Europe
HP Automation Safety: Safety equipment qualification
During a functional safety assessment of a packaged equipment manufacturer, the issue of instrumentation equipment qualification came up on the audit checklist. The IEC 61511 standard requires that al..
HP Construction: Europe
RusTurboMash LLC, a joint venture of Siemens Energy and Iskra-Avigaz, has inaugurated a new compressor-manufacturing plant in Perm, Russia. Siemens holds a 51% stake in the joint venture and Iskra-Avi..
CB&I lands engineering pact for new petrochemical complex in Russia
CB&I has been awarded a contract by OJSC Rosneft for the license and basic engineering of a naphtha steam cracking unit and a butadiene and benzene extraction unit for a new petrochemical complex in Russia. The steam cracking unit, which will be the world’s largest, is designed to produce more than 1.4 million tpy of ethylene and more than 600,000 tpy of propylene.
Linde, Statoil say joint Arctic LNG plant exceeding performance expectations
The world's northernmost natural gas liquefaction plant - Hammerfest LNG on the island Melkøya, 800 km north of the Arctic Circle near Hammerfest in Norway - passed its performance test in August, exceeding the expectations. The plant is a unique technology project of the European natural gas and EPC industry.
Chevron Phillips Chemical closes deal for Neste Oil polyalphaolefin plant in Belgium
Chevron Phillips Chemical has successfully completed the acquisition of a polyalphaolefin (PAO) plant located in Beringen, Belgium from Neste Oil. The deal was first announced in September.
EU imposes new Iran sanctions, but no oil embargo
European Union foreign ministers agreed Thursday to impose new sanctions on additional Iranian entities, but a French proposal for a blanket embargo on Iranian oil exports met significant resistance. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said an oil embargo was still "being debated" and diplomats said some restrictions on Iran oil imports were likely to be imposed in the coming months.
UOP forms alliance with Netherlands’ Twister for natural gas treatment technology
Honeywell’s UOP said Wednesday that it plans to expand its portfolio of natural gas treatment technologies through an exclusive marketing alliance with the Netherlands-based Twister B.V. UOP has also acquired a minority position in Twister B.V., the company said.
Norway agency sees "very serious shortcomings" in BP safety
BP’s efforts to monitor and respond to sudden pollution releases such as oil spills in the Norwegian Sea suffer from "very serious shortcomings" that demand immediate improvement, Norwegian regulators said. The report is the latest indication of health and safety issues at BP, which was plagued by a massive oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and by numerous other accidents in recent years.
Developing nations seen making better efforts on climate change - official
Developing countries are making more effort to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions than the developing world and that imbalance is threatening the future of the Kyoto Protocol, Venezuela's climate change representative said Tuesday.
Cereplast inks bioplastic distribution deal in Turkey
Cereplast on Tuesday announced a three-year distribution agreement with GAMA Plastik AS to supply bioplastic resin in Turkey. The country is one of the fastest growing plastics markets in the world and third in terms of market share in Europe behind Germany and Italy.
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