Americas
Alfa Laval wins order to supply heat exchangers at US petrochemical plant
The Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers will be used to increase the yield and recover energy in the production of ethylene, an important ingredient for the manufacturing of industrial chemicals and plastics products.
US PVC prices to rise in 2014 on higher ethylene costs, export demand
Stronger prices for the ethylene used to make PVC and strong PVC export markets are supporting the upward momentum in PVC pricing, according to a weekly newsletter.
Sapphire Energy, Phillips 66 advance algae crude oil commercialization
Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 say they will work together to collect and analyze data from co-processing of algae and conventional crude oil into fuels. The goal is to complete fuel certifications to ready Sapphire's renewable crude oil, called Green Crude, for wide-scale oil refining.
Cansolv Technologies renames as Shell Cansolv
Shell Cansolv is a leader in gas treating technologies, with a portfolio of reliable solutions enabling customers to meet stringent product specifications and emission limits at lower costs.
Calumet acquires US lubricants company Bel-Ray
Today, Bel-Ray's specialty lubricants are widely accepted as a brand of choice used in the aerospace, automotive, energy, food, marine, military, mining, motorcycle, powersports, steel and textiles industries.
Freeport LNG chooses CB&I, Zachry Industrial to build first two trains
CB&I and Zachry Industrial have been awarded two contracts, each valued at $2.5 billion, to construct the first two LNG trains of the Freeport liquefaction project in Texas.
Amyris, Total form alliance on renewable fuels
Amyris and Total have formed Total Amyris BioSolutions, a 50-50 joint venture that now holds rights and a license to produce and market renewable diesel and jet fuel from Amyris's renewable farnesene.
Clariant to expand Houston ethoxylation complex
The expansion includes new reactors and additional storage facilities, bringing the overall ethoxylation capacity to more than 125 000 metric tons -- up from 95,000 metric tons at present.
Foster Wheeler wins engineering deal in Chile for new molybdenum refinery
Foster Wheeler will undertake detailed engineering and provide procurement assistance and field engineering services for the new refinery, which is planned to process and refine 16,000 tpy of molybdenum feedstock and yield molybdenum as well as copper, rhenium and sulfuric acid.
OxyChem, Mexichem choose contractor for new US ethylene cracker
CB&I was awarded the $1 billion engineering and construction contract to build an ethylene cracker with 1.2 billion lb/year of capacity at OxyChem's existing complex in Ingleside, Texas.
- Envision sets sail with world's first commercial green ammonia cargo to South Korea 2/27
- Eni takes FID on biorefinery conversion project in Sannazzaro 2/27
- Valmet launches Valmet FlexBatch 8, the latest version of its advanced batch automation and recipe management software 2/27
- AFPM to the U.S. EPA: Please, no last-minute RVP waivers in 2026 2/27
- Druzhba pipeline carried Ukrainian and Russian oil before January attack 2/27
- Motiva buys cargo of Venezuelan heavy oil for March delivery; first purchase since 2019 2/27
