Engineering & Design
ExxonMobil, SABIC select location for proposed petchem project on US Gulf Coast
HOUSTON -- 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 complex on the US Gulf Coast.
CB&I awarded additional tech contract for ZPC's refinery in China
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a single-train 220 kta diphenyl carbonate (DPC) unit, based on Versalis technology, for a refining and petrochemical complex in China.
ClearSign secures follow-on order from California refinery
SEATTLE -- ClearSign Combustion Corporation, a provider of industrial combustion technologies that help to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, announced that it has secured a follow-on commercial order from a California-based refinery following Duplex technology's pilot with the company late last year.
Siemens opens doors to new facility serving Gulf Coast O&G industry
Siemens opened the doors of a new service center in Geismar, La, devoted to serving the region’s oil and gas industry, and related markets. Judy Marks, CEO for Siemens USA and Executive Vice President for New Equipment Solutions at the Dresser-Rand business, and Tim Holt, CEO for Siemens Power Generation Services Division, were among several senior executives who joined employees for a special ribbon cutting ceremony at the facility.
Zhejiang Petroleum awards DuPont contract for sulfuric acid regeneration unit
WILMINGTON, Del. – Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Co. (ZPC) in China has awarded and signed contracts for the engineering, technology license and proprietary equipment for a MECS sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) unit, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies.
Total-Hanwha JV to invest $450 MM on refining and petrochemicals platform
PARIS (Reuters) -- French oil and gas company Total said on Wednesday that its South Korean JV with Hanwha will invest $450 MM in the group's refining and petrochemicals platform to expand capacity in order to meet growing demand from China.
Fluor awarded contract for two Marathon refineries in Texas
IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation announced that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corporation to execute the engineering and procurement scope for a major reconfiguration at Marathon’s Galveston Bay and Texas City, Texas refineries. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value into backlog in the first quarter of 2017.
Air Liquide to supply hydrogen purification technology for methanol production complex
Air Liquide Engineering and Construction will supply a hydrogen purification Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) unit to one of the largest methanol production facilities to be built by Yuhuang Chemical Inc in St. James Parish, La., as per recently signed agreement. Purified hydrogen will enable higher efficiency of methanol production, with less natural gas consumption per ton of methanol.
AMPO Poyam Valves completes construction of new manufacturing facility in India
IDIAZABAL, Spain -- AMPO Poyam Valves has completed construction of their new valve manufacturing plant in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) in order to accommodate AMPO’s expanding capabilities.
Air Liquide signs long-term contract with Oman petroleum group
Air Liquide and Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), Oman’s national refining company, recently signed a long-term agreement for the supply of nitrogen to the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC), a new plastics production complex including the country’s first steam cracker Orpic is adding to its existing production facilities, in Sohar industrial port area in Oman.
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