Equipment
MHI Compressor delivers critical turbomachinery for Texas ethane cracker
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation (MCO-I), a leader in the design and manufacturing of compressors, steam turbines and associated auxiliaries, has successfully manufactured, tested and shipped steam turbine-driven compressor packages to Golden Triangle Polymers Co., a Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (CPChem) and QatarEnergy joint venture, for its world-scale 2.08-MMtpy ethane cracker located in Orange County, Texas.
KBR to provide technology for mega-scale ammonia plant in Angola
KBR will provide a technology license, proprietary engineering design, equipment and catalyst solutions for AMUFERT’s 2,300-tpd ammonia plant in Soyo, Angola.
McDermott achieves ISO 50001 Certification for energy management at four fabrication yards
McDermott has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 50001 certification for energy management at four of its major fabrication yards: the Batam Fabrication Yard (BFY) in Indonesia, the Jebel Ali Fabrication Yard (JAY) in the United Arab Emirates, the McDermott Qingdao Wuchuan (QMW) in China, and Qatar Fabrication Company (QFAB) in Qatar.
WGLC: Innovating AI adoption
Holding consistent with many conference discussions in 2024, the Women’s Global Leadership Conference also tackled AI implementation. In fact, the first day of the Nov. 19-20 conference did one better, featuring multiple panels on the topic and discussing how female leaders can make strides with this new technology.
Solvay uses waste wood to power soda ash and bicarbonate plant in Germany
Solvay announced the official inauguration of the second biomass boiler at its Rheinberg soda ash and bicarbonate plant in Germany, phasing out the use of thermal coal for energy use at the site. With the commissioning of this new boiler, Rheinberg became the world’s first soda ash plant powered by locally sourced waste wood.
bp delays Whiting refinery (U.S.) restart from maintenance
bp has delayed the restart of a crude distillation unit and a coker at its 435,000-bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery from maintenance.
Ren-Gas selects Sunfire electrolyzer for its Tampere eMethane plant
Ren-Gas announced the selection of Sunfire as one of the key technology providers for the Tampere Power-to-Gas project.
CB&I ships Viva Energy Modules from its Thailand fabrication facility
CB&I, a wholly owned unrestricted subsidiary of McDermott, has shipped three out of five process assembly unit (PAU) modules for Viva Energy Australia.
Clariant EnviCat N2O-S catalyst to cut CO2eq by 690,000 tpy at Hengli’s nitric acid plant in China
Clariant announced the successful installation of its EnviCat N2O-S catalyst at Hengli Petrochemical's 300,000-tpy nitric acid plant in Dalian, China. With the successful installation of the catalyst in June 2024, the plant is projected to reduce its N2O emissions by 690,000 tpy of CO2eq.
Samsung E&A-CTCI JV awarded $417-MM EPC contract to build ethylene storage in Qatar
Samsung E&A-CTCI JV was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Ras Laffan Petrochemicals for the $417-MM, 30,000-t Qatar RLP Ethylene Storage EPC project.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf 4/6
- Petrobras delivers LPG sold at steep premiums despite Lula move to annul auction 4/3
- Plug Power to supply 275-MW GenEco electrolyzer system for Hy2gen’s Courant decarbonized ammonium nitrate project 4/3
- Vietnam refinery boosting jet fuel production 4/3
- China plans to upgrade some petrochemical plants, phase out others by 2029 4/3
- Morocco has diesel stocks for 51 days, energy ministry says 4/3
