Process Optimization
Sadara venture awards engineering deal to Jacobs for Saudi PE trains
Jacobs was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for three PE trains for Sadara, the joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical. First production units are expected to come on line in the second half of 2015, with all units up and running in 2016.
Jacobs wins engineering work in Singapore on new Evonik amino acid project
Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Evonik Industries to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for a new methionine production complex at Jurong Island, Singapore. The integrated complex is scheduled for a 2014 start up.
Solutia awards engineering deal to Jacobs for resin project in Malaysia
Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Solutia to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services for the Kuantan resin plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. The companies noted that the project is scheduled to be completed in 2013.
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HP Reliability: Pumps and the Bhopal connection
In the 2012 June issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, our readers will find a highly informative article that should remind equipment specialists of their professional and ethical responsibilities. These ..
HP Water Management: Avoid failures in water projects: Part 1
Your company is planning an expansion—building a new process unit or constructing an entire new plant. Regardless of the scope, the facility staff will specify project requirements, complete the ..
HP Construction: North America
Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a strategic umbrella agreement with The Dow Chemical Co. to provide project management, consulting, engineering, procurement,..
HP Construction: Europe
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Afipsky Refinery, located in the Krasnodarskij Region of Russia, to develop a basic-engineering package for an amine regenerator unit, a sour-water st..
HP Construction: Middle East
The Linde Group and Sadara Chemical Co. have signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being bu..
- BASF supports European 1,4‑butanediol supply security through increased production in Ludwigshafen 2/16
- Vitol backs proposed $3-billion LNG power plant for South Africa's Durban port 2/16
- HAMR Energy receives additional funding for low-carbon liquid fuels projects 2/16
- NASCAR names POET official bioethanol partner: Becomes first major motorsports series to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol 2/16
- ExxonMobil starts third advanced plastics recycling unit at Baytown complex 2/16
- Geoinform, subsidiary of the MOL Group, signs strategic cooperation agreement with Baker Hughes 2/16
