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Evonik acquires India-based Monarch Catalyst
The company employs approximately 300 employees and will be renamed to Evonik Catalysts India. All of Evonik’s future catalyst activities in India will be operated through the newly-acquired company.
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UAE FCC catalyst manufacturing facility completes Phase 1W. R. Grace & Co. and JV partner Al Dahra Agriculture Co. marked the commissioning of a new catalyst logistics silo terminal (pictured) and the..
KBR forms alliance with Exelus to license solid acid catalyst technology
Global demand for motor fuels continues to rise while stricter environmental standards and oxygenate blend requirements for gasoline place a premium on clean burning fuels such as alkylate.
Sasol expands German catalyst carrier capacity
Due to physical and chemical properties, the shaped carriers produced by the division are sought-after in fast-growing markets, such as the refinery catalyst market.
Grace, Chevron venture ART to build world-scale US Gulf catalysts plant
An ever-increasing global push for bottom-of-the-barrel upgrading is leading to a significant increase in investment by refiners for fixed bed resid hydrotreating and ebullating bed resid hydrocracking process technologies.
HP Petrochemicals: M&A deals rise as investors push petrochemical leaders to restructure
Oil and petrochemical companies are seeking strategies to remain competitive as their cash flows continue to take direct hits due to depressed oil prices. This is resulting in significant restructurin..
Honeywell opens China propylene catalysts plant
This new site in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, has begun production of catalysts used to covert propane to propylene as traditional sources for this product shrink.
WR Grace advances FCC catalysts project in UAE
The approximately $150 million facility, located in the Kizad Industrial Zone approximately 70 km outside Abu Dhabi, will serve refineries throughout the Middle East and potentially other regions.
Bolivia expands petrochemical capability with Bulo Bulo ammonia complex
The Bulo Bulo ammonia-urea facility will be Bolivia’s first petrochemical venture. This new facility is expected to produce sufficient urea/ammonia supplies for domestic demand and will provide surplus product for export.
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