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Construction

Flint Hills Resources to construct $20 M fuel terminal expansion

Flint Hills Resources will begin construction on a $20 M expansion of its Waupun, Wisconsin fuel terminal.

KBR awarded construction contract for Chemours new Corpus Christi facility

KBR will build a large-scale manufacturing plant to produce hydrofluoroolefins for Chemours.

Meridian Energy Group selects Vepica USA, to undertake engineering definition of Davis refinery

Meridian Energy Group has finalized its selection of Vepica USA, Inc. to perform the engineering definition for the Davis refinery.

Wison Engineering awarded new EPC contracts by Connel Chemical for MTO project

Wison Engineering has been awarded an EPC contract for a 300kta methanol-to-olefins unit, the first phase of Connel Chemical Industry Ltd.’s 600kta MTO plant.

Engineers and Constructors International, Inc. acquires Simon Carves Engineering, Ltd.

Engineers and Constructors International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Ltd., acquired Simon Carves Engineering, Ltd.

Chevron Phillips Chemical completes next-gen polyethylene pilot plant

Chevron Phillips Chemical completed construction of its leading-edge polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Global Project Data

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

New downstream project announcements have continued to decrease since April.

Business Trends: The state of the global downstream construction sector

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Capital-intensive investments are being made in every sector of the hydrocarbon processing industry, in every region.<br>

Industry Perspectives: Petchem Tech Forum highlights advances in US petrochemicals

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In mid-July, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> held its inaugural Petchem Tech Forum.

Design operations-and-maintenance-friendly pressure vessels—Part 1

The Augustus Group: Murti, D. G.

Many scholarly articles have been published on the design, selection and fabrication of pressure vessels.