Asia/Pacific
Jacobs providing services for Indian delayed coker unit project
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd. (formerly Indian Oiltanking) to provide engineering services for Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.'s (IOCL) delayed coker unit (DCU) project.
Stratco to design plant for PT. Pertamina
Stratco, Inc. has added PT. Pertamina , the state oil company of Indonesia, to its growing roster of international customers in a deal for the design of a modern grease manufacturing plant in Jakarta
$8.4 billion Chinese pump market by 2015
McIlvaine is predicting that China will account for 21% of the $40 billion 2015 world market for industrial pumps. China is completing a five year plan which is adding 15,000 mgd of municipal sewage treatment.
Dresser-Rand adds new programs to condition monitoring software
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. recently announced two diagnostic modules for its Envision suite of condition monitoring software. The modules work individually or in tandem to provide information that helps increase machinery availability, improve productivity and reduce operating costs.
Lummus Technology involved with PDH plant in China
Lummus Technology has a contract with Tianjin Bohua Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit to be built in Tianjin, China.
Lurgi contracted for polyamide 6-plant in China
Lurgi GmbH has a contract to supply Fujian Jinjiang Technology Co., Ltd.’s polyamide 6-plant in Changle, Fujian, China.
Possible CNPC and Sinopec turf battle on China’s east coast
Xinhua News is reporting that Petrochina will provide crude oil for the Shandong Dongming Petrochemical oil refinery in Shandong Province, China.
LNG powered ships coming to China
A ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and modified by China Natural Gas recently completed a test navigation run in Wuhan, China.
Huntsman to purchase Indian chemicals business
Huntsman Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the chemicals business of Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd. Located in Ankleshwar, India, the Laffans chemicals business manufactures amines and surfactants.
Optimize operating parameters of absorbers/strippers in gas plants
Better recovery definition of C3s and C4s from gas absorber/stripper can lower costs
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- Russia bans aviation fuel exports until November 30 6/1
- Green Fuels Operating breaks ground on $400-MM refinery in Oklahoma (U.S.) 6/1
- SABIC puts 141 lots of industrial assets up for public auction 6/1
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- Fluor JV received limited notice to proceed for proposed Phase 2 expansion of LNG Canada facility 6/1
