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Catalysts

HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Solvay for a major, specialty polymers production plant to be built at Solvay’s industrial site in Changshu, Jiangsu, China. Officials estimate t..

HP Impact: Society urges GHS compliance

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has been preparing health, safety and environment (HSE) professionals for major compliance changes that are required by the United Nations’ (UN&#14..

Axens wins top France safety award for Salindres catalyst, adsorbent site

Axens is receiving a top annual safety award in the category of responsible care from the Union of the French Chemical Industries (UIC) for its Salindres plant in the Gard region. Axens will be presented with the award in Paris on Thursday, April 26, at the UIC general meeting.

Huntsman to expand polyurethane catalyst output at Hungary, Spain sites

The performance products division of Huntsman will expand manufacturing capacity of specialty amines used as polyurethane catalysts at manufacturing facilities in Petfurdo, Hungary and in Barcelona, Spain. Financial details of the expansion, which will increase outut by 25%, were not disclosed.

Improve catalyst management at the FCC unit

Grace Catalysts Technologies: Sargenti, M. L.  |  Ergonul, N.  |  Scherer, M.
Orpic Sohar Refinery: Upadhyay, H.  |  McClung, R.  |  Al Rawahi, T. S. W.

System revamp reduces unloading time, boosts refinery operations

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

Vessel monitoring system uses thermal cameras   Fig. 1.  This vessel monitoring software shows the exact   locations of imaging cameras. The Critical Vessel Monitoring System ..

Global refining catalyst market driven by growth in hydroprocessing

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

The market improvement is led by demand for cleaner fuels, increasing use of heavier and dirtier feedstocks and additions to refining capacity, a new study says.

Grace venture to build FCC catalysts plant in UAE

W. R. Grace & Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture with Al Dahra Agricultural Co. to build and operate a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives plant in the Middle East. The production plant would be located in Abu Dhabi and start up in 2015.

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, will provide technology to produce propylene at Dow Chemical Co.’s production site in Texas. Dow Texas Operations will use Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex technology in a n..

US chemical production shows improvement

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

January 2012 output rose on both a month-on-month and year-on-year basis, according to monthly figures from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) trade group.

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