Petrochemicals
AFPM Base Oils & Waxes ’17: Spotlight on a growing part of the industry
SAN ANTONIO -- For the first time, the International Bases Oils & Waxes (BOW) Conference was held in parallel with another AFPM conference.
CB&I awarded technology contract for refining, petchem project in China
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- CB&I announced it has been awarded a substantial contract for the license, engineering design and catalyst supply for five proprietary technologies to be used in an integrated refining and petrochemical project in China.
Dow completes construction of ethylene production site in Texas
FREEPORT, Texas – The Dow Chemical Company announced the completion of the construction phase of its new ethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas. The Company reached this milestone within one week of the originally planned date, which was set approximately two years ago. Dow’s ethylene unit is now progressing through the commissioning phase, with start-up expected by mid-year.
Neste Jacobs technology to be implemented at Haltermann Carless German site
Neste Jacobs, a global provider of technology, engineering and project services and Haltermann Carless, an HCS Group brand and provider of specialty hydrocarbons, have agreed to plan and engineer an upgrade and expansion of the Haltermann Carless' production site in Speyer, Germany. The parties have also signed a Letter of Intent for the EPCM services to be provided by Neste Jacobs.
AFPM IPC ’17: State of the Petrochemical Industry – A Wild Ride?
SAN ANTONIO -- The first morning of AFPM’s International Petrochemical Conference featured a session on the State of the Petrochemical Industry.
EU backs $130-B Dow, DuPont merger with asset sales plan
(Reuters) -- Dow Chemical and DuPont won the blessing of the European Union for their $130 billion merger on Monday by agreeing to sell substantial assets including key research and development activities.
WorleyParsons awarded PMC services contract by Manaseer Group
WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract by the Manaseer Group. Under the contract, WorleyParsons will provide project management consulting services for a greenfield integrated potash and phosphate fertilizer complex in Jordan.
Sinopec's 2016 net profit rises 44%, helped by refining
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China Petroleum and Chemical Corp on Sunday reported that 2016 net profit rose 44% to $6.74 billion from a year earlier on the back of strong performances in refining and chemicals.
ACC: US specialty chemicals markets rise in February
WASHINGTON – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported that US specialty chemicals market volumes rose a strong 0.6% in February. This follows an upwardly revised 0.4% gain in January. Volumes have generally been moving up since May.
ISU Chemical selects Intergraph for managing technical data at plants
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Korean petrochemical company ISU Chemical Co., Ltd has selected four Intergraph solutions to optimize the management of technical data quality on its Onsan and Ulsan plant sites.
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