Americas
TransCanada to build British Columbia pipeline for Shell LNG export venture
TransCanada has been chosen by Shell and its LNG Canada joint venture partners to design, build, own and operate a pipeline that will transport natural gas from the Montney gas-producing region near Dawson Creek, British Columbia (BC) to the LNG export facility near Kitimat, BC.
ExxonMobil named top Responsible Care company for safety, environment efforts
ExxonMobil Chemical was named the Responsible Care company of the year at the 2012 American Chemistry Council (ACC) annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. Responsible Care is the global chemical industry’s premier program for achieving and sustaining operational excellence.
Praxair buys five Airgas branch locations in Canada
Industrial gases major Praxair has acquired the assets of five Airgas branch locations in western Canada, including Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton, Alberta, and Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Airgas said the sale divestiture enables it to redeploy capital resources to its core business in British Columbia.
Asahi Kasei opens plastics sales office in Mexico
Asahi Kasei Plastics is commemorating its 12-year anniversary with the opening of a new sales office in Mexico, in which it hopes to further expand the company’s global presence. Asahi Kasei Plastics says it is expanding worldwide with new facilities, distributorships and license agreements.
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Recover valuable olefins from offgas streams
Catalytic technology aids in removal of acetylenes, NOx and oxygen
Improve feedstock selection for your refinery
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Fine-tune relief calculations for supercritical fluids
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HP Insight: Global solutions wanted for growing industry
World War II was one of the defining events that drove innovation for the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). During the 1940s, solutions were needed to resolve shortages of transportation fuels an..
- XRG to expand its global chemicals reach with takeover of Covestro 11/21
- U.S. FERC explores blanket authorizations for LNG projects 11/21
- thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by Dangote Fertilizer Ltd. to license four urea granulation units in Nigeria 11/21
- Indian and Chinese refineries are moving to comply with U.S. sanctions on Russia 11/21
- Dynamis Power Solutions awards Baker Hughes with significant order for gas turbine technology to support mobile power for oil and gas applications 11/21
- EIL signs MoU with Aramco Asia India Pvt. Ltd. for cooperation in various oil/gas activities 11/21
