based turn-key manufacturer of severe service valves, to include ...
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Gasoline desulfurization for Tier 3 Compliance
01-07-2020
Starting in January 2020, gasoline sold in the United States must contain no more than 10 ppm sulfur. This short, easy-to-read book gives a high-level overview ...
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29-06-2020
KBR's premier, market-leading Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) Technology, ROSE®, has been selected by Uruguay's sole refinery, ANCAP, for a strategic upgrade project. Under ...
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Interview with Gary Godwin, Senior Director, KBR Technology Solutions
25-06-2020
Environmental Challenges and Partnership With NASA. Competition in the oil and gas licensing business, new oil processing technologies, plastic recycling projects, ...
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Clariant doubles capacity of its high-throughput catalyst R&D
25-06-2020
Clariant Catalysts is picking up speed with the successful expansion of its high-throughput R&D center in Palo Alto, California. Thanks to a significant ...
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Sulzer GTC helps Croatian refinery to restore its CDU operations
23-06-2020
Once distillation columns reach the end of their useful lives, it is important for plant managers to find new, suitable replacements. They should include the ...
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Reliably monitor and optimize refinery processes
23-06-2020
As diverse as different continents and countries are, equally diverse are the existing and preferred types of crude oil. Different compositions, properties ...
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Sulzer Tower Field Services restarts refining operations at Italian plant
17-06-2020
Corrosion control is crucial to keeping petrochemical facilities running efficiently and effectively. Crude distillation overhead systems, such as atmospheric ...
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Aramco completes its acquisition of a 70% stake in SABIC from the Public Investment Fund (PIF)
17-06-2020
Aramco today announced the successful completion of its share acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) from the Public Investment ...
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Next-generation PolyMax 600 Series polypropylene catalysts are phthalate-free
17-06-2020
Clariant is launching its next-generation phthalate-free olefin polymerization catalysts, expanding its portfolio to include a new offering to meet the most ...
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Sinopec completes installation of the world’s largest hydrogenation reactor
17-06-2020
Designed by Sinopec Engineering, the largest single-unit hydrogenation reactor in the world weighs 3,025 tons, which is the equivalent of 17 blue whales, the ...
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17-06-2020
TechnipFMC and Clariant Catalysts announced today that they have entered into a joint development agreement for the demonstration and commercialization of Clariant’s ...
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ASTM D8071 approved as an Alternate to CAN/CGSB 3.0 No. 14.3
16-06-2020
VUV Analytics, Inc. announces that Environment and Climate Change Canada, which is the Canadian counterpart to the EPA, has determined that ASTM D8071-19, “Standard ...
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Repsol to develop two major emissions-reductions projects in Spain
16-06-2020
The CEO of Repsol, Josu Jon Imaz, today presented two pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake with the participation ...
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High-Performance tail-gas treating
16-06-2020
(WEBINAR) - Discover the benefits of applying the latest technology in modern, low-temperature Shell Claus offgas treating (SCOT™) units. See how next-generation, ...
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ClearSign receives multi-flare order from ASHCOR
14-06-2020
ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety ...
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Sinopec pushes 1 m tonne/year ethylene and refined oil expansion project in Hainan
11-06-2020
Sinopec is pushing an expansion project that can produce up to 1 million tonnes of ethylene and refined oil annually in Hainan Free Trade Zone, located in South ...
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Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery beings the installation of water treatment systems
10-06-2020
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has begun installing flotation treatment systems at the site of its future “Biosphere” biological treatment facilities, ...
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Petrofac to support leading UK CCS and hydrogen project
10-06-2020
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business announces today it has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Office support contract ...
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IndianOil refineries throughput crosses 80% as products demand increases
10-06-2020
The crude oil throughput of IndianOil refineries crossed 80% as on date, with consumption of all petroleum products put together almost doubling in May '20 ...
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Shri Sanjay Varma takes charge as MRPL Director Refinery
09-06-2020
Shri Sanjay Varma takes charge as Director Refinery of MRPL, a Mini Ratna - Category 1, Schedule A, ONGC subsidiary. Vide their order dated 9.6.2020, ...
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Syncrude awards Worley a services agreement
04-06-2020
Under the agreement, Worley will provide construction and site maintenance services at the facilities over a five year term. This continues Worley’s 29â€year ...
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Mini refinery built by Pyramid E&C completes performance trials successfully
02-06-2020
The 7500 BPD refinery supplied to Ecomar Energy Solutions in Fujairah was commissioned successfully and underwent performance trials by a reputed third party ...
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Clariant’s ShiftMax® 300 MTS catalyst delivers excellent performance in China
02-06-2020
The partnership between Clariant and Shanghai Huaxi is off to a successful start. Since the establishment of their strategic alliance in late January of 2018, ...
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Roland Baan joins Haldor Topsoe as new CEO
02-06-2020
Today is the first workday for the company’s new top manager. “This is a special day for me. Topsoe is an exceptional company that has made a huge ...
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Webinar - Increase reliability and profitability in the delayed coking unit with continuous levels
29-05-2020
The latest development in the safe and reliable operation of delayed cokers includes the use of of continuous nuclear level measurement on the drums. Continuous ...
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Irving Oil and Silverpeak announce acquisition agreement for North Atlantic Refining Corp
28-05-2020
Canadian-owned Irving Oil and U.S. investment firm Silverpeak have signed an agreement for Irving Oil to acquire North Atlantic Refining Corp., subject to regulatory ...
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Axens’ recent successes in Hydrocracking
27-05-2020
Hydrocracking is one of the major processes in refining converting, in presence of hydrogen, low-value heavy feedstock into high value clean fuels and saturated ...
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Aker Solutions Starts CCS test program at Preem refinery
26-05-2020
The test unit is part of the 'Preem CCS' pilot project which will analyze the whole value chain from capture to storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project ...
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MAN Compressor Technology to support major Dutch Carbon-Capture Project
25-05-2020
MAN Energy Solutions in Berlin has been awarded a contract for the engineering of three RG compressor trains for a carbon capture, utilization and storage project ...
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ASTM D8267 included in jet fuel specification ASTM D1655 as an alternative to ASTM D1319
20-05-2020
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8267-19a, the “Standard Test method for Determination of Total Aromatic, Monoaromatic and Diaromatic Content ...
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ASTM D8267 included in Jet Fuel Specification ASTM D1655 as an alternative to ASTM D1319
20-05-2020
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8267-19a, the “Standard Test method for Determination of Total Aromatic, Monoaromatic and Diaromatic Content ...
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Downstream 2020 goes virtual and offers free registration
01-05-2020
Reuters Events is relaunching Downstream 2020 as a free virtual event to help the downstream sector overcome the most challenging business environment in memory. ...
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Elliott names Shane Reph Vice President of Global Service
28-04-2020
Elliott Group has named Shane Reph Vice President of Global Service, effective May 4, 2020. Shane replaces Ronald Frye, who has retired after more than ...
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Hydratight repair for water pipeline at Gunvor Petroleum Refinery
24-04-2020
On-line pipeline repair specialist, Hydratight, has successfully repaired a buried steel water pipeline at Gunvor Petroleum Antwerpen, a mid-sized refinery ...
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Chevron Lummus Global, Napcon and Bapco open LC-FINING center of excellence
23-04-2020
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), NAPCON, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) announce the successful grand opening of the LC-FINING Center of Excellence in ...
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23-04-2020
Tim Shepperd, formerly VP Technology & Consulting for HF Alkylation Consultants, has joined the Becht team. With over 30 years of experience in refining ...
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Becht announces acquisition of Code Inspection & Testing Co — IR Technologies
22-04-2020
Becht and Code Inspection & Testing Co- IR Technologies (Code ITC-IR) have come together to bring comprehensive heater solutions to our clients worldwide. ...
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Acquisition of global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works completed
21-04-2020
Burckhardt Compression completed the acquisition of the global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works Ltd., abbreviated JSW, as announced on March 4, ...
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Sinopec commissions Ionikylation unit from Well Resources
20-04-2020
Well Resources Inc., a Canadian company that focuses on green and clean technology development and process licensing in the petroleum sector, announced the ...
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Shutdown and turndown considerations for HF & Sulfuric Alkylation & Fired Heaters
19-04-2020
Current market conditions are forcing many refiners into an unfamiliar operating state. A different approach may be required to rebalance and reduce refinery ...
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VUV Analytics announces the release of VUVision™ Software 3.3.0 and VUV Analyze™ Software 1.6.0
13-04-2020
VUV Analytics™ Inc., announces today a software upgrade release for both of its proprietary software systems: VUVision Software 3.3.0 and VUV Analyze Software ...
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Becht develops knowledge library for unit and equipment turndown operations
12-04-2020
Becht has developed a Knowledge Library for Unit and Equipment Turndown Operations. The document series comprehensively covers high risk, high impact concerns, ...
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Becht opens Latin American office in Buenos Aires
10-04-2020
Becht is pleased to announce the grand opening of our Buenos Aires, Argentina office in February 2020. Mariano Bertaina, former Executive Technical Director ...
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Innovative cleaning technologies enable units run length during turnaround delays
10-04-2020
PetroVietnam Dung Quat Refinery is the next in a growing list announcing the deferral of their planned major turnaround for 2020. Anyone who has worked ...
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Unit turndown & shutdown operations webinar series from Becht
09-04-2020
Becht’s first Knowledge Webinar on Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Turndown and Shutdown Considerations hosted over 500 people live from 38 countries. Becht ...
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Clariant’s ReforMax 330 LDP Plus catalyst is a major success at OCI Nitrogen
07-04-2020
The first commercial reference for Clariant’s ReforMax 330 LDP Plus catalyst is a major success. Installed at OCI Nitrogen’s ammonia production ...
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RefComm® launches free eLearning webinar series for refining professionals
02-04-2020
RefComm® is launching eRefComm®, an interactive online learning community for refining professionals in the downstream sector. The first of eRefComm’s ...
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Ergon Refining announces updated startup plan for Vicksburg refinery
01-04-2020
Ergon's naphthenic refinery in Vicksburg, Mississippi, began a planned turnaround on March 5, 2020. Originally scheduled for a 26-day duration, completion of ...
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PKN ORLEN closer to take over the ENERGA Group
31-03-2020
The European Commission has given its unconditional approval for PKN ORLEN’s plan to take over the ENERGA Group. This is another step, following the tender ...
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Air Products acquires five operating hydrogen plants
30-03-2020
Air Products today announced it has signed agreements with PBF Energy Inc, that include the $530 million purchase of five hydrogen steam methane reformer (SMR) ...
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LyondellBasell to slow construction on PO/TBA project
30-03-2020
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, has informed the engineering and construction contractors it will ...
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Shell exits proposed Lake Charles LNG project
30-03-2020
Given current market conditions, Shell announces today it will not proceed with an equity interest in the proposed Lake Charles LNG project. Accordingly, Energy ...
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27-03-2020
Kelvion has refined the K°Bloc fully-welded plate heat exchanger to further enhance its reliability and efficiency. Designed and made in Germany, K°Bloc ...
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Yokogawa acquires Grazper Technologies
25-03-2020
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that on March 20, 2020, it completed the acquisition of all shares in Denmark-based ApS (Grazper), as mutually agreed. ...
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Combustible dust explosion safety/process safety
24-03-2020
REMBE® Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the operational safety company REMBE® GmbH, announced plans to relocate its U.S. operations to Lancaster County. The ...
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Revamp with new preflash column exceeds expectations
20-03-2020
A 300,000 BPD crude/vacuum unit on the US Gulf Coast has started up successfully and exceeded expectations following implementation of a Process Consulting ...
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Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery improves efficiency in diesel fuels production
19-03-2020
Work is now complete on the modernisation of a three-million-tonne diesel hydrotreatment facility at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery. ...
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TechnipFMC provides update on planned separation
15-03-2020
Market conditions have changed materially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sharp decline in commodity prices, and the heightened volatility in global equity ...
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Dealing with radiation interference in radiometric level measurements
12-03-2020
The effects of interference radiation on radiometric measurements can be considerable and must therefore be controlled. As it is neither predictable when interference ...
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KBC joins industry leaders to help drive sustainability targets achieving net-zero emissions
11-03-2020
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has today pledged to transform its approach of doing business by placing equal importance on people, the environment and profits, in ...
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Gazprom Neft introduces a new integrated refining-process management system
10-03-2020
Gazprom Neft is continuing its installation of an integrated automated process control system (APCS) at its Omsk Refinery. The new APCS ...
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Hengli Petrochemical announces full rate operation on its 4PthP PTA line
09-03-2020
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd (Hengli) announce that Hengli’s ...
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LyondellBasell and Bora sign definitive agreements to form Chinese JV
05-03-2020
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it has signed definitive agreements to expand in ...
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WEKA AG expands its market presence in India
05-03-2020
After a targeted search and development phase, the cooperation with Toshniwal Hyvac Pvt. Ltd. on the Indian southern continent was further expanded to local ...
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Burckhardt Compression purchases global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works
05-03-2020
Burckhardt Compression is strengthening its market presence and acquiring the global compressor business from The Japan Steel Works Ltd., abbreviated JSW. JSW ...
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DuPont Sustainable Solutions acquires Lodestone Partners
04-03-2020
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) announced today that it has acquired the assets of Lodestone Partners, a global consulting firm recognized for helping companies ...
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Pörner Group takes over the water business from Siemens Austria
04-03-2020
On March 1, 2020, the Pörner Group expanded its portfolio with the business area for water treatment engineering in the oil and gas industry. The new ‘Pörner ...
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McDermott provides update on Lummus Technology sale process
03-03-2020
McDermott International, Inc today announced that the Company intends to move forward with the previously announced share and asset purchase agreement to sell ...
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Sempra Energy subsidiary Port Arthur LNG and Bechtel sgn EPC agreement
03-03-2020
Sempra Energy and Bechtel today announced that their respective subsidiaries, Port Arthur LNG, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Inc., have signed a ...
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PKN ORLEN and EU continue talks about acquisition of Grupa LOTOS
02-03-2020
PKN ORLEN has been notified by the European Commission of re-starting the clock on the second phase of the merger review process, which will trigger resumption ...
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Phillips 66 and Trafigura form JV to develop deepwater port
28-02-2020
Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd announce they have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC, to develop an offshore deepwater port ...
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Curtiss-Wright to acquire Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
27-02-2020
Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the stock of Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services Ltd for CAD$81 million ...
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ExxonMobil, Indian Oil and Chart Industries to pioneer virtual gas pipelines for India
25-02-2020
Chart Industries Inc, signed a Letter of Cooperation with ExxonMobil India LNG Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, and Indian Oil Corporation focused on pioneering ...
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Digital Reliability: 24/7 Real-time Machinery Diagnostics
25-02-2020
(WEBINAR) - Join Dynamics SPC where we will discuss our turnkey solution we call COMPACS. COMPACS monitors the health of your equipment in real-time. We’ve ...
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LyondellBasell’s PO/TBA project installs major pieces of process equipment
21-02-2020
Construction on LyondellBasell’s, world-scale propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant has achieved another key milestone. The installation ...
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Burckhardt Compression to develop new hydrogen compression technology with GRZ
19-02-2020
Burckhardt Compression is cooperating with GRZ Technologies, a spin-off of Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, to ...
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IPCO acquires Ingeniera de Procesos S.A.
19-02-2020
IPCO has acquired the Spanish company Ingeniera de Procesos S.A. (IdP), a supplier of processing equipment and spare parts, primarily to the Chemical and Sulphur ...
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Nexo Solutions announce the creation of IntelliChem Technologies
19-02-2020
Nexo Solutions, located in The Woodlands Texas, is pleased to announce the creation of a new division, IntelliChem Technologies. As an innovative provider of ...
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McDermott awarded contract for EPFC Work
14-02-2020
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract by a major oil and gas operator for six crude oil storage tanks in Texas. The storage ...
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TOYO completed steam cracker complex project in Malaysia
14-02-2020
Toyo Engineering Corporation and its subsidiaries announced completion of EPCC project for the Steam Cracker Complex (SCC) in Malaysia and it has been delivered ...
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ATS Scientific partners with VUV Analytics
13-02-2020
ATS Scientific Inc. is proud to announce their partnership as Canadian distributor and service provider for VUV Analytics, Inc. based in Cedar Park, Texas, ...
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Mathura Refinery edges towards 100% production of BS-VI Fuels
07-02-2020
Bharat stage emission standards (BSES) are standards instituted by the Government of India to regulate the emissions of air pollutants from motor vehicles. ...
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Installation of capital equipment at Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery complete
07-02-2020
Installation of technological capital equipment at the construction site for a new primary crude refining complex at the Gazprom Neft Omsk ...
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Next Wave Energy select STRATCO® alkylation technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
07-02-2020
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded the contract to supply Next Wave Energy Partners (Next Wave) with licensing, engineering and proprietary ...
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PKN ORLEN to optimise oil refining
05-02-2020
As previously announced, PKN ORLEN is expanding its production assets to enable more efficient use of feedstocks. To that end, a new visbreaking unit, of key ...
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Honeywell launches Thermal IQ Optimize
03-02-2020
Honeywell today strengthened the capabilities of its Thermal IQ™ platform with the launch of Thermal IQ Optimize, an enterprise-level remote monitoring ...
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PBF Energy completes acquisition of Martinez refinery
01-02-2020
PBF Energy Inc, announced today that its subsidiary completed the acquisition of Martinez refinery, and related logistics assets, from Equilon Enterprises LLC ...
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Altus Midstream implement new Honeywell UOP cryogenic gas processing technology
30-01-2020
Honeywell today announced that Altus Midstream has implemented Ortloff™ SRX technology from Honeywell UOP at its Diamond Central cryogenic gas processing ...
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The future development of lubricants market in Russia: where is the market going?
30-01-2020
Growth forecast and future development of lubricants market in Russia and the CIS become one of the topics in focus at the 8th Conference on CIS Base Oils & ...
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Ton Büchner is new Chairman of Burckhardt Compression's Board of Directors
30-01-2020
Ton Büchner will be nominated by the Board of Directors for election to the Board of Directors and as its new Chairman at the Annual General Meeting on ...
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Clariant refinery services opens state-of-the-art crude and fuel oil lab in the UK
28-01-2020
Clariant Refinery Services, a global leader in developing additives for better fuel transportation, has opened a new state-of-the-art crude and fuel oil laboratory ...
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Ergon Refining announces March 2020 turnaround
23-01-2020
Beginning March 5, 2020, Ergon's naphthenic refinery in Vicksburg, Mississippi, will undergo a planned turnaround. In addition to necessary maintenance and ...
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Another step closer to a world-leading methanol plant in Louisiana
23-01-2020
Worley is delighted to continue its partnership with YCI Methanol One delivering plant commissioning and start-up services for their methanol plant development ...
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How Russia will ensure the growth of global methanol production by 2030
23-01-2020
New and existing methanol projects in Russia and the CIS have become one of the topics in focus at the 6th Conference on Gas Monetisation, which will be held ...
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Wood cements position as strategic partner to Saudi Aramco
21-01-2020
Wood has secured a two-year extension to its in-Kingdom and out-of Kingdom contracts with Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC) ...
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European refineries are the least prepared as IMO 2020 regulations loom large
21-01-2020
European refineries expect the largest impact from new IMO 2020 regulations, yet just 23% of these refineries are focussing on operational improvements targeting ...
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Rosneft increases its share in Bayernoil refinery
17-01-2020
Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, has completed the deal to acquire a 3.57% stake in Bayernoil Raffineriegesellschaft mbH ...
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RefComm® Galveston 2020 will be held 11-15 May
16-01-2020
RefComm® Galveston 2020 will be held May 11 - 15, 2020 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Conference Center in Galveston, TX. This marks the 22nd year for the ...
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Axens and ExxonMobil announce licensing alliance agreement
14-01-2020
ExxonMobil announced today that ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and Axens have signed a licensing alliance agreement to allow Axens to provide ExxonMobil’s ...
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Worlds largest ATR-based methanol plant has been put into successful operation
14-01-2020
Recently, Topsoe announced the official opening of the world’s only natural gas-to-gasoline complex in Turkmenistan. The complex includes the world’s ...
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INEOS Styrolution invests in ABS world-scale plant in China
09-01-2020
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has announced today plans to build a world-scale ABS plant in Ningbo, China. The new production site will ...
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Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company sign Port Arthur agreement
06-01-2020
Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco today announced their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed an Interim Project Participation ...
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Emerson named ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ for third year in a row
03-01-2020
Emerson, a global automation technology and engineering company, has been named the “Industrial IoT Company of the Year” by IoT Breakthrough for ...
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Mažeikiai refinery regains railway connection with Latvia
30-12-2019
Lithuanian Railways, acting in consultation with ORLEN Lietuva from ORLEN Group, has rebuilt a 19 kilometre long railway section between Mažeikiai and Renge, ...
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Modern refineries must be flexible
25-12-2019
The director of Gazprom neft’s downstream business unit, Mikhail Antonov outlined the progress of the upgrade projects at the company’s ...
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COOEC-Fluor completes module program for KIPIC Al-Zour project
24-12-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries Co Ltd, fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China, has safely completed the entire ...
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LyondellBasell and Sinopec to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer in China
23-12-2019
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
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The International SAP Conference for Oil and Gas
19-12-2019
T|A|C Events and SAP are delighted to announce that the 7th edition of our International SAP Conference for Oil & Gas will be taking place in the beautiful ...
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Aramco acquires 17% of South Korean Hyundai Oilbank
17-12-2019
Saudi Arabian Oil Company has completed, through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company B.V, the acquisition of 17% of Hyundai Oilbank from Hyundai Heavy Industries ...
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Sasol's ethane cracker replaces acetylene catalyst and increases ethylene production pates
17-12-2019
Sasol is pleased to announce that the LCCP Ethane Cracker is increasing production rates following the successful replacement of the acetylene reactor catalyst. The ...
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Neles opens valves service centers in Portugal and France
17-12-2019
Metso’s valve business, future Neles Corporation, will establish two new service centers in Lisbon, Portugal, and in the Mulhouse area, France, to increase ...
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Sinopec completes central unit at Al-Zour refinery project in Kuwait
16-12-2019
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has announced the completion of the central unit of the Al-Zour refinery project in Kuwait. Claimed ...
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Honeywell technology to purify hydrogen for Zhejiang satellite C3 Oleflex™ facility
09-12-2019
Honeywell today announced that Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is using a Honeywell UOP Polybed™ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to supply ...
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Alfa Laval wins petrochemical order
05-12-2019
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply large heat exchangers to a petrochemical ...
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Simplify crude assay importing in UniSim design by utilizing H/CAMS
04-12-2019
Haverly H/CAMS is the industry leading assay crude management software with over 2000 assays. Honeywell's UniSim Design software links to Haverly H/CAMS via ...
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Elliott launches construction on cryodynamic products test facility
03-12-2019
Elliott Group broke ground today on a $60M Cryodynamic Products test facility about a mile from the company’s headquarters and main manufacturing campus ...
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McDermott and Chiyoda introduce feed gas to train 2 at Cameron LNG
02-12-2019
McDermott International Inc and its joint venture partner, Chiyoda International Corporation, a U.S. based wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiyoda Corporation, Japan, ...
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Bunge and BP complete formation of BP Bunge Bioenergia JV
02-12-2019
Bunge Limited and BP plc today announced that they have completed the formation of BP Bunge Bioenergia, the Brazilian bioenergy joint venture that combines ...
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Haldor Topsoe and Sasol offer customers single-point licenses for gas-to-liquids solutions
02-12-2019
Today, Topsoe and Sasol announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly license their GTL technologies. For many years, the two companies ...
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PTT GC selects Avantium to perform independent catalyst testing evaluation
29-11-2019
PTT Global Chemical has selected Avantium Catalysis to perform independent catalyst evaluation of naphtha reforming catalysts and support the catalyst selection ...
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R&D activities in refining technologies presented to the Gazprom Neft board
29-11-2019
Gazprom Neft’s strategic objective to 2030 is to become the benchmark in safety, efficiency and technological advancement for other ...
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PKN ORLEN plans new investment project at its PÅ‚ock refinery
28-11-2019
PKN ORLEN has plans to build a new visbreaking unit on a turnkey basis to maximise yields of high-margin products across its PÅ‚ock refinery. The project ...
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Worley enters enabling agreement with ExxonMobil
27-11-2019
ExxonMobil Global Services Company has entered into an enabling agreement with Worley relating to ExxonMobil’s refining and chemicals operations sites ...
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Omsk refinery completes first-phase construction of its “Biosphere” water treatment facility
27-11-2019
Installation of tanking equipment has now been completed at the Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery’s innovative “Biosphere” water ...
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Elliott to hold groundbreaking ceremony
26-11-2019
Elliott Group announced today that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new, $60M state-of-the-art test facility for its recently acquired product line ...
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Burckhardt Compression purchases remaining ownership of Arkos Field Services
26-11-2019
Burckhardt Compression North America Services LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Burckhardt Compression, purchased the remaining 60% of Arkos Group LLC effective ...
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Valero announces agreements for three additional refined product terminals in Mexico
25-11-2019
Valero Marketing and Supply de México, S.A. de C.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, announced today that it has signed long-term ...
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BASF commences its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang
23-11-2019
Today, BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. It marks a milestone ...
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Reliance confirms oil-to-chemicals investment in India
22-11-2019
Reliance Industries has confirmed plans to invest $9.75 billion - or 700 billion Indian rupees - to build a crude-oil-to-chemicals complex at the company's ...
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Avantium partners with Nikki-Universal to boost its catalysis business in Japan
20-11-2019
Avantium Catalysis and Japan-based catalyst and process licensing company Nikki-Universal entered into an agency agreement to better serve Avantium’s ...
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Next Wave Energy to build ethylene-to-alkylate production facility
20-11-2019
Next Wave Energy Partners, LP today announced it has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to construct a new alkylate production facility, known ...
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Hydraulic fracturing - retrofit your existing Thermo system
20-11-2019
Does your nuclear density meter come with an 18-month warranty? Berthold’s robust and retrofittable LB 6770 detector is designed specifically to withstand ...
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Intelligently predict and manage sour water corrosion in refinery applications
20-11-2019
One of the primary concerns in refinery operations, especially when processing sour crudes, is management and mitigation of NH4HS (Sour Water) corrosion in ...
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Axens and CORYS to collaborate on digital solutions for process industries
14-11-2019
Axens and CORYS have entered into a global exclusive collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize advanced simulation and training solutions for Axens ...
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Pinti Wang receives lifetime achievement award from Hydrocarbon Processing
13-11-2019
Pinti Wang, president of Sulzer GTC Technology, is the 2019 recipient of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Hydrocarbon Processing’s ...
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ClearSign Combustion Corporation changes name to ClearSign Technologies Corporation
12-11-2019
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency, safety and ...
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Fluor set to deliver Esso Fawley Strategy (FAST) project
12-11-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that construction planning is now set to proceed for the Fawley Strategy (FAST) Project. ExxonMobil’s UK affiliate, ...
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Clariant Catalysts opens new engineering services office in Indonesia
12-11-2019
First Singapore and Tokyo, now Jakarta. Clariant’s Catalysts business unit opens its third location for Engineering Services in Asia-Pacific, bringing ...
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Haldor Topsoe wins 2019 IChemE Oil and Gas award
11-11-2019
It was a proud Topsoe delegation who accepted the award on behalf of the larger group of excellent scientists, engineers, and other Topsoe employees involved ...
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DuPont Safety and Sustainability awards 2020 opens for entries
07-11-2019
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has announced the call for entries for the 2020 DuPont Safety and Sustainability Awards competition. As of 7 November 2019, ...
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Dayuewan (Zhuhai) Petrochemical selects Honeywell Technology to upgrade heavy fuel oil
06-11-2019
Honeywell today announced at China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2019 that Dayuewan (Zhuhai) Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Grain Petrochemical ...
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Sinopec and Air Liquide sign MoU on hydrogen energy development in China
06-11-2019
On November 6 in Beijing, Sinopec and Air Liquide signed, in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron, a memorandum ...
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Refining Community and Coking.com acquired by CRU
06-11-2019
Refining Community and Coking.com, which produce RefComm®, the premier refinery training, conference, and exhibition event, have been acquired by the global ...
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Mammoet shows time efficiency for lifting project in Rayong
05-11-2019
Mammoet was hired by Toyo Engineering Korea on behalf of Bangkok Synthetics Co., Ltd to transport and install 24 items as part of the owner’s project ...
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Isomalk-3 started up in Sinopec Jinling
04-11-2019
Recently, a grassroots Isomalk-3 unit successfully started up in Jinling Petrochemical, a Sinopec subsidiary located in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China. ...
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Hengli GT-BTX® unit passes performance test run
04-11-2019
In July, Hengli approved the performance test run report of the #1 and #2 GT-BTX® Aromatics Extraction Units, which signifies that both of the units passed ...
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Jag Reddy to lead Advanced Refining Technologies
01-11-2019
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC, the $500 million joint venture between Chevron Products Group, a division of Chevron Corporation, and W. R. Grace & ...
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Husky Energy closes sale of Prince George refinery
01-11-2019
Husky Energy has closed the sale of its 12,000 barrel-per-day Prince George Refinery to Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure for $215 million in cash, ...
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Shell announce Huibert Vigeveno as Downstream Director
01-11-2019
In his new role, Huibert will become a member of the Executive Committee and will succeed John Abbott. John will remain available to Huibert and the Executive ...
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TechnipFMC reveals that Technip Energies will be the future name of SpinCo
30-10-2019
Today is a new important step in the process of launching the leading engineering and construction (E&C) player, poised to capitalize on the global energy ...
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McDermott Signs MOU with Darwin Clean Fuels
30-10-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Darwin Clean Fuels Pty Ltd. The MOU is for the feasibility ...
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Jiangsu JITRI-Topsoe joint R&D center opens
30-10-2019
Over the past 18 months, the Jiangsu JITRI-Topsoe Joint R&D center has been installed at the Xiangcheng municipality. The 5,000 square meter building comprises ...
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Saudi Aramco signs seven MoUs at The Future Investment Initiative
29-10-2019
Saudi Aramco today announced its intention to establish the Jazan Power Joint Venture. The JV will be 46% owned by Air Products, 25% by ACWA Power, 20% by Saudi ...
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Gazprom Neft begins construction of Russia’s first modern catalyst production facility
28-10-2019
Gazprom Neft has begun active construction of its modern high-tech oil-refining catalyst production facility in Omsk. The new 21,000-tonne per-year ...
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Update on the BioButterfly project from Michelin, IFPEN and Axens
26-10-2019
Launched in late 2012, the BioButterfly project aims to produce butadiene from ethanol from biomass (plants) in order to produce innovative synthetic rubbers ...
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Gazprom Neft begins generating solar power at its Omsk refinery
22-10-2019
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery has completed construction of the region’s first 1 MW solar-power plant. Situated on a 2.5-hectare ...
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544 tons naphtha splitter successfully relocated to Ras Tanura
22-10-2019
Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels Project has placed its heaviest and largest piece of equipment — a naphtha splitter column weighing 544 tons. It took ...
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Total and Zhejiang Energy JV to develop the growing low sulfur marine fuel market
21-10-2019
Total has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Chinese state-owned Zhejiang Energy Group (ZEG), to create a joint venture company dedicated to the supply ...
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ClearSign Combustion receives engineering order from ExxonMobil
18-10-2019
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that improve energy and operational efficiency while dramatically ...
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BHGE changes its name to Baker Hughes Company
17-10-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced today its successful name change to Baker Hughes Company. The Company will be known as Baker Hughes, and on Oct. 18, 2019, ...
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DuPont Clean Technologies Sochi symposium shares latest MECS® technology intelligence
17-10-2019
The Sulfuric Acid Symposium held by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) in Sochi, Russia, from Oct. 15-16, 2019, focused on the key drivers of the sulfuric acid ...
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Gazprom Neft and ADNOC conclude a framework agreement on strategic cooperation
16-10-2019
Gazprom Neft and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have entered into a Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation. The companies will explore opportunities ...
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Gazprom Neft establishes subsidiary to develop international marine lubricants business
16-10-2019
Gazprom Neft has registered a new operating company, Gazpromneft Marine Lubricants, with an office in Singapore. The new business will manage ...
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ALKY-ONE™ gasket delivers unprecedented corrosion/erosion resistance at US refinery
16-10-2019
ERIKS North America announced that a U.S. hydrofluoric (HF) acid alkylation refinery experienced an unprecedented, four-year, zero-percent flange repair/replacement ...
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Understanding the financial impact of a collapsed flue gas tunnel in your SMR
16-10-2019
The overall influence of tunnels on the flue gas flow in a steam methane reformer has been modeled and documented, and the concept that running a reformer without ...
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VUV Analytics™ and PerkinElmer to provide innovative gas chromatography solutions
14-10-2019
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in developing Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy based analytical instruments and PerkinElmer, a leading manufacturer of analytical ...
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Doug Kelly is appointed as KBR President - Technology Solutions
11-10-2019
Doug Kelly has assumed the position of KBR’s President - Technology Solutions. Mr. Kelly is responsible for KBR’s global technology licensing business, ...
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Clariant Catalysts and Wuxi Xiyuan join forces
09-10-2019
Clariant’s Catalysts business unit has intensified its collaboration with Wuxi Xiyuan to support China’s formaldehyde producers with innovative, ...
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Groundbreaking ceremony held for Samsung Engineering’s Sarawak Methanol project
09-10-2019
Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) companies, announced today, ...
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AMG and Shell Catalysts & Technologies form catalyst reclamation and recycling JV
08-10-2019
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. and Shell Catalysts & Technologies have signed an agreement to form a joint venture which will be called Shell & ...
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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Netherlands
08-10-2019
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and the 3rd most sustainable company in the world, takes a stronger foothold in the Netherlands. ...
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Wood grows its chemicals presence in Louisiana and Mississippi
07-10-2019
Wood has been awarded a $20 million contract from SNF Floquip (SNF) to provide maintenance and supplemental project services at its chemicals manufacturing ...
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Sunfire partners with Total on highly efficient hydrogen technology
03-10-2019
Sunfire, a leading global cleantech company, has signed a cooperation agreement with the French major energy company Total SA. Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale ...
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INEOS breaks ground at its world scale Cumene investment at Marl
01-10-2019
INEOS Phenol today has broken ground at its world scale cumene investment in Marl Germany. The new state of the art 750,000 tonnes unit is scheduled to be completed ...
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Diamond Green expands production capacity using Ecofining Technology from Honeywell
30-09-2019
Honeywell today announced that Diamond Green Diesel will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ ...
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Husky receives approval to begin superior refinery rebuild
30-09-2019
The Company has received the required permit approvals to begin reconstruction activities at the site and work is expected to begin immediately. Demolition ...
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Major revamp of Laby®-GI compressor on FSRU to meet new process parameter
26-09-2019
Golar Management Norway is one of the world’s largest independent owners and operators of LNG midstream infrastructure. They decided to deploy their FSRU ...
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Michelin, IFP Energies nouvelles and Axens give a new dimension to the BioButterfly project
26-09-2019
Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens announce on 26 September 2019 the construction of the first industrial-scale prototype of a plant producing butadiene from bioethanol ...
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Maximizing Naphtha Through Hydrocracking
26-09-2019
Globally the demand for petrochemicals is increasing at rates nearly 1.5 times GDP. In regions where there is a heavy investment in large-scale para-xylene ...
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Gas oil vacuum fractionator starts up
25-09-2019
A PCS-designed grassroots vacuum fractionation unit has started up successfully and exceeded expectations for throughput and diesel recovery. This unit was ...
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SOCAR increases storage capacity of the STAR refinery
25-09-2019
SOCAR Turkey held a ceremony for two new facilities in Special Industrial Zone of Aliaga. While inaugurating one of the facilities that will increase the STAR ...
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Emerson announces new organisation to focus on digital technologies and programs
24-09-2019
As leaders across industries work to realize measurable business improvement in today’s complex technology environment, global engineering and technology ...
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VUV Analytics™ announces the publication of ASTM D8071
23-09-2019
VUV Analytics Inc. announced today a significant accomplishment on their strategic roadmap with the publication of ASTM D8071 for the analysis of finished gasoline. ...
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McDermott to explore strategic alternatives for Lummus Technology
20-09-2019
McDermott International Inc, today announced it recently received unsolicited approaches to acquire all or part of Lummus Technology, McDermott's industry-leading ...
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ExxonMobil announces further investment at Fife ethylene plant
17-09-2019
ExxonMobil said today it plans to launch a £140 million additional investment program over the next two years at its Fife ethylene plant to upgrade key ...
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100th reference for Axens high performance selective hydrogenation catalysts
17-09-2019
Selective hydrogenation is the best technology when it comes to purifying highly valuable olefinic and aromatic streams produced by steam crackers and FCC units. Axens’ ...
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WEKA AG wins gold rating on sustainability
17-09-2019
WEKA AG has become even more sustainable since last year: The company in Bäretswil, Zurich, has received the highest award for its commitment to Corporate ...
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PCS named Marathon innovative partner of the year
16-09-2019
Process Consulting Services is honored to be recognized as Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Innovative Partner of the Year for 2019. Process Consulting ...
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Gazprom Neft confirms the company’s digital transformation strategy to 2030
16-09-2019
The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has confirmed the company’s digital transformation strategy. This new document has been developed in line ...
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ERIKS North America recognized by Marathon Petroleum as a top supplier
16-09-2019
ERIKS North America, a leading distributor of industrial solutions for the refining industry, was recently recognized as one of the Top Suppliers by Marathon ...
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Mammoet makes first moves for Saudi chemical plant
16-09-2019
Samsung Engineering has contracted Mammoet, the global leader in engineered heavy lifting and transport, to transport and install 49 modules for the construction ...
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Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery increases efficiency in crude oil distillation
13-09-2019
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery has embarked on a project to modernise its AVT-10 crude distillation unit (CDU) — an initiative ...
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Watlow receives Lam Research’s 2019 supplier excellence award
12-09-2019
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. announced today that it has been recognized by Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) as a recipient of a 2019 Supplier Excellence Award. ...
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Impressive start for Clariant's MegaMax 800 methanol synthesis catalyst
12-09-2019
Another success story for MegaMax 800. Clariant’s next-generation methanol synthesis catalyst is delivering exceptional performance at the coal-to-liquid ...
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Axens and SP3H partnership to develop and commercialise a real-time microanalyzer for liquids
11-09-2019
Axens and SP3H have signed a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize an industrial application of the microanalyzer developed by SP3H for the refining, ...
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Fluor completes construction contract for MEGlobal project in Oyster Creek
10-09-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed its mechanical construction scope of work on MEGlobal’s world-class ethylene glycol ...
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International Rotating Equipment Conference: Opportunities outweigh risks in digitisation
09-09-2019
On 24 and 25 September 2019 the International Rotating Equipment Conference will take place in Wiesbaden for the fourth time. At this industry meeting, manufacturers ...
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Yokogawa acquires RAP International
09-09-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announces the signing of an agreement on September 5th with UK-based RAP International Ltd. (RAP) for Yokogawa to acquire all ...
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Leslie Controls adds replacement offerings for Kylie-Mueller Control Valves
06-09-2019
Leslie Controls, a CIRCOR International brand, announces replacement Kylie-Mueller valves are now available through CIRCOR’s international channel partner ...
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Clariant opens High Throughput Experimentation lab in Houston
06-09-2019
Clariant has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Laboratory in Houston, Texas - the energy capital of the United States. The location is key ...
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LyondellBasell announces agreement for expansion in China
05-09-2019
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
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Saudi Aramco expands downstream investment in China Zhejiang free trade zone
05-09-2019
Saudi Aramco today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, in which the Zhoushan Government emphasized its support ...
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John Zink teams with B&W to offer complete steam-generation systems
03-09-2019
John Zink Hamworthy Combustion® (JZHC) announced today a strategic collaboration agreement with The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) to ...
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Clariant successfully concludes testing of energy crop for GRACE project
02-09-2019
Clariant announced today that it has conducted tests on approximately 30 tons of miscanthus provided by INA, Croatia’s leading oil and gas company. The ...
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Gazprom Neft expands its range of high-tech marine lubricants
30-08-2019
Gazpromneft-Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has launched a new marine oil for engines running on ultra-low-sulphur ...
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KBC releases industrial energy transition manifesto
29-08-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has released its Industrial Energy Transition Manifesto for the process industries. The Manifesto provides deep insight into current ...
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Honeywell helps transform Mexican petrochemical leader's operations
29-08-2019
Honeywell today announced that Braskem Idesa has adopted a hands-free, wearable connected technology solution at its plant in Veracruz, Mexico. Honeywell's ...
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Walter Tosto send five LPG bullets to Heydar Aliyev Baku oil refinery
28-08-2019
The first 5 LPG Bullets commissioned by our customer Tecnimont for the supply of 11 Bullets overall for Socar’s Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery modernization ...
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Ammonia plant successfully started up with KBR technology
28-08-2019
KBR announced today the successful startup of the JSC EuroChem Northwest Phosphorit 2,890 MTPD ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The facility’s 1 million ...
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Worley joins INEOS Styrolution at groundbreaking ceremony for Bayport ASA plant
28-08-2019
Worley previously announced the project award for the engineering, procurement and construction management contract (EPCM) on the U.S. Gulf Coast. ...
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TechnipFMC intends to create two industry leading companies
26-08-2019
TechnipFMC plc, today announced its Board of Directors has unanimously approved its plan to separate into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded ...
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ExxonMobil and Mosaic Materials to explore new carbon capture technology
26-08-2019
Mosaic Materials has progressed research on a unique process that uses porous solids, known as metal-organic frameworks, to separate carbon dioxide from air ...
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KBC and AVGI partnership will help refiners drive profitable petrochemical growth
26-08-2019
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) is extending its engineering simulation capabilities through a strategic partnership with AVGI, the leading source of simulation and ...
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Towards Your Low-Carbon Refinery
23-08-2019
This webcast from Shell Catalysts & Technologies, discusses proven technologies for capturing CO2 from both low and high-pressure streams. Are You… ...
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Waltor Tosto send first two Reactors for Anacortes refinery
21-08-2019
On a warm day of August, the first two Catalytic Refomer Reactors, commissioned by the client company Fluor Tesoro for the Marathon Anacortes plant in Washington ...
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Dow to retrofit Louisiana cracker with fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation technology
20-08-2019
As part of the Company’s current slate of low capital intensity, high-return incremental growth investments, Dow today announced it will retrofit proprietary ...
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Mammoet design input delivers maximum efficiency
20-08-2019
As one of the largest crude oil processing locations in Germany, every hour of downtime at PCK Raffinerie GmbH’s (PCK) Schwedt refinery has a significant ...
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Successful startup of world’s largest dehydrogenation plant using CATOFIN®
15-08-2019
Clariant announced the successful startup of its CATOFIN catalyst at Hengli Group’s new mixed-feed dehydrogenation plant in Dalian, China. The new unit ...
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CIRCOR International features R.G. Laurence on/off valves for hazardous conditions
12-08-2019
CIRCOR International, a worldwide manufacturer of valves for the power generation, industrial, marine and oil and gas markets for over a century, features high-quality ...
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KTA butadiene plant built by Wison Engineering starts up successfully
12-08-2019
On August 11, Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology Co., Ltd.'s new 100 KTA butene-to-butadiene plant, built by Wison Engineering (SEHK stock code: 2236), ...
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Saudi Aramco invests in Reliance Industries oil to chemicals division
12-08-2019
Saudi Aramco and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today have agreed to a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) regarding a proposed investment in ...
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5 key downstream projects in Caspian and Central Asian regions
07-08-2019
In preparation for the Downstream Caspian and Central Asia conference (23-24 September, Nur-Sultan), the organizing company Globuc partnered with GlobalData ...
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Clariant Catalysts expands in the Middle East with new office in Saudi Arabia
07-08-2019
Clariant announced today that the company’s Catalysts business inaugurated a new services and support office in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located ...
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AMETEK Grabner Instruments partners with CONLAB Laboratory
06-08-2019
AMETEK Grabner Instruments has partnered with the laboratory CONLAB to push the boundaries of technology and improve the quality of fuel analysis. By partnering ...
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ExxonMobil increases synthetic base stock production capacity
02-08-2019
ExxonMobil Chemical Synthetics announced today it is responding to customer needs by significantly increasing low viscosity polyalphaolefin synthetic base stocks ...
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Worlds largest crude column ships
01-08-2019
The crude column for Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has shipped. Once completed, this complex will be the world’s largest single-train refinery with ...
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Koch-Glitsch acquires Julius Montz
01-08-2019
Koch-Glitsch, a subsidiary of Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) and its parent company Koch Industries, today announced the acquisition of Julius Montz GmbH ...
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Linde starts up new plant to supply Evonik complex in Singapore
01-08-2019
Linde announced today it has started up a new gas production facility supplying methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide to Evonik Industries' second world-scale ...
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Sphera launches New IRM 4.0 solution to help transform turnaround performance
01-08-2019
The evolution of Industry 4.0 technologies has delivered unparalleled insights that are changing the way companies approach their Operational Excellence strategies. ...
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AVEVA opens operations center for the Oil, Gas and Mining industries
01-08-2019
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today launched Unified Operations Center, its command-and-control solution for infrastructure ...
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Emerson helps industry enable digital transformation with new cybersecurity lab
31-07-2019
Emerson, a global technology and engineering company, today opened its newest cybersecurity lab to help manufacturers confidently adopt digital transformation ...
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Metso expands its valve distributor network with eight partners in Europe
30-07-2019
Metso signed new distributor agreements in eight European countries for its valve business during H1/2019. The agreements cover the following companies that ...
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Evonik and thyssenkrupp grant HPPO technology license to Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical
26-07-2019
Evonik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions have agreed to grant a license for HPPO Technology to Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Co. to produce propylene oxide. ...
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Burns & McDonnell announces Houston expansion
25-07-2019
Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners, LLC, a Richmond, Virginia-based commercial real estate investment firm, today announced that Burns & McDonnell, a 100% ...
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Grassroots petrochemical complex to be built in Prince George
25-07-2019
A Calgary-based company intends to build a $5.6-billion petrochemical plant in a city industrial park. On Wednesday, West Coast Olefins CEO Ken James said the ...
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Cooperation agreement on industrial scale hydrogenation plants
25-07-2019
Frames Group B.V., Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH and MAN Energy Solutions SE enter a close cooperation in order to build large-scale hydrogen storage ...
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KBR to begin work on EPC phase of Methanex methanol project
25-07-2019
KBR announced today that, following a Final Investment Decision from Methanex, approval has been given to begin work on the detailed Engineering, Procurement ...
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Air Products buys back Air Separation units and supplies industrial gases to Shanxi Jinmei Huayu
24-07-2019
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced it has recently completed the buyback of two air separation units (ASUs) from Shanxi ...
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ExxonMobil begins production on Beaumont high-performance polyethylene line
23-07-2019
ExxonMobil said today it started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Texas polyethylene plant. The expansion increases plant ...
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McDermott, Chiyoda and Zachry Group introduce feed gas to Train 1 at Freeport LNG
22-07-2019
McDermott International Inc, along with its partners, Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, announced today that Train 1 of the Freeport ...
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Venture Global secures funding for Calcasieu Pass LNG construction
19-07-2019
Venture Global LNG, Inc. is proud to announce that the company’s $5.8 billion Calcasieu Pass LNG construction financing has received over $10 billion ...
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KazmunayGas heads to participate at the Downstream Caspian and Central Asia
19-07-2019
An extensive delegation of senior representatives of Kazmunaygas and its subsidiaries and refineries will participate in the Downstream Caspian and Central ...
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Endress+Hauser strengthens expertise for advanced analysis
18-07-2019
Endress+Hauser has expanded its center of competence for advanced analysis in Lyon, France. The Group invested 2 million euros in a new production facility ...
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18-07-2019
IPCO (former Sandvik Process Systems) has acquired the Italian company Extruwork SRL, a manufacturer of extruder lines for powder paint. Core capabilities are ...
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ExxonMobil collaborates to accelerate development of open process automation systems
17-07-2019
ExxonMobil said today it has signed collaboration agreements with six other companies to accelerate the development of Open Process Automation (OPA) systems. ...
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Topsoe to build demonstration plant to produce cost-competitive CO2-neutral methanol
16-07-2019
The demonstration plant, scheduled to be fully operational in the beginning of 2022, is expected to demonstrate that sustainable methanol production from biogas ...
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OMV continues to expand petrochemicals business
15-07-2019
OMV, the international, integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Vienna, has made the decision to invest EUR 64 mn in the construction of an ISO C4 plant ...
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McDermott awarded FEED contract for Sohar LNG bunkering project in Oman
15-07-2019
McDermott International, Inc announced it has been awarded a sizeable* contract by Total Oman E&P Development B.V. in partnership with Oman Oil Company ...
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McDermott announces startup of worlds largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant
11-07-2019
McDermott International, Inc today announced the recent successful startup of the world's largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant, which is located at Hengli ...
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Air Liquide signs long-term supply agreement with GCGV and build new ASU in Texas
10-07-2019
Air Liquide has signed a long-term agreement with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a 50/50 joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, to supply oxygen and ...
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Total and IFPEN to accelerate carbon reduction R&D
09-07-2019
IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) and Total announce that they signed a strategic R&D partnership yesterday, that includes an agreement to endow a chair at ...
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Yokogawa to establish open process automation test bed for ExxonMobil
09-07-2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil to be the Open Process Automation (OPA) system integrator responsible for establishing ...
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AFPM launches ad campaign urging the President to protect refinery jobs
08-07-2019
Today, AFPM launched an advertising campaign asking President Trump to keep his promise to protect U.S. refiners from unchecked ethanol mandates that threaten ...
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Emerson completes purchase of Zedi's software and automation businesses
08-07-2019
Emerson today announced it has completed the purchase of Zedi’s software and automation businesses. The addition of Zedi’s cloud supervisory control ...
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KBC to boost triple bottom line performance of Middle East oil refineries
08-07-2019
To combat imminent global economic headwinds, KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces it has been awarded Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) for three oil refineries ...
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PCS receives patent for crude stabilization process
07-07-2019
Process Consulting Services has been granted a patent for a novel crude stabilization process. Conventional small field stabilization units, often called “heater ...
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Emerson completes Kochi refinery upgrade
05-07-2019
Emerson, a global technology and engineering company, today announced the completion of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Kochi Refinery upgrade. ...
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Total starts up the La Mède Biorefinery
04-07-2019
Total has started up production at the La Mède biorefinery in southeastern France, with the first batches of biofuel coming off the line. It is the final ...
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INEOS Oxide announces location for its new Ethylene Oxide (EO) investment
02-07-2019
NEOS Oxide today confirms its new 1.2 billion lb (circa 520 kt) Ethylene Oxide (EO) unit and associated downstream Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EOD) is to be ...
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MMEX Resources sells its planned West Texas refinery Products
01-07-2019
MMEX Resources Corp, a development stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
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Neste Engineering implements engineering information management system for ADNOC
01-07-2019
Neste Engineering Solutions and ADNOC Gas Processing are collaborating to strengthen the Company’s already existing digitalization strategy foundation ...
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Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes sign MOU for non-metallic materials production facility
01-07-2019
Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) today signed a memorandum of understanding to create a new joint venture facility in Saudi Arabia ...
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Gazprom Neft develops capacity to increase production of high-octane fuel
01-07-2019
Gazprom Neft has now completed the installation of key catalyst reforming equipment at its Omsk Refinery. The modernisation of the existing facility ...
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New EPC award from ANWIL in the fertilizer business in Poland
28-06-2019
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract from ANWIL, ...
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28-06-2019
We talked about a newsletter yesterday. Here is the text that announces our report on O&G industry in Yamal and Arctic region. Is it possible to include ...
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World’s only natural gas-to-gasoline plant in operation in Turkmenistan
28-06-2019
Today, a grand event marked the official opening of the world’s only natural gas-to-gasoline plant close to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. His ...
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Gazprom Neft develops its fuel-supply terminals network
26-06-2019
Gazprom Neft has brought a new fuel terminal, “Gladkoye”, into production in the Tosnensky District of the Leningrad Oblast. The ...
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Siemens successfully commissions Zimpro® wet air oxidation unit for olefins plant
26-06-2019
Siemens Water Solutions successfully installed and started up a Zimpro® wet air oxidation (WAO) system at a global petrochemical company’s olefins ...
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Two milestone units for Sulzer GTC start up in China
24-06-2019
Hengli GT-BTX - After two years of field construction, the largest GT-BTX unit in the world was started up along with more than 20 other units in Hengli’s ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical and Qatar Petroleum to develop petrochemical complex
24-06-2019
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum (QP) today announced the signing of an agreement to pursue the development, construction and ...
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Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai announce JV to deliver AI solutions
24-06-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai today announced a joint venture agreement that brings together BHGE’s fullstream oil and gas expertise with C3.ai’s ...
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Rawson/Industrial Controls ink new partnership with Forum
24-06-2019
Rawson/Industrial Controls, both leading distributors of instrumentation, valve, and control products, announced that they have signed a distribution partnership ...
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Ariel upgrades its mobile training offering
23-06-2019
Ariel Corporation continues to set the standard for training opportunities for the natural gas industry—not only at our world headquarters but on the ...
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Weld overlay for coker drums done right
18-06-2019
Delayed coker units (DCUs) operate under extremely harsh conditions, particularly during quench cycles. These can cause cracking, bulging or corrosion of coke ...
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INEOS selects SK E&C to build new propane dehydrogenation unit
18-06-2019
INEOS has today announced the next step forwards in the design and build of its state-of-the-art PDH (propane dehydrogenation unit) at the centre of its €3bn ...
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LyondellBasell and Neste announce production of bio-based plastic from renewable materials
18-06-2019
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel from ...
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GAIL produces Metallocene PE on its UNIPOL™ PE reactor line
17-06-2019
GAIL (India) Ltd has successfully produced Metallocene linear-low density polyethylene (mLLDPE) on its world-class 400,000 MT per annum UNIPOL™ PE Reactor ...
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Grace acquires the business of Rive Technology Inc
17-06-2019
W. R. Grace & Co. today completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Rive Technology, Inc., including its Molecular Highway™ zeolite ...
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Metso to introduce advanced flow control practices at Valve World Americas
17-06-2019
Metso will showcase its unique valve and service solution offering for the process industries at Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2019, taking place ...
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ExxonMobil completes Singapore expansion to enhance Group II base stocks supply
14-06-2019
ExxonMobil today said that it has completed an expansion at its Singapore refinery to upgrade its production of EHC™ Group II base stocks, strengthening ...
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INVISTA and Koch-Glitsch expand partnership
13-06-2019
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Koch-Glitsch, affiliates of Koch Industries Inc., announced today an expansion of their partnership to offer the ...
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Omsk refinery continues construction of its “Biosphere” wastewater treatment facility
13-06-2019
Installation of a tank block at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery’s “Biosphere” wastewater treatment facility — one ...
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ExxonMobil and SABIC proceed with Gulf Coast growth ventures project
13-06-2019
ExxonMobil and SABIC today announced the decision to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 million metric ton ethane steam cracker ...
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Aspen Technology and Hexagon collaborate to accelerate digital transformation
12-06-2019
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, and Hexagon PPM, the leading global provider of engineering software for the design, ...
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Aspen Technology and Hexagon announce collaboration
12-06-2019
Aspen Technology Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, and Hexagon PPM, the leading global provider of engineering software for the design, construction ...
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Shell agrees to sale of Martinez refinery
11-06-2019
Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced it has reached an agreement for the sale of Shell’s ...
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Direct-fired heater demand buoyed by their ability to attain 100% efficiency
11-06-2019
According to the recently published study, the global sales of fired heaters were close to 695 units in 2018, and are estimated to register approximately 5% ...
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Martin Midstream Partners announces sale of natural gas storage assets
10-06-2019
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hartree Cardinal Gas, LLC, a subsidiary of Hartree Bulk ...
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Eni and Maire Tecnimont to turn waste into new energy
10-06-2019
The two companies have signed a partnership agreement to develop and implement a conversion technology, which uses high-temperature gasification to produce ...
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Koch Engineered Solutions and EFT Analytics team up
06-06-2019
Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), the unit of Koch Industries, Inc. focused on developing and delivering innovative technical and service solutions for industrial ...
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Fluor’s Chemical expansion project for Milliken is underway
06-06-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that its engineering, procurement and construction project for Milliken & Company’s chemical plant expansion at ...
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Metropolis acquire Crambeth Allen Publishing
05-06-2019
On 5 June 2019 Crambeth Allen Publishing Ltd, publishers of PTQ, was acquired by Metropolis International, parent company of EMAP Publishing. All of the ...
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Rising Stars is back and we are on the search for our 2019 finalists
05-06-2019
This is your chance to speak in front of the biggest and most senior downstream audience in Europe where you can share your vision for the industry. This year’s ...
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INEOS to invest $2bn in Saudi Arabia
04-06-2019
INEOS has today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco and Total, France, to build three new plants as part of the Jubail 2 ...
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03-06-2019
Servomex has added to the extensive gas analysis expertise on offer to customers with the appointment of Keith Warren as Product Manager for Process Oxygen ...
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Ariel KBK ships as the 60,000th reciprocating compressor
03-06-2019
In the midst of one of Ariel Corporation's most robust manufacturing cycles, the company has shipped serial number 60,000, a KBK/4 reciprocating compressor. ...
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Launch of an innovative European “3D” project for the capture and storage of CO2
28-05-2019
A consortium of 11 European stakeholders including ArcelorMittal, Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Total, is launching a project today to demonstrate ...
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BASF develops process for climate-friendly methanol
24-05-2019
The production processes of the most important basic chemicals are responsible for around 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industry. ...
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22-05-2019
After our advisory board meeting in March, we learnt about the pressing challenges and opportunities to be discussed at November’s ERTC. Whilst ...
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Hyundai Chemical Company selects UNIPOL™ PE technology from Univation
20-05-2019
Hyundai Chemical Company, Ltd. has chosen Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Technology for a 300 kTA high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant to ...
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Demand for industrial and specialty gases to create investment opportunities
17-05-2019
Registering a steady CAGR of 4.9%, the global market for air separation plant will reach a valuation of US$ 7,891.1 Mn by 2028, with China holding majority ...
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Wison Engineering completes 600 KTA MTO and 100 KTA butadiene project
08-05-2019
Wison Engineering successfully handed over its EPC project of 600 KTA MTO plant and 100 KTA butene-to-butadiene plant to the project owner - Nanjing Chengzhi ...
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BHGE wins FLNG turbomachinery contract
06-05-2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply turbomachinery equipment for the first phase of BP’s Greater ...
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Merichem Chairman and CEO Kendra Lee named finalist in prestigious business award
06-05-2019
EY today announced that Chairman and CEO, Kendra Lee of Merichem Company is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award in the Gulf Coast Area. ...
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Siemens and TÃœV SÃœD partner to strengthen digital safety and security
06-05-2019
Siemens and TÜV SÜD have come together to address the growing risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure by collaborating to provide digital ...
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Topsoe releases its 2018 sustainability report
06-05-2019
The Sustainability Report 2018 provides an overview of Haldor Topsoe’s main sustainability initiatives, activities and achievements over the 2018 financial ...
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KBR debuts new look to reflect today's dynamic modern KBR
03-05-2019
KBR Inc, is excited to announce the unveiling of a new look to reflect today's dynamic and modern KBR. The launch of the new KBR brand includes a new ...
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ExxonMobil announces Baytown chemical expansion project
02-05-2019
ExxonMobil said today that it will proceed with a $2 billion investment to expand its Baytown, Texas chemical plant, which will create approximately 2,000 jobs ...
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Sulzer acquires GTC Technology
02-05-2019
Sulzer acquires GTC Technology US, LLC, a technology company offering proprietary processes and systems for the production of aromatics and other petrochemicals. ...
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GTC Technology acquired by Sulzer
01-05-2019
On May 1, 2019, GTC Technology became a part of Sulzer Chemtech. Sulzer’s goal in acquiring GTC is to gain market entry into the technology licensing ...
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Chevron completes acquisition of Pasadena Refining System Inc
01-05-2019
Chevron U.S.A Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, today announced that it has completed the acquisition from Petrobras America Inc. of all ...
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Mammoet opens new facility in the Port of Antwerp
01-05-2019
Mammoet Belgium has opened a new facility in the Port of Antwerp to provide localized support to the region’s growing petrochemical and industrial sector. ...
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WorleyParsons adopts new brand Worley following Jacobs ECR acquisition
01-05-2019
WorleyParsons has announced it is to adopt a new brand, Worley, following the successful completion of the A$4.5 billion acquisition of Jacobs Energy, Chemicals ...
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Topsoe scientist receives prestigious award
01-05-2019
Stig Helveg has been honored with the 2019 Innovation in Materials Characterization Award for his profound accomplishments in electron microscopy ...
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Transforming process engineering through innovation
30-04-2019
The fifth edition of the Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition (MEPEC) will be held from 14 to 16 October 2019 at the Bahrain ...
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Wood grows chemicals business with new contract in Germany
25-04-2019
Wood has been awarded a new contract by Evonik to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Group’s new polyamide ...
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Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemicals selects ISOALKY™ from Honeywell UOP
25-04-2019
Honeywell UOP announced today that Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s ISOALKY™ ionic liquids alkylation technology ...
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Rompetrol accelerates digital transformation strategy with Aspen Technology Software
24-04-2019
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization™ software company, today announced that Rompetrol Rafinare, a KMG International Group member and the ...
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Mammoet keeps major Spanish refinery upgrade on track
24-04-2019
Mammoet was recently contracted to transport and install a new 400-ton cracking column at CEPSA’s La Rábida oil refinery in southern Spain. Mammoet ...
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Babcock brings ecoETHN™ a new ethane Boil Off Gas technology to market
23-04-2019
Babcock International, a global leader in liquefied gas cargo handling systems, has added ecoETHN™, a patent pending ethane Boil Off Gas (BOG) reliquefaction ...
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Learning from the past, and looking to the future of downstream at Chevron
23-04-2019
In a new headline address on June 12th in Houston, Chevron’s President of Manufacturing Mike Coyle will be announcing lessons learned over the last five ...
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Saudi Aramco to acquire Shell’s share of the SASREF refining joint venture
21-04-2019
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) is to acquire Shell Saudi Arabia Refining Limited’s (Shell) 50% share of the SASREF joint venture in Jubail ...
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LyondellBasell grants 1100KTA Hostalen ACP licensed capacity to PetroChina
16-04-2019
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced that PetroChina will use the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advanced ...
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Sulzer’s automated welding - from rust to robust for major Spanish refinery
16-04-2019
Sulzer’s automated welding delivers quality and cost-efficient corrosion protection for distillation columns. The efficient prevention and minimization ...
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Saudi Aramco to acquire stake in South Korean Hyundai Oilbank
16-04-2019
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings today announced that they have reached an agreement for Saudi Aramco’s ...
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Chevron announces agreement to acquire Anadarko
12-04-2019
Chevron Corporation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares ...
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Delta Controls acquires the Mobrey range of instruments from Emerson
11-04-2019
Delta Controls, based in Farnham, UK, announced today it has signed an agreement to purchase the Mobrey line of measurement products manufactured in Slough, ...
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Clariant’s new OxyMax® PA 690 catalyst excels in start-up at Petrowidada plant
11-04-2019
Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the successful start-up of its new high-yield OxyMax PA 690 catalyst at Petrowidada’s ...
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PTT Global Chemical selects hte to evaluate hydroprocessing catalysts
09-04-2019
hte – the high throughput experimentation company has been selected by PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC), a leading Asian integrated petrochemical ...
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Interface measurement of oil / emulsions / water in desalters
08-04-2019
Interface measurements in desalters are often regarded as not being very critical, even though every drop of oil, to be refined, passes through the desalter. ...
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KBR adds BHGE to development of mid-scale LNG reference design
08-04-2019
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has selected Baker Hughes, a GE company, as part of the ongoing development of KBR's standardized mid-scale Liquefied Natural ...
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Emerson acquires KNet software
05-04-2019
Emerson announced today it has acquired KnowledgeNet™ (KNet) software from Tunisia-based Integration Objects. KNet’s unique analytics application ...
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Elliott Group completes merger of Ebara International Corporation
04-04-2019
Elliott Group announced today that the merger of Ebara International Corporation, based in Sparks, Nevada, with its operations in Jeannette, PA, is now complete. ...
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Hengli Petrochemical selects ISODEWAXING technology from Chevron Lummus Global
03-04-2019
As the world’s second largest lubricant market, China has been mostly depending on imports to satisfy its fast-growing Group III base oil demands. As ...
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OSIsoft enters into enterprise agreement with Alizent-Asset Interactive
02-04-2019
OSIsoft LLC, a leader in data infrastructure for critical operations, is proud to announce that it has entered into an Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Alizent-Asset ...
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Port Arthur refinery selects coking technology from Wood
02-04-2019
Wood has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction support services contract for the installation of a 55,000 barrels per day, four drum delayed ...
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Launch of Shell Catalysts & Technologies
01-04-2019
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced that its affiliates formerly operating under the CRI, Criterion and Shell Global Solutions tradenames will now operate ...
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Web-based control system sets new standards in the process industry
01-04-2019
Siemens sets new standards in process automation and is launching an innovative web-based process control system for all industries at the Hannover Messe. Simatic ...
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Sinopec successfully starts up largest composite ionic liquid alkylation unit
31-03-2019
Well Resources Inc. announced the successful start-up of a brownfield Ionikylation unit in Sinopec’s 161,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Jiujiang City, ...
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Chevron Lummus Global announces successful start-up of RDS Unit at NSRP in Vietnam
27-03-2019
Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical LLC - a joint venture between PetroVietnam, Idemitsu Kosan, Kuwait Petroleum Europe, and Mitsui Chemicals - has recently ...
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MAN Energy Solutions and H-TEC SYSTEMS join forces
26-03-2019
MAN Energy Solutions is acquiring 40 percent of the shares of the electrolysis technology company H-TEC SYSTEMS. A contract confirming the partial acquisition ...
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BASF opens innovative research center for catalysts and processes in Ludwigshafen
26-03-2019
BASF today officially opened a pioneering research center at the heart of the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, close to the famous Ammonia Lab. This new pilot ...
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Equinor's bet on digital transformation with digital center of excellence
25-03-2019
Equinor makes a big bet on digital transformation, investing around $250 billion in digitalization by 2020, with a wide range of digitalization programmes aimed ...
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INEOS Oxide to double capacity of its new ethylene oxide and derivatives facility
23-03-2019
INEOS Oxide has today announced that it is to double the size of its planned Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EOD) facility to be built on ...
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OMV and ADNOC to explore new petrochemical opportunities
23-03-2019
OMV and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today signed two Memorandums of Understanding to explore new opportunities for collaboration in the petrochemical ...
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Mammoet delivers vital components for major Trinidad plant
21-03-2019
Following its completion, the facility is expected to produce one million tons of methanol and 20 thousand tons of dimethyl ether per year, supplying next-generation ...
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7 ambitious methane-based chemical projects in Russia and CIS
21-03-2019
In preparation for the CIS Gas Monetisation conference, Globuc – the organizing company has put together an overview of the key upcoming projects in the ...
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Borouge awards WorleyParsons PMC contract for the world’s largest mixed feed cracker
21-03-2019
Borouge has awarded WorleyParsons the project management contract (PMC) for its Ruwais petrochemicals complex. Borouge is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical to study potential expansion of 1-Hexene
20-03-2019
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today it is studying the addition of a world-scale 1-Hexene unit. The addition would expand normal alpha olefins ...
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Chart Industries and Indian Oil to pursue LNG market development in India
19-03-2019
Chart Industries, Inc, a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and energy industries, and Indian Oil ...
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Fluor JV completes construction work on Sasol project in Louisiana
19-03-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that its joint venture with TechnipFMC has successfully completed its engineering, procurement and construction management ...
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Honeywell and Wood to offer solutions through the Honeywell connected plant platform
18-03-2019
Honeywell and Wood will work together through the Honeywell Connected Plant platform to commercialize digital services that help refiners and petrochemical ...
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SABIC and hte extend partnership
14-03-2019
On March 13, 2019, SABIC and hte extended plans for collaboration for five more years to increase efficiency through digitalization and high throughput technologies ...
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Total selects Roll Group to transport 24 modules for its Ethane cracker project
13-03-2019
Roll Group has been awarded a contract to transport 24 modules for the Total Ethane cracker project in the USA. The transport will cover seven single voyages, ...
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Axens and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing sign alliance agreement
12-03-2019
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC (ExxonMobil) and Axens have signed an alliance agreement for the sublicense of ExxonMobil’s Sulfuric Acid Alkylation ...
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New global heads of Systems and Service appointed
12-03-2019
Servomex has enhanced service and support for customers around the world with two new senior appointments. Based in Houston, Shelley Moore becomes Global ...
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07-03-2019
RefComm® Galveston takes place April 29 - May 3, 2019. This marks the 21st year for the conference, which has paved the way for implementing safety protocols, ...
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KBC awards Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) to four oil refineries in South Asia
07-03-2019
To meet the rapid growth of energy demand in South Asia, KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has today announced it has awarded Profit Improvement Programs (PIP) to four ...
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TechnipFMC completes remaining conditions with MIDOR
05-03-2019
TechnipFMC has successfully completed the remaining conditions required to enable work to commence on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract ...
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ART Hydroprocessing and Gladieux Metals collaborate to recapture metals from spent catalysts
04-03-2019
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC and Gladieux Metals Recycling, LLC today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a full-cycle catalyst management ...
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Axens acquires a stake in Arol Energy
04-03-2019
Axens has announced that it has taken an equity interest in the French company Arol Energy, an expert in biogas purification systems. Arol Energy has many ...
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Elliott opens new manufacturing facility in India
27-02-2019
Elliott Group is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India. The new factory shares the same campus as the ...
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KBC releases Petro-SIM® and Petro-SIM Integrator for the PI System®
26-02-2019
KBC and OSIsoft LLC, a leader in operational intelligence, today announced the Petro-SIM Integrator for the PI System. Petro-SIM 7 is also being released today ...
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Fully renewable plastic bottle significantly closer to reality
26-02-2019
Sustainable technology company Anellotech and its joint development partners IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s ...
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ART Hydroprocessing and GS EcoMetal to reclaim metals from spent catalysts
25-02-2019
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART Hydroprocessing) and GS EcoMetal Co. Ltd (GSEM) today announced a multi-year agreement to recover metals from spent ...
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Level Measurement DuoSeries LB 470RID
21-02-2019
DuoSeries LB 470 is the radiometric level measurement from Berthold in true 2-wire technology, which is now also available with radiation interference detection ...
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Ammonia can become the CO2-free fuel of the future
21-02-2019
Today, ammonia is mostly known as an indispensable fertilizer ingredient. A new research project will now explore ammonia’s potential, both as a sustainable ...
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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation select KBR
19-02-2019
KBR announced today it has been awarded the Project Management Consultancy Services contract by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for front-end engineering ...
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Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger enter JV agreement
19-02-2019
Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, and Schlumberger, the world's leading provider of ...
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Mammoet completes milestone lift at Shell petrochemical plant
18-02-2019
MSG80 completes tallest and heaviest lift for Shell Chemicals’ ethane cracker plant. The facility is the first major U.S. project of its kind to be built ...
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High-density polyethylene plant constructed within SOCAR Polymer project
18-02-2019
On February 18, the high-density polyethylene plant was officially opened within SOCAR Polymer project in the Sumgayit Chemical Industry Park. The opening ceremony ...
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Gazprom Neft introduces digital energy standards in its refining operations
15-02-2019
A pilot “Digital Substation” IT suite has gone into operation at Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery, with this new facility set to become ...
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Fluor to design and build new Valvoline lubricants facility in China
15-02-2019
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for Valvoline’s new blending and ...
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Rainer Dübi new President Services Division at Burckhardt Compression
14-02-2019
The Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression Holding AG has appointed Rainer Dübi to be the new President of the Services Division and a member of ...
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HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited selects LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology
13-02-2019
LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, today announced HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited, has selected LyondellBasell’s ...
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Velocys ammends agreement with Red Rock Biofuels
12-02-2019
Velocys plc, announces it has agreed a series of amendments in its licensing contracts with Red Rock Biofuels LLC (RRB), regarding RRB’s license of Velocys ...
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StyroMax UL3 catalyst delivers excellent results at Shandong Yuhuang plant
12-02-2019
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the successful performance of its StyroMax UL3 ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst at the ...
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Three new RSMs appointed to Servomex’s sales teams
11-02-2019
Servomex has strengthened its global sales support for customers with the appointments of three new Regional Sales Managers (RSMs). Jesse Underwood and Rodney ...
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5 key takeaways about digitalization in Oil & Gas
11-02-2019
The aftermath of the IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil and Gas conference has revealed several key takeaways regarding digitalization in oil and gas. Among ...
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Eni and SABIC joint technology agreement
08-02-2019
Eni and SABIC today signed a Joint Development Agreement to further develop an innovative technology for natural gas conversion into synthesis gas that can ...
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Alfa Laval wins energy efficiency order
07-02-2019
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery ...
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Malaysian refinery selects Rotork Client Support Programme
07-02-2019
The Rotork Client Support Programme (CSP) has been chosen by the Hengyuan Refining Company Berhad for the asset management of Rotork valve actuation equipment ...
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ClearSign gets approval for Duplex™ demonstration at Los Angeles refinery
06-02-2019
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that improve energy and operational efficiencies while dramatically ...
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Braskem and Haldor Topsoe start up demo unit for developing renewable MEG
06-02-2019
Braskem and Haldor Topsoe announced today, that they have reached mechanical completion of the MOSAIK™ process step of their demonstration plant that ...
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Servomex appoints new Business Transformation and Planning Director
05-02-2019
Servomex has appointed Joe Podolsky as Business Transformation and Planning Director, based in our UK Technical Centre in Crowborough. He will take on responsibility ...
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KBR awarded contract refinery debottlenecking project
04-02-2019
KBR, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a contract by SATORP to debottleneck Train 2 of its existing 440,000 barrels per day refinery in Jubail, Kingdom ...
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Axens continues its development and takes on a new identity
04-02-2019
Following the acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem and Prosernat, Axens expands its portfolio of solutions and introduces its new brand architecture, identity and ...
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Co-op refinery complex receives Resource Revolution award from SUEZ
01-02-2019
SUEZ honored a project at Federated Co-operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) with the first-ever Resource Revolution Award. The award was ...
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Toyo Engineering Korea awarded petrochemical project in Thailand
31-01-2019
Toyo Engineering Korea Limited a Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction project from Bangkok ...
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Saudi Aramco and Total sign MoU with Daelim to build Polyisobutylene facility
31-01-2019
Saudi Aramco with its partner Total today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Daelim, a South Korean petrochemical company. Under ...
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Irving Oil announces successful acquisition of Top Oil
31-01-2019
Canadian-owned Irving Oil announced today its acquisition of the Tedcastle group of companies, an Irish-based energy marketing and distribution organization, ...
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Methanol, Ammonia, GTL, MTO and other ways of gas monetisation in the CIS
31-01-2019
The 5th annual CIS Gas monetisation conference will be held in Moscow, Russia on the 9th 10th of April. The conference will focus on the syngas and nitrogen ...
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Chevron agrees with Petrobras to buy Pasadena Refinery System
30-01-2019
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, today announced that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Petrobras America ...
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Saudi Aramco, TechnipFMC and Axens advance catalytic crude to chemicals technology
29-01-2019
Saudi Aramco, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saudi Aramco Technologies, today signed a Joint Development and Collaboration Agreement (JDCA) with Axens ...
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ADNOC signs landmark strategic partnership agreements with Eni and OMV
28-01-2019
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed, today, two new strategic equity partnerships with Eni and OMV covering both ADNOC Refining and a new trading ...
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Kelvion launches two new products for transforming waste heat into energy
28-01-2019
Industrial facilities and power plants generate waste heat that is usually released into the air. Kelvion has the solutions for how 2 Recover Waste Heat with ...
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Cyndie M. Fredrick, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Merichem Process Technologies
22-01-2019
Merichem Company announced today the appointment of Cyndie Fredrick to the position of Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Merichem Process Technologies. ...
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Independent research firm recognises Petrotechnics
22-01-2019
Sphera, the largest global provider of Integrated Risk Management software today announces that Petrotechnics, a Sphera company, has been named a leader in ...
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EDL’s innovative pilot plant opens up new opportunities to process refinery residues
22-01-2019
EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (EDL), the technology provider and engineering company located in Leipzig, Germany, offers an innovative pilot plant in connection ...
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Neste Engineering reaches important milestone at SOCARs fertilizer plant
21-01-2019
Neste Engineering Solutions has reached an important milestone with PMC (Project Management Consultant) project for SOCAR, the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan ...
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Bilfinger awarded prestigious contract for gas treatment facility
18-01-2019
Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline GmbH & Co. KG has awarded a major contract to Bilfinger for the engineering, assembly, and commissioning of a complete deodorization ...
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Vitol and IFM complete acquisition of VTTI
18-01-2019
Further to its announcement of 2 November 2018, Vitol today announces that Vitol Investment Partnership II Ltd (“VIP”), an investment vehicle sponsored ...
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Emerson's automation training solutions aims to close skill gap for digital industrial workers
17-01-2019
Scalable Performance Learning Platform provides training to current and future workers on advanced instrumentation and control technologies using real plant-like ...
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Tubacex and Midhani signs MOU to expand and grow in Indian energy growth Plan
17-01-2019
TUBACEX and the Indian company, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), have signed a MOU for development of diverse key projects in the region. This agreement ...
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McDermott awarded EPC contract for CB&I storage tanks in Saudi Arabia
16-01-2019
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a sizeable* contract from Daelim Saudi Arabia Company Ltd. for engineering, procurement and ...
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ORLEN refineries to process American oil
15-01-2019
PKN ORLEN increases diversification of crude oil supplies across the entire Group. WTI crude from the US will be supplied to ORLEN refineries in the Czech Republic ...
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INEOS announces €3B petrochemical project in Antwerp
14-01-2019
The €3 billion investment will be the biggest ever made by INEOS and is first cracker to be built in Europe in 20 years.The investment is a game changer ...
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Practical pathway for digital transformation
10-01-2019
What are the latest cases of AI application in oil & gas? How to unlock the full potential of Big Data and Analytics? Is Digital Twin technology ready for ...
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What will be discussed at the petrochemical forum in Moscow
10-01-2019
The organizer of the largest petrochemical business forum in Russia, Globuc, has announced the dates for the 7th annual conference. The event will be held in ...
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McDermott awarded EPC contract for fuel tanks in Australia
09-01-2019
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) today announced the award of a sizable tank contract by Puma Energy (Australia) Fuels Pty Ltd for the engineering, ...
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BP to expand its petrochemical presence in Korea
09-01-2019
BP and Lotte have agreed a major expansion of production capacity at their joint venture Lotte BP Chemical Company Limited facility in Ulsan, South Korea. The ...
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CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemicals achieve China VI diesel target with IsoTherming®
09-01-2019
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce the successful performance test of a 3.4 million tons/year IsoTherming® diesel hydrogenation (DHT) unit ...
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Metso celebrates groundbreaking ceremony for new valve technology center in China
09-01-2019
Metso announced on October 26, 2018 its decision to invest in a new greenfield valve technology center in Jiaxing, China. The groundbreaking ceremony for the ...
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Meridian hold engineering summit for Davis refinery with Axens and McDermott
08-01-2019
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., the leading developer of innovative and environmentally-compliant oil refining facilities, announced today that the Company and ...
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Godrej Process Equipment successfully delivers tallest CCR reactor
07-01-2019
Godrej Process Equipment, a unitof Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., todayshipped one of the World’s tallest Continuous Catalytic Regeneration (CCR) Reactor ...
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Shell starts production at new petrochemicals unit in US Gulf Coast
07-01-2019
Shell Chemical LP (Shell) today announced the start of production of the fourth alpha olefins (AO) unit at its Geismar, Louisiana, USA chemical manufacturing ...
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Johnson Matthey scoops award at IChemE Awards 2018
03-01-2019
Johnson Matthey (JM), a leader in science that makes the world cleaner and healthier, scooped the Oil and Gas Award at IChemE’s prestigious Global Awards ...
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Alfa Laval wins natural gas order
01-01-2019
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a gas processing ...
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Saudi Aramco completes acquisition of ARLANXEO
31-12-2018
Saudi Aramco, a world-leading integrated energy and chemicals company; and LANXESS AG, a leading German specialty chemicals company, announced today the completion ...
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JGC awarded high-performance synthetic resin production plant project
28-12-2018
JGC Corporation announces that it has been awarded the contract for the construction of chemical plants that will be the foundation of a high-performance synthetic ...
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APICORP announces financing for Oman’s Duqm Refinery
23-12-2018
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development bank, is pleased to announce a USD100m investment as part of a consortium of ...
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First phase of Heydar Aliyev Refinery modernization completed
21-12-2018
On December 21 a new bitumen plant and liquefied gas filling station were launched as part of the first phase of Heydar Aliyev Refinery’s reconstruction ...
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SOCAR and BP explore the creation of a new petrochemicals JV
20-12-2018
The proposed facility, in Aliaga in western Turkey, would produce 1.25 million tonnes per annum (tpa) of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), 840,000 tpa paraxylene ...
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Alfa Laval acquires technology to further drive sustainable energy solutions
18-12-2018
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire ...
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Emerson acquires Advanced Engineering Valves
12-12-2018
Emerson today announced it has acquired Advanced Engineering Valves (A.E. Valves), a leading manufacturer of innovative valve technology that helps LNG customers ...
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Emerson completes acquisition of iSolutions Inc
11-12-2018
Emerson has acquired iSolutions Inc., a Canadian-based consulting group with expertise designing and implementing data management solutions. iSolutions provides ...
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Sulzer unlocks the potential of Sadara’s columns
10-12-2018
Sulzer Chemtech, specialists in solutions and services for separation and mixing technologies, has completed in record time a range of column revamp projects ...
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McDermott awarded FEED contract for North Dakota grassroots refinery
06-12-2018
McDermott International, Inc. announced today a sizeable* contract award for front-end engineering design (FEED) services of the Davis Refinery Project in Billings ...
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NOVATEK Group selects Topsoe hydrogen technology for their first refinery
06-12-2018
The hydrogen plant is slated to begin operation in the second quarter of 2020, and basic engineering has already begun. Topsoe delivers all equipment, including ...
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Burckhardt Compression strengthens service activities in Central Europe
03-12-2018
Burckhardt Compression is pleased to announce the opening of a new Service Center for the area of Central Europe, as per December 1, 2018. The Service Center ...
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Woodside selects Jacobs to deliver brownfields engineering and procurement services
02-12-2018
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a three-year outline agreement from Woodside Energy Limited to provide brownfields engineering and procurement ...
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Borealis selects NAPCON Controller applications from Neste Engineering Solutions
29-11-2018
Neste Engineering Solutions has been awarded the renewal of Borealis Porvoo Aromatics Plant platform covering Advanced Process Control System (APC) with NAPCON ...
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Rotterdam refinery expansion enters final stage
29-11-2018
ExxonMobil Basestock announced today several key developments at its Rotterdam refinery to meet the company’s most stringent base stocks manufacturing ...
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Siemens and ADNOC celebrate inauguration of Taweelah gas compression plant
29-11-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) inaugurated its Taweelah Gas Compression Plant, ensuring uninterrupted gas supplies to major Abu Dhabi industries ...
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KBR awarded ammonia plant revamp contract in India
28-11-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply proprietary equipment to Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. ...
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Haldor Topsoe opens office in Indonesia
28-11-2018
Today, Topsoe cemented its presence in Indonesia by officially opening an office in Jakarta. While customers in the petrochemical industry have known and benefited ...
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Air Liquide to build first world scale liquid hydrogen production plant
27-11-2018
Air Liquide will build the first world scale liquid hydrogen production unit dedicated to the hydrogen energy markets, located in the Western U.S., and ...
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Saudi Aramco downstream strategy to combine organic growth with strategic acquisitions
27-11-2018
Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Nasser today told delegates attending the 13th annual Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Forum that ...
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Level measurement in refineries from Berthold
26-11-2018
Is your refinery operating at max capacity? For safe and efficient control of your refining process, you need to be able to reliably measure various parameters ...
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Linde awarded contract for largest LNG plant in China
16-11-2018
The technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a contract from Chinese chemical and energy company Inner Mongolia Huineng Coal Chemical Co Ltd to supply ...
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ExxonMobil awards design contract of petrochemical complex to Maire Tecnimont
15-11-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., through its affiliate Tecnimont USA Inc, in consortium with Performance Contractors Inc., ...
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SOCAR Heydar Aliyev refinery acquires new equipment
15-11-2018
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Refinery procured a Larsen & Toubro diesel hydrotreating reactor as part of its modernization and reconstruction project. The new equipment ...
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Elevate Midstream acquires gas gathering, treating and processing assets
15-11-2018
Elevate Midstream Partners, LLC, a full-service midstream company headquartered in Houston, Texas, today announced the acquisitions of Woodland Midstream Partners, ...
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Pertamina selects Air Liquide Engineering & Construction
14-11-2018
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected as a technology licensor by Pertamina, the state-owned National Oil & Gas Company of Indonesia, ...
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OSIsoft joins the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC)
12-11-2018
OSIsoft LLC, a leader in operational intelligence, is proud to announce that it has recently joined the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the world's leading ...
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ProSep secures first refinery application of MAX+ technology in Middle East
12-11-2018
ProSep, an industry-leading, technology and service provider for integrated process solutions to the global energy industry, has announced the first refinery ...
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TechnipFMC signs agreement to license Sumitomo HCI oxidation technology
09-11-2018
TechnipFMC announced today that it has signed an exclusive collaboration agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Company to license and engineer Sumitomo’s hydrogen ...
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Linde receives major order from Praxair to supply a hydrogen plant in the U.S.
09-11-2018
The technology company The Linde Group has signed a contract with U.S. industrial gas company, Praxair Inc., to supply a hydrogen plant that will be part of ...
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TechnipFMC technology is heart of new mega cracker on U.S. Gulf Coast
09-11-2018
TechnipFMC’s technology and design has played an important part in the start-up of the new ethylene facility for The Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary ...
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Chevron Lummus Global and Neste Engineering Solutions enter into a joint collaboration
08-11-2018
Chevron Lummus Global and Neste Engineering Solutions have signed a collaboration agreement regarding NAPCON operator training simulators for residue hydrocracking ...
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Duqm refinery receives multi-source project financing
04-11-2018
The Duqm Refinery Project is a joint venture between Kuwait Petroleum International and the Oman Oil Company and is located at the Special Economic Zone in ...
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Vitol and IFM to acquire 50% of VTTI from Buckeye
02-11-2018
Vitol today announces that Vitol Investment Partnership II Ltd (“VIP”), an investment vehicle sponsored and managed by Vitol, and IFM Investors, ...
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Johnson Matthey win top oil and gas award at IChemE awards 2018
02-11-2018
Competing with four other finalists for the Oil and Gas Award, Johnson Matthey’s ‘CATACEL SSR: Structured Steam Reforming Catalyst’ project ...
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MIDOR award MIDOR refinery expansion and modernisation contract to TechnipFMC
01-11-2018
TechnipFMC has signed a major Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) for the modernization and ...
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BASF and SINOPEC sign MoU to expand cooperation in China
29-10-2018
BASF and SINOPEC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing to further strengthen their partnership in upstream and downstream chemical production ...
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Metso to increase its valve production capacity in China
26-10-2018
To respond to the growing global demand in the valve market, Metso has decided to invest in a new green-field valve technology center in Jiaxing, China. The ...
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Intelligently predict and prevent corrosion across your operations
23-10-2018
On Tuesday 23rd October, learn how the fight against corrosion never stops - it is a fact of life every day across Oil & Gas, Refining and Pipeline operations, ...
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Petrofac, Saipem and Samsung consortium awarded refinery project in Thailand
22-10-2018
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, leading a consortium with Saipem S.p.A. (Saipem) and Samsung Engineering Co Ltd (Samsung), has received ...
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MMEX Resources taps Blanchard Industrial as EPC contractor for West Texas refinery
22-10-2018
MMEX Resources Corp, a development stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
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U.S. EPA awards grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California
22-10-2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded $9.6 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. ...
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Emerson helps refiner safely and successfully deliver megaproject
22-10-2018
Emerson has completed a $73 million contract for automation systems and cloud engineering services, helping North West Redwater Partnership design, execute ...
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KBC establishes energy and sustainability co-pilot hub in Singapore
22-10-2018
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) today announced the launch of a new Energy and Sustainability Co-Pilot hub in Singapore to address the Singapore government’s ...
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Saudi Aramco signs MoU with Zhejiang Petrochemical
19-10-2018
Saudi Aramco recently signed an MoU with Chinese Zhejiang provincial government during the 2nd International Petroleum and Natural Gas Enterprises Conference ...
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SOCAR’s giant investment project - STAR Refinery launched
19-10-2018
SOCAR, the largest direct foreign investor in Turkey, launched its $6.3-billion SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery - STAR Refinery, which will provide a large portion ...
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Dangote refinery project to boost activities in downstream
19-10-2018
The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Babatunde Paul Ruwase has described as magnificent and spectacular the impact the Dangote ...
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Servomex appoints new Vice President of Sales
18-10-2018
Servomex has welcomed Bob Heth as the new Vice President of Sales, Americas (Industrial Process and Emissions), based at our US Business Center in Houston. Bob ...
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VUV Analytics releases VUVision 3.0 data analysis software
18-10-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in developing lab scale vacuum ultraviolet based analytical instruments, today announces the release of VUVision 3.0 Data Analysis ...
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18-10-2018
BASF has announced the commercial launch of Durasorb™, a new family of adsorption solutions designed for Natural Gas processing. Durasorb provides gas ...
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Wood wins new IRPC contract in south east Asia
18-10-2018
Wood has been awarded a new contract by IRPC Plc for its Maximum Aromatics (MARS) project, leveraging its operations in the south east Asian oil and gas market. Wood ...
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New technology advances lead Anellotech to announce commercial plant engineering plans
16-10-2018
Sustainable technology company Anellotech confirms significant progress in its Bio-TCat™ technology development program and has begun planning for scale-up ...
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McDermott awarded EPC contract for delayed coker unit for LUKOIL refinery
16-10-2018
McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a significant* contract by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL, for ...
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EuroChem opens new fertilizer plant in Lithuania
16-10-2018
EuroChem Group AG, a leading global fertilizer producer, announces the formal opening of a new production plant for highly efficient, water-soluble fertilizers ...
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ExxonMobil and BASF demonstrate new solvent to decrease sulfur emissions
15-10-2018
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation are conducting a full scale commercial demonstration of a new gas treating solvent at Imperial Oil’s ...
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Petrotechnics launches 2018 operational excellence survey
15-10-2018
Petrotechnics, the developer of the world’s first software platform for operational excellence (OE), today launches its annual OE Index (OEI), which aims ...
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KBC announces a strategic partnership with HTRI
15-10-2018
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) today announces an extension of its engineering simulation capabilities through an enhanced collaboration with HTRI, the leading source ...
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Reactor Resources Has Acquired Actisulf, a Specialist in Catalyst Activation
12-10-2018
Reactor Resources Europe, B.V. (RxR) has finalized the acquisition of Actisulf SAS, a leading provider of catalyst sulfiding and activation services to E.U. ...
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Saudi Aramco and BAPCO meet Bahrain’s growing energy demand
09-10-2018
Saudi Aramco and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) today announced the successful commissioning of AB-4 pipeline, a new phase of the strategic Saudi Aramco-Bahrain ...
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Saudi Aramco and Total launch engineering studies fot giant petrochemical complex
09-10-2018
Amin H. Nasser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, signed today ...
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From hydrogen production to sulphur recovery - let ceramics pave the way
09-10-2018
On Wednesday 10 October 2018, learn how to boost the reliability and performance of your hydrogen production and sulphur recovery plants through the deployment ...
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08-10-2018
PKN ORLEN’s refinery in PÅ‚ock will soon receive approximately 130,000 tonnes of crude oil from Nigeria. The shipment originating from West Africa ...
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Maire Tecnimont provisionally awarded LPG project by Sonatrach
03-10-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been provisionally awarded by the Direction Centrale Engineering & Project ...
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INEOS signs agreement for new worldscale PDH unit in Europe
02-10-2018
INEOS has today announced the next step of its ambitious plans to construct a world-scale Propane Dehydrogenation unit, together with the first Gas Cracker ...
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United Electric Controls adds capabilities to Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector
02-10-2018
United Electric Controls, a leading producer of safety, alarm and shutdown technology, has expanded the capabilities of its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector. ...
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Elliott to manufacture and test cryogenic pumps & expanders in Jeannette
02-10-2018
Elliott Group announced today that it is moving forward with plans to relocate manufacturing and testing of cryogenic pumps and expanders to Jeannette. The ...
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Sulzer launches HST 30 high-speed turbocompressor
01-10-2018
The HST 30 is the newest addition to the HST™ line of high-speed turbocompressors. It offers more flow and pressure at a significantly higher efficiency ...
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URACA announces the acquisition of DYNAJET
28-09-2018
On September 24, URACA GmbH & Co. KG purchased the Nürtingen based DYNAJET GmbH. The acquisition is a Win - Win for both firms. Mr. Gunter Stoehr, CEO ...
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BASF and LetterOne sign agreement to merge Wintershall and DEA
27-09-2018
BASF and LetterOne signed a definitive transaction agreement to merge their respective oil and gas businesses in a joint venture, which will operate under the ...
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Calling all engineers and managers of engineers under 30!
27-09-2018
The deadline to apply has been extended to Friday 19th October; don’t miss out on your chance to nominate yourself or a member of your team for this year’s ...
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Chevron Lummus Global announces residue upgrading award in India
26-09-2018
Chevron Lummus Global LLC, is pleased to announce its selection by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to provide licensed technology for the new ...
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ExxonMobil starts new unit to increase ultra-low sulfur fuels production
26-09-2018
ExxonMobil said today that a new unit at its integrated Beaumont, Texas facility has started operations, increasing production of ultra-low sulfur ...
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DWC Innovations awarded revamp project at Jamnagar refinery
25-09-2018
DWC Innovations is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Dividing Wall Column (DWC) project for revamping two distillation columns at the SEZ Refinery ...
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BP and Johnson Matthey license waste-to-fuels technology to Fulcrum BioEnergy
25-09-2018
BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale to economically convert synthesis ...
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One week until Downstream Project Management in Frankfurt
25-09-2018
Why projects go wrong? European project managers to discuss project management challenges and best practices in Frankfurt. With major projects in the downstream ...
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IndianOil's Mathura refinery — blending technology with ecology
24-09-2018
Since its inception in 1982, IndianOil's Mathura Refinery has been a model for seamless synchronisation of petroleum refining and environment management. It ...
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Successful start-up of methanol plant using MegaMax® 800 catalyst from Clariant
21-09-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the successful start-up of its MegaMax 800 methanol synthesis catalyst at China National Offshore ...
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OMV transforms plastic waste into crude oil
20-09-2018
As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations in the Schwechat Refinery, OMV presented the cornerstone for an innovative future to political representatives, ...
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Agreement for petrochemical industrial zone in Turkey
19-09-2018
Rönesans Holding has signed a framework cooperation agreement with the Netherlands-based Port of Rotterdam for the Ceyhan Mega Petrochemical Industrial ...
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Alfa Laval Packinox joins Honeywell Connected Plant program
18-09-2018
Honeywell UOP today announced Alfa Laval Packinox has joined its Honeywell Connected Plant initiative to help refiners make their operations safer, more efficient ...
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Metso celebrates its 150th anniversary
18-09-2018
In 2018, Metso celebrates its 150th anniversary. The story of Metso started in 1868 as a local ironworks, and is linked to the development of urban environments ...
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Wison Engineering and Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat to collaborate
17-09-2018
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. recently announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Wison Engineering Ltd. entered into a memorandum with Gazprom ...
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CVR refining announces intent to sell Cushing tank farm assets
17-09-2018
CVR Refining, LP, a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced that it intends to sell its Cushing, Oklahoma, crude oil tank farm and currently ...
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Ergon BioFuels plans to close ethanol plant
14-09-2018
Ergon BioFuels, LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc., has announced plans to close its ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in December 2018. The 56.5 million ...
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Haldor Topsoe invests in Indian fertilizer plant
13-09-2018
Topsoe, IFU, and DAF have signed a shareholder agreement with promoter companies National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL), Fertilizer ...
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Toyo Engineering and Irkutsk Oil to cooperate on ethylene plant
12-09-2018
On September 10, 2018 at the Eastern Economic Forum being held at Vladivostok, Russia, Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) and Irkutsk Oil Company (INK) exchanged ...
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UCC Shchekinoazot launches methanol and ammonia co-production plant
11-09-2018
"We are glad to congratulate Shchekinoazot on the launching of the methanol and ammonia co-production plant. This is a major milestone, the result of work ...
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Air Products to share developments in LNG technology at Gastech
10-09-2018
Air Products will share the latest developments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology at the Gastech Conference & Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, from ...
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Clariant confirms SABIC to complete purchase of 24.99% stake
10-09-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that SABIC has received the final outstanding regulatory approvals from the competition authorities ...
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AspenTech and Advantech B+B SmartWorx to deliver IIoT connectivity solutions
10-09-2018
Aspen Technology Inc, the asset optimization software company, today announced a software license and distribution agreement with Advantech B+B SmartWorx, which ...
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Honeywell recognized as a best performing partner By Maire Tecnimont Group
06-09-2018
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced that it has been named “Best Instrumentation & Electrical Material Partner” by global technology ...
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ExxonMobil signs framework agreement for proposed chemical complex in China
05-09-2018
ExxonMobil said today that it has signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government to advance discussions concerning ...
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Enterprise begins construction of tenth NGL Fractionator in Mont Belvieu area
05-09-2018
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.today announced it has begun construction of a new natural gas liquids fractionator adjacent to its Mont Belvieu, Texas complex. ...
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Honeywell acquires Ortloff Engineers
04-09-2018
Honeywell announced that it has acquired Ortloff Engineers, Ltd., a privately held licensor and industry-leading developer of specialized technologies that ...
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LyondellBasell and Covestro kick-off circular steam project in Maasvlakte
04-09-2018
LyondellBasell one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies and its joint venture partner Covestro, one of the world's largest polymer ...
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Peter Boler joins VUV Analytics as Vice President of Marketing
28-08-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, has announced the addition of Peter Boler as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. ...
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Nalco Champion and XOS to provide new chlorine monitoring solution
28-08-2018
Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, and XOS, a manufacturer of elemental analysis solutions, have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement to provide ...
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Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals selects LyondellBasell Hostalen ACP PE technology
28-08-2018
LyondellBasell, today announced that Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., (Shandong Chambroad), has selected the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advance ...
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Mammoet to provide heave lift cranes at Visakh refinery
27-08-2018
This large expansion on the existing Visakh Refinery began in early 2017, and will increase the refinery’s production in order to supply India’s ...
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Gazprom Neft launches the second process line at its Badra gas treatment plant
27-08-2018
Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazprom Neft Badra has commissioned Line B at its 800 million cubic metre gas treatment plant (GTP) at the Badra field, ...
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Burckhardt Compression and ExxonMobil sign global lubricants collaboration agreement
23-08-2018
Two leaders in their fields come together to collaborate and deliver high performance lubricants and technical services. The offering is available for all operators ...
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Strontec - new method for the detection of Strontium-90 contamination
22-08-2018
The detection of Strontium-90 is difficult since the decay chain of Sr-90 and the daughter nucleus Y-90, emit only beta particles and no gamma rays. Furthermore, ...
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Air Products acquires BHGE’s Rotoflow™ turboexpander business
22-08-2018
Air Products announced today it has acquired the Rotoflow™ turboexpander business from Baker Hughes, a GE company. Air Products acquired all engineering ...
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PETRONAS selects AspenTech asset optimization software
21-08-2018
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization software company, today announced that PETRONAS, Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas multinational company, ...
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KBC announces partnership with OLI Systems
21-08-2018
KBC, the business improvement company for the Energy and Chemical industry, today announced a new collaboration with OLI Systems to deliver an exciting enhancement ...
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International Rotating Equipment Conference 2019
21-08-2018
Companies can already book online theirs booths for the exhibition at the International Rotating Equipment Conference – Pumps, Compressors and Vacuum ...
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Air Products to build own and operate coal-to-syngas plant in China
20-08-2018
Air Products announced today it has been awarded a long-term onsite contract to supply syngas to Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd for their multi-billion dollar ...
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VUV ANALYTICS™ partners with Shimadzu
16-08-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., pioneers in developing lab scale Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) based analytical instruments and Shimadzu, a leading manufacturer of analytical ...
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Neste, ReNew ELP and Licella announce collaboration
16-08-2018
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, UK-based chemical recycling company ReNew ELP, and Australian technology developer Licella are ...
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Pöyry awarded EPCM services assignment by SunPine for Biorefinery expansion
15-08-2018
SunPine AB has awarded Pöyry with the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services assignment for SunPine biorefinery expansion ...
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Control units and terminal boxes ready for shipment in five days
15-08-2018
Plant and machine builders are always in search for short delivery times for products: Custom configured solutions are ideal as they can be delivered almost ...
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Haldor Topsoe acquires full ownership of Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects GmbH
15-08-2018
The transaction adds strong project development competencies to Topsoe’s market-leading portfolio of high-performance catalyst and proprietary technologies ...
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TOYO awarded expansion of naphtha cracking furnace project in Japan
13-08-2018
Toyo Engineering Corporation was awarded an expansion of naphtha cracking furnaces project from Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd. to increase ethylene production ...
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Petrofac awarded additional scope of work with Tatweer Petroleum
09-08-2018
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services East business is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar additional scope ...
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INOVACAT B.V. has changed its name to GASOLFIN B.V.
07-08-2018
We would like to inform you that, effective 11 July 2018, our Netherlands based company INOVACAT B.V. has changed its name to GASOLFIN B.V. This change ...
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Indian Oil's seven year program to expand refinery capacity
06-08-2018
IOC, India's largest oil firm, will invest Rs 1.75 lakh crore over the next seven years on expanding refinery capacity, building petrochemical plants and laying ...
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KBC announces a strategic partnership with Cost Engineering Consultancy
06-08-2018
KBC, the business improvement company for the Energy and Chemical industry, today announced a solution for integrated engineering design, optimization, cost ...
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William Franco joins VUV Analytics as Vice President of Engineering
01-08-2018
VUV Analytics, Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, has announced the addition of William Franco as Vice President of Engineering. Mr. ...
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Twelve years without a lost time incident
31-07-2018
We would like to congratulate Ken Mitchell Plant Superintendent, Vern Lovenuk Plant Foreman, Terry Orge LCC, Leslie Thorn Administrative Assistant, Maurice ...
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Nuberg EPC awarded Chlor Alkali and Calcium Chloride project
31-07-2018
Nuberg EPC, single point EPC and LSTK company for specialty chemicals, has been awarded a $ 53 million turnkey project contract by Middle East Chemicals Company ...
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KAP Project Services and Mobideo announce strategic partnership
31-07-2018
At the marcus evans’ 10th Annual Chem/Petrochem & Refinery Shutdowns and Turnarounds Event in San Antonio, Texas, KAP Project Services and Mobideo ...
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Petrobras recognizes Metso for its valve solutions and services
30-07-2018
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has recognized Metso for its valve solutions, including its valve installation and maintenance services. The company ...
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Williams and Crestwood announce gas processing plant expansion
25-07-2018
Williams Partners L.P. and Crestwood Equity Partners LP today announced a major expansion of the Jackalope Gas Gathering System and associated Bucking Horse ...
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Kuwait refinery selects DuPont Clean Technologies
25-07-2018
DuPont Clean Technologies signed contracts with Honeywell UOP to provide STRATCO® alkylation and MECS® Advanced sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) technologies ...
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Holly Energy announces feasibility study for new refined product pipeline
24-07-2018
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced today it has engaged AECOM, a third party engineering firm, to perform a feasibility study on a potential refined product ...
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Halliburton acquires Athlon Solutions
24-07-2018
Halliburton Company today announced the acquisition of Athlon Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of specialty water and process treatment chemicals, customized ...
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TOYO awarded olefin expansion project in Thailand
19-07-2018
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded offshore engineering and procurement services of olefin expansion project by Map Ta Phut Olefins Co., Ltd, a joint ...
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Innovative mobile testing solution from AMETEK Grabner and Agilent Technologies
17-07-2018
AMETEK Grabner Instruments and Agilent Technologies Inc. announce an OEM agreement for an innovative mobile testing solution for in-the-field analysis of lubricating ...
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Downstream projects managers to meet in Frankfurt
16-07-2018
With major projects in the downstream oil and gas recently launched both in Central Eastern Europe and the CIS, many companies have already faced significant ...
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Rosneft Deutschland agreed on marketing of petrochemicals of own production
13-07-2018
Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, a Rosneft subsidiary, signed contracts with German companies on marketing of petrochemical products of own production starting 2019. ...
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aeSolutions earn Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 safety specialist certification
13-07-2018
aeSolutions®, a consulting, engineering and systems integration company that provides industrial process safety, cybersecurity and automation products and ...
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Maire Tecnimont awarded new contracts in Abu Dhabi
13-07-2018
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted several new awards and additional works of existing contracts for a total amount ...
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Additional R&D for petroleum coke to synthetic crude oil gasification continues
12-07-2018
MGX Minerals Inc and Highbury Energy Inc, are pleased to report additional work has commenced on gasification of petroleum coke (“petcoke”), an ...
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Your chance to speak at StocExpo Europe 2019
12-07-2018
StocExpo Europe is the market leading conference targeted at terminal operators worldwide. The three day event returns for its 15th year in Rotterdam from 26-28th ...
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SGS and Baker Hughes cooperate on predictive corrosion management
10-07-2018
SGS and Baker Hughes, a GE company, have announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) for the joint deployment and commercialization of BHGE’s real-time ...
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DeLoach Industries celebrates its 60th anniversary by giving away a cruise for 2
10-07-2018
To celebrate our up and coming 60th year anniversary serving the water and wastewater industry, DeLoach Industries, Inc. is honoring our professionals and our ...
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MMEX Resources enters into Solar Power plan for its refinery project
09-07-2018
MMEX Resources Corp, a development-stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
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ADNOC aims to expand energy cooperation with Chinese energy majors
09-07-2018
His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Group CEO, held a series of meetings with Chinese ...
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Enterprise begins open season for expanded refined products services
09-07-2018
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced today that its affiliate, Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC, is conducting an open season to gauge shipper ...
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Infosys and Siemens to develop advanced IoT engineering solutions on MindSphere
05-07-2018
Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, today unveiled a new partnership with Siemens PLM Software to develop applications ...
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WorleyParsons awarded continued engineering contract
04-07-2018
WorleyParsons has been awarded a new three-year contract by NOVA Chemicals for continued engineering on the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project (Phase 3) in Ontario ...
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General Atomics announces single and dual-module Gulftronic Systems
03-07-2018
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today it is delivering Single-Module and Dual-Module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator systems ...
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INEOS announces €2.7B investment in new European Chemical Complex
03-07-2018
Today INEOS has approved a €2.7 billion capital project to build both a world scale ethane cracker and a PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Northern ...
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McDermott announces technology awards in Indonesia
02-07-2018
McDermott International Inc, today announced it has been awarded two sizeable* technology contracts by a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, PT ...
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Enresul celebrates 1 year with ZERO recordable safety incidents
29-06-2018
Congratulations everyone for your contribution and continuous efforts to work safely each and every day. It is because of everyone’s dedication and effort ...
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BCCK Holding Company signs EPC contract with Discovery DJ Services
28-06-2018
BCCK Holding Company has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Discovery DJ Services (Discovery), for delivery of a ...
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SK innovation boosts research with hte’s high throughput technology
27-06-2018
hte, the high throughput experimentation company supplied a high throughput catalyst testing system for hydrotreating applications to SK Innovation, Korea's ...
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TechnipFMC and Kiewit awarded EPC contract for ECA liquefaction project
26-06-2018
Sempra LNG & Midstream, a unit of Sempra Energy, today announced that a TechnipFMC and Kiewit partnership has been selected as the engineering, procurement, ...
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Symphony™ reforming catalysts surpass 100 awards
25-06-2018
Naphtha catalytic reforming is the technology of choice for producing high octane-gasoline for refiners or aromatics for petrochemical use. In addition, it ...
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KBR announces FEED plus EPC option contract from Arkema
19-06-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today it has been working on the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to double the sulfur derivatives production capacities at Arkema's ...
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Fluor achieves substantial engineering completion at Galveston Bay refinery
19-06-2018
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has achieved substantial engineering completion for Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Tier 3 gasoline sulfur ...
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Velocys and PQ partner for catalyst manufacturing
19-06-2018
Velocys plc, the renewable fuels company, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with PQ Corporation (PQ) for the supply of commercial quantities of Velocys’ ...
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John Crane completes acquisition of Seebach GmbH
19-06-2018
John Crane, a global leader in rotating equipment solutions, supplying engineered technologies and services to process industries, recently announced that as ...
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MOL Group enters into a partnership with INOVACAT
19-06-2018
MOL Group entered into a strategic partnership with INOVACAT, a Dutch technology innovator in the refining and petrochemical industries. The cooperation is ...
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Anguil Environmental Systems celebrates a major milestone
15-06-2018
Starting an environmental company in the late 1970’s was not nearly as well received as it would be today, but Gene Anguil, Founder of Anguil Environmental ...
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John Gugel named as president of Honeywell UOP business
14-06-2018
Honeywell has announced the appointment of John Gugel as president of Honeywell UOP, a leading supplier of process technology, catalysts, engineered systems, ...
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Siluria Technologies and Saudi Aramco join forces to maximize chemicals production
13-06-2018
Saudi Aramco Technologies Company, a subsidiary of the world’s largest oil company, and Siluria Technologies, a leader in disruptive process technologies ...
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Clariant Catalysts collaborates with Hydrogenious Technologies
12-06-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that its Catalysts business has formed an alliance with award-winning clean energy company, ...
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Jacobs increases profile in the KSA with expertise Contracting MOU
06-06-2018
Jacobs and Expertise Contracting Company Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer plant maintenance and turnaround solutions to key clients ...
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Neste Engineering and Curious AI to develop advanced AI technology
04-06-2018
Neste Engineering Solutions today announces a co-operation with Curious AI Ltd, the developers of autonomous AI technology, to develop advanced process industry ...
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SUEZ and Rosneft sign strategic cooperation agreement
25-05-2018
Today at the 2018 edition of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, SUEZ’s CEO, Jean-Louis Chaussade, and Vice President of Rosneft Andrey Shishkin ...
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Gazprom Neft and RVC join forces in the hunt for innovative digital solutions
25-05-2018
Gazprom Neft and RVC (the Russian Government fund of funds and the Development Institute of the Russian Federation) have signed a Cooperation ...
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Focus on increased system efficiency in process technology
24-05-2018
From 11th to 15th June the Achema, the World Forum and Leading Show for the Process Industries, will take place in Frankfurt. At booth C4 in hall 6.1 Wieland ...
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Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals close their petrochemicals JV
23-05-2018
Total S.A, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corporation, today announced they have closed a joint venture in petrochemicals on the U.S. Gulf Coast after receiving ...
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Elliott Group appoint Nicholas Dorsch vice President of industrial products
22-05-2018
Elliott Group announces that Nicholas Dorsch has joined its senior management team as Vice President of Industrial Products, effective immediately. Dorsch will ...
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22-05-2018
Avantium is a leading technology company specialized in advanced catalytic research, with groundbreaking innovation as its primary goal. Avantium Catalysis ...
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LyondellBasell Bayport complex receives prestigious safety award
21-05-2018
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, announces that its Bayport Complex located in Pasadena, Texas, has received ...
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KP Engineering receives two safety awards
21-05-2018
KP Engineering received two safety awards from the Safety Council of East Texas, Inc. (SCET) during a ceremony held on April 19, 2018 in Longview, Texas. The ...
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Challenge accepted - technology-driven transformation
21-05-2018
Koch-Glitsch leads the industry with innovative solutions to optimize the performance of large columns. Using advanced mechanical designs and technologies such ...
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Bentley Systems to announce new offerings and joint development partnership with Siemens
21-05-2018
Bentley Systems, Incorporated will announce the general availability of OpenPlant CONNECT Edition at ACHEMA, June 11-15, 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. The new ...
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Emerson agrees to buy Aventics
17-05-2018
Emerson today announced it has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million. Aventics is among the global ...
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Revamp gives a Laby®-GI compressor of Burckhardt Compression a new life
16-05-2018
The very first Laby®-GI Compressor of Burckhardt Compression was used as an MSO compressor. The compressor is installed on the FSRU vessel Golar Freeze, ...
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Valero acquires Pure Biofuels del Peru
15-05-2018
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that, through certain of its subsidiaries, it has acquired Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C. (“PBF”) from ...
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ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing, BASF Corporation form gas treating alliance
15-05-2018
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation have signed an alliance agreement to jointly develop new gas treating solvents and process ...
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Honeywell opens new customer experience center in Kuwait
15-05-2018
Honeywell today opened a state-of-the art Customer Experience Center (CEC) at its office in Mina Abdullah in southern Kuwait, which aims at giving local customers, ...
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ADNOC and Cepsa sign agreement for New LAB facility in Ruwais
14-05-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) today announced it has signed a project development agreement with Cepsa of Spain for a new, world-scale Linear Alkylbenzene ...
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Air Products unveils world-scale kochi industrial gas complex
14-05-2018
Air Products today announced that it has inaugurated its new world-scale industrial gas complex within the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP) of the ...
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PETRONAS and Saudi Aramco launch JV corporate identity
14-05-2018
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, the national oil company of Malaysia and Saudi Arabian Oil Company; today launched the corporate identity for their joint ventures ...
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ADNOC announces $45B investment plan to become leading downstream player
13-05-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company today unveiled plans to invest AED 165 billion (US $45 billion) alongside partners, over the next five years, to become a ...
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Total signs MoU with the Government of Oman
13-05-2018
Total and Shell as operator will develop several natural gas discoveries located in the Greater Barik area on onshore Block 6 with respective shares of 25% ...
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Trafigura closes the acquisition of downstream assets from Pampa EnergÃa
10-05-2018
The Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent commodities trading companies, has today completed the acquisition of the majority of ...
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JGC and S&B announce strategic partnership to pursue US Gulf Coast projects
08-05-2018
JGC Corporation announced today that JGC and S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. have signed a framework agreement to form a strategic partnership to ...
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INEOS Phenol plans investment in a world scale Cumene plant at Marl
08-05-2018
INEOS Phenol has today announced it is taking the next step to build a world scale Cumene unit in Germany to be completed in 2020. The company has confirmed ...
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IPCO — Introducing a new name in industrial process solutions
08-05-2018
IPCO is a new name in industrial process solutions but a business partner with whom many in the sulphur industry will already be familiar. Previously ...
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Formosa Plastics announces process technologies for Texas PE & PP production expansions
07-05-2018
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. is announcing the process technologies being used for the polyethylene and polypropylene production expansions in Point ...
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Air Products and Shell to provide residue gasification technology to refineries
07-05-2018
Air Products announced today it has successfully completed the acquisition of the Coal Gasification Technology licensing business from Shell Global Solutions ...
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Mammoet replaces 400-ton coke drums at Germany's largest refinery
02-05-2018
Mammoet has safely and successfully replaced two coke drums at the Upper Rhine Mineral Oil Refinery (MiRO) in Karlsruhe, Germany. In the coker plant, ...
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Hengli Petrochemical selects INVISTA’s latest P8 technology
02-05-2018
INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Hengli Petrochemical Co.,Ltd. have reached an agreement to license ...
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Axens crosses 95% Heurtey Petrochem shareholding threshold
02-05-2018
Following the recent acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem shares at a unitary price per share of 30 euros, Axens announces that it crossed the 95% threshold of ...
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Axens crosses 95% Heurtey Petrochem shareholding threshold
02-05-2018
Following the recent acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem shares at a unitary price per share of 30 euros, Axens announces that it crossed the 95% threshold of ...
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StocExpo Europe: Expect even more in 2019
02-05-2018
Just weeks after the 14th edition of StocExpo Europe came to a close in Rotterdam, work is in full swing to create next year’s edition of the industry ...
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Clariant to supply CATOFIN® catalysts for world’s largest propane dehydrogenation unit
02-05-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it was awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Company, to design the world’s ...
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SABIC and ExxonMobil create new JV for Gulf Coast project
01-05-2018
SABIC and ExxonMobil said today that they have created a new joint venture to advance development of the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project, ...
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KBR awarded oil-to-chemicals project in Saudi Arabia
30-04-2018
KBR Inc, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabian Oil Company and SABIC as the second Project Management Contractor (PMC) to provide ...
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Duqm Refinery foundation stone laid
28-04-2018
The foundation stone for $7 billion Duqm Refinery Project, a joint venture between Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), was laid on ...
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OpenTAS certified for EMCS 2.3
25-04-2018
Implico’s OpenTAS terminal management system has now been certified for use with the new EMCS Release 2.3 which becomes mandatory from November 2018. ...
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Buckeye Partners, Phillips 66 and Andeavor to construct South Texas gateway terminal
24-04-2018
Buckeye Partners, today announced the formation of a joint venture with Phillips 66 Partners and Andeavor to develop a new deep-water, open access marine terminal ...
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McDermott and CB&I announce global name and brands for combined company
23-04-2018
McDermott International, Inc. and CB&I today announced that, following the closing of the combination, the combined company intends to retain the ...
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Kaspersky Lab identifies infrastructure of Crouching Yeti
23-04-2018
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered infrastructure used by the well-known Russian-speaking APT group Crouching Yeti, also known as Energetic Bear, which includes compromised ...
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KROHNE at ACHEMA: Innovations in industrial process measurement
23-04-2018
At ACHEMA 2018, KROHNE will be presenting innovations for the process industries. Visitors are welcome on booth A13 in hall 11.1 to learn about current and ...
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OMV Schwechat refinery turns 60
22-04-2018
On April 22, 1958, the cornerstone was laid for the reconstruction of the OMV Schwechat Refinery after World War II. Since then the refinery has established ...
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Mammoet brings Oman's biggest petrochemical project closer to completion
19-04-2018
Mammoet has successfully completed the safe transport and installation of four 1180-ton NGL bullet tanks for Oman’s biggest petrochemical project, Liwa ...
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Lukoil commissions gas processing complex in Uzbekistan
19-04-2018
Today LUKOIL has commissioned a Gas Processing Complex at the Kandym fields cluster in Uzbekistan. The official opening ceremony was attended by the President ...
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CNOOC’s new laboratory acquires high throughput technology from hte
19-04-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company equips CNOOC Research Institute of Refining and Petrochemicals (a subsidiary of CNOOC) with a high throughput ...
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Eni will invest €7B in Italy over the next four years, including €1B in green activities
18-04-2018
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi today presented the company’s Strategic Plan for the four-year period 2018-2021 to the Italian financial community, also providing ...
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BASF and Nalco Water enter US gas processing and refining distribution agreement
17-04-2018
BASF Corporation entered an exclusive distribution agreement with Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, to provide gas treatment solutions to the U.S. gas processing ...
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KBR’s proprietary SCORE ethylene technology based revamp project completed at KPIC
17-04-2018
KBR, Inc. announced today the successful completion of the ethylene plant revamp project for Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., Ltd (KPIC) in Ulsan, Korea. Under ...
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Pumps and vacuum pumps at ACHEMA: meeting Industry 4.0 demands
17-04-2018
The future pump and vacuum pump is intelligent and digitally integrated, according to manufacturers joined at VDMA Pumps + Systems as well as VDMA Vacuum technology. ...
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Yara and BASF open world-scale ammonia plant in Freeport
12-04-2018
Yara International ASA and BASF today celebrated the opening of a new world-scale ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas, USA. The $600-million, state-of-the-art ...
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SNOX™ sustainable emissions control technology enters the carbon black industry
12-04-2018
Since 2014, Orion has conducted in-depth analyses of the SNOX™ process, including investigative site visits to existing Topsoe plants and testing the ...
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KBC announces a strategic partnership with Phillip Townsend Associates
12-04-2018
KBC, the business improvement company for the Energy and Chemical industry, today announced a new strategic partnership with Phillip Townsend Associates, Inc. ...
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12-04-2018
Chemical production involves a complex series of processes, from heating, cooling and condensing to evaporation and separation. All of these need reliable heat ...
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RefComm® hosts Its 17th annual training, conference & exhibition
10-04-2018
RefComm® Galveston 2018 will be held May 7 - 11, 2018 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center in Galveston, TX. This marks the 17th year for the ...
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NAPCON ads NAPCON games furnace to its games portfolio
10-04-2018
NAPCON developed by Neste Engineering Solutions provides solutions for production and logistics optimization, data reporting and analysis as well as for operator ...
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Saudi Aramco and Total to build a giant petrochemical complex in Jubail
10-04-2018
During the official visit to Paris by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, HRH Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Aramco and Total signed a memorandum of understanding to ...
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Calumet acquires Biosynthetic Technologies
09-04-2018
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuels products, today announced that the Partnership completed ...
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WorleyParsons acquires M+W Group assets
09-04-2018
WorleyParsons announces the completion of the strategic acquisition of the Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide offices of the M+W Group in Germany. The business acquired ...
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ExxonMobil licenses FLEXICOKING™ technology to Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical
05-04-2018
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC today announced an agreement with Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Limited, to license ExxonMobil’s FLEXICOKING™ ...
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ExxonMobil completes heavy lift of new lubes reactor at its Singapore refinery
05-04-2018
ExxonMobil announced today that it has successfully completed the heavy lift of a new lubes reactor at its Singapore Refinery in Jurong. The reactor is a crucial ...
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Graham Corporation receives two Gulf Coast petrochemical industry orders
05-04-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
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Tech and digital start-ups needed for the oil & gas industry
05-04-2018
The oil & gas industry is currently undergoing a digital transformation, and the interest in emerging technologies and the latest developments is ever-growing. ...
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Air Products breaks ground at Huntsman site in Louisiana
03-04-2018
Air Products and Huntsman jointly gathered today for a groundbreaking ceremony held at the site of what will be Air Products’ new steam methane reformer ...
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KP Engineering announces completion of cryogenic gas plant for Targa Resources
03-04-2018
KP Engineering, LP, an energy industry leader in engineering, procurement and construction solutions, today announced the on-schedule, on-budget completion ...
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SNC-Lavalin and JV Driver awarded EPC contract from INEOS
03-04-2018
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has, in a joint venture with JV Driver, been awarded a lump sum EPC contract from INEOS Oligomers, to design and ...
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Servomex welcomes new President
28-03-2018
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Trevor Sands as President, based at our UK Technical Centre in Crowborough. He takes over from Chuck Hurley, ...
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Anellotech achieves key process technology operating milestone
28-03-2018
Anellotech, a sustainable technology company pioneering the Bio-TCat™ process for production of cost-competitive renewable chemicals and fuels from non-food ...
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PETRONAS and Saudi Aramco announce two new joint ventures
28-03-2018
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), the national oil company of Malaysia, and Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, are pleased to announce ...
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Mammoet Russia completes factory to foundation project for Gazprom
27-03-2018
Mammoet has successfully completed the safe delivery of two heavy and oversized columns to Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery for the construction of their new combined ...
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Chevron Lummus Global announces start-up of Luberef II Yanbu refinery expansion
26-03-2018
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) is pleased to announce the successful start-up of Saudi Aramco’s Luberef II Yanbu Refinery Expansion Project using CLG’s ...
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Pemex seeking bids for rehabilitation work at its Miguel Hidalgo refinery
23-03-2018
With the objective of improving security, performance and profitability of the Miguel Hidalgo refinery, Pemex informs that it will request bids for rehabilitation ...
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Clariant introduces HYDEX® E next-generation diesel dewaxing catalyst
20-03-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of its latest diesel dewaxing catalyst, HYDEX E. The new catalyst is an extension ...
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Latest developments in sour hydrocarbon treatment to be covered at SOGAT 2018
20-03-2018
Sulphur management encompasses all aspects of sour hydrocarbon conditioning and dominates the current thinking and planning in the Middle East region and non ...
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Grabner updates its FTIR instruments to meet the ever-growing complexity of fuel composition
19-03-2018
From the very beginning of fuel characterisation, infrared spectroscopy was widely applied in fuel analysis. AMETEK Grabner Instruments, an industry innovator ...
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Honeywell UOP Russell to provide cryogenic gas processing plant to Cardinal Midstream III
15-03-2018
Honeywell today announced that Cardinal Midstream III, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet per day ...
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McDermott and CB&I receive competition authority approvals
14-03-2018
McDermott International, Inc and CB&I today announced that the companies have received antitrust clearance in Russia for their proposed combination. With ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical starts new ethane cracker in Baytown
12-03-2018
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today that it has successfully introduced feedstock and commenced operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar ...
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Koch-Glitsch and INVISTA Performance Technology to offer DTL process technology
12-03-2018
Koch-Glitsch and INVISTA Performance Technology, affiliates of Koch Industries, announced a partnership to offer DTL process technology, allowing refineries ...
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hte and ITQ to commercialise micro downflow technology for testing FCC catalyst
12-03-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company and Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) in Valencia, Spain, a joint research center ...
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ADNOC announces strategic move downstream
07-03-2018
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced, today, its intention to move further downstream, as the company pivots to take full advantage of the rising demand ...
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Anadarko announces approval of Mozambique LNG development plan
05-03-2018
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced it has received official approval from the Government of Mozambique for the Golfinho/Atum Field Development Plan. ...
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Mitsubishi Chemical and Linde Engineering announce transfer of HDA technology
01-03-2018
The Engineering Division of The Linde Group (Linde) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) have concluded a definite agreement for transfer of MCC’s ...
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Jiangsu Sailboat accepts new methanol-to-olefins unit from HoneywellUOP
01-03-2018
Honeywell today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd. has accepted a new methanol-to-olefins (MTO) unit provided by Honeywell UOP, and ...
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GTC forms cooperative agreement with Total
28-02-2018
GTC Technology LP and Total have agreed to a partnership to develop an innovative natural gas conversion process. The process will use less energy to manufacture ...
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Honeywell and EQUATE to enhance productivity of petrochemical plants in Kuwait
26-02-2018
Honeywell and EQUATE Petrochemical Company, a global producer of petrochemicals, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further ...
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BHGE and HOERBIGER strategic cooperation for new equipment and aftermarket
26-02-2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company, and HOERBIGER Kompressortechnik Holding GmbH, Vienna, Austria, entered into a comprehensive cooperation agreement for new equipment ...
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hte and SINOPEC RIPP intensify their collaboration
22-02-2018
hte – the high throughput experimentation company announces the successful handover of three high throughput testing systems for advanced catalytic research ...
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Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals to form a petrochemicals JV
19-02-2018
Total S.A, Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corporation today announced that affiliates of the three companies have signed definitive agreements to form a joint ...
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Successful start-up of world’s largest wet gas sulfuric acid plant
19-02-2018
Bestgrand Chemical Group has announced the successful start-up of its wet gas sulfuric acid (WSA) plant – the world’s largest with a production ...
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Haldor Topsoe and JITRI form joint R&D company
15-02-2018
Haldor Topsoe, a world leader in catalysis and surface science, has signed a shareholder agreement with Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) ...
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Emerson and AspenTech form alliance to deliver digital technologies
12-02-2018
Emerson and AspenTech announced today they have teamed up to deliver asset optimisation software solutions along with global automation technologies and operational ...
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Exploring future opportunities and challenges for tank terminal operators
09-02-2018
The challenges and opportunities faced by tank terminals are changing. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) offer new ways to increase efficiency ...
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Moscow to host worlds largest Petrochemical Conference dedicated to the CIS region
08-02-2018
In 2018, Moscow is once again set to host the sixth international CIS Petrochemicals conference which will take place on 11 - 13 April in Four Seasons Hotel. ...
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IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil & Gas conference gears up for 2nd edition
08-02-2018
The Annual IIoT and Digital Solutions for Oil & Gas conference, the international platform for Oil & Gas upstream and downstream producers, EPCs, OFS’ ...
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ADNOC investing $3.1B in Ruwais refinery
07-02-2018
A US $3.1 billion project to introduce crude processing flexibility, at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) owned Ruwais oil refinery, was announced ...
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Commissioning underway for ExxonMobil’s ethane cracker in Baytown
06-02-2018
ExxonMobil announced today that a new 1.5 million ton-per-year ethane cracker at its Baytown, Texas complex is mechanically complete with commissioning ...
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Sasol announce the completion and commissioning of FT Wax expansion project
06-02-2018
Today, Sasol inaugurated the full completion of its R13,6 billion FT Wax Expansion Project (FTWEP). Phase 2 began beneficial operation in March 2017, while ...
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Air Liquide starts up the world’s largest oxygen production unit
01-02-2018
Air Liquide recently started the world’s largest oxygen production unit for Sasol, an international integrated energy and chemicals company. Air Liquide ...
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Extended cooperation of Sulzer and SGL Group for column internals
31-01-2018
Sulzer Chemtech, market leader for separation and mixing technology, and SGL Group, a worldwide leading manufacturer of carbon made products, are expanding ...
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BASF start construction of new MDI synthesis unit in Geismar
31-01-2018
BASF will start the construction of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) synthesis unit at the company’s Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, in ...
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Karbala refinery selects SIL-Certified IQ3 valve actuators from Rotork
31-01-2018
When it opens in 2020, the facility will have a refining capacity of 140,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd). Production will meet the latest international ...
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Hot storage tank base insulation - energy savings and improved safety
31-01-2018
Tanks are used for storing a variety of organic liquids, including raw materials, final products and/or usable byproducts. The worldwide demand for chemical ...
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Ray Himmel joins VUV Analytics as Senior Vice President of Sales
29-01-2018
VUV Analytics Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, has announced the addition of Ray Himmel as senior vice president ...
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Honeywell introduces gas processing retrofit unit for ultra high ethane recovery
25-01-2018
Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business has introduced a new high recovery retrofit unit to upgrade existing cryogenic units to extract more ...
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Air Liquide expands its partnership with KMCI in South Korea
25-01-2018
Air Liquide recently signed a new long-term contract with Kumho Mitsui Chemical Inc (KMCI), a major chemical group in South Korea, according to which Air Liquide ...
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SABIC acquires 24.99% stake in Clariant
25-01-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today acknowledges the investment by chemical industry peer and partner SABIC, which has acquired a 24.99% ...
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Honeywell UOP inaugurates new production line for Coal-To-Chemicals catalysts in China
24-01-2018
Honeywell today announced the beginning of production in China of proprietary Honeywell UOP catalysts that are used to convert coal into plastics, helping China ...
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Hexagon PPM announces acquisition of Plant Design Solutions
22-01-2018
Hexagon PPM announces the acquisition of Plant Design Solutions (PDS), a Houston-based software and services distributor. With this announcement, the CADWorx® ...
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ClearSign announces completion of first enclosed ground flare project
22-01-2018
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduce emissions and improve efficiency, today announced the ...
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Honeywell helps BASF turn hazardous waste into clean energy
18-01-2018
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that BASF has opened a state-of-the-art control room equipped with Honeywell Experion® technology at its ...
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Emerson completes acquisition of ProSys
17-01-2018
Emerson today announced it has acquired ProSys Inc, a global supplier of software and services that increase production and safety for the chemical, oil and ...
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Grace signs investment framework to support FCC refining industry in Kazakhstan
16-01-2018
W. R. Grace & Co has signed an investment framework agreement with 1) “KazMunayGas” , Kazakhstan’s national operator for exploration, ...
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KBC signs consultancy agreement for integration of oil refineries in China
16-01-2018
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, KBC Advanced Technologies, has signed a consultancy agreement with China Energy Engineering ...
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NAPCON to reshape the process industry with artificial intelligence
16-01-2018
Neste's NAPCON product family is bringing about the next industrial revolution with products that utilize modern artificial intelligence. And since this is ...
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INVISTA’s latest P8 technology sees first successful deployment in China
11-01-2018
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., Ltd, announce the successful start-up of Jiaxing ...
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Clariant and SINOPEC to cooperate on fuel upgrading catalyst technology
11-01-2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it has signed two key agreements with SINOPEC, China’s largest petroleum and chemical ...
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Burckhardt Compression presents its mid-range plan
09-01-2018
Burckhardt Compression, the world’s leading manufacturer of reciprocating compressors, will provide detailed information on its Mid-Range Plan at its ...
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Neste celebrates its 70th anniversary
09-01-2018
Neste celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2018. Our journey from a Finnish oil refining company to the world's largest producer of renewable diesel from waste ...
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Emerson named ‘Industrial IoT company of the year’
08-01-2018
Emerson, a global automation technology and software company, has been named the ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ by IoT Breakthrough. The award ...
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Graham Corporation awarded North American refining orders
07-01-2018
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical, power and defense industries, ...
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Koch-Glitsch partners with EFT Analytics
03-01-2018
Koch-Glitsch and EFT Analytics announced a partnership to provide full service process engineering and advanced data analytics solutions to enhance operations ...
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RIL commissions the world’s largest refinery off-gas cracker at Jamnagar
02-01-2018
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has successfully commissioned and achieved design throughput of the world’s first ever and largest Refinery Off-Gas ...
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ADNOC and OCP sign long-term sulphur sales agreement
27-12-2017
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and the OCP Group of Morocco (OCP) announced today the signing of a long-term sales agreement whereby ADNOC will supply OCP ...
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Chevron Phillips achieve mechanical completion of Cedar Bayou Ethane Cracker
20-12-2017
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today that its world-scale ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou in Baytown, Texas successfully achieved the major milestone ...
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SUEZ announces upgrades and enhancements to Its InSight APM System
19-12-2017
Seeking to bring the next generation of its advanced digital solutions to water treatment professionals around the globe, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions ...
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SCFI celebrates eco-innovation success as demonstrator is launched
19-12-2017
Cork-based waste treatment technology business SCFI is celebrating the successful completion of a project part-funded by the EU to build a demonstrator unit. ...
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18-12-2017
McDermott International, Inc and CB&I today announced that the companies have agreed to combine in an all-stock transaction to create a premier fully vertically ...
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Inter Pipeline to build world-scale integrated PDH and PP plant
18-12-2017
Inter Pipeline Ltd, is pleased to announce that its board of directors has authorized the construction of a world-scale integrated propane dehydrogenation (PDH) ...
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Oiltanking successfully commissions new terminal in Mozambique
18-12-2017
Oiltanking GmbH is pleased to announce the commissioning of its new terminal in Matola, Mozambique. In parallel, Oiltanking will expand its investment in the ...
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Edson plant - 29 years without lost time incident
15-12-2017
We would like to congratulate Ken Mitchell, Regional Superintendent, Terry Orge, Plant Forman/Regional LCC, Karen Kluthe Office Administrator, Ryan Jardine, ...
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Grace to acquire polyolefin catalysts business from Albemarle
14-12-2017
W. R. Grace & Co, today signed an agreement to acquire the Polyolefin Catalysts business of Albemarle Corporation for $416 million. The transaction is expected ...
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INEOS Oligomers to build new world scale PAO plant in Texas
14-12-2017
Today, INEOS Oligomers announced it had made the Final Investment Decision to build a new world scale, low viscosity Polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit on the INEOS ...
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Siluria Technologies and Wood Launch Modus™
12-12-2017
Siluria Technologies, a leader in developing disruptive process technologies for the petrochemical and energy industries, and Wood, a global leader in the delivery ...
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Hanwha Total petrochemical invests to expand its polymer production
11-12-2017
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total, will invest more than $300 Million to expand its integrated refining & petrochemicals ...
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Axens Sets the Pulse of the Hydroprocessing Industry
11-12-2017
Axens completes the expansion of its Calvert City, Kentucky manufacturing plant to produce its industry leading Impulse™ hydroprocessing catalysts Series ...
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Trafigura to purchase the downstream assets of Pampa Energia in Argentina
07-12-2017
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, a market leader in the global commodities industry, has today announced the signing of a Sale and Purchase agreement for the majority ...
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JGC awarded EPC contract for gas processing plant project
04-12-2017
JGC Corporation announced today that, in partnership with JGC Indonesia, a subsidiary of JGC Corporation, and PT Rekayasa Industri of Indonesia, it has received ...
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Total completes Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform upgrade
30-11-2017
Total has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months. ...
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Rosneft and Pertamina JV to develop grass root refinery and petrochemical complex
28-11-2017
Rosneft and Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina completed the establishment of the joint venture for the development of Tuban grass root refinery ...
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ExxonMobil, ClearSign successfully complete tests of Duplex technology
27-11-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduces pollutant emissions while improving operational costs, ...
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Blasch Precision Ceramics name Jack Parrish as President and CEO
17-11-2017
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces that Jack Parrish has been named President and CEO, according to ...
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Hengli Petrochemical selects flare and burner technologies from Callidus
15-11-2017
Honeywell announced today that Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd. will use Callidus advanced flares and low-nitrogen oxides (NOx) burner technology ...
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Emerson and Fluenta improve flare gas efficiency and compliance
15-11-2017
Combined ultrasonic portfolio and proper flare gas meter consulting yields significant operational efficiencies through optimised energy usage, gas capturing ...
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MAN Diesel & Turbo wins major order from Kuwaiti Oil Company
15-11-2017
With a double-digit million euro volume, MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order for nine compressor trains for the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). MAN ...
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Indian Oil selects residue upgrading technology from CB&I
14-11-2017
CB&I today announced it has been selected by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the license, engineering design and catalyst supply for a residue ...
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Clariant signs global licensing agreement with RTI International
14-11-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the signing of a global licensing agreement with RTI International granting Clariant exclusive ...
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Burckhardt Compression achieves amazing results after PAZ refinery revamp
14-11-2017
The Israeli government tightened its Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) regulations so that they now reflect the highest level in this field. As a result, ...
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Bio-based chemicals one step closer to commercial breakthrough
09-11-2017
Catalysis will be as essential in the sustainable production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks as it has always been in the production from fossil fuels. ...
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Compliance without compromise for sulfuric acid plants
09-11-2017
As emissions standards for sulfur continue to tighten, sulfuric acid plant operators look for ways to stay compliant, without lowering production targets, venturing ...
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Neste and Bapco renew collaboration agreement for Group III base oils
08-11-2017
A new commercial agreement defines a renewed cooperation model for calendar year 2018. It secures Neste a significant share of the output of the base oils joint ...
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Shell starts main construction on Pennsylvania petrochemicals complex
08-11-2017
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) today announced the official start of the main construction phase of its major petrochemicals complex in Pennsylvania, ...
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Webinar: Process automation in petrochemical plants using thermal imaging
07-11-2017
LumaSense Technologies, one of the world’s most trusted providers of innovative temperature and gas sensing devices, will be hosting a webinar on November ...
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Continental receives in-principal approval of first refinery
03-11-2017
Continental Energy Corporation today announced that its Indonesian subsidiary PT Continental Hilir Indonesia has received the in-principal approval of the Governor ...
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CB&I announces engineering, procurement and supply award for LUKOIL
02-11-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by LUKOIL NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez, a subsidiary of JSC LUKOIL, for the detailed engineering, procurement ...
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Praxair starts up VPSA plants in South Korean petrochemical complex
31-10-2017
Praxair, Inc, today announced it has started up three new vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plants at the Daesan petrochemical complex located on the ...
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Andeavor Logistics completes acquisition of Western Refining Logistics and IDR Buy-In
30-10-2017
Andeavor Logistics LP and Andeavor today announced that Andeavor Logistics has completed its acquisition of Western Refining Logistics, LP in a unit-for-unit ...
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Chevron partners with Microsoft to fuel digital transformation
30-10-2017
Chevron Corporation today announced a seven-year partnership with Microsoft Corp. establishing the company as Chevron’s primary cloud provider, accelerating ...
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Emerson and Exida release DeltaV safety instrumented system configurator
30-10-2017
Emerson and exida announce the release of the DeltaV™ safety instrumented system (SIS) configurator, an exida exSILentia® tool that automatically ...
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Honeywell UOP announces price increase for catalysts, molecular sieves and aluminas
30-10-2017
Honeywell UOP announced a price increase of up to 8 percent over current prices on certain catalysts, molecular sieves and aluminas, effective with shipments ...
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European refineries towards a sustainable world
25-10-2017
Hellenic Petroleum, one of the leading energy groups in South East Europe, will be co-hosting this year’s European Refining Technology Conference which ...
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Fluor petrochemicals project recognized as global best by engineering news-record
24-10-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that Engineering News-Record magazine has recognized DowDuPont Materials Science’s new ethylene production facility ...
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Gazprom Neft begins construction of deep conversion complex at Pancevo refinery
23-10-2017
NIS, has begun the construction of a new deep conversion complex (DCC) involving delayed coking technology at its PanÄevo Refinery, Serbia. ...
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Velocys confirms site for first US biorefinery
20-10-2017
Velocys plc, the renewable fuels company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a site option agreement with Adams County in the State of Mississippi for ...
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Chevron Lummus Global announces successful start-up of vacuum residue upgrading plant
20-10-2017
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) is proud to announce the successful start-up of a vacuum residue upgrading plant using CLG Vacuum Residue Desulfurization (VRDS) ...
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ExxonMobil acquires crude oil terminal
18-10-2017
ExxonMobil Corporation announced today that it has acquired a crude oil terminal in Wink, Texas from Genesis Energy LP. The terminal is located ...
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Jacobs awarded greenfield fuel storage and distribution terminal contract
17-10-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, has been awarded a contract by Invex Infraestructura 4, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (INI4) for a greenfield fuel storage and distribution ...
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ExxonMobil begins production on new polyethylene line at Mont Belvieu plant
17-10-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that it has commenced production on the first of two new 650,000 tons-per-year high-performance polyethylene ...
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Uday Parekh joins Blasch Precision Ceramics
16-10-2017
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, is pleased to announce that Mr. Uday N. Parekh will join Blasch Precision ...
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Omsk refinery begins production of environmentally friendly marine fuels
13-10-2017
The first batch of a new improved environmentally friendly marine fuel has been produced at the Omsk Refinery. The fuel’s minimum sulphur ...
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ExxonMobil expanding New Jersey research and engineering center
13-10-2017
ExxonMobil announced today that it has broken ground on the expansion of its research facility in Clinton, N.J., a key center of innovation that supports the ...
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Metso announce four new distributors in Brazil
13-10-2017
Metso has signed four new distribution agreements for its valve products in Brazil. The new distributors - Loopserv, ERC, MLDA and S.S. Negócios Mercantis ...
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Jacobs signs sulfur recovery technology agreement with Paqell
12-10-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, signed a sulfur recovery technology licensor agreement with Paqell, a joint venture between Shell Global Solutions and Paques ...
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Honeywell UOP opens Callidus Technologies facility in China
12-10-2017
Honeywell UOP announced that its Callidus Technologies business began operation of China’s only facility capable of testing flare emissions for volatile ...
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Wood Group completes acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler
09-10-2017
Wood Group is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler. Wood Group’s new ordinary shares will be admitted to the ...
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LyondellBasell award engineering and procurement contract to Fluor
09-10-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was selected by LyondellBasell, to perform the engineering and procurement for its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary ...
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Rosneft to develop cooperation with Cuba
07-10-2017
Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin held a working meeting with Minister of Energy and Mines of the Republic of Cuba Alfredo Lopez and Ambassador Extraordinary ...
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Parkland completes acquisition of Chevron Canada downstream fuel business
01-10-2017
Parkland Fuel Corporation, Canada’s largest and one of North America’s fastest growing independent marketers of fuel and petroleum products, ...
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Jacobs announces sale of its interest in Neste Jacobs Oy
29-09-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced that Jacobs has sold its 40% interest in Neste Jacobs Oy to the Neste Corporation. The purchase price has not been disclosed. ...
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Burckhardt Compression provides turn-key solution for LDPE plant overhaul
28-09-2017
The petrochemical company Versalis adopted a single-source supplier concept and awarded Burckhardt Compression a contract to overhaul the Process Gas and Hyper ...
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Metso hosts ISO meeting to develop international standards in flow control
22-09-2017
On September 25-29, Metso will host the ISO/TC 161 meeting at its Valve Technology Center in Finland's capital city area. The meeting gathers together leading ...
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New project for AXION Energy in Argentina
21-09-2017
In July, AXION Energy signed a contract with Techint E&C to expand the Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) in its Campana’s Refinery, in the province of ...
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Dow announces start-up of world-scale ethylene production facility
21-09-2017
DowDuPont Materials Science, the business division of DowDuPont to be named Dow, announced the startup of its new integrated world-scale ethylene production ...
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Chart completes acquisition of Hudson Products
21-09-2017
Chart Industries, Inc announced that on September 20, 2017 it completed the acquisition of Hudson Products Corporation for $410 million in cash from Riverstone ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical commissions new Marlex® polyethylene units
19-09-2017
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today it has successfully completed commissioning and begun start-up of its new ...
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ClearSign Texas refinery project successfully concludes operational testing
19-09-2017
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, a leading provider of industrial combustion technologies that deliver unmatched reduction of pollutant emissions while improving ...
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Siemens and PAS announce global strategic partnership
19-09-2017
Siemens, a global engineering and technology leader, and PAS Global, the leading provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity solutions, announced ...
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Athlon Solutions move to new corporate headquarters
19-09-2017
Athlon Solutions moved its corporate headquarters and technical center in mid-August to a combined corporate office/laboratory in northwest Houston. ...
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Baker Hughes a GE company and KBC announce partnership
19-09-2017
Baker Hughes, a GE company and KBC a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announced today a preferred partnership that will provide a combination ...
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Neste Jacobs launches its first digital operator training game
13-09-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs releases the first new generation digital game called NAPCON Games Distiller. It is developed ...
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The impact of world events featured at Tank Storage Asia 2017
13-09-2017
The role of Asia in the global oil market, the oversupply of crude worldwide and its impact on key Asian storage hubs will be at the heart of conference discussions ...
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CB&I announces CATOFIN technology award for petrochemical plant in china
11-09-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Xuzhou HaiDing Chemical Technology Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots ...
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Essar Oil to invest $250M in capex and maintenance at Stanlow refinery
06-09-2017
Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, today confirmed significant capex investment and reported strong Q4 figures and financial ...
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Sulzer acquires license for Total's wash tank technology for oil processing
05-09-2017
Sulzer’s Chemtech division has been granted a license covering the Total-patented Wash Tank Technology for Oil Processing. The main purpose of this technology ...
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DowDuPont™ merger successfully completed
01-09-2017
DowDuPont™ today announced the successful completion of the merger of equals between The Dow Chemical Company and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, ...
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Guangxi Petrochemical revamps hydrogen unit with Honeywell UOP technology
31-08-2017
Honeywell announced today that CNPC Guangxi Petrochemical Company has successfully converted its existing pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to Honeywell ...
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KBC acquires kinetic reactor model technology from Princeton Process Engineers
29-08-2017
KBC, the leading technology-based consulting company for the energy and chemical industry, today announced the acquisition of kinetic reactor model technology ...
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Kuwait Paraxylene Production Company implements Honeywell connected Plant
29-08-2017
Honeywell today announced that Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co, will use two Honeywell Connected Plant services to improve the performance of its CCR Platforming™ ...
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CB&I announces four CDAlky technology contracts with PetroChina
28-08-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded contracts by four PetroChina refineries located in Dalian, Liaoning Province; Jilin City, Jilin Province; Jinzhou, ...
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Rosneft, Trafigura close $12.9 B purchase of India's Essar Oil refinery
21-08-2017
Rosneft successfully closed strategic transaction for the acquisition of 49.13% of shares of Essar Oil Limited (EOL) from Essar Energy Holdings Limited (EOL) ...
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Metso strengthens its presence in India with four new distribution agreements
21-08-2017
Metso strengthens its presence in India with the signing of four non-exclusive distribution agreements for its valve products. The agreements with Fluidline ...
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Saipem wins pipeline contract for Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery
17-08-2017
Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately 850 million USD. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction ...
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Calumet Specialty Products to sell superior refinery and related assets
14-08-2017
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuels products, today announced that it has signed definitive ...
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CB&I announces intent to sell technology business
09-08-2017
CB&I today announced its intent to sell the company's Technology business. CB&I is targeting to close the transaction by the end of the 2017 calendar ...
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Major turnaround at Neste refinery to complete the planned production structure change
09-08-2017
In mid-August, Neste will begin a two-month shutdown at its refinery in Naantali, Finland. The major turnaround will complete the plan first introduced in 2014 ...
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Jacobs sign master services agreement with Chevron
09-08-2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) expansion amendment with Chevron Products Company (Chevron) to provide elective construction ...
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Amec Foster Wheeler wins Hyundai Engineering contract for GTL plant in Uzbekistan
08-08-2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a lump sum contract by Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd for the delivery of hydrogen plant technology and design and materials ...
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Quadrimex Chemical develops its activities in Asian refineries
08-08-2017
The great performances of the new diesel dryer set up in Singapore by Quadrimex Chemical opens the doors to the Asian market. Dedicated for more than 30 ...
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Schneider Electric partner with Claroty
07-08-2017
Claroty, an innovator in Operational Technology (OT) network protection, and Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, ...
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Global Business Club announce CEE & CIS downstream project management conference
07-08-2017
Successful implementation of complex revamp and construction projects without budget overruns and schedule slippage is the dream of any refinery manager. VPs ...
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Técnicas Reunidas receive contract from Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries
05-08-2017
This project is part of the Omani government plan for the industrial development of the Special Economic Zone of Duqm, which includes the new grassroot refinery, ...
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IndianOil Board gives its nod for Gujarat refinery expansion
04-08-2017
The IndianOil Board, in its meeting on 3rd August 2017, gave Stage-I approval for expansion of the Corporation’s Gujarat Refinery from the existing 13.7 ...
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California announces new regulations to improve safety at oil refineries
04-08-2017
State agencies today announced final approval of new regulations to strengthen workplace and environmental safety at oil refineries across the state. The regulations ...
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Petrofac awarded Duqm refinery project
04-08-2017
Petrofac, in a 50/50 joint venture with Samsung Engineering, has received notification of intent to award a contract worth approximately US$2 billion with ...
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MMEX Resources announces land acquisition for refinery project
31-07-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a development-stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
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SNC-Lavalin awarded FEED conversion to EPC contract by Brahms Oil Refineries
24-07-2017
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Brahms Oil Refineries Limited to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) conversion to EPC contract for a ...
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Formosa Plastics awards EPFC contract to Wison Engineering
24-07-2017
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, announced that ...
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LyondellBasell to build the world's largest PO/TBA plant in Texas
21-07-2017
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, today announced the final investment decision to build the world's ...
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Digital innovation themed at the Abu Dhabi International Downstream Summit
21-07-2017
The downstream business is looking to further optimise processes with the aim of reducing downtime and increasing efficiency. Digitalisation is the key to unlocking ...
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Praxair starts up new air separation plant in East China petrochemical park
20-07-2017
Praxair Inc, announced it has started up its new air separation plant for Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture between SINOPEC ...
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OMV Petrom starts construction of new Polyfuel unit at Petrobrazi Refinery
19-07-2017
OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in Southeastern Europe, has started construction of the new Polyfuel unit in Petrobrazi Refinery. The new unit ...
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Clariant Catalysts expands in China with opening of new office in Yinchuan
18-07-2017
Clariant, a world leading company in specialty chemicals, today announced the opening of a new office for its Catalysts business in Yinchuan city, capital of ...
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Sadara announces startup of its amines facility
17-07-2017
Sadara Chemical Company, the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has successfully started up its Amines plant today. The Sadara Amines plant ...
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Oil refiners unprepared to meet shipping demand for low sulphur bunker fuel oil
13-07-2017
Only 15 per cent of oil refiners know how they are going to cope with the industry-changing rules about sulphur emissions that are due to come into force in ...
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Linde Engineering appoint Carlos Conerly and Arturo Puigbo to executive positions
13-07-2017
Linde Engineering North America (LENA) announces Carlos Conerly has joined LENA as President of the Natural Gas and Refining Division and Arturo Puigbo has ...
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CORYS and RSI join forces to become a key player in dynamic simulation
11-07-2017
Two major players in global industrial simulation, CORYS SAS and RSI, have announced a merger of the companies. As of July 10, 2017, the companies will become ...
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Major equipment installed at Gazprom Neft’s Omsk oil refinery
10-07-2017
The latest stage in Gazprom Neft’s construction of a new advanced oil refining complex has now been completed at its Omsk Refinery, ...
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IndianOil and LanzaTech to construct refinery off gas-to-bioethanol production facility
10-07-2017
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), India's flagship national oil company and, LanzaTech, carbon recycling company, have signed a Statement of Intent ...
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Sadara begins production of propylene glycol
10-07-2017
Sadara Chemical Company, the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, today announced that it has successfully started up its Propylene Glycol ...
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Sandvik has signed an agreement to divest its Process Systems operations
10-07-2017
Sandvik has signed an agreement to divest Sandvik Process Systems to FAM AB, owned by the three largest Wallenberg foundations, at a price of 5.0 billion SEK. Sandvik ...
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Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie to evaluate conversion of natural gas to hydrogen
07-07-2017
Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the possibilities of converting Vattenfall’s gas power plant ...
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Chinese refinery selects gasketed plate heat exchangers from Alfa Laval
06-07-2017
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in ...
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Air Liquide Engineering & Construction to supply ASU to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical
06-07-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has just signed a new contract to supply an Air Separation Unit (ASU) to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical, a large chemical ...
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CB&I awarded storage tank contract by Venture Global LNG
05-07-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $200M by Venture Global LNG, a U.S. based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export company, ...
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GE announces completion of GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes merger
03-07-2017
GE announced today the completion of the previously announced combination of GE’s oil and gas business with Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes, a GE company is ...
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Emerson announces global exchange conferences
03-07-2017
Participants in Minneapolis 2017 and The Hague 2018 to share best practices, gain practical insights and innovative solutions that lead to dramatic efficiencies ...
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IndianOil and LanzaTech to construct the first refinery off gas-to-bioethanol production facility
01-07-2017
Indian Oil Corporation Limited, India's flagship national oil company and, LanzaTech, carbon recycling company, have signed a Statement of Intent to construct ...
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CB&I announces multi-technology award in Uzbekistan
28-06-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex LLC (SGCC) for a grassroots ethylene complex to be built ...
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Clariant launches non-triazine Hâ‚‚S scavenger SCAVINATOR™
28-06-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, introduces an alternative to triazine H2S scavenger chemistry with substantial benefits for oil producers. ...
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Metso signs distribution agreement with Process Control Equipment
28-06-2017
Metso has signed a distribution agreement for its valve products with Process Control Equipment, PCE, to cover UK, Benelux and Spain. Under the non-exclusive ...
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Wood Group secures FEED for Alexandroupolis LNG project
27-06-2017
Wood Group has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Gastrade S.A. for the Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (INGS) offshore ...
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Plant 4.0 start-up incubator a 2nd Edition on IoT with five new partners
27-06-2017
Total is today launching its second Plant 4.0 start-up incubator, joined this year by Air Liquide, AREVA, Eiffage, Solvay and VINCI Energies. This is the very ...
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Gunvor refinery replaces field equipment without interrupting operations
27-06-2017
Software and consulting company Implico today announced the successful completion of a major modernization project for loading processes at the Gunvor refinery ...
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Shell signs agreement with SBI Bio Energy
26-06-2017
Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., and SBI Bioenergy Inc. have reached an agreement granting ...
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Burckhardt Compression expands its presence in Canada
26-06-2017
Burckhardt Compression Holding AG has acquired CSM Compressor Supplies & Machine Work Ltd, (CSM) a Canadian company based in Edmonton and Drumheller, Alberta, ...
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Ametek completes acquisition of Modcon Inc
22-06-2017
AMETEK, Inc today announced that it has completed its acquisition of MOCON, Inc. for $30 per share in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately ...
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Dangote selects hydrogen production technology from Air Liquide Engineering & Construction
22-06-2017
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected to supply two hydrogen production steam methane reformer (SMR) units to Dangote Group, the largest ...
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Braskem approves construction of new polypropylene production facility in La Porte
21-06-2017
The Board of Directors of Braskem, the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas, has announced the approval of a $675 million investment for ...
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Emerson expands Plantweb digital ecosystem with new dual mode wireless gateway
21-06-2017
With more than 10 years of wireless infrastructure and technology development experience, Emerson today announced a new dual-mode wireless gateway which supports ...
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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics report breakthrough in Algae Biofuel research
20-06-2017
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. today announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain ...
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S-Oil Corporation adopts Axxim™ software package from Lloyd’s Register
20-06-2017
Lloyd’s Register, the leading provider of engineering and technology centric professional services, is awarded a new contract from S-Oil Corporation covering ...
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Umicore buys automotive and stationary DeNOx business areas from Topsoe
20-06-2017
Today, Topsoe announced that it has sold its automotive and stationary DeNOx business areas to Umicore. The agreement includes all employees and all technologies, ...
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Linde Engineering adds STANDARD-GSP plant to natural gas portfolio
20-06-2017
Linde Engineering North America (LENA) announces product expansion with the new standardized GSP (Gas Subcooled Process) plant. According to company officials, ...
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CB&I announces record production rates at propane dehydrogenation plant
19-06-2017
CB&I and SK Advanced Co. Ltd are celebrating the record production rates and outstanding operation of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Seoul, South ...
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YANOS refinery commissions new Group III-quality base oil production facility
15-06-2017
A new facility for production of Group III-quality base oils has been commissioned at the JSC Slavneft-YANOS refinery, part of OAO NGK Slavneft, ...
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MMEX Resources announces plans to start large-scale Permian Basin refinery
13-06-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a development-stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
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Is digitalisation the key to remote plant operation?
13-06-2017
There have been many advances in the field of digitalisation in recent years. As the industry moves towards remote operation it is plant optimisation and integrity ...
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Petroplan awarded new contract by Sasol
12-06-2017
Global oil and gas recruitment specialist, Petroplan, is proud to announce that we have been awarded a contract to provide consultancy and managed services ...
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INEOS plans massive european expansion programme
12-06-2017
INEOS has today announced plans to construct a world-scale PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Europe. The plant will produce 750,000 tonnes per ...
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Baker Hughes and GE reach agreement with DOJ to complete proposed transaction
12-06-2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company announced today that they have reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that would allow the ...
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Honeywell to acquire industrial cyber security software leader Nextnine
12-06-2017
Honeywell announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Nextnine, a privately held provider of security management solutions and technologies ...
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CB&I announces multi-technology contract in Kazakhstan
12-06-2017
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced it has been awarded a contract by TOO Hill Resources (HILL) for the license and engineering design of a grassroots ...
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Dow completes construction of enhanced polyethylene production unit in Freeport
06-06-2017
The Dow Chemical Company today announced the completion of the construction phase of its new ELITE™ enhanced polyethylene production facility ...
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Neste Jacobs receives the esteemed OPC UA certificate for NAPCON products
06-06-2017
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has successfully gained the OPC UA certification for their process big data product, NAPCON ...
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Neste Jacobs kept its position as the biggest industrial engineering company in Finland
06-06-2017
According to the 2016 statistics of SKOL (Finnish Association of Consulting Firms), Neste Jacobs continues to be the biggest exporter of professional services ...
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Linde wins major contract for olefin plant in Russia
06-06-2017
Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a major contract by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) to supply an olefin plant in the city of Nizhnekamsk, ...
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Baker Hughes and GE announce executive leadership team for Baker Hughes, a GE Company
05-06-2017
Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company today announced the executive team that will lead Baker Hughes, a GE Company upon closing of their proposed ...
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Velocys selects IHI E&C for biomass-to-liquids plant feasibility engineering
05-06-2017
Velocys plc, the company at the forefront of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that it has selected IHI E&C International Corp ...
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Hexagon PPM is the new brand for Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine
05-06-2017
The world's leading engineering software company is today embracing a new brand and a honed vision for enabling the smart digital industrial facility and extending ...
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Bashneft select water treatment and monitoring services from GE
02-06-2017
GE and Bashneft, a Rosneft-affiliated company, today announced the signing of a long-term service agreement to ensure reliable wastewater treatment at Rosneft’s ...
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Linde and Praxair sign business combination agreement
02-06-2017
Linde AG and Praxair Inc, today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive business combination agreement (BCA) to come together under a new ...
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Gazprom Neft signs strategic partnership agreement with Siemens
02-06-2017
Gazprom Neft and Siemens AG have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement at this year’s St Petersburg International Economic Forum, with the document ...
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Tesoro completes acquisition of Western Refining
01-06-2017
Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc. announced today that Tesoro has completed its acquisition of Western for a total consideration of approximately ...
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Haltermann Carless award Neste Jacobs a EPCM services contract
31-05-2017
Neste Jacobs, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services and Haltermann Carless, a well-established HCS Group brand ...
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Oriental Energy begins propylene production a two facilities using Honeywell technology
31-05-2017
Honeywell announced today that Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (YRPC), both subsidiaries of Oriental ...
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Badger Licensing provides new technology for existing bisphenol A plants in Korea
30-05-2017
Badger Licensing LLC today announced that LG Chem, Ltd. has successfully started commercial operation of a new unit utilizing Badger’s proprietary advanced ...
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Honeywell UOP opens new research development and engineering center in China
30-05-2017
Honeywell today announced that Honeywell UOP will open a new research, development and engineering center in China to further strengthen its business presence ...
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LyondellBasell receives five top safety awards
22-05-2017
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies today announced that it has received five top safety awards from the American ...
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ExxonMobil completes new polyethylene lines at Mont Belvieu plastics plant
22-05-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today the mechanical completion of two new 650,000 tons per year high performance polyethylene lines at its plastics plant ...
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Clariant and Huntsman to Combine in merger of equals
22-05-2017
Clariant and Huntsman Corporation today announced that their Boards of Directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals ...
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Emerson completes acquisition of MYNAH Technologies
22-05-2017
Emerson today announced it has completed the purchase of MYNAH Technologies, a long-time Emerson alliance partner and a leading provider of dynamic simulation ...
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ExxonMobil and SABIC conduct a detailed study of petrochemical project
20-05-2017
Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation and SABIC signed an agreement today to conduct a detailed study of the proposed Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project ...
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Shikoku refinery selects separators from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
18-05-2017
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has received an order from De Nora Permelec Ltd., via the Engineering, Procurement, ...
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Rosneft and Eni sign an extension cooperation agreement
17-05-2017
Rosneft CEO, Igor Sechin, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, today signed a Cooperation Agreement for cooperation between the two companies in Russia and abroad ...
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Brüel & Kjær Vibro expands product portfolio with the acquisition of Setpoint
17-05-2017
Brüel & Kjær Vibro is committed to providing the best products, solutions and services to satisfy the always growing market needs for higher ...
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Digital transformation of the oil and gas sector
17-05-2017
The oil and gas industry has always been seen as conservative and resistant to change but, due to the recent drop in the oil prices, downstream companies are ...
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Toyo and Koch-Glitsch partner to offer SUPERHIDIC®
16-05-2017
Toyo Engineering Corporation and Koch-Glitsch today announced a new partnership to distribute TOYO’s innovative energy-saving distillation system, SUPERHIDIC®, ...
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KBR wins two more contracts at Ammonia plant in Russia
16-05-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and Reliability Based Maintenance (RBM) services contracts by JSC EuroChem Northwest ...
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Pembina Pipeline and Petrochemical Industries sign JV
15-05-2017
Pembina Pipeline Corporation is pleased to announce that it, along with Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. of Kuwait, has reached key milestones for the ...
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LyondellBasell begins construction of Hyperzone PE plant at its La Porte Complex
15-05-2017
LyondellBasell one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, has broken ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) ...
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Total inaugurates its revamped Carling petrochemical complex
12-05-2017
Total has inaugurated yesterday its revamped Carling, Saint-Avold petrochemical complex in eastern France following three years of transformation works. In ...
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KBR and IBM partner for digital solutions for hydrocarbons industry
10-05-2017
KBR Inc and IBM today announced they have entered an agreement to collaborate on the development of digital products and services to help oil and gas and petrochemical ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical Company to buy plant from Jurong Aromatics Corporation
10-05-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that its Singapore affiliate has reached an agreement with Jurong Aromatics Corporation Pte Ltd to acquire ...
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Zhejiang Petrochemical selects Polybed pressure swing adsorption units from Honeywell UOP
10-05-2017
Honeywell UOP announced today that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use four of its Polybed™ pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply ...
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Honeywell UOP and KFUPM develop new catalytic processes for petrochemicals production
09-05-2017
In support of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts toward economic diversification and localization initiatives, Honeywell UOP and King Fahd University of Petroleum ...
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CB&I announces inauguration and startup of polypropylene technology pilot plant
09-05-2017
CB&I today announced the inauguration of its Novolen® technology polypropylene pilot plant, a new section of its world class Research and Development ...
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Clariant catalysts contribute significantly to emission control in China
09-05-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is among the foremost catalyst suppliers supporting Chinese producers in stationary emission control. The company ...
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Johnson Matthey reveals refreshed identity
08-05-2017
This week, Johnson Matthey, a global leader in science that provides cleaner air, improved health and more efficient use of natural resources, reveals a refreshed ...
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MAN Diesel & Turbo expands Mitsui cooperation
08-05-2017
MAN Diesel & Turbo has entered a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. that will intensify their existing, ...
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CB&I announces cumene and phenol technology award in China
08-05-2017
CB&I today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation for the license and engineering design of a cumene and ...
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Air Products signs strategic e-commerce cooperation agreement with Sinopec and EPEC
08-05-2017
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases supplier and U.S. Fortune 500 company, today announced it has recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement ...
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The largest propane dehydrogenation unit in China uses Honeywell UOP technology
03-05-2017
Honeywell announced today the successful commissioning and operation of the largest operating single-train propane dehydrogenation unit in China. Yantai ...
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Vitol to acquire Rotterdam splitter from Koch Supply & Trading
02-05-2017
Vitol today announced that it had agreed to acquire an 85,000 barrels per day condensate splitter in Rotterdam from Koch Supply & Trading BV for an undisclosed ...
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Emerson completes Pentair Valves & Controls acquisition
02-05-2017
Emerson today announced that it has completed the purchase of the Valves & Controls business from Pentair plc, for $3.15 billion. “This acquisition ...
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Calumet Speciality Products becomes first US based producer of group III base oil
01-05-2017
Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, announced today the launch of CALPAR 4GIII, ...
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Wastewater treatment technology from GE helps refiner reuse 100 percent of water
01-05-2017
Federated Co-Operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, was named Industrial Water Project of the Year at the annual Global ...
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Dangote Oil Refinery selects equipment and technology from Honeywell UOP
27-04-2017
UOP LLC, a division of Honeywell International Inc, today announced that it has won a contract from Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd. for critical equipment, ...
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Orpic selects Neles® emergency shutdown valves from Metso
26-04-2017
Metso will supply 400 industry-leading Neles® emergency shutdown (ESD) valves for an ethylene cracker as part of the new Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex ...
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Servomex appoint Andrew Thompson as VP global marketing & business development
25-04-2017
Servomex has appointed Andrew Thompson to the role of Director, VP, Global Marketing & Business Development, based at the UK Technical Centre in Crowborough, ...
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Burckhardt Compression relocate oxygen Laby® compressor
25-04-2017
AGA Gas, a Swedish subsidiary of Linde Group, decided to relocate the entire Laby® Compressor and auxiliary equipment from Stenungsund to a site in Sandviken ...
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Indian Oil wins award for best innovation in refineries
24-04-2017
IndianOil R&D bagged an award for “Best innovation in Refineries” under Team category for the performance improvement of FCC Unit of Gujarat ...
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AspenTech acquires rights to operator training simulator framework software
24-04-2017
Aspen Technology, Inc, the asset optimization software company, announced it has acquired rights to Operator Training Simulator (OTS) framework software from ...
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SNC-Lavalin to acquire WS Atkins
20-04-2017
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with WS Atkins plc, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, on ...
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Indian Oil Corporation inks MoU with Numaligarh refinery and Paradip port
19-04-2017
Indian Oil Corporation Limited entered into an MoU with Numaligarh Refinery Limited and Paradip Port Trust in a glittering ceremony at Bhubaneswar in presence ...
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MAN Diesel & Turbo 3D printing becomes a standard
19-04-2017
As of now, MAN Diesel & Turbo is equipping gas turbines with 3D-printed components. CEO Dr Uwe Lauber: “As of now, we are the first manufacturer in ...
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Reliance commissions world’s largest and most complex Ethane Project in record time
19-04-2017
Reliance is pleased to announce successful and flawless completion of its Ethane Project, including commissioning of its ethane receipt & handling facilities ...
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ExxonMobil and SABIC select San Patricio county for petrochemical project
19-04-2017
ExxonMobil Chemical Company and SABIC each announced the selection of a site in San Patricio County, Texas for potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical ...
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Praxair commissions air separation plant
17-04-2017
Praxair, Inc announced that it has started up a world-scale air separation unit (ASU) at its Burns Harbor, Indiana, site. The 2,400-ton-per-day ASU is part ...
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GE Oil & Gas signs agreement with Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company
17-04-2017
GE Oil & Gas has signed a long-term multi-outage agreement with Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), to drive the operational excellence of GPIC’s ...
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BP Trinidad and Tobago starts up Trinidad onshore compression project
13-04-2017
BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) today announced the start-up of the Trinidad onshore compression (TROC) project - one of seven major upstream projects BP ...
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Oiltanking acquires terminal in Texas City
13-04-2017
Oiltanking North America, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Oiltanking Galveston County terminal. OTGAL currently handles specialty chemicals ...
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Total-Hanwha JV invests $450M to expand its refining & petrochemicals platform
12-04-2017
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total, will invest to expand its Daesan refining & petrochemicals integrated platform. ...
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L.A. Turbine and GEA join Honeywell’s connected plant program
12-04-2017
Honeywell announced today that L.A. Turbine Corp. and GEA have both joined Honeywell’s Connected Plant program to jointly develop and provide solutions ...
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OMV invests around €110m in Schwechat refinery
11-04-2017
The turnaround (plant inspection) of the petrochemicals units of Schwechat refinery will start in mid-April. The facilities will shut down as planned. There ...
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Honeywell’s blending solutions showing results a refineries and storage terminals
06-04-2017
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it is supplying its Profit® Blending and Movement suite of solutions at refineries and storage terminals around ...
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CB&I announces multiple petrochemical technology awards in China
06-04-2017
CB&I today announced it has been awarded multiple technology contracts by Tianjin Bohua Chemical Development Co. Ltd. for a grassroots petrochemicals plant ...
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BP and DuPont JV announces acquisition of ethanol facility in Kansas
03-04-2017
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, combining expertise in fuels with industrial biotechnology, today announced the ...
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Fluor completes Dow Chemical’s Ethylene facility on schedule
30-03-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has safely finished the mechanical construction of The Dow Chemical Company’s new ethylene production ...
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New Emerson facility in Germany to help customers achieve operational excellence
30-03-2017
Langenfeld office showcases automation technology innovations that harness the power of the Industrial Internet of Things to transform business performance ...
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MMEX Resources and KP Engineering to design, build crude oil refinery in Permian Basin
29-03-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a development stage company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in ...
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Clariant's advanced catalyst innovations and expertise to support China’s needs
29-03-2017
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is at the forefront in supporting China’s industrial producers with its advanced catalyst innovations ...
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Haltermann Carless selects NExSAT technology from Neste Jacobs
28-03-2017
Neste Jacobs, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services and Haltermann Carless, a well-established HCS Group brand ...
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Axens certify hte for independent naphtha reforming catalyst evaluation
28-03-2017
hte tested the performance of naphtha reforming catalysts in a high throughput screening project under commercially relevant conditions for Axens, an international ...
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Indian Oil signs MoU with Nepal Oil Corporation
27-03-2017
A Memorandum of Understanding for supply of POL products was signed here today between Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Nepal Oil Corporation in the presence ...
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NOVA Chemicals, Borealis and Total JV to meet global demand for polyethylene
27-03-2017
NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Borealis AG signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture (JV) with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. that ...
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Stockholders approve acquisition of Western Refining by Tesoro
24-03-2017
Stockholders of both Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc.today voted to approve Tesoro's expected acquisition of Western Refining. At separate special ...
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Emerson and TopNIR alliance offer complete solution for optimising crude blending operations
22-03-2017
Emerson Automation Solutions and TopNIR Systems, one of the world’s leading providers of blend analysis technology, today announce the industry’s ...
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US shale gas delivered to Grangemouth cooled by Laby® compressor systems from Burckhardt
22-03-2017
Burckhardt Compression is proud to announce that it is part of the ongoing shipment of US shale gas to the INEOS Grangemouth petrochemical site in Scotland, ...
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Vopak terminal expansion EPC awarded to Matrix Service
21-03-2017
Matrix Service Company announced today that its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc. has been awarded the engineering, fabrication, procurement, and construction ...
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Gazprom Neft building a hydrogen production facility at its Omsk Refinery
17-03-2017
Gazprom Neft has begun construction of a standalone 12,300 tonne per year capacity hydrogen production unit at its Omsk Refinery. This processing ...
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Wyoming Refining starts up new unit using BenzOUT™ technology
16-03-2017
Wyoming Refining Company, a Par Pacific Company, has started operation of its BenzOUT™ technology unit using proprietary technology developed by ExxonMobil ...
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Crane ChemPharma & Energy to display enhanced pumps & valves at StocExpo
13-03-2017
Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a Crane Co. business and leading provider of highly engineered fluid handling solutions, will showcase its trusted brand of products ...
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Honeywell UOP scientists recognised by AIChE
13-03-2017
Honeywell UOP announced today that the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Fuels and Petrochemical Division has recognized four of its scientists ...
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Wood Group agrees Amec Foster Wheeler takeover
13-03-2017
Commenting on today’s announcement, Ian Marchant, the Chairman of Wood Group said: "The Combination represents a transformational transaction for ...
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Neste Jacobs and Coolbrook to develop new olefin cracking technology
13-03-2017
Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company and Coolbrook, a technology development company are developing a new technology innovation ...
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Canyon Midstream announces new natural gas processing facility
08-03-2017
Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC announced today that it has commenced construction of a new natural gas processing facility in Woodward County, Oklahoma and ...
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MMEX Resources to build new refinery in West Texas
08-03-2017
MMEX Resources Corp, a global energy company focusing on the acquisition, development and financing of oil, gas, refining and infrastructure projects in Texas ...
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Saudi Aramco and Shell achieve significant milestone to seperate Motiva assets
07-03-2017
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces the signing of binding definitive agreements between SOPC Holdings East LLC and Saudi Refining Inc. on the separation ...
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ExxonMobil $20B investment to expand manufacturing in U.S. Gulf Region
07-03-2017
Exxon Mobil Corporation is expanding its manufacturing capacity along the U.S. Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion over a 10-year period to ...
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Samsung Engineering and KBR to design and build Texas LNG’s export facility
02-03-2017
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC is pleased to announce that it has selected Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd and KBR Inc to provide Texas LNG with pre-Final Investment ...
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Saudi Aramco and PETRONAS sign SPA for equity participation in RAPID project
28-02-2017
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company and Petroliam Nasional Berhad today signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA), allowing Saudi Aramco’s equity participation ...
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Neste Jacobs to deliver NAPCON simulators to Neste's Porvoo refinery
28-02-2017
Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company and Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel and producer of high-quality ...
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Buzz continues around worlds largest downstream industry event
27-02-2017
Petrochemical Update are pleased to announce this week that ExxonMobil have confirmed a host of high-level speakers for Downstream Engineering, Construction ...
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Oiltanking going ahead with oil storage terminal in Saldanha Bay
27-02-2017
Oiltanking MOGS Saldanha (RF) (Pty) Ltd, a joint venture between Oiltanking GmbH and MOGS (Pty) Ltd, is pleased to announce that it is going ahead with the ...
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OxyChem and Mexichem announce startup of their JV ethylene cracker
27-02-2017
Ingleside Ethylene, LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corporation, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and Mexichem, S.A.B. ...
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SOGAT 2017 to feature new technologies for the region
27-02-2017
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are set to increase gas spending with the latter evaluating major gas capacity expansion with the development of such sour gas fields ...
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Bongaigaon refinery EPC contract awarded to L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering
25-02-2017
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged an onshore EPC contract from Indian Oil Corporation Limited worth ...
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Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals starts its UOP advanced methanol-to-olefins unit
23-02-2017
Honeywell today announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd. started its UOP Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) unit during a 10-day test to ...
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Compact desalters for largest investment project in Uzbekistan
23-02-2017
Frames has completed the fabrication of two desalters that will be installed at the Kandym Gas Processing Plant in Uzbekistan. In August 2015, Frames was awarded ...
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Gazprom Neft board of directors review plans for developing catalyst production
21-02-2017
The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has reviewed information on the company’s plans for developing catalyst production and supplying catalysts ...
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JGC awarded contract for a possible ethylene export terminal near Houston
17-02-2017
The JGC Group announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, JGC America, Inc., has been awarded a basic engineering services contract by Odfjell Terminals ...
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Fluor awarded contract for Woodfibre LNG project
16-02-2017
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with JGC America, Inc. (JGC) to provide construction-related support to the front-end engineering ...
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Gazprom Neft implementing advanced process control systems at its Moscow refinery
16-02-2017
An advanced process control (APC) system is currently being implemented at the Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery, directed at increasing effectiveness ...
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Saudi Aramco launches base oils business as part of downstream integration strategy
16-02-2017
Saudi Aramco has been in the base oils business for many years through its JVs which produce and market base oils independently. Said Al-Hadrami: Our base oils ...
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KBR awarded ammonia plant revamp contract
16-02-2017
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a contract by Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCF) for revamping its ammonia plant at Panambur, Mangalore ...
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ExxonMobil Singapore refinery to expand group II base stock production
16-02-2017
ExxonMobil announced today the expansion of its Singapore refinery to support the production of the company’s EHC™ Group II base stocks, which will ...
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Metso flow control has been involved in over 100 shutdowns and turnarounds globally in 2016
16-02-2017
Customers in various industry sectors have continued to rely on Metso's flow control services to secure plant reliability and safety in 2016. During the past ...
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Wison Engineering sign R&D collaboration agreement with Haldor Topsoe
14-02-2017
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, announced today ...
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Gazprom and Linde expanding cooperation in oil and gas sector
14-02-2017
A working meeting between Alexey Miller Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Aldo Belloni, Chief Executive Officer of Linde, took ...
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Honeywell and Aereon to leverage industrial internet of things for oil and gas
10-02-2017
Honeywell and Aereon today announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations ...
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10-02-2017
By optimizing titanium dioxide nanoparticles, researchers aim to improve the efficiency of catalysts used for cleaning off-gases from engines, industry, and ...
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Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery plan to build a closed waste treatment facility
06-02-2017
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has begun preparations for the construction of a closed waste treatment facility. This new environmental initiative ...
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Praxair starts up hydrogen facility for The Dow Chemical Company
01-02-2017
Praxair, Inc announced it has started up a hydrogen facility that will recover by-product streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow) Freeport, Texas ...
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Honeywell to provide largest Oleflex unit in Europe for Borealis
31-01-2017
Honeywell announced today that Borealis AG selected Honeywell UOP’s process technology for a proposed plant in Kallo, Belgium, that converts propane into ...
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Enterprise to build isobutane dehydrogenation unit
30-01-2017
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.today announced plans to construct a new isobutane dehydrogenation unit in Mont Belvieu, Texas that will have the capability ...
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The new mathematics of submersible pumps
26-01-2017
Canned motor pump technology provides significant advantages and often constitutes a low-priced alternative to conventionally sealed pumps and magnetically ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expands North American oil & gas business
24-01-2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has established a specialized Oil & Gas Division within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA), its Houston-based ...
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Shell to sell stake in SADAF chemicals JV in Saudi Arabia to SABIC
22-01-2017
Shell and SABIC have signed an agreement whereby SABIC will acquire Shell’s 50% share in the petrochemicals SADAF joint venture, located in Jubail, Kingdom ...
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Linde Engineering North America appoint Jason Cooper as President and CEO
17-01-2017
Mr. Cooper has 22 years of experience at the domestic and international level in both owner/operator and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) corporate ...
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Success of Axens takeover bid on Heurtey Petrochem shares
10-01-2017
Axens announces the successful outcome of its tender offer on the Heurtey Petrochem shares. The results of this offer were published today by the Autorité ...
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Honeywell and Aereon to leverage Industrial Internet Of Things for oil and gas
10-01-2017
Honeywell and Aereon today announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations ...
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Petrofac awarded Oman gas project
09-01-2017
Petrofac has signed a contract worth close to US$600 million with Salalah LPG SFZCO LLC (SLPG), wholly owned subsidiary of Oman Oil Facilities Development Company ...
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Saudi Aramco award RasTanura clean fuels project to Técnicas Reunidas
09-01-2017
Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian state - owned oil company, has selected Técnicas Reunidas (TR) to execute the turnkey contract for the Clean Fuels project ...
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Practical gas conditioning presentations dominate Sogat 2017
09-01-2017
Sour field development plans are ongoing throughout the Middle East, given the gas demand and none more so than in the UAE where priorities in ADNOC’s ...
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Emerging markets and the future of LNG
06-01-2017
The total LNG trade reached 244.8 metric tons (MT) in 2015, up 4.7 MT from the previous year. This marks the largest year for LNG trade in the industry’s ...
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ExxonMobil develops efficient new technology to dehydrate natural gas
05-01-2017
ExxonMobil announced today its development of cMIST™ technology, which dehydrates natural gas using a patented absorption system inside pipes and ...
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Air Liquide operates the world’s largest hydrogen storage facility
03-01-2017
Air Liquide has recently commissioned the largest hydrogen storage facility in the world, an underground cavern in Beaumont, Texas, in the Gulf Coast region ...
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Delek US Holdings to acquire outstanding shares of Alon USA
03-01-2017
Delek US Holdings, Inc and Alon USA Energy, Inc, today announced a definitive agreement under which Delek US will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Alon ...
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Air Products completes $3.8B performance materials division sale to Evonik
03-01-2017
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, announced today it has completed the sale of its Performance Materials Division (PMD) to Evonik Industries ...
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SK Innovation to invest up to $2.5B in 2017 to boost growth
01-01-2017
SK Innovation Co Ltd, which owns South Korea's top refiner SK Energy, said on Sunday it will spend up to 3 trillion won ($2.49 billion) in chemicals, oil exploration ...
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BP and PTT sign LNG sale and purchase agreement
29-12-2016
BP and PTT Public Limited Company (PTT) entered into a sales and purchase agreement for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the agreement, BP will provide ...
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Gazprom Neft begins pre-commissioning works at complex gas treatment plant in Badra
29-12-2016
Pre-commissioning works for a complex gas treatment plant (CGTP) have now commenced at the Badra oilfield, Iraq, operator of which is Gazprom ...
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Shell completes the sale of Shell Refining Company in Malaysia
22-12-2016
Shell has completed the sale of its 51% shareholding in the Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad (SRC) in Malaysia, which includes the 125,000 ...
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Neste Jacobs maximizes production of Forchem Oy tall oil distillation plant
21-12-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has implemented NAPCON Controller to Forchem Oy’s tall oil distillation plant. Forchem ...
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Linde and Praxair announce intention to merge
20-12-2016
Linde AG and Praxair, Inc, today announced that the companies intend to combine in a merger of equals under a new holding company through an all-stock transaction. ...
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Total invests $207M in Tellurian to develop integrated gas project
20-12-2016
Tellurian Investments Inc and Total announce today that Total is acquiring approximately 23% of Tellurian at $5.85 per share for an amount of 207 million dollars ...
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Neste begins deliveries of low-sulfur marine fuel to Viking Line
20-12-2016
Neste and Viking Line have entered into a partnership contract for the delivery of low-sulfur marine fuel in 2017. The contract covers Viking Line's Baltic ...
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Anellotech announces breakthrough in extending catalyst lifetime
19-12-2016
Anellotech announced today that it has developed proprietary technology to extend catalyst lifetime in its Bio-TCat™ process for low cost conversion of ...
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New catalyst increase competition in FCC gasoline post-treatment
16-12-2016
With only two well-established competing products on the global market, Haldor Topsoe’s HyOctane™ now gives refiners a wider range of options for ...
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Blasch continues to add bandwidth to support growth and ensure superior service
14-12-2016
Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, continues to expand to meet its growing customer demand with the addition of Caitlynn ...
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Technip extends its successful PTA alliance with BP to Acetic Acid
13-12-2016
Technip announces today that it has extended its successful exclusive PTA Alliance with BP to Acetic Acid. The Acetic Acid Alliance, relevant to FEL 1 and ...
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Technip and Chemetry sign agreement for licensing and engineering of eShuttle™ technology
12-12-2016
Technip and Chemetry have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the licensing and engineering of Chemetry’s eShuttle™ technology for the ...
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On-site carbon monoxide generation takes the next step
12-12-2016
Haldor Topsoe’s eCOs is a new electrolysis cell technology that allows the safe, efficient, and cost-competitive production of carbon monoxide directly ...
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Sadara signs partnership agreement with Rufayah Chemicals Company
11-12-2016
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and Rufayah Chemicals Company (RCC), a Saudi downstream company, have recently signed a long-term partnership agreement through ...
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Fluor places final module for Suncor east tank farm development project
07-12-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has placed the final module for the Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership’s East Tank Farm Development ...
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TransCanada to proceed With $655M Saddle West natural gas project
07-12-2016
TransCanada Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), will move forward with an expansion of its NGTL ...
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Delek refining to use Honeywell's connected performance services
06-12-2016
Honeywell today announced that Delek Refining, Inc. will use a new Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering ...
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Thyssenkrupp signs agreement to build new PET production plant in Russia
05-12-2016
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, a leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of industrial plants and systems, has signed an agreement ...
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Irving Oil announces expansion of its terminal network in Nova Scotia
05-12-2016
Irving Oil announced today that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire four inland storage facilities in Nova Scotia from Valero Energy Inc. The ...
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Shell completes project to increase production at Scotford refinery
01-12-2016
Shell today announced it has successfully completed a major growth project at its Scotford Refinery near Edmonton, Alberta that will increase hydrocracker production ...
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CB&I announces award for delayed coker unit
01-12-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) for the engineering, procurement and construction management of a ...
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King Salman inaugurates SADARA and SATORP in Jubail
01-12-2016
The two projects are among the biggest in their industries worldwide, will further stimulate Saudi Arabia’s economic growth, and will create investment ...
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World’s largest LNG market welcomes foremost gas event
01-12-2016
Global leaders to gather in Japan for 2017’s leading gas and LNG event. Japan will remain the largest LNG buyer in the world through to 2025[1] according ...
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Process condensate purification facility at Neft Omsk refinery approved
28-11-2016
A project for the construction of a process condensate purification facility at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has been approved by federal ...
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100th reference for Impulse™ the high-performance hydrotreating catalyst technology
23-11-2016
Three years after the successful release of a full range of hydrotreating catalysts covering all domains from naphtha to VGO hydrotreating and hydrocracking ...
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Tesoro Corporation sells Northern California terminalling and storage assets
21-11-2016
Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics LP today announced that a subsidiary of Tesoro has closed the sale of terminalling and storage assets located in Martinez, ...
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Weir Minerals Lewis Pumps celebrates 125 years of design and manufacturing
21-11-2016
Weir Minerals is proud to announce that 2016 marks its 125 year anniversary for one of its long standing brands – Lewis® pumps. For 125 years, ...
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Engen refinery simulated emergency exercise
21-11-2016
Engen Refinery places the highest premium on safety and carries out regular emergency response exercises to test and perfect preparedness for dealing with incidents ...
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Sturgeon refinery selects GE Water & Process Technologies
17-11-2016
Seeking to reduce the use of water in the refining process and as a way of minimizing its environmental impact on the North Saskatchewan River, North West Redwater ...
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North American refinery successfully implements DuPont STRATCO operator training simulator
17-11-2016
A refinery in North America commissioned and installed a high-fidelity STRATCO® operator training simulator (OTS) for two sulfuric acid alkylation units. ...
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Tesoro to acquire Western Refining
17-11-2016
Tesoro Corporation and Western Refining, Inc. today jointly announced a definitive agreement under which Tesoro will acquire Western at an implied current price ...
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Axens increase takeover bid to acquire Heurtey Petrochem Group
16-11-2016
Axens is increasing the price of its voluntary takeover bid proposal submitted to the AMF (French capital markets authority) on October 12th, 2016 to 25 euros ...
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Dresser-Rand to supply pipeline compressor trains to Mexico
15-11-2016
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division, received orders to supply five gas turbine-driven compressor trains for two pipelines in ...
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ExxonMobil to increase Beaumont polyethylene capacity
14-11-2016
ExxonMobil announced today plans to add a new production unit at its Beaumont polyethylene plant that will increase capacity by 65 percent – or ...
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Air Products installs its 40th PRISM hydrogen generator
11-11-2016
Air Products recently made delivery of its 40th PRISM® Hydrogen Generator, which provides economical on-site gas production for a broad range of supply ...
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Genoil signs $50B letter of intent to develop and construct upgrading and energy projects
10-11-2016
Genoil Inc, the publicly traded clean technology engineering company for the petroleum industry, today announced the signing of a $50 billion Letter of Intent ...
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Gevo enters on road automobile gasoline market in Houston
10-11-2016
Gevo, Inc, announced today that gasoline blended with its isobutanol and marketed for use in automobiles has begun to be sold in the Houston area. This marks ...
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Maire Tecnimont expands its footprint in Malaysia
10-11-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in joint venture with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HQC) ...
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Honeywell to help Petrovietnam improve refinery efficiency and productivity
09-11-2016
Honeywell today announced that a subsidiary of PetroVietnam will use its new IIoT-based Connected Performance Services (CPS) offering to improve the performance ...
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Topsoe positions itself for growth in China
08-11-2016
Topsoe’s new, state-of-the-art automotive catalyst plant in Tianjin ramps up production, while the automotive organization is restructured to better support ...
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Technip awarded a contract for the modernization of SOCAR Azerikimya plant
08-11-2016
Technip has been awarded by SOCAR a contract for Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for the SOCAR Azerikimya plant, located in the city ...
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Clariant unveils its most efficient styrene catalyst for ultra-low steam-to-oil ratio conditions
08-11-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of its new high-performance ethyl benzene dehydrogenation catalyst StyroMax® ...
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Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine launches CADWorx® Structure
07-11-2016
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine (PP&M), part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, ...
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XOS opens new applications laboratory
03-11-2016
XOS, a leading manufacturer of application-specific X-ray analyzers, has announced the opening of a new applications laboratory to better support its customers. ...
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MAN Diesel & Turbo completes assignment at Attock refinery
03-11-2016
MAN Diesel & Turbo and Hyundai Engineering (HEC) have completed the extension of a power plant in Pakistan for the customer Attock Refinery Limited (ARL). ...
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Saudi crude will continue to be supplied to PKN ORLEN refineries
02-11-2016
PKN ORLEN will continue to work with Saudi Aramco as a supplier of crude oil to its refineries in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. The contract has ...
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Fluor announces award of Sasol oxygen train project in Secunda
01-11-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Sasol Group Technology, a division of Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd, for the engineering, ...
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Ariel to Exhibit at 2016 ADIPEC
01-11-2016
Ariel is joining more than 95,000 oil and gas professionals from 120 countries around the world at the 2016 annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition ...
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GE and Baker Hughes to create a new fullstream digital industrial services company
31-10-2016
GE and Baker Hughes today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement to combine GE’s oil and gas business and Baker Hughes to create ...
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ExxonMobil to expand Rotterdam hydrocracker to produce higher-value products
28-10-2016
ExxonMobil will expand the hydrocracker unit at its Rotterdam refinery to upgrade heavier byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished products, including ...
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XOS appoint Compass Instruments authorized US partner and distributor for on-line analyzers
26-10-2016
Compass Instruments, a leading manufacturer’s representative in the U.S. petroleum market, and XOS, the leading global provider of mission-critical materials-analysis ...
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Schneider Electric acquires Applied Instrument Technologies
24-10-2016
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has acquired Applied Instrument Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of online ...
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Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP complete merger
23-10-2016
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers, three leading global providers of container solutions products in the ...
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Equipment for the modernisation of the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery is delivered
19-10-2016
The equipment (which includes distillation, atmospheric and absorption columns, coking chambers, twinned heat interchangers and reactors and separators together ...
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ClearSign announces turnover of pilot test heater to California refiner
19-10-2016
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, an emerging provider of industrial combustion technologies that help to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, today announced ...
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19-10-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, delivers the efficiency benefits of the digitized world to oil and gas chemical operations with its VERITRAX™ ...
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ReTPac concept from MAN Diesel & Turbo recaptures market for refinery applications
19-10-2016
Already 20 trains of MAN’s turbomachinery concept sold to refineries in Asia, Middle East, Central and South America. Just three years after launching ...
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Webinar to discuss new features and updates in CADWorx® 2017 for plant design
18-10-2016
Intergraph will host a webinar on October 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. CDT that will provide a preview of new capabilities and enhancements offered in CADWorx 2017 ...
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Air Products wins Chemours contract for multiple gases supply
18-10-2016
Air Products today announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of multiple industrial gases to Chemours Company FC, LLC. Air Products will build, own ...
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Clariant inaugurates new Polypropylene catalyst plant in Louisville
18-10-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the official opening of its new polypropylene (PP) catalyst production facility in Louisville, ...
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CB&I signs alliance agreement with Haldor Topsoe
17-10-2016
CB&I today announced it has signed a long-term alliance agreement with Haldor Topsoe, a leading catalyst and technology provider, that will expand CB&I's ...
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Axens files proposal to acquire Heurtey Petrochem Group
12-10-2016
Axens announced today that it has filed a voluntary takeover bid proposal with the AMF to acquire the shares of Heurtey Petrochem. Axens is a wholly-owned ...
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OMV and Borealis will welcome CIS and CEE refining and petchem managers in Vienna
12-10-2016
According to the Spotlight on Oil and Gas Mega Projects Report by EY, 64% of the oil & gas mega projects are facing cost overruns, and 73% of the projects ...
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Bechtel completes construction of the Curtis Island LNG program
11-10-2016
Following a six-year global design and construction effort, Bechtel announced today it has completed construction of the Curtis Island LNG program with Australia ...
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Merichem awarded new LO-CAT® project in Texas
11-10-2016
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemical, and service solutions, announced today that it was ...
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Rosneft and SOCAR Turkey Enerji sign Heads of Terms on oil and petroleum products supply
10-10-2016
The parties will explore the potential of cooperation in the framework of the new 10 mmt STAR refinery being constructed by SOCAR Turkey Enerji. The Companies ...
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BASF and Avantium JV announce Synvina
07-10-2016
BASF and Avantium, the renewable chemistry company, today announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic ...
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06-10-2016
Coking.com is known for their commitment to safety. It’s in their tag line “More Production – Less Risk!”. Thomas Meek joins the ...
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Rosneft and Pertamina develop cooperation
04-10-2016
Rosneft and Pertamina signed within the working visit of Rosneft’s Chief executive officer Igor Sechin to Indonesia a number of documents aimed at further ...
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Praxair starts up new hydrogen plant in Peru
04-10-2016
Praxair, Inc, a leading global industrial gas company, announced today that it has started up a hydrogen plant for Repsol, one of the world’s largest ...
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Linde and Evonik intensify collaboration in the area of membrane gas separation
04-10-2016
The heart of the collaboration comprises Evonik's polymer-based membrane technology, which will be used in the gas separation and purification plants of Linde’s ...
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Neste Jacobs delivers energy efficiency to Borealis Porvoo site
04-10-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
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Emerson announces agreement to acquire UK-based Permasense Limited
03-10-2016
Emerson today announced it has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense Limited, a leading provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for the ...
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Shell declares force majeure on chemical supply from Singapore
29-09-2016
Royal Dutch Shell has declared force majeure on base chemicals from its ethylene cracker at its Bukom manufacturing site in Singapore on Thursday, following ...
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Chart issued patent for liquefaction technology
26-09-2016
Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc., a Chart Industries Company, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a ...
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IndianOil and USTDA sign an agreement to promote cleaner fuels in India
26-09-2016
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency and India’s largest commercial organisation IndianOil will jointly work to explore cleaner fuels. The U.S. Trade ...
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Petrotechnics survey reveals the time for operational excellence is now
26-09-2016
Petrotechnics, the developer of the hazardous industries’ first software platform, for Operational Excellence, has today released the results of its Operational ...
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Jacobs to upgrade Jurong Island refinery
21-09-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it received a contract from Singapore Refining Company Private Limited (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore ...
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Irving Oil announces $135M turnaround at Saint John refinery
20-09-2016
On September 26, Irving Oil will begin its 2016 fall turnaround project at its Saint John Refinery. ‘Operation Red Fox’ represents an investment ...
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HTRI acquires SmartPM™ fouling management software and services
20-09-2016
HTRI, a leading provider of research, software, and services to the thermal process industries, today announced the acquisition of SmartPM™ from IHS Markit, ...
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19-09-2016
Koch Technology and Optimization, LLC and Koch Minerals, LLC, both subsidiaries of Koch Industries, Inc., announced the acquisition of EFT Energy, ...
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Callidus Technologies inaugurates state-of-the-art flare testing facility
19-09-2016
Honeywell UOP today announced that its Callidus Technologies business has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art facility for the testing of gas combustion flares ...
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Shell signs agreement to sell Denmark refining business
15-09-2016
Shell has reached an agreement with Dansk Olieselskab ApS for the sale of A/S Dansk Shell in Denmark, which consists of the 70 thousand barrels per day Fredericia ...
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Engen refinery to undergo planned routine maintenance
15-09-2016
Engen Refinery, South Africa’s second largest oil refinery, is set to undergo planned maintenance. Starting on 19 September 2016, this scheduled ...
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Proimco installs first Sindie On-Line sulfur analyzer in Spain
12-09-2016
Proimco, a Mara Group company, installed for the first time in Spain a sulfur analyzer, the Sindie On-Line, from the American company XOS, a world-leader in ...
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Neste Jacobs completes EPCM services for Finland’s first LNG import terminal
09-09-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has successfully carried out the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) ...
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LyondellBasell will build High Density Polyethylene Plant at La Porte, Texas
09-09-2016
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, has selected its La Porte, Texas, manufacturing complex as the site for ...
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Irving Oil welcomes Whitegate to the team
09-09-2016
Irving Oil announced today the successful close of its purchase and sale agreement with Houston-based energy, manufacturing and logistics company, Phillips ...
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EIL to provide consulting services to IndianOil
06-09-2016
Engineers India Limited has signed a Contract with IndianOil – largest Refiner of the country, for providing Engineering, Procurement and Construction ...
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Haldor Topsoe celebrates opening of Tehran office
05-09-2016
Today, Topsoe, a global technology, catalyst and services vendor to the petrochemical and refining industry – officially opened its offices in Tehran ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Sweeny complex earns OSHA’S VPP star status
01-09-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce that its Sweeny Complex in Sweeny, Texas, has been designated by the Occupational Safety and Health ...
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Metso to present its latest oil, gas & petrochemical innovations at ONS 2016
29-08-2016
At the ONS 2016 exhibition, Metso will showcase its latest innovations for lowering the cost of valve ownership and improving safety and productivity in the ...
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KBR announces two successful startups of Distill-Max™ technology
25-08-2016
KBR, Inc announced today that HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC) has successfully started up two Dividing Wall Columns (DWC) at their El Dorado Refinery, Kansas, ...
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Technip and BTG Bioliquids to design and build pyrolysis plants
25-08-2016
Technip announced today that it has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with BTG BioLiquids B.V. (BTL) to provide EPC services for its modular pyrolysis ...
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Gazprom Neft uses Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise
25-08-2016
Intergraph® SmartPlant® for Owner Operators technology is now used by Gazprom Neft, one of the largest oil companies in Russia, to integrate engineering ...
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Hyundai Engineering implements Intergraph Smart™ 3D
24-08-2016
Leading Korean engineering company Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd (Hyundai Engineering) has achieved cost savings of more than 20 percent in engineering rework ...
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Saudi Aramco’s CAN-15 wins prestigious Japan Petroleum Institute award
24-08-2016
Saudi Aramco and its Research and Development (R&D) collaboration partner, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals - a leading catalyst developer and manufacturer ...
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Jacobs secures engineering services agreement with TransCanada
24-08-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it signed a three-year master engineering services agreement with TransCanada Corporation, a leading energy infrastructure ...
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ValvTechnologies successfully completes NUPIC audit
24-08-2016
ValvTechnologies, Inc, the global leader in the design and manufacturing of zero-leakage high-performance valve solutions, recently achieved NUPIC-approved ...
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Meridian Energy to license process technology from Axens North America
23-08-2016
Meridian Energy Group Announces Selection of Axens North America, Inc. to License Proprietary Clean-Tech Refinery and Hydrocarbon Processing Technology for ...
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Did you know? REMBE® KUB V rupture disc saves time and money
22-08-2016
Are you looking for a way to protect your expensive safety relief valves from corrosive or troubling process environments and reduce their cost? Are you lying ...
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Linde Engineering to highlight technologies for natural gas power generation
22-08-2016
Linde Engineering experts will showcase LNG solutions at the Power-Gen Natural Gas Conference and Exhibition, to be held August 23-25 in Columbus. Visitors ...
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Ariel Corporation opens training center in Russia
18-08-2016
As part of the company’s goal to provide the finest aftermarket and post-sale customer support in the industry, Ariel is offering training in Moscow, ...
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NAC Global buys Swiss Heights Engineering, Bellelli Group and Petrochem Industrie
18-08-2016
NAC Global Technologies, Inc. announced today that on August 12, 2016 it closed the business combination with Swiss Heights Engineering S.A. of Lugano, Switzerland, ...
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Albemarle reinforces its commitment to hydroprocessing
18-08-2016
As the market leader in hydroprocessing catalysts, Albemarle is reinforcing its business strategy in hydrotreating to become even more focused on technology ...
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Emerson to acquire valves & controls business from Pentair
18-08-2016
Emerson today announced it has signed an agreement to purchase the Valves & Controls business of Pentair for $3.15B. The complementary acquisition establishes ...
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Linde at International Symposium on Chromatography ISC 2016
17-08-2016
Linde will be at the 31st International Symposium on Chromatography, which will be held in University College Cork, Cork, Ireland from 28 August to 1 September. The ...
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Gunvor secures financing for Rotterdam refinery upgrade
17-08-2016
Gunvor Group Ltd is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam BV, has secured a USD 200 million project financing for the development ...
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Linde AG confirms preliminary talks about a potential merger with Praxair
16-08-2016
Linde AG confirms that it is in preliminary talks about a potential merger with Praxair, Inc. These discussions are ongoing and have not resulted in any concrete ...
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Delivery scheme developed for delivery of equipment to Neft Omsk refinery
15-08-2016
Transportation of major new equipment to the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has required the development of a comprehensive logistics scheme. ...
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GE to modernise ammonia production facility in Russia
12-08-2016
As Russian industries seek to modernize their existing production facilities to increase environmental and economic sustainability, GE’s Power Services ...
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Intergraph releases TANK™ 2016 with API 620 code support
11-08-2016
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power ...
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SABIC award AESSEAL a 5 year service agreement
10-08-2016
Leading petrochemical company SABIC has awarded AESSEAL® a 5 year managed reliability contract for their mechanical seals and seal support systems at Geleen ...
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Flint Hills Resources $20M fuel terminal expansion in Wisconsin
10-08-2016
Flint Hills Resources announced today plans to begin construction on a $20 million expansion of its Waupun, Wisconsin fuel terminal. The project will help meet ...
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Essar Oil's Vadinar refinery recognised as refinery of the year
09-08-2016
Essar Oil’s 20 MTPA Vadinar refinery received the coveted “Refinery of the Year’’ award by Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed). ...
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Topsoe’s new HyOctane™ catalysts for ultra-low sulfur high-octane gasoline
09-08-2016
Topsoe’s new series of HyOctaneTM catalysts are specifically developed for all steps in FCC gasoline post-treatment applications. Their optimized activity ...
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Essar Oil looks to boost its gross refinery margin at Vadinar refinery
08-08-2016
Essar Oil Limited’s 20 MTPA Vadinar refinery is looking at earning an additional $1.50 (per barrel of crude) on its Gross Refinery Margin (GRM) on the ...
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Russian manufacturers producing equipment for Gazprom Neft Omsk refinery
05-08-2016
Two of Russia’s most significant machine-building enterprises — Volgogradneftemash JSC and Izhorskiye Zavodi — have produced ...
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Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP announce merger
05-08-2016
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers, three of the leading global providers of container solutions products ...
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Sakai refinery welcomes students from UAEs for refinery observation tour
05-08-2016
The Sakai refinery of TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. welcomed 13 students and instructors from United Arab Emirates University and the Petroleum Institute of Abu ...
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Irving Oil to acquire Whitegate refinery in Ireland
03-08-2016
Canadian-owned Irving Oil announced today it has reached an agreement with Houston-based energy, manufacturing and logistics company, Phillips 66, to acquire ...
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Envergent RTP® technology to be used in renewable fuels facility in Quebec
03-08-2016
Envergent Technologies LLC, a joint venture of Honeywell UOP and Ensyn Corp., announced today that it has begun construction on a renewable fuels facility in ...
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LyondellBasell to build high density polyethylene plant on US Gulf Coast
29-07-2016
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, has made the final investment decision to build a High Density Polyethylene ...
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Veolia signs a record contract with Sinopec
28-07-2016
Sinopec selects Veolia for 25 year contract to optimize the water cycle in its Yanshan Petrochemical complex, located in a high water stress region 50 km from ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical announces completion of next-generation polyethylene pilot plant
27-07-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce completion of its leading-edge polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility ...
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ExxonMobil to expand ultra-low sulfur fuels production at Beaumont refinery
26-07-2016
ExxonMobil today announced plans to increase production of ultra-low sulfur fuels at its Beaumont refinery by approximately 40,000 barrels per day, ...
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Successful pilot for Amec Foster Wheeler’s VESTA methanation technology
26-07-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces that the pilot plant of its new VESTA once-through methanation technology, with wide H2/CO flexibility, has been successfully ...
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WEKA the winning proposition of a Swiss hidden champion
26-07-2016
WEKA is one of the global leaders for level indicators and cryogenic valves. Whether in the helium plants of CERN, in hydrogen filling stations or in submarine ...
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SABIC and ExxonMobil consider jointly owned petrochemical complex
25-07-2016
SABIC and an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) are considering the potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. ...
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Metathesis project approved for execution
21-07-2016
The annual propylene output of PKN ORLEN’s Production Plant in PÅ‚ock will be increased by 100 thousand tonnes, as one of its key petrochemical projects ...
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Honeywell UOP CEO Rebecca Liebert recognized by Diversity Journal
21-07-2016
Honeywell UOP announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Liebert has been named by Profiles in Diversity Journal® it its 15th annual Women ...
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Dow and DuPont stockholders approve merger
20-07-2016
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, stockholders of both companies have voted ...
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Saudi Aramco CEO leads signing ceremony of mega gas project at Fadhili
20-07-2016
Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Nasser today presided over a signing ceremony of the Fadhili gas project, marking a new milestone in the company’s ...
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Intertek partners with Técnicas Reunidas for TOTAL’s Optara project
19-07-2016
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance Solutions provider to industries worldwide, has signed an agreement with Técnicas Reunidas, an international ...
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BASF and Linde complete pilot project at National Carbon Capture Center
19-07-2016
BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, and The Linde Group, a technology company, successfully completed a joint pilot project to improve capture ...
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Heavy equipment for Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery’s new Euro+ facility delivered
15-07-2016
Four pieces of major heavy engineering equipment for construction of the new Euro+ combined oil refining unit (CORU) at the Gazprom Neft Moscow ...
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Intergraph® CAESAR II® webinar July 21st to discuss how to shorten the learning curve
12-07-2016
Intergraph will host a CAESAR II webinar on July 21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. CDT (Houston) / 5:00 p.m. CEST (Amsterdam) that will provide quick tips on solutions ...
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Air Products cuts ribbon on new world-scale hydrogen plant
11-07-2016
Air Products and its subsidiary, Air Products Canada Ltd., today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally dedicate its new world-scale hydrogen production ...
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Essar Projects wins contract for replacement of Indian Oil pipeline
05-07-2016
Essar Projects, a leading Engineering Procurement & Construction company, today announced that it has bagged the contract for replacing 141 km of pipeline ...
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International Rotating Equipment Conference Düsseldorf 2016
05-07-2016
The world’s leading rotating equipment convention is an innovation platform that offers participants a unique opportunity: they will become part of and ...
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India's biggest oil refinery to cost $30B
04-07-2016
India’s biggest oil refinery that state-run Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Engineers ...
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Grace completes purchase of BASF Polyolefin catalysts business
02-07-2016
W. R. Grace & Co. announced that on June 30, 2016, it completed the acquisition of the assets of the BASF Polyolefin Catalysts business. The acquisition ...
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BP to expand Indonesia’s Tangguh LNG facility
02-07-2016
BP, on behalf of Tangguh Production Sharing Contract Partners, today announced that the Final Investment Decision (FID) has been approved for the development ...
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PBF Energy completes acquisition of the Torrance refinery
01-07-2016
PBF Energy Inc, announced today that its subsidiary completed its acquisition of the 155,000 barrel-per-day Torrance refinery, and related logistics assets, ...
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Tesoro Corporation to sell Alaska storage and terminalling Assets to Tesoro Logistics
01-07-2016
Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics LP today announced that subsidiaries of Tesoro have executed an agreement for the sale of storage and terminalling assets ...
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Saudi Aramco and SABIC sign HoA on feasibility study for oil-to-chemicals complex
28-06-2016
Saudi Aramco and Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) have signed heads of agreement to conduct a feasibility study on the development of a fully ...
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Tesoro Petroleum announces acquisition of Dakota Prairie Refining
28-06-2016
Tesoro Corporation, through its affiliate Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, has acquired Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC (DPR), which owns a refinery ...
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Clariant supports Carbon2Chem project for the reduction of industrial CO2 emissions
28-06-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces its participation in the Carbon2Chem project, a cross-industry project for the reduction of industrial ...
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Tallest and heaviest fractionator process column arrives in Pengerang
26-06-2016
PETRONAS has received the tallest and heaviest propylene fractionator process column for the steam cracker facility located within its Pengerang Integrated ...
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New HOERBIGER location opened in Aspern, Vienna's Urban Lakeside
23-06-2016
After two years of construction, HOERBIGER today held the opening ceremony for its new location in Aspern, Vienna's Urban Lakeside. With the 45-million-euro ...
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DuPont enables Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical to produce Euro V Diesel
23-06-2016
DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce that the world’s largest DuPont™ IsoTherming® unit has successfully completed the performance ...
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Braskem Idesa inaugurates petrochemical complex in Mexico
22-06-2016
Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas, inaugurates today (22) its Petrochemical Complex in Mexico, in partnership with Mexican company ...
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BASF and Aspen Aerogels announce strategic partnership
22-06-2016
BASF SE and Aspen Aerogels Inc, announced today the expansion of their strategic partnership with the signing of an exclusive supply agreement and a joint development ...
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Ariel employees celebrate 50 years of business
22-06-2016
Saturday, June 18, more than 2,200 Ariel Corporation employees, retirees, and guests came beautifully and festively dressed to celebrate Ariel’s 50th ...
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Clariant debuts zeolite innovations
21-06-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals and one of the foremost suppliers of zeolite powders and catalysts, will be presenting at the 18th International ...
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Maire Tecnimont announce new agreements in Russia and Caspian area
17-06-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.announces that several agreements have been signed during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2016. The Forum is one ...
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PKN ORLEN arranges crude oil supplies to its Czech refinery
16-06-2016
PKN ORLEN has signed the annex to the contract with Rosneft Oil Company for crude oil supplies to Unipetrol in the Czech Republic. The annex provides for flexibility ...
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Official opening: $90M plant will improve air quality in China
16-06-2016
Today, Haldor Topsoe, a world leader in catalysis, officially opened an advanced automotive catalysts plant in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area ...
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Ten Honeywell UOP scientists recognized as “Heroes Of Chemistry”
16-06-2016
Honeywell UOP announced today that the American Chemical Society (ACS) has recognized 10 of its scientists with the Heroes of Chemistry Award for the development ...
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CB&I announces residue upgrading technology and development contract
16-06-2016
CB&I today announced Chevron Lummus Global, a joint venture between CB&I and Chevron, has been awarded a contract by Beowulf Energy Sweden LLC, who ...
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Technip completes acquisition of Hummingbird® technology from BP Chemicals
15-06-2016
Technip announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Hummingbird® ethanol to ethylene technology from BP Chemicals Ltd. Utilizing a proprietary ...
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Honeywell UOP opens new catalyst production line at Shreveport facility
15-06-2016
Honeywell UOP today opened a new production line at its catalyst manufacturing facility in Shreveport, La. The $150 million investment will enable Honeywell ...
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Sahara petrochemicals facilities contract awarded to Jacobs
14-06-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it received a three-year contract from Sahara Petrochemicals, to provide general engineering services at Sahara’s ...
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Axiall and Lotte Chemical hold LACC ethane cracker groundbreaking ceremony
14-06-2016
LACC LLC, the joint-venture company formed by Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical Corporation of the Republic of Korea, today held a groundbreaking ceremony ...
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EPA honors CB&I with presidential green chemistry challenge award
14-06-2016
CB&I today announced it has been awarded the 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its AlkyClean® ...
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Wison's olefin separation technology achieves highest olefin recovery globally
14-06-2016
Wison Engineering Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service and technology providers in China, announced ...
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Honeywell introduces Uniformance suite
14-06-2016
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it has launched Uniformance® Suite, a new, fully integrated system of process software solutions that turn plant ...
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GE and Technip sign MoU to explore digital solutions for new LNG projects
14-06-2016
GE Oil & Gas and Technip have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG ...
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Honeywell UOP earns record number of patents in 2015
13-06-2016
Honeywell UOP announced today that it earned 671 patents for new inventions globally during 2015, including 247 in the U.S. Both are records for Honeywell UOP, ...
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Amec Foster Wheeler wins Sasol contract in Mozambique
13-06-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a detailed design and engineering contract by Sasol Petroleum Mozambique Limitada for Phase 1 Tranche 1 of ...
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Linde Malaysia at Lab Asia 2015
10-06-2016
Linde Malaysia - HiQ Expert Team will participate at Lab Asia 2015 .The exhibition will take place in Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur from the 6th ...
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Product development of Neste's low-sulfur marine fuels continues
10-06-2016
Neste is currently offering two low-sulfur marine fuels, the sulfur content of which is less than 0.1 percent. The products meet the requirements set out in ...
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Meridian Energy say its Belfield refinery will be the cleanest ever built
09-06-2016
The top executive for Meridian Energy Group said the refinery it is planning for Belfield will be the “cleanest refinery ever built” and answered ...
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Neft Omsk Oil Refinery modernises its rail-tank-car loading facilities
09-06-2016
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Oil Refinery has begun the wide-ranging modernisation of its rail-tank-car loading facilities for oil products. The project is being ...
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Clariant’s Catofin® catalyst supports strong start of largest PDH unit in South Korea
09-06-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today reported the excellent performance of its catalysts during the successful start-up of the largest propane ...
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ORLEN Group’s flagship petrochemical project in the Czech Republic gets launched
07-06-2016
Today, Unipetrol, a strategic subsidiary of the ORLEN Group, has officially launched the construction of a new polyethylene unit (PE3) in its Czech production ...
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International Rotating Equipment Conference 2016: ideal showroom for manufacturers
07-06-2016
The world’s leading rotating equipment convention, a showcase for innovation, offers companies an abundant package of added value. Companies will benefit ...
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BASF postpones decision on natural gas-based propylene investment
06-06-2016
Considering the current volatility of raw material prices and the prevailing economic environment, BASF has postponed its final investment decision regarding ...
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Maire Tecnimont and Siluria to develop new natural gas based technologies
01-06-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. and Siluria Technologies announced today that they have entered into a joint collaboration agreement. Under the terms of the JCA Maire ...
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New European fuel standard will support the sales of Neste renewable desel
31-05-2016
CEN (European Committee for Standardization) has approved the EN 15940 standard for paraffinic diesel, specifying the quality and properties of advanced ...
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YPFB selects LyondellBasell Spheripol PP technology
30-05-2016
LyondellBasell today announced that Bolivia's state-owned petrochemical company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), has selected LyondellBasell ...
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Rosneft and Pertamina to build a new refining and petrochemical complex
26-05-2016
The Parties have agreed to perform a bankable feasibility study to finance the project of construction of the new refining and petrochemical complex Tuban in ...
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Sinopec’s diesel hydrogenation technology wins bidding of Brunei project
24-05-2016
Sinopec’s continuous liquid phase diesel hydrogenation technology with independent intellectual property rights recently won the bidding of a PMB project ...
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Advanced distillation technology from GTC Technology selected by TonenGeneral
24-05-2016
GTC Technology has supplied its Advanced Distillation technology for a new mixed xylenes recovery unit for TonenGeneral Sekiyu K. K. (TonenGeneral). The grassroots ...
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Honeywell and Petrovietnam sign MOU
24-05-2016
Honeywell today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to advance cooperation in Vietnam’s ...
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Honeywell India unveils new refining technology
24-05-2016
Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today unveiled a new refining technology at Honeywell’s India Technology Center, ...
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Hundreds of downstream project leads flock to New Orleans
23-05-2016
In two weeks’ time, over 700 Project Leads from the petrochemical & refining industries descend on New Orleans to attend the most high-profile and ...
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Clariant launches MegaGuard™ 700
19-05-2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of its MegaGuard™ 700 catalyst guard at the Clariant Syngas Conference 2016 ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical receive the elite silver safety award from AFPM
18-05-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP’s facility in Borger, Texas, received the Elite Silver Safety Award from American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers ...
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Air Products launches hydrogen services business
17-05-2016
In response to increasing customer demand, Air Products has launched a Hydrogen Services Business as part of the company’s Customer Plant Support organization. ...
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INEOS Oligomers to build world scale LAO unit at Chocolate Bayou
16-05-2016
Today, INEOS Oligomers confirmed it had made a Final Investment Decision (FID) to build a new world scale Linear Alpha Olefin (LAO) unit at the INEOS site at ...
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Emerson collaborates with NTU Singapore to expand new manufacturing capabilities
16-05-2016
Emerson Process Management and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) today announced that they have entered into a Research Collaboration Agreement ...
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Acquisition of majority stake in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor Co Ltd completed
13-05-2016
Burckhardt Compression completed the acquisition of a 60% stake in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor Co., Ltd. as announced on March 11, 2016. Shenyang Yuanda is the ...
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Jacobs wins contract with Mitsubishi
12-05-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering services for the expansion of Mitsubishi’s polyester ...
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Fluor wins best practices award for modularization innovation
12-05-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA) named Fluor the 2016 Best Practices Award winner for ...
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Honeywell announces plan to spin off resins and chemicals business to shareowners
12-05-2016
Honeywell announced today its intention to spin off its Resins and Chemicals business into a standalone, publicly- traded company named AdvanSix Inc. Honeywell ...
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Clariant's R&D alliance with TUM, MuniCat, relocates its catalysis research center
09-05-2016
Clariant congratulates the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on the inauguration of a new building for its Catalysis Research Center (CRC). The CRC is home ...
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PKN ORLEN signs first long-term contract with Saudi Aramco
06-05-2016
PKN ORLEN has signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the supply of ca. 200 thousand tonnes of crude oil monthly to its refineries. The contract will ...
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Maire Tecnimont receive oil & gas petrochemical and fertilizer orders
05-05-2016
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main subsidiaries have been granted new awards for a total amount of approximately $160M for licensing, engineering ...
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Sonangol awards services for Lobitor refinery project to EIL
04-05-2016
Sonangol is planning to set up a 200,000 BPSD (9.5 MMTPA) Refinery in Lobito, Angola. Engineers India Limited (EIL) has been awarded FEED Revalidation, Licensor ...
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Sinopec selects Honeywell UOP's MaxEne technology to raise petrochemical yields
04-05-2016
Honeywell announced today that the first commercial installation of its UOP MaxEne Process successfully entered production at Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company’s ...
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Shell completes sale of Denmark Marketing business to Couche-Tard
02-05-2016
Shell has completed the sale of Dansk Fuels in Denmark to Couche-Tard for approximately $300 million including working capital. Dansk Fuels comprises Shell’s ...
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Renewable Energy Group expands logistics and storage at Danville biorefinery
02-05-2016
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that the Company’s Danville, Illinois operation now has more than 14 million gallons of tank capacity to ...
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Bechtel’s ThruPlus delayed coking technology selected for Egyptian refinery
02-05-2016
Bechtel has signed a license agreement with Assiut Oil Refining Company, a subsidiary of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, for the process design of a ...
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REMBE release IKB reverse acting rupture disc
29-04-2016
REMBE® rupture discs are different! And so it is with the newest member of the REMBE® Rupture Disc offering, the single layer IKB Reverse Acting Rupture ...
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Amec Foster Wheeler forms strategic alliance with DeltaValve
28-04-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler and DeltaValve, LLC, a leading provider of equipment and control systems for the delayed coking segment of the refining industry, have formed ...
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Metso open new valve service center in Poland in operation
28-04-2016
Metso has opened a new service center specialized in process valve and field equipment solutions in Poland. The center has a key role in supporting pulp and ...
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Neste Jacobs investigates the potential of LNG with Port of Turku
26-04-2016
Technology, engineering and project management Company Neste Jacobs and Port of Turku have signed a contract for Neste Jacobs to investigate the potential and ...
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Engineers India Limited signs contract with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation
25-04-2016
Engineers India Limited has formally entered into a contract with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to render Project Management Consultancy for Installation ...
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New catalyst produces sulfur-free CO2 from Icelandic geothermal facility
25-04-2016
Icelandic geothermal power company HS Orka hf has signed a contract with Topsoe for a plant to transform excess CO2 into a commercial product. The plant is ...
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Industrial Emissions Directive on the agenda at CEM 2016
24-04-2016
Linde will be at the CEM 2016, the 12th International Conference & Exhibition on Emissions Monitoring, which will take place at Lisboa Congress Centre, ...
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Grace agrees to purchase BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business
22-04-2016
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of BASF’s Polyolefin Catalysts business. The transaction is ...
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Lukoil starts construction of Kandym gas processing complex
19-04-2016
LUKOIL started the construction of Kandym Gas Processing Complex (KGPC), a key production facility in development of the Kandym group of gas condensate fields ...
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Jacobs appointed to Woodside Engineering services panel
19-04-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it was appointed by Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside) to work as part of an engineering panel to provide multi-disciplinary ...
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Air Liquide accelerates its development in biogas purification
18-04-2016
Air Liquide announces the commissioning of 12 biogas purification units in the last 12 months in Europe. With these new units, Air Liquide ...
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BashNIPIneft selects AVEVA software for major brownfield project
14-04-2016
AVEVA announced today that BashNIPIneft LLC, a Research and Design Institute for leading Russian Oil and Gas company Bashneft, has implemented AVEVA Everything3D ...
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Air Liquide strengthens its partnership with MPCC in China
12-04-2016
Air Liquide signed a new long-term contract with Maoming Petrochemical Co. (MPCC), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.), ...
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L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering secures two more orders from PDO Oman
12-04-2016
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. India, has won two orders valued approximately $370M, from Petroleum ...
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12-04-2016
The Yamal LNG project is an unprecedented technological and logistical challenge, involving more than 200 wells, three liquefaction trains with an annual ...
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INEOS Europe to purchase natural gas liquids from the Appalachian shale gas basin
11-04-2016
INEOS Europe AG and Rex Energy Corporation have today announced a new natural gas liquids sale and purchase agreement covering ethane, propane and butane. The ...
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Announcing Yokogawa’s acquisition of KBC
08-04-2016
We are delighted to announce that the acquisition of KBC Advanced Technologies plc by Yokogawa Electric Corporation completed yesterday, 7 April 2016. Completion ...
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Honeywell UOP name Rebecca Liebert President and CEO
08-04-2016
Honeywell announced that Rebecca Liebert has been named president and CEO of Honeywell UOP, a leading supplier of process technology, catalysts, engineered ...
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Linde details how cryo-condensation can recapture value while minimizing emissions
06-04-2016
At NISTM 2016, Senior Engineer Robert P. D’Orazio of Linde LLC, will detail how cryo-condensation technology can not only minimize VOC emissions for storage ...
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05-04-2016
April 1, 2016, the HOERBIGER Group in Zug, Switzerland, acquired privately held BRILEX Gesellschaft für Explosionsschutz mbH, head quartered in Brilon, ...
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ClearSign contract with major canadian oil producer
04-04-2016
ClearSign Combustion Corporation, announced today an agreement with a major Canadian oil sands producer to design and engineer ClearSign's Duplex™ technology ...
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JGC Indonesian subsidiary wins gas processing plant contract
01-04-2016
JGC Corporation announced today that its group company, JGC Indonesia, jointly with PT. ENCONA INTI INDUSTRI, has been awarded the EPC contract for the ...
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IndianOil refineries mark new records of performance during 2015-16
01-04-2016
IndianOil refineries have achieved a new record of crude throughput of 56.1 MMT with a capacity utilization of 103.5% during the year 2015-16. IndianOil’s ...
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BP and CNPC sign BP’s first shale gas production sharing contract
31-03-2016
BP and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) today signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for shale gas exploration, development and production in ...
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KBR awarded MAXOFIN FCC revamp contract
31-03-2016
KBR, Inc announced today it has been awarded a license and basic engineering design contract for the revamp of a Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC) unit with MAXOFIN ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical expands Polyalphaolefins capacity at Cedar Bayou plant
29-03-2016
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today that it has reached final investment decision to expand the low viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity ...
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The Grangemouth shale gas revolution moves closer to reality
29-03-2016
The second manufacturing unit at Grangemouth’s KG ethylene plant is brought back to life eight years after being mothballed. INEOS completes successful ...
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Queensland Biofuels pilot plant announced
29-03-2016
Queensland has again defeated NSW because the state "wanted it more", and this time the financial stakes are higher than State of Origin glory. The ...
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Meridian Energy Group look to build North Dakota refinery using midstream model
28-03-2016
Meridian Energy Group expects to use a fee-based business model at a 55,000 b/d refinery it plans to build in North Dakota, CEO William Prentice said Wednesday. ...
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WorleyParsons lands PMC project for Assiut refinery
23-03-2016
WorleyParsons is pleased to announce that it received last week a Letter of Award from a new customer, Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC), a subsidiary of ...
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Neste Jacobs to perform energy study study of INA's oil refinery in Croatia
22-03-2016
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and INA - Industrija nafte, d.d. (INA) have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform ...
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CNOOC and Shell to expand petrochemical complex in China
22-03-2016
China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Shell Nanhai B.V. today announce the final investment decision to expand CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Company’s ...
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Emerson helps users reduce cyber threats through control system recertification
21-03-2016
Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV™ version 12.3 distributed control system (DCS) and its security project and engineering support services, is ...
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KBR wins multi-phased contract for front-end engineering and design for Woodfibre LNG
21-03-2016
KBR, Inc, announced today it has been awarded a multi-phased contract for Front-End Engineering and Design for the Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. ...
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UCARSOL solvents now available in ProTreat simulator
21-03-2016
Optimized Gas Treating and The Dow Chemical Company have recently announced that modules for UCARSOL™ chemical solvents are now available in ProTreat® ...
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BASF completes capacity increase for 1,4-butanediol in Geismar
18-03-2016
BASF completed its two-step capacity expansion for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by approximately 20 percent at its Verbund site in Geismar, ...
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Minatitlan refinery ULSD contract awarded to Técnicas Reunidas
18-03-2016
Técnicas Reunidas, TR, has been selected by Pemex Transformación Industrial for the second phase of the execution of the ultra low sulphur diesel ...
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Determination of trace-level chlorine in the presence of sulfur in crude oil
18-03-2016
PANalytical, world market leader for X-ray fluorescence equipment, announces a new dedicated solution for the analysis of very low chlorine concentrations in ...
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Rabab Harweel project water treatment contract awarded to Veolia
17-03-2016
Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies Gulf, has been awarded a contract by Petrofac to provide process water treatment solutions on Petroleum ...
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Petrobras renews rotor inspection and storage contract with Elliott Group
17-03-2016
Petrobras has renewed a contract with Elliott Group in Brazil for rotor inspection and storage. The contract covers a minimum of 80 spare turbine and compressor ...
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Saudi Aramco and LANXESS announce the executive team of their ARLANXEO JV
17-03-2016
Saudi Aramco and specialty chemicals company LANXESS are pleased to announce the members of the Executive Board of ARLANXEO, their previously announced 50:50 ...
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Saudi Refining and Shell sign letter of intent to separate Motiva assets
16-03-2016
Saudi Arabian Oil Company through its wholly owned Saudi Refining Inc. subsidiary and Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its U.S. downstream affiliate, announce ...
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15-03-2016
Given stringent business conditions dictated by the oil price concerns, ADNOC is turning more to efficiency improvements. Several of the presentations in the ...
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United Airlines begin commercial flights using renewable jet fuel
11-03-2016
Honeywell UOP announced that starting today United Airlines will use Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™, to power 12,500 flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco ...
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Honeywell UOP technology powering commercial-scale biorefinery
10-03-2016
AltAir is the second U.S. fuel producer using Honeywell UOP technology to produce renewable fuels and the first producing jet fuel, joining Diamond Green Diesel, ...
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Rompetrol automates downstream business in Romania
10-03-2016
Rompetrol Downstream, part of KMG International Group, has started the extensive rollout of OpenTAS including complete SAP integration at several of its sites ...
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New emissions regulations creating opportunities in China
08-03-2016
New emissions standards in China (GB 31570-2015 and GB 31571-2015) covering refining and petrochemical plants are creating considerable opportunities for international ...
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Elliott and Linde to cooperate on small-to mid-scale LNG business
07-03-2016
Elliott Group and The Linde Group’s Engineering Division have entered into an agreement to cooperate in the small-to mid-scale LNG business. The parties ...
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CLG’s technologies selected to upgrade Thai Oil’s Sriracha Refinery
07-03-2016
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced their successful award as licensor of the residue and VGO hydrocracking units for Thai Oil Public Company Limited’s ...
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Abu Dhabi to host latest international developments in gas conditioning
06-03-2016
The ADNOC Group will be hosting the SOGAT 2016 event in Abu Dhabi from March 20-24 were several new technical activities will be announced at a time when the ...
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Eni starts three oil and gas treatment plants at Zubair field
03-03-2016
Eni and Kogas have introduced today, in the presence of H.E. the Deputy Minister of Oil Fayadh Hassan Nima and other representatives of the Iraqi government, ...
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INDMAX unit to be set-up at Bongaigaon refinery
03-03-2016
INDMAX unit to be set-up at Bongaigaon Refinery The Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North-East which aims at doubling Oil & Gas production by 2030, making clean ...
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Linde to showcase its hydrogen leadership at 2016 Shell Eco-marathon
03-03-2016
The technology company The Linde Group will support this year’s Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) as a global partner by supplying participating fuel cell-powered ...
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Emerson adds HART® 7 to vortex flowmeters
01-03-2016
The ability to efficiently commission field devices reduces startup costs and schedule risk for large projects. Emerson Process Management’s line of Rosemount ...
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Topsoe introduces SK-501 Flex™
01-03-2016
Today, Topsoe introduced SK-501 Flex™ – a groundbreaking high temperature shift (HTS) catalyst with the unique ability to operate at any steam-to-carbon ...
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Fluor consortium delivers natural gas development project in Brazil
25-02-2016
Fluor Corporation announced today that its consortium has met substantial completion on the Gavião Branco facility in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, ...
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Bechtel announces first LNG commissioning cargo from Sabine Pass Train 1
25-02-2016
Bechtel announced that the first commissioning cargo with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Train 1 at the Sabine Pass Liquefaction project departed yesterday ...
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Linde expands presence in Houston energy corridor
25-02-2016
To better serve its customers in the Houston area, Linde Engineering North America Inc,(LENA) and Linde Americas will soon expand their presence in the Houston ...
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Sadara the countdown continues
24-02-2016
The boards of directors of Saudi Aramco, Dow Chemical Company (Dow), and the Sadara Chemical Company gathered at the Sadara complex recently to get a closer ...
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Blasch to present with BD Energy Systems at Nitrogen + SynGas conference in Berlin
24-02-2016
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, will be presenting Improved uniformity of flue gas flow in down-fired steam ...
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ABB awarded EPC contract for a new LPG pumping station in Algeria
19-02-2016
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a new liquefied petroleum ...
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Air Products to supply industrial gases to Unipetrol
18-02-2016
World-leading industrial gas company, Air Products, and Unipetrol RPA, part of the leading petrochemical and refining group – Unipetrol, have signed a ...
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hte supports Saudi Aramco with a state-of-the-art high throughput experimentation facility
18-02-2016
hte – the high throughput experimentation company and leading provider of technology solutions and services for customers in the energy, refining, chemicals ...
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Alfa Laval to provide compact heat exchangers to Russian refinery
18-02-2016
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Alfa Laval compact heat exchangers to a refinery ...
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Emerson to help Cameron LNG automate its new liquefaction project
18-02-2016
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has been tapped by Cameron LNG to help automate its new liquefaction project, adding three LNG trains ...
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New coker now operating at CHS Refinery at McPherson, Kansas
17-02-2016
Member-owners of CHS Inc, the nation's leading cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, are now benefitting from the recently completed coker ...
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Lukoil starts up new gas processing unit in Budennovsk
16-02-2016
Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Stavropol Region Governor Vladimir Vladimirov ...
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Manoir Industries and Tubetech International announce strategic alliance
16-02-2016
Manoir Industries and Tube Tech International announce through a Memorandum of Understanding a strategic alliance to provide additional services to their customers. ...
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Axens awarded the first crude-to-paraxylene complex in China
11-02-2016
Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd has selected Axens to supply technologies for its Petrochemical project to be located at Changxing Island in China's Liaoning Province. ...
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Methanol plant contract for Topsoe
04-02-2016
Topsoe, a Danish technology, catalyst and services vendor to the petrochemical and refining industry, will open permanent offices in Tehran. The decision is ...
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MISTRAS and E2G alliance to deliver next generation plant management solutions
04-02-2016
Industry and technology leaders, MISTRAS Group, Inc. and The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. (E2G), announced the formation of a multi-faceted alliance to enable ...
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Grace completes separation Into two Independent, industry-leading companies
03-02-2016
W. R. Grace & Co. has completed the previously announced separation of Grace into two independent, industry-leading companies: W. R. Grace & Co. and ...
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Honeywell UOP technology, modular equipment powers new clean fuels refinery in Pakistan
02-02-2016
Honeywell announced today that its UOP process technology and equipment is helping Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) increase its production of high-quality gasoline, ...
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First Russian-produced hydro-treatment catalyst successfully tested at Refinery
02-02-2016
Commercial testing of the first domestically-produced hydro-treatment catalyst (developed by the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk) ...
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Jacobs awarded pre-FID study contract for Baltic gas project
02-02-2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today it was awarded a contract to conduct a pre-final investment decision (Pre-FID) study for the onshore gas treatment ...
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Gunvor acquires Rotterdam refinery
01-02-2016
Gunvor Group has completed its acquisition of the Kuwait Petroleum Europoort refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from Kuwait Petroleum International, allowing ...
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Emerson helps BP Whiting refinery avoid downtime while improving safety and reliability
01-02-2016
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, is providing process automation technologies and services to help BP further enhance the safety, reliability, ...
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Shell sells Shell Refining Company in Malaysia to Malaysia Hengyuan International Limited
01-02-2016
Shell Malaysia Trading will ensure security of supply to its retail and commercial customers in Malaysia and honour other existing commitments through an existing ...
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Topsoe establishes R&D center at Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics
01-02-2016
A newly established Topsoe R&D subsidiary – Haldor Topsoe Science & Technology (Dalian) Co. Ltd, has entered a comprehensive collaboration agreement ...
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Air Products air separation units onstream in Yulin
28-01-2016
Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced its four air separation unit (ASU) trains built for Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., ...
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Siemens to acquire simulation software supplier CD-adapco
25-01-2016
Siemens and CD-adapco have entered into a stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of CD-adapco by Siemens. The purchase price is $970 million. CD-adapco ...
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Aker Solutions starts pioneering CO2-capture project in Norway
25-01-2016
Aker Solutions today started a five-month test program to capture carbon emissions from the municipality-operated waste-to-energy Klemetsrud plant in Oslo, ...
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Praxair China starts up new air separation plant
25-01-2016
Praxair, Inc. has started up a large air separation plant in northern China for the Yankuang Guohong Chemical Co., Ltd facility in Zoucheng City. Yankuang Guohong ...
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New customer needs makes Topsoe downsize top management
19-01-2016
The markets Haldor Topsoe operates in show a receding development these years. In spite of that – and in spite of intensified competition –Topsoe ...
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Amec Foster Wheeler awarded ammonia project
19-01-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract to provide project development support and design engineering for an integrated 80,000 tonne per ...
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Neste's Porvoo refinery to receive a full scale operator training simulator
15-01-2016
Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company and Neste, Baltic region's leading refiner and distributer of oil products and the world's ...
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Rosneft and BP dissolve their Ruhr Oel GmbH JV
15-01-2016
Rosneft and BP today announced that they have signed a binding agreement to dissolve the existing refining JV Ruhr Oel GmbH (ROG) as they move toward completion ...
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PEMEX extends contract for nitrogen supply with Linde
14-01-2016
The technology company The Linde Group has signed a contract with Pemex Exploración y Producción, a subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos, ...
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PV Gas selects modular gas processing plant and automation technology from Honeywell
12-01-2016
Honeywell announced today that it will supply a 250 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) modular gas processing plant and advanced automation systems ...
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Technip awarded contract by Air Products for Baytown hydrogen plant
08-01-2016
Technip was awarded a contract by Air Products to provide technology, engineering and procurement services for a grassroots hydrogen plant in Baytown, Texas, ...
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Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene capacity in Calvert City
08-01-2016
Westlake Chemical Partners LP, a Westlake company, announced that it has approved plans to expand ethylene capacity at the Calvert City, Kentucky facility owned ...
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Blasch promotes two key members of engineering team
08-01-2016
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces two important promotions within their engineering group. Dave ...
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Axens to expand its sulfur abatement portfolio
07-01-2016
Axens (Axens North America Inc) announces that it has on January 4th, 2016 entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with Scutter Enterprises, LLC to purchase ...
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BP agrees to sale of Alabama petrochemical complex
06-01-2016
BP has agreed to sell its petrochemical complex in Decatur, Alabama, to Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, as part of a previously announced effort to ...
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IndianOil refineries achieve record crude throughput of 55.2 MMT
06-01-2016
The year gone by has brought many happy tidings for IndianOil Refineries. Having achieved the highest crude throughput of 55.2 MMT, and one of the highest ever ...
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Honeywell acquires remaining interest in UOP Russell LLC
06-01-2016
Honeywell announced today that it has acquired the remaining 30 percent stake in UOP Russell LLC, which develops technology and manufactures modular equipment ...
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CRI Catalyst licenses IH2 technology to a leading European company
05-01-2016
A Fortune 2000 global company headquartered in Northern Europe has entered into an FEL-2 package license agreement with CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company LTD, ...
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Tesoro launches plan to support development of renewable biocrude for its refineries
02-01-2016
Tesoro Corporation today announced its plan to foster the development of biocrude made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries, ...
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Enterprise Products completes final phase of LPG export terminal expansion
30-12-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership has increased the loading rate at its liquefied petroleum gas export terminal ...
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Methanex starts up Geismar 2 methanol plant
29-12-2015
Methanex Corporation announced that on December 27, 2015, the company successfully produced first methanol from its newly completed one million tonne Geismar ...
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Gazprom completes large-scale reconstruction of residue deep conversion complex
28-12-2015
Reconstruction of the KT-1/1 atmospheric residue deep conversion complex at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery is now complete, with modernisation ...
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Jacobs selected as a global engineering partner to BASF
23-12-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today its selection by BASF as a Global Engineering Partner. Under a three year contract, Jacobs is providing engineering, ...
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Topsoe technology supports new large-scale methanol plant
22-12-2015
Topsoe has delivered licensed process technology, basic engineering, catalysts and services for the first greenfield methanol plant in the U.S. in many years. ...
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Western Refining and Northern Tier announce definitive merger agreement
21-12-2015
Western Refining, Inc and Northern Tier Energy LP today jointly announced that they have entered into a merger agreement whereby Western will acquire all of ...
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Dow announces start-up of new Texas propylene production facility
18-12-2015
The Dow Chemical Company today announced its new world-scale propane dehydrogenation unit (PDH) located at the Company’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, ...
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Rosneft and Sinopec to cooperate in gas and petroleum chemicals projects in East Siberia
17-12-2015
Rosneft and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec group) signed a Memorandum of understanding in the area of cooperation on gas and petroleum chemicals projects ...
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Two processes of Wison Engineering recognised as proprietary technologies by CCESDA
17-12-2015
Two processes developed by Wison Engineering have been certified as proprietary technologies by the China Petroleum & Chemical Engineering Survey and Design ...
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Jacobs contract from Suncor for new oil sands in-situ development
15-12-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it was awarded a contract from Suncor Energy to provide project management and engineering services to complete ...
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Neste, Veolia and Borealis to build a new combined heat and power plant in Porvoo
15-12-2015
Neste, Veolia and Borealis have agreed to create a joint venture company to build a new combined heat and power plant and produce and supply steam and other ...
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WorleyParsons named supplier of the year for exceptional performance
10-12-2015
WorleyParsons, a leading provider of professional services to the resources and energy sectors and complex process industries, has been named by BASF as the ...
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Honeywell modernized plant for world’s largest ammonia producer
10-12-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced it has upgraded the controls and safety system at TogliattiAzot’s production site in Tolyatti, Russia. The ...
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Maintenance decreases utilization rate of Neste's Porvoo refinery
09-12-2015
Until mid-January, Neste's Porvoo refinery is expected to run with a utilization rate of about 70% due to an equipment malfunction identified in one of the ...
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INEOS expands feedstocks trading activity in Europe
09-12-2015
INEOS has today announced the expansion of its cracker feedstock procurement and trading activity within Europe. The new trading business will be ...
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Sadara starts up first solution polyethylene plant in the Middle East
08-12-2015
Saudi Arabia: Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has successfully started up its first ...
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Tesoro to acquire strategic logistics assets in the bakken
08-12-2015
Tesoro Corporation has agreed to acquire Great Northern Midstream LLC, a crude oil logistics provider which owns and operates high-quality, recently constructed ...
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Phillips 66 announces startup of Sweeny fractionator one
08-12-2015
Phillips 66 has begun operations at its new 100,000 barrels-per-day (BPD) natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator located at the company's Sweeny Complex in ...
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Shell to build solvent deasphalter unit at Pernis refinery
08-12-2015
Shell today announces it has taken the final investment decision to build a major new unit at the Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Solvent ...
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Fluor acquires industrial services company Stork
07-12-2015
Fluor Corporation and Stork announced today that Fluor has signed an agreement with UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners to acquire 100 ...
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Catalyst produced at Neft Omsk Refinery makes it into this year’s Russia’s 100 best products
03-12-2015
A micro-spherical zeolite-containing bi-zeolite catalyst produced at the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has won a gold at the national Russia’s ...
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Fluor announces completion of Isononanol project for BASF and Sinopec
02-12-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has completed a world-scale Isononanol (INA) plant for BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) ...
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Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery completes construction of primary crude distillation unit
01-12-2015
The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has completed the thoroughgoing reconstruction of its AT-9 primary distillation unit, resulting in a 12-percent ...
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Rosneft closes the acquisition PCK Raffinerie GmbH from Total
01-12-2015
Rosneft and Total have closed the sale and purchase transaction concerning the 66.67% share in AET-Raffineriebeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, representing a 16.67% ...
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ProSimPlus Energy to improve process energy efficiency
01-12-2015
ProSim, leading European process simulation and optimization software provider, announces the release of a must-have software to improve process energy efficiency. ...
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Neste Jacobs to implement Borealis' multi-million cracker furnace upgrade
30-11-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
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Shell to expand alpha olefins production at Geismar chemical plant
30-11-2015
Shell Chemical LP (Shell) today announces the final investment decision to increase Alpha Olefins (AO) production at its chemical manufacturing site in Geismar, ...
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Chinese refiners looking for more product out of the Bottom Of The Barrel
24-11-2015
Chinese refiners are looking to get more product out of every barrel of oil – especially the hard-to-refine "bottom of the barrel" residue – ...
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Metso Corporation appoint Helena Marjaranta vice president global communications
18-11-2015
Helena Marjaranta, (FM) has been appointed Vice President, Global Communications at Metso as of December 1, 2015. She will be based in Helsinki. Helena's responsibility ...
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BP explores sale of Alabama petrochemical facility
17-11-2015
BP has decided to market for sale its Decatur, Alabama petrochemicals complex as part of a broader reorganization of the company’s global petrochemicals ...
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Contracts signed to build Fadhili gas plant
17-11-2015
Contracts signed with engineering, procurement, and construction firms to build the new plant north of Jubail, Eastern Province. Saudi Aramco has reached another ...
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BASF starts operations at 300,000-metric-ton TDI plant at Ludwigshafen
17-11-2015
BASF today officially inaugurated the new TDI plant at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant has an annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons of TDI. The total investment, ...
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Air Liquide announces agreement to acquire Airgas
17-11-2015
Air Liquide has reached an agreement to acquire Airgas in a game-changing combination that strengthens Air Liquide’s global leadership position, ...
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Tesoro Corporation to sell crude oil and refined product storage and pipeline assets
10-11-2015
Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics LP today announced that subsidiaries of Tesoro have agreed upon terms for the sale of crude oil and refined product ...
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Gevo signs licensing and joint development agreements with Praj
09-11-2015
Gevo, Inc, announced today that it has entered into a license agreement and a joint development agreement with Praj Industries Limited to enable the licensing ...
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INEOS signs ethane supply agreement with ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell Chemicals Europe
09-11-2015
INEOS Europe AG, ExxonMobil Chemical Limited and Shell Chemicals Europe B.V. today announced a long-term sale and purchase agreement to secure ethane from US ...
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VMG announces acquisition of PHH Engineering Software
09-11-2015
Virtual Materials Group Ltd, a global technology company that develops process simulation software and solutions for the oil and gas industry, announced today ...
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GEA Heat Exchangers becomes Kelvion
09-11-2015
Something’s happening in the international Heat Exchanger business: another new standalone company has been created out of the former Heat Exchanger division ...
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Blasch Precision Ceramics announces supply agreement with DuPont
09-11-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics is pleased to announce a new distributor agreement with DuPont Clean Technologies. In an ongoing effort to expand overall reach, Blasch ...
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Fluor completes Shell’s Quest carbon capture project in Alberta
06-11-2015
Fluor Corporation has completed the construction of Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The ...
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Air Liquide inaugurates its CO2 cold capture system, Cryocap™
06-11-2015
Today, in France, Air Liquide inaugurated Cryocap™, a unique industrial installation that enables the capture of CO2 released during hydrogen production ...
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04-11-2015
Linde Gas is one of the sponsors of the inaugural PEFTEC series of conferences, seminars and exhibitions. PEFTEC will take place in Antwerp, Belgium on ...
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Fluor ethane cracker project hits milestone
03-11-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has completed the tallest lift on its U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project for Chevron Phillips Chemical ...
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Honeywell to modernize and maintain control systems at New Zealand's sole oil refinery
03-11-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced a five-year agreement to provide maintenance, support and project delivery to Refining NZ, New Zealand's sole oil ...
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Metso opens a new process valve service center in Sweden
03-11-2015
Today, Metso is opening a new service center specialized in process valve and field equipment solutions in Gothenburg, Sweden. The investment supports the company's ...
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Shell completes two Downstream divestments
02-11-2015
In France, the company has completed the sale of its Butagaz LPG business to DCC Energy for €464 million. The transaction is a share sale and all Butagaz ...
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Enterprise offering additional capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline system
30-10-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced it will be conducting a binding open commitment period to gauge shipper support for a proposed expansion of ...
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ExxonMobil to expand Rotterdam hydrocracker to produce higher-value products
29-10-2015
ExxonMobil will expand the hydrocracker unit at its Rotterdam refinery to upgrade heavier byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished products, including ...
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Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery begins construction of a new biological treatment complex
28-10-2015
The Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery has begun construction of a cutting-edge biological treatment complex, “Biosfera”. The project was launched ...
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Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery begins construction of a new biological treatment complex
28-10-2015
The Gazprom Neft Moscow refinery has begun construction of a cutting-edge biological treatment complex, “Biosfera”. The project was launched ...
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Bechtel and Chart partner for development of floating LNG facilities
27-10-2015
Bechtel and Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc have signed a long-term agreement to design and build floating LNG (FLNG) process facilities using Chart’s ...
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ICL Brasil to be the first to use Honeywell’s state-of-the-art process controls
27-10-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that a large chemical facility in Brazil will be the first in the world to use Honeywell’s state-of-the-art ...
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Air Products and Kiewit team-up to pursue smaller-sized LNG projects in North America
27-10-2015
Air Products and Kiewit Energy Company today jointly announced an agreement in which the two companies will work together to pursue smaller-sized LNG projects ...
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Air Products to build world-class SMR in Baytown
27-10-2015
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, announced today it will invest $350-$400 million to build, own and operate a world-scale steam methane reformer ...
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PROSERNAT sponsors and exhibits at the industry’s leading annual Sulphur conference
27-10-2015
Sulphur 2015, now in its 31st year, is the industry’s leading technical and commercial conference with over 50 speakers and 70 exhibitors, attracting ...
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Wison delivers first batch of modules for RPLC refinery project
26-10-2015
Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd today announced the delivery of its first batch of modules for the key modularized components construction of the Petroleos ...
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Urgency for global gas industry to create new opportunities gathers momentum
22-10-2015
The global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries are witnessing an unprecedented period of uncertainty as lower hydrocarbons prices continue to have ...
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Analysis of oils using ICP-OES with radial plasma observation
20-10-2015
A new application brief explains how the use of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) with radial plasma observation provides a ...
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Praxair upgrades its air separation liquefaction capabilities in the Salt Lake City
19-10-2015
Praxair, Inc. announced that it will upgrade its air separation liquefaction capabilities in the Salt Lake City, Utah area to meet demand in the region. A new ...
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Linde develops a new production process for synthesis gas
15-10-2015
Today, technology company The Linde Group officially opened the new Linde Pilot Reformer research facility at Pullach near Munich, Linde’s largest location ...
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LOBO advanced platform system saves £3.5m and more at Pembroke oil refinery
14-10-2015
Within the refinery, scaffolding is used to provide access for preventative and reactive maintenance, inspection and operational tasks. For the last 30 years ...
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BASF and SINOPEC inaugurate world scale isononanol plant
12-10-2015
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) today inaugurated their world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development ...
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Bharat Petroleum award terminal automation systems order to Yokogawa
09-10-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa India Ltd., has won a turnkey project order valued at 730 million rupees (US$1M to automate ...
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LUKOIL supplies gas to Gazprom processing plant
07-10-2015
ООО LUKOIL-Komi began supplying associated petroleum gas (APG) from its northern group of fields to PJSC Gazprom’s Sosnogorsky Gas Processing ...
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MRPL agreement with NMPT for setting up an LNG Terminal
07-10-2015
MRPL & New Mangalore Port Trust signed an MoU today to study the feasibility of setting up an LNG Re-gassification Terminal, at Mangalore. The MOU, signed ...
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Praxair starts up new air separation plant in East China chemical park
05-10-2015
Praxair, Inc announced the start-up of its new air separation plant at the Liaoning Oxiranchem, Inc. (Oxiran) facility in Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park, ...
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Willbros Group announces sale of professional services segment
05-10-2015
Willbros Group, Inc. announced today that it has executed a purchase agreement for the sale of its Professional Services segment to TRC Companies, Inc. for ...
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LyondellBasell aquires SJS Plastiblends
01-10-2015
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced the acquisition of SJS Plastiblends Pvt. Ltd. (SJS), thereby ...
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Axiall Corporation sells aromatics business to INEOS Americas
01-10-2015
Axiall Corporation, a leading integrated chemicals and building products company, has sold its Aromatics division and Pasadena, Texas, manufacturing facility ...
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FMC Technologies and PROSERNAT announce alliance
01-10-2015
FMC Technologies, Inc. and PROSERNAT have signed an alliance agreement to become a single source supplier of integrated modular systems and comprehensive ...
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PBF Energy to purchase Torrance refinery from ExxonMobil
30-09-2015
PBF Energy Inc announced today that its subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the 155,000 barrel-per-day Torrance refinery, and related logistics ...
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Aramco refinery cutting cost by 2/3 with in-house patented technology
30-09-2015
With a cost only 30% of a conventional dewatering system, Saudi Aramco’s Riyadh Refinery comes with a considerable financial upside. Being the brainchild ...
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Elliott opens service center in India
29-09-2015
Elliott Group announced today that it will open a new, 3,530-square-meter turbomachinery service center on September 30, 2015, in the Bidadi Industrial Area ...
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EPA’s refinery rule is much improved but remains costly
29-09-2015
EPA has made substantial improvements in the final refinery sector rule over the proposal, but EPA’s new regulations on refineries could still cost up ...
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Linde LoTOx™ process answer to EPA’s NOx removal requirements
28-09-2015
To meet the ever-increasing EPA regulations for reduced NOx emissions, U.S. manufacturers can turn to Linde LLC for a proven, cost-effective NOx removal system ...
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Sasol selects Fluor as a collaboration partner
28-09-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has signed a three-year agreement with Sasol Group Technology to perform a range of projects as an integrated team ...
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PennTex Midstream starts second Honeywell UOP Russell modular gas processing plant
25-09-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that a new in northern Louisiana has begun processing rich natural gas and recovering valuable natural gas liquids ...
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Total launches FEED for a 2nd steam cracker at its Port Arthur complex
23-09-2015
Total has decided to launch front end engineering and design (FEED) for the construction of a second integrated steam cracker at its Port Arthur complex in ...
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Alfa Laval to supply various pieces of equipment to a new petrochemical plant in Slovakia
23-09-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order in Italy to supply various pieces of equipment ...
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Neste Jacobs to implement Neste's Naantali refinery reconfiguration project
23-09-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs will perform EPCM services for Neste's EUR 60 million investment in Naantali to improve ...
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Saudi Aramco and LANXESS sign JV agreement
22-09-2015
The specialty chemicals company LANXESS and Saudi Aramco plan to establish a joint venture for synthetic rubber detailed in an agreement signed today. LANXESS ...
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Aggreko to reduce catalyst cooling time during refinery turnarounds
21-09-2015
Aggreko, the world leader in rental power, heating, cooling and oil-free compressor solutions, announced today that the United States Patent and ...
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Linde awards Servomex tier one status
21-09-2015
Following a successful Analytics Symposium held at Linde’s head office in Munich, Germany, several Servomex analyzers have been fully approved for use ...
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Emerson’s technology helps Qatargas save energy and reduce greenhouse gases
21-09-2015
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has provided automation and engineering services for a Qatargas project that will reduce greenhouse ...
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Gastech revolutionises attending experience with new business matchmaking programme
17-09-2015
A new feature at the Gastech Conference & Exhibition this year, the Global Meetings Programme is a complimentary business matchmaking service for all registered ...
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Shell lifts petrochemicals production with successful start-up of new Singapore plants
16-09-2015
Shell today announced that it has more than doubled the production of high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) and ethoxylates at its site on Jurong Island, Singapore. The ...
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Essar Oil to undertake 30 days refinery shutdown
16-09-2015
Essar Oil, which owns and operates India’s second largest single location refinery of 20 MMTPA (405,000 BBL/day) will undertake a planned shutdown of ...
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REG opens its biodiesel production and terminal facility
15-09-2015
Renewable Energy Group, Inc, celebrated the formal opening of the newest addition to its fleet of biomass-based diesel refineries Monday afternoon with a ribbon ...
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Eni and Total sign agreement on EST technology
14-09-2015
Eni and Total have entered into a special license and R&D Cooperation Agreement for Eni Slurry Technology (EST) and started today to work together ...
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SPECTRO ships its 40,000th instrument
14-09-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a leading manufacturer of advanced instruments for elemental analysis, has announced a major milestone — the shipment ...
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PennTex Midstream announces the completion of the Mt. Olive gas processing plant
14-09-2015
PennTex Midstream Partners, LP announced today that its Mt. Olive gas processing plant and related residue gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines have ...
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Phillips 66 and Spectra Energy to strengthen DCP Midstream
08-09-2015
Phillips 66 and Spectra Energy, 50/50 joint venture owners in DCP Midstream, LLC, have entered into a nonbinding letter of intent for contributing assets to ...
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Neste breaks ground on world's first Bio LPG facility in Rotterdam
08-09-2015
The ground-breaking ceremony held today at Neste's renewable product refinery in Rotterdam marks the beginning of construction for the world's first Bio LPG ...
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Virtual Materials Group and Optimized Gas Treating announce exclusive alliance
03-09-2015
Virtual Materials Group, a global technology company that develops process simulation software and solutions for the oil and gas industry, and Optimized Gas ...
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Grace to provide UNIPOL PP technology and services to Hyosung Corporation
03-09-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. announces that it will provide its UNIPOL® polypropylene (PP) technology and services to Hyosung Corporation of Seoul, Korea for its ...
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Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals selects UOP technology and equipment
01-09-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced today that Egypt's Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals Company (ANRPC) will use UOP technology and equipment ...
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BP licenses its latest generation PTA technology in Oman
31-08-2015
BP and Oman International Petrochemical Industries Company (OMPET) have entered into a licensing agreement for BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic ...
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INVISTA IPT to offer licenses for Green Chem’s FCC offgas technology
27-08-2015
INVISTA’s technology and licensing business, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Beijing Huiersanji Green Chem Co., Ltd. (Green Chem), a Beijing-based ...
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Clariant wins the 100th global reference for its AmoMax®-10 catalyst
27-08-2015
Clariant, world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCo) became the 100th customer of AmoMax®-10. The innovative ...
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Clariant’s ENVICAT® Nâ‚‚O-S removies harmful Nâ‚‚O from chemical plants
26-08-2015
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today a new development in controlling harmful nitrous oxide (Nâ‚‚O) emissions. Nitrous oxide ...
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Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions awarded contract for world-scale methanol complex
25-08-2015
Yuhuang Chemical Inc has awarded Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, US Inc. detailed Engineering and Procurement Services for YCI’s 1.7 million tons ...
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Engen refinery successfully completes planned maintenance outage
25-08-2015
The Fuels section of the 120 000 barrels-per-day Engen Refinery is up and running, following the completion of a 30 day maintenance outage at an estimated cost ...
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Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company to spend $1.8B expanding Dung Quat refinery
20-08-2015
A US$1.8 billion project to expand Dung Quat, Vietnam’s only oil refinery, is expected to start by the first quarter of 2016, its operator has said. Vietnam ...
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Irving Oil announce $200M turnaround project at Saint John refinery
20-08-2015
This fall, Irving Oil will invest $200 million in a turnaround project at its Saint John refinery. The project, called Operation Falcon, will be the largest ...
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Neste Jacobs receives contract for polyethylene plant modification project
20-08-2015
Borouge, the Abu Dhabi based leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project ...
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Afton Chemical to expand their Manufacturing Facility on Jurong Island
19-08-2015
Afton Chemical Corporation has received approval from the NewMarket Corporation board to begin construction of the new second phase of its chemical additive ...
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Blasch launches completely redesigned website
18-08-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, is pleased to unveil their completely redesigned website at BlaschCeramics.com. In ...
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Yuhuang Chemical announces land purchase for world scale methanol manufacturing complex
18-08-2015
Yuhuang Chemical Inc., announced today it has secured long term, firm natural gas transportation capacity on Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) for YCI-M1, ...
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INEOS awarded three new shale gas licenses from the UK government
18-08-2015
INEOS has today been awarded three new Petroleum Exploration and Development Licenses covering a total area of approximately 250 km2 in the East Midlands. ...
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LyondellBasell announces sale of Argentina based Petroken
18-08-2015
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced that YPF S.A. and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica S.L. ...
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At - line analysis of sulfur In fuels using ED XRF spectroscopy
18-08-2015
Sulfur content is a key quality determinant for many petroleum products and the knowledge of the content of sulfur in fuels impacts processing and assists compliance ...
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Chambroad commissions first propylene and isobutylene coproduction plant in China
12-08-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Shandong Chambroad Holding Co., Ltd. has become the first company in China to commission a combined C3/C4 ...
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ClearSign installs its Duplex™ technology at a California Refinery
11-08-2015
ClearSign Combustion Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed the initial installation of its Duplex™ technology in a multiple-burner, ...
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Jacobs receives EPCM contract for Beaumont refinery expansion
11-08-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it was selected by ExxonMobil to perform engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services ...
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Vadinar refinery gets best safety performance refinery of the year award
10-08-2015
In a firm endorsement to Essar Oil’s unrelenting focus towards safety, Vadinar Refinery was recently conferred with the prestigious “Best Safety ...
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LyondellBasell to acquire SJS Plastiblends
10-08-2015
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the ...
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Shell sells stake in Tongyi Lubricants to Huo’s Group and The Carlyle Group
07-08-2015
Shell has signed an agreement to sell its 75% stake in Tongyi Lubricants in China to Huo’s Group and The Carlyle Group. The transaction is expected to ...
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ExxonMobil expands its Beaumont refinery for lighter crude
04-08-2015
ExxonMobil will add flexibility to process light crudes at its Beaumont refinery, increasing production capacity by approximately 20,000 barrels per day. ...
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Neste to improve the competitiveness of its refinery operations
04-08-2015
Neste has decided to invest about EUR 60M in the Naantali production. The investments are connected to the program announced in October 2014 with which Neste ...
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Metso improves valve availability at Neste's Porvoo refinery turnaround
03-08-2015
Metso has significantly improved valve availability at Neste's Porvoo refinery in Finland during a recent turnaround through its advanced valve maintenance ...
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Renewable Energy Group to acquire Imperium Renewables
31-07-2015
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.and Imperium Renewables, Inc. announced Friday that they have signed an asset purchase agreement where REG would acquire substantially ...
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Fluor and Sacyr form new joint venture
30-07-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to divest 50 percent of shares in its Spanish operations, Fluor S.A., to Sacyr Industrial ...
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Shell to sell its shareholding in Showa Shell to Idemitsu
30-07-2015
Shell has reached an agreement with Idemitsu for the sale of 125,261,200 shares in Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, representing a 33.24% shareholding in the company, ...
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Neste's NEXBTL renewable diesel will fuel UPS's fleet
30-07-2015
Neste, the world's leading producer of premium quality renewable fuels will supply NEXBTL renewable diesel to UPS, the global leader in logistics, to help facilitate ...
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Kuwait signs contracts to build new refinery
28-07-2015
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has announced the signing of four contracts with foreign companies for the construction of a new refinery in the country. The ...
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Yara and BASF break ground on new ammonia plant
27-07-2015
Yara International ASA and BASF broke ground today on a world scale ammonia plant at the BASF site in Freeport, Texas. Total capital investment for the plant ...
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New large-scale fertilizer plant in Uzbekistan
24-07-2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation will build a large scale ammonia and urea fertilizer production plant for Navoiyazat Joint Stock ...
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Jiaxing Petrochemical to utilize INVISTA’s P8 technology
24-07-2015
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., Ltd., have reached agreement for the licensing ...
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Jacobs receives five year contract from Suncor
21-07-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today that it was awarded a five-year, multiple use contract by Suncor Energy Services Inc. for turnaround services ...
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BASF and PETRONAS to build polyisobutene production plant
21-07-2015
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their ...
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Schneider Electric and AVEVA to create a global leader in industrial software
20-07-2015
Schneider Electric SE announces today it has reached a preliminary, non-binding agreement with AVEVA Group PLC on the key terms and conditions of a combination ...
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INEOS raises the roof on Europe's biggest ethane tank at Grangemouth
17-07-2015
INEOS Grangemouth today saw the massive roof that covers Europe’s biggest ethane storage tank rise into place using just four low pressure fans, following ...
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Renewable Energy Group announces $31M Biorefinery upgrade
17-07-2015
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced Friday that it will invest $31 million to upgrade and enhance the Company’s Danville, Illinois biodiesel refinery. REG ...
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New hydrogen fuelling station with technology from Linde opens in Munich
16-07-2015
Today, the TOTAL Multi-Energy fuelling station in Detmoldstrasse, Munich, opened its doors to drivers of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars. Equipped with innovative ...
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Praxair and Delaware City Refining sign agreement for refinery's carbon dioxide
15-07-2015
Praxair, Inc has signed a long-term agreement with Delaware City Refining Company in which Praxair will purchase crude carbon dioxide from the refinery. Praxair ...
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Honeywell to improve operations for liquefied natural gas pipeline in China
15-07-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions today announced that its technology will help improve operations for China's long-distance Guangxi liquefied natural gas (LNG) high-pressure ...
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Marathon Petroleum to buy MarkWest Energy Partners
13-07-2015
Marathon Petroleum Corporation today announced that MPLX LP, the midstream master limited partnership sponsored by MPC, has signed a definitive merger agreement ...
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Gunvor completes majority sale of Ust-Luga oil products terminal
13-07-2015
Gunvor Group, a leading global commodities trading house, has sold a 74 percent stake in OJSC “Ust-Luga Oil”, the operator of Ust-Luga Oil Products ...
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MRPL proceeds with merger of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals
09-07-2015
MRPL’s Board has approved the integration/restructuring of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited its subsidiary company, in its 198th Board Meeting yesterday. OMPL ...
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CB&I receive ethylbenzene / styrene plant contract in Egypt
09-07-2015
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract by Carbon Holdings for the license and basic engineering design of an ethylbenzene/styrene plant to ...
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Rosneft and Essar expand integrated cooperation
09-07-2015
A Long Term Crude Oil Supply Agreement was signed between Essar Oil Limited and OJSC Rosneft Oil Company at Ufa, Russia for import of crude oil over a period ...
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Enterprise expands its petrochemicals pipeline network
09-07-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced a series of projects to convert and expand segments of its petrochemicals pipeline network designed to increase ...
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Linde Engineering North America's Bill Fronheiser wins judges' choice award
08-07-2015
Linde Engineering North America Inc. (LENA) is pleased to announce that Bill Fronheiser, Principal Structural Designer, was awarded the Judges' Choice Award ...
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Gas and LNG industries refocus attention on new business in emerging Asian economies
08-07-2015
At the World Gas Conference in Paris last month, Chevron chief executive John Watson highlighted the need for investors and stakeholders in prospective liquefied ...
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New technology shines at Berri gas plant
07-07-2015
The Berri Gas Plant department (BGP) has successfully commissioned and started-up a new, more efficient ethane liquefaction exchanger at the Ethane and NGL ...
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Honeywell helps to improve efficiency and reliability at Russian refinery
07-07-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced that its control technology will help improve efficiency and reliability at LUKOIL’s gasoline blending ...
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Leading industrial valve producer to become independent company
06-07-2015
Sun Capital Partners, Inc, a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, today announced ...
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KBR announces strategic business agreements with Bernhard Capital Partners
06-07-2015
KBR announced today that it has agreed to enter into two new partnerships with Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP). The first agreement will establish a new, equally ...
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Total starts up world’s largest lubricants oil blending plant
03-07-2015
Total has announced the start up of its largest state-of-the-art lubricants oil blending plant in the world, located in Singapore. With an annual production ...
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Engen refinery declares routine maintenance outage for continued smooth supply
03-07-2015
Engen Refinery, South Africa’s second largest oil refinery, will undergo a planned maintenance outage. Starting on Thursday 9 July 2015, this scheduled ...
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Shell upgrades its Singapore ethylene cracker complex
02-07-2015
Shell today announced that it has successfully upgraded its Singapore ethylene cracker complex (ECC), bolstering the company’s largest refining-chemicals ...
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Manoir Industries to supply hydrogen production furnace components to KNPC refineries
02-07-2015
Manoir Industries has been successively awarded by ITT (Italy) and Heurtey PetroChem (France) to provide complete solutions of reforming Manaurite® XM tubes, ...
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Prosernat sponsors the CoTEs and exhibits at GASTECH 2015
02-07-2015
The 20th edition of GASTECH is held in Singapore from October 27th to 30th. PROSERNAT will be exhibiting in the French Pavilion and is sponsoring the Gas Processing ...
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Yokogawa releases plant resource manager version R3.20
01-07-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the July 2 release of version R3.20 of its Plant Resource Manager (PRM) software tool for the centralized management ...
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Enterprise signs additional commitment for Aegis ethane pipeline
01-07-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced it has executed a long-term agreement for incremental ethane transportation capacity on the partnership’s ...
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Helios and Vitol to acquire Oando’s downstream businesses
30-06-2015
A consortium comprising Helios Investment Partners and The Vitol Group today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire 60 per cent of the economic rights ...
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Planned maintenance turnaround at Jamnagar refinery complex
29-06-2015
The SEZ unit of Jamnagar refinery of Reliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down one crude distillation unit for routine Maintenance & Inspection ...
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Volgograd refinery to increase efficiency and capacity
25-06-2015
Today in Volgograd, Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Kirill Molodsov, Deputy Energy Minister of ...
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BASF select Fluor as global engineering partner
23-06-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that German-based BASF SE has selected the company as its global engineering partner for future chemical and petrochemical ...
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Gastech is looking to welcome 20,000 attendees to Singapore in October
23-06-2015
Gastech, now in its 43rd year, is the world’s leading natural gas LNG conference & exhibition and brings together all the major industry players from ...
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Linde air separation and gasification units officially on-stream in Texas
22-06-2015
Linde North America celebrated the official start-up of its atmospheric gases unit and gasification train, along with associated supporting facilities, in La ...
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Honeywell to provide automation and security systems for LNG terminal expansion
22-06-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that its automation and security systems will help Freeport LNG Development, L.P. expand its southeast Texas liquefied ...
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Axens technologies selected by Petronas for RAPID project
22-06-2015
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia’s national oil and gas company has selected Axens as a technology provider for PETRONAS’ Refinery ...
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Rosneft and BP sign production, exploration and refining agreements
19-06-2015
Rosneft and BP today signed several agreements strengthening the long term strategic relationship between the two companies, at the St. Petersburg International ...
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Technip awarded a revamp contract for an ammonia unit in Vietnam
19-06-2015
Technip, in a consortium with Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has been awarded a engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning ...
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PBF Energy to purchase the Chalmette refinery and related logistics assets
18-06-2015
PBF Energy Inc. announced today that its subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Chalmette Refining, LLC, consisting of the 189,000 barrel ...
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Gazprom Neft and RUSNANO sign letter of intent on joint cooperation in catalyst production
18-06-2015
Anatoly Cherner (JSC Gazprom Neft Deputy CEO for Logistics, Processing and Sales), and RUSNANO Deputy CEO Vladimir Avetisyan have taken the opportunity of the ...
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Industrial Cooling Solutions contract for Petronas Refinery
15-06-2015
Lakewood, Colorado-based Industrial Cooling Solutions (ICS) announced that it has been awarded a contract to build a multimillion dollar 28-cell cooling tower ...
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Willbros sells its downstream and heater engineering services
15-06-2015
Willbros Group, Inc announced today that it has completed the initial transaction of its recently disclosed intention to sell its Professional Services segment. ...
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Arendal and Prosernat sign cooperation agreement
15-06-2015
A cooperation agreement has been signed by and between ARENDAL and PROSERNAT. Through this agreement ARENDAL and PROSERNAT will mutually strengthen their capacities ...
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New SPECTROSCOUT X ray fluorescence spectrometer from SPECTRO Analytical
15-06-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today announced the introduction of the new portable SPECTROSCOUT X-ray fluorescence spectrometer that brings laboratory-quality ...
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Linde to display comprehensive process and engineering expertise at ACHEMA trade show
11-06-2015
With the slogan “Collaborate. Innovate. Deliver.” technology company The Linde Group will demonstrate how the world leader in gases and engineering ...
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Linde and Chart Industries highlighted cryogenic industrial applications
10-06-2015
Linde LLC and Chart Industries participated jointly in a trade show held recently by AWISCO, a Linde Platinum distributor. The show was at AWISCO’s headquarters ...
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Qatargas 1 LNG plant successfully start-up amine unit designed by Prosernat
10-06-2015
PROSERNAT has announced the successful testing and operation of a giant multi-functional 1.1 BCF Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU) in Ras Laffan Industrial City ...
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Ronald Buras promoted to Executive Vice President and General Manager
10-06-2015
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemical, and service solutions, announced today that Mr. Ronald ...
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Grupa Azoty selects C3 Oleflex™ process technology from Honeywell UOP
09-06-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced today that its C3 Oleflex™ process technology will be used by Poland's Grupa Azoty to produce propylene. ...
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Winson Engineering JV to promote synthetic gas to ethylene glycol technology
09-06-2015
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading energy & chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, ...
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Solvay and INEOS create INOVYN joint venture
09-06-2015
Solvay and INEOS received final approval today from the European Commission to form their 50/50 Chlorvinyls Joint Venture, to be known as INOVYN. This follows ...
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Bechtel to quadruple Queensland LNG production
08-06-2015
Bechtel is on track to complete the construction of an additional three liquefied natural gas (LNG) production trains on Curtis Island by the end of 2015, quadrupling ...
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Over 20,000 international attendees are set to gather at Gastech 2015
08-06-2015
Gastech, now in its 43rd year, is the world’s leading natural gas LNG conference & exhibition and brings together all the major industry players from ...
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Blasch expands reach with exclusive representation in Australia
05-06-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces the appointment of Darren Bridges of Specialized Engineering Services ...
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Yokogawa and Shell next generation platform for advanced control and estimation
04-06-2015
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Yokogawa and Shell have jointly developed Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation, a software suite that speeds ...
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Dangote Oil Refining Company selects technology from Honeywell UOP
04-06-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell International Inc company, announced today that its process technology, catalysts and proprietary equipment will form the basis for the ...
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Fluor recognized for its role on Sadara chemical project
03-06-2015
Fluor received a Hydrocarbon Processing award today at the sixth annual International Refining and Petrochemicals Conference (IRPC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...
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PMFG Inc announces $4.3M environmental systems awards
02-06-2015
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded two contracts totaling $4.3 million for SCR equipment, combustion systems, and SNCR's for petrochemical facilities ...
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Sasol wax expansion project phase I successfully commissioned
02-06-2015
Phase I of Sasol’s Fischer-Tropsch Wax Expansion Project (FTWEP) has been successfully commissioned at its Sasolburg Operations in South Africa. “This ...
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Cepsa closes sale of its PTA business in Canada to Indorama
01-06-2015
Cepsa concluded the sale of its purified terephtalic acid (PTA, raw material used to produce polyester) industrial plant in Montreal to Thailand-based ...
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Emerson acquires Energy Solutions International
01-06-2015
Emerson announced today it has acquired Energy Solutions International Holdings, Inc. (ESI), a leading global supplier of decision support software and ...
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Toyo Engineering selects Intergraph solutions to construct steam cracker complex
01-06-2015
Toyo Engineering Corporation, one of Japan’s foremost engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, has announced the purchase of two leading ...
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Taiyo Oil produces petrochemicals using technology from Honeywell UOP
27-05-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Japan’s Taiyo Oil Co. Ltd. has begun producing petrochemicals with UOP’s Tatoray™ process ...
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ST Engineering implements Intergraph 3D design solutions
26-05-2015
Korean engineering company ST Engineering has implemented various Intergraph® 3D design solutions, enabling it to deliver significant savings in cost and ...
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Financing agreed for the expansion of petrochemical projects in Egypt
25-05-2015
Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative investment firms in the Middle East, and Carbon Holdings, Egypt's largest petrochemicals holding ...
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LUKOIL opens heavy residue processing complex in Bulgaria
21-05-2015
The President of ОÐО LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov took part in the official opening ceremony ...
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Neste Jacobs to engineer rail loading facility for Turkmenbashi refinery
21-05-2015
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Hatipoglu Insaat San Tic A.S., have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to provide ...
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Sasol performance chemicals expands catalyst carrier production capacity
20-05-2015
Today, Sasol announced that it has expanded the production capacity of its alumina spheres plant in Brunsbüttel to 4,000 tonnes per annum. Through the ...
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Advanced Refining Technologies® to build a residue hydroprocessing catalyst plant
18-05-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. today announced that Advanced Refining Technologies® (ART), the company’s joint venture with Chevron Products Company, will ...
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Elliott to build coker gas compressor for Russian refinery
13-05-2015
Elliott Group has won the order for a coker compression string for the Antipinsky Refinery in Tyumen, Russia. The project is part of the refinery’s Phase ...
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Open house scheduled for Linde air separation unit in Lewisville, Arkansas
12-05-2015
Linde North America will hold an open house on May 14 to celebrate the start-up of its air separation plant in Lewisville, Arkansas. The Lewisville plant separates ...
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Wison Engineering delivers another cracking furnace project in Saudi Arabia
11-05-2015
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, ...
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Linde successfully launches compact hydrogen generator line
08-05-2015
Technology company The Linde Group has successfully launched its new HYDROPRIME® plant line of innovative, cost effective hydrogen generators which are ...
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REFCOMM Galveston brings to focus more production and less risk in refining
08-05-2015
Refiners are currently the only money-makers in the energy industry. Against this backdrop, the May 4-8 RefComm Galveston 2015 Conference focused on how to ...
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Linde expert to present paper at thermal spray conference
07-05-2015
A Linde paper to be presented at this year’s International Thermal Spay Conference and Exposition will discuss why more and more thermal spray applications ...
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Grabner Instruments MINIVAP On-Line measures all vapour pressure standards
06-05-2015
The MINIVAP On-Line from AMETEK Grabner Instruments is a unique process analyzer that directly measures Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) and True Vapor Pressure (TVP) ...
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CECO Environmental to acquire PMFG
04-05-2015
CECO Environmental Corp and PMFG, Inc, today jointly announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which CECO will acquire ...
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ExxonMobil licenses immersive 3D operator training simulator technology from EON Reality
04-05-2015
ExxonMobil Research Qatar today announced that ExxonMobil has awarded a global commercial license for Immersive 3D Operator Training Simulator technology to ...
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Dakota prairie refinery commences startup operations
04-05-2015
MDU Resources Group, Inc. and Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. today announced that the Dickinson, North Dakota-based Dakota Prairie refinery, the ...
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D7094 flashpoint method accepted for ASTM D7467 biodiesel blend specifications
04-05-2015
AMETEK Grabner Instruments’ ASTM D7094 flashpoint method made history in 2013, when ASTM members accepted the method for ASTM Diesel Fuel and Kerosene ...
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Enterprise to build new crude oil and condensate pipeline from midland to Houston
30-04-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced it has executed long-term agreements that support development of a new 416-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline ...
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Small-mid scale projects to pave future for Asia’s energy and maritime landscape
30-04-2015
Asia’s leading small-mid scale event, the 4th Annual Asia Pacific Small & Mid-Scale LNG (APAC LNG) Forum will gather energy and maritime professionals ...
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Indian hydrocarbon industry takes forward the vision of 'Skilled India'
29-04-2015
An MoU on Skill Development in the Hydrocarbon Sector was signed by Mr. Dilip H. M. Chenoy, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Skill ...
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Honeywell opens new petrochemical catalyst production facility in China
29-04-2015
Honeywell announced today its Performance Materials and Technologies division has opened a new manufacturing facility in China to produce state-of-the-art catalysts ...
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Technip in partnership with UNICO wins Basra refinery upgrading project
28-04-2015
Technip, in partnership with UNICO, a Japanese engineering consultant, was awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract on a reimbursable basis, ...
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Elliott Group open new service center in China
27-04-2015
Elliott Group announced today that it will open a new, 5,780-square-meter turbomachinery service center on May 7, 2015, in the Technological and Economic Development ...
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Refinery projects going forward
27-04-2015
Recently announced capital projects in the refining industry reflect the downstream industry’s focus on going forward with process “reconfigurations,” ...
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IndianOil's Paradip refinery starts crude processing
27-04-2015
IndianOil has started the process of commissioning its 15 MMTPA state-of-the-art Paradip Refinery. Crude processing has been started in Atmospheric & Vacuum ...
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New analysis highlights U.S. Refiners’ contribution to clean air
23-04-2015
New analysis released today concludes that emissions from U.S. fuel manufacturers have decreased substantially over the last two decades, even as U.S. petroleum ...
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Jacobs acquires controlling interest in Suzhou Han’s Chemical Engineering Company
22-04-2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, announced today that its subsidiary, Jacobs Projects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has acquired a controlling interest in Suzhou Han’s ...
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Topsoe and Unifrax to commercialise an innovative new line of catalytic filter candles
22-04-2015
Unifrax LLC the Tonawanda, New York based manufacturer of specialty fiber products, and Haldor Topsoe A/S, a world leader in catalysis and related process technologies ...
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Safety success at Sohar refinery improvement project
21-04-2015
The Sohar Refinery Improvement project in Oman has celebrated surpassing 5 million man hours without a loss time incident. The entire project team and construction ...
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Grace completes phase 1 of first FCC manufacturing plant in Middle East
20-04-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fred Festa (second from left) was joined by representatives of Joint Venture partner Al Dahra Agriculture ...
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Total to upgrade Donges refinery and convert La Mède to a biorefinery
16-04-2015
Total today presented its French refining roadmap to employee representatives. The plan is designed to give each Total’s refining site in France the means ...
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Clean Harbors agrees to buy Thermo Fluids for $85M
14-04-2015
Clean Harbors, Inc, the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services in North America, and Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc, a leading ...
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ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions contract for 2-stage slack-wax deoiling plant in Poland
14-04-2015
Plant engineering and construction specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering package and license for ...
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AVEVA PDMS software used by Progen on EVONIK’s Boost project
14-04-2015
AVEVA announced today that Progen Projetos Gerenciamento e Engenharia S.A. (Progen), a leading Brazilian engineering company, has gained impressive benefits ...
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Linde to supply LNG fuel gas system to new high-speed ferry
10-04-2015
echnology company The Linde Group, via its Swedish Engineering subsidiary Cryo AB, has been awarded a contract by Meyer Turku Shipyard of Finland to build a ...
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Gazprom Neft increases collaboration with Vietnam
10-04-2015
Gazprom Neft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) have signed a series of agreements to extend their collaboration activity. The documents ...
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Haldor Topsøe celebrate 75 years of excellence in catalysis
10-04-2015
Today, 75 years ago a young Danish physicist named Haldor Topsøe established a new company based on catalysis. In 1940, catalysis was a little-used chemical ...
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Focus on hydrogen mobility, energy storage and liquefied natural gas
09-04-2015
Technology company The Linde Group will be showcasing the latest developments in environmentally sound energy carriers at HANNOVER MESSE 2015. This year, the ...
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Intergraph releases PV Elite 2015
09-04-2015
Intergraph® has released PV Elite® 2015, the most advanced version of the complete solution for vessel and heat exchanger design, analysis and evaluation ...
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Enterprise offering additional capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline system
09-04-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start of a supplemental binding open commitment period to determine shipper demand for incremental capacity ...
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Phillips 66 selects Elliott to supply compressor train for it's Sweeny refinery
09-04-2015
Phillips 66 has selected Elliott Group to supply a compressor string for a major project at its Sweeny refinery in Old Ocean, Texas. The project will enable ...
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Merichem reaches milestone with Ride-Tight® fluid sealing management programme
09-04-2015
Merichem Company is pleased to announce the achievement of a major milestone in the implementation of the Ride-Tight® Fluid Sealing Management Program. ...
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ABB opens new automation and power service office in Louisiana
08-04-2015
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has opened a new local service office near Lake Charles, Louisiana. The office will provide services ...
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Blasch to present at upcoming SynGas 2015 conference in Tulsa
07-04-2015
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, will be presenting “Improving Flue Gas Tunnel Reliability through the ...
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SPECTRO launches new service & support website for North American customers
07-04-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has launched a new website consolidating service, training, and application and technical support for the benefit of its North ...
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Alfa Laval expands LNG solutions portfolio
07-04-2015
Alfa Laval has entered into a patent licence agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the use of DSME’s patents on high ...
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ExxonMobil starts construction of cogeneration plant at its Jurong Refinery
02-04-2015
ExxonMobil has started the construction of a new 84-megawatt cogeneration facility at its Singapore refinery’s Jurong site, which will increase the energy ...
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Shell successfully upgrades its ethylene cracker complex at Bukom Island
02-04-2015
The project on Bukom Island, home to Shell’s largest fully-owned refinery, has boosted production of ethylene by more than 20%. It has reduced the ECC’s ...
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$50M oil sands storage tank contract awarded to CB&I
02-04-2015
CB&I today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $50 million for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of ...
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Neste Oil safety award - first award granted to Bilfinger
02-04-2015
Neste Oil has decided to establish a safety award for its contractor companies. The award will be granted annually to a contractor that has improved its safety ...
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Versalis and LOTTE Chemical extended their cooperation in the elastomers business
01-04-2015
Versalis (Eni), a global leading producer in the elastomers industry, and LOTTE Chemical, a major petrochemical company in South Korea, announced today to have ...
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Chet M. Thompson named as AFPM President
01-04-2015
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Chet M. Thompson the association’s next ...
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Shri M Venkatesh takes over as Director Refinery, MRPL
01-04-2015
Shri M. Venkatesh, appointed by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, GoI, on 7th January 2015, has taken charge as Director Refinery of MRPL (Mangalore ...
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Siluria Technologies starts-up first demonstration plant to convert natural gas to ethylene
01-04-2015
Siluria Technologies, a pioneer in the commercial production of fuels and chemicals made from clean and abundant natural gas, today held a grand opening event ...
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Unipetrol to finalise acquiring Eni’s stake in ÄŒeská rafinerska
31-03-2015
Unipetrol, subsidiary of PKN ORLEN, welcomes the Office for the Protection of Competition final decision regarding the purchase of Eni’s 32.445% stake ...
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Sinopec and ExxonMobil announce joint technology development agreement
30-03-2015
Sinopec Engineering Co., Ltd. and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company are participating in a Cooperative Development Agreement for advancement of fluid ...
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Koch Heat Transfer aquires ALCO Products and Bos-Hatten heat exchanger brands
30-03-2015
Koch Heat Transfer Company, LP has purchased the Alco, Alco-Twin, and Bos-Hatten brands of heat exchangers from Peerless Mfg. Co. (Peerless). PMFG, Inc. is ...
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Alfa Laval to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas plant in the US
30-03-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a natural gas ...
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Haldor Topsoe and Ferrostaal form JV based in Essen
27-03-2015
Ferrostaal GmbH, a leading global project developer for industrial plants, and Haldor Topsoe A/S, a world leader in catalysis and related process technologies, ...
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Dow and Olin Corporation create the Chlor-Alkali and derivatives leader with $7B in revenues
27-03-2015
The Dow Chemical Company and Olin Corporation announced today that the boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved a definitive agreement under ...
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KBR and SOCAR announce new engineering JV in Azerbaijan
27-03-2015
KBR, Inc announced today that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) to establish a new engineering ...
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Linde to supply Shell Eco-marathon with hydrogen
26-03-2015
For the fifth consecutive year, technology company The Linde Group will support the Shell Eco-marathon and supply participating fuel cell-powered vehicles with ...
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Linde sets up combustion centre in Suzhou
26-03-2015
The technology group The Linde Group has in Suzhou launched its combustion centre, taking the lead in the development of new combustion and heat treatment applications ...
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Tesoro's Goff Named AFPM Chairman
26-03-2015
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is pleased to announce that Gregory J. Goff, chairman, president and CEO of Tesoro Corporation, has ...
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Motiva creates Louisiana refining system by integrating Norco and Convent refineries
26-03-2015
Motiva Enterprises announced plans today to integrate the company’s two Louisiana refineries – Norco and Convent – creating the Louisiana ...
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CH2M HILL selects Intergraph solutions to pursue oil and gas opportunities
24-03-2015
CH2M HILL, a global leader in engineering solutions based in Englewood, Colorado, USA, has chosen the Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise software suite ...
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AMECARE M2M service remotely monitors SPECTRO ICP spectrometers to ensure integrity
24-03-2015
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments’ AMECARE M2M service offers the continuous remote monitoring of select SPECTRO ICP spectrometers to proactively ensure ...
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Amec Foster Wheeler wins technical services contract for Orpic, Oman
23-03-2015
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a technical services agreement contract by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic) ...
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The largest maintenance turnaround in history to be started at Porvoo refinery
23-03-2015
Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery will be stopped for the planned maintenance turnaround in April 2015. The major turnaround of nearly EUR 100 million involving 4,500 ...
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Porocel’s new ex-situ catalyst pretreatment allows immediate startup of cracked feeds
23-03-2015
Porocel International, LLC, today introduced its actiCAT® ShieldSM catalyst pretreatment technology that presulfurizes and protects catalysts from the damaging ...
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BASF continues to evaluate natural gas-based investment on the U.S. Gulf Coast
19-03-2015
BASF has made progress in its plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company has selected Freeport, Texas, as ...
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Intergraph acquires pressure vessel design software company OhmTech
19-03-2015
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power ...
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World's largest air separation unit to rely on a compressor solution from MAN Diesel & Turbo
19-03-2015
Air Liquide is opting for compressor technology from MAN Diesel & Turbo in the design of a new record Air Separation Unit in South Africa. The AIRMAX compressor ...
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Porocel introduces technology that restores spent catalysts to near fresh
18-03-2015
Porocel International, LLC, today announced the commercialization of its patented ExcelSM rejuvenation process for restoring spent hydrotreating catalysts to ...
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Rosneft completes Sanors acquisition
16-03-2015
The transaction was completed after obtaining all the necessary approvals from antimonopoly and regulatory authorities. The purchase of SANORS group of companies ...
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CompactGTL and KazakhOil Aktobe agree gas contract for first commercial plant
13-03-2015
CompactGTL is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with KazakhOil Aktobe for the supply of gas for its first commercial gas to liquids (GTL) ...
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United Steelworkers reaches tentative agreement with oil industry
12-03-2015
The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with Shell Oil as a pattern agreement for ...
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Seeking innovative technological developments & applications in gas
11-03-2015
A popular feature of the Gastech Exhibition, the Centres of Technical Excellence (CoTEs) Seminars will return when the event runs from 27 to 30 October this ...
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Neste Oil and Preem enter into patent license agreement
10-03-2015
Neste Oil Corporation and Preem AB have entered into a Patent License Agreement whereby Preem has licensed Neste Oil intellectual property rights for renewable ...
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Ineos agrees deal to become UK's third biggest shale has player
10-03-2015
INEOS has today announced a deal to acquire a 50% interest in seven IGas shale gas licences in the North West of England (the Bowland licences). This consists ...
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Howell and Manoir industries to offer local fabrication for their North American clients
10-03-2015
Manoir Industries and Howell Industries announce their industrial partnership to propose local fabrication and assembly for their North American clients at ...
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PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical to build naphtha refinery in 2018
09-03-2015
Petrochemical producer PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is conducting a year-long preliminary study to develop a mini-refinery in 2018, which is expected ...
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NASA to buy renewable jet fuel from Gevo
09-03-2015
Gevo, Inc, announced today that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has purchased Gevo's renewable Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) for aviation ...
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Merichem Company acquires wet air oxidation process technology
09-03-2015
Merichem Company, a global partner serving the oil and gas industries with focused technology, chemicals, and service solutions, announced today that it has ...
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PTT Research & Technology Institute selects Intergraph SmartPlant solutions
05-03-2015
Thailand’s PTT Research & Technology Institute (PTT RTI) has selected three Intergraph® SmartPlant® solutions to deliver a range of projects ...
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Neste Oil now the world's largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues
04-03-2015
Over the last few years, Neste Oil has become the world's largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues. In 2014, the company produced nearly ...
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BASF expands its capacity for specialty amines in Ludwigshafen
04-03-2015
BASF is significantly expanding its production capacity for about 20 specialty amines at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen. The company will therefore invest ...
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Shell updates on planned maintenance at Pearl GTL
27-02-2015
Royal Dutch Shell plc updated today that the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, in Qatar has entered planned maintenance in February 2015. Pearl GTL comprises ...
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Sasol appoints Air Liquide to build world’s largest oxygen production facility
27-02-2015
Sasol and Air Liquide have signed an agreement under which Air Liquide will invest around €200 million in the construction of the largest Air Separation ...
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Enterprise, Anadarko, DCP Midstream and MarkWest JV for Panola NGL pipeline
24-02-2015
Enterprise Products Partners L.P, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, DCP Midstream Partners, LP and MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. today announced the formation ...
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Haldor Topsoe signs contract for new fertilizer plant in Slovakia
20-02-2015
Haldor Topsoe A/S has signed contracts with Technip and Duslo s.a. of Slovakia for a new ammonia plant that will be constructed adjacent to an existing fertilizer ...
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Lukoil expands production capacities in Volgograd regin
20-02-2015
As part of his working trip to Volgograd, today, Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, along with Andrey Bocharov, Governor of the Volgograd Oblast (region), ...
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Technip awarded a substantial contract for a new fertilizer unit in Slovak Republic
20-02-2015
Technip was awarded by Duslo a.s. a substantial contract on lumpsum turnkey basis to develop the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new ammonia ...
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Yara and BASF to build a world scale ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas
19-02-2015
Yara International and BASF Group have agreed to build a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Texas. The plant will use hydrogen as raw ...
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Praxair agreement to supply new world-scale Ammonia project in Freeport
19-02-2015
Praxair, Inc has signed a 20-year agreement to supply approximately 170 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen and 2,000 tons per day of nitrogen to ...
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Tesoro to enhance clean products production at its Anacortes refinery
18-02-2015
Tesoro Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has approved two complementary projects to enhance clean products production at its Anacortes, ...
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SIBUR launches deep hydrocarbon to polyolefin processing facility
17-02-2015
The first foundations have been laid at ZapSibNeftekhim, a facility for deep hydrocarbon to polyolefin processing in the Tyumen Region - SIBUR's biggest ...
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Honeywell to maintain control systems for world's largest Coal-to-Liquids plant
17-02-2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) today announced a five-year agreement to provide comprehensive services and support for the control systems of the world’s ...
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Phillips 66 partners to acquire equity interests in three pipeline systems
16-02-2015
Phillips 66 Partners LP announced that it has reached agreement with Phillips 66 to acquire Phillips 66's interests in three pipeline systems. The acquisition ...
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TPC Group announces progress on Polyisobutylene capacity expansion
12-02-2015
TPC Group, a leading provider of C4 based products and services, announced today achievement of another significant milestone in its comprehensive expansion ...
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Fluor wins major contract for natural gas transmission project
12-02-2015
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, to provide engineering, procurement and construction ...
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Grace to separate into catalysts technologies & construction products companies
05-02-2015
W. R. Grace & Co. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies. The two companies, ...
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Sugar Patel appointed as sales director, Merichem Gas technologies
04-02-2015
Merichem Company announced today that Mr. Sagar Patel has joined the company as Sales Director for the Merichem Gas Technologies business unit reporting to ...
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Williams Partners Geismar plant to begin manufacturing ethylene for sale in February
03-02-2015
Williams Partners today announced its expanded Geismar plant is expected to begin manufacturing ethylene for sale in February after experiencing an unexpected ...
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GE Oil & Gas announces its newly fortified reciprocating compression business
02-02-2015
GE Oil & Gas today announced the establishment of a consolidated Reciprocating Compression (RC) business, bringing together its previous Gas Production ...
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Sulzer contracts to supply strategic products to all Petrobras refineries in Brazil
30-01-2015
Sulzer received from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) two Long-Term, exclusive, Supply Agreement Contracts for the supply of Structured Packings ...
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Propylene supply rising in cina with start-up of production technology by Honeywell’s UOP
29-01-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China commissioned its second unit to produce propylene, a key ingredient in plastics, using its C3 Oleflex™ ...
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New sulphur production unit at LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC
29-01-2015
The opening of the first process unit of the new Heavy Residue Processing Complex at LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas JSC, Sulphur Recovery Unit 4, was held on 29.01.2015. ...
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Lukoil starts Austrian lube plant upgrade
29-01-2015
Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, attended a ceremony, in Vienna today, dedicated to the start of construction of a bulk-oil trans shipment and storage ...
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Alfa Laval to provide compact heat exchangers to a US refinery
27-01-2015
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in ...
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Methanex starts up one million tonne methanol plant in Geismar, Louisiana
26-01-2015
Methanex Corporation announced that on January 24th, 2015, the company successfully produced first methanol from its new 1.0 million tonne plant in Geismar, ...
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Linde to build its first hydrogen fuelling station in Sweden
22-01-2015
Technology company The Linde Group, via its Scandinavian business branch AGA, will build its first hydrogen refuelling station in Sweden at Arlanda airport ...
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BP puts its Amsterdam oil terminal up for sale
22-01-2015
BP announced today that it intends to sell its 950,000 cubic metre capacity oil storage terminal in Amsterdam. The BP Amsterdam Terminal, which ...
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BASF to increase capacity for butanediol at its Geismar site
21-01-2015
BASF will increase its production capacities for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by 10% at its site in Geismar/Louisiana as of 2016. The company ...
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Elliott announces YR training class in New Orleans
21-01-2015
Elliott has added a new YR Turbine Training Class to the 2015 training schedule. The class will be held at Elliott’s New Orleans Service Center ...
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Matheson to build ASU to supply gases for Sasol’s ethane cracker
19-01-2015
Matheson has entered into an agreement with Sasol to supply tonnage oxygen and nitrogen to Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker, which is part of Sasol’s ...
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Fund Energy selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene PP process
19-01-2015
INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Full-Tech ...
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Neste Oil and Renewable Energy Group enter into NEXBTL license agreement
19-01-2015
Neste Oil Corporation of Finland and Renewable Energy Group, Inc, headquartered in Ames, Iowa, USA have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement whereby ...
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GE Oil & Gas awarded 13 year service contract from Peru LNG
19-01-2015
GE Oil & Gas today announced it has been awarded a long-term contractual service agreement (CSA) through General Electric International Peru to support ...
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Anellotech, IFPEN and Axens to co-develop bio-aromatics production technology
19-01-2015
Anellotech Inc., IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have announced a strategic alliance to develop and commercialize a new technology for ...
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Qatar Petroleum to pursue the expansion of Qatar’s petrochemical industry
15-01-2015
In a step forward aimed at promoting the growth of the petrochemical industry in Qatar, Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum (QP), ...
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Hyperion Systems Engineering and RSI create HyperionRSI Simulation
15-01-2015
Hyperion Systems Engineering and RSI announce the creation of a new jointly owned company to deliver Operator Training Simulator and Dynamic Simulation solutions ...
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Qatar Petroleum and Shell not to pursue Al Karaana petrochemicals project
14-01-2015
Qatar Petroleum and Shell have decided not to proceed with the proposed Al Karaana petrochemicals project, and to stop further work on the project. The decision ...
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Sulzer acquires weld overlay specialist InterWeld Inc Ltd
09-01-2015
On January 8, Sulzer agreed to acquire the business of InterWeld Inc Ltd located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. InterWeld is a specialized weld overlay company, ...
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First propylene production unit using UOP technology reaches project capacity in Russia
06-01-2015
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that UOP C3 Oleflex™ process technology started up and has been successfully operating in Russia, producing ...
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Schneider Electric and ZeoGas to build new fuel manufacturing plant
06-01-2015
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced a collaboration agreement with ZeoGas LLC, a development-stage energy company ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical completes sale of its Ryton PPS business to Solvay
05-01-2015
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company announces that it has completed the sale of its Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide business to Solvay’s Global Business ...
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INEOS Innovene PP process technology selected for new project in China
19-12-2014
INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Full-Tech ...
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Neste Oil and Renewable Energy Group enter into NEXBTL license agreement
19-12-2014
Neste Oil Corporation of Finland and Renewable Energy Group, Inc, headquartered in Ames, Iowa, USA have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement whereby ...
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Jacobs Engineering Group selected by BP as strategic supplier
18-12-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been selected by BP to continue its role as Strategic Supplier of mid-cap work on a global basis. Company ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical to build polyethylene pilot plant
18-12-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce plans to build a state-of-the-art polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility ...
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Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Limited launches clean fuels production project
17-12-2014
Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Limited (SAMREF) celebrated its 30th anniversary this month by launching the Clean Fuels Production Project, a continuation of Saudi ...
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OxyChem and Mexichem start construction of their JV ethylene cracker
17-12-2014
Ingleside Ethylene, LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) and Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V., today announced that construction ...
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Rosneft and Transneft to construct pipeline offshoot to Komsomolsk refinery
17-12-2014
Rosneft and Transneft signed a long-term Tariff Agreement as part of their joint project to construct a pipeline offshoot from the East Siberia – Pacific ...
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Sulzer delivers its 1000th pump to Enbridge Pipelines
17-12-2014
Sulzer recently delivered its 1000th pump to Enbridge, marking a unique event in the history of both companies as well as in the industry. The event crowns ...
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UOP Oleflex technology meeting design capacity of 510,000MTA of high-quality propylene
16-12-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that UOP C3 Oleflex™ process technology started up and has been successfully operating in Russia, producing ...
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Technip to acquire Zimmer Polymer Technologies
15-12-2014
Technip announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany to purchase all of its Zimmer® polymer technology ...
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Amec Foster Wheeler acquires Scopus
15-12-2014
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has acquired Scopus Group (Holdings) Limited (Scopus), a market-leading laser scanning, dimensional control and ...
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Renewable Energy Group completes upgrades at its Newton Biorefinery
15-12-2014
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. celebrated Monday the completion of upgrades to its 30-million gallon nameplate biorefinery in Newton, Iowa, which allows the plant ...
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Linde launches its first retail hydrogen fueling station in the U.S.
11-12-2014
Linde LLC, the North American subsidiary of The Linde Group, has put its first retail hydrogen fueling station in the U.S. into operation. The facility, which ...
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Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil JV completes clean fuels project
11-12-2014
Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Limited (SAMREF), a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil, has completed construction of major desulfurization ...
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Rosneft and Essar agree terms of oil and oil products supplies to Essar refineries
11-12-2014
Rosneft and Essar signed key terms of oil and oil products supplies to Essar refineries in India. Supplies may begin in 2015. Consequently Rosneft expands its ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical completes ethylene expansion
11-12-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced completion of an ethylene expansion at its Sweeny complex in Old Ocean, Texas. With the addition of a tenth furnace ...
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Neste Oil to supply new low sulfur marine fuel to Tallink Grupp
09-12-2014
Neste Oil and AS Tallink Grupp have signed a partnership agreement according to which Neste Oil will supply low sulfur marine diesel oil to Tallink Grupp's ...
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Neste Jacobs implements use of Intergraph solutions globally
09-12-2014
Neste Jacobs, a preferred solutions provider in project management and control, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, pre-commissioning and ...
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Air Liquide to increase production of oxygen, nitrogen and argon in East Texas
08-12-2014
The new state-of-the-art ASU will produce 2,400 tons per day of oxygen and 2,600 tons per day of nitrogen, enabling Air Liquide to triple its production capacity ...
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INEOS and Sasol celebrate ground breaking ceremony for HDPE JV
05-12-2014
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) and Sasol broke ground today on their much anticipated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing joint venture ...
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KBR awarded catalytic olefins technology contract
02-12-2014
KBR Inc. recently won a contract by Lotte Chemical Titan (M) SDN. BHD. to provide licensing and basic engineering design services to revamp an existing steam ...
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AFPM files notice of intent to sue EPA on 2015 RFS
01-12-2014
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers today filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failure to issue the ...
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MRPL inks MOU to set up a petroleum terminal
01-12-2014
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited has entered into an MoU with STC Mauritius and IndianOil, to set up a Petroleum Terminal at Mauritius. This ...
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Rosneft acquires 16.67% share in PCK Raffinerie GmbH
28-11-2014
Total and Rosneft signed a Term Sheet that envisages the main terms and conditions of the purchase of 16.67% share in a refinery located in Schwedt, Germany ...
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How new spectrometer technologies substantially cut operating costs
26-11-2014
A new whitepaper detailing how new ICP-OES spectrometer technologies are substantially cutting operating costs in environmental, industrial, and academic laboratories ...
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Sabin Metal marks 70th anniversary in 2015
25-11-2014
The Sabin Metal Group of Companies is composed of five independent organizations, and traces its origins to the late 19th century. The predecessor to the ...
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Gevo Signs to license isobutanol technology to Highlands EnviroFuels
25-11-2014
Gevo Inc, the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced today that Highlands EnviroFuels, LLC has signed a letter of intent to become ...
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Saudi Aramco outlines vision for GCC chemicals industry
24-11-2014
Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco called for greater integration, innovation and collaboration across the region's petrochemicals industry ...
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Blasch opens global sales office to service the refining and petrochemical industry
20-11-2014
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc., an Albany-based ceramic technology manufacturer, announces the appointment of Mr. Shailesh Dayal as Regional Sales Manager, ...
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Gazprom and Petrovietnam discuss future cooperation in oil and gas sector
20-11-2014
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nguyen Xuan Son, Chairman ...
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TonenGeneral Sekiyu and AWCI conclude contract for CO2 business
20-11-2014
TonenGeneral Sekiyu and AWCI Conclude Contract for CO2 Business TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. has concluded an agreement with Air Water Carbonic Inc, for the manufacture ...
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D7094 flashpoint method accepted for ASTM D7467 biodiesel blend specifications
20-11-2014
AMETEK Grabner Instruments’ ASTM D7094 flashpoint method made history in 2013, when ASTM members accepted the method for ASTM Diesel Fuel and Kerosene ...
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BP to invest $200M in upgrades to US and Belgian petrochemical plants
17-11-2014
BP announced today that it plans to invest over $200 million to upgrade its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants at Cooper River, South Carolina and Geel, ...
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Foundation stone laid at Indian Oil’s poly-propylene plant at Paradip
17-11-2014
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent charge) Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation of Rs.3150 Crore Poly-Propylene Plant ...
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BASF completes sale of its share in Styrolution to INEOS
17-11-2014
BASF has completed the sale of its 50% share in Styrolution, the leading global styrenics supplier, to INEOS. The relevant merger control approvals have already ...
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Wison Engineering commercialises proprietary butadiene technology and catalyst
13-11-2014
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, one of the leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service providers in China, today announced ...
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Praxair signs long-term contract for hydrogen supply in Peru
12-11-2014
Praxair, Inc. announced it has signed a long-term contract to provide hydrogen to Repsol, one of the world’s largest producers of petrochemicals. The ...
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Alon USA partners to acquire Krotz Springs refinery from Alon Energy
12-11-2014
In a joint statement today, Alon USA Energy, Inc and Alon USA Partners, LP announced that Alon Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire Alon Energy's ...
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PETRONAS to acquire Phillips 66 interest in Malaysian refining company
11-11-2014
PETRONAS today announced it has reached an agreement with Phillips 66 Asia Ltd, a subsidiary of Phillips 66, to acquire its 47 percent interest in Malaysian ...
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Jacobs continue to provide personnel to Chevron's Cape Town refinery
11-11-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract from Chevron South Africa to provide Engineering, Procurement and ...
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Ergon BioFuels to restart Vicksburg ethanol facility
10-11-2014
Ergon BioFuels LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc., today announced plans to restart the ethanol facility in Vicksburg, Mississippi, beginning May 2015. With ...
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Honeywell to boost refinery operations in Turkey
10-11-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today it will upgrade controls at two refineries run by Turkey's largest company as part of a five-year service, maintenance ...
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ITL selects Intergraph CADWorx plant professional
10-11-2014
Leading New Zealand hydrocarbons engineering company ITL has selected Intergraph® CADWorx® Plant Professional plant design software to deliver all new ...
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Rosneft and CNPC endorse feasibility study for construction of the Tianjin refinery
08-11-2014
The Board of Directors of the PetroChina-Rosneft Orient Petrochemical (Tianjin) Company Ltd (a joint venture of Rosneft and the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation ...
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Technip forms an alliance with Biochemtex for bioethanol technology facilities
07-11-2014
Technip in Italy and Biochemtex, who is the majority shareholder of Beta Renewables who controls the world’s leading second generation bioethanol technology ...
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World’s first practical use of innovative energy saving distillation system
07-11-2014
Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract to commercialize an energy-saving distillation system, called SUPERHIDIC®, that was patented in ...
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Enersul awarded contract for the NGHI SON refinery in Vietnam
07-11-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the equipment supply contract from JGCS Consortium, GS Engineering ...
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Intertek awarded laboratory outsourcing agreement with Statoil
05-11-2014
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has entered an agreement to provide analytical laboratory services to Statoil in Kalundborg, ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical announces PAO expansion study at Cedar Bayou plant
04-11-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today a study to expand its low viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity by 10,000 ...
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CECO Environmental announces acquisition of Emtrol
04-11-2014
CECO Environmental Corp, a leading global environmental technology company focused on critical solutions in the air pollution control (APC), energy and fluid ...
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ExxonMobil to invest in MIT Energy Initiative
03-11-2014
ExxonMobil has signed an agreement to become a founding member of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), a unique collaboration aimed at working together to advance ...
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Kinder Morgan announces successful open season for Palmetto Project
03-11-2014
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced that it has successfully closed a binding open season for the Palmetto Project and received committed volumes ...
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VectorWall™ furnace internals become new standard for DuPont MECS® sulfuric acid plants
31-10-2014
Blasch Precision Ceramics is pleased to announce the adoption of patented VectorWall™ ceramic furnace internals as a new standard for the MECS® Spent ...
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Acquisition of GEA Heat Exchangers by Triton is finalised
31-10-2014
After receiving the required approvals, Triton has legally finalized its acquisition of GEA Heat Exchangers, as part of a so-called closing procedure. With ...
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Phillips66 to build Bakken crude oil pipelines with Energy Transfer Partners
28-10-2014
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Phillips 66 announced that they have formed two joint ventures to develop the previously announced ...
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BASF to increase production capacity for tertiary Butylamine plant in Nanjing
28-10-2014
BASF will expand the production capacity of its existing world-scale production plant for tertiary Butylamine (tBA) at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in ...
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Air Products to work with Technip on Inner Mongolia LNG project
27-10-2014
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it has signed an agreement to supply its proprietary liquefied ...
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Pemex and Chevron sign cooperation agreement
27-10-2014
State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. to seek petroleum industry opportunities ...
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REG begins production and sales of renewable diesel from Louisiana Biorefinery
27-10-2014
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that commercial-scale quantities of renewable hydrocarbon diesel (RHD) produced at the company's Geismar, Louisiana ...
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Sasol approves an $8.1B ethane cracker and derivatives complex in Lake Charles
27-10-2014
Today, Sasol Limited announced the final approval of an US$8.1 billion ethane cracker and derivatives complex at its existing site in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “Sasol’s ...
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Renewable Energy Group completes upgrades at Mason City Biorefinery
23-10-2014
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. celebrated Thursday the completion of upgrades to its 30-million gallon biorefinery in Mason City, Iowa, which allows the plant ...
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Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene capacity in Lake Charles
23-10-2014
Today Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that it will expand its ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements in Lake Charles, LA with an investment ...
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Technip and Fluor awarded RAPID UIO project in Malaysia
23-10-2014
Technip, in a joint venture with Fluor, was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn. Bhd. ...
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PROSERNAT acquires breakthrough sulfur recovery technology SmartSulf™
21-10-2014
PROSERNAT S.A. announced today the signature with Dr. Michael Heisel and Mr. Klaus Dieter Daun, the owners of ITS Reaktortechnik GmbH, of an agreement for the ...
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Gazprom Neft and RUSNANO Group develop innovative technologies
20-10-2014
Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov and Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the RUSNANO Group Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs, have signed an agreement ...
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Tesoro Corporation creates full-service logistics company
20-10-2014
Tesoro Corporation today announced that its affiliate, Tesoro Logistics LP has executed a definitive agreement to acquire QEP Resources, Inc.'s wholly owned ...
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Ryazan Refining Company starts production of Euro-5 Regular-92 gasoline
20-10-2014
Ryazan refining company, a subsidiary of Rosneft, started production of Regular-92 gasoline in compliance with highest ecological standard (Euro-5) of Technical ...
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PMFG Inc announces environmental systems awards totaling $6.5M
20-10-2014
PMFG, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded contracts for two separate projects related to critical air pollution control equipment totaling $6.5 million. ...
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18-10-2014
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has successfully restarted its Chile I plant at its site in Punta Arenas, Chile. The Chile operation had been idled ...
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Servomex wins major contract for world's largest gasification project
16-10-2014
Servomex, the world leader in gas analysis technology, has been awarded a major contract by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the second largest publicly traded ...
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AVEVA and Capgemini strengthen their global alliance for asset-intensive industries
16-10-2014
AVEVA, a leader in engineering, design and Information Management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, and Capgemini, one of the world’s ...
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Arabian crude-filled VLCC arrives at Quanzhou new refinery
15-10-2014
The Sinochem Quanzhou Refinery in South China’s Fujian province recently received its first shipment of Saudi Aramco crude oil. The crude shipment ...
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Viscosity measurement of jet and diesel fuels according to ASTM D1655 and D975
14-10-2014
Anton Paar’s SVM 3000 viscometer allows for simultaneous determination of both dynamic viscosity and density as well as the calculation of kinematic viscosity. ...
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MSCR (Multiple Stress Creep Recovery) testing of asphalt binder according to AASHTO T350
14-10-2014
The concept of creep and recovery tests to measure the temperature dependent properties of asphalt binder exists since the late 1990s and was originally used ...
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New Schneider Electric and aeSolutions alliance focuses on process safety
14-10-2014
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has entered into an alliance with Applied Engineering Solutions, Inc. (aeSolutions), a recognized ...
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Ergon to expand capabilities at its specialty oil refinery
14-10-2014
Ergon Refining, Inc today announced plans for a $150 million expansion at its Vicksburg, Mississippi, specialty naphthenic base oil refinery. The upgrades will ...
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Neste Jacobs to implement production-related investments at Neste Oil refineries in Finland
13-10-2014
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has been chosen as the EPCM contractor to implement the new SDA (Solvent De-Asphalting) ...
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Rosneft and CNPC strengthen strategic cooperation
13-10-2014
Rosneft and Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed an agreement for the extensions of strategic cooperation. The document was signed by Rosneft ...
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Emerson provides free licenses to enhance real-time control using WirelessHART®
09-10-2014
Emerson Process Management has licensed royalty free patent rights for its PIDPlus wireless PID controller technology to improve real-time control performance, ...
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BASF inaugurates chemical complex in Dahej, India
07-10-2014
BASF India Limited today inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej in Gujarat, India. With a project cost of INR 1,000 crore (approximately ...
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SK Engineering & Construction implements Intergraph SmartPlant enterprise
07-10-2014
SK Engineering & Construction (SKEC), a leading engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services company and part of South Korea’s ...
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Neste Oil to integrate the operations of its Finnish refineries
07-10-2014
Neste Oil is planning to initiate a major development program to rationalize its operations. Investments totaling approx. EUR 500 million are to be made in ...
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Emerson launches reliability management consulting service
06-10-2014
Taking on what may be industry’s greatest cause of excessive operational cost and unrealized profit, Emerson Process Management is changing the game for ...
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Technology from Honeywell’s UOP to be used to produce renewable diesel for the U.S. military
01-10-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its advanced process technology will be used to produce renewable diesel for the U.S. military through ...
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Neste Jacobs selected to implement Skangass' LNG terminal
30-09-2014
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs will perform EPCM services to construct Skangass' LNG terminal in Pori, Finland. Neste Jacobs ...
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Enterprise completes initial segment of Aegis ethane pipeline
29-09-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that construction of the first segment of the Aegis pipeline between Mont Belvieu and Beaumont, Texas has ...
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Velocys raises $85M for smaller scale GTL
29-09-2014
Velocys, the company at the forefront of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), announced today that it has raised approximately $85 million through an oversubscribed ...
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Huntsman announces 400 Ktes MDI expansion plan for US manufacturing plant
29-09-2014
Huntsman Corporation today announced that it has commenced preliminary engineering to expand production of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) by investment ...
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Kinder Morgan announces NOVA Chemicals as anchor shipper for UTOPIA project
29-09-2014
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has received a long-term transportation agreement from NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) to ...
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Neste Oil to recover CO2 at its refinery in Singapore
26-09-2014
Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and National Oxygen Pte Ltd (NOX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, have signed an agreement ...
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Topsoe researchers make breakthrough in refinery catalysis at the atomic level
26-09-2014
Haldor Topsoe A/S today announced the publication of a breakthrough study in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Angewandte Chemie. The research article, describes ...
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ExxonMobil announces new projects to expand specialty hydrocarbon fluid production
24-09-2014
ExxonMobil Chemical is increasing production of its high performance hydrocarbon fluids by about 10 percent through expansion projects at its Singapore ...
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ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions contract for propane dehydrogenation plant
24-09-2014
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions is making its Steam Active Reforming (STAR) process available to Formosa Plastics Corporation (FPC) for a propane dehydrogenation ...
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LyondellBasell considers expanding its Channelview petrochemical plant
24-09-2014
LyondellBasell announced today that it is evaluating a further expansion project at its petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, that would potentially add ...
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Jacobs enhances and expands support for Saudi Aramco and other Middle East clients
23-09-2014
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc is expanding its presence with a new office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to strengthen its support for Saudi Aramco and other key ...
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Sulzer acquires ASCOM and ProLabNL
22-09-2014
On September 15, Sulzer agreed to acquire Advanced Separation Company (ASCOM) B.V. and ProLabNL B.V., both located in Arnhem, The Netherlands. These acquisitions ...
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Siemens announces agreement to acquire Dresser-Rand
22-09-2014
Siemens executes on its Vision 2020 with a decisive move to strengthen its core. The company has entered into an agreement with Dresser-Rand, which is listed ...
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Emerson completes burner management system migration for Sasol
19-09-2014
Emerson Process Management has successfully completed a DeltaV SIS burner management system migration project in Sasol’s integrated chemical plant in ...
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Manoir Industries increases Manaurite® High Alloy Capacity in Yantai, China
19-09-2014
The Petrochem & Nuclear business unit of Manoir Industries announces a 50% increase in its production capacity of Manaurite® High Alloy Petrochemical ...
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Eastman plasticizer expansion complete
18-09-2014
Eastman Chemical Company has completed a previously announced capacity expansion of its Eastman 168™ non-phthalate plasticizers at its manufacturing ...
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Foster Wheeler to collaborate with ZeoGas on US Gulf Coast gas-to-gasoline plant
17-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with ZeoGas ...
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Sulzer confirms discussions with Dresser-Rand regarding potential transaction
17-09-2014
Sulzer today made the following statement in response to speculation about potential transaction discussions with Dresser-Rand. “Sulzer has ...
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Fujifilm starts with membrane production
17-09-2014
Today FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V. in Tilburg, The Netherlands, held the official start of the new production line for membranes. Shigehiro Nakajima, ...
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Western Refining to acquire ConocoPhillips idled Wingate plant and associated assets
17-09-2014
Western Refining, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the 25,000 barrel per day (bpd) idled Wingate Fractionation ...
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Foster Wheeler selected as a preferred engineering partner by Plaxica
16-09-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been selected as a preferred engineering partner ...
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SIBUR proceeds with ZapSibNeftekhim project
16-09-2014
Based on completion of the FEED contracts and assessment of the design documentation, SIBUR proceeds with the ZapSibNeftekhim project. With the project moving ...
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Alfa Laval Group wins SEK55M petrochemical order in South Korea
16-09-2014
Alfa Laval Group – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers ...
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Siemens receives follow-up order for LNG plant in China
16-09-2014
Siemens Energy has received an order from Chengdu Cryogenic Liquidation Equipment Co., Ltd. to provide two compressor trains for an LNG (liquefied natural gas) ...
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BP and Tokyo Electric sign 17-year LNG deal
12-09-2014
BP and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) today signed a sales and purchase agreement for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the agreement, TEPCO will ...
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BASF starts up butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp
11-09-2014
BASF today announced the start-up of a new butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant has an annual production capacity of ...
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SIBUR wins the downstream company of the year at the Petroleum Economist awards
11-09-2014
SIBUR was named Downstream Company of the Year in the annual Petroleum Economist Awards (United Kingdom). In evaluating entries, judges looked for ...
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Conference to address innovative enhanced oil recovery techniques in UAE
11-09-2014
Rapid depletion and ageing of crude oil fields has been pressurizing oil producers to figure out new ways to acquire more oil from discovered oil & gas ...
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KBR wins contract for licensing, design services for two ammonia plants in Algeria
10-09-2014
KBR Inc announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Fertial SpA to provide licensing and basic engineering design services to revamp Fertial’s ...
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Harvest operations announces sale of Newfoundland Refinery
05-09-2014
Harvest Operations Corporation announced today it has reached an agreement to sell its 100 percent ownership in North Atlantic Refining Limited (NARL) to SilverRange ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical signs agreement to sell its Ryton® PPS business to Solvay
04-09-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company today announces that it has signed an agreement to sell its Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) business to Solvay ...
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CHS will boost diesel production with $406M Montana refinery investment
04-09-2014
CHS Inc, the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, announced today it will invest $406 million in its Laurel, ...
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ExxonMobil announces Slagen refinery project to upgrade fuel oil
03-09-2014
ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Norge AS announced today plans to install a new processing unit at the Slagen refinery to enable production of high quality ...
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Honeywell’s UOP modular equipment solution selected by Kuwait Energy Company
02-09-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Kuwait Energy Company and its partners to condition natural gas to meet pipeline ...
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Topsoe to design large-scale fertilizer plant with project partners in Turkmenistan
02-09-2014
In collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Haldor Topsoe A/S has been selected for the design of a new ammonia plant for a major fertilizer project ...
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Thailand's PTT plans $20B Vietnam refinery, petrochemical complex
01-09-2014
Thai energy firm PTT Pcl said it would make a proposal to the Vietnamese government to build a $20 billion refinery and petrochemical complex, revised down ...
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Borealis acquired full ownership of Speciality Polymers Antwerp N.V.
01-09-2014
Borealis, a leading provider in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DuPont Holding ...
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SINOPEC Engineering signed $1.32B contract with PETRONAS
29-08-2014
SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd announced that the Company formally entered into an EPCC (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning) package ...
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MRPL commissions a petrochemical fluidized catalytic cracking Unit
28-08-2014
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), yesterday achieved the feed-cut in to Petrochemical Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (PFCCU), one of the ...
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LyondellBasell to build world scale PO/TBA plant on U.S. Gulf Coast
25-08-2014
LyondellBasell announced today plans to build a world scale PO/TBA plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast with an annual capacity of 900 million pounds of propylene oxide ...
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KBR awarded EPC contract for new high-density polyethylene facility
21-08-2014
KBR, Inc announced it has been awarded a contract from Gemini HDPE LLC, a manufacturing joint venture between INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) and Sasol, ...
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Reliance expands feedstock supply options from north America for its crakers in India
20-08-2014
The Shale Gas industry, in North America has grown exponentially in the past 5 years. As a result Ethane has become the dominant feedstock for crackers replacing ...
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Honeywell’s UOP technology selected to clean offshore natural gas
19-08-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by BW Offshore to remove contaminants from natural gas aboard a new Floating Production, ...
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INEOS moves into UK shale gas exploration
18-08-2014
INEOS, the world’s fourth largest chemicals company, has today announced it is making its first move into the shale exploration arena, with the purchase ...
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ORPIC selects LyondellBasell Spheripol PP technology
07-08-2014
LyondellBasell today announced that Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (ORPIC) has selected the LyondellBasell Spheripol polypropylene ...
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Borealis signs long-term ethane supply contract with Antero Resources
07-08-2014
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has signed a 10-year agreement with Antero ...
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Metso selected by Petronas for gas processing plant modernization project
04-08-2014
Metso has been selected to supply cutting-edge flow control technology to the PETRONAS Gas Berhad's gas processing plant modernization project in Kerteh, Terengganu, ...
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Biofuels Power Corp announces plans to build GTL Plant in Houston
01-08-2014
Biofuels Power Corporation announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Liberty GTL, ...
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Murphy Oil announces Milford Haven Refinery sales agreement
31-07-2014
Murphy Oil Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Murco Petroleum Limited, has signed an agreement to sell its Milford Haven refinery and terminal ...
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29-07-2014
Velocys plc, the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that the final investment decision (FID) has been made ...
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Gevo producing both isobutanol and ethanol
28-07-2014
Gevo, Inc. today reported an update on the progress of the implementation of the Side-by-Side operational mode (SBS) of its plant in Luverne, MN. In the beginning ...
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Varo Energy acquires storage and general trade businesses in Switzerland from Total
24-07-2014
The Varo Energy Group of Companies (Varo Energy) has acquired storage assets and Total’s heating oil and diesel business units from Total Suisse S.A. ...
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GE Measurement & Control announces strategic investment in Meridium
24-07-2014
GE’s Measurement & Control business today announced a minority equity investment in Meridium. The companies intend to enter into a joint development ...
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Tesoro corporation announces new petrochemical feedstock project
21-07-2014
Tesoro Corporation today announced plans to produce petrochemical feedstock in its U.S. West Coast refining system. The Company intends to gather intermediate ...
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ZeoGas awarded Methanol-to-Gasoline technology license by ExxonMobil
21-07-2014
ZeoGas LLC, a developer of natural gas-to-gasoline projects, has entered into a license agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s ...
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Air Liquide to supply oxygen for new world-scale methanol plant
21-07-2014
Air Liquide announced today that it has been selected by Natgasoline LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCI N.V., as the supplier of oxygen for its ...
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Commercial production begins at Chevron’s new base oil plant
21-07-2014
Chevron Corporation subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc. announced that it has begun commercial production of premium base oils from a newly constructed manufacturing ...
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CB&I awarded additional technology contracts in Oman
16-07-2014
CB&I today announced it has been awarded additional contracts by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for the Liwa Plastics Project ...
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QAPCO celebrates successful completion of planned general shutdown
15-07-2014
Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) Q.S.C., one of the leading petrochemical powerhouses in the region and a pioneer in petrochemical production, recently celebrated ...
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AVEVA and ETAP sign agreement to deliver industry first for electrical engineers
15-07-2014
AVEVA and ETAP have signed a partnership agreement under which both companies will jointly develop a software interface between AVEVA Electrical™ and ...
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Foster Wheeler achieves two British Safety Council five-star ratings
14-07-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that Foster Wheeler Energy Limited (FWEL), the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has achieved ...
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Elevance and Genting enter new Biorefinery collaboration
14-07-2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc, a high-growth specialty chemicals company that creates novel specialty chemicals from natural oils, today announced a new ...
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Sinochem commissions Quanzhou refining project
10-07-2014
With all its 19 units successfully passed the trial run, Sinochem Quanzhou 12 million MT/a refining project (hereinafter referred to as Sinochem Quanzhou refining ...
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Sandvik appoints new global product manager
10-07-2014
Sandvik Process Systems has appointed Tom Smith as Global Product Manager of its sulphur division. Tom joined Sandvik as a sales engineer in 1989 and has been ...
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UOP's green fuels technology selected by Petrixo to produce renewable jet fuel and diesel
09-07-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its green fuels process technology has been selected by Petrixo Oil & Gas to produce renewable jet ...
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KBR selects AVEVA Everything3D for global projects
08-07-2014
AVEVA today announced that KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has substantially extended its utilization of AVEVA technology, which ...
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Maverick Synfuels and Petrostar Petroleum Corporation form JV
07-07-2014
Maverick Synfuels, a leader in alternative chemicals and fuels production technology, and Petrostar Petroleum Corporation, a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration ...
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ONGC's petrochemical complex to be ready in Q1 2015
03-07-2014
ONGC Petro Additions Ltd, $4B integrated petrochemical complex in Dahej,is scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2015, a top company executive ...
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GE Oil & Gas expands presence in UAE
03-07-2014
GE Oil & Gas today celebrated the ground-breaking of a new facility that will further expand its presence in the UAE in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). Scheduled ...
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Construction of Seaway crude oil pipeline loop completed
03-07-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enbridge Inc announced today that the 512-mile loop of the Seaway Pipeline system from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Jones ...
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Sasol, ENH and Eni announce pre-feasibility study for large-scale GTL facility in Mozambique
03-07-2014
Sasol Limited (Sasol) announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin ...
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Unipetrol accepts the offer to purchase shares of ENI in Česká Rafinérská
03-07-2014
Unipetrol, a.s. based on its pre-emptive right has accepted the bona fide offer from Eni International B.V., based on which it will acquire 32,445 % of Eni’s ...
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Mr. Sanjiv Singh takes over as the Director [Refineries] of IndianOil
02-07-2014
Shri Sanjiv Singh has taken over as the Director [Refineries] of the leading Fortune 500 company, IndianOil. He takes over from Mr Raj Kumar Ghosh ...
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OMV closes the sale of Bayernoil
01-07-2014
OMV has closed the sale of its 45% stake in the German Bayernoil refinery network as planned on June 30, 2014. Gerhard Roiss, CEO of OMV: "With the closing ...
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ExxonMobil to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery
01-07-2014
ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., announced today it plans to install a new delayed coker ...
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Clariant and Ashland complete sale of ASK Chemicals JV to Rhône
01-07-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and Ashland Inc. today announced the closing of the previously announced sale of their joint venture ASK Chemicals, ...
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Grace names Beninati president of Grace Catalysts Technologies
30-06-2014
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today the appointment of Albert F. Beninati Jr., as President of its market-leading $1.1 billion Grace Catalysts Technologies ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical to expand alpha olefins capacity at Cedar Bayou plant
30-06-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce it received Board of Directors approval and obtained the necessary environmental permit from the ...
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Dow to begin construction on new world-scale ethylene facility
25-06-2014
On June 30, The Dow Chemical Company will begin construction of its previously announced world-scale ethylene production facility, representing a prominent ...
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Clariant to establish catalyst research & development center in China
25-06-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that its Business Unit Catalysts will establish a state-of-the-art research center in Shanghai, ...
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Honeywell’s UOP helping meet petrochemicals demand in China
23-06-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its licensee, China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. Ltd., has produced more than 360 million pounds ...
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Honeywell to train next generation of refinery technicians in Vietnam
19-06-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that it would train technical personnel at Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company’s ...
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Honeywell’s UOP celebrates 100 years of leadership in the oil & gas industry
18-06-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today marked 100 years of innovation and leadership in the oil and gas industry, celebrating the day of its centennial by helping ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical breaks ground on two world-scale polyethylene units
17-06-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP held its second groundbreaking ceremony for its U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project at the construction site in Old ...
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Rosneft and Yokogawa Electric Corporation sign strategic cooperation agreement
16-06-2014
Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board, Rosneft and Shuzo Kaihori, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Yokogawa Electric Corporation ...
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GTC will host technology conference on October
15-06-2014
GTC Technology is hosting its own ‘GTC Technology Conference’ for our clients, partners and special guests on October 22–24 in San Diego, ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical announces the start-up of world's largest 1-Hexene plant
12-06-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced today the successful commissioning and start-up of the world’s largest on-purpose 1-hexene plant. With ...
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Pacific Future Energy announces $10B bitumen refinery project
10-06-2014
Pacific Future Energy Corporation (Pacific Future Energy) announced today its plan to build and operate the world’s greenest refinery on British Columbia’s ...
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Foster Wheeler receives seventh successive order of distinction award for health and safety
10-06-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded, for the seventh successive year, ...
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Calumet Specialty Products announces investment in GTL JV
09-06-2014
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, today announced its investment as a joint ...
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TrailStone acquires U.S. Oil and Refining Company
09-06-2014
TrailStone, a global commodities logistics and trading company backed by Riverstone Holdings LLC, today announced that it has acquired U.S. Oil and Refining ...
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INEOS and Sasol reach final investment decision on high density polyethylene JV
09-06-2014
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA and Sasol Chemicals North America LLC have today announced that they have reached final investment decision to form a ...
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Praxair starts up air separation unit in Tennessee
09-06-2014
Praxair, Inc. today announced the start-up of its new 600 tons per day air separation unit in Memphis, Tennessee, expanding the company’s ability to supply ...
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PEMEX Petroquimica increases plant performance after revamp by Burckhardt Compression
05-06-2014
PEMEX Petroquimica (PPQ) selected Burckhardt Compression for a major revamp and modernization of its Secondary Compressor lines. These three Hyper Compressors, ...
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GE completes acquisition of Cameron’s reciprocating compression division
03-06-2014
GE today announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Cameron’s Reciprocating Compression division for $550M. The division provides ...
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Linde and BASF intend to jointly develop on-purpose butadiene technology
03-06-2014
The Linde Group and BASF SE intend to cooperate in developing and licensing processes for the on-purpose production of linear butenes and butadiene. BASF has ...
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Siluria Technologies and Linde announce ethylene technology partnership
02-06-2014
Siluria Technologies, a pioneer in the commercial production of fuels and chemicals made from clean and abundant natural gas, and The Linde Group, a world-leading ...
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Graham Corporation $10M of orders for North American oil refining and petrochemical projects
02-06-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including ...
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Topsoe lays foundation for first ever integrated methanol and ammonia plant in Russia
02-06-2014
On May 20, a foundation stone laying ceremony was held at the construction site of a new methanol ammonia co-production plant for the petrochemical company ...
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MMG signs MOU with Essar to develop construction services solution for Jazan refinery
01-06-2014
Mohammed Al-Mojil Group (MMG), one of the largest Saudi construction service providers announces the signing of an MOU with Essar Projects (EPL); a global EPC ...
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KBR wins FEED contract for Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company
30-05-2014
KBR Inc announced today that the company has been awarded a contract by Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC), an affiliate of Gulf LNG Energy, LLC (GLE), ...
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Clariant and Siemens to introduce new sour gas shift technology for coal gasification
28-05-2014
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Siemens Fuel Gasification Technology to cooperate in the ...
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Dow takes next step with new investment in Saudi Arabia
27-05-2014
The Dow Chemical Company has awarded Fluor Corporation the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Reverse Osmosis (RO) manufacturing ...
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Alfa Laval wins SEK55M natural gas order in the US
27-05-2014
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply air cooler systems to a U.S. ...
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Honeywell names Vimal Kapur president of Honeywell Process Solutions
27-05-2014
Honeywell announced today that Vimal Kapur has been named president of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), a Honeywell business that supplies automation control, ...
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The revamping of high density polyethylene tubes for furnaces awarded to Manoir Industries
25-05-2014
Manoir Pîtres, a Manoir Industries subsidiary, is proud to announce the award of a significant contract with one of the world’s largest plastics, ...
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SIBUR, Gazprom Neft and Titan Group establish a JV Based on Poliom plant
23-05-2014
Gazprom Neft, SIBUR and Titan Group signed an agreement to establish a joint venture based on Omsk Polypropylene Plant (Poliom). As part of the deal, Sibgazpolimer, ...
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UOP’s Oleflex™ technology selected to meet growing demand for propylene in Southeast Asia
22-05-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Guangdong Peng Zun Energy Development Co., Ltd., a Chinese petrochemical producer, has selected Honeywell’s ...
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PennTex Midstream selects UOP Russell
20-05-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that PennTex Midstream Partners LLC has selected UOP Russell to supply a gas processing plant to recover valuable ...
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Sinopec and SIBUR enter into a strategic cooperation agreement
20-05-2014
Witnessed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) and SIBUR today entered ...
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Enterprise Products begins exporting refined products from Beaumont marine terminal
20-05-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced today that it has loaded the first cargo of refined products for export from its reactivated marine terminal in ...
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AFPM responds to EPA proposal to update the toxic air pollution standards for U.S. refineries
15-05-2014
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responds to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal ...
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API says risks from refinery emissions are low without new regulations
15-05-2014
regulations, according to API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman: “With this proposal, EPA adds to the list of new regulations ...
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Metso opens a new service center in Leuna
15-05-2014
Metso has opened a new service center in eastern Germany, in the Leuna industrial area. The new service center supports the company's strategy to grow its valve ...
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Emerson’s smart wireless technology helps BP improve leak detection
14-05-2014
BP is using Smart Wireless technology from Emerson Process Management as part of a leak detection system that helps enhance safety at its chemical production ...
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MRPL phase III, CHT unit is onstream
12-05-2014
The 0.65 MMTPA Coker Heavy Gas Oil Hydro Treating Unit (CHTU), a secondary processing facility of the Phase III Upgradation and Refinery Expansion Project of ...
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Pembina Pipeline announces $460M of new capital projects
12-05-2014
Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced today that it has reached binding commercial agreements to proceed with constructing a new 55,000 barrel per day propane-plus ...
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Chemtrade to sell Montreal East business for $120M to Suncor Energy
12-05-2014
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Montreal East business to Suncor Energy Products Inc. for ...
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BASF and Yara plan to build ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas
08-05-2014
BASF and Yara have made good progress with their plan to jointly build a world-scale ammonia plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The proposed plant would be located ...
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MOL to buy Eni's refining & marketing activities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania
07-05-2014
Today, Eni signed in Budapest an agreement with MOL Group, a Hungarian oil & gas company, for the sale of its 32.445% stake in ÄŒeská Rafinérská ...
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Regency Energy Partners to construct new processing facility and NGL pipeline
07-05-2014
Regency Energy Partners LP, announced today it will construct a new processing plant and NGL pipeline at Regency’s Dubberly facility in North Louisiana. ...
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Bharat Petroleum to install a new crude and vacuum distillation unit at its Mumbai refinery
06-05-2014
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, India's second-biggest state refiner, plans to invest Rs 1,419 crore in replacing an old crude processing unit at its 12 million ...
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Foster Wheeler completes acquisition of Siemens Environmental Systems and Services
06-05-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has finalized the acquisition of the Siemens Environmental Systems and Services ...
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Magellan Midstream to deliver refined petroleum products to Little Rock
05-05-2014
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. announced today that it is proceeding with its pipeline project to deliver refined petroleum products to Little Rock, Arkansas, ...
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BASF evaluates natural gas-based investment in the US gulf coast
02-05-2014
BASF is evaluating an investment in a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The on-purpose production of propylene to supply the ...
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Honeywell Automation selected for third Phase of natural gas pipeline project
02-05-2014
Honeywell Process Solutions announced today that its automation and safety technology has been selected for the third phase of a pipeline project supplying ...
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LyondellBasell north american ethylene expansion program on schedule
02-05-2014
LyondellBasell has received a key permit required in the company's multi-plant ethylene expansion program which, when fully operational, is expected to increase ...
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Emerson’s wireless condition monitoring reduces downtime and costs for SABIC Teesside
30-04-2014
Emerson Process Management’s wireless condition monitoring and prediction system is being used at the SABIC Olefins plant in Teesside, UK, to detect potential ...
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Foster Wheeler contracts by Pemex for coker slide valves at Cadereyta and Madero refineries
29-04-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, together with a joint venture partner for the project, ...
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Lion Completes EPDM Expansion Study
24-04-2014
Lion Copolymer, Geismar, LLC has recently completed a detailed engineering study for an additional 60,000-80,000 metric tons per year EPDM manufacturing line, ...
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Metso groundbreaking ceremony for Neles globe valve technology center in South Korea
22-04-2014
Metso announced on January 22, 2014 the decision to invest in a new greenfield Neles® globe valve technology center in South Korea. The groundbreaking ceremony ...
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Honeywell enhances its refining & petrochemical planning solution
22-04-2014
Honeywell has announced a major enhancement to its Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS) that will improve model building and maintenance, ...
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Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery to build biological waste treatment plant
21-04-2014
Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery has selected a final wastewater treatment process to be employed in the construction of the second ...
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EPA builds a strong clean - energy economy in Texas
21-04-2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit ...
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ONEOK Partners announces completion of $1B in capital growth projects
21-04-2014
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced the completion of three natural gas gathering and processing and natural gas liquids capital-growth projects of approximately ...
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SIBUR increases PET production capacity in Blagoveshchensk
16-04-2014
POLIEF, SIBUR's subsidiary, has completed its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production expansion project, increasing its capacity from 140 ktpa to 210 ktpa. ...
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BASF to build new world-scale plant for specialty amines in Ludwigshafen
16-04-2014
BASF is building a new world-scale plant for the production of specialty amines in Ludwigshafen. Start-up of the facility with a total annual capacity of about ...
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Lubrizol corporation forms energy and water business unit
16-04-2014
The Lubrizol Corporation announces the expansion of its new global Energy and Water (E&W) business unit. The announcement was made by John Uhran, vice president ...
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Samsung Engineering signs Kuwait clean fuels project
14-04-2014
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, the first and largest engineering company in Korea, entered Kuwait with the KNPC Clean Fuels Project (CFP) worth 3.8 billion USD ...
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Sage Midstream launches west coast propane and butane export terminal project
10-04-2014
Sage Midstream today announced it has launched a project to build a world-class, West Coast propane and butane export terminal at the Port of Longview in Washington ...
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KBR names Stuart Bradie as President and CEO
09-04-2014
KBR today announced that Mr. Stuart Bradie has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of KBR, Inc., effective June 2, 2014. Mr. Bradie succeeds Mr. ...
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Nuevo Midstream expands processing, gathering, treating and compression services
09-04-2014
Nuevo Midstream, LLC announced today that the company has completed a major processing capacity expansion to its Ramsey system in the Delaware Basin near Orla, ...
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BASF and Sinopec inaugurate acrylic acid and SAP plants in Nanjing, China
09-04-2014
BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) at their state-of-the-art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., ...
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Kentz awarded a further $570m contract for the Ichthys LNG project
07-04-2014
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award of an AUS$615m (US$570m) contract ...
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Willbros announces sale of certain downstream oil & gas assets
07-04-2014
Willbros Group, Inc announced today that it has sold certain assets and operations of its Oil & Gas Segment's downstream businesses to a privately held ...
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ABB to provide operations management software for world-leading chemical complex
07-04-2014
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract to provide an enterprise-wide mobile plant operations management solution ...
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Total awards €190M refinery off gas project to Kinetics Technology
04-04-2014
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded by Total Olefins Antwerpen (Total Group) two contracts ...
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Enersul providing custom forming solution to Hyundai Engineering
03-04-2014
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract for sulphur forming from Hyundai ...
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21st World Petroleum Congress brings global industry leaders together in Moscow
03-04-2014
The recent meeting of the Organising Committee of the 21st World Petroleum Congress, was headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady ...
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Petronas approves $27B refinery and petrochemical integrated development
03-04-2014
The PETRONAS Board of Directors has approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Southern Johor, ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical breaks ground on USGC petrochemicals project
02-04-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP held a groundbreaking ceremony for its U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project at the Cedar Bayou plant in ...
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BP Bulwer Island refinery processing to halt In 2015
02-04-2014
BP announced today that it intends to halt refining operations at its 102,000 barrels per day (bpd) Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Queensland by mid-2015. Andy ...
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Intertek opens Eagle Ford shale laboratory in Elmendorf, Texas
02-04-2014
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, today announced the opening of a new laboratory in Elmendorf, Texas to address the company's ...
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AspenTech acquires Sulsim software from Sulphur Experts
01-04-2014
Aspen Technology, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has acquired Sulsim® sulfur simulation software from ...
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Air Products to supply nitrogen to Singapore's Jurong Rock Caverns
31-03-2014
Air Products today announced it had been awarded a contract to supply liquid nitrogen to Singapore’s Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) project, an innovative ...
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Dow-Mitsui chlor-alkali facility achieves successful start-up
31-03-2014
The Dow Chemical Company announced today that its joint venture membrane chlor-alkali facility with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan successfully initiated ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical expands mercaptan capacity in Europe
28-03-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned affiliate, Chevron Phillips Chemicals International N.V, is expanding its ...
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Grangemouth £300M survival plan reaches latest milestones
28-03-2014
INEOS O&P UK is today announcing that it has reached the latest milestones in its £300 million survival plan to import US shale gas to Grangemouth. The ...
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KBR awarded FEED contract for the upgrade of the Jebel Ali refinery
27-03-2014
KBR announced today that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Emirates National Oil Company Processing Company LLC (EPCL) for ...
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URS develops new prefabricated cryogenic gas plant packages
26-03-2014
URS Corporation has completed design of a new, full product line of prefabricated cryogenic gas plant packages that remove condensed ethane and natural gas ...
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Planned maintenance of para xylene units at Jamnagar complex
26-03-2014
Reliance Industries Ltd has taken a planned maintenance shutdown of one of its three Para Xylene units at Jamnagar. The scheduled shut down period is approximately ...
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KBR awarded onshore LNG portfolio contract with Shell Global Solutions International
26-03-2014
KBR announced today that it has been awarded an onshore liquefied natural gas portfolio contract by Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Under ...
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Axens, Total and IFPEN launch Atol™,
25-03-2014
Atol™ is a technology for the most profitable production of polymer grade bio-ethylene by dehydration of 1G and 2G-renewable ethanol. The bio-ethylene ...
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BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals announces start-up of 10th furnace at Port Arthur steam cracker
25-03-2014
The BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) joint venture (60 percent BASF, 40 percent Total) today announced the startup of a 10th furnace at its steam cracker ...
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Honeywell to help China meet growing energy demand
25-03-2014
Honeywell today announced that PetroChina Company Limited will expand its use of Honeywell advanced information management and process modeling software tools ...
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25-03-2014
Velocys plc the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that it has entered a joint venture with Waste Management, ...
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Sandvik expands its sulphur technology portfolio
25-03-2014
Sandvik Process Systems, a world leading supplier of Sulphur Processing and Handling Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry, has expanded its product portfolio ...
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Foster Wheeler acquires Siemens Environmental Systems and Services
20-03-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has signed an asset purchase agreement with Siemens Energy, Inc. to acquire the ...
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Cleveland companies JV to reduce liability risks for industries generating hazardous materials
19-03-2014
As industries seek to find ecologically safe approaches to raw material disposal, three Cleveland-based companies - Metal Alloy Reclaimers (Metaloy), Redimet ...
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US Department of Transportation issues emergency testing order for transport of crude oils
19-03-2014
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an Emergency Testing Order that requires all shippers to test crude oil from the Bakken region to ensure ...
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Honeywell Enraf unveils new Fusion4 MSC-L loading controller
18-03-2014
Enraf today introduced the Fusion4 MSC-L, the company’s most sophisticated multi-stream controller for loading products from refineries and chemical plants ...
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SIBUR to increase Vyngapurovsky GPP processing capacity
18-03-2014
SIBUR has approved the Vyngapurovsky GPP expansion project to launch processing of associated petroleum gas (APG) from Russneft's fields. New facilities ...
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Al Saadan shares Saudi Aramco’s downstream plans
18-03-2014
About 2 500 energy leaders from about 60 countries gathered for discussions and presentations on the state of the industry at the CERAWeek annual conference ...
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UOP to help Pakistan Refinery Limited meet growing gasoline demand
18-03-2014
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Pakistan Refinery Limited will use process technology and modular equipment from Honeywell’s UOP to ...
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PMFG Inc acquires Combustion Components Associates Inc
18-03-2014
PMFG, Inc today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Combustion Components Associates, Inc, a leading ...
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SCIPIG awarded long-term gas supply contract by SECCO
17-03-2014
Praxair, Inc, through its subsidiary Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Company (SCIPIG), was recently awarded a 15-year industrial gases supply ...
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CompactGTL announces 3,000 bpd commercial GTL project in Kazakhstan
10-03-2014
CompactGTL announces that its Chairman Tony Hayward and Uzakbay Karabalin, the Minister of Oil & Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have signed a Memorandum ...
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Essar Energy denies plans to close Stanlow refinery
10-03-2014
With reference to recent press reports, Essar Energy plc denies that it has any plans to close its Stanlow refinery. The Stanlow refinery is well positioned ...
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Haldor Topsøe A/S expands its Frederikssund catalyst plant
10-03-2014
Haldor Topsøe A/S is today officially opening a large extension of the company's catalyst plant in Frederikssund, Denmark. This plant and a plant in ...
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Planned maintenance at Jamnagar refinery complex
07-03-2014
Reliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down one of its four crude distillation units, for Maintenance & Inspection (M&I) activities from ...
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BP acquires full ownership of Indonesian JV
07-03-2014
BP completed the purchase of all interests previously held by Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (MBK) in PT Amoco Mitsui ...
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Irving Oil refinery begins $60M turnaround
03-03-2014
Over the next 6 weeks, 1,700 additional workers will perform scheduled maintenance on several processing units at the Saint John refinery. Work will be underway ...
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Takatuf and Petrofac sign JV to establish 'Centre of Excellence' in Oman
03-03-2014
Takatuf Oman LLC, the human capital solution provider for Oman Oil Company (OOC), has signed an Incorporated Joint Venture (IJV) agreement with Petrofac, an ...
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New EPA gasoline regulations are costly and counterproductive
03-03-2014
EPA’s new Tier 3 rule requiring the last bits of sulfur to be removed from gasoline will unnecessarily raise costs and actually increase CO2 emissions ...
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AFPM responds to EPA tier 3 rule
03-03-2014
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 3 Motor Vehicle ...
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Shell Moerdijk clocks 40 years of petrochemical production
28-02-2014
The petrochemical complex has nearly tripled its capacity over the yearsto 5.4 million tonnes per year in 2013 and remains a key asset to Shell globally. Shell ...
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Stephen Goff appointed plant manager of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Borger facility
26-02-2014
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce that Stephen Goff has been appointed plant manager of the Borger plant in Borger, Texas, effective ...
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ZeoGas secures Air Liquide MegaMethanol technology license
25-02-2014
ZeoGas LLC secures MegaMethanol® technology license from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, a subsidiary of Air Liquide Group, the world leader in gases, ...
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Shell signs agreement to advance major clean energy project
24-02-2014
Shell has signed an agreement with the UK Government to progress the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project to the next phase of design. The project, ...
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Shell agrees sale of downstream businesses in Australia to Vitol
21-02-2014
Shell today announced it has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses (excluding Aviation) to Vitol for a total transaction value ...
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Anguil Environmental Systems partnership with Total Air Pollution Control
21-02-2014
Two leading suppliers in the air pollution control industry are partnering-up to meet the needs of Australian companies with emission control requirements. ...
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Foster Wheeler signs alliance with Tecnimont for North American chemicals projects
18-02-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has signed a collaboration ...
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INEOS Europe announces a new ethane purchase agreement with CONSOL Energy
13-02-2014
INEOS Europe AG has today announced a new ethane purchase agreement with CONSOL Energy in the USA. Ethane will be transported through the Mariner East infrastructure ...
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AMETEK Grabner Instruments flashpoint method accepted for ASTM diesel fuel specifications
13-02-2014
In December 2013, ASTM cleared the way for the new age in flashpoint testing. ASTM members voted to accept D7094 as a new method for testing diesel, fuel oils ...
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AMEC announces recommended offer for Foster Wheeler
13-02-2014
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Foster Wheeler AG under which ...
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Graham Corporation wins $5M of orders for investments in new petrochemical capacity
12-02-2014
Graham Corporation, a global business that engineers, manufactures, and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, and ...
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Iran, Indonesia oil firms plan to build refinery
11-02-2014
An Iranian oil firm and an Indonesian company are looking to build a refinery in the southeast Asian nation worth at least $3 billion, officials said, as the ...
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Rosneft and General Electric expand science and technology cooperation
11-02-2014
Rosneft and General Electric signed an Agreement to set up a series of joint ventures. The document was signed by Rosneft President Igor Sechin and General ...
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Invensys announces SimSci APC 2014
10-02-2014
Invensys, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world's major industries, has unveiled a new version ...
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Borealis and Statoil renew their long term ethane sourcing contract
10-02-2014
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces a new long term agreement to source ...
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Emerson help BP’s Whiting refinery boost heavy-crude capacity more than four-fold
10-02-2014
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has completed process automation for BP’s modernization of its refinery in Whiting, Indiana. ...
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Phillips 66 approve Sweeny Fractionator One and Freeport LPG export terminal
07-02-2014
Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, has received approval from its board of directors to move forward with both its Sweeny ...
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CHS will invest additional $20M to strengthen refined fuels supply and distribution
07-02-2014
CHS Inc, the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, said today it is investing an additional $20 million in ...
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Johnson Matthey announces completion of first COG to LNG project
07-02-2014
Johnson Matthey is pleased to announce the acceptance of its coke oven gas (COG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project with Xinkuang Hengkung near Yinchuan, ...
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Grabner Instruments enters into exclusive distribution partnership with Spectro South Africa
06-02-2014
Grabner Instruments, a global leader in petroleum testing instruments and a pioneer in the development of automatic vapor pressure testers, has entered into ...
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Axens expands its Brockville production facility
05-02-2014
In order to meet increasing market demand, Axens Canada is expanding its Brockville, Ontario production facility. The expansion includes additional production ...
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Elevance selects URS for EPC services to continue advancing Natchez biorefinery
05-02-2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc, a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced today that it has selected URS Corporation to provide engineering, procurement ...
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Flint Hills to cease crude oil processing at North Pole refinery
04-02-2014
Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC announced today that it would cease crude oil processing at its North Pole refinery in the next few months. The extraction ...
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Singapore Refining Co invests over $500M in gasoline and power units
04-02-2014
Singapore Refining Co (SRC) said on Tuesday it will invest more than $500M to build gasoline and power generation units at its refinery on Jurong Island. The ...
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PPG to acquire high-heat-resistant coatings supplier
03-02-2014
PPG Industries today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co., Inc., ...
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Marathon Petroleum purchases biodiesel plant from Felda Iffco
03-02-2014
Marathon Petroleum Corporation today announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase a facility in Cincinnati, Ohio from Felda Iffco Sdn Bhd, Malaysia. ...
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Husky moves forward with heavy crude oil flexibility project at lima refinery
03-02-2014
Husky Energy has sanctioned a new crude oil flexibility project at its refinery in Lima, Ohio, which will allow for the processing of up to 40,000 barrels per ...
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GE launches downstream technology solutions business
03-02-2014
GE Oil & Gas today announced the launch of its new Downstream Technology Solutions (DTS) business to more efficiently supply equipment and services to the ...
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ADNOC to host the worlds leading gas sweetening event
03-02-2014
Next month will see the leading international experts gathering in Abu Dhabi at SOGAT 2014 to debate the latest technologies used in converting Sour Gas into ...
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BASF and SINOPEC break ground on world-scale isononanol plant in Maoming, China
24-01-2014
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) broke ground today on the construction of its world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech ...
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VETEK Group contract with Vitol and Trafigura, for the supply of Odessa Oil refinery products
23-01-2014
VETEK Group of Companies signed a long-term contract with Vitol to supply vacuum gasoil produced by the Odessa Oil Refinery. Also, VETEK Group of Companies ...
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Alfa Laval wins SEK 65M energy-efficiency order in Middle East
23-01-2014
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to an ...
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Porocel purchases Canadian catalyst plant and processing facility
22-01-2014
Porocel of Canada, Ltd announces the acquisition of the Medicine Hat catalyst processing plant from Criterion Catalysts & Technologies Canada, Inc. Porocel ...
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Gazprom and CNPC getting ready to sign contract for Russian gas supply
22-01-2014
Beijing hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Zhou Jiping, Chairman of China ...
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Gulf Coast project begins delivering crude oil to Nederland, Texas
22-01-2014
TransCanada Corporation announced today that at approximately 10:45 a.m. CST on January, 22, 2014, the Gulf Coast Project began delivering crude oil on behalf ...
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Bharat Petroleum’s $2.8B refinery expansion
22-01-2014
Bharat Petroleum Corp, India’s second-biggest state refiner, plans to almost double the combined capacity of two refineries at a cost of about $2.8 billion ...
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Praxair expands in western Canada to serve oil and gas market
22-01-2014
Praxair Inc announced that the company has completed an upgrade to its air separation liquefaction capabilities in Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss, Alberta. ...
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Honeywell enables Suriname to double its refining capacity and reduce imports
21-01-2014
Honeywell today announced that Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., Suriname's state-owned oil company, will deploy Honeywell’s manufacturing execution ...
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US Oil Sands Inc awards Utah project and construction management contract to KBR
20-01-2014
US Oil Sands Inc, a company focused on oil sands exploration and production in Utah, is pleased to announce that it has selected Kellogg Brown & Root LLC ...
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Shell announces sale of Wheatstone LNG stake
20-01-2014
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced it has agreed to sell its 8% equity interest in the Wheatstone-Iago Joint Venture and 6.4% interest in the 8.9 million ...
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Vung Ro Petroleum selects INEOS Technologies’ Innovene PP process
20-01-2014
INEOS Technologies is pleased to announce that it has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers ...
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GE to acquire cameron’s reciprocating compression division for $550M
20-01-2014
GE Oil & Gas and Cameron, a Houston-based provider of flow equipment, systems and services, today announced that GE has agreed to acquire Cameron’s ...
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GE’s power conversion technology drives largest LNG project in China
16-01-2014
GE’s Power Conversion compressor-drive technology is driving the recently inaugurated HuaQi Ansai Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project in the city of ...
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NOVA Chemicals announces utilization of Marcellus Shale sourced ethane at its Ontario cracker
16-01-2014
NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) today celebrated its commitment to the Sarnia, Ontario region during a ceremony to commemorate the first barrels ...
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Magnetrol International opens new production facility in UAE
16-01-2014
Magnetrol International Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of level and flow process control instrumentation, has completed construction of a new MAGNETROL ...
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AEA Investor aquire Siemens Water Technologies creating Evoqua Water Technologies
16-01-2014
AEA Investors LP has secured regulatory approvals and closed on an agreement to acquire the municipal, industrial and services water and wastewater treatment ...
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Emerson breaks ground on new $16.7M service centre in Louisiana
14-01-2014
Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, is expanding its presence in Louisiana with a new $16.7 million service center and regional campus in Gonzales. ...
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Sasol inaugurates plant to boost polyethylene production
14-01-2014
Today, Sasol Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, David Constable, and the South African Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, inaugurated Sasol’s ...
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Gazprom Neft acquired Russia's largest polymer modified bitumen plant
14-01-2014
Gazprom Neft has acquired 100% of the authorized capital of SYNTAZ OIL LLC, which owns Ryazan Petrochemical Experimental Plant JSC. Purchase of this asset ...
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ThyssenKrupp combines capabilities in plant technology
13-01-2014
As part of its strategic way forward, ThyssenKrupp is strengthening its plant technology business as a major growth area for the Group. To better exploit global ...
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Total becomes the first major to enter into shale gas licences in the UK
13-01-2014
Total announces that it has acquired a 40% interest in two shale gas exploration licences in the United Kingdom. The interests are in Petroleum Exploration ...
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AMEC in $3.3B deal with Foster Wheeler
13-01-2014
Foster Wheeler AG today confirmed that, following a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives, it has provisionally agreed with AMEC plc on non-binding ...
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Air Products new LNG heat Exchanger manufacturing facility
09-01-2014
Air Products today held a ceremony to dedicate its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchanger manufacturing facility in Manatee County, Florida which will ...
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Contracts signed for the Shaybah arabian extra light crude increment project
09-01-2014
Saudi Aramco moved forward on a new project as it signed contracts on Dec. 31, 2013, with two of the world’s leading engineering and construction companies ...
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AVEVA reduces design time by 80% for Burgasnefteproekt
09-01-2014
AVEVA today announced that Burgasnefteproekt, an engineering company in the field of petrochemicals, has achieved significant cost savings using AVEVA Laser ...
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Foster Wheeler awarded PMC contract for grassroots refinery in Turkey
08-01-2014
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group has been awarded a contract by STAR Rafineri ...
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ExxonMobil celebrates Singapore chemical plant expansion
07-01-2014
ExxonMobil reinforced its long-term supply commitment to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market today during an event celebrating the expansion ofits Singapore ...
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Enterprise to expand LPG export facility at Oiltanking on Houston ship channel
07-01-2014
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced a further expansion of its liquefied petroleum gas export terminal at Oiltanking’s complex on the Houston ...
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Total Safety acquires leading flare services company
06-01-2014
Leading international safety solutions provider Total Safety today announced it has acquired Flare Ignitors Holdings, owner of both Flare Ignitors & Rentals ...
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Air Products increases U.S. Midwest liquid CO2 supply
06-01-2014
Air Products, one of the leading suppliers of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) in the United States, today announced the signing of a long-term agreement for ...
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Harsco acquires Hammco Corporation
06-01-2014
Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation announced today it has acquired Hammco Corporation, an Owasso, OK-based provider of process coolers ...
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LyondellBasell restarts methanol plant at Channelview on schedule
02-01-2014
LyondellBasell today announced that its methanol plant at Channelview, Texas, was placed into service in the fourth-quarter 2013 to take advantage of low-cost ...
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Ergon acquires Bunge’s interest in Mississippi ethanol facility
02-01-2014
Ergon Inc announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ergon Ethanol, Inc, acquired Bunge North America, Inc.’s interest in and now owns 100% of ...
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Repsol completes the sale of LNG assets to Shell
02-01-2014
Repsol has completed the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets with the handover to Shell of assets in Peru and Trinidad & Tobago after the relevant ...
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Johnson Matthey announces further investments in catalyst manufacturing in China
31-12-2013
Johnson Matthey announces it is planning to make additional investments in China to support its growing process catalyst and technology licensing business. ...
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LUKOIL takes full control of ISAB refinery
31-12-2013
LUKOIL has finalized a transaction to purchase the remaining 20-percent share in the joint venture running the ISAB refinery, located in the vicinity of Priolo ...
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SIBUR and Gazprom Neft to build new gas processing plant in Khanty-Mansi autonomous area
24-12-2013
SIBUR and Gazprom Neft have signed an agreement for construction of a new gas processing plant (GPP) with an annual associated petroleum gas (APG) processing ...
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Nalco Champion to construct a new headquarters building in Sugar Land
23-12-2013
Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, plans to construct a new headquarters building in Sugar Land, Texas, to house its Houston-area energy ...
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Kinder Morgan / Targa Resources to expand fractionation capacity in Texas
20-12-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Targa Resources Partners LP today announced they have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to construct ...
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The Carlyle Group and Vitol Group to invest in Varo Energy
19-12-2013
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and the Vitol Group of Companies today announced a transaction intended to establish Varo Energy B.V. as ...
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Intertek opens new petroleum and residual fuel oil laboratory in Louisiana
19-12-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has opened a new petroleum and residual fuel oil testing laboratory in Harvey, Louisiana, ...
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BP completes commissioning of Whiting refinery units
18-12-2013
BP announced today all of the major new units associated with the Whiting modernization project have been successfully brought on stream. The start-up ...
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Air Products and SIRE sign liquid CO2 agreement for Iowa facility
17-12-2013
Air Products, one of the leading suppliers of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) in the United States, today announced the signing of a long-term agreement for ...
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Neste Oil achieves its palm oil certification target two years early
17-12-2013
Neste Oil has achieved its long-term target of using only certified palm oil as an input for its renewable diesel production process. The original target, set ...
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Pertamina and PTT Global Chemical sign a marketing and trading JV
16-12-2013
PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC) and PT Pertamina (Persero) signed Marketing and Trading-Joint Venture Agreements (Marketing & Trading ...
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Saudi Aramco expanding our R&D reach
12-12-2013
The inauguration last week of a new Aramco Research Center in Cambridge, Mass., near Boston, signaled another step forward in the company’s strategic ...
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BASF expanding mobile emissions catalysts production capacity in India
12-12-2013
BASF Catalysts India Private Limited is expanding its mobile emissions catalysts production capacity in Chennai, India. Construction of a new 47,000 square ...
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Haldor Topsøe build catalyst plant in China
12-12-2013
Haldor Topsøe A/S’ board of directors today approved the capital investment needed to carry out the construction that in two primary phases will ...
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IndianOil signs agreement with VITO
12-12-2013
R&D Centre and VITO, Belgium, have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) for joint research into utilisation of CO2 as a renewable & sustainable feedstock ...
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Technip and BP extend their successful purified terephthalic acid alliance
12-12-2013
Technip announces the extension of its long-standing agreement with BP in the purified terephthalic acid (PTA)(1) domain. Technip will now also become the exclusive ...
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SmartPlant Fusion lands honor for rapidly capturing and organizing legacy plant information
11-12-2013
Intergraph® was presented the prestigious Innovation of the Year award for its SmartPlant® Fusion solution during the Asia Oil & Gas Awards 2013 ...
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PTT Global Chemical and Pertamina JV for a world capacity petrochemical complex in Indonesia
10-12-2013
PT Pertamina and PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited announced December 10th in Jakarta, Indonesia, the signing of the Manufacturing Joint Venture - ...
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Capabilities extension for ROSNEFT gasoline blending station in Achinsk
10-12-2013
Modcon has started a project which includes existing gasoline in-line blending capabilities extension at ROSNEFT Achinsk Refinery. The main purpose of this ...
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Sonatrach, GTC ready PX plant for start-up
10-12-2013
Sonatrach, ranked by Forbes as the world’s 12th largest oil company, is nearing completion of a new paraxylene crystallization plant at its integrated ...
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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 to advance commercialization of algae crude Oil
10-12-2013
Sapphire Energy Inc, one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, ...
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Air Products and Takamul Investment announce the formation of a new JV
10-12-2013
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, and Takamul Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Oman Oil Company, today announced they have signed a ...
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EMS-CHEMIE chooses AVEVA software to increase design efficiency
10-12-2013
AVEVA today announced that EMS-CHEMIE has moved to the new AVEVA Everything3D (software for the design of its chemical facilities. The EMS-SERVICES business ...
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GE Oil & Gas acquires remainder of UK’s Allen Gears
09-12-2013
Expanding its presence in the industrial gears sector, GE Oil & Gas, a GE business, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Allen Gearing ...
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ROSNEFT to co-host Russia & CIS oil & gas executive summit
09-12-2013
ROSNEFT has officially announced co-hosting of the Russia & CIS Oil & Gas Executive Summit 2014. Being one of the leading oil companies in Russia, ROSNEFT ...
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Iberdrola Engineering has been awarded a €66M contract with Pemex
08-12-2013
Iberdrola Engineering has been awarded a 66 million Euro contract in Mexico to build an interconnection system that will join Salamanca's cogeneration plant ...
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Optimization program successfully finalized at Omsk refinery
08-12-2013
The Omsk refinery is one of the most advanced refineries in Russia and one of the largest in the world. Main products include gasoline, diesel fuel, construction ...
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The first LNG terminal station of Sinopec being under construction
06-12-2013
Shandong LNG project, the first LNG terminal station of Sinopec, is under construction now and is progressing smoothly. As present, 84% of the overall construction ...
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AMEC awarded five-year £158M project engineering and management services contract
06-12-2013
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to provide ...
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Rosneft and Statoil move forward with shale oil cooperation
06-12-2013
Rosneft and Statoil today signed the Shareholders and Operating Agreement for a joint venture to assess the feasibility of commercial production from the Domanik ...
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Shell will not pursue US Gulf Coast GTL project
05-12-2013
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces that the company will not move forward with the proposed 140,000 barrels per day Gulf Coast gas-to-liquids (GTL) project ...
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Amyris and Total form fuels JV
05-12-2013
"The joint-venture Total Amyris Biosolutions is a first step towards the commercialization of our renewable diesel and jet fuels. We are in the phase of ...
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Honeywell to provide integrated control and safety systems to Al Zour Refinery
03-12-2013
Honeywell today announced that it has been selected by Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to provide the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for ...
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Jilin Petrochemical Company acrylic ester recovery unit formally started up
02-12-2013
Acrylic ester unit for heavy component cracking system revamp project in Calcium Carbide Factory, Jilin Petrochemical Company was completed and started up successfully ...
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SABIC opens state of the art technology center in Shanghai
02-12-2013
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company’s ...
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Exterran and Black & Veatch to market natural gas processing technology in North America
02-12-2013
Black & Veatch and Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. are joining forces to reduce capital and operating costs, improve natural gas liquid product yields and ...
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Spectrotest mobile metal analyser now features Spectro metal database
30-11-2013
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers direct access to its SPECTRO Metal Database on the latest versions of its SPECTROTEST -- the most powerful mobile ...
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SABIC opens state of the art technology center in Bengaluru, India
29-11-2013
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company’s ...
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BASF produces first commercial volumes of butanediol from renewable raw material
27-11-2013
BASF has produced its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable raw material, and is offering this product to customers for testing and ...
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Neste Oil awarded the world's first RSPO-RED certificate
27-11-2013
Neste Oil is the world's first company to be awarded an RSPO-RED Supply Chain certificate under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) new, more demanding ...
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World’s leading gas industry event hits Korea in 2014
26-11-2013
Over 300 local and international exhibitors will showcase their products and services at Gastech Exhibition in Korea next year. Featuring a Korean Pavilion ...
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Petrobras signs Premium II refinery indigenous agreement
22-11-2013
Petrobras signed the Premium II Refinery indigenous agreement in Fortaleza (CE) on Friday (22/11) as part of licensing process to start construction work on ...
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21-11-2013
Executives from Saudi Aramco, Total, and their joint venture, Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) met this week to see the latest progress ...
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OCI selects Beaumont, Texas for new greenfield world scale methanol plant
21-11-2013
OCI N.V. announced today that Natgasoline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, plans to build a new greenfield world scale methanol plant in Beaumont, Texas. The ...
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Testing of Hydrogen production installation has been started at TANECO
21-11-2013
Commissioning tests have been started at the hydrogen production installation of the combined hydrocracking complex of the "TANECO" Refining and Petrochemical ...
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Rugged shell and tube heat exchangers for the cleaning of tank containers
21-11-2013
GEA Heat Exchangers, with its GEA Bloksma-Fryer NHP shell and tube heat exchangers, presents a new series that was developed to meet the requirements encountered ...
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AFPM name Brendan Williams senior vice president
20-11-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (APFM) announces the promotion of Brendan Williams to senior vice president of advocacy. Williams joined ...
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Gazprom starts developing design documentation on Vladivostok-LNG project
20-11-2013
As of today, a special-purpose company – Gazprom LNG Vladivostok – is set up to implement the project. The ...
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Chevron names Bechtel safety contractor of the year for Wheatstone project
19-11-2013
Bechtel has been named the 2012 Safety Contractor of the Year by Chevron Corporation’s Project Resources Company. Bechtel was recognized for best-in-class ...
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Enterprise’s eighth NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu begins operations
19-11-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the eighth natural gas liquids fractionator at the partnership’s Mont Belvieu, Texas complex is ...
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Numaligarh refinery commissions naphtha splitter unit
18-11-2013
Numaligarh Refinery commissioned its Naphtha Splitter Unit which has been set up in order to facilitate supply of petrochemical grade Naphtha to ...
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Neste Jacobs to deliver the 3G renewal process of Borealis PE2 plant in Porvoo, Finland
18-11-2013
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base ...
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Emerson’s automation safety system wins 2013 exida® Safety Award
14-11-2013
Emerson’s DeltaV safety instrumented system (SIS) has been granted the 2013 Safety Award by exida, the global leader in functional safety and cybersecurity ...
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Yokogawa selected as main automation contractor for USGC petrochemicals project
14-11-2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced today that it has been selected as the Main Automation Contractor for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP's USGC Petrochemicals ...
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Sinopec selects Honeywell’s profit suite R400 process optimization software
14-11-2013
Honeywell today announced that it was selected by the Sinopec Maoming Company for business management and automation technology that will rejuvenate and improve ...
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Neste Oil to promote the deployment of sustainable aviation biofuel
13-11-2013
Neste Oil committed itself on 12 November, to a Dutch initiative aimed at the deployment of sustainable biofuel in the aviation sector. The signatories of the ...
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CNOOC subsidiary Nexen Energy to examine LNG development in British Columbia
13-11-2013
CNOOC Limited announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Nexen Energy ULC (Nexen), has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Government of British ...
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Gazprom Neft and PetroVietnam to invest in Dung Quat refinery modernisation
12-11-2013
Gazprom Neft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) have signed a framework agreement setting out the terms of Gazprom Neft’s proposed acquisition ...
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Western Refining acquires ownership interests in Northern Tier Energy
12-11-2013
Western Refining, Inc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ACON Investments' and TPG's ownership interests in Northern ...
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Gas leak alert over at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery
12-11-2013
The hazardous situation that resulted from a leak of LPG at the Porvoo refinery has been declared over. Repairs on the section of the process unit affected ...
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Jacobs receives contract from Honeywell in China
12-11-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it received a contract from Honeywell to provide Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) services for a new production ...
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Hydrodec to develop leading oil re-refining centre with Essar Oil at Stanlow
11-11-2013
Hydrodec Group plc, the cleantech industrial oil re-refining group, is pleased to announce it has reached Heads of Terms on an agreement to collaborate with ...
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HollyFrontier announces reduced crude rate at its subsidiary Navajo Refinery
11-11-2013
HollyFrontier Corporation announced that its subsidiary is reducing crude throughput at the Navajo Refinery due to refinery waste water constraints. Based on ...
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GEA´s heat exchangers now under one roof in Spain
11-11-2013
Since September 13, 2013, the two Spanish companies GEA Ibérica S.A. and GEA Caldemón S.A. are jointly doing business under their new name GEA ...
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Fushun Petrochemical Company’s ethylene unit restarts operation
08-11-2013
After a 4 months shut down for maintenance, Fushun Petrochemical Company’s 800,000 t/y ethylene unit has smoothly restarted in one-try and began producing ...
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The application of DSO technology accelerate domestic State-5 gasoline upgrading
08-11-2013
A selective hydrodesulphurisation technology of catalytic gasoline (DSO technology) developed by Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina has been successfully ...
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Axens, IFPEN and Michelin create a synthetic rubber production channel using biomass
08-11-2013
Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Michelin have announced the launch of a plant chemistry research partnership that aims to develop and bring to market ...
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INEOS Oxide opens one million tonne deep-sea ethylene terminal
08-11-2013
The Minister-President of Flanders, Kris Peeters, has officially opened the one million tonne, deep-sea ethylene terminal at the INEOS Oxide facility located ...
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Unipetrol purchases Shell’s shareholding in Ceska Rafinerska
07-11-2013
Today, Shell signed an agreement for the sale of its 16.3 percent shareholding in Ceska Rafinerska to Unipetrol for the sum of $27.2 million. Ceska Rafinerska ...
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Total Safety recognized as operational consultancy of the year by the oil & gas awards
06-11-2013
Total Safety has been recognized as the Operational Consultancy of the Year by the Oil & Gas Awards. The award demonstrates and celebrates advances made ...
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Calumet Specialty Products expands crude oil logistics network
06-11-2013
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P, a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ...
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Green plains to acquire BioFuel Energy Corporation
05-11-2013
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire two ethanol plants of BioFuel Energy Corp from ...
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Jacobs agreement to acquire interest in Guimar Engenharia
05-11-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that it has acquired an interest in Guimar Engenharia, a privately held engineering services and project management/construction ...
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Jacobs announces an option agreement with Suzhou Han’s Chemical Engineering
05-11-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today that its subsidiary, Jacobs Projects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has signed an option agreement with Suzhou Han’s ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical completes NAO expansion study at Cedar Bayou plant
05-11-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced the completion of its study to expand normal alpha olefin (NAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, ...
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Gazprom and SIBUR cooperate on for east gas processing and petrochemical project
01-11-2013
Today, Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s Chairman of the Management Committee, and Dmitry Konov, SIBUR’s CEO, signed Memorandum of Cooperation in the gas ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical completes sale of polystyrene business in China
31-10-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC today announces that it has finalized the sale to Grand Astor Limited of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s affiliate company ...
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Sulzer appoints Oliver Bailer as president of Sulzer Chemtech
31-10-2013
Urs Fankhauser informed the Sulzer Board, that he is to step down as President of Sulzer Chemtech after being diagnosed with a serious illness. The Sulzer Board ...
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Clariant opens its new €100M global R&D hub in Frankfurt
31-10-2013
The Clariant Innovation Center (CIC), based at the Industriepark Höchst, will be the home base of Clariant’s competence centers in chemical research ...
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Phillips 66 seeks to expand midstream business with proposed LPG export terminal
31-10-2013
Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, plans to develop a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal in Freeport, Texas. ...
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BP partners with the university of Texas on leading-edge energy research
31-10-2013
BP announced today it will commit $4 million to launch a new strategic partnership with The University of Texas at Austin to support several leading-edge oil ...
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Texas express pipeline begins operations
31-10-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and DCP Midstream Partners LP today announced the start of service ...
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Rominserv provide consultancy services for Shymkent refinery modernization
30-10-2013
The company will provide mixt consultancy services for the project management, engineering, procurement and supervision of works execution in the frame of an ...
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Det-Tronics recognized with exida’s safety award for the FlexSonic acoustic gas leak detector
30-10-2013
Detector Electronics Corporation, the global leader in fire and gas safety systems, has been recognized with exida’s Safety Award, Sensors Category, for ...
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Istanbul wins bid to host 22nd World Petroleum Congress in 2017
30-10-2013
“This time – Istanbul!” was the motto for the Turkish delegation as they faced the USA with Houston, Kazakhstan with Astana and Denmark with ...
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Linde expert to discuss results of LNG fracturing project at workshop in Houston
29-10-2013
Roy Twymon, business development manager, Energy Solutions for Linde LLC, will be presenting the results from a first-ever commercial conversion of an entire ...
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New manufacturing campus supports growth of UOP’s catalyst and adsorbents
29-10-2013
Honeywell announced today it will establish a new manufacturing campus in Zhangjiagang, China, to support growing demand in Asia for energy technology and advanced ...
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Qatar Petroleum to launch a modern emergency and safety college
28-10-2013
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Qatar Petroleum (QP) in partnership with ...
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World’s largest SNG plant goes on-stream with Topsøe catalysts and process technology
28-10-2013
Today Haldor Topsøe A/S announced that Qinghua, the largest SNG (Substitute Natural Gas) plant ever built in the world was successfully started in the ...
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Renewable Energy Group opens biodiesel plant and announces $20M Upgrade
28-10-2013
Renewable Energy Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open their recently acquired biodiesel refinery in Mason City, Iowa and announced it has begun ...
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Air Products wins Canadian hydrogen supply contract
24-10-2013
Air Products and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced the signing of a long-term agreement to supply North West Redwater Partnership with ...
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Air Products fabrication and sale of 500th PRISM membrane process gas system
24-10-2013
Air Products has now fabricated and sold 500 PRISM® Membrane Process Gas Systems to customers all around the world, including a handful of systems ...
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AVEVA electrical interfaces with ETAP for improved engineering productivity
24-10-2013
AVEVA today announced that it is collaborating with ETAP to create a complementary interface between AVEVA Electrical and ETAP’s enterprise solution for ...
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Air Products expands pipeline coverage on Jurong Island
23-10-2013
Air Products, a leading global industrial gases and performance materials supplier, today announced it has signed a contract to supply both gaseous ...
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Rosneft and CNPC agree key principles of Tianjin refinery commissioning schedule
22-10-2013
On October 22, 2013 the Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board, and Zhou Jiping, Chairman of the Board of Directors of China National ...
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Honeywell selected to help new production facility meet rising demandfor clean energy
22-10-2013
Honeywell today announced that it will provide an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
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Sulzer Pumps acquires Finnish seal manufacturer Tartek Oy
21-10-2013
Sulzer Pumps has acquired Tartek Oy, a specialist in development, manufacture, repair and maintenance of high quality mechanical seals. With this acquisition, ...
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Operational excellence drives performance in oil, gas and petrochemicals
21-10-2013
Euro Petroleum Consultants, will be hosting a major new conference, OpEx 2013 in Abu Dhabi in December. The conference will focus on Operational Excellence ...
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BASF and Yara: otential joint ammonia investment
18-10-2013
BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into a world scale ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast. BASF, which has a strong presence in the United ...
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Praxair starts up air separation plant in Brazil
18-10-2013
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has started up a new 800 tons per day air separation plant in the state of Minas Gerais, located ...
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Eastman to expand capacity at plasticizer manufacturing facility in Texas City
17-10-2013
Eastman Chemical Company today announced it is expanding capacity of its Eastman 168™ non-phthalate plasticizers at its manufacturing facility in Texas ...
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Technip awarded technology and engineering contract for Sasol’s ethane cracker in Louisiana
16-10-2013
Technip was awarded by Sasol a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and front-end engineering design (FEED) for a world-class grassroots ethane ...
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Essar Oil UK completes lift of giant £23M unit at Stanlow refinery
16-10-2013
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd yesterday completed the successful lift of a giant new regenerator head for a key petrol producing unit at their Stanlow refinery as part ...
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AFPM pleased with supreme court decision to review EPA’s GHG regulations
16-10-2013
Statement by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) General Counsel Rich Moskowitz on the Supreme Court decision today to review the Environmental ...
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Intertek shale gas services expanded with GPA natural gas testing
15-10-2013
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has added significant, new, Gas Processors Association ...
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Enterprise to increase capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline
14-10-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced an expansion of its wholly owned Aegis Pipeline following strong interest from shippers. Long-term agreements ...
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Vladimir Putin greenlights launch of CDU-12 unit at Tuapse refinery
11-10-2013
Modernization of Tuapse refinery suggests in-process construction of the advanced oil refinery. Upon its completion, the refinery throughput will increase from ...
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Grace buys Dow’s UNIPOL polypropylene process technology licensing and catalysts business
11-10-2013
W. R. Grace & Co announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business ...
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Neste pro diesel is the first fuel to comply with the WWFC 5 specification
11-10-2013
Neste Pro Diesel, a premium-quality diesel fuel developed and produced by Neste Oil in Finland, is the first anywhere to comply with the WWFC 5 specification ...
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AFPM files lawsuit challenging renewable fuel standard
10-10-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical announces management changes
08-10-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC today announced planned management changes. Rick Roberts, senior vice president of Manufacturing, has elected ...
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Methanex increases operating capacity in New Zealand, Canada and Chile
07-10-2013
Methanex Corporation has reached a number of key milestones with respect to its near-term capacity growth objectives in New Zealand, Canada and Chile. On October ...
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Ashland Water Technologies and Dorf Ketal enter strategic distribution partnership
07-10-2013
Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc, and Dorf Ketal Chemicals, LLC, a specialty chemicals company serving the downstream refining and ...
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MOL transforms Mantova refinery into a products logistics hub
04-10-2013
MOL Group announces the progressive transformation of its Mantova refinery into a products logistics hub. This transformation process starts in January 2014. ...
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Emerson expands storage tank solutions with Enardo acquisition
04-10-2013
Emerson announced today it has acquired Enardo LLC, a leader in safety and environmental control equipment for the oil and gas, petrochemical, wastewater, refining ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical gets approval to build USGC petrochemicals project
03-10-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is pleased to announce it received board approval to execute the US Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project first announced ...
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LyondellBasell and Oiltanking finalize 10-year partnership for storing and handling acetyls
03-10-2013
LyondellBasell and Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp today announced that Lyondell Chemie Nederland BV and Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp NV have signed a 10-year ...
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Essar Energy to exit Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd
03-10-2013
Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, today announced that it intends to exit from its 50% owned joint venture business ...
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01-10-2013
Colfax Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of gas and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products, today announced that it has entered into a ...
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Cosmo Oil and Kyokuto Petroleum discuss collaboration of Chiba Refineries
30-09-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Mitsui Oil Co., Ltd and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. announce the conclusion today of an initial memorandum regarding their agreement to begin ...
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LyondellBasell opens chemical research center in Houston
30-09-2013
LyondellBasell today announced the opening of the 70,000-square-foot Houston Technology Center to develop process technologies and chemical catalysts for its ...
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Technip and Shell Cansolv to strengthen CO2 capture technology
30-09-2013
Technip and Shell Cansolv have signed an agreement to leverage their respective expertise in marketing an end-to-end solution for Carbon Capture and Sequestration ...
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Hyperion simulation to supply OTS system for the SWCC Training Center, in Saudi Arabia
26-09-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent solutions provider to the global process industries, announces that it will supply a generic ...
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Wison Engineering commercializes proprietary methanol-to-olefins technology
26-09-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management service provider in China, today ...
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Emerson agrees to purchase Virgo Valves and Controls
26-09-2013
Emerson announced it has signed an agreement to purchase Virgo Valves and Controls, LTD, a leading manufacturer of ball valves and automation systems based ...
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Clariant Oil and Mining services opens global headquarters in Houston
26-09-2013
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced the opening of the new global headquarters for its Oil and Mining Services business unit ...
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New steam reforming catalyst from Haldor Topsøe
25-09-2013
Haldor Topsøe now offers a new alkali-promoted steam reforming catalyst, RK-400. RK-400 is engineered to provide consistently strong protection against ...
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Enterprise announces additional expansion of is LPG export facility
25-09-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced an additional expansion of its LPG export terminal located on the Houston Ship Channel that will increase ...
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China Sonangol sign an MOU for a crude oil refinery project in Dubai
24-09-2013
On the 24th of September 2013, The Supreme Energy Council of Dubai, presided by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and China Sonangol International ...
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24-09-2013
Invensys, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world’s major industries, has acquired InduSoft, ...
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Honeywell UOP alliance to serve growing demand for LNG as a transportation fuel
24-09-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has formed an alliance with Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction ...
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Praxair opens a global technology center in Shanghai
24-09-2013
Praxair China Investment Company, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, today announced the opening of its state-of-the-art global technology center in Shanghai, supporting ...
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INEOS and Sinopec break ground on the largest phenol acetone plant in China
23-09-2013
INEOS Phenol and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company (Sinopec YPC) have today broken ground on the largest Phenol and Acetone plant to ever be built in ...
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Cabinet approves Hindustan Petroleum Corporation's refinery in Rajasthan
20-09-2013
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of state-run fuel retailer, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to set up a 9 MMTPA greenfield Refinery ...
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Jiangsu chemical sale branch’ new polyvinyl alcohol won initial success in sales
18-09-2013
In order to revitalise recessed PVA market in May, Chuanwei Plant has developed new product for the PVA flock JF series. The new product features quick resolvation, ...
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Wison engineering contract for the first residue hydrocracking plant in China
17-09-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd., an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, has secured the contract ...
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Sistema acquires United Petrochemical Company
17-09-2013
Sistema JSFC, the largest publicly-traded diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS, today announces the acquisition of a 98% stake (resulting in effective ...
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New Intertek laboratory supports Texas City refineries and chemical plants
17-09-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has opened a new, state-of-the-art petroleum and chemical laboratory to provide expanded ...
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Enterprise completes seventh NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu
17-09-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.today announced that the seventh natural gas liquids fractionator at the partnership’s Mont Belvieu, Texas complex is ...
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Yulin 1 million t/y continuous reforming project kicked off
16-09-2013
A 1 million t/y continuous reforming project viability study of Yulin Refinery, Yanchang Petroleum Group, has recently been approved and formally kicked off, ...
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Petrofac signs $120M agreement to deliver world-class training capabilities for PETRONAS
16-09-2013
International oil and gas services provider Petrofac has signed a US$120m agreement with PETRONAS, the Malaysian National Oil Company, for the operation and ...
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Emerson automating new Lubrizol additives facility in China
12-09-2013
Emerson Process Management and The Lubrizol Corporation have completed on-schedule, on-budget factory acceptance of Emerson’s integrated automation solution ...
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Royal Dutch Shell appointment John Abbott as downstream director
12-09-2013
Royal Dutch Shell plc today announces the appointment of John Abbott as Downstream Director with effect from October 1, 2013. In his new role, Mr Abbott will ...
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MAN Diesel & Turbo standardises on AVEVA software for Integrated Engineering & Design
11-09-2013
AVEVA announced today that MAN Diesel & Turbo has successfully completed the implementation of AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solutions. ...
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Statement on EPA report on monitoring controls of the renewable fuel standard program
10-09-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement on a report by the Environmental Protection ...
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Praxair India expands growth with small on-site plants
10-09-2013
Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc today announced it has signed two long-term contracts with JSW Steel, to operate small on-site nitrogen ...
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Intertek expands Marcellus and Utica shale oil & gas services
10-09-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has expanded their Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facility to support growing oil and gas ...
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Technip and HQC create two JV's to improve access to European and Chinese markets
10-09-2013
Technip announces that its operating center in Rome, Italy, has signed an agreement with China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC) to set ...
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Daqing Petrochemical leading butadiene analysis in Chinese refining industry
06-09-2013
Statistical data on September 1st shows that the accurate rate of analytical data for the critical components of butadiene products, such as water content, ...
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PROSERNAT announces an exclusive license agreement with CCR Technologies Ltd
05-09-2013
PROSERNAT announced the signature with CCR Technologies Ltd of an exclusive License Agreement under which PROSERNAT will have exclusive licensing rights in ...
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PROSERNAT announces an exclusive license agreement with CCR Technologies Ltd
05-09-2013
PROSERNAT announced the signature with CCR Technologies Ltd of an exclusive License Agreement under which PROSERNAT will have exclusive licensing rights in ...
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Siemens receives major orders for air separation plants totalling €180M
05-09-2013
Siemens has won major orders for three air separation plants in India and Inner Mongolia. The customer for all three orders is Linde Engineering. A total of ...
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Oiltanking signs new JV to construct a commercial crude oil storage and blending terminal
04-09-2013
Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo Holdings (Pty) Ltd a subsidiary of Oiltanking GmbH, and Mining, Oil and Gas Services Pty Ltd are pleased to announce a joint venture ...
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Master Chemicals Nalco Champion opens new research center and in Russia
04-09-2013
Master Chemicals Nalco Champion, a leader in Russia's oilfield chemical industry, today celebrated the opening of its new research and development center and ...
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Total’s project for the Carling platform’s future
04-09-2013
Total intends to invest €160 million before 2016 to adapt its petrochemical platform in Carling, in the Lorraine region of eastern France, and to restore ...
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Galkynysh gas field processing facility inaugurated
04-09-2013
Petrofac’s largest EPC project to date, the US$3.4billion Galkynysh gas field project for SC “Turkmengas”, the state-owned National Gas Company ...
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Kinder Morgan / Valero place parkway pipeline into service
03-09-2013
Construction of the approximately 141-mile, 16-inch diameter Parkway Pipeline, a 50-50 joint venture between Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Valero ...
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Sanning 200,000 t/y caprolactam project placed in operation
03-09-2013
The total investment of 5 billion RMB, 200,000 t/y caprolactam (CPL) project of Hubei Sanning Petrochemical Corporation has been completed and begun operation. ...
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BASF extends agreement with Apprion for industrial wireless applications, systems & services
03-09-2013
BASF Corporation announced today it has selected Apprion as the sole source provider of industrial wireless applications, systems and services for its North ...
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SNC Lavalin name Terrance Ivers executive vice president oil & gas
03-09-2013
SNC-Lavalin Group announces today the appointment of Terrance Ivers as Executive Vice-President, Oil & Gas. Mr. Ivers will lead the global business from ...
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EU Commission approves Nynas takeover of base oil plant in Germany
02-09-2013
The new production plant will be a core site for Nynas with an annual production of specialty oils up to 350,000 tons. This represents a forty percent increase ...
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Solvay and Sadara JV begins construction of world-scale hydrogen peroxide plant
02-09-2013
Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Company, a newly created joint venture between Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and the Solvay Group (Solvay), announced today that ...
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Clariant certifies cellulosic ethanol plant under european directives
02-09-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has received the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its sunliquid® demonstration ...
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Hyperion delivers hydro-cracking model and reforming model to Russio refinery
29-08-2013
Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent solutions provider to the global process industries, announces the successful delivery of two ...
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Luoyang Petrochemical producing new high melt flow rate fiber materials
27-08-2013
To diversify the range of products and to meet the great domestic market demand on high melt flow rate fiber materials, Luoyang Petrochemical Company No.2 polypropylene ...
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Dow confirms site selections for expansions in Texas and Louisiana
27-08-2013
As part of its focused investment strategy on the U.S. Gulf Coast to integrate advantaged shale gas, The Dow Chemical Company confirmed today the locations ...
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Intergraph helps Petrofac succeed on Rabigh II project in Saudi Arabia
26-08-2013
Intergraph has published a new case study that describes how CAESAR II helped PETROFAC (Saudi Arabia) succeed on the $5 billion Rabigh II refining and petrochemical ...
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Gevo opens biorefinery for fully renewable paraxylene
26-08-2013
Gevo, Inc, the world's only commercial producer of bio-isobutanol, today held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale paraxylene plant in Silsbee, ...
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CVR Refining announces extended fccu outage at Coffeyville refinery
26-08-2013
CVR Refining, LP, a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced that the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its Coffeyville refinery is expected ...
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ONEOK Partners acquire natural gas gathering and processing and natural gas liquids assets
26-08-2013
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced that it will invest approximately $440 million in the natural gas liquids-rich area in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming ...
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Guangzhou petrochemical FCC flue gas emission control project approved
23-08-2013
Feasibility study report of Guangzhou Petrochemical Company 2 million t/y FCC regenerator flue gas emission control project has recently been approved by the ...
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China polypropylene production has fallen in three consecutive months
22-08-2013
National Bureau of Statistics of China recently released data shows polypropylene production has fallen down to 993,300 tons in July, indicating a 5.4% decrease ...
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Metso acquires EPT Engineering Services in India
22-08-2013
Metso has acquired the Indian engineering company EPT Engineering Services Private Limited. The acquisition follows Metso’s strategy and strengthens the ...
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The first-phase of Xinjiang first coal-to-gas project completed and put into operation
21-08-2013
The first-phase of Xinjiang first CTG project has been completed and put into operation, represented a great breakthrough in the application of fixed-bed coal ...
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Technip and Sasol form a front-end engineering alliance for GTL facilities
21-08-2013
Technip and Sasol, the owner of the world’s leading gas-to-liquids* (GTL) technology, announce that they have established an alliance for front-end engineering ...
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Rosneft and ExxonMobil proceed with LNG project implementation
21-08-2013
Rosneft and ExxonMobil continue to progress the LNG project proposed in the Russian Far East. The contractor selection process for design and engineering work ...
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ISO 14001 certification for HERMETIC-Pumpen GmbH
21-08-2013
For over fifty years now, the term “canned motor pump” has been synonymous worldwide with the safe handling of media, which, in the event of a leak, ...
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Emerson's AMS suite predictive diagnostics available now on any foundation fieldbus network
19-08-2013
Emerson Process Management and Softing have announced that Softing's Linking Device and Gateway FG-110-FF has been successfully integrated and tested with Emerson's ...
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Praxair to expand nitrogen facility
19-08-2013
Praxair, Inc, announced today that it has started up a second nitrogen plant at its facility in Kirtland, New Mexico to support growing nitrogen demand in the ...
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Aibel selects CAESAR II® to improve standardization and integration
19-08-2013
Aibel AS, a leading engineering service provider that works within the oil, gas, and renewable energy sectors, has selected Intergraph® CAESAR II® to ...
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Quintiliani joins Blasch Precision Ceramics
16-08-2013
Blasch Precision Ceramics announces the appointment of Joseph Quintiliani as Sales Engineer. In this role, Quintiliani will have account responsibility for ...
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Evonik to significantly expand its oil additives capacity in Singapore
15-08-2013
Evonik Industries has announced a significant expansion of its Jurong Island, Singapore oil additives plant, to be completed in early 2015. With ongoing improvement ...
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Linde opens new offices in Houston
14-08-2013
The gases and engineering group, Linde, announced that it has moved into new offices in Houston to house several of its groups. With the recently announced ...
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Europeen commission selects Intertek for gas oil stability testing
14-08-2013
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to a wide range of industries worldwide, has been selected by the European Commission Institute for Reference ...
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Wide range of Metso’s Neles® flow control products receive SIL certifications
14-08-2013
Metso’s customer can confidently apply the high performance flow control products they have become familiar with on the process side to critical safety ...
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AFPM files petition for partial waiver of 2014 RFS volumes
13-08-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute filed a joint-petition to the Environmental Protection Agency for a ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical closer to building ethane cracker and polyethylene units
13-08-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it received air permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for its planned ethane cracker ...
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Calumet Specialty Products acquires crude oil logistics assets
12-08-2013
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. a leading independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, today announced that it has acquired seven ...
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HERMETIC pump optimises production, processing and packaging of urgent orders
09-08-2013
HERMETIC pumps provide reliable service for years and often for decades. Canned motor pumps are known for their high Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF). In practice, ...
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08-08-2013
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP announced today that it has joined H2USA, a public-private partnership launched by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) focusing ...
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UOP technology to improve operational flexibility at key petrochemicals plant in Japan
07-08-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Taiyo Oil Co. Ltd. to supply technology and catalysts to improve operational flexibility ...
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OMV Petrom commissioned the new gas desulfurization and sulfur recovery unit at Petrobrazi
06-08-2013
OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in Southeastern Europe, commissioned in July a new unit for gas desulfurization within the Petrobrazi refinery, ...
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Dow and Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies license LP Oxosm technology to PetroChina
05-08-2013
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies and The Dow Chemical Company announced that PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina Company ...
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Emerson support services help MOL increase throughput and reduce energy usage
05-08-2013
Emerson Process Management’s support services have helped the MOL Group increase throughput, improve product quality and reduce energy usage at the Algyõ ...
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SIBUR and Sinopec establish a JV to produce synthetic rubbers in Krasnoyarsk
05-08-2013
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, a major global petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group, and SIBUR, a leading Russian gas processing and petrochemicals ...
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Cosmo Oil Company implementation of restructuring of refinery supply
01-08-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. has been working on the 5th Consolidated Medium-Term Management Plan (MTMP) with the theme: "5 years to establish a solid business ...
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Williams partners plans to bring Geismar olefins plant and expansion online
31-07-2013
Williams Partners L.P. is executing through its subsidiary Williams Olefins LLC on a plan that has an early April 2014 timeframe for restarting its Geismar ...
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GE to expand its oil and gas facility in Hungary
31-07-2013
GE today announced the expansion of its existing oil and gas facility in Fót, Hungary. It will host the state-of-the-art manufacturing base of central ...
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New technology from UOP improves natural gas processing capacity on US gulf coast
30-07-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ Flux+ membrane elements have been selected by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners ...
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Frames and Paqell sign licensing agreement for THIOPAQ O&G desulphurization tech
29-07-2013
The agreement adds THIOPAQ O&G technology to Frames’ gas treating portfolio, enabling Frames to offer sulfur recovery technology to their customers, ...
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GE Capital and Gunvor launch €225M receivables financing program
29-07-2013
Gunvor Group and GE Capital have launched a EUR 225 mil. factoring program for Gunvor’s receivables portfolio to finance part of Gunvor’s German ...
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Grace to end silica sol FCC catalyst production after three decades
26-07-2013
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that, during the third quarter of this year, it will close its 35,000 metric ton per year silica sol based ...
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AFPM calls on congress to declare the RFS null and void
23-07-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna testified today at a House Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing titled ...
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Praxair expands hydrogen supply with gulf coast start-up
22-07-2013
Praxair, Inc, today announced the start-up of its state-of-the-art, 135 million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) hydrogen plant serving the Valero refinery ...
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GE Oil & Gas to establish new global headquarters in London
17-07-2013
GE Oil & Gas today announced it will establish its new global headquarters in London. Florence will remain the global headquarters for GE Oil & Gas ...
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Crambeth Allen is pleased to announce Refining China 2014
17-07-2013
The 2014 Refining China conference will take place at the Regent Hotel, Bejing, on 2-3 April 2014. It will follow upon the resounding success of ...
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Moscow refinery switches to Euro-5 fuel production
17-07-2013
A catalytic cracking and hydrotreating unit and light naphtha isomerisation unit have been put into operation at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery. Sergei ...
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Topsøe signs agreement to improve associated petroleum gas utilization in Western Siberia
16-07-2013
Haldor Topsøe A/S recently signed a ‘declaration of intent’ agreement with representatives from the local government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous ...
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Shell, Sinopec and Total to build industry’s first shared Lube Park in Singapore
16-07-2013
Singapore Lube Park Pte Ltd today announced that they will build and operate a Lube Park in Tuas, situated in the southwestern part of Singapore. Singapore ...
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Refiners backed against E10 blendwall
16-07-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) highlight the testimony of Valero Energy Corporation Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer ...
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Praxair starts up new air separation plant in Korea
16-07-2013
Praxair Korea, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, announced the start-up of its second state-of-the-art air separation plant at the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ...
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Sapphire Energy and Linde to commercialize technology used to upgrade algae into crude oil
16-07-2013
Sapphire Energy, Inc, one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and the technology company The Linde Group today announced they will ...
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KOGAS gathers international energy companies ahead of Gastech 2014
16-07-2013
Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), the hosts of the 27th edition of the Gastech Conference and Exhibition, will be bringing together international energy companies ...
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Shell to spend $115M to reduce harmful air pollution at refinery and chemical plant in Deer park
10-07-2013
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Shell Oil and affiliated partnerships (Shell) have agreed ...
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Renewable Energy Group completes biodiesel plant upgrade
10-07-2013
Renewable Energy Group recently completed $21 million in technology upgrades at its 30 million gallon biodiesel refinery in southern Minnesota. The on-time, ...
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Eni announce a recovery project to turn the Gela refinery into a technological hub
09-07-2013
Eni has met today with National and Regional Institutions and with the Trade Unions to announce a project for the renovation and recovery of the Gela refinery. ...
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Royal Dutch Shell announce Ben van Beurden will succeed Peter Voser as CEO
09-07-2013
Peter Voser will leave Shell at the end of March 2014, marking the end of 29 years with the Company. Van Beurden, 55, has been Downstream Director since January ...
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Shanxi Coking license UNIPOL polypropylene process technology
08-07-2013
Shanxi Coking Co. Ltd has signed a license agreement for UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Process Technology with Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics ...
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Largest UK bio-refinery officially opened
08-07-2013
The £350 million Vivergo bioethanol plant in Hull was officially opened today by the Rt. Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation ...
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Siemens Oil & Gas solutions appoint Mario Azar as CEO
08-07-2013
Mario Azar (47) is appointed CEO of the Solutions Business Unit in the Oil & Gas Division of Siemens’ Energy Sector effective July 1st, 2013. Prior ...
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SGS provide baseline and high temperature hydrogen attack Inspections for Pryor Chemical
03-07-2013
In May 2013, SGS entered into an agreement with Pryor Chemical to conduct baseline inspection for vessels and piping for an ammonia unit and high temperature ...
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Petrobras sets new refinery production record
02-07-2013
On June 29th and 30th, Petrobras established a production record of 2.2 million barrels/day of oil at its refineries. This volume is 30,000 barrels more than ...
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Praxair enters into industrial gas JV with OJSC KuibyshevAzot
02-07-2013
Praxair, Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with OJSC KuibyshevAzot, in central Russia’s Samara region, to produce and ...
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Energy and GHG reductions in the chemical industry via catalytic processes
02-07-2013
TCGR would like to acknowledge the important work by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) ...
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Sinopec and SK sign JV contract for Wuhan ethylene project
01-07-2013
President Wang Tianpu of SINOPEC Group and Vice Chairman Ja Young KOO of SK signed the joint venture contract of Wuhan ethylene project at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse ...
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BP starts up new 250,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit at the Whiting refinery
01-07-2013
BP announced today that it has completed commissioning and start-up of its new 250,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit at the Whiting Refinery, marking ...
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INEOS announces new world scale alpha-olefins unit in the United States
27-06-2013
Today INEOS Oligomers unveiled future growth plans for its Linear Alpha Olefin (LAO) and Polyalphaolefin (PAO) product lines. “It is our intention ...
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W. R. Grace and Al Dahra to build first FCC catalysts manufacturing plant in Middle East
26-06-2013
Grace and Al Dahra to build first fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts manufacturing plant in Middle W. R. Grace & Co. and Al Dahra Agriculture have ...
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Linde breaks ground for the largest air separation unit in the US
26-06-2013
Linde North America has broken ground for a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU) plant in La Porte, Texas. The ASU, part of a $200 million Linde ...
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Marubeni agree to buy polypropylene and sulfur from Nghi Son refinery & chemical complex
26-06-2013
Marubeni Corporation has concluded an off-take agreement with Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company, the operator of the Nghi Son ...
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Clariant opens a new R&D laboratory for catalysts and chemicals in Brazil
25-06-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, opened a new R&D Laboratory for Catalysts for Chemicals and Oil & Gas industries. Located in the company’s ...
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SENER engineering and technology acquires Brazilian engineering company EXEN
25-06-2013
SENER engineering and technology group has purchased the Brazilian engineering company EXEN, which is now 100% owned by SENER. Specialized in industrial projects ...
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Borealis invest €65M to upgrade their PE plant in Porvoo
25-06-2013
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced a major upgrading project at ...
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Creating integrated and sustainable gas markets to fuel Asia
25-06-2013
Asia’s growing reliance on imports and long-term contracts has raised doubts over the sustainability of its gas market. As the fastest growing gas market, ...
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Emerson acquires leading innovator and developer of ultrasonic gas leak detection solutions
24-06-2013
Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has acquired Groveley Detection Ltd., a leading innovator and developer of ultrasonic gas leak detection ...
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AFPM's disappointment at the supreme courts decision on E15
24-06-2013
“The Supreme Court’s decision denies the petitioners their day in court and will have negative repercussions for consumers. It is unfortunate ...
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Haldor Topsøe and partners complete the first production of gasoline from woody biomass
24-06-2013
Haldor Topsøe A/S and its project partners: Andritz Carbona, Gas Technology Institute, Phillips 66 Company and UPM-Kymmene have successfully completed ...
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Yantai Taihai acquires Manoir Industries
24-06-2013
On 28th February 2013, the Yantai Taihai group, the first private leader in China for nuclear casting and forging products, acquired the Petrochemical & ...
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Saudi Butanol Company to build world’s largest butanol plant
23-06-2013
The Saudi Butanol Company (SaBuCo), which will be building the world’s largest butanol plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, was recently registered by the Saudi ...
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GE and Rosneft JV to modernize the oil and gas sector in the Russian Federation
21-06-2013
GE and OJSC Rosneft, one of the world’s leading oil companies, signed a strategic agreement to establish a joint venture focused on developing local expertise ...
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Rosneft and SANORS to form JV incorporating their gas processing and petrochemical assets
21-06-2013
On June 21, 2013, Rosneft and SANORS petrochemical holding company signed Heads of Agreement (HoA), under which the parties intend to create a joint venture ...
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GE’s new TrueSense offers unparalleled corrosion control for crude unit overhead systems
20-06-2013
GE today introduced an expansion to its family of advanced automation and control technologies with TrueSense for Process, an online Crude Overhead Monitoring ...
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Praxair to build a second air separation plant and extend pipeline system in the port of Antwerp
20-06-2013
Praxair, Inc. today announced it will build its second air separation plant and extend its pipeline system in the Port of Antwerp, the second largest petrochemical ...
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Sulzer Pumps expands sales and service operations in South Africa
20-06-2013
Sulzer Pumps has expanded its sales and service center and relocated to a new premise in Durban, South Africa. The new location is a larger facility that houses ...
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Petrobras / Sinopec letter of intent on the premium 1 refinery project
19-06-2013
Petrobras has announced that on June 11, 2013 it signed a letter of intent with China Petrochemical Corporation Sinopec for developing a joint study on the ...
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Dartmouth refinery to be converted into a terminal operation
19-06-2013
Following a comprehensive evaluation of alternatives, Imperial Oil will continue to serve east coast Canadian markets by converting its Dartmouth refinery into ...
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Air Liquide signs a long term contract for three LyondellBasell sites in Pasadena
17-06-2013
Air Liquide has signed a new long term contract with LyondellBasell in the U.S. to provide steam, power, air gases and water to three LyondellBasell sites in ...
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Honeywell introduces the future of plant control rooms
17-06-2013
Honeywell today introduced several new technologies that will transform control rooms of the future, including an advanced dashboard to help industrial plants ...
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Sadara Chemical Company confirms completion of financing for petrochemical complex
17-06-2013
Sadara Chemical Company today announced the signing of a number of definitive financing agreements for an additional funding of approximately US$10.5B, marking ...
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Tesoro announces the sale of Hawaii operations to Par Petroleum
17-06-2013
Tesoro Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Par Petroleum Corporation to sell all of its interest ...
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Sand Hills and Southern Hills natural gas liquids pipelines are in service
17-06-2013
DCP Midstream, Phillips 66 and Spectra Energy today announced that the Sand Hills and Southern Hills natural gas liquids pipelines are in service. DCP Midstream, ...
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Clariant signs cooperation agreement to implement SNG plant and catalysts in China
13-06-2013
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced that it has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Wison Engineering Ltd and a subsidiary ...
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Enterprise forms JV with Western Gas Partners to own two new NGL fractionation trains
12-06-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership has entered into a joint venture with Western Gas Partners, LP to own natural gas liquid ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical executive says innovation is key to europe’s ability to compete
12-06-2013
Development of energy sources around the world drives the availability of petrochemical feedstocks, and for most of the past two decades, much of that development ...
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Petrobras letter of intent with GS Energy Corporation
10-06-2013
Petrobras announces that it has executed, on May 29, 2013, a Letter of Intent with GS Energy Corporation, for the development of joint study for the Premium ...
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Dresser-Rand and Honeywell to pursue turbomachinery control solutions
10-06-2013
Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power, and process industries, reached an agreement with Honeywell ...
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Neste Oil signs an algae oil off-take agreement with Cellana
06-06-2013
Neste Oil, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel, has signed a contingent commercial off-take agreement with Cellana, an algae biomass developer ...
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Honeywell adds new members to PKS advantage program, boosting wireless range
06-06-2013
Honeywell today announced three new member companies of the PKS Advantage™ program for its OneWireless™ Network and industrial wireless products ...
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Kinder Morgan announces expansion of new BOSTCO oil terminal currently underconstruction
05-06-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced a 900,000-barrel expansion at the 185-acre Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company, LLC currently under ...
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Final invest decision on Nghi Son refinery/petrochemical complex
05-06-2013
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd, hereby announces that it has reached a final invest decision on petroleum refinery and related projects by Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical ...
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners to expand Eagle Ford crude condensate pipeline
03-06-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it will invest approximately $107 million to expand its Kinder Morgan Crude and Condensate pipeline system ...
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Pieridae Energy signs E.ON as long-term Goldboro LNG customer
03-06-2013
Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a long-term sales agreement with E.ON Global Commodities SE, a subsidiary of E.ON SE, ...
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Linde strengthens petrochemical hub in the U.S.
03-06-2013
The technology company The Linde Group will invest more than USD 200 million to build a large, state-of-the-art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification ...
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Tesoro closes the purchase of BP's southern California refining and marketing business
03-06-2013
Tesoro Corporation announced today that the Company has closed the acquisition of BP's fully integrated Southern California Refining and Marketing business, ...
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Air Products adds north America liquid CO2 product offering with EPCO acquisition
03-06-2013
Expanding its portfolio of industrial gases offerings in North America, Air Products today announced it has acquired EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc., a privately-held ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical announces expansion of ethylene production at its Sweeny complex
03-06-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it will expand its ethylene production by 200 million pounds by adding a tenth furnace to ethylene unit 33 at ...
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FS10A analyzer flow switch/monitor achieves SIL-2 compliance
31-05-2013
Process or analytical instrumentation engineers looking for a flow verification solution for their process analyzer sampling systems, and specifically when ...
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Mexichem announces that has received clearance to acquire PolyOne's PVC resin business
30-05-2013
Mexichem, SAB de CV reports that it received clearance from the FTC in the United States and Germany for its acquisition of the PVC Specialty Resins business ...
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Linde to invest more than $200 million in Texas
30-05-2013
Linde North America will invest more than $200 million to build a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification train and supporting ...
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Enterprise to develop refined products export facilities on Texas Gulf Coast
30-05-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the partnership is developing two refined products export facilities to meet the growing demand for additional ...
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Petrofac trains and graduates 78 Jazan engineers
30-05-2013
Petrofac, a leading service provider to the international oil and gas industry, recently celebrated the graduation of 78 of its Saudi Jazan engineers through ...
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Alfa Laval acquires provider of niche heat transfer products to the U.S. energy market
30-05-2013
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired U.S.-based Niagara Blower Company (NBCo), a manufacturer ...
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ExxonMobil Singapore chemical plant expansion in operation
30-05-2013
ExxonMobil’s Singapore Chemical Plant is now producing ethylene from the facility’s second world-scale steam cracker. The expansion is integrated ...
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Emerson celebrates 25 years of leadership in handheld field communicator technology
29-05-2013
Emerson Process Management announces the release of the Silver Edition of its industry-leading 475 Field Communicator. The new Silver Edition represents 25 ...
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Kralupy refinery unplanned shutdown
29-05-2013
UNIPETROL, a.s. informs that on 29 May 2013, ÄŒESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, a.s. decided to shut down the whole Kralupy refinery operations. ...
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New multi-component accredited environmental testing mixtures available
29-05-2013
Linde Germany has achieved accredited status to manufacture and supply multi component calibration gas mixture standards as ISO Guide 34 reference materials ...
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Praxair acquires industrial gas distributor dominion technology gases
29-05-2013
Praxair Offshore Services Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, announced it has acquired Aberdeen, Scotland-based Dominion Technology Gases Investment Limited, ...
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ABB and GlobaLogix partner to provide SCADAvantage in the cloud for oil and gas companies
29-05-2013
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today a partnership with GlobaLogix to provide a new SCADA Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution ...
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Cheniere partners starts construction on Sabine Pass liquefaction trains 3 and 4
29-05-2013
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that its Board of Directors has made a positive final investment decision for the development and construction ...
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Williams and Boardwalk formalise key joint venture
28-05-2013
Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP today announced that they have executed a joint venture agreement to continue the development process for ...
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Gastech 2014 brings its centres of technical excellence (CoTEs) to Korea
28-05-2013
The rise in energy demands worldwide has put significant pressure upon the energy industry to ensure that the security of supply is met both within the short ...
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Air Products’ Indura to invest in new capacity in Chile
28-05-2013
Air Products today announced that INDURA, its South American joint venture, will build a new plant in Antofagasta, Chile, as well as expand the capacity of ...
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Bashneft commissions a new sulphuric acid alkylation complex
24-05-2013
Bashneft has put a complex of sulphuric acid alkylation and sulphuric acid regeneration (SKA-ROSK) units into full operation at the Bashneft-Novoil Branch. ...
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ITOCHU participates in a next-generation biodiesel fuel production in Nebraska
23-05-2013
ITOCHU Corporation, together with ITOCHU ENEX CO., LTD, has invested in a 50 million gallon per year, next-generation biodiesel fuel project, which Flint Hills ...
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The Port Arthur steam cracker in Texas is now processing ethane from shale gas
23-05-2013
To capitalize on the shale gas revolution in the United States, the BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) joint venture (40% Total, 60% BASF) revamped the Port ...
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Gazprom Neft to invest 50B rubles in modernisation of Moscow oil refinery before 2015
23-05-2013
Gazprom Neft has adopted a mid-term investment program for its Moscow Oil Refinery. The company will invest over 50 billion rubles in modernization of the enterprise ...
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Total sanctions a major project to modernize the Antwerp refining and petrochemical platform
22-05-2013
Total has approved a €1 billion modernization project for its Antwerp production facilities, Total’s largest European refining and petrochemical ...
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Celanese announces intent to sell two european manufacturing facilities
22-05-2013
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced its intent to launch a sale process of its acetic anhydride facility ...
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Linde will attend MSR exhibition in Hamburg
22-05-2013
The HiQ Expert Team from Linde Germany will attend the MEORGA MSR (Mess, Steuer & Regelungstechnik) exhibition in Hamburg on 5 June. The venue will be Messe ...
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Meet Linde France at FORUM LABO in Paris
22-05-2013
Linde France will attend the largest professional exhibition dedicated to laboratories FORUM LABO in Paris from 4 to 7 June. The venue will be Paris Expo, Porte ...
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Azerikimya PU commissions Nitrogen-oxygen unit and water-cooling complex
21-05-2013
Nitrogen-oxygen unit and water-cooling complex was commissioned at Ethylene-polyethylene Plant of Azerikimya PU. The event was attended by SOCAR President Rovnag ...
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AVEVA expands sales presence in South Asia
21-05-2013
AVEVA today announced a further expansion of its support for the important South Asia market with the establishment of a new sales presence based in Dhaka, ...
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Linde world-first accreditation enables leap forward in environmental testing
20-05-2013
Linde Gases, a division of the Linde Group, today announced that it has been recommended ISO17025 accreditation for its specialty gases mixtures used for environmental ...
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Indian Oil achieves technological breakthrough
20-05-2013
In a major technological breakthrough that can be a game changer for advancing use of bio-diesel in the country and ensuring ready acceptance of the fuel by ...
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Saudi Aramco upgrades gas/oil separation plant with GE’s advanced compressor control
20-05-2013
GE has replaced an aging compressor control system at Saudi Aramco’s Haradh gas/oil separation plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province with advanced ...
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WEC announces a new refinery project in La Salle County, Texas
20-05-2013
Worldwide Energy Consortium, Inc announced today that it will begin the initial Engineering/Permitting phase for its new refinery located near Gardendale in ...
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Tesoro gets clearance to purchase BP's Southern California refining and marketing business
17-05-2013
Tesoro Corporation announced today that the Federal Trade Commission has cleared the Company's planned acquisition of BP's fully integrated Southern California ...
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Magnetrol and APM announce a strategic partnership
16-05-2013
Magnetrol International and APM Automation Solutions Ltd, have completed a market-changing agreement designating Magnetrol as a global private label distributor ...
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Manifa project starts first phase of production
15-05-2013
The sheer scale of the project is mind boggling. A few numbers set the scene: More than 80 million construction man-hours without a lost-time injury, peak manpower ...
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Celanese and Mitsui announce JV for methanol production at Clear Lake, Texas, facility
15-05-2013
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company of Dallas, Texas, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan, today announced that ...
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GTC Technology opens full-service office in New Delhi
15-05-2013
GTC Technology US, LLC, has opened a full-service process engineering office in New Delhi, India. The new facility, GTC Process Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd. ...
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Axens and Headwaters Technology Innovation (HTI) join efforts on ebullated bed technology
15-05-2013
Axens announced today, that it has entered into a technology alliance with HTI, a subsidiary of Headwaters Incorporated. Axens is recognized as one of the world’s ...
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Enerkem starts "drop-in" renewable fuels R&D project
14-05-2013
Enerkem Inc, a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, announces the launch of a new research project with the Government of Canada. The objective ...
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Jacobs renews frame agreement with Borealis in Sweden
14-05-2013
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc announced today it has renewed its frame agreement with Borealis for work at its facilities in Stenungsund, Sweden. Officials ...
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Gazprom and Petrovietnam sign memorandum of cooperation in natural gas use as motor fuel
14-05-2013
Today in Moscow Vitaly Markelov , Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nguyen Vu Truong Son, Vice President of Petrovietnam ...
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Kinder Morgan announces land purchase
13-05-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it will invest $106 million to purchase approximately 20 acres adjacent to its Pasadena, Texas, terminal, ...
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Emerson Process Management opens flow calibration and service center for Southeast Asia
13-05-2013
Emerson Process Management announced the opening of its Southeast Asia Flow Calibration and Service Center in Singapore. Representing an investment of over ...
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Sunoco Logistics Partners LP announces binding open season for Eaglebine Express pipeline
13-05-2013
Sunoco Logistics Partners today announced that Sunoco Pipeline L.P. will commence a binding Open Season for the Eaglebine Express pipeline. The pipeline will ...
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Bechtel launches center of engineering excellence
13-05-2013
Bechtel announced today that the company will establish a global center of engineering excellence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) initially focused on rail ...
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Update on Chiba refinery operation
10-05-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd announce that the #2 Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) which has resumed operations since January 30th has been temporarily shut down for its ...
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BP Cherry Point refinery celebrates start up of new diesel and hydrogen units
09-05-2013
BP today announced the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plant at its 234,000 barrel per day Cherry Point Refinery ...
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Boston to host AVEVA world summit 2013
08-05-2013
AVEVA announced today that the AVEVA World Summit 2013 is being held from 30 October - 1 November in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Customers from across the world’s ...
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Enbridge to provide additional facilities at Cheecham terminal for surmont phase 2
07-05-2013
Enbridge Inc announced today that it has entered into a terminal services agreement with ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp and Total E&P Canada Ltd. ...
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Solvay and INEOS join forces to create a world-class PVC producer
07-05-2013
Solvay and INEOS today announce that they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to combine their European chlorvinyls activities in a proposed 50-50 joint venture. ...
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OMV €230M investment in butadiene production
07-05-2013
OMV has taken a strategic investment decision for butadiene production at its two refinery sites, Burghausen (Germany) and Schwechat (Austria) as part of its ...
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AspenTech kicks off Optimize 2013 with Launch of new software
06-05-2013
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, kicked off OPTIMIZE 2013 with the launch of industry innovations ...
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Binding agreements signed for QCLNG stake sale and LNG supply
06-05-2013
BG Group today announced it has signed binding agreements with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of certain additional interests ...
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Singapore LNG terminal starts commercial operations
06-05-2013
Singapore’s energy sector marks a significant milestone today, as its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal receives its first commercial cargo and commences ...
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Manoir latest technology developments for ethylene cracker coils
02-05-2013
Manoir and his Toronto based Canadian partner PST have ramped up their exclusive development agreement to provide within a shorter period of time an advanced ...
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Mitsubishi Corporation JV Starts natural gas operations in Iraq
02-05-2013
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce that Basra Gas Company (BGC), a joint venture established by MC, Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) and Iraq’s ...
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Neste Oil begins preparations for modernizing energy generation at Porvoo
02-05-2013
Neste Oil is preparing to modernize its energy generation capabilities at the Porvoo refinery over the next 10 years. Some of the existing generating facilities ...
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Kinder Morgan Energy partners to expand capacity on Sweeny lateral pipeline
02-05-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has entered into a long-term contract to support the expansion of its Sweeny Lateral pipeline that the ...
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GE agrees to acquire Salof, a designer and nanufacturer of small LNG technologies
02-05-2013
Underscoring its commitment to the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, GE Oil & Gas today announced that it has agreed to acquire substantially ...
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Emerson introduces remote-mount digital valve controller for hostile environment installations
30-04-2013
Emerson’s Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6205 remote-mount digital valve controller proves an ideal solution for applications in which accessibility, extreme ...
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Illa International and Neste Jacobs intend to co-operate in the phenol process business
29-04-2013
Illa International LLC (ILLA) and Neste Jacobs Oy have agreed to develop a combined offering in phenol and acetone production technologies, engineering and ...
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Honeywell, Dresser-Rand to implement Experion PKS turbomachinery control solution
29-04-2013
Honeywell today announced an agreement with Dresser-Rand to implement the Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) Turbomachinery Control Solution in a ...
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Imperial Oil announces first production from kearl oil sands project
27-04-2013
Imperial Oil Limited today announced the start-up of the initial development of the Kearl oil sands project, which incorporates next-generation technology innovations ...
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Neste invest in improving energy efficiency and operational reliability at its Porvoo refinery
26-04-2013
Neste Oil is to invest a total of approx. EUR 42 million in improving the energy efficiency and operational reliability of its Porvoo refinery. As part of the ...
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BASF and PETRONAS chemicals to build an integrated aroma ingredients complex
25-04-2013
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) intend to invest USD 500 million in an integrated aroma ingredients project at their existing joint venture site ...
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Honeywell customer solution center in Houston to serve as regional production facility
25-04-2013
Honeywell announced today that its Customer Solution Center (CSC) in Houston, Texas, will now serve as a regional production facility, combining integration ...
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Emerson certified for process systems cyber security
24-04-2013
Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV™ digital automation system and its project and engineering support services have successfully passed annual ...
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Methanex proceeds with a second methanol plant in Geismar, Louisiana
24-04-2013
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the relocation of a second one million tonne per year methanol ...
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Sulzer Pumps and Sinopec Corporation establish long term strategic partnership
23-04-2013
Sulzer Pumps and Sinopec Corporation have established a long term strategic partnership to develop their commercial activities within the hydrocarbon processing ...
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UOP to provide technology and equipment to extract petrochemical feedstocks from NGL's
23-04-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it was selected by Crosstex Processing Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Crosstex Energy, L.P., to provide technology ...
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Honeywell acquires RAE Systems, a leading global gas detection company
23-04-2013
Honeywell announced today a definitive agreement to acquire RAE Systems, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of fixed and portable gas and radiation detections ...
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Tesoro and savage JV to construct a crude-by-rail unloading and marine loading facilty
22-04-2013
Tesoro Corporation and Savage Companies today announced the formation of a joint venture between Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (a subsidiary of ...
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Fluor and Supreme Group form modular fabrication partnership in Canada
22-04-2013
Fluor Corporation announced today that it is combining its modular design expertise with the fabrication and construction capabilities of Supreme Group, ...
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Praxair to supply North West Redwater Partnership
22-04-2013
Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc today announced it has entered into a long-term agreement with North West Redwater Partnership to build, ...
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AFPM welcomes EPA move to address biodiesel fraud but greater fix is needed
19-04-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and American Petroleum Institute (API) filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection ...
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AFPM applauds house vote to approve keystone pipeline
17-04-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to the House Energy and Commerce ...
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Praxair starts up first air separation unit in Bahrain
17-04-2013
Praxair Bahrain, the Middle East-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. has announced the start-up of its first air separation plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain. As ...
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Shell boosts production for chemicals customers in Asia
16-04-2013
Shell today announced new investments at its Singapore site that will add to its portfolio of world-class manufacturing facilities and boost its chemicals footprint ...
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Enterprise offering additional capacity on Aegis ethane pipeline system
15-04-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start of a supplemental binding open commitment period to determine additional shipper demand for capacity ...
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Petrochemical conversion company announces successful delivery of four process modules
15-04-2013
Saudi Arabia Petrochemical Conversion Company Ltd. (PCC) announced the successful transport of four process modules to the Port of Jubail in the Kingdom of ...
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Shell considering the sale of selected downstream businesses in Italy
15-04-2013
Shell today announces that it is considering the sale of its Retail, Aviation, and Supply and Distribution Downstream businesses in Italy. Shell’s non-service ...
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Plains All American announces new cactus pipeline from McCamey to Gardendale, Texas
15-04-2013
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. today announced it is constructing the Cactus Pipeline, a new 310-mile, 20-inch crude oil pipeline from McCamey to ...
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Williams Partners, Shell create midstream JV to serve Shell and other producers
12-04-2013
Williams Partners L.P. announced today that it has agreed to launch a new midstream joint venture with Shell to provide gas gathering and gas processing services ...
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TOYO and BASF conclude comprehensive engineering partnership agreement in Asia Pacific
12-04-2013
Toyo Engineering Corporation has concluded a comprehensive engineering partnership agreement with BASF in Asia Pacific. The agreement covers basic engineering, ...
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Praxair starts up plant to supply Eldorado in Brazil
12-04-2013
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has started up a new air separation plant in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil’s fast growing ...
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Honeywell opens a new automation solution centre in Singapore
11-04-2013
Honeywell today inaugurated a new Automation Solution Centre (ASC) in Singapore as a part of its global deployment of demonstration centres around the world. ...
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HollyFrontier and Holly Energy Partners announce New Mexico crude oil rail project
11-04-2013
HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that the companies are collaborating to construct a rail facility that will ...
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Ecolab closes on purchase of Champion
10-04-2013
Ecolab Inc announced today that it has closed on its acquisition of Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies. 2012 sales of the ...
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Champion owners form new company after recent merger with Ecolab
10-04-2013
As a result of the recent merger agreement between Champion Technologies and Ecolab Inc., a new process and water treatment company has been formed, named Athlon ...
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KBR awarded turnaround contract for ammonia plant in Borger, Texas
10-04-2013
KBR today announced it was selected by a major supplier of agricultural products to perform turnaround services for their ammonia furnace revamp and expansion ...
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Technip and Air Products global hydrogen alliance marks 20 years of success
10-04-2013
Technip and Air Products are celebrating two decades of operational excellence and success to mark the 20-year milestone of the longest and most productive ...
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ONEOK Partners announces completion of growth projects
09-04-2013
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced the completion of three projects that are part of its previously announced $4.7 billion to $5.3 billion growth program ...
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Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Mitsubishi Corporation sign project development agreement
09-04-2013
Two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and Mitsubishi Corporation are in the final stages of an agreement with the Government of Trinidad and ...
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NuVista Energy announces long term gas processing agreement for Wapiti Montney production
08-04-2013
NuVista Energy Ltd is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Keyera Corp for the transportation and processing of its Wapiti Montney condensate-rich ...
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AFPM files comments on EPA’s unworkable RFS
08-04-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed formal comments detailing the problems and harmful consequences caused by the Environmental ...
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KBR and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announce ammonia technology alliance
08-04-2013
KBR and Yokogawa Electric Corporation today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will supply a fertilizer automation package as part of its ...
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Siemens and Bentley extend collaboration to the process industry
08-04-2013
The Siemens Industry Automation Division and Bentley Systems announced today at the Hannover Messe that they are Stepping up their strategic collaboration, ...
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AVEVA supports Calgary’s oil & gas industry
04-04-2013
AVEVA today announced its attendance at two key events for the Calgary-based North American oil & gas industry: the Slugging It Out Conference 2013 on April, ...
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Shell announces Geelong refinery for sale
04-04-2013
The proposed sale of the 120 kb/d refinery is in line with Shell’s global strategy to concentrate investment on large scale sites, such as the company’s ...
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KBR receives gold corporate partner status award from the Institution of Chemical Engineers
03-04-2013
KBR announced today that it has been named as Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE’s) newest Gold Corporate Partner. This award recognizes KBR’s ...
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Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical celebrate their new para-xylene production plant
03-04-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Hyundai Oilbank Co., Ltd and HCP is pleased to announce that the inauguration ceremony has been held today for the new para-xylene production ...
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KBR wins fabrication award for first Canadian oil sands CCS project in Alberta, Canada
02-04-2013
KBR announced today that Shell Canada Energy has selected KBR to perform off-site modularization and pipe fabrication at their Edmonton Module Facility. This ...
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Phillips 66 proposes fractionator in Old Ocean, Texas
02-04-2013
Energy manufacturer Phillips 66 today announced that it is pursuing development of a 100,000 barrel-per-day natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator to be located ...
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TransCanada launches binding open season for Eastern Oil pipeline
02-04-2013
TransCanada Corporation announced today that it will hold a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for a pipeline to transport ...
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GE technology drives increased gas compression at China gas field
02-04-2013
Offering a 3 percent increase in gas compression compared to other machines in its class, a GE Waukesha gas engine, driving the largest gas compressor of its ...
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Kinder Morgan secures additional commitment for condensate processing facility expansion
28-03-2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today announced it has entered into a long-term, fee-based agreement with BP North America to underwrite an additional 50,000 ...
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Total sells its 49% interest in the Voyageur upgrader project to partner Suncor Energy
28-03-2013
Following the decision not to proceed with the Voyageur Upgrader project located in Northern Alberta, Total announces that it has reached an agreement to sell ...
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Essar Oil UK completes delivery of giant steel unit for £23 million Stanlow refinery project
28-03-2013
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd yesterday successfully completed the delivery of a giant steel regenerator head to the Stanlow Refinery. This is for a key petrol-producing ...
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SVW methanol plant acceptance announced
28-03-2013
Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works, part of China Petrochemical International Limited and Johsnon Matthey announce the acceptance of a Methanol Plant in P.R. China. ...
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Nynas AB signs agreement with Intergraph to use SmartPlant enterprise solutions
28-03-2013
Sweden-based Nynas AB, a world-leading producer of specialty oil products, has signed a general agreement with Intergraph® for the use of the SmartPlant® ...
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Flowserve obtains full ownership of the JV Maraimalai Nagar manufacturing facility
28-03-2013
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the completion of a series ...
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Join Linde Gas Benelux at GAS 2013
28-03-2013
Every second year, the Dutch Standardization Institute (NEN) and the International Technical Committee ISO/TC 158 organise an International Gas Analysis Symposium ...
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ITT VP Charles Cappellino recognized for contributions to hydraulic institute
27-03-2013
Charles Cappellino, vice president of research, development and engineering at ITT Corporation's Industrial Process business, has been recognized by the Hydraulic ...
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Dakota Prairie refinery celebrates start of construction with groundbreaking ceremony
26-03-2013
Construction of the Dakota Prairie Refinery began today with a groundbreaking ceremony held by the developers, MDU Resources Group, Inc and Calumet Specialty ...
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Emerson introduces pre-engineered heat exchanger monitoring solution
26-03-2013
Emerson Process Management has announced the release of an integrated Heat Exchanger Monitoring Solution. The solution is part of Emerson’s new suite ...
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PMFG Inc awarded $2.1M separation systems order
26-03-2013
PMFG, Inc today announced that it has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately $2.1 million for separation equipment. The order is for multiple ...
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Centrica signs long-term North American LNG export contract with Cheniere
25-03-2013
Centrica plc has entered into an agreement with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P, to purchase 91,250,000 mmbtu (89 billion cubic feet) of annual liquefied natural ...
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Dow showcases gas treating solutions for middle east sour gas fields
24-03-2013
The Dow Chemical Company is showcasing a range of solutions designed to reduce the capital and operating expenses of the gas processing industry’s assets ...
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AMGAS Services launches new sour oil recovery process
24-03-2013
AMGAS Services Inc today announced the launch of its new Sour Crude Oil Recovery (SCOR) process in response to the increased development of sour oil and gas ...
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Solomon associates advance understanding with the introduction of Solomon insights
22-03-2013
Solomon Associates, the leading performance improvement company for the global energy industry, has introduced its Solomon Insights program, a bimonthly series ...
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Reliance Industries awarded 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013
22-03-2013
Reliance Industries Limited was awarded the prestigious 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013 at HART Energy’s 27th World Refining & Fuel Conference ...
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Huntsman invests $135M in US and European MDI manufacturing plants
21-03-2013
Huntsman Corporation today announced a combined investment of $135 million at two of its worldscale methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) manufacturing facilities: ...
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Engineers gather for AVEVA world user meeting Brazil 2013
21-03-2013
AVEVA today holds its AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. Delegates will learn more about AVEVA’s solutions for the design and construction ...
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Clough selects Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID engineering integrity
20-03-2013
Clough, an engineering and project services company with headquarters in Perth, Western Australia, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID Engineering ...
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Flowserve expands pump testing facility capabilities
20-03-2013
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced it has completed an upgrade ...
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BG Group completes agreement on long-term LNG sales to India
20-03-2013
BG Group today announced it had completed an agreement for the long-term sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India, one of the world’s most rapidly ...
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Phillips 66 signs crude logistics agreements to increase access to secure, advantaged crude
20-03-2013
As an energy manufacturing company, Phillips 66 is helping to shape the energy revolution in the U.S. by increasing supplies of cost-advantaged North American ...
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TPC Group names senior vice president, commercial organization
18-03-2013
TPC Group Inc. (TPC) a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, announced today ...
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Dow enhances US gulf coast integration with new Idemitsu/Mitsui JV
18-03-2013
The Dow Chemical Company announced today an initial agreement for a long-term ethylene off-take agreement with a new joint venture to be formed between ...
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DNV KEMA’s new multiphase flow lab to enhance oil & gas quality assurance
15-03-2013
Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA is officially opening a new Multiphase Flow Laboratory (MPFL) in Groningen, the Netherlands. ...
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Wison Engineering successfully completes six projects at refinery and petrochemical complex
15-03-2013
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, China's largest private chemical EPC contractor, announced today that Wison Engineering Ltd, an indirect non-wholly owned ...
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OHL Gutermuth construct a new production hall
14-03-2013
By mid-2013 OHL Gutermuth plans to construct a new production hall with a capacity of 25 tons. The new hall will cover an area 600 square metres and have a ...
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Air Liquide announces expansion in California
13-03-2013
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP today announces a new carbon dioxide liquefaction plant in the California central valley. The plant joins Air Liquide’s ...
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Grace Catalysts Technologies announces price increase
13-03-2013
Grace Catalysts Technologies, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. announced today pricing and market related actions in its Refining Technologies ...
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LyondellBasell investor day highlights plans to 'seize the moment'
13-03-2013
LyondellBasell executives, led by CEO Jim Gallogly, today told participants at the company's Investor Day in New York how LyondellBasell is preparing to build ...
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ZeaChem begins production of cellulosic chemicals and ethanol
12-03-2013
ZeaChem Inc, developer of highly-efficient biorefineries, today announced that it has produced commercial-grade cellulosic chemicals and ethanol at its 250,000 ...
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CHS announces plans to boost McPherson refinery production
12-03-2013
A planned $327 million expansion will boost refining capacity by 18 percent at the National Cooperative Refinery Association facility at McPherson, Kansas, ...
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Enterprise announces gulf coast ethane pipeline
12-03-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced today that it has received transportation commitments to support development of a new 270-mile pipeline header system ...
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SIBUR and TNK-BP extend cooperation and define the long-term format of APG processing JV
12-03-2013
SIBUR and TNK-BP have signed a set of agreements that define the format of cooperation between the parties within OOO Yugragazpererabotka, an APG processing ...
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UOP launches new membrane element to improve contaminant removal from natural gas
12-03-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today announced the launch of a new membrane element that more efficiently removes contaminants from natural gas and reduces the ...
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Selas Fluid Processing Corporation changes name to Linde Engineering North America Inc
12-03-2013
Selas Fluid Processing Corporation announced today that the company’s Executive Board has approved a name change to Linde Engineering North America Inc., ...
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BP-Husky celebrates successful start up of reformer project with ribbon cutting ceremony
11-03-2013
BP-Husky Refining LLC today marked the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art naphtha reformer at the joint venture’s Toledo Refinery with a ribbon ...
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Heraeus platinum laboratory equipment at Pittcon
11-03-2013
The Pittcon Conference & Expo will take place in Philadelphia from 17 to 21 March 2013. Heraeus will present its high-quality platinum labware. More than ...
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Holly Energy proceeding with wxpansion of crude system in Southeastern New Mexico
07-03-2013
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it is proceeding with the expansion of its crude oil transportation system in southeastern New Mexico in response ...
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Enterprise begins operations at expanded LPG export facility
07-03-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that it has commenced operations at its expanded export facility, increasing the partnership’s capability ...
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GE motors to drive pioneering bitumen refinery in Canada’s oil sands
06-03-2013
Sustainable development of Alberta’s vast oil sands is a key priority, and in early 2013 construction began on the world’s first refinery specifically ...
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TNK-BP to invest $7M in development of power supply at RORC
06-03-2013
TNK-BP announces the introduction of fast-acting automatic load transfer system at Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (RORC). The overall project investment will exceed ...
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Methanex announces expansion of its New Zealand operations
05-03-2013
Methanex Corporation announced today plans to increase operating capacity at its New Zealand operations by 700,000 tonnes to 2.2 million tonnes by the end of ...
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Shell to develop two additional natural gas for transport corridors in North America
05-03-2013
Shell and its affiliates plan to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel one step closer for its marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America by ...
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BASF and Markor plan to establish two joint ventures for butanediol and polytetrahydrofuran
05-03-2013
BASF and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF® ...
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Vetek Group agree to buy Odessa refinery from Lukoil
04-03-2013
The OAO LUKOIL Press Service announces that the company and VETEK Group have signed an agreement on the purchase and sale of the public joint-stock company ...
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Dow announces closure of proceedings in K-Dow arbitration
04-03-2013
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce today released the final award amount, representing interest and costs, ...
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Borealis acquires DEXPlastomers in Geleen
04-03-2013
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announced today that it has acquired DEXPlastomers ...
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Technip finalizes agreements with Rostec to address the subsea and onshore markets in Russia
01-03-2013
Technip announces that it has signed two agreements with State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostec) during the official meeting between François ...
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South Louisiana Methanol announces $1.3B investment In St. James Parish
28-02-2013
South Louisiana Methanol (SLM) today joined Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in announcing plans to build what will be the largest methanol production facility ...
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ART announces CLG hydrocracking catalysts sales agreement
28-02-2013
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART) announced that it has signed an agreement with Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) regarding hydrocracking and lubes ...
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AFPM applauds bill requiring further testing of mid-level ethanol blends
28-02-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) lauds proposed legislation recently introduced by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) that would effectively ...
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Daewoo shipbuilding & marine engineering selects Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise
27-02-2013
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company Limited (DSME) has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions for operations and maintenance ...
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Passavant-Geiger and Johnson Screens join forces to become a leading global supplier
27-02-2013
Effective 27th February 2013 Passavant-Geiger GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bilfinger SE, acquired Johnson Screens, a global leader in screening ...
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Intertek opens new energy and industry services facility
26-02-2013
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, announces the opening of a new centralized office and training facility that will bring ...
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Shell continues to expand its LNG leadership with the purchase of new positions from Repsol
26-02-2013
The Hague, 26 February 2013. Royal Dutch Shell plc continues to expand its industry leadership in Liquefied Natural Gas, today agreeing to acquire part of Repsol ...
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UOP introduces new membrane element to improve natural gas processing capacity
26-02-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today announced a new, advanced membrane element designed to increase natural gas processing capacity, compared with existing ...
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MDU Resources and Calumet Specialty Products receive air permit to construct a diesel refinery
25-02-2013
MDU Resources Group, Inc and Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced that the North Dakota Department of Health has issued an Air Quality Permit ...
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Honeywell opens new automation training college serving Vietnam and South East Asia
25-02-2013
Honeywell today announced the opening of its new regional Automation College in Hanoi, Vietnam. Opened in partnership with Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group ...
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TPC Group board approves capital to advance engineering of butadiene production
25-02-2013
TPC Group Inc, a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, announced today that ...
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Emerson wins record-setting orders for gas-leak detection technology
22-02-2013
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has received orders totaling approximately $5.8 million for ultrasonic gas detection technology that ...
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Clariant opens new plant for AMPS polymers in Tarragona
22-02-2013
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has officially opened its new AMPS polymers plant for production of specialty polysulfonates at its strategic ...
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Magellan Midstream to acquire 800 miles of refined petroleum products pipeline
22-02-2013
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. announced today that it has agreed to acquire approximately 800 miles of refined petroleum products pipeline from Plains All ...
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SIBUR further improves the quality of liquid gas at its Tobolsk facility
21-02-2013
SIBUR has started the construction of unit for separating methanol from propane fraction at Tobolsk-Neftekhim. Low methanol content is a requirement of many ...
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21-02-2013
Come and visit BOC on Stand 52 at the Air Quality & Emissions (AQE) show, previously known as the MCERTS event, on the 13th and 14th March 2013 at the Telford ...
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AFPM appoints vice president of strategic initiatives
20-02-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers today announced the hiring of Sarah Magruder Lyle as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Lyle will ...
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EmberClear completes technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project
19-02-2013
EmberClear Corp is pleased to announce its subsidiary, EmberClear GTL MS Inc, has completed the technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project ...
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Petrostar incorporates refining entity
19-02-2013
Petrostar Petroleum Corp is pleased to introduce its newly formed company, Farrow Distillation Corp., incorporated in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Farrow ...
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RORC to increase autogas output by 30% in 2013
19-02-2013
ТNК-ВРreports that in 2013 CJSC Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (part of the ТNК-ВРGroup) plans to increase production of autogas (automobile ...
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Linde Italy will be at OMC in March
18-02-2013
The HiQ Expert Team from Linde Italy will be at the 11th OMC (Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition) from 20 to 22 March Ravenna, Italy. The ...
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Enbridge and Energy Transfer join to provide crude oil pipeline access to eastern gulf coast
15-02-2013
Enbridge Inc and Energy Transfer announced today that they have entered into an agreement on the terms for the joint development of a project to provide crude ...
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AFPM applauds bill to reverse EPA’s illegal approval of E15
15-02-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) applauds Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and David Vitter (R-La.) for taking steps to reverse the ...
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Airgas to build new liquid carbon dioxide plant in Houston metropolitan area
13-02-2013
Airgas, Inc today announced plans to build a new 450 ton-per-day liquid carbon dioxide plant in the greater Houston area to replace its plant at the Shell Deer ...
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Rosneft and ExxonMobil expand strategic cooperation
13-02-2013
Rosneft and ExxonMobil have agreed to expand their cooperation under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement to include an additional approximately 600,000 ...
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SOGAT 2013 will discuss the future of sour gas development in the region
13-02-2013
The development of sour gas fields in the UAE, in particular has become a priority given the requirements for more gas fired power stations, gas injection to ...
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Yokogawa and Soteica Visual MESA to address the energy management solutions business
12-02-2013
Yokogawa is pleased to announce the addition of Soteica Visual MESA's best-in-class energy management and optimization solution services to its portfolio of ...
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State of the union a lesson in contradiction and denial
12-02-2013
President Obama’s energy policy remarks in the State of the Union address were a lesson in the art of contradiction and denial. He touted the benefits ...
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Retrofit suitability of competing CO2 capture technologies
12-02-2013
Among the numerous challenges facing humanity in the coming decades will be delivering more transport and mobility to an exponentially-growing population in ...
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Gazprom and LUKOIL agree on associated petroleum gas processing at Sosnogorsk GPP
11-02-2013
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Vagit Alekperov, ...
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Planned maintenance turnaround at Jamnagar refinery complex
11-02-2013
The Company has scheduled a planned maintenance turnaround of one crude distillation unit of its SEZ refinery at Jamnagar Complex for a period of approximately ...
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A €65M additional investment in the Port of Rotterdam
07-02-2013
Rotterdam is the second largest chemical and petrochemical basin in Europe. This industry has maintained its momentum, despite the crisis, across Western Europe, ...
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Alfa Laval consolidates manufacturing of boilers in Asia
07-02-2013
Alfa Laval a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling has decided to consolidate its manufacturing of boilers in Asia ...
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Thermal Energy signs agreement for product development in the Chinese petrochemical market
07-02-2013
Thermal Energy International Inc is pleased to announced that it has signed a funding agreement with the Canadian government related to a previously announced ...
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TPC Group commences engineering to expand polyisobutylene capacity
07-02-2013
TPC Group Inc, a leading fee-based processor and service provider of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials, announced today that ...
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MDU Resources Group and Calumet Specialty Products partners announce diesel refinery JV
07-02-2013
MDU Resources Group and Calumet Specialty Products Partners, today announced that they have formed a joint venture to develop, build and operate a diesel refinery ...
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SGS to provide certification services for gas & nitro pipeline projects in Vietnam
06-02-2013
SGS has been contracted to provide certification services for the Phu My I - My Xuan Industrial Gas Supplying Pipeline System Project by PetroVietnam Gas Investment ...
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NOVATEK signs marketing agreement with Yeochun naphtha cracker center
05-02-2013
OAO NOVATEK, announced today the conclusion of a commercial agreement with the Yeochun Naphtha Cracker Center, a South Korean petrochemical company, for supplying ...
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SIBUR and IES Holding agree on long-term cooperation
05-02-2013
SIBUR's CEO Dmitry Konov and President of Integrated Energy Systems Boris Vainzikher signed a Strategic Memorandum to boost energy efficiency of SIBUR's petrochemicals ...
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Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd. selects Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise
05-02-2013
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd., one of Korea’s foremost engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors for plant projects, ...
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Genesis Energy announces new crude oil pipeline and new unit train facility
04-02-2013
Genesis Energy, L.P. today announced the company plans to invest approximately $125 million to improve existing assets and develop new infrastructure ...
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PBF Energy announces arrival of first unit train at completed east coast rail facility
04-02-2013
PBF Energy Inc announced today the completion of the second crude oil unloading facility at its subsidiary’s Delaware City Refinery. The construction ...
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Neste Oil to invest €65 million in enhancing gasoline production at Porvoo
04-02-2013
Neste Oil to invest EUR 65 million in enhancing gasoline production at Porvoo Neste Oil has decided to build an isomerization unit at its Porvoo refinery. The ...
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AVEVA presents at Kuwait EPC projects summit 2013
04-02-2013
AVEVA announced today that it is presenting, sponsoring and exhibiting at the upcoming Kuwait EPC Projects Summit being held 18-19 February 2013. Engineering, ...
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GEA's new website presents its heat exchangers segment as innovative and customer-oriented
04-02-2013
GEA Heat Exchangers Segment launches its new customer website and presents its complete product portfolio on one Website for the first time. This new homepage ...
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ABUTEC smokeless flares tested and exceed EPA’s quad o mandate
31-01-2013
ABUTEC flares are the only combustion control devices to pass independent third-party testing as mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
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EPA’s proposed renewable fuel volumes ignore reality
31-01-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Renewable Fuel Volumes ...
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Honeywell’s UOP regional engineering design seminar graduates first class in Middle East
31-01-2013
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has graduated its first class of students from the UOP Regional Engineering Design Seminar in the Middle ...
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API raises concern over high cost of new government fuel regulations
31-01-2013
EPA sent new fuel regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for final review that would raise costs, provide little or no environmental benefit, and ...
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AltaGas and Idemitsu Kosan form partnership to export energy from Canada
29-01-2013
AltaGas Ltd and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to form the AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership. ...
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SABIC takes innovation to next level with four new technology centers set for opening this year
28-01-2013
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation will launch four new state-of-the-art technology and innovation facilities in 2013, two in Saudi Arabia and one each in India ...
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Air Products’ phase one carbon capture project onstream in Texas
28-01-2013
Described by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) as a milestone in DOE’s Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) program, Air Products announced ...
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Hess to pursue sale of terminal network and exit refining business
28-01-2013
Hess Corporation announced today that it will pursue the sale of its terminal network in the United States. Hess also announced that it will complete its exit ...
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Court strikes down cellulosic biofuel mandate — finds EPA exceeded statutory authority
25-01-2013
In a decision that questions the motivation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today vacated EPA’s 2012 ...
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API welcomes court decision to end mandate for non-existent biofuels
25-01-2013
API welcomed today’s decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals that rejected EPA’s 2012 mandate for refiners to use cellulosic biofuel, which is not ...
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TNK-BP to invest $60 Million in construction of hydrocarbons sulfur removal facility at RORC
25-01-2013
TNK-BP reports that it will invest over $60 mln in the construction of a hydrocarbons sulfur removal facility at CJSC Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (RORC, part ...
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Tatneft has increased collection and processing of petroleum gas
24-01-2013
Tatneftegazpererabotka Administration of the JSC TATNEFT collected 843.5 million m3 of associated petroleum gas for the year 2012, which was 53.1 million cubic ...
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Methanex and Chesapeake sign long-term natural gas supply agreement for methanol project
23-01-2013
Methanex Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced the execution of a 10-year agreement to supply all of the natural gas required for Methanex's ...
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His Highness the Emir inaugurates QAPCO’s 3rd LDPE plant
23-01-2013
His Highness The Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, officially launched Qatar Petrochemical Company’s new state-of-the-art, third low-density polyethylene ...
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AFPM applauds governor Heineman’s approval of the keystone XL pipeline
22-01-2013
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman’s ...
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Ten weeks left to play at worldofpumpsquiz.com
22-01-2013
Nearly 10,000 industry specialists representing more than 140 countries have visited the World of Pumps Quiz website, sponsored by ITT Goulds Pumps, to test ...
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BASF and Sinopec take next steps in establishment of world-scale isononanol plant in Maoming
22-01-2013
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale ...
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Bilfinger has signed an agreement to acquire Johnson Screens:
22-01-2013
Engineering and services group Bilfinger has signed an agreement to acquire filtration specialists Johnson Screens. Combining these activities with activities ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical studying NAO expansion at Cedar Bayou Plant
21-01-2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it is studying the possibility of expanding its normal alpha olefins (NAO) capacity – targeting at least ...
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AVEVA hosts solution showcases in India
21-01-2013
AVEVA announced today that it is launching a Solution Showcase across four cities in India to feature AVEVA’s software solutions for the Process Plant, ...
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Petronas and BASF terminate heads of agreement for joint project in Pengerang, Malaysia
21-01-2013
BASF and PETRONAS announced today that the Heads of Agreement (HoA) between the two parties for a joint speciality chemicals venture within PETRONAS’ ...
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Local manufacturers to provide more equipment
19-01-2013
The share of domestic manufacturers in providing petrochemical sector’s need to parts and equipment will go up. Manager of Planning and Development at ...
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Preparations to resume partial operations at Chiba refinery
18-01-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. express sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by the ...
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Praxair starts up new air separation plant in India
18-01-2013
Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc India’s leading industrial gases supplier, announced the start-up of its third production ...
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Hyundai Cosmo production and shipping from the new para-xylene production unit
18-01-2013
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd and Hyundai Oilbank have been conducting test operations of the new para-xylene production plant though the joint venture company, HCP. The ...
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Haldor Topsoe and partner Technip awarded FEED contract for proposed new ammonia plant
17-01-2013
Haldor Topsoe and its partner Technip was awarded by The Mosaic Company the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract, as well as preparation of the ...
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First tonne of CO2 captured at RWE npower carbon capture pilot project
17-01-2013
RWE npower’s carbon capture pilot plant at Aberthaw Power Station – the first of its kind in Wales and one of the largest to be built so far in ...
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NOVA Chemicals returns to the LDPE market
17-01-2013
NOVA Chemicals Corporation today announced its Moore, Ontario low-density polyethylene facility has returned to commercial operation at its full capacity. “We ...
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FDS Group becomes The Flexitallic Group
17-01-2013
FDS Group, the global leader in specialized sealing solutions and products serving the oil and gas, power generation, chemical and petrochemical industries, ...
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The hydrocracker at Sines refinery begins operations
16-01-2013
Galp Energia informs that on 10 January, the hydrocracking complex installed at the Sines refinery, under the refineries upgrade project, began the commercial ...
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KBR selected by CRI Catalyst Company to develop engineering packages for IH2 process
16-01-2013
KBR today announced it was selected by CRI Catalyst Company (CRI) as the preferred Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partner supporting licensed ...
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Enterprise to provide marine transportation services for ExxonMobil subsidiary
15-01-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that its wholly owned affiliate, Enterprise Marine Services LLC, has entered into a multi-year contract with ...
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Rensselaer polytechnic institute studies Blasch VectorWall
14-01-2013
Blasch Precision Ceramics and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have recently entered into a sponsored research agreement that is designed to create a comprehensive ...
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Intertek expands Singapore Oil condition monitoring laboratory
14-01-2013
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has expanded and enhanced its lubricant testing ...
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Gazprom and Novatek setting up JV for LNG production in Yamal Peninsula
10-01-2013
The joint venture will carry out pre-front end engineering and design studies, elaborate project documents, work out a plan for the LNG plant construction ...
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AFPM voices concern about limits on free trade
10-01-2013
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded today to statements from America’s Energy Advantage Coalition ...
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Methanex announces upcoming temporary shutdown of its operations in Chile
10-01-2013
Methanex Corporation announced today it expects to idle its Chile operation in March 2013 due to anticipated insufficient natural gas supply. Methanex is currently ...
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Westlake Chemical begins ethylene capacity expansion project in Lake Charles
10-01-2013
Westlake Chemical Corporation's previously announced expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA has begun. This expansion will ...
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Shell technology center Houston relaunches after expansion and renovation
09-01-2013
The center is the largest of Shell’s three technology hubs with more than one million square feet of laboratory and office space. It is home to more than ...
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White Martins starts up new air separation plant for Braskem in Brazil
09-01-2013
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc has started up a new air separation plant in the state of Alagoas, in Brazil´s northeast region. ...
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Delek US Holdings announces agreement to purchase a biodiesel facility in Texas
09-01-2013
Delek US Holdings, Inc, a diversified energy company with assets in the petroleum refining, retail and logistics industries, announced that it entered into ...
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TransCanada selected to develop $6B in natural gas infrastructure to Prince Rupert
09-01-2013
TransCanada Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. being the successor by amalgamation of PETRONAS ...
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Tesoro to convert Hawaii refinery to an import, storage & distribution terminal
08-01-2013
Tesoro Corporation today announced that it will cease refining operations at its Kapolei refinery during April of this year, and begin the process of converting ...
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AVEVA announces the commercial availability of AVEVA everything3D
08-01-2013
AVEVA announced today the commercial availability of its brand-new plant design software, AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D), setting a new level of performance ...
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Dow restarts St Charles olefins plant
07-01-2013
The Dow Chemical Company today announced that the Company’s St. Charles Olefins 2 Plant near Hahnville, La. began producing on-spec ethylene on ...
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Argus acquires TABrewer Consulting, expands presence in petrochemical consulting
07-01-2013
Founded in 2003 by Tom Brewer, TABrewer offers highly specialised consulting and business intelligence services. TABrewer has had a relationship with Argus ...
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Post Oak Energy invests in Refinery Specialties Inc
07-01-2013
Post Oak Energy Capital, LP, through investment partnerships it manages, today announced its partnership with Refinery Specialties, Inc. (RSI) through a purchase ...
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New CFO in Haldor Topsøe A/S effective as of February 1st 2013
07-01-2013
Peter Rønnest Andersen has been named CFO of Haldor Topsøe A/S, effective February 1, 2013. Andersen joins Haldor Topsøe A/S from the Mærsk ...
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Alfa Laval acquires US-based Air Cooled Exchangers LLC
07-01-2013
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired the US-based company Air Cooled Exchangers, ...
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Enterprise “sells out” PDH facility; in discussions for a second PDH facility
07-01-2013
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that it has executed long-term, fee-based agreements that effectively “sell out” the partnership’s ...
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Oil Refineries announces the successful activation of the hydrocracker
04-01-2013
Oil Refineries Ltd, Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, announced that it has successfully activated the hydrocracker, which passed ...
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Air Liquide acquires Progressive Resources Inc
03-01-2013
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP today announced that it has acquired Progressive Resources, Inc, an Oklahoma based oilfield services company. PRI is a key supplier ...
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Seaway pipeline expansion nearing completion
02-01-2013
Seaway Crude Oil Pipeline Company LLC announced today that final work is being performed in preparation for the increase in capacity from approximately 150,000 ...
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Calumet Specialty Products completes acquisition of the San Antonio, Texas refinery
02-01-2013
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it completed the previously announced acquisition of the San Antonio, Texas refinery and associated ...
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NGL recovery program next stage in Shaybah
02-01-2013
In 1998, Saudi Aramco achieved what to any observer might have appeared to have been the impossible – the Shaybah field came online after Saudi Aramco ...
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AFPM petitions EPA to waive 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate
31-12-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to waive the 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate, ...
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ExxonMobil commissions Singapore petrochemical plant expansion
28-12-2012
ExxonMobil has commenced startup operations at one of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers, the centerpiece of the company’s multi-billion ...
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Sibur increases its MTBE production capacity
28-12-2012
SIBUR has expanded its methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) designed capacity in Tchaikovsky, Perm Territory, from 200,000 to 220,000 tonnes per year. The expansion ...
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Chevron subsidiary acquires operating interest in Western Canada LNG project
24-12-2012
Chevron Corporation today announced that its indirect Canadian subsidiary, Chevron Canada Limited, will acquire a 50 percent operating interest in the Kitimat ...
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SNC-Lavalin debooks hydrocarbons & chemical project in Alberta
21-12-2012
SNC-Lavalin has received a notice of termination for convenience from its client related to a fixed-price EPC contract it was awarded in November 2011 for a ...
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Braskem Idesa successfully signs the $3.2B financing for its Etileno XXI project in Mexico
20-12-2012
The project will be the most modern petrochemical plant in the Americas and is expected to create 9,000 jobs during the construction phase and 3,000 direct ...
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Byco announces completion of the country’s largest oil refinery
19-12-2012
Byco Oil Pakistan Limited today announced the completion of the country’s largest oil refinery at Mouza Kund, District Lasbella, Balouchistan. At present ...
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Topsoe presented at conference of senior executives of international companies in China
19-12-2012
On the 12th of December, Mr. Per K. Bakkerud, MD of Haldor Topsoe China was invited to participate the "2012 Roundtable Conference of Senior Executives ...
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AFPM to facilitate the return of manufacturing in America
19-12-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) will work with the academic community to begin a series of national-level discussions to focus on ...
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Linde attendance at MSR exhibition in western Germany
19-12-2012
The HiQ Expert Team from Linde Germany presented at the MEORGA MSR (Mess, Steuer & Regelungstechnik) exhibition held in Bochum. Portable cylinders such ...
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Neste Oil to produce renewable aviation fuel as part of the EU-funded ITAKA project
19-12-2012
Neste Oil has joined the ITAKA (Initiative Towards Sustainable Kerosene for Aviation) project, which is being funded by the EU to support the commercialization ...
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Grabner Instruments MINIVAP-On-Line measures all vapour pressure standards
19-12-2012
The MINIVAP-On-Line from AMETEK Grabner Instruments is the only process analyzer that directly measures Reid Vapor Pressure (RVPE), True Vapor Pressure (TVP) ...
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Air Products unveils advanced gas applications lab at Shanghai technology center
18-12-2012
Air Products today announced the opening of an advanced gas applications laboratory within its Asia Technology Center in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, ...
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Saras and Rosneft sign cooperation agreement for the purpose of establishing a JV
18-12-2012
On 15 December 2012, Saras S.p.A. and Rosneft executed a memorandum of understanding setting forth their intention to create a 50/50 Joint Venture for trading ...
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Equate wins top Middle East CSR award
18-12-2012
On this occasion, EQUATE VP Technical services Mohammad Al benali said, “Such recognition is a result of EQUATE’s overall commitment to all sustainability ...
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UOP CEO Rajeev Gautam receives 2012 chemical engineering personal achievement award
18-12-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that UOP President and CEO Dr. Rajeev Gautam has received the 2012 Chemical Engineering Personal Achievement Award ...
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Aveva opens new training centre in India
18-12-2012
AVEVA announced today its opening of a new training facility in Mumbai, India on 11 January 2013. The announcement follows the recent opening of a new sales ...
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AspenTech announces AspenTech academy
17-12-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced the establishment of AspenTech Academy, a corporate ...
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Emerson offers instrument and valve recyling program
17-12-2012
Emerson Process Management, through its Instrument & Valve Services operation, now offers a cash-back valve and instrument recycling program. The new recycling ...
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Air Liquide brings new nitrogen liquefier online in Cleburne, Texas
17-12-2012
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP today announced it has commissioned a new nitrogen liquefier at its air separation plant in Cleburne, Texas to further support ...
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Dieter Tuppinger new head of OMV Refinery Schwechat
17-12-2012
Dieter Tuppinger (53) has been appointed head of OMV Refinery Schwechat with effect from January 1, 2013. He will take over from Gerhard Wagner who is return-ing ...
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Calumet announces agreement to acquire San Antonio refinery assets from NuStar Energy
17-12-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the San Antonio, Texas refinery and associated ...
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AVEVA acquires Global Majic’s simulation software suite
17-12-2012
AVEVA today announced the acquisition of all assets relating to the advanced visualisation and simulation software of Global Majic Software, Inc. (GMS). ...
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ProSim receives the cape open award
14-12-2012
ProSim has now joined the prestigious recipients of this award: Siegfried Nagel (2001), Daniel Piñol, Michael Halloran and Richard Szczepanski (2002), ...
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KBR awarded ammonia technology license agreement by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer
14-12-2012
KBR announced today that Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (“Indorama”) has selected KBR to provide ammonia technology for its planned ...
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Badmington to lead Grace communications
14-12-2012
W. R. Grace & Co recently named Richards R. Badmington as Vice President, Corporate Communications. Badmington, 57, will lead a global communications ...
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Phillips 66 announces 2013 capital program and intent to form MLP
13-12-2012
Phillips 66 will host its inaugural Analyst Meeting today in New York to update investors and analysts on plans to enhance returns, deliver profitable growth ...
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12-12-2012
Dr. Keith DeCarlo has been appointed Research and Development Department Manager, a new position, by Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. "Our investments ...
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Intergraph presents third annual smartPlant engineering & schematics excellence awards
12-12-2012
Intergraph® has presented its 2012 SmartPlant® Engineering & Schematics Excellence Awards to recognize 15 customers who have deployed and rolled ...
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BHP Billiton to sell interest in east and west browse joint ventures
12-12-2012
BHP Billiton has signed a definitive agreement with PetroChina International Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd to sell its 8.33 per cent interest in the East Browse ...
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Honeywell sees record attendance at 2012 EMEA users group conference
11-12-2012
Honeywell today announced record attendance at its annual Honeywell Users’ Group (HUG) conference for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In ...
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Praxair starts-up its first air separation plant in Russia
11-12-2012
Praxair Volgograd LLC, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has announced the start-up of its first large-scale air separation plant in Volgograd, an industrial region ...
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Video highlights Linde’s leadership in clean energy solutions
10-12-2012
Linde North America today announced the availability of a new video describing Linde’s diverse products and services for clean energy solutions. Linde, ...
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Flowserve Durco mark 3 ISO chemical process pump wins Ringier technology innovation award
10-12-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced its Durco® Mark 3(TM) ...
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Valero announces corporate leadership changes
10-12-2012
Valero Energy Corporation announced corporate leadership changes that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2013. Kim Bowers, currently serving as Executive Vice President ...
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BP biofuels to invest $350M to expand ethanol production in Brazil
07-12-2012
BP Biofuels announced today that it plans to invest $350 million to expand its ethanol processing capacity of Tropical, one of its sugarcane processing ventures ...
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KBR selected to execute project management and field construction for air combustion upgrade
06-12-2012
KBR announced today that it was awarded a contract to execute project management and field construction for a large Air Combustion Upgrade Project in Georgia. KBR’s ...
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DCP Midstream and DCP Midstream partners to build gas processing plant serving Eagle Ford
06-12-2012
DCP Midstream LLC and DCP Midstream Partners LP today announced the construction of a new cryogenic plant that will serve growing demand from producers in the ...
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KBR to execute FEED for Mansuriya full field development for Turkish Petroleum Overseas Co
06-12-2012
KBR today announced that it has been awarded the Mansuriya Full Field Development contract to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) studies and Quality ...
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Analysis of demand for captured CO2 and products from CO2 conversion
06-12-2012
Global climate change is a real issue facing the planet, industry and government. Programs like Cap and Trade and a move away from coal as a primary source ...
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Plains All American Pipeline to acquire crude oil rail terminals from U.S. Development Group
05-12-2012
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., announced today that it has agreed to acquire four operating crude oil rail terminals, one terminal under development ...
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05-12-2012
Bernd M. Stütz, longtime Chief Executive Officer of the Lewa Group, a leading manufacturing company of metering pumps and systems for complex tasks, is ...
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SNC-Lavalin announces the departure of its hydrocarbons & chemicals executive VP
04-12-2012
SNC-Lavalin announces that Andy Mackintosh, Executive Vice-President in charge of the Hydrocarbons & Chemicals business unit, has accepted a position with ...
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AMEC awarded $528M new refinery contract by KNPC, Kuwait
04-12-2012
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a $528 million (£330 million) Project Management Consultancy (PMC) ...
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TNK-BP introducing best international practices of EPC projects implementation in Russia
04-12-2012
TNK-BP strives to improve the efficiency of major project implementation by introducing best international practices and mechanisms of major project “turnkey” ...
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Davy Process Technology and Johnson Matthey announce successful start-up of SNG plant
04-12-2012
Davy Process Technology (Davy), a wholly owned Johnson Matthey subsidiary and Johnson Matthey are pleased to announce the successful start-up of a new substitute ...
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AVEVA highlights top five recommendations for an effective laser-enabled revamp
04-12-2012
AVEVA announced today the release of a new business paper listing the top five recommendations for effective plant revamps. AVEVA explains that not only should ...
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Sasol commences the FEED phase for an integrated GTL and ethane cracker complex
03-12-2012
South African-based energy and chemicals company, Sasol, today announced it will proceed with front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for an integrated, ...
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Ecolab amends Champion acquisition agreement
03-12-2012
Ecolab Inc. announced it has amended its acquisition agreement with Permian Mud Service, the parent company of Champion Technologies and Corsicana Technologies ...
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TNK-BP to invest $45M to cut emissions
03-12-2012
ТNК-ВРwill invest $45 million to revamp its flaring systems at the Ryazan Refinery (Ryazan Oil Refining Company, or RORC, part of TNK-BP Group). ...
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DuPont advances commercialization of cellulosic ethanol with Iowa biorefinery groundbreaking
30-11-2012
DuPont today came one step closer to commercializing advanced biofuels by breaking ground on its cellulosic ethanol facility in Nevada, Iowa. Expected ...
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OMV sells its marketing subsidiary in Bosnia-Herzegovina
30-11-2012
OMV has signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary in Bosnia-Herzegovina, OMV BH d.o.o, a 100%-owned subsidiary of OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH, to the ...
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Brunei Shell Petroleum taps Emerson for wireless instrumentation training
30-11-2012
Emerson Process Management is conducting a wireless instrumentation training event for Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) as a key next step to broaden and standardise ...
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Senate decisions on U.S. military and costly biofuels harmful to nation
29-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to recent U.S. Senate endorsements of the purchase of costly biofuels by the U.S. ...
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Grace completes the acquisition of assets of Noblestar Catalysts
29-11-2012
W. R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Noblestar Catalysts Co., Ltd, a Qingdao, China-based manufacturer ...
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SABIC sees technology and innovation as key to future success of Gulf petrochemical industry
28-11-2012
The petrochemical industry in the Gulf region needs to focus more on technology and innovation, offer customers more technologically advanced products and design ...
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Total Normandy refinery calls on ProSim to optimize its utilities production
28-11-2012
In order to comply with the new consumption standards, Total is committed to improving its French refineries’ efficiency and competitiveness. In this ...
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Congress should repeal unworkable renewable fuels standard
27-11-2012
API Downstream Group Director Robert Greco told reporters this morning that the federal Renewable Fuels Standard should be eliminated because it is not working ...
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API files suit against EPA’s unworkable 2013 biodiesel mandate
27-11-2012
The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Monday against the Environmental Protection ...
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Enbridge to partner in delivering Bakken crude by rail to Philadelphia refining markets
26-11-2012
Enbridge Inc today announced its U.S. subsidiary, Enbridge Rail L.L.C., has entered into an agreement with Canopy Prospecting Inc to create the Eddystone Rail ...
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SABIC and ExxonMobil host symposium on investment opportunities in Saudi rubber industry
25-11-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and its joint venture partner ExxonMobil hosted a symposium promoting rubber industry downstream development ...
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Grupa LOTOS enters a consortium with Azoty Tarnów
23-11-2012
On November 23rd 2012 Grupa LOTOS S.A. signed an agreement with Zakłady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Mościcach to complete a preliminary feasibility study for ...
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Tatneft — best downstream company in Eastern Europe in 2012
23-11-2012
World Finance magazine, published by media holding World News Media based in the UK, in its latest issue for November-December 2012 named Tatneft the best downstream ...
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Termination of refining business at the Kubiki Refinery, Japan
22-11-2012
Inpex Corporation has decided to terminate the refining business at the Kubiki Refinery in mid-December this year. INPEX’s wholly-owned subsidiary Teiseki ...
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Learn from the HiQ expert team with new technical videos
21-11-2012
To communicate the best techniques related to handling specialty gases & specialty equipment, more than 10 new HiQ videos have been launched on the HiQ ...
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AFPM files petition for reconsideration on 2013 biomass diesel volumes
21-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers today filed a petition for reconsideration of the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule Regulation ...
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GE celebrates 40th anniversary and expansion of its water chemical manufacturing plant
20-11-2012
GE today marked the 40th anniversary and recent expansion of its chemical production reaction plant in Herentals for its water and process technologies business. ...
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Magellan Midstream and Occidental Petroleum Corporation proceed with BridgeTex pipeline
19-11-2012
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced today that they are proceeding with the construction of the previously announced ...
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Bentley Systems and Siemens initiate strategic collaboration
19-11-2012
Bentley Systems and Siemens today announced a strategic collaboration to advance the integration of digital product design and manufacturing processes design ...
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REG well-positioned for future capacity growth with Georgia Biorefinery Purchase
19-11-2012
In its second acquisition in the past three weeks, Renewable Energy Group announced the purchase of a 15 million gallon-per-year biodiesel production plant ...
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AFPM responds to EPA rejection of a request for renewable fuel standards waiver
16-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded to today’sdecision by the Environmental Protection Agency ...
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AVEVA wins techMARK company of the year
16-11-2012
AVEVA announced today that it has once again won the coveted techMARK Company of the Year award, beating competition from the software, manufacturing and engineering ...
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Sulzer opens new pumps production plant in China
15-11-2012
In opening a wastewater pumps production plant, Sulzer is strengthening its position as one of the leading manufacturers in China. Sulzer invested approximately ...
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Completion of new para-xylene production unit
15-11-2012
Cosmo Oil Co Ltd and Hyundai Oilbank produce and market para-xylene through a joint venture company, Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical Co., Ltd. As part of the expansion ...
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Emerson digital valve controller saves Chinese chemical plant $40,000 in repairs and downtime
15-11-2012
After Emerson Process Management replaced existing valve positioners in the Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) with Fisher® FIELDVUE™ DVC6200f ...
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AFPM responds to President Obama’s remarks on carbon tax
15-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded to remarks made by President Barack Obama that indicated he ...
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AVEVA NET offers Suncor operational efficiency and cost savings with third-party integration
15-11-2012
AVEVA announced today that Suncor Energy has implemented AVEVA NET to support its data integrity management program for a new bitumen processing project in ...
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LSB Industries reports its chemical business suffered damage from pipe rupture
14-11-2012
LSB Industries, today announced that the facility of its subsidiary, Cherokee Nitrogen Company, suffered a pipe rupture causing damage to the heat exchanger ...
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Vopak and Sabic to invest in new storage terminal in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
14-11-2012
Vopak today announces that they have taken the decision to build together with Sabic a new storage terminal in King Fahd Industrial Port at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. ...
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LyondellBasell to restore LDPE capacity at Wesseling, Germany
14-11-2012
LyondellBasell today announced that the company will restore a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) line in Wesseling, Germany, that has been out of service since ...
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Aramco Asia regional headquarters opens in Beijing
14-11-2012
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the fully integrated, global petroleum and chemicals enterprise, announced the official opening of Aramco Asia in ...
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BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap
14-11-2012
Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Alexej Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of OAO Gazprom, today (November ...
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Parker acquires PGI International to broaden instrumentation technologies
13-11-2012
Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has acquired PGI International, headquartered in ...
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Methanex granted air permits for Louisiana project
13-11-2012
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has been granted the required air permits by the State of Louisiana and the EPA to construct and operate its one ...
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GE and Clean Energy Fuels partner to expand 'America’s natural gas highway'
13-11-2012
GE and Clean Energy Fuels today announced a collaboration to expand the infrastructure for natural gas transportation in the United States. The agreement supports ...
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GE opens skills development centre to train local talent for Australia’s oil and gas industry
13-11-2012
Addressing Australia’s need for skilled local workers to support a booming oil and gas industry, today celebrated the official opening of its Skills Development ...
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SABIC and Shell progress on plans for expansion at SADAF joint-venture
12-11-2012
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Shell announced today that they are progressing plans for the expansion of various projects at the Saudi Petrochemical ...
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Lukoil refinery in Volgograd manufactures only euro-5 diesel fuel
09-11-2012
All diesel fuel manufactured at the LUKOIL-owned Volgograd refinery is now Euro 5 compliant. The switchover to the new standard became possible due to the ...
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Shell to expand technology footprint in Asia
08-11-2012
Today, Shell laid the foundation stone for a brand new technology facility in Bengaluru, India, which marks the next step in the company’s expansion into ...
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AFPM appoints senior director of communications
08-11-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) today announced the hiring of Rebecca Adler as Senior Director of Communications. Adler will lead ...
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Galata Chemicals celebrates opening of technical center in India
07-11-2012
Galata Chemicals announced the grand opening of its newest Technical Center in Navi Mumbai, India. “Galata Chemicals is committed to investing in technology ...
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Honeywell UOP honors Johannes Lercher at invitational lecture in catalysis
07-11-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Professor Johannes Lercher was honored for his creativity and contributions to the field of chemistry at ...
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Fundamental limitations on CO2 capture processes
07-11-2012
Barriers to commercialization in the energy industry are numerous and substantial. Changes in these capital intensive industries happen by evolution, not revolution. ...
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QP and Shell discuss positive progress in joint Al-Karaana petrochemicals project
07-11-2012
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Qatar Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman & Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, received Ben Van ...
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TNK-BP warning of abusive market players acting on behalf of Ryazan Oil Refinery Company
06-11-2012
TNК-ВРissues a warning about potential risks caused by cooperation with abusive market players that act on behalf of CJSC RORC (part of the TNK-BP ...
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Oxea conducts feasibility study for further plant expansion projects in Bay City, Texas
05-11-2012
Following the very successful capacity increase of its syngas production facility in Bay City, Texas, USA, the chemical company Oxea is in the last stages of ...
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ExxonMobil supports hurricane sandy disaster relief and recovery
05-11-2012
ExxonMobil continues to work to support distribution of gasoline and fuel throughout the area affected by Hurricane Sandy and is donating $1 million to the ...
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AspenTech wins chemical processing magazine 2012 readers’ choice award
05-11-2012
Aspen Technology Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has won Chemical Processing Magazine’s 2012 Readers’ ...
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Equate restarts ethylene glycol unit
05-11-2012
Equate Petrochemical Company announced that it has restarted the 550,000 metric tons annually (MTA) Ethylene Glycol (EG) unit. An EQUATE officials said, “The ...
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Gazprom Neft completes refinery modernisation project at PanÄevo
02-11-2012
Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary NIS has completed a major modernisation project of its refining capacity in Serbia. The company has started operating a new ...
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Hyperion completes labatory infrastructure project for Hellenic Petroleum
01-11-2012
Hyperion Systems Engineering announces the successful completion of an important Laboratory Infrastructure project for the Hellenic Petroleum S.A Group. Specifically ...
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Indonesian government approves plan of further development for expansion of Tangguh LNG
01-11-2012
Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and oil and gas executive agency BPMIGAS have approved in principle the Plan of Further Development ...
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Summary of impact on Motiva terminals in NJ and NY
01-11-2012
Motiva’s terminals in New Jersey and New York have experienced flooding due to the storm surge as well as loss of power and wind impacts. The safety of ...
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Enterprise completes Sixth Fractionator at Mont Belvieu, Texas Complex
01-11-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that the partnership’s sixth natural gas liquids (“NGL”) fractionator at its Mont Belvieu, ...
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Manoir Industries and Yantai Taihai form a new strategic partnership
31-10-2012
Leading international industrial organizations, Manoir Industries, France and Yantai Taihai, China (‘’Taihai’’), today announced signing ...
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Sinopec plans to acquire an interest in SIBUR’s Krasnoyarsk based plant
31-10-2012
SIBUR, a Russian gas processing and petrochemicals company, and Sinopec International (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of China Petroleum ...
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Praxair named a top green company by newsweek for fourth consecutive year
31-10-2012
Praxair, Inc announced today that it has been named to the 2012 Newsweek Green Rankings for the fourth consecutive year. The Green Rankings assess the environmental ...
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Gunvor awarded Rosneft products tender
31-10-2012
Gunvor Group has signed a contract with JSC Rosneft, under which it will export oil products from the Samara group of refineries (Kuibyshev, Novokuibyshevsk ...
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Gunvor closes $625M syndication for Belgian refinery
31-10-2012
Drawing on a diversified pool of European and international banks, Gunvor Group has successfully closed an oversubscribed borrowing base credit facility to ...
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Phillips 66 contributes to hurricane Sandy disaster relief
30-10-2012
Phillips 66 will make an immediate contribution of $500,000 to the American Red Cross to assist local disaster relief operations following Hurricane Sandy. ...
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Honeywell green jet fuel powers gulfstream flights to NBAA
29-10-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ produced using Honeywell’s UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process powered demonstration ...
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TNK-BP announces appointment of new top managers in upstream and downstream
29-10-2012
TNK-BP announces that it has been joined by Johan van Scherpenzeel and Andrey Mukhachev who previously held managing positions in major international oil and ...
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Neste Oil adds NExBTL renewable naphtha suitable for producing bioplastics
29-10-2012
Neste Oil - the world's largest producer of renewable diesel - has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers. ...
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UOP honors Avelino Corma at Edith M. Flanigen Honeywell invitational lecture
26-10-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Professor Avelino Corma was honored for his creativity and contributions in the field of chemistry at the ...
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Crane Energy Flow Solutions presents its product solutions at Canada coking conference
24-10-2012
CRANE Energy Flow Solutions is pleased to announce its participation in the Canada Coking Conference & Exhibition scheduled for October 22-26, 2012, in ...
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Linde supports Bosch in developing cleaner automotive technologies
24-10-2012
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced the completion of a major gas supply system installation, along with supply of high purity specialty ...
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U.S. shale energy production could support 3.5 million jobs by 2035
23-10-2012
API President and CEO Jack Gerard said today that the latest report by IHS Global Insight shows development of America’s unconventional oil and natural ...
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Air Products dedicates world's largest hydrogen plant and pipeline system
23-10-2012
Stretching from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today held a dedication ceremony ...
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Praxair China signs contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou
22-10-2012
Praxair China has signed a long-term contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou Co., Ltd. to supply on-site industrial gases to their chemical park located in the Jiangsu ...
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Calysta Energy targets natural gas as advantaged feedstock for transportation fuels and chemicals
22-10-2012
Calysta Energy™, a new company, today announced it has been established to use natural gas, an advantaged feedstock, to develop new liquid transportation ...
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Two oil marketing firms eye stake in Nagarjuna refinery
19-10-2012
Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Ltd (NOCL) is likely to take on a new partner to implement the 12-million tonne refinery coming up in Tamil Nadu, near Cuddalore. ...
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SIBUR commissions an air separation plant by Air Products in Voronezh
19-10-2012
As part of the celebration ceremonies for the 80th anniversary of Voronezhsintezkauchuk, SIBUR launched a new air separation plant for nitrogen ...
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Praxair starts up air separation plant in Peru
18-10-2012
Praxair Peru, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has started up a new air separation unit (ASU) to expand Praxair’s supply of industrial gases to one of the ...
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BPCL plans one month shutdown at Mumbai refinery to improve yields
18-10-2012
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to shut half its 240,000 barrels per day (bpd) Mumbai refinery for about a month in March-April to improve yields, its ...
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Air Products and ACWA Holding announce the formation of ACWA Air Products Arabia
17-10-2012
Air Products and The Arabian Company for Power and Water Development (ACWA Holding) today announced they have signed a joint venture agreement for the formation ...
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Höegh LNG signs revised FSRU agreement with Perusahaan Gas Negara in Indonesia
17-10-2012
Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 25 January 2012, where Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd informed that the agreement with PGN for the Medan LNG ...
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Sulzer to move into the Wintower
17-10-2012
Sulzer is relocating its head office in Winterthur to the Wintower at Neuwiesenstrasse 15 in Winterthur. The move will involve the relocation of around 360 ...
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Intergraph breaks ground on new corporate headquarters
16-10-2012
Today, Intergraph®, leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software, commenced construction of its new headquarters in Madison, Ala. The ...
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Murphy Oil Corporation plans to separate US downstream business into independent company
16-10-2012
Murphy Oil Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to spin off to its stockholders its U.S. downstream subsidiary, Murphy Oil ...
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TNK-BP to invest $537M in modernization of Ryazan oil refinery
16-10-2012
TNK-BP announces that it will invest $537 mln in the modernization of facilities at its Ryazan Oil Refinery between 2012 and 2015 for a full transition to Euro-5 ...
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Grabner Instruments marks 25 years of leadership in petroleum testing
15-10-2012
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the first Grabner Instruments vapor pressure tester—the world’s first automatic vapor ...
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SIBUR begins Tomsk production overhaul
15-10-2012
SIBUR launches Tomskneftekhim capacities overhaul to increase production volumes, upgrade and expand basic polymers, and improve industrial safety. The ...
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Honeywell opens first research and training center in Saudi Arabia
15-10-2012
Honeywell announced today the grand opening of its Research & Training Center at the Dhahran Techno Valley business cluster in Saudi Arabia. The ceremony ...
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Petronas and Lanzatech to recycle CO2 into sustainable chemicals
15-10-2012
LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, and PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia today announced they will work ...
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Clariant expands production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts
15-10-2012
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced to expand the production capacity for Houdry® dehydrogenation catalysts. The expansion ...
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Jamnagar SEZ Refinery wins coveted British safety council’s globe of honors award
14-10-2012
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)’s SEZ Refinery at Jamnagar has won the prestigious ‘Globe of Honor Award’ for the excellence in Environmental ...
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Ecolab agrees to acquire Champion Technologies for $2.2B
12-10-2012
Ecolab Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies (hereafter collectively ...
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12-10-2012
In the first nine months of 2012, order intake increased to CHF 3 billion, driven by the major acquisition and organic growth. For the full year, order intake ...
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Ecolab agrees to acquire Champion Technologies for $2.2B
12-10-2012
Ecolab Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies (hereafter ...
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EPA awards $30M for clean diesel projects
10-10-2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $30 million for clean diesel projects as part of its ongoing campaign to reduce harmful diesel exhaust ...
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Intertek awarded laboratory services agreement with Chevron Oronite in China
10-10-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has signed an agreement with Chevron ...
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Ben van Beurden to become Shell downstream director
10-10-2012
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) today announced the appointment of Ben van Beurden as Downstream Director, effective January 1, 2013. In his new role, van Beurden ...
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United Refining Company affiliate to purchase Phillips 66's long island 5 petroleum terminal
09-10-2012
Phillips 66 and United Riverhead Terminal, Inc, an affiliate of United Refining Company of Warren, Pa., have entered into an agreement for URT to purchase Phillips ...
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Letter of award for provision of phase 1 site preparation work for the proposed RAPID project
09-10-2012
Further to the announcement dated 5 October 2012, Gadang Holdings Berhad wishes to announce that the total estimated provisional price for ...
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Solvay and SIBUR form a JV to produce surfactants and oilfield process chemicals
09-10-2012
Solvay and Russian petrochemical company SIBUR have signed an agreement to establish Ruspav, a 50/50 joint venture for the production of surfactants and oilfield ...
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AVEVA’s solutions enable project integration for JPNOR Engenharia
09-10-2012
AVEVA today announced that its Integrated Engineering & Design applications were fundamental for JPNOR Engenharia, a leading EPC based in Brazil, for the ...
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Haldor Topsøe participated in green Denmark — Green fairytale in Russia
08-10-2012
Haldor Topsøe participated in a business delegation led by the Danish Ambassador to Russia in connection with HRH the Crown Princess’ visit to ...
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Dow and Sadara announce marketing and sales agreement, focus on growth regions
08-10-2012
The Dow Chemical Company today announced that an agreement is in place through which the Company will market and sell the majority of products produced by Sadara ...
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Saratov Oil Refinery informs that the refinery has resumed normal operations
08-10-2012
Saratov Oil Refinery informs that the refinery has resumed normal operations. Production and shipments to customers are being performed on time and without ...
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AVEVA opens new office in India
08-10-2012
AVEVA today announced that it has opened a new office in Mumbai. The office, which is situated in Powai, will be AVEVA’s Indian hub for all sales and ...
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DuPont standardizes on Bentley OpenPlant
05-10-2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that ...
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Fluor and Brazil's Construcap hold open house to support new JV CFPS Engenharia e Projetos
05-10-2012
Fluor Corporation and Brazil’s Construcap announced today that the companies held an open house at its new joint venture office in Sẵo Paulo attended ...
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Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco announce successful completion of merger
05-10-2012
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the previously announced merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
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Saratov refinery incident update
05-10-2012
The Saratov Oil Refinery regrets to inform that one of the employees injured by the fire at the refinery on 4October, Alexander Krischenko (operator of Shop ...
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Design voltage was applied to the combined hydrocracking installation
05-10-2012
Design voltage was applied to step-down substation No.2 of the Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex, providing power supply for the TANECO second stage ...
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Lubrizol to expand global CPVC manufacturing capabilities
04-10-2012
The Lubrizol Corporation announces today it intends to build a resin and compounding manufacturing facility in Deer Park, TX. The additional capacity will serve ...
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Official statement on the incident at the Saratov refinery
04-10-2012
The management of Saratov Refinery reports that the fire at the refinery has been extinguished. The affected facilities are currently being cooled down. According ...
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EPCA provides numerous initiatives to ensure recruitment in the chemical industry
02-10-2012
The European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) is stepping up its involvement in educational initiatives for the natural sciences. EPCA is currently supporting ...
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AspenTech opens new R&D facility in Nashua, NH
02-10-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has opened a new R&D facility in Nashua, NH. New ...
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Westlake to convert Calvert City ethylene feedstock to ethane
02-10-2012
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today it is converting the feedstock for its Calvert City, Kentucky ethylene plant from propane to ethane along ...
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Official opening of the chemical-biotechnological process centre in Leuna
02-10-2012
After a construction period of almost two years, the new Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes (CBP) in Leuna was today officially opened ...
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Saudi Polymers Company manufacturing facility begins commercial production
01-10-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) congratulates Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical ...
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Honeywell to acquire majority stake in Thomas Russell
01-10-2012
Honeywell’s UOP has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a 70 percent stake in Thomas Russell Co., a privately-held, leading provider of technology ...
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AVEVA to present at AIChE 2012
01-10-2012
AVEVA today announced that it will present a paper in the upcoming American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) conference October 28 - November 2, 2012. ...
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Topsoe recruits new vice president for corporate communications & marketing
01-10-2012
On October 1, 2012 Markela Dedopoulos (47) takes up a newly established position as Vice President for Corporate Communications & Marketing in Haldor Topsoe. “Topsoe ...
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Vopak, Greenergy and Shell complete purchase of former Coryton refinery
01-10-2012
Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell UK Limited have completed on Friday 28 September the purchase of the assets of the former Coryton refinery with PwC, administrator ...
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CVR Energy announces filling of registration statement for IPO of CVR Refining LP
01-10-2012
CVR Energy, Inc today announced that CVR Refining, LP (“CVR Refining”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has filed a registration ...
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CVR Energy provides update on Wnnewood refinery
30-09-2012
CVR Energy, Inc confirmed today that it launched an immediate internal investigation into the cause of the boiler explosion that occurred at the refinery on ...
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28-09-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has acquired the PSVPlus software product from Softbits ...
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New contracts for Maire Technimont in oil, gas & petrochemical business
27-09-2012
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that several contracts have been awarded to some of its subsidiaries for a total amount of approximately €135 million ...
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Enbridge to provide additional facilities at Athabasca terminal for Suncor
27-09-2012
Enbridge Inc announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership (Suncor) to expand the existing infrastructure ...
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ExxonMobil to expand high-performance synthetic lubricants capacity in Louisiana
27-09-2012
ExxonMobil is investing more than $200 million to expand its Baton Rouge chemical and lubricants plants to increase capacity for synthetic lubricant base stocks ...
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SOCAR announces open tender for procurement of environmental consultancy services
27-09-2012
SOCAR has announced an open tender for selecting contractor who will prepare international bankable Environmental Social Impact Assessment and provide additional ...
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INEOS Europe announces a new agreement to source ethane from the USA
26-09-2012
INEOS Europe AG has today announced that it has completed supply and infrastructure agreements that will secure a significant volume of ethane feedstock from ...
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Honeywell’s UOP and Petronas to collaborate on natural gas processing technology
25-09-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will collaborate with Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), ...
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Non-standard equipment has been manufactured at the Bugulma mechanical plant
25-09-2012
Bugulma Mechanical Plant (BMZ), part of the OAO TATNEFT structure, has manufactured non-standard equipment: a gas separation unit (3S separation). This large-sized ...
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Technip will host an audio webcast on Refining on October 2nd at 4pm CET
25-09-2012
Marie-Christine Charrier, Vice President Refining Product Line and Andrea Gragnani, Director Refining Product Line at Technip will present how refining is a ...
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Lukoil fully resumes production at Stavrolen
25-09-2012
The production of ethylene and propylene has been fully resumed today at Stavrolen petrochemical complex (a LUKOIL subsidiary) in Budennovsk. Both these substances ...
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Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene capacity in Lake Charles, LA in Q1 2013
24-09-2012
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today that it will perform planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in ...
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Sinopec and Airbus to develop Chinese alternative aviation fuel
24-09-2012
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of China’s biggest energy companies and Airbus are developing and promoting renewable aviation ...
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PTT Group wins boston strategies 2012 oil and gas award for excellence in process optimization
24-09-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced that its customer PTT Group, Thailand’s Petroleum ...
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GE Measurement & Control unveils new customer application center in Houston
24-09-2012
GE today announced the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Customer Application Center (CAC) in Houston. At an invitation-only ribbon cutting ceremony, ...
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Mitsubishi Compressor Corporation, begins global marketing & service company in the U.S
24-09-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has established a new subsidiary ...
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Eni: a new future for the refinery of Venice
21-09-2012
Today, Eni met local and national institutions as well as trade unions to explain the Green Refinery process which will lead to the conversion of the Venice ...
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ExxonMobil to increase production and acreage in Bakken oil shale region
20-09-2012
ExxonMobil Corporation today announced an agreement that will significantly increase its production acreage in the prolific Bakken oil shale region in ...
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Argentina and Venezuela agree to create the South American federation of oil industry suppliers
19-09-2012
In the framework of the First Argentina-Venezuela Integration Meeting for Oil and Industrial Development, the chambers of oil, gas and energy industry suppliers ...
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AVEVA to present its innovative software solutions at KIOGE 2012
19-09-2012
AVEVA announced today that it is exhibiting at the Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (KIOGE) 2012, held between 2-5 October 2012 ...
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Eni: significant gas discovery in Pakistan
19-09-2012
Eni has made a significant gas discovery onshore Pakistan, in the Badhra Area B exploration concession, located in the Khirtar Fold Belt region, 350 kilometers ...
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Complete line of ceramic ferrule technology available
18-09-2012
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. announces the availability of a complete line of waste heat boiler tubesheet ferrule products to augment its patented, one-piece, ...
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ONEOK partners announces open season for Bakken crude express pipeline
18-09-2012
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced that it is holding an open season for its previously announced Bakken Crude Express Pipeline. The open season process provides ...
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Bentley’s acquisition of Ivara redefines asset performance management: integrating OPEX with CAPEX!
18-09-2012
Uniquely Enables Owner-Operators to Improve the Performance, Reliability, and Safety of Infrastructure Assets Through Information Mobility Between Engineering ...
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TNK-BP to invest $180M in renovation of water purification plant at Ryazan Oil Refinery by 2016
18-09-2012
TNK-BP announces that it will invest $180 mln in the renovation of the water purification facilities at the Ryazan Oil Refinery, which form part of Ryazan’s ...
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Air Liquide expands its growth in Brazil: Further investment of €70 million
18-09-2012
Brazil is South America’s leading economic power, with a sound economy and expanding presence in world markets, with high growth in energy, manufacturing ...
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M&A back on the agenda for European chemicals companies, according to KPMG
18-09-2012
In the face of escalating costs, stiffer competition, and a stuttering global economy, Europe’s chemical industry executives intend to use the significant ...
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Linde to be listed in the dow jones sustainability index
18-09-2012
On 24 September 2012, Linde AG will be added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI World) in acknowledgement of continued progress in its sustainability ...
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Rosneft & Saras hold co-operation talks
17-09-2012
President of Rosneft Igor Sechin and Chairman of the Board of Saras Spa Gian Marco Moratti and CEO of Saras Spa Massimo Moratti met in Rome to discuss possible ...
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Honeywell’s UOP brings engineering design seminar to Middle East
17-09-2012
UOP, Qatar Petroleum and other leading regional energy companies offer training to meet the growing need for refinery operators in the Middle East UOP LLC, ...
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ASM consortium visits BP site and focuses on procedures
17-09-2012
The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM®) Consortium met in Hull, UK for a quarterly meeting to discuss their latest research and administrative business. The ...
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Intergraph ranks No.1 overall engineering design solution provider for the 6th consecutive year
17-09-2012
ARC Advisory Group, the leading research and advisory firm for industry and infrastructure, ranks Intergraph® as the No. 1 overall engineering design solution ...
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Acting together to enhance Pomerania’s energy security
17-09-2012
Today was the day marking the official launch of south-eastern supply for the city of Gdańsk, and the interconnection system supplying the refinery of Grupa ...
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Lukoil plans to increase automotive gasoline throughput
14-09-2012
LUKOIL has introduced changes into the list of refinery modernization projects aimed at increasing automotive gasoline throughput. The changes were introduced ...
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EPA’s decision to increase 2013 biomass diesel volumes will cost consumers millions
14-09-2012
Statement by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision ...
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Topsoe signs investment agreement with TEDA
14-09-2012
Haldor Topsoe and TEDA this week signed an investment agreement including the purchase of 67.000 m2 land. The agreement is an extension of the memorandum of ...
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13-09-2012
In order to strengthen the Latin American integration process in different sectors, the First Argentina-Venezuela Integration Meeting for Oil and Industrial ...
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Emerson and Spectro Incorporated form exclusive alliance to expand oil analysis offerings
13-09-2012
Emerson Process Management and Spectro Incorporated announced an exclusive alliance to combine technical innovation and expertise to deliver expanded best-in-class ...
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Total signs a commercial agreement with Kogas for LNG
13-09-2012
Total announces that its gas trading affiliate Total Gas & Power Limited has signed an agreement with South Korean national company Kogas (Korea Gas ...
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Fluor celebrates 25 years in the Philippines
13-09-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it celebrated the company’s 25th anniversary of continuous operations in the Philippines. Fluor management and ...
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PolyOne expands innovation centers for increased customer collaboration and development
13-09-2012
PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has made several customer-focused upgrades and enhancements ...
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TPC Group approves strategic project for restart of dehydrogenation asset
13-09-2012
TPC Group Inc today announced the Board of Directors has approved its strategic project to produce on-purpose isobutylene. The project includes refurbishment ...
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Phillips 66 chooses site of new global headquarters
12-09-2012
Phillips 66 will build its new global headquarters at a 14-acre site in the Westchase District of Houston. The property, which will be acquired from an affiliate ...
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Announcing the first Asian nitrogen + syngas 2012 conference & exhibition
11-09-2012
This year CRU will hold the inaugural Asian Nitrogen + Syngas conference in Kuala Lumpur on 9-11 October. This event will be the latest addition to their international ...
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AVEVA celebrates its first 45 years of pioneering technology at Gastech 2012
11-09-2012
AVEVA nnounced today that it will be exhibiting at Gastech 2012, where it will celebrate its first 45 years of leadership in engineering design and information ...
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Praxair signs agreement with Honeywell resins & chemicals
10-09-2012
Praxair, Inc has signed a 15-year agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals for the purchase of carbon dioxide, a by-product of Honeywell's caprolactam ...
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Praxair signs agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals
10-09-2012
Praxair, Inc has signed a 15-year agreement with Honeywell Resins & Chemicals for the purchase of carbon dioxide, a by-product of Honeywell's caprolactam ...
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Assam refinery to explore potential markets in neighbouring countries
10-09-2012
Given its proximity to countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar, Assam's Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is now planning to explore potential markets ...
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BPCL starts preliminary work for Bina expansion
10-09-2012
Bharat Petroleum has started the preliminary work for expansion of its youngest refinery, the 6 million tonne per annum (mtpa) crude oil processing unit at ...
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Sunoco and The Carlyle Group complete formation of Philadelphia refinery joint venture
10-09-2012
Sunoco, Inc. and The Carlyle Group, L.P. have completed the formation of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a joint venture that will operate the Philadelphia Refinery. ...
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AVEVA extends global reach of engineering information management solutions
10-09-2012
AVEVA and Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, have signed a partnership agreement to jointly deliver engineering information management solutions ...
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SGS tank inspection in Liberia complete
10-09-2012
In April of 2012, the Second Harbor Engineering Company contracted SGS experience and expertise in tank inspection for the out-of-service inspection of two ...
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Intertek expands NDT capabilities with acquisition of NDT Services Limited
10-09-2012
Intertek Group plc, the leading international provider of quality services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired NDT Services Limited ...
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Enterprise begins operation of second train at Yoakum natural gas processing facility
10-09-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start-up of the second 300 million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) train at the partnership’s ...
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Clariant oil & mining services breaks ground on global headquarters in The Woodlands
07-09-2012
Clariant today broke ground on a new global headquarters for its Oil & Mining Services business unit in The Woodlands, Texas, expanding the company’s ...
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GDS International pushes the boundaries for its latest next generation downstream summit
07-09-2012
On the 5th to the 7th of November 2012, The Turnberry Resort in Scotland will witness GDS International's hotly anticipated second Next generation Downstream ...
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Chemtura Organometallics starts up world scale AXION® MAO production
06-09-2012
Chemtura Organometallics GmbH, a subsidiary of U.S. based Chemtura Corporation, announces the startup of its world-scale expansion project for AXION® ...
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Calumet specialty products announces plan to expand its specialty products facility
06-09-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it plans to expand its Karns City, PA specialty products facility to include a nominal 1,000 ...
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LEWA and Burckhardt Compression join forces
06-09-2012
It seems that fossil fuels will continue to be the primary source of energy in the decades to come. However, solutions for the accompanying problems – ...
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RVP waiver will help assure fuel supplies in hurricane states
05-09-2012
API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco said that EPA’s decision waiving summer Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements could help with fuel supplies in ...
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05-09-2012
Linde AG has today successfully placed EUR 1 bn of senior notes with an 8-year maturity. The bond, with a coupon of 1.75 % issued under the EUR 10 bn EMTN programme, ...
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AVEVA showcases owner operator and EPC solutions at Petrotech 2012
05-09-2012
AVEVA today announced that it will be participating at Petrotech 2012 in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India from 14-17 October 2012 on stand Stall A-13A, Hall ...
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HE Dr. Al-Sada honours winners of safety excellence and innovation awards 2011
04-09-2012
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum (QP), awarded a total ...
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Philippe Bello has been appointed as the new President of Manoir Petrochem & Nuclear
04-09-2012
Philippe, 52 years old, a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and an Ecole des Mines (Paris) engineer, with also a DEA diploma in Materials, was successively an ...
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Valero Energy to convert Aruba refinery to terminalling operation
03-09-2012
Valero Refining Company-Aruba N.V, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, today notified employees of the Valero Aruba Refinery that Valero has decided ...
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Honeywell to launch more than 20 new turbo applications in China
02-09-2012
Honeywell Turbo Technologies, the leading global developer of automotive turbochargers, will this year unveil more than 100 new turbo engine applications globally ...
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ARL achieves ISO 50001 compliance
02-09-2012
Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) has made yet another achievement by implementing Energy Management System ISO 50001:2011. This represents another “First” ...
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Cheniere files FERC and DOE applications for proposed Corpus Christi liquefaction project
31-08-2012
Cheniere Energy, Inc announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory ...
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Shaw completes sale of Energy & Chemicals business to Technip
31-08-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today completed its previously announced divestiture of substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip, effective Aug. ...
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TNK-BP presents tender documentation for construction of Yamal Oil pipeline to contractors
31-08-2012
CJSC Rospan International (a member of TNK-BP Group of Companies) has issued tender documentation for the construction of the “Yamal” oil pipeline ...
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Sinopec holds international seminar on catalyst technologies
30-08-2012
Sinopec International Seminar on Catalyst Technologies was Held in Beijing on August 29. This is the fourth international seminar on catalyst technologies since ...
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Enterprise offering additional capacity on ATEX express ethane pipeline
30-08-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start of a binding open commitment period to determine additional shipper demand for capacity on the partnership’s ...
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Intertek showcases global expertise at the 7th annual LNG world
30-08-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality testing, inspection and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, presents expanded technical ...
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Flowserve celebrates grand opening of new pump manufacturing facility in Brazil
30-08-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the grand opening of ...
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The Carlyle Group to buy DuPont performance coatings business for $4.9B
30-08-2012
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont ...
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Petrobras downstream sector focuses on modernizing and expanding the refining park
29-08-2012
By 2016, Petrobras will invest US$71.6 billion in the Downstream sector, focusing on modernizing and expanding its refining park. The sector has a total of ...
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Neste Oil completes the first phase of its microbial oil pilot plant
29-08-2012
Neste Oil has completed the first phase of its project to build a pilot plant for producing microbial oil. Construction of the plant is on-schedule and on-budget. ...
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Fire has been totally extinguished at Amuay refinery
28-08-2012
Rafael Ramírez, the People’s Minister of Petroleum and Mining and President of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), said that at 7:15 am on Tuesday ...
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China National Petroleum Corporation certifies Intertek as quality inspection partner
28-08-2012
Intertek Moody, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, has been certified as a quality inspection ...
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Restructuring of refinery supply
28-08-2012
Please be announced that Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd has decided that we will close Sakaide Refinery to restructure refinery supply as follows: Summary: To close ...
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Equate ethylene glycol unit to be back online mid-November
28-08-2012
Equate Petrochemical Company said that its Ethylene Glycol (EG) Unit is estimated to be back online mid-November 2012. An Equate official added, “This ...
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AVEVA world north America user conference opens registration
28-08-2012
AVEVA today announced registration has opened for its 2012 AVEVA World North America User Conference being held on November 12 –14, 2012 at the Astor ...
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Planned maintenance at Jamnagar refinery complex
27-08-2012
Reliance Industries Limited has scheduled a planned Maintenance turnaround of one of the Diesel Hydrotreater units of the DTA Refinery at our Jamnagar complex ...
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Gunvor starts Ingolstadt refinery
27-08-2012
Gunvor Group Ltd has commenced operations at the former Petroplus refinery in Ingolstadt, Germany, having completed the acquisition of the refinery assets and ...
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Praxair releases 2012 sustainable development report
27-08-2012
Praxair, Inc one of the largest industrial gases companies worldwide, has released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report. The report received the highest ...
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Downstream Asia in Singapore to look at optimization of refinery operations
27-08-2012
The optimization of refinery and petrochemical operations, from the assets, to the staff, to the energy management of projects, is just some of the industry ...
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Alfa Laval acquires American tank cleaning equipment company
27-08-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired Gamajet Cleaning Systems, Inc., a leading ...
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Triplan AG welcomed visitors from DPR of China
27-08-2012
In June 2012 a delegation from China based Company Xiangyang Hangsheng Petrochemical Evironmental Protection Equipment Co. Ltd, paid a visit to Triplan's Karlsruhe ...
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Bechtel recognized as one of the world's top contractors
24-08-2012
Bechtel has once again been named one of the world’s top contractors by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction ...
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Sempra adds new underground natural gas storage capacity in gulf coast
23-08-2012
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, LLC, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, today announced that it has received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...
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Flint Hills Resources studying opportunities to refine more Texas crude
23-08-2012
Flint Hills Resources is considering spending more than $250 million to enable its West Refinery to process more Eagle Ford crude oil while extending its ability ...
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Olin Corporation completes acquisition of K. A. Steel Chemicals Inc
22-08-2012
Olin Corporation announced today that it had completed the previously announced acquisition of privately held K. A. Steel Chemicals Inc. (KA Steel), on a cash ...
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Bechtel marks major milestone for LNG projects in Australia
22-08-2012
Bechtel announced the first modules for the Curtis Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects have arrived in Gladstone, Australia. The prefabricated steel ...
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Honeywell UOP technologist receives american institute of chemical engineers' Gerhold award
22-08-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Dr. Santi Kulprathipanja has been selected to receive the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ ...
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Chemtex selected for a USDA 9003 Biorefinery assistance program loan guarantee
22-08-2012
Chemtex International Inc., a leader in chemical engineering and renewable processes, is pleased to announce that it has received a Letter of Conditional ...
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Quadrise Fuels International sign memorandum of agreement with saudi arabian partner
22-08-2012
Quadrise, the emerging supplier of MSAR®, a low cost alternative to heavy fuel oil in the shipping, refining, and power generation markets, is pleased to ...
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Emerson expands quick ship service to include global delivery of Micro Motion products
22-08-2012
Emerson Process Management has expanded the scope of its recently introduced Quick Ship service to include delivery of Micro Motion® Coriolis mass flow ...
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Battle of Santa Inés refinery to open by the end of November 2013
21-08-2012
Asdrúbal Chávez, Vice President of Refining, Marketing and Supply of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), monitored the progress of the ...
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Topsoe catalysis forum dedicated to the Haldor Topsøe centennial
21-08-2012
Every year since 2004 Topsoe has invited highly recognized scientists from both academia and industry to Denmark to participate in Topsoe Catalysis Forum which ...
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AVEVA releases pipe stress interface for ROHR2
21-08-2012
AVEVA today announced the release of AVEVA Pipe Stress Interface – R2 for Sigma’s ROHR2 in response to customer demand. This new interface will ...
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Nalco completes 20,000th installation of innovative 3D TRASAR® technology
20-08-2012
Nalco, an Ecolab company, has completed installation of its 20,000th 3D TRASAR® technology system for cooling water, boiler water and membrane operations, ...
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Syntroleum announces dynamic fuels receipt of renewable gasoline registration from EPA
17-08-2012
Syntroleum Corporation a renewable and synthetic fuels technology company, today announced that Dynamic Fuels, LLC has been granted Part 79 registration for ...
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BASF, Cargill and Novozymes target commercial bio-based acrylic acid process
17-08-2012
Presently, acrylic acid is produced by the oxidation of propylene derived from the refining of crude oil. BASF – The Chemical Company, Cargill and industrial ...
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Topsoe sponsors India today Copenhagen tomorrow competition
17-08-2012
Initiated by the ambition to introduce Denmark and the Danes to modern India and to allow Indians to become better informed about Denmark, an initiative has ...
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Court decision on E15 puts consumers at risk
17-08-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's split decision to dismiss ...
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Neste Oil and Stora Enso end their biodiesel project and continue on other bio products
17-08-2012
Neste Oil and Stora Enso have decided not to progress with their plans to build a biodiesel plant, for which the two companies had applied for funding under ...
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Linde to break ground for new air separation plant in southern Arkansas
16-08-2012
Linde North America will break ground on August 22 for construction of a new air separation plant in Lewisville, Arkansas. The 470 ton-per-day plant will ...
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Materia and Sigma Aldrich extend catalyst distribution agreement
16-08-2012
Materia announced today a ten year extension of its exclusive catalyst distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, that allows Aldrich Chemical Co. ...
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Invista to expand production of terate polyols
16-08-2012
INVISTA Specialty Materials is investing several million dollars at its two Terate® aromatic polyester polyols manufacturing sites located in Wilmington, ...
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15-08-2012
Mexichem, S.A.B. DE C.V. informs that, in order take advantage of the competitive shale gas market in North America, on July 30, 2012, it signed a Memorandum ...
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Evonik lays foundation stone for new chemical plant in Marl
15-08-2012
Evonik Industries laid the foundation stone for a new, large plant to produce functionalized polybutadienes in Marl, Germany. The plant, with an annual capacity ...
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Calumet Specialty Products announces agreement to acquire Montana Refining Company
14-08-2012
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Montana Refining Company, Inc for aggregate consideration ...
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Invista and LanzaTech sign joint development agreement for bio-based butadiene
13-08-2012
World-leading nylon producer INVISTA and biotechnology firm LanzaTech signed a joint development agreement focused on bio-based butadiene. According to the ...
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Tesoro to purchase BP's fully integrated southern California refining and marketing business
13-08-2012
Tesoro Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has approved agreements for the Company to purchase BP's integrated Southern California refining ...
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Leading the way in coal to substitute natural gas
10-08-2012
Johnson Matthey is continuing to lead the way in the conversion of coal to substitute natural gas (SNG) in China, as it announces its sixth contract for an ...
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Eagle Rock announces agreement to acquire BP's Texas panhandle midstream system
10-08-2012
Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BP America Production Company's ("BP") Sunray ...
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Huntsman commences design and feasibility studies to expand its US MDI manufacturing plant
09-08-2012
Huntsman Corporation today announced that it has commissioned engineering design studies to increase its global capacity for the manufacture of methylene diphenyl ...
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Cheniere issues notice to proceed for construction of first two liquefaction trains
09-08-2012
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it has completed all milestones and has issued a full notice to proceed to Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, ...
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Lifting a unique fractionator was carried out at the hydrocracking installation construction site
08-08-2012
Lifting of a unique fractionator, which is a major unit of the combined hydrocracking installation, was carried out at the construction site of the oil refineries ...
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Praxair breaks ground on new air separation plant
08-08-2012
To support the current and projected industrial growth in the U.S. Southeast region, Praxair, Inc broke ground on its new air separation unit in Memphis, Tennessee. ...
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Shell Global Solutions and KBR announce hydroprocessing technology alliance agreement
08-08-2012
KBR and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will market, sell and provide technology and ...
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SIBUR opens subsidiary in India
07-08-2012
SIBUR Petrochemical India extends SIBUR’s geographic reach into India and South Asia. The subsidiary company will initially conduct detailed research ...
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TNK-BP will conduct the annual supplier and contractor forum on September 12
07-08-2012
TNK-BP announces that it will conduct the annual Supplier and Contractor Forumon September 12 to discuss company contracting policy and current issues pertaining ...
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Praxair and nexAir Announce joint venture
07-08-2012
Praxair Inc, one of the largest industrial gases companies worldwide, and Memphis-based nexAir LLC, one of the largest distributors of atmospheric gases and ...
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The future of plant design’ to preview at AVEVA world summit 2012
07-08-2012
AVEVA announced today that it is offering delegates of its AVEVA World Summit 2012 a preview and live demonstration of its new 3D design software product ...
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Intergraph and Siemens Energy extend their global alliance agreement
07-08-2012
Intergraph announces the extension of the existing Global Alliance Agreement with the Energy Sector of Siemens AG for further multiple years. The agreement ...
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Keyuan Petrochemicals second SBS production line has entered into commercial production
07-08-2012
Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc, an independent manufacturer and supplier of various petrochemical products in China, today announced that it has completed the trial ...
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Hydrodec Group & D.E.L.CO joint marketing agreement
06-08-2012
Hydrodec Group plc, the cleantech industrial oil re-refining group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint marketing agreement with D.E.L.CO ...
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PMFG Inc to build new manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas
03-08-2012
PMFG Inc conducted a ceremonial groundbreaking at the construction site of its new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas. CBRE represented ...
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Bolttech Mannings acquires Bone Frontier Inc
03-08-2012
Bolttech Mannings, Inc, an affiliate company of Grey Mountain Partners ("Grey Mountain"), has acquired Bone Frontier, Inc. (“Bone Frontier” ...
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Hohhot Petrochemical's 5 Mt/a expansion/upgrading project ready for trial operation
03-08-2012
On July 30, CNPC Hohhot Petrochemical Company’s 5 Mt/a expansion and upgrading project, which consists of 11 production units, supporting facilities, ...
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CF Industries Holdings to acquire the interests in Canadian Fertilizers Limited
03-08-2012
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore International plc to acquire the interests in Canadian ...
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Dow begins production of ENLIGHT™ polyolefin encapsulant films in Map Ta Phut, Thailand
01-08-2012
The Dow Chemical Company said today that it has begun production in Thailand for ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films for use in photovoltaic ...
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Valero 3Q & 4Q turnaround schedule
31-07-2012
Valero has updated its maintenance turnaround schedule. This list includes only major projects that will have a material impact on production, and it ...
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McCrometer's V-Cone flow meter obtains G​OST-R certification
31-07-2012
McCrometer is pleased to announce that the advanced differential pressure V-Cone® Flow Meter, offering a proven track record for precision flow measurement ...
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Amyris enhances strategic partnership with Total for renewable diesel and jet fuels
31-07-2012
Amyris signed an amendment to its existing technology collaboration agreement with Total. Under the enhanced collaboration, Total reaffirms its commitment to ...
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Honeywell's advanced solutions to optimize material movement and blending operations
31-07-2012
Major oil and gas industry firms around the world are using Honeywell’s recently launched BMA R400.1 solution to improve safety, reliability and operational ...
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Singapore Refining goes live with Meridium asset performance management system
31-07-2012
Meridium Inc, the global leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, has been selected by Singapore Refining Company Private ...
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ANTARES plus - remote I/O for hazardous areas
30-07-2012
The remote I/O system ANTARES plus made by BARTEC can be connected to any conventional control system by means of different bus systems (PROFIBUS-DP, ProfiNet, ...
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Honeywell to upgrade control and safety systems at Staatsolie refinery in Suriname
30-07-2012
Honeywell today announced it has been selected by Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., the state-owned hydrocarbon and sustainable energy company, to upgrade ...
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First half of 2012: Linde increases revenue and earnings
27-07-2012
In the first six months of 2012, positive business trends have continued at the technology company, The Linde Group. Group revenue and Group operating profit ...
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Air Products expands LNG heat exchanger manufacturing in Florida
26-07-2012
In order to stay ahead of the increasing demand for Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) world leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, the ...
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Clariant to acquire remaining share of Ukrainian catalyst joint venture
26-07-2012
The Swiss specialty chemicals group Clariant has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 40 percent share of a joint venture between the Holding company ...
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Emerson introduces remote fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system
26-07-2012
Emerson Process Management, in collaboration with Ascenz Pte Ltd, introduces a remote fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system to help shipping companies ...
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Greenergy purchases terminal assets at Teesside
26-07-2012
Greenergy, the UK's leading supplier of petrol and diesel, today announced that it has purchased assets at the former Petroplus facility in Teesside from the ...
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25-07-2012
The safety of explosion-proof electric equipment primarily depends on the proper implementation and supervision of technical measures for ignition protection. ...
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The Vitol group confirms safe restart of refinery operations in Cressier
25-07-2012
The Vitol Group confirmed today that Varo Energy Holding S.A., a joint venture between the Vitol Group and AtlasInvest, safely accomplished the final phase ...
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Methanex proceeds with Louisiana project
25-07-2012
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has reached a final investment decision to proceed with the relocation of a one million tonne methanol plant from ...
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Statement by AFPM on TSCA markup
25-07-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement on today's markup of the "Safe Chemicals ...
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ZBB Energy and Honam Petrochemical complete flow battery joint development milestone
25-07-2012
ZBB Energy Corporation a leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced today that the final milestone in the Joint Development ...
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The future of plant design’ to preview at Aveva world summit 2012
25-07-2012
AVEVA announced today that it is offering delegates of its AVEVA World Summit 2012 a preview and live demonstration of its new 3D design software product ...
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Essar Energy agrees new oil and product inventory arrangements for Stanlow refinery
25-07-2012
Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, today announced that its subsidiary Essar Oil UK has entered into new arrangements with Barclays ...
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SIBUR signs strategic partnership agreements with TNK-BP
25-07-2012
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIBUR Holding Leonid Mikhelson, Executive Director of TNK-BP German Khan and Chairman of the Management of SIBUR Holding ...
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Evonik and BioAmber partner on catalysts for sustainable chemicals made from bio-based succinic acid
24-07-2012
Evonik Industries’ Catalysts Business Line has recently agreed with US based BioAmber Inc. on a long term cooperation for the development and manufacturing ...
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Versalis to partner with Genomatica and Novamont for bio-based butadiene
24-07-2012
Versalis, Eni's chemicals subsidiary leader in the production of elastomers, together with Genomatica (a leading developer of process technology for renewable ...
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Fluor teams with Brazil's Construcap for new joint venture
23-07-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that it has formed a new joint venture with Sẵo Paulo-based Construcap, called CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A., to pursue ...
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Axens, IFPEN and Dynamotive to develop process upgrading Bio-Oil to transportation fuels
23-07-2012
Axens, an international provider of advanced technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services to the refining, petrochemical, gas and alternative fuels industries, ...
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AVEVA presents the design efficiency factors influencing the future of plant design software
23-07-2012
AVEVA, today announced the release of a new business paper for the process and power industries highlighting the need to maximise the efficiency of plant design. ...
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Clariant launches biofuel of the future
20-07-2012
Clariant, the Swiss specialty chemicals company, today inaugurated Germany’s biggest pilot plant for the production of climate-friendly cellulose ethanol ...
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Linde partners with EQT Corporation for LNG solutions in the oil and gas industry
20-07-2012
Linde North America’s solution for using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel engines and power generators is being tested in West Virginia by EQT Corporation, ...
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20-07-2012
GE announced today that it will reorganize its Energy business into three standalone businesses effective in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Energy headquarters ...
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Spectroblue ICP-OES Spectrometer brings home an innovation award from Achema 2012
20-07-2012
At the ACHEMA Trade Show, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments received the Innovation Award for its breakthrough SPECTROBLUE ICP-OES spectrometer. SPECTRO was ...
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Williams explores building first propane dehydrogenation facility in Canada
19-07-2012
Williams announced today that it is exploring building a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in Alberta, Canada. A new PDH facility, which would ...
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Celanese joint statement to advance the development of fuel ethanol projects with Pertamina
19-07-2012
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced that it has entered into a Joint Statement of Cooperation to advance ...
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Petronas secures another potential partner for Rapid
19-07-2012
PETRONAS has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Italy-based Versalis SpA to jointly own, develop, construct and operate elastomer plants within PETRONAS’ ...
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The popular gases & applications handbook becomes an interactive e-Book
18-07-2012
To meet the increasing requests from customers, the popular Gases & Applications Handbook has been created as an interactive e-Book. The book provides physical ...
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MSR (measurement & control technology) exhibition in southern Germany
18-07-2012
Linde Germany welcomes all laboratory professionals on 19 September to the (Mess, Steuer & Regelungstechnik) exhibition in Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen. ...
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Specialty gases day with Linde Czech Republic
18-07-2012
On 18 September the Linde Czech Republic HiQ Expert Team will invite laboratory professionals for an open-day in Prague. As the leading specialty gases ...
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Neste Oil's diesel line 4 at Porvoo back on-stream after maintenance
18-07-2012
Maintenance work on diesel production line 4 at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery has been completed and the line has been brought back on-stream ahead of schedule. ...
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Gazprom and CNPC discuss prospects for Russian gas supplies to China
17-07-2012
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Wang Dongjin, Vice President of the China National Petroleum Corporation ...
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Praxair debuts innovative high purity oxygen generator
17-07-2012
Praxair Distribution, Inc. a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc announces the debut of its new Ultra-High Purity (UHP) Oxygen Generator. The uniquely designed system ...
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AVEVA opens new office in Helsinki, Finland
17-07-2012
AVEVA announced today it has opened a new office in Helsinki, Finland to support its growing presence in the country and to maximise business opportunities ...
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Laing O'Rourke to deliver major APLNG gas facilities
16-07-2012
Australia Pacific LNG has awarded Laing O’Rourke a major multi-million dollar contract to build gas processing plants and associated infrastructure as ...
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Codexis advances fuels discussions with Shell
16-07-2012
Codexis, Inc, a developer of cost-advantaged processes for the production of biofuels, bio-based chemicals and pharmaceuticals, today announced that the company ...
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Unique solutions for plant safety: BARTEC at the ACHEMA 2012
15-07-2012
ACHEMA 2012 recently closed its doors having welcomed over 167,000 visitors from all around the world to an extremely successful event. In an optimistic ambiance ...
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Argus acquires DeWitt, expands into petrochemical reporting
15-07-2012
Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus Media Inc today announced the acquisition of DeWitt & Company Inc (DeWitt), a provider of market ...
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GE’s Waukesha gas engines to power Cambodia Rice Husk biomass-energy project
13-07-2012
GE today announced the SOMA Group, a leading Cambodian industrial conglomerate, has selected GE’s Waukesha gas engine technology to power a new ...
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Solvay Chemicals commissions landmark mine methane recovery facility
13-07-2012
The Methane Recovery System (MaRS) captures methane liberated during the mining process that would otherwise be vented directly into the atmosphere and instead ...
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Topsoe represented in governmental energy and climate growth team
13-07-2012
The Danish Government wishes to strengthen the conditions for green growth in Denmark. Therefore it has established an energy and climate growth team with the ...
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Bharat Petroleum to form JV with LG Chem
13-07-2012
Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. on Thursday said it has signed a joint venture pact with South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. to set up a petrochemical plant near the ...
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Kvaerner sells EPC center Houston
12-07-2012
Kvaerner announces today the signing of an agreement to sell its on-going downstream focussed operations and related assets of the entity known as EPC Center ...
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BASF named world’s most transparent chemical company
11-07-2012
BASF has been named the world’s most transparent chemical company, in a new global ranking by non-governmental organization Transparency International. ...
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Air Products celebrates manufacturing of 100th LNG heat exchanger
11-07-2012
Adorned with a banner appropriately marking the milestone occasion, Air Products’ employees at its Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility said ...
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Statement by AFPM on house alternative fuels hearing
10-07-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) submitted a letter in response to today's hearing by the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on ...
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Intertek expands rhine river petroleum and fuel testing services with a new facility in Birsfelden
10-07-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions for a wide range of industries worldwide, has expanded petroleum and fuel laboratory and inspection ...
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Williams Partners, Caiman Energy II to develop Utica shale infrastructure
10-07-2012
Williams Partners L.P. today announced it will be a funding partner in a joint venture with Caiman Energy II to develop midstream infrastructure ...
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Idemitsu concludes basic agreement to establish a JV with Formosa Petrochemical
09-07-2012
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd and Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (hereinafter "FPCC") have concluded a basic agreement on the establishment of a joint-venture ...
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AFPM says Obama administration biorefinery decision will cost millions
09-07-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responded today to reports that the Pentagon is moving forward with a ...
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Linde Germany HiQ expert team trains specialty gases customers in Leuna
06-07-2012
On 24 & 25 April HiQ Expert Teamfrom Linde Germany conducted the second LIPROTECT® customer training seminar, entitled “Qualified people - specialty ...
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06-07-2012
In 2011, Ortloff Engineers, Ltd. introduced a new process design and equipment concept for reducing the cost and plot space required for the typical cryogenic ...
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BASF plans to expand vinylformamide capacity in Ludwigshafen
05-07-2012
BASF is planning to expand the manufacturing plant for vinylformamide (VFA) in Ludwigshafen. In addition, BASF intends to increase the polymerization capacity ...
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Methanex completes the restart of a second plant in New Zealand
05-07-2012
Methanex Corporation announced today that it has restarted its second methanol plant at its Motunui site in New Zealand and production commenced this week. ...
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Intergraph expands local presence in Malaysia
04-07-2012
Intergraph® has formally opened the newly-expanded Intergraph office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expansion ensures that Intergraph is fully equipped ...
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BASF to strengthen polyurethanes business in North America with acquisition of ITWC
03-07-2012
BASF and ITWC, Inc. today announced BASF’s acquisition of ITWC, Inc., based in Malcom, Iowa. ITWC specializes in cast elastomer polyurethane systems and ...
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TNK-BP fully converts Saratov refinery and YANOS to production of Euro-5 motor fuels
02-07-2012
TNK-BP announces that as of July 01, 2012 the Saratov Oil Refinery (SNPZ - a subsidiary of TNK-BP) and Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (YANOS forms part of Slavneft, ...
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Greater China becomes separate operating region for Intergraph process, power & marine
02-07-2012
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine has created a new world industry region: Greater China. It will be the division’s fourth region because of ...
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SGS to supply technical assistance for start-up of compression units
02-07-2012
In April, 2012, SGS was awarded a technical assistance contract for the start-up of three gas compression stations in Brazil. SGS to Assist at Three Sites in ...
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GE introduces major energy efficiency breakthrough for desalination plants
02-07-2012
GE today introduced its new Integrated Pump and Energy Recovery (IPER) system, a major engineering breakthrough that overcomes a significant technical obstacle ...
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Expected stop of crude oil processing in refinery Paramo
02-07-2012
UNIPETROL, a.s. hereby announces that it does not plan to resume the atmospheric and vacuum distillation processing of crude oil and the hydrotreater desulphurization ...
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Praxair acquires Canadian Cylinder & Gases Inc
29-06-2012
Praxair Canada Inc, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc, has acquired Canadian Cylinder & Gases Inc. (CCG), an independent distributor of industrial and specialty ...
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Solazyme announces commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery
29-06-2012
Solazyme, Inc a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today the successful commissioning of its first fully integrated biorefinery (IBR) in Peoria, ...
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Varo Energy Holding completes purchase of the assets of Petroplus Refining Cressier
29-06-2012
The Vitol Group confirmed today that Varo Energy Holding S.A., a joint venture between the Vitol Group and AtlasInvest, has completed the purchase of the assets ...
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Dow and Aksa announce formation of JV for carbon fiber and derivatives
29-06-2012
The Dow Chemical Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dow Europe Holding BV, and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Åž, a world-leading acrylic fiber ...
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NIB funds Topsoe's catalysis research for efficient biofuels production
29-06-2012
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has made a commitment of DKK 250 million to support Topsoe’s research and development of catalysts and catalytic technologies, ...
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Knovel whitepaper identifies opportunities for refurbished petroleum refineries
28-06-2012
Knovel, the leading provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, introduced today a whitepaper explaining ...
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Talisman Energy exits GTL project
28-06-2012
After participating in Sasol Canada's feasibility study for a GTL (gas-to-liquids) facility, Talisman Energy has decided not to proceed with the next phase ...
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Honeywell UOP’s Rende awarded society of chemical industry Gordon E. Moore medal
28-06-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Dr. Dean Rende has been selected to receive the 2012 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal ...
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Kobe Steel to set up compressor companies in Europe and the Middle East
28-06-2012
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it will establish two 100% owned companies in July, one in Europe and the other in the Middle East, to expand the global marketing ...
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GE and memsys team up to pursue water treatment for unconventional resources
27-06-2012
GE and water technology developer memsys clearwater Pte. Ltd entered into an agreement to jointly develop membrane distillation (MD) technology for the ...
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Petrom has completed upgrading the crude oil distillation unit Petrobrazi
27-06-2012
Petrom, the largest oil and gas in South East Europe, has energized the oil distillation unit upgraded from Petrobrazi in the scheduled shutdown of six weeks. ...
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Caprolactam JV between Sinopec and DSM progresses smoothly
26-06-2012
The 200,000 tons/year caprolactam joint venture between Sinopec and DSM will be a world-leading project in terms of energy saving and emission reduction. The ...
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Dow grows north east technology presence with R&D facility in suburban Philadelphia
26-06-2012
The Dow Chemical Company announced today, an agreement that will position the nation’s largest specialty chemical and advanced materials company ...
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TNK-BP planning to complete the corrosion prevention program at the Ryazan oil refinery
26-06-2012
TNK-BP is planning to complete implementation of a large-scale corrosion prevention program at CJSC Ryazan Oil Refinery Company (CJSC RORC, incorporated in ...
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Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell to develop new import terminal for oil products at Coryton
26-06-2012
Royal Vopak, Greenergy, and Shell UK Limited have reached agreement today with the joint administrators of Petroplus Refining & Marketing Limited, to purchase ...
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MSR (measurement & control technology) exhibition in central Germany
25-06-2012
For all laboratory professionals who are interested in metrology, process control technology and work place monitoring applications, you are welcome to meet ...
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TNK-BP prepares capital repairs at Saratov Oil Refinery in 2013
25-06-2012
TNK-BP has conducted a Regional Counsel meeting on cooperation with contractors and suppliers in Saratov on the preparations for and conduct of capital repair ...
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JV company established to build new Duqm refinery and petrochemical complex
25-06-2012
Oman Oil Company (OOC) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, announced the formation of a joint venture ...
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SABIC signs agreement with German research organization to develop advanced technologies
23-06-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, a leading German organization for applied research, signed a multiyear agreement ...
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Dow water & process solutions headquarters named top workplace
22-06-2012
For the second consecutive year, the Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS) Edina, Minnesota site has ranked as a Top Workplace in the Star Tribune's ...
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GTC Technology signs MOU with Beijing Sanju for cooperation in sulfur removal technologies
21-06-2012
GTC Technology US, LLC, a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announce ...
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21-06-2012
Aither Chemicals LLC today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch an “Open Season” for ethylene from a potential catalytic ethane ...
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AFPM applauds house vote for an all of the above and below energy policy
21-06-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna applauded action today by members of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass ...
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Emerson and Beamex announce an integrated asset management and calibration solution
20-06-2012
Emerson Process Management announced an integrated asset management and calibration solution that combines its AMS Suite predictive maintenance software application ...
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Honeywell green jet fuel™ powers flights to Rio+20 united nations conference in Brazil
19-06-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ produced from its UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process powered flights to the Rio+20 ...
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Intertek expands petroleum industry services in Trinidad and Tobago
19-06-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has expanded its facilities, capabilities and expertise ...
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Chinese president Hu Jintao meets Bjerne S. Clausen, CEO Haldor Topsoe
18-06-2012
In relation to the Chinese president Hu Jintao’s state visit to Denmark Bjerne S. Clausen, CEO of Haldor Topsoe, had the honour to meet Mr President Hu ...
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Participation in Wheatstone LNG project
18-06-2012
Mitsubishi Corporation today announced its participation in the Wheatstone LNG project, together with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and The Tokyo Electric Power ...
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Lukoil will manufacture only Euro 5 compliant gasolines
18-06-2012
All LUKOIL Russian refineries will switch over to the manufacture of Euro 5 compliant AI-92 and AI-95 automobile gasoline beginning July 1, 2012. The manufacture ...
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EFG Hermes’ InfraMed invests $100M in the Egyptian Refining Company
18-06-2012
InfraMed invests in landmark USD 3.7 billion refining project led by Citadel Capital that will halve Egypt’s diesel import requirements, result in more ...
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EFG Hermes investment banking raises $462M for a greenfield petroleum refinery project
18-06-2012
In One of Arab World’s Largest Equity Raisings Since Start of 2011, EFG Hermes Investment Banking Raises USD 462 mn for a Greenfield Petroleum Refinery ...
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DCP Midstream partners to expand east Texas natural gas processing business
18-06-2012
DCP Midstream Partners, LP or the "Partnership" announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. ("PVR") ...
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BARTEC recognized as a powerhouse for new ideas
15-06-2012
Ranga Yogeshwar honors the most innovative medium-size companies/BARTEC is among the “Top 100” They share an excellent inventive talent, exemplary ...
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Topsøe signs agreement to purchase land in China
15-06-2012
On June 15th 2012 Haldor Topsøe has signed the agreement with TEDA to purchase land for a new catalyst plant in the Tianjin city of China. Corporation ...
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Air Liquide celebrates new air separation unit in Geismar, Louisiana
15-06-2012
The new ASU produces high purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon for customers along Air Liquide’s Mississippi River Pipeline System and for a range of industries, ...
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Petroplex announces the development of a bulk liquids terminal in Louisana
15-06-2012
Petroplex International, a development company of bulk liquids storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge, today announced that it has launched the front-end ...
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Kinder Morgan’s crude/condensate pipeline in service
14-06-2012
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P today announced its Kinder Morgan crude/condensate pipeline (KMCC) is in service and available to transport volumes to the ...
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Celanese plans methanol plant for Houston
14-06-2012
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, today announced its intention to construct and operate a methanol production facility ...
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MOL Group reduces annual energy costs by €1.2M using Emerson’s advanced process control
14-06-2012
MOL Group has improved energy efficiency and process stability at its gas distillation plant in Algyõ, Hungary, by implementing advanced process control ...
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5,000,000 tons of oil processed at TANECO
13-06-2012
5,000,000 tons of Tatarstan's oil have been used and processed since the start of the equipment comprehensive testing and commercial operation at the refinery ...
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AVEVA celebrates its first 45 years
13-06-2012
Pioneering technology, continuous business growth and a trusted partner to the engineering community Cambridge, UK: AVEVA announced today that it is ...
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TNK-BP will get an effect of $11M as a result of reducing refinery losses in 2012
13-06-2012
TNK-BP reports that a positive effect of $11 mln is expected as a result of the long-term program for loss reduction at the Company’s refining assets ...
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American Chemistry Council applauds Linde on responsible care achievements
12-06-2012
Linde North America has received a commendation by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) for its role in helping ACC meet industry-wide safety and product stewardship ...
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Financing Asia’s gas projects and infrastructure to meet regional demand
12-06-2012
Energy consumption and demand in Asia is expected to increase by more than 70% by 2035, accounting for at least 60% of the overall total growth in energy consumption ...
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LyondellBasell awarded $4.5M grant from DOE for energy innovations
12-06-2012
LyondellBasell today was awarded a $4.5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a catalyst-assisted technology to improve the energy ...
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Honeywell Industrial IT solutions to help manufacturers improve cyber security safeguards
12-06-2012
Honeywell today announced the formation of the Industrial IT Solutions group, a global team of experts who can help manufacturers and process industry ...
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Johnson Matthey confirmed as CompactGTL catalyst partner
11-06-2012
CompactGTL, the pioneer of modular gas to liquid solutions, has announced its strategic partnership with Johnson Matthey for the development, manufacture and ...
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Essar Oil conferred refinery of the year award 2011
11-06-2012
Essar Oil, India's second largest private refiner, has been conferred the prestigious 'Refinery of the Year Award 2011' by the Petroleum Federation (PetroFed), ...
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Conclusion of a sales and purchase agreement of LNG from State of Qatar
11-06-2012
Today, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated ("TEPCO") entered into an LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement with Qatar Liquefied Gas Company ...
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Blue Dolphin purchases option to acquire Ingleside refinery site
11-06-2012
Blue Dolphin Energy Company, an independent energy company with refining, midstream and upstream operations, today announced its purchase of a 180 day option ...
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AFPM sues EPA over agency’s mandate to use non-existent biofuels
11-06-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) filed a lawsuit today with the D.C. Circuit Court ...
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Neste Oil's Naantali refinery back online after major turnaround
11-06-2012
Neste Oil's Naantali refinery back online after major turnaround Neste Oil's Naantali refinery is back in normal operation following the completion of a scheduled ...
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Chesapeake Energy announces plan to sell its midstream assets for more than $4B
08-06-2012
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced plans to sell its midstream assets in three separate transactions for total expected cash proceeds ...
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WorleyParsons, Empresarios Agrupados and Samsung Heavy Industries receive awards
07-06-2012
Companies from Australia, Europe and Asia received the top prizes in the annual Golden Valve and Platinum Pipe Awards customer competitions sponsored by Intergraph®. ...
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AFPM supports the domestic energy and jobs act
07-06-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) offered its support tothe Domestic Energy and Jobs Act in a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner. ...
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Honeywell expands partnership with SKF as part of PKS advantage program
07-06-2012
Honeywell today announced that SKF, a global leader in vibration-based machinery protection and monitoring systems, has expanded its partnership with Honeywell ...
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Enerkem begins ethanol production from waste at its demonstration facility in Westbury
07-06-2012
Enerkem Inc, a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, announced today the initial production of cellulosic ethanol from waste materials at its demonstration ...
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Shell confirm date of Clyde refinery conversion confirmed
07-06-2012
Shell today confirmed that refining operations at its 79,000 barrel Clyde Refinery will stop from 30 September. This follows an earlier announcement last July ...
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Euro Petroleum Consultants opens an office in UAE and announces ME-Tech 2013
07-06-2012
The respected oil & gas consulting and conference company, Euro Petroleum Consultants, expands its worldwide network by opening a new office in the U.A.E., ...
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Topsøe makes top 10 on Danish image list
06-06-2012
Once a year members of the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) measure Danish engineering companies by their image. For the first time Haldor Topsøe makes ...
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ExxonMobil to expand Houston campus to accommodate additional employees
06-06-2012
ExxonMobil announced today it will expand the size of its campus under construction in Houston to accommodate additional employees from the immediate area and ...
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AVEVA world summit 2012 is launched
06-06-2012
AVEVA announced today the AVEVA World Summit 2012 being held on October 10th - 12th at the Marriott Rive Gauche Conference Center, Paris. For the first ...
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Meet HiQ expert team at ACHEMA 2012 in Frankfurt
06-06-2012
True to the motto “Precision matters in everything we do” specialty gases will be a focus of Linde at ACHEMA this year. Visit us at Frankfurt ...
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Malaysia’s first LNG re-gasification terminal reaches completion
05-06-2012
To mark this important industry milestone, Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam today ...
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Essar Oil completes optimisation project; capacity increased to 20MMTPA
05-06-2012
Essar Oil, India’s second largest private refiner, today announced that it has completed its Optimisation Project, which has taken the capacity of its ...
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Shell to take ownership of the data management at its Pearl gas to liquids plant in Qatar
05-06-2012
The engineering mega-project Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) plant, an $18 billion-$19 billion development by Qatar Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell, reaches a new ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical earns ACC responsible care company of the year award
05-06-2012
ExxonMobil Chemical Company received the Responsible Care Company of the Year Award at the 2012 American Chemistry Council (ACC) annual meeting in Colorado ...
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Neste Oil's diesel line 4 at Porvoo shut down for maintenance
04-06-2012
Following an unexpected production incident on diesel line 4 at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery, the line has been shut down. Maintenance work originally scheduled ...
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MCO receives compressor trains for world's largest fertilizer plants in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia
01-06-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) has received consecutive orders of compressors and steam turbines for fertilizer plant both in Saudi ...
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TNK-BP has launched production of Euro 5 diesel at Saratov Refinery
01-06-2012
TNK-BP announces the start of production of environmentally compliant Euro-5 diesel at Saratov Refinery (SNPZ, part of TNK-BP Group of companies). As part ...
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Emerson strengthens presence in Thailand to serve Indo-China process automation market
31-05-2012
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has opened an Indo-China Regional Office in Bangkok to better serve growing industries in Cambodia, ...
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AFPM president testifies on the need to develop national resources
31-05-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna testified before a House Committee today on the need to develop our national ...
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LyondellBasell earns award for energy conservation
31-05-2012
LyondellBasell today received the 2012 Energy Award at the Industrial Energy Technology Conference (IETC) in New Orleans for energy reduction programs at its ...
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Motiva celebrates completion of landmark crude expansion project
31-05-2012
A ceremony held today at the Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, celebrated the completion of a five-year construction project that more than doubled the ...
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Advanced Petrochemical Co announced the successful end of the scheduled maintenance
30-05-2012
Referring to the pervious announcement made by Advanced Petrochemical Company on May 1, 2012 concerning the start of the regular maintenance scheduled, Advanced ...
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Sasol inaugurates expanded natural gas central processing facility in Mozambique
30-05-2012
Sasol Petroleum International, the upstream subsidiary of Sasol Limited, today inaugurated its expanded central processing facility (CPF) in Temane, Mozambique. ...
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KBR announces expected management changes
29-05-2012
KBR announced today that David Zimmerman has been appointed to the new position of Group President for Australia-Asia. In this new role, David will serve ...
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MarkWest Energy partners completes acquisition of Keystone Midstream Services
29-05-2012
MarkWest Energy Partners. L.P. today announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Keystone Midstream Services, LLC (Keystone) from Stonehenge ...
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Honeywell's Metersuite™ receives MID and OIML R117 certification
29-05-2012
Honeywell today announced that its MeterSuite™ fiscal metering solution has received European Measuring Instrument Directive (MID) and International Organization ...
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Haldor Topsoe China's refinery technology and catalyst seminar was held in Yishui, Shandong province
28-05-2012
On 23rd-25th, Haldor Topsoe China's Refinery Technology and Catalyst Seminar was held in YiShui, Shandong. More than 100 people participated in the seminar. ...
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Naftec PX plant nears start-up
25-05-2012
Naftec SpA, a subsidiary of Sonatrach, is reported to be nearing mechanical completion of a new paraxylene production plant in Skikda, Algeria. Anticipated ...
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AFPM criticizes EPA’s decision to continue advancing phantom fuel mandate
25-05-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the Environmental Protection Agency's May 22 decision to continue mandating cellulosic ...
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EPA out of touch with reality by deciding to continue mandating imaginary biofuels
25-05-2012
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied the American Petroleum Institute’s (API’s) request to eliminate mandates for biofuels that ...
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Gevo announces successful startup of world’s first commercial biobased isobutanol plant
24-05-2012
Gevo Inc, a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, announced today it has begun startup of the world’s first commercial biobased ...
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Dow announces $2.16B award in K-Dow arbitration
24-05-2012
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) this morning released its findings in the arbitration ...
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Vopak and Emerson develop new software application for bulk liquid terminals
24-05-2012
Working in close collaboration with Vopak, Emerson Process Management has developed a software solution specifically for management and optimization of bulk ...
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Honeywell's UOP opens gas processing membrane manufacturing center in Malaysia
24-05-2012
Manufacturing site for Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ membrane systems, a technology to remove impurities from natural gas; Investment supports growth ...
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Australia Pacific LNG secures US$8.5B in project finance
24-05-2012
Australia Pacific LNG today announced that it had secured a US$8.5 billion project finance facility for the development of the Australia Pacific LNG coal seam ...
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Abu Dhabi state oil refiner launches pilot project with solar frontier CIS thin-film modules
24-05-2012
Showa Shell Sekiyu Group Participates in Takreer Joint Project with Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and Solar Frontier K.K. announced ...
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Dr. Haldor Topsøe celebrates his 99th birthday
24-05-2012
Management and employees are happy to congratulate the founder on this special occasion. Turning 99 is exceptional. Turning 99 with the business understanding ...
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Linde meets US EPA’s demanding criteria for ozone monitoring
23-05-2012
Linde Gases Division, a member of The Linde Group, has been awarded the US Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations ...
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New long - leg inlet to shut off valve on REDLINE regulators
23-05-2012
REDLINE regulators are now supplied with an outlet shut off valve that has an integral inlet connection. In the past the shut off valve needed an additional ...
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Honeywell opens new customer acceptance center in Abu Dhabi
23-05-2012
Honeywell today opened its new Customer Acceptance Center in the Mussafah industrial zone of Abu Dhabi. The facility is Honeywell’s largest Customer Acceptance ...
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23-05-2012
AVEVA today announced the acquisition of the Bocad group of companies (“bocad”). This strategic acquisition includes all companies in the Bocad ...
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Grace signs MoU for catalyst investment in Qingdao, China
22-05-2012
W. R. Grace & Co announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Qingdao Bureau of Commerce for an investment in China to manufacture ...
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Essar Oil - L&T sign MoU for bitumen supply
21-05-2012
Essar Oil, amongst India’s top private sector refiners, and Larsen & Toubro, amongst India’s top engineering and construction companies, have ...
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Shaw to sell energy & chemicals group to Technip for approximately $300M
21-05-2012
The Shaw Group Inc today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip. Under ...
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BPCL plans petrochemical complex in JV near Kochi refinery
18-05-2012
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has proposed to set up petrochemical complex near its Kochi refinery in a joint venture at an investment of about Rs 4,000-5,000 ...
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Imperial Oil Limited is evaluating the future of its Dartmouth Refinery.
17-05-2012
The company will market the refinery and related supply terminals to prospective buyers in the coming months and consider conversion to a terminal, as well ...
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URS Corporation completes acquisition of Flint Energy Services Ltd
16-05-2012
URS Corporation and Flint Energy Services Ltd. announced that URS has completed its acquisition of Flint. "We are pleased to have completed the acquisition ...
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Enbridge proceeding with $2.6B of additional eastern access projects
16-05-2012
Enbridge Inc today announced that it has secured commercial support to proceed with additional Eastern Access projects. Enbridge and Enbridge Energy Partners, ...
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Study documenting engine failures requires EPA to reconsider increasing ethanol in gasoline
16-05-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to a Coordinating Research Council report ...
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Schneider Electric and KROHNE announce partnership
16-05-2012
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, and KROHNE, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation, ...
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ComEx flex - Control and display series for hazardous areas
15-05-2012
Meeting the demands of machine and plant engineering for more flexible solutions in control systems, BARTEC has further developed its proven control stations ...
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AFPM highlights critical flaws in new ethanol study
15-05-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna released the following statement responding to a study issued today by the Center ...
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ABB strengthens global lead in enterprise asset management software market
15-05-2012
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has advanced its position as a world-leading supplier of enterprise asset management (EAM) software, ...
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Tyco Thermal Controls presented with safety recognition award for Motiva crude expansion
15-05-2012
Tyco Thermal Controls’ Tracer Turnkey Solutions Team was recently presented with a Safety Recognition Award for its work on the Motiva Crude Expansion ...
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PROJECTUS makes strategic investment in AVEVA plant
15-05-2012
AVEVA announced today that PROJECTUS Consultoria LTDA., a Brazilian Engineering company, has significantly invested in AVEVA Plant to implement an ...
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Neste Oil produces premium-quality NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat
15-05-2012
Neste Oil has again expanded the range of renewable raw materials it uses by beginning to produce NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish ...
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Topsoe fuel cell and SK Holdings makes an alliance for clean energy of the future
14-05-2012
One year ago in Denmark, SK Holdings and Topsoe Fuel Cell signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim to commercialize the solid oxide fuel cell technology ...
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Chevron, Tohoku sign agreement for Wheatstone LNG
14-05-2012
Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiaries have signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Tohoku Electric Power Company Incorporated ...
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Sultan of Johor launches Petronas' refinery and petrochemical integrated project
13-05-2012
His Royal Highness the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, today launched Malaysia’s largest refinery and petrochemical venture, ...
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Topsøe sets up office in South Africa
11-05-2012
This week, Helge Rosenberg, Managing Director of Haldor Topsoe S.A. Pty Ltd. has relocated to South Africa in order to set up a new office in Cape Town. The ...
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SIBUR begins polypropylene imports to reduce deficit in Russian market
10-05-2012
SIBUR is beginning temporary imports of basic grades of polypropylene to reduce the existing deficit in the Russian market. The pilot shipment will amount to ...
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Bechtel named top U.S. contractor for 14th straight year
10-05-2012
Bechtel Corporation has been named the top U.S. contractor in 2012 by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction ...
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The new face of Eni's chemicals division new strategy and rebranding to Versalis
09-05-2012
The new face of Eni's chemicals division is Versalis. Created following the rebranding of Polimeri Europa, it represents a tangible sign of the new strategy ...
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Petroplex to commence development of multimodal liguid terminal in St James, Louisiana
09-05-2012
Petroplex International, L.L.C, a development company of bulk liquid storage tank terminals based in Baton Rouge, along with a consortium consisting of Macquarie ...
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Linde north america announces joint marketing agreement with American Power Group
09-05-2012
Linde North America today announced its Energy Solutions business has formalized a joint marketing agreement with American Power Group (APG) to introduce and ...
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Siemens and Masdar Institute complete first research project on carbon capture and storage
09-05-2012
Siemens and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable ...
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SABIC supports scientific studies at KFUPM, seeks new avenues for collaborative research
09-05-2012
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, are exploring new avenues for future ...
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GE’s Bently Nevada unveils new customer application center in Minden, Nevada
09-05-2012
GE’s Bently Nevada, a GE Measurement & Control business, today announced the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Customer Application Center ...
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Honeywell announces global launch of enterprise wide software for process industries
09-05-2012
Honeywell today announced the global launch of Intuition Executive, the flagship product of its new Intuition software portfolio. Intuition Executive delivers ...
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Siemens breaks ground on new gas turbine manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
08-05-2012
Siemens took the next step towards a massive expansion of its activities in Saudi Arabia, breaking ground on a landmark manufacturing facility for gas turbines ...
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Grace receives awards for energy efficiency, safety and product stewardship improvements
08-05-2012
W. R. Grace & Co has received Responsible Care® Energy Efficiency Awards, Facility Safety Certificates and a Performance Award from the American Chemistry ...
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Honeywell opens new interactive technology experience center in China
08-05-2012
Honeywell today opened its largest technology experience center, an immersive experience for customers and visitors to interact with technologies that make ...
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Honeywell Green Diesel™ to be produced from bio feedstocks in U.S. facility
08-05-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to license technology to Emerald Biofuels LLC to produce Honeywell Green Diesel™ ...
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08-05-2012
Emerson announced it has acquired ISE Magtech, enabling Emerson Process Management to strengthen its level measurement solutions in the oil and gas, refining, ...
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In-Process measurement of kinematic viscosity
05-05-2012
Viscosity is an important measurement parameter in the production of petrochemical end products such as fuel oils and lubricating oils. For the control of production ...
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BASF to build new formic acid plant in the USA
04-05-2012
BASF announced today its plans to build a world scale production plant for formic acid at its integrated “Verbund” site in Geismar, Louisiana. The ...
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AFPM calls for keystone XL permit approval
04-05-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to the filing today by TransCanada for ...
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Chromatic Industries announces Wayne Hall as its new president and chief executive officer
03-05-2012
Chromatic Industries Inc, a private corporation, announces the hire of its new President and Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Hall. Mr. Hall took the reigns at ...
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Enterprise expects record propane exports in 2012 and increase capacity by 100,000 bpm
03-05-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that it expects record propane exports in 2012. The partnership’s exports of propane from its terminal ...
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Enterprise begins operations at Yoakum natural gas processing facility in the Eagle Ford Shale
03-05-2012
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced the start-up of the first train at the partnership’s new cryogenic natural gas processing plant at Yoakum, ...
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BASF acquires Mazzaferro polyamide polymer business
03-05-2012
BASF today announced that it has acquired the polyamide (PA) polymer business of the Mazzaferro Group, Brazil. BASF is hereby further strengthening its position ...
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Valero names Joe Gorder chief operating officer
03-05-2012
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that Joe Gorder, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, has been named Executive Vice President and ...
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AVEVA opens new office in Wroclaw, Poland
03-05-2012
AVEVA announced today it has opened a new office in Wroclaw, Poland. Serving the Polish market, the office will offer sales and support for all of AVEVA’s ...
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FMC Corporation launches environmental solutions division
02-05-2012
FMC announced today the launch of FMC Environmental Solutions, a new division that integrates the company's portfolio of proprietary products and specialty ...
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KBR appoints David Zelinski as President downstream business unit
01-05-2012
KBR announced today that David Zelinski has joined KBR as president of the Downstream business unit. David will be responsible for providing leadership to the ...
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Phillips 66 debuts as advantaged downstream company
01-05-2012
Phillips 66 today emerges as an independent downstream energy company with industry-leading businesses in refining and marketing, midstream, and chemicals. ...
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Phillips 66 sells Trainer refinery to Delta Air Lines
30-04-2012
Phillips 66 and Monroe Energy LLC have signed a purchase and sales agreement for Monroe Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, to purchase the Trainer ...
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Energy Transfer partners to acquire Sunoco in $5.3B transaction
30-04-2012
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby ETP will acquire Sunoco in ...
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Prime Minister dedicates Guru Gobind Singh Refinery to the Nation
29-04-2012
The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, dedicated the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery at Bathinda in Punjab to the nation today. Present on the ...
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Advanced Petrochemical will be setting up a Polypropylene JV with a Turkish company
28-04-2012
The Management is pleased to announce that Advanced will be setting up a Polypropylene Joint Venture, with a Turkish company, in Turkey. A Memorandum of Understanding ...
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Refinery closures signal need for a course correction on energy regulation, API says
26-04-2012
API Group Director of Downstream Bob Greco testified about the importance of a strong U.S. refining sector and called for better regulatory policies based on ...
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Essar Oil renews product sale and purchase agreement with BPCL
26-04-2012
Mumbai: Essar Oil Limited (EOL) today announced that it has renewed a major product sale and purchase agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. The ...
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Neste Oil sold its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market
26-04-2012
Neste Oil has recently supplied its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market. The fuel, which qualifies as an advanced biofuel in the US, was ...
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Refinery operations go on stream
26-04-2012
Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka has passed an order to draw 2 MGD water from Nethravathi river on 25 April’12. District Commissioner of Mangalore ...
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Air Liquide announces start up of new Steam Methane Reformer in La Porte, Texas
25-04-2012
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP today held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the formal start up of a new Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) in La Porte, Texas, ...
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Axens receives the 2011-2012 national safety award for “Responsible Care”
25-04-2012
Axens received the 2011-2012 National Safety Award for “Responsible Care” from the Union of the French Chemical Industries (UIC) for its Salindres ...
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Linde refuels fuel-cell cars at HANNOVER MESSE trade show with TÃœV-certified green hydrogen
23-04-2012
The technology group The Linde Group has reached another milestone in its journey to produce hydrogen from sustainable sources. The hydrogen generated from ...
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23-04-2012
Saudi Aramco’s Karan Gas Program passed another milestone with the successful start-up of its gas processing facilities at Khursaniyah, seven weeks ahead ...
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Methanex and OCI enter into methanol offtake agreement
23-04-2012
Methanex Corporation has entered into a long-term offtake agreement with Orascom Construction Industries ("OCI") for a significant portion of the ...
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GE begins collaboration with Braskem Idesa for a high-efficiency Polyethylene complex
23-04-2012
Mexico will significantly reduce the amount of polyethylene it imports for manufacturing, packaging and other industrial applications when its new polyethylene ...
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Fluor offices worldwide kick off centennial with a view toward the next 100 years
23-04-2012
Today Fluor Corporation marked the 100th anniversary of the company's founding in 1912. In the 1880s, John Simon Fluor Sr., emigrated from Switzerland and came ...
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Sunoco enters discussions with the Carlyle Group regarding Philadelphia refinery Joint Venture
23-04-2012
Sunoco, Inc announced today that it has entered into exclusive discussions with The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager, regarding a potential ...
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23-04-2012
The policy of transparency and openness adopted by the management of OAO TATNEFT from the very start of implementing the "Refinery and Petrochemical Plants ...
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Preparations to resume operation of the #1 crude distillation unit (CDU) at Chiba refinery
20-04-2012
Cosmo Oil Co Ltd express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by ...
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Linde North America to showcase technology that can capture CO2
19-04-2012
Linde North America will showcase its portfolio of carbon capture technology and experience at the 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture Utilization & ...
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New analyzer from GE enhances utility of RFM in demanding distributed computing applications
19-04-2012
Further enhancing the compelling case for Reflective Memory (RFM) in distributed applications where high speed, deterministic data sharing is required between ...
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CVR Energy enters into transaction agreement with Carl Icahn
19-04-2012
CVR Energy, Inc a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and a majority owner of CVR Partners LP, a nitrogen fertilizer producer, today announced that it has ...
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19-04-2012
From 15 to 17 May, Linde China will attend the 10th International Scientific Instrument and Laboratory Exhibition (CISILE) at the International Exhibition Centre ...
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ONEOK Partners to invest $340M to $360M for additional projects in Cana-Woodford shale
19-04-2012
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced plans to invest approximately $340 million to $360 million between now and the first quarter of 2014 to construct a new ...
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Dow to build new Ethylene production plant at Dow Texas operations
19-04-2012
The Dow Chemical Company today announced that the Company will construct a new world-scale ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, ...
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Aquaflow poised to fire up next generation biofuels refining in New Zealand
18-04-2012
Aquaflow announced today it has executed a technology cooperation agreement with CRI Catalyst Company (CRI). CRI has exclusive global sublicensing rights to ...
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Honeywell green jet fuel power flights using new biofeedstock designed for biofuel production
18-04-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ will be used for the world’s first comprehensive test program using ...
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Repsol's Cartagena refinery expansion officially opened
18-04-2012
His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias officially opened the expansion of Repsol’s refinery in Cartagena today, the biggest industrial investment in ...
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Eastman completes 2-EH capacity expansion at longview facility
18-04-2012
Eastman Chemical Company today announced it has completed a previously announced capacity expansion of its 2-ethyl hexanol (or 2-EH) facility in Longview, Texas. ...
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Nalco announces water and process services price increase
17-04-2012
Nalco, an Ecolab company, today implemented a price increase for all water and process services industry segments. Pricing for most Nalco Water and Process ...
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Orders of CHF1B in the first quarter
17-04-2012
In the first quarter of the year, Sulzer increased its order intake significantly by 9.1% to CHF 1000.9 million. The increase was driven by the strong organic ...
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Pre-commissioning work commences on innovative environmental waste management solution
17-04-2012
Man Oil Group AG, the Swiss based environmentally friendly oil-sludge treatment specialist, today confirms that pre- commissioning work has commenced at LINIK, ...
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AFPM responds to Obama oil market oversight
17-04-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement today in response to President Obama's plan to increase ...
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Honeywell’s Envergent technologies receives sustainable biofuels award
17-04-2012
Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been awarded a Sustainable Biofuels Award for its contributions toward sustainable ...
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Record breaking attendance at eighth StocExpo
17-04-2012
Leading terminal operators, oil majors, chemical companies, manufacturers and suppliers came together at StocExpo 2012 in unprecedented numbers. The show saw ...
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Siemens awarded process gas chromatography agreement by Shell
17-04-2012
During the next five years, Siemens Industry Automation Division will be delivering process gas chromatographs to Shell through a recently signed Enterprise ...
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Neste Oil begins major maintenance turnaround at its Naantali refinery
17-04-2012
Neste Oil began a scheduled major maintenance turnaround at the company's Naantali refinery today. The refinery will be offline during the turnaround, which ...
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GE launches inspection academy
16-04-2012
GE’s Inspection Technologies product line, a GE Measurement & Control business, today announced the GE Inspection Academy, a global training and knowledge-sharing ...
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TOTAL reorganization of downstream and chemicals segments
16-04-2012
In October 2011, the Group announced a proposed reorganization of its Downstream and Chemicals segments. The reorganization became effective on ...
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SIBUR invests more than 1.2 Billion Rubles in environmental protection measures
12-04-2012
SIBUR companies reduced their industrial and sanitary waste by 31% and their discharge of waste water by 27% in 2011, compared with 2010. SIBUR’s key ...
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BASF to invest in new chemical production site in Dahej, India
11-04-2012
BASF India Limited will invest €150 million to set up a new chemical production site at the Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment ...
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Roberto Felipe, new general manager of SENER in Mexico
11-04-2012
Roberto Felipe has been appointed General Manager of the engineering and construction company SENER in Mexico, replacing Jose Manuel Belmonte. In his new role, ...
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ABB successfully starts up new lube oil blending plant for Oryx in West Africa
11-04-2012
ABB announced the recent start-up of the new Lube Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) built by Oryx Lubrifiants Togo SA, an affiliate of Oryx Oil & Gas, part of the ...
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SIBUR has increased its share in the largest Russian producer of polypropylene film to 100%
11-04-2012
SIBUR has completed a deal to acquire 50% of the chartered capital of BIAXPLEN LLC, one of the largest Russian manufacturers of biaxially oriented polypropylene ...
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ONEOK Partners to build a crude-oil pipeline from Bakken Shale to Cushing, Oklahoma
09-04-2012
ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced plans to invest $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion between now and 2015 to build a 1,300-mile crude-oil pipeline with the capacity ...
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Nalco receives three 2012 manufacturing leadership 100 awards
06-04-2012
Nalco, an Ecolab company, and two of its leaders were presented with awards during the eighth annual Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards ceremony in ...
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Engineers India Limited signs MoA with Oil India Limited
05-04-2012
Engineers India Limited (EIL) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Oil India Limited (OIL) for providing Consultancy Services to OIL for its various ...
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HollyFrontier announces temporary shutdown by its subsidiary of Navajo refinery unit
05-04-2012
HollyFrontier Corporation announced today that its subsidiary plans to make an unscheduled shutdown of the Navajo refinery fluid catalytic cracking unit ...
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Petronas rapid project progresses as scheduled
05-04-2012
Petronas is pleased to inform that its proposed Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project, to be located in Pengerang, Johor, is progressing ...
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MBO for Cat Tech International
05-04-2012
A specialist industrial services group that supports the global oil refining and petrochemical industries has been acquired in a management buy-out. Based ...
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Intertek acquires Automation Technology Inc (ATI)
05-04-2012
Intertek Group plc, the leading international provider of quality services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired ATI, a provider of ...
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BASF commissions new plant for oxidized polyethylene waxes at Ludwigshafen site
04-04-2012
A new plant for the manufacture of oxidized polyethylene waxes went into operation at the BASF site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant manufactures high quality ...
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Technip and CIMV sign green chemistry cooperation agreement
04-04-2012
Technip, a specialist in engineering and construction for the energy industry, signed a cooperation agreement in the green chemistry business with the Compagnie ...
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Intertek expands fuel quality testing with 2-dimensional gas chromatography
03-04-2012
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, is expanding its fuel testing expertise with ...
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GE’s first MS 5002E gas turbine completely assembled in Russia passes key acceptance test
03-04-2012
GE today announced that the first 32-megawatt MS 5002E gas turbine unit fully assembled in St. Petersburg has successfully passed commissioning acceptance ...
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Dow Water & Process solutions purchases remaining equity in Clean Filtration Technologies
03-04-2012
The Dow Chemical Company today announced an agreement to purchase the remaining equity in Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc. This move underscores Dow Water ...
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Essar Oil elevates Mr C Manoharan to board position as Director (Refinery)
03-04-2012
Essar Oil elevates Mr C Manoharan to board position as Director (Refinery) Essar Oil Ltd. announces the appointment of Mr. C. Manoharan, as Director (Refinery), ...
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Applied Instrument Technologies renews ISO 9001 certification
03-04-2012
Applied Instrument Technologies (AIT), a leading manufacturer of process analyzers for the refining, petrochemical, chemical, steel, biotechnology and emissions ...
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Honeywell UOP to expand adsorbents and catalysts production at its Mobile, Alabama facility
03-04-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will invest $20 million to expand its production facility in Mobile, Ala., to produce adsorbents and catalysts. The ...
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AFPM Says EPA action on E15 irresponsible
03-04-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency announced ...
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Bechtel is a major contributor to Emirates’ Infrastructure
02-04-2012
Bechtel is celebrating its 50th anniversary of working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year. From its first project in 1962, the Murban oil field ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical to build world’s largest on-purpose 1-Hexene plant
02-04-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) will build the world’s largest on-purpose 1-hexene plant capable of producing up to 250,000 ...
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EuroChem completes acquisition of BASF’s fertilizer assets
02-04-2012
BASF has completed the sale of its fertilizers activities in Antwerp, Belgium, to EuroChem as of March 31, 2012, as planned. The appropriate antitrust authorities ...
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Effective corrosion protection technologies
30-03-2012
OAO TATNEFT has been rapidly developing the activities aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of operating oilfield equipment and underground pipelines. ...
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IndianOil signs annual MoU with government of India
30-03-2012
IndianOil has signed the annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India for the year 2012-13. The MoU document was signed today by Mr. ...
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Start-Up of crude distillation unit (CDU) at Chiba refinery
30-03-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by ...
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Engineers India signs MoU with Nalco Water India Limited
29-03-2012
Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) has signed an MoU with Nalco Water India Limited (NWIL), a subsidiary of global water treatment major Nalco, to expand business opportunities ...
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Winners of the SAS competition visit Topsoe
29-03-2012
In connection with the Sino-Danish network, which Topsoe is member of, SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) has organised a competition for Chinese students. The six ...
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HPCL-Mittal energy announces successful commissioning of its Guru Gobind Singh Refinery
29-03-2012
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of its state-of-the-art 9 Million Metric Tons per annum Guru Gobind Singh ...
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Essar oil completes refinery expansion project
29-03-2012
Essar Oil Ltd today announced the completion of the Rs 8,300-crore expansion of its Vadinar Refinery with the successful commissioning of the final Delayed ...
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TNK-Ð’Ð has completed the reconstruction of diesel fuel hydrotreater in Saratov
29-03-2012
TNK-Ð’Ð informs that it has completed the reconstruction of L-24-6 – diesel fuel hydrotreater at Saratov Oil Refinery (a part of TNK-BP Group) as ...
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Pentair and Tyco International's flow control business to combine in $10B all-stock merger
28-03-2012
Pentair Inc and Tyco International Ltd announced today a definitive agreement to combine Tyco's Flow Control business ("Tyco Flow") with Pentair in ...
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Engineers India signs MoU with Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
27-03-2012
Engineers India Limited signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for the year 2012-13 as a commitment to the ...
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Westlake Chemical opens Singapore office
27-03-2012
Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK), the Houston-based petrochemical and building products company, announced today the establishment of an office in ...
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Lukoil plans to resume Ethylene production as soon as possible
27-03-2012
LUKOIL is conducting energetic repair and maintenance operations to cure the effects of the fire outbreak which took place in mid-December of 2011 at the ethylene ...
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Technip receives the top employers 2012 certification for its outstanding working conditions
27-03-2012
Technip is proud to announce that it has been certified as a Top Employer Europe 2012. This independent certification, delivered by the CRF Institute, underlines ...
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Dow Oil & Gas to celebrate market expertise milestone at SOGAT 2012
27-03-2012
Celebrating more than 1,000 global references in gas treating, Dow Oil & Gas will mark this milestone by showcasing a full range of innovative, customized ...
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Dow opens complex at asia industrial estate
27-03-2012
The Dow Chemical Company officially announced the grand opening of its new production complex in Asia Industrial Estate (AIE), Ban Chang, Rayong province. This ...
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Linde Malaysia will be present at MLab & ICA exhibitions in May 2012
27-03-2012
Linde Malaysia will be participating in the MLab & ICA exhibitions. The joint exhibitions will be held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 22 to 24 May ...
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Total Safety partners with Application Factory
27-03-2012
Total Safety, the leading global industrial safety services company based in Houston, Texas, has partnered with Application Factory to become their exclusive ...
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Kraton performance polymers continues asian expansion strategy
26-03-2012
Kraton Performance Polymers Inc, a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or "SBCs," is advancing its Asian expansion strategy to support ...
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Enterprise and Enbridge to proceed with 450,000 B/D expansion of Seaway crude oil pipeline
26-03-2012
Enbridge Inc and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. today announced that they have secured capacity commitments from shippers to proceed with an expansion ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical to expand the NGL fractionation unit at the Sweeny plant
26-03-2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) will expand the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Fractionator Complex at its Sweeny Plant in Old Ocean, ...
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Ergon Inc announces expansion in the Appalachian region
23-03-2012
Ergon Inc announced today the expansion of its subsidiary facilities and operations within the Appalachian Basin. The expansion will enable Ergon companies ...
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Preparations for start-up of crude distillation unit (CDU) at Chiba refinery
23-03-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected by ...
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TNK-BP implemented a safety geographic information system at Saratov refinery
23-03-2012
The Saratov Oil Refinery (TNK-BP subsidiary) has implemented a monitoring Geographic Information System (GIS) with a view to enhance the subsidiary's industrial ...
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Air Products makes strategic acquisition of Xebec’s adsorption technology
22-03-2012
Air Products today announced it has acquired advanced adsorption technology assets for its Generated Gases product lines from Xebec Adsorption, Inc. In this ...
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Woodside announces Pluto LNG Project achieves ready for start up
22-03-2012
Woodside’s Pluto LNG Project in Western Australia has reached ready for start up (RFSU) status and first gas has entered the processing train late this ...
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Global refinery catalyst market to reach $4.3billion in 2018
22-03-2012
ReportsnReports adds new market research report 'Refinery Catalyst Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018' to its store. Worldwide ...
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AFPM calls on President Obama to approve entire keystone XL pipeline.
21-03-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement responding to the White House announcement today ...
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IndianOil wins prestigious Hart Energy award
21-03-2012
IndianOil, India’s flagship petroleum company has won the prestigious Hart Energy Award for its contributions towards a cleaner environment. Along with ...
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Air Products and South China university of technology collaborate to drive green solutions
20-03-2012
Air Products, a leading global industrial gases and performance materials supplier, today announced it has signed a joint research and development (R&D) ...
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AFPM asks Obama for fair treatment and to stand up for American workers
20-03-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers calls on President Obama to stop singling out the oil and natural gas sectors to pay additional taxes not ...
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SGS provides commissioning services for compression module building in Brazil
20-03-2012
In January 2012, SGS was awarded a contract to perform comprehensive third-party services during the building of a compression module for a petroleum platform ...
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TATNEFT recognized as the best company in Tatarstan for invention and rationalization
20-03-2012
OAO TATNEFT was named a winner in the group of chemical, petrochemical and oil industry enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan based on the results of a review ...
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Air Products completes acquisition of CryoService Limited
19-03-2012
Air Products today announced it has completed the acquisition of the UK company CryoService Limited, which will now be known as Air Products CryoEase® Services. ...
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Williams partners announces $2.5B acquisition to establish major footprint in liquids-rich area
19-03-2012
Williams Partners L.P. today announced it has agreed to acquire Caiman Energy's wholly owned subsidiary, Caiman Eastern Midstream LLC, for approximately ...
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Hess explores sale of St. Lucia terminal
19-03-2012
Hess Corporation announced today that it is exploring the sale of its St. Lucia crude oil and refined products storage and transshipment terminal in the Caribbean. Hess ...
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Total commits to four R&D institute projects
19-03-2012
Total is partnering four of the R&D institute projects covered by the French government’s Investissements d’avenir (Investing in the Future) ...
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Topsoe launches a new series of SCR and CO oxidation catalysts for gas turbine applications
19-03-2012
Topsoe's air pollution control technologies provide energy efficient and reliable solutions for the cleaning of air, flue- and waste gases. Now, Topsoe has ...
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Fluor named as one of the world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere Institute
19-03-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that for the sixth straight year the company has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the ...
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GE energy helps launch new U.S. industrial energy efficiency coalition
19-03-2012
GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business has joined the new Industrial Energy Efficiency Coalition (IEEC) as a founding member. The IEEC is a unique ...
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Honeywell UOP to discuss offshore natural gas processing technology during 2012 Rio Gas
19-03-2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it will discuss natural gas processing solutions for Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels ...
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Valero energy to suspend refining operations at Aruba
19-03-2012
Valero Energy Corporation today announced that due to unfavorable refinery economics and the outlook for continued unfavorable refinery economics, refining ...
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AVEVA presents solutions for natural gas industry at the Rio gas forum
16-03-2012
AVEVA today announced it will present a series of customer case studies to highlight design and engineering software solutions currently being applied in some ...
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DuPont wins 2012 sustainable Biofuels award for feedstock innovation
16-03-2012
DuPont has won the 2012 Sustainable Biofuels Award in the Sustainable Feedstock Innovation Category for its Stover Harvest Collection Project. This ...
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AFPM urges president Obama to take steps to strengthen the nation’s energy security
15-03-2012
In light of Energy Secretary Steven Chu's recent comments regarding fuel prices, the American Fuel &Petrochemical Manufacturers urges President Obama to ...
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A record year for DuPont innovation
15-03-2012
DuPont had a record-breaking year with 910 new U.S. patents granted in 2011, an increase of 32% over last year. That breaks the previous record set in 1966 ...
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Fueling unconventional oil & gas infrastructure, GE unit backs Howard Energy
15-03-2012
Fueling the build out of unconventional oil, gas and gas liquids infrastructure to support North American shale, GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has invested ...
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14-03-2012
DuPont Sustainable Solutions is pleased to announce that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has selected IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology ...
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AVEVA PDMS selected by Conmore for new projects in process and energy industries
14-03-2012
AVEVA announced today Conmore Ingenjörsbyrå AB has selected AVEVA PDMS as its primary 3D engineering design application. Having traditionally focussed ...
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BASF expands capacity for cyclohexane oxidation
14-03-2012
BASF will increase its capacity for cyclohexane oxidation at its Antwerp Verbund site by about 50,000 tons per year. The total investment amounts to about €10 ...
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Launching of Axens South Asia Sdn Bhd
13-03-2012
Axens is pleased to announce the creation of Axens South East Asia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary 100% owned by Axens. This new subsidiary located in Kuala Lumpur ...
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Linde to supply air gases to Chinese chemicals producer Dahua Group in Dalian
13-03-2012
The technology group The Linde Group has been selected to supply air gases to chemicals producer Dahua Group on Songmu Island in Dalian, Northeast China. Linde ...
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AFPM AM opens with call to develop America's energy resources to benefit the nation
12-03-2012
The refining and petrochemical industries can help build a better future for the American people if regulatory conditions are improved and the nation is allowed ...
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Praxair acquires Russian-based industrial gas gompany
12-03-2012
Praxair Inc announced today that it has entered into an agreement with SIBUR - Russian Tyres to acquire their industrial and packaged gases business in the ...
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Enersul awarded equipment supply contract from Globalstroy Engineering
09-03-2012
Enersul Limited Partnership of Calgary, Alberta is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an equipment supply contract from Globalstroy Engineering of ...
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Fluor awarded strategic global EPC agreement by The Dow Chemical Company
08-03-2012
Fluor Corporation announced today that The Dow Chemical Company and Fluor have signed a Strategic Global Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Construction ...
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Linde Hungary will be at laboratory technology exhibition
08-03-2012
Linde Hungary will be at the annual national Laboratory Technology Exhibition, which will be held from 27 to 29 March in SYMA Sport & Event Centre in Budapest. ...
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Motiva to convert storage to ULSD heating oil and biodiesel at Sewaren terminal
08-03-2012
Motiva Enterprises LLC (Motiva) today announced plans to convert all of its High Sulfur Diesel Heating Oil (2000 ppm) storage to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) ...
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ExxonMobil and GE initiative to help bring latest best practices to shale development
08-03-2012
Colorado School of Mines, Penn State University and the University of Texas at Austin today announced a new training initiative to support the rapidly growing ...
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AFPM President testifies on gasoline prices
07-03-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical ManufacturersPresident Charles T. Drevna told a House subcommittee today thathigh crude oil prices are the primary factor ...
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Metso expands its offering to the oil, gas and power industries by acquiring Valstone Control
07-03-2012
Metso has signed an agreement to acquire South Korean valve technology company, Valstone Control Inc. (Valstone). The acquisition strengthens Metso’s ...
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Dow’s world-scale propylene production unit investment receives initial board authorization
07-03-2012
The Dow Chemical Company announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized capital to finalize detailed engineering and purchase long lead-time ...
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Coffeyville resources refining & marketing to implement environmental improvement projects
06-03-2012
Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, a subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc, said today that it has entered into a consent decree with the United States ...
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Chemtura holds groundbreaking ceremony for new, multipurpose manufacturing site in China
06-03-2012
Chemtura Corporation, a leading global specialty chemicals company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new, multipurpose ...
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AspenTech launches new release of Aspen InfoPlus.21® software
06-03-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has brought enterprise scale search and high performance ...
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New release of Aspen PIMS™ and Aspen Petroleum Scheduler™ software
06-03-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc. a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of Aspen PIMS and Aspen Petroleum Scheduler ...
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New release of Aspen Plus™ software
06-03-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced a new release of Aspen Plus software ...
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SABIC outlines key role in enabling entrepreneurship at Saudi Downstream Forum in Jubail
06-03-2012
Under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Basic ...
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ValvTechnologies ValvXpress™ introduces an off-the-shelf valve actuator package
06-03-2012
ValvTechnologies manufacturer of zero-leakage, severe service isolation valve solutions has developed ValvXpress™, an off-the-shelf, valve, mounting kit ...
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Alfa Laval raises stake in Alfa Laval India Ltd and plans to apply for delisting
05-03-2012
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – will buy just over 50 percent of the outstanding minority ...
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Manoir Industries has invested in a new machining center in its Pitres plant
05-03-2012
To support its strong growth in the nuclear and conventional casting market, the Manoir Petrochem & Nuclear Business Unit has invested in a new Varnsdorf ...
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Reliance gets certified as a “Responsible Care” company under American Chemistry Council
04-03-2012
Reliance Industries Limited becomes the first Indian company to be certified as “Responsible Care Company” under stringent standards of American ...
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Gunvor Group bids successfully to purchase Petroplus’s Antwerp refinery
02-03-2012
Gunvor Group, one of the world's major independent commodity trading companies, has announced that it has successfully bid to purchase Petroplus’s refinery ...
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Lamons focuses on engineered products
02-03-2012
Lamons, a TriMas Corporation company, announced today that it is continuing to help customers reduce their fugitive emissions by increasing their awareness ...
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Air products announces further strategic expansion in growth regions
01-03-2012
Air Products announced plans today for two new significant investments in Russia, continuing the company’s strategy of investment in growth regions. Air ...
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CRANE energy flow solutions announces new cast steel valve product lines business manager
01-03-2012
CRANE Energy Flow Solutions, a leading provider of highly engineered products for fluid handling applications worldwide, is pleased to announce its recent hire ...
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Anton Paar acquisition of the Petrotest Group
01-03-2012
As of March 1, 2012, Anton Paar – world leader in providing high-precision measuring instruments in the field of density and concentration measurement, ...
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AFPM challenges EPA regulation of GHG
29-02-2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers joined 20 other business groups Tuesday and Wednesday in presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Court ...
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AspenTech acquires SolidSim Engineering GmbH
29-02-2012
Aspen Technology, Inc a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced it has acquired SolidSim Engineering GmbH, a leading ...
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New vectorWall results released
27-02-2012
Field results from new installations of new mixing checkerwalls in dozens of reaction furnaces indicate very significant cost-savings improvements through operating ...
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Formosa plastics announces long-term capital Investments
27-02-2012
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. will be investing more than $1.7 billion in capital equipment and construction at its Point Comfort, Texas site. This investment ...
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Blackstone enters into an arrangement for $2B investment for the Sabine Pass LNG project
27-02-2012
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Blackstone Energy Partners L.P., Blackstone Capital Partners ...
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Entrec enters into letters of intent to acquire Singer specialized ltd
24-02-2012
Entrec Transportation Services Ltd is pleased to announce it has entered into a letter of intent, subject to certain conditions, to acquire 100% of the issued ...
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GE gas engine technology to power China’s largest landfill gas project
23-02-2012
GE today announced that its ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines will power China’s largest landfill gas (LFG) power generation project. The ...
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AFPM criticises President Obama’s proposed energy tax increases
23-02-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s energy speech ...
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Topsoe launches new LTS catalyst for ammonia and hydrogen production
23-02-2012
The new LTS catalyst LK-853 FENCE™ takes Topsoe’s world-leading position one step further. Ground-breaking research within catalysts for ammonia ...
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MDU resources & affiliates of Calumet specialty products plan to study diesel refinery JV
22-02-2012
MDU Resources Group, Inc through its wholly owned subsidiary, WBI Holdings, Inc. and Calumet Refining, LLC, an entity owned by the existing owners ...
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Sulzer appoints Klaus Stahlmann as new CEO
21-02-2012
The Board of Directors of Sulzer has unanimously appointed Klaus Stahlmann as new Chief Executive Officer of Sulzer with immediate effect. Klaus Stahlmann, ...
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Topsoe will sponsor top talent from Dalian National Laboratory, China
21-02-2012
Dr. Jesper Nerlov, Executive Vice President from Topsoe visited Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (DNL) on 9-10 Februaary 2012, as a follow up ...
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ITT announces global supply agreement with Shell Global Solutions
21-02-2012
ITT Corporation announced today an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions in which ITT’s Goulds Pumps brand will provide American ...
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CECO Environmental announces six new orders totalling $11.1M
21-02-2012
CECO Environmental Corp, a leading global provider of air pollution control technology and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has recently ...
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Intergraph and Skire announce new customer signing of INPEX Ichthys LNG project
21-02-2012
Intergraph, the leading global provider of enterprise engineering software, and its partner, Skire, have entered into an agreement with INPEX for ...
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SemGroup, Gavilon and Chesapeake announce new pipeline and storage company
21-02-2012
SemGroup Corporation, Gavilon Midstream Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of The Gavilon Group, LLC; and an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced ...
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SIBUR and Reliancе form a Joint Venture to produce butyl rubber in India
21-02-2012
SIBUR, Russia and Eastern Europe's largest petrochemical company, and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private company, have agreed to form ...
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URS to acquire Flint Energy Services for C$1.25 Billion
20-02-2012
URS Corporation and Flint Energy Services Ltd, today announced a definitive agreement under which URS will acquire Flint for C$25.00 per share in cash, or C$1.25 ...
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AFPM warns of adverse effects of E15 use
17-02-2012
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna today issued the following response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
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Ryazan Oil Refinery invests $50 Million into the turnaround interval increase program
16-02-2012
The Ryazan Oil Refinery is going to invest $50 million into implementation of the measures planned for the spring of 2012 and aimed at increasing the turnaround ...
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Flowserve Abahsain opens valve manufacturing, service and training facility in Saudi Arabia
16-02-2012
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, and S&A Abahsain Co. Ltd., one of ...
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IMI announces acquisition of Remosa SpA
16-02-2012
IMI plc, the international engineering group, has acquired Remosa SpA and related companies (collectively “Remosa”), a leading engineering business ...
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GTC Technology to exclusively license advanced sulfur recovery technology from ConocoPhillips
15-02-2012
GTC Technology, a global licensor of innovative process technologies, process equipment technology and mass transfer solutions, is pleased to announce an exclusive, ...
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15-02-2012
A £9.3 million international consortium to make oil refining in Russia more efficient and environmentally sustainable has been given the green light this ...
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DCP Midstream announces new processing plant and gathering systems in Permian Basin
15-02-2012
DCP Midstream LLC today announces that it will build a 75 MMcf/d natural gas processing plant in Glasscock County, Texas, and associated low-pressure ...
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Honeywell opens new technology centre in India
14-02-2012
Facility expands technology development capabilities for refining, petrochemical, low-global-warming and nylon technologies and applications. Honeywell announced ...
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Bharat Oman Refineries employs Bentley's ProjectWise to save time and reduce project risk
13-02-2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that ...
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13-02-2012
Acquisition to Strengthen Dover's Fluid's Position by Enhancing Technology and Increasing Global Reach. Dover Corporation announced today that it has signed ...
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Air Liquide brings new ASU online in Geismar, Louisiana
13-02-2012
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP today announced the start up of a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) at its facility in Geismar, La. to increase its supply ...
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MCO compression system for ethylene plant was shipped to Korea
10-02-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) shipped a tertiary compressor and steam turbine driver for an ethylene plant in Korea. This compression ...
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API warns of upcoming “tsunami” of EPA regulations for refineries
10-02-2012
API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman warned of a “veritable tsunami” of new EPA air regulations for refineries that ...
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Halliburton and Petronas collaborate for the evaluation and development of Shale resources
10-02-2012
Halliburton and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd have signed a Framework Agreement for the evaluation and development of global shale resources. The signing ceremony ...
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KBR establishes GES+ (General Engineering Services +) entity in Saudi Arabia
09-02-2012
KBR today announced that it has completed the registration and licensing of a new entity to carry out general engineering and project management services under ...
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KBR announces appointment of Zachary Nagle as VP, investor relations and communications
09-02-2012
KBR today announced that Zachary “Zac” Nagle has joined the Company as Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications and will report to ...
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Linde Engineering dresden purchases CHOREN’s Carbo-V®-technology
09-02-2012
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH has acquired the Carbo-V® Technology of the insolvent Choren Industries GmbH, Freiberg from the insolvency administrator ...
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Global Refining industry outlook 2012
08-02-2012
Capacity analysis, forecasts and details of active and planned refineries to 2016. ReportsnReports add the 2012 version market research report on Global Refining ...
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Grace announces business segment presidents and elects new officers
08-02-2012
W. R. Grace & Co announced today a realignment of its business into three operating segments: Grace Catalysts Technologies, Grace Materials Technologies ...
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Graham corporation awarded more than $3.5 million in orders
08-02-2012
Graham Corporation, a global designer and manufacturer of critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, including the supply ...
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Sumitomo Chemical holds groundbreaking ceremony for new S-SBR plant in Singapore
06-02-2012
Sumitomo Chemical announced that on February 6, 2012 it held a groundbreaking ceremony and a celebration reception for the new solution styrene-butadiene rubber ...
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Topsøe launches new China website
01-02-2012
The new China website will support Topsoe’s strategic decision to increase its presence in China, www.topsoe.cn. "We are very pleased to be able ...
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Air Liquide acquires air separation unit from Georgia Gulf corporation
30-01-2012
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP (“Air Liquide”) announced that it has purchased an Air Separation Unit (ASU) from Georgia Gulf Corporation ...
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Ametek announced it has acquired O'Brien corporation
26-01-2012
AMETEK, Inc. today announced that it has acquired O'Brien Corporation, a leading manufacturer of fluid and gas handling solutions, sample conditioning equipment ...
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Honeywell UOP Technology for upgrading bottom of the barrel selected for refnery expansion
26-01-2012
UOP’s UniflexTM technology converts the heaviest portions of crude oil, allowing refiners to get more high-value fuels and other products from each barrel ...
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IFP energies nouvelles and Avantium intensify collaboration in high throughput research
26-01-2012
Today Avantium and IFPEN announced the expansion of the collaboration for further deployment of Avantium’s Flowrence technology in IFPEN’s High ...
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Pall Corporation to supply advanced water treatment technology for Qatar petroleum
25-01-2012
Agreement with SEG Qatar Calls for Locally Supported, Complete Water Management Solution. Pall Corporation has been selected by contractor SEG (Société ...
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MSR (measurement & control technology) exhibition in Germany
21-01-2012
For all laboratory professionals who are interested in metrology , process control technology and work place monitoring applications, you will have an opportunity ...
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Hemiwedge positioned to redefine valve technology and performance
20-01-2012
Chromatic Industries, Inc, a private corporation, is ramping up production of its key technology, the Hemiwedge® Valve product, at a new specialized manufacturing ...
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Successful start-up of a PLA plant with innovative Sulzer technology
19-01-2012
The first PLA plant running with innovative Sulzer technology was successfully put into service by Synbra Technology in the Netherlands. Furthermore Sulzer ...
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Hess announces charge related to closure of HOVENSA joint venture refinery
18-01-2012
Hess Corporation announced today that it will take a $525 million after-tax charge against its fourth quarter 2011 earnings as a result of the shutdown of the ...
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Hess announces charge related to closure of HOVENSA joint venture refinery
18-01-2012
Hess Corporation announced today that it will take a $525 million after-tax charge against its fourth quarter 2011 earnings as a result of the shutdown of the ...
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MCO wins compressor order for gas processing plant in Brazil
16-01-2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) has received an order of propane refrigerant compressors for gas processing plant in Brazil. Two compressors ...
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Acquisition of pump company Hidrotecar S.A. completed
13-01-2012
The announced acquisition of the privately owned pump company Hidrotecar S.A. in Burgos, Spain, was completed on January 10, 2012. The acquired company achieved ...
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Order intake increased to CHF3.6B
12-01-2012
For the full year 2011, Sulzer received orders of CHF 3 566.1 million. This was a significant adjusted1 increase of 13.7% (nominal increase of 8.4%) from the ...
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Resuming partial operations at Chiba Refinery
12-01-2012
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd wish to express our sincere apologies on the concerns and inconveniences caused to the local residents and to all those whom have been affected ...
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Linde Canada introduces portable gas detectors for use in industrial operations
05-01-2012
Linde Canada has introduced the G-TECTA™ line of portable gas detection instruments. Designed for easy use and maximum protection against hazardous working ...
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Honeywell’s UOP creates dedicated gas processing and hydrogen business unit
04-01-2012
Increases focus on development and execution of solutions to support growing natural gas use and hydrogen supply for growing fuels demand. UOP LLC, a Honeywell ...
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Total expands its position in the USA, entering the Utica shale formation in Ohio
03-01-2012
Total announces that its subsidiary, Total E&P USA, Inc, has signed and completed on December 30, 2011 an agreement to enter into a Joint Venture with Chesapeake ...
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New managing director at topsoe’s representative office in Moscow
02-01-2012
As of 1 January 2012, Jens Perregaard will take up the position as Managing Director for Haldor Topsoe’s Moscow representative office and for ZAO Topsoe. ...
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Creating opportunities in Vietnam
20-12-2011
HRH Crown Prince Frederik, Minister of Export and Trade, Pia Olsen Dyhr and Anne Birgitte Lundholt, Export Ambassador, headed a Danish business delegation to ...
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Topsoe present at the World Methanol Conference
01-12-2011
Topsoe will be present at the up-coming World Methanol Conference in San Diego, California 6-7 December. The World Methanol Conference is the largest methanol ...
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Topsoe partner in new Danish BioRefining Alliance
30-11-2011
From waste to usable products. BioRefining Alliance is a new and groundbreaking partnership aiming at accelerating Denmark’s leading position in the field ...
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Topsoe receives order for two SNOX™ plants from Petrobras, Brazil
29-11-2011
The order includes supply of proprietary equipment for two SNOX™ flue gas cleaning plants. Topsoe has signed an agreement with the Brazilian oil company ...
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Grace completes expansion in Brazil to support renewable fuels customers
21-11-2011
W. R. Grace & Co is celebrating the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Sorocaba, Brazil today with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by community ...
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Haldor Topsoe A/S appoints new Chief Executive Officer
18-11-2011
Our CEO since September 2007, Niels Kegel Sørensen has handed in his resignation from his position. The Board has at its meeting today accepted his resignation. ...
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MECS Inc and Blasch precision ceramics sign distributor and supply agreement
14-11-2011
MECS Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, has entered into an agreement with Blasch Precision Ceramics of Albany, N.Y., appointing MECS as the exclusive ...
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Topsoe presents Slovnaft’s revamp project at the ERTC conference
11-11-2011
Topsoe will present a paper in collaboration with Slovnaft at the up-coming ERTC conference in Barcelona 29 November to 1 December. The ERTC conference is Europe’s ...
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07-11-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced an agreement with Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) for the installation of a major central ...
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New Topsøe methanol plant in Russia
20-10-2011
On 20 October 2011 the official ceremony of commissioning of the new 1350 MTPD Topsøe methanol plant took place in OAO ShchekinoAzot, Russia. The contract ...
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103% capacity at Hyundai Oilbank, Korea
14-10-2011
Hyundai Oilbank, Korea launched the second Heavy Oil Upgrade (HOU) project with Topsoe in 2008 and the project was completed in June 2011 - ahead of schedule. ...
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Topsoe hosts Hydroprocessing course 2011
26-09-2011
For the sixth consecutive year, Topsoe has hosted the annual Hydroprocessing Course in Copenhagen. Hydroprocessing update - The course targets Topsoe clients ...
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Axens awarded licences for the Saudi Aramco Jazan refinery & terminal project
23-09-2011
Axens' technologies have been selected by Saudi Aramco for its Jazan Refinery & Terminal Project. The refinery, scheduled to be commissioned in December ...
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Axens’ technologies for Petron corporation in the Philippines
16-09-2011
Petron Corporation, the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, selected Axens to supply technologies for its Bataan Refinery Upgrading ...
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US Department of energy awards 5 million USD for advanced biofuels technology project
12-09-2011
Topsoe partners with RTI International in a project which will develop an advanced technology to produce biofuels that are compatible with the existing transportation ...
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Topsoe strengthens activities in China
08-09-2011
To strengthen business in China Topsoe has restructured the organisation and Per Bakkerud has been appointed as new managing director for the subsidiary in ...
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Grace receives department of energy grant for carbon capture technologies
06-09-2011
W. R. Grace & Co has been selected to receive a three-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop advanced post-combustion ...
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Topsoe’s WSA technology, now 100 plants and still going strong
31-08-2011
This year, Topsoe’s wet-gas sulphuric acid units (WSA) have reached the magic 100, with over 100 units licensed around the globe. One of a kind. Topsoe’s ...
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Topsoe hosts the 8th annual Topsoe catalysis forum
23-08-2011
The Topsoe Catalysis Forum is a framework for an open exchange of views on catalysis in the fields of interest to Topsoe. The idea is to invite experts, partners ...
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04-08-2011
Enersul announced it is partnering with PR3 Sulphur Solutions, LLC to complement Enersul’s technological expertise and help develop the next generation ...
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ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and Honeywell’s UOP form strategic alliance
03-08-2011
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) and Honeywell’s UOP have formed a joint marketing and licensing alliance to deliver a comprehensive ...
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02-08-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell Global Solutions) has signed an agreement with the South Refineries Company of Iraq, for the provision of technology ...
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ART expands manufacturing capacity through strategic relationship with Kuwait catalyst co
01-08-2011
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture between Chevron Products Company (Chevron) and W. R. Grace & Co, and Kuwait Catalyst Company (KCC) ...
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Linde to build two large air separation plants in China
29-07-2011
The technology company The Linde Group has been commissioned to build and operate two large air separation plants to supply gases on site to the Chinese company ...
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Grace celebrates award for catalysis research
12-07-2011
W. R. Grace & Co announced that Professor Bert Weckhuysen of Utrecht University in The Netherlands has received the 2011 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental ...
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Shell & Paques in JV for desulphurisation
01-07-2011
Shell and Paques Holding B.V. have agreed upon the formation of a 50-50 joint venture, Paqell B.V., to focus their efforts on the marketing of biological desulphurisation ...
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Hydroprocessing technology agreement with KBR
20-06-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and KBR, Inc. today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will market, sell and provide technology ...
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Strategic alliance with Sandvik on Sulphur
13-06-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and AB Sandvik Process Systems have today announced a cooperation agreement, designed to enable the provision of total ...
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Grace announces successful commercialization of zero/low rare earth catalyst technologies
01-06-2011
Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co, has announced the successful global commercialization of eight fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts ...
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Bulk separation of gas-liquid mixtures (PTQ Outlook, Q2 2011)
20-05-2011
Effective gas-liquid separation is increasingly important to produce high-quality products from feedstocks of decreasing quality The operating conditions ...
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Linde subsidiary BOC awarded elite accreditation as testing laboratory
16-05-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced that accreditation as a testing laboratory by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) was ...
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Grace Davisons NEKTORM catalyst wins downstream technology of the year award
12-05-2011
Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. has won the Downstream Technology of the Year Award at the Middle East Downstream Week 2011 Conference. ...
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Grace earns awards for energy efficiency and facility safety
11-05-2011
W. R. Grace & Co. has received 2011 Responsible Care(R) Energy Efficiency Awards and Facility Safety Awards from the American Chemistry Council ...
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Linde and Sapphire Energy announce deal to co-develop CO2 management systems
11-05-2011
The technology group The Linde Group and Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world’s leaders in algae-based crude oil, today announced that they have entered ...
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04-05-2011
Knowledge management is about getting the right information to the right people at the right time, and a comprehensive knowledge management capability is essential ...
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Linde builds large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in China
03-05-2011
The technology company The Linde Group will build and operate a large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in the Chongqing Chemical Park in Western China in a ...
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01-05-2011
Yvonne Lucas, Shell Global Solutions International B.V., explains how new technologies empowered refineries to manage the sulphur paradox On a global level, ...
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Grace - Chevron joint venture celebrates tenth anniversary
01-04-2011
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture between W. R. Grace & Co and Chevron Products Company (Chevron), is celebrating ten years of successful ...
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DuPont sustainable solutions introduces incident investigation training series
22-03-2011
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released a new four-part training series on incident investigations. Available on DVD and as online courses, the Incident ...
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The FCC alliance celebrates its 50th license in Philippines
21-03-2011
The FCC Alliance announced today its 50th license as Petron Corporation selected this technology for a second grassroots FCC unit to be located at its 180,000 ...
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Strategic alliance with Sulzer Chemtech
17-03-2011
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and Sulzer Chemtech Ltd have renewed and extended their strategic alliance agreement, originally concluded in 2000. ...
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Total Petrochemicals, IFPEN and Axens to co-develop Bio-Ethylene production technology
10-03-2011
Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens announce an alliance with the objective to develop a new optimized technology ...
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Linde to build a new carbon dioxide plant in Cebu
17-02-2011
Linde Philippines (South) Inc., a member of The Linde Group, announced it would invest PHP 219 million (EUR 3.8 million) to build a new 24 tons per day (tpd) ...
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Spectro partners with SII Nanotechnology to market ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments
01-02-2011
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH has formed a strategic marketing alliance with SII NanoTechnology, Inc. to market SPECTRO’s inductively coupled plasma ...
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Linde partners with Pulsair® to deliver total mixing and blending solutions
25-01-2011
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced its partnership with US company, Pulsair® Systems, in Bellevue, Washington state, to enable ...
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NPRA Says EPA Decision on E15 Could Hurt Consumers
21-01-2011
Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, issued the following statement in response to the decision by the ...
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Sasol and Linde conclude long-term agreement for engineering services
21-01-2011
Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd of South Africa has appointed the Engineering Division of The Lind Group as preferred Licensor’s Engineering Contractors ...
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NPRA Praises President Obama’s Action on Regulations
18-01-2011
Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, today issued the following statement: “President Obama’s ...
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Linde and Air Products form Anhydrous Hydrogen Chloride joint venture
12-01-2011
Linde Gas North America and Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced they have formed Hydrochlor, a 50-50 joint venture to supply high purity anhydrous ...
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Axens to acquire Criterion’s catalytic reforming catalyst business
06-01-2011
Axens North America Inc. announces the signature with Criterion Catalysts & Technology L.P (“Criterion”) and Shell of an Asset Purchase and ...
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EPA approval of E15 hurts consumers
05-01-2011
When you fill up your car, truck, boat, snowmobile, motorcycle, or outdoor power equipment with gasoline, you expect the fuel will be safe and reliable. American ...
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DuPont completes acquisition of MECS Wilmington
03-01-2011
DuPont has completed its purchase of MECS from affiliates of American Securities LLC. The previously announced transaction strengthens the DuPont clean ...
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NPRA's Drevna in ICIS: Education of New Congress Goal of NPRA
30-12-2010
A top priority for NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, in the months ahead will be educating new members of Congress about the importance ...
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Valero Completes Sale of Paulsboro Refinery
17-12-2010
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of its Paulsboro, N.J. refinery to PBF Holding Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary ...
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Valero Announces Plans for LNG Project, Decision to Restart Aruba Refinery UnitsÂ
13-12-2010
Valero, Government of Aruba sign a memorandum of understanding to supply the island with liquefied natural gas for power generation. San Nicholas, ...
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Topsoe launches new sulphuric acid catalyst
02-11-2010
Topsoe has developed a new sulphuric acid catalyst for operation in converted strong gases. Activity leap The catalyst designated VK-701 LEAP5™ ...
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Valero 4Q & 1Q Turnaround Schedule Update
26-10-2010
Valero has updated its maintenance turnaround schedule. This list includes only major projects that will have a material impact on production, and it ...
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Valero To Sell Its Interest In Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline Co. To Genesis EnergyÂ
25-10-2010
Valero Energy Corporation today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its 50 percent indirect equity interest in the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline ...
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Ecopetrol successfully started-up the HDT complex project
11-10-2010
Ecopetrol has successfully started-up two new units for the production of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (Prime-D) and Ultra Low Sulfur Gasoline (Prime-G+), as part ...
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Axens acquires the Rio Tinto Alcan's Brockville activated alumina business
01-10-2010
Axens has successfully completed the acquisition of the activated alumina business of Rio Tinto Alcan in Brockville (Ontario, Canada) on October 1, 2010. The ...
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ExxonMobil and Badger sign agreement to market new technology to reduce benzene
07-09-2010
Allows for cleaner burning fuel and reduced pollution • Converts benzene into high octane alkylaromatics using light olefins • Avoids octane ...
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IOCL selects Axens coker gas oil hydrotreating technology
06-09-2010
IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Ltd) has chosen Axens to supply the technology for its Coker Gas Oil (CGO) Hydrotreating Unit at its Haldia Refinery. With a design ...
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Haldor Topsoe Inc and CoaLogix Inc announce collaboration
24-08-2010
Haldor Topsoe Inc. and CoaLogix Inc. announce collaboration in supplying certified regenerated SCR catalyst to the power industry Haldor Topsoe Inc. ...
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Axens to acquire the Rio Tinto Alcan's Brockville activated alumina business
04-08-2010
Axens announces that it has signed an Asset Sale Agreement (ASA) with Canada-based Rio Tinto Alcan regarding the sale by Rio Tinto Alcan of its activated alumina ...
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Gazprom, Axens and IFP are developing cooperation in the field of LNG
21-06-2010
Today within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 a meeting between Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head ...
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Valero Announces Maintenance at Aruba Refinery in Anticipation of Possible Restart Later this YearÂ
03-06-2010
Officials with the Valero Aruba Refinery announced today that maintenance would soon begin at the refinery with the aim of potentially restarting the refinery ...
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Valero Completes Sale of Delaware City AssetsÂ
01-06-2010
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of the assets of its terminal operation and discontinued operations in Delaware City ...
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Dr. Henrik Topsøe receives award
26-05-2010
Dr. Henrik Topsøe has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Distinguished Researcher Award from The Petroleum Chemistry Division of American Chemical ...
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Start-up of hydrogen plant in Argentina
12-05-2010
Topsoe announces the start up of a new hydrogen production unit. The new unit is based on steam methane reforming and supplies hydrogen to Esso Petrolera ...
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Topsoe involved in Swedish project producing synthetic natural gas from biomass
15-04-2010
Topsoe will participate in the design of the world’s first plant for producing substitute natural gas (SNG) from biomass. The complete process includes ...
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Valero Renewables Closes on Purchase of Jefferson Ethanol Plant
02-04-2010
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, announced today that it has closed on its purchase of an ethanol ...
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Valero 1Q & 2Q Turnaround Schedule Update
21-01-2010
Valero has updated its maintenance turnaround schedule. This list includes only major projects that will have a material impact on production and is subject ...
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Axens and Headwaters Incorporated form direct coal liquefaction alliance
21-01-2010
Axens and Headwaters Incorporated have signed an agreement to form a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing ultra-clean fuels ...
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Tessenderlo NL Holding, BV and Gulf Technologies form MPR Services Middle East
10-03-2009
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas (MPR) announced today the formation of MPR Services Middle East WLL (MME), a joint venture between Gulf Technologies Holding ...
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MPR Services and Jet Oil Solutions Form Environmentally Clean Systems™
19-02-2009
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas and JET Oil Solutions (JET) of Salt Lake City, Utah have formed Environmentally Clean Systems (ECS), a joint venture, serving ...
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MPR Services Granted Patent for Improving the Conversion of Oxazolidones to Alkanolamines
28-05-2008
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas, has been granted United States Patent #7,323,600 for a regeneration process for converting oxazolidones such as hydroxypropyloxazolidone ...
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Servomex launches most-advanced photometric gas analyzer yet
23-08-0222
SERVOMEX, the experts in gas analysis, has unveiled a new analyzer promising to deliver their most advanced photometric gas analysis solution to date. The new ...
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Striking the right balance between reliability and innovation Typically, one of the first questions we get asked relates to reliability. In our industry, just ...
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QUESTION: Which is stronger, a one-piece-shaft or drive-shaft-and-trunnion design? ANSWER: Multiple factors may affect a valve’s shaft strength, from material ...
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Técnicas Reunidas and Repsol will develop technologies for industrial decarbonization
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Repsol and Técnicas Reunidas, the engineering company specialized in the design and execution of projects in the energy sector, have signed an alliance to ...
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Enterprise selects Honeywell technology for second PDH plant
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Honeywell announced that Enterprise Products Partners L.P. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex™ technology in its second propane dehydrogenation ...
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