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Total signs on for new refining project in China

Total signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) and Petrochemicals Industries Co. (PIC) for the planned development of a 300,000 bpd full-conversion refinery integrated with petrochemicals complex with Sinopec.

FMC opens biopolymer technical hub in Singapore

FMC Corp. recently opened its new Singapore Technical Center in Singapore Science Park 2, the company said on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art facility will serve the technology and formulation needs of FMC's growing food and beverage customers in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia.

Case 67: Extruder blowback

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Understanding what is happening can lead to a solution

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, will provide technology to produce propylene at Dow Chemical Co.’s production site in Texas. Dow Texas Operations will use Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex technology in a n..

Jacobs wins engineering work for Solvay specialty polymers plant in China

Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract from Solvay for a specialty polymers production plant to be built at Solvay's industrial site in Changshu, located in the province of Jiangsu, China. The plant is scheduled to become operational in the first quarter of 2014 and significantly boost Solvey's capacity.

Mitsui to license polyurethane technology to SABIC

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) signed a TDI and MDI technology license agreement with Mitsui Chemicals under which Mitsui will provide manufacturing technology for producing TDI and MDI. The firms say they will explore future possibilities to collaborate in the polyurethane (PU) business.

Axens technology chosen for linear alpha-olefins at Russia petrochemical project

ZAO Far East Petrochemical Company (FEPCO), which is implementing the NK Rosneft project of OJSC for a new petrochemical complex to be located in Primorsk region of Russia, has selected Axens’ AlphaButol and AlphaHexol technologies to produce high-purity linear alpha-olefins.

Formosa eyes new olefins cracker in Texas

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

Formosa Plastics will build a 800,000 tpy olefins cracker, a 600,000 tpy propane dehydrogenation unit and a 300,000 tpy low-density polyethylene plant at its Point Comfort site.

US chemical production shows improvement

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

January 2012 output rose on both a month-on-month and year-on-year basis, according to monthly figures from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) trade group.

Honeywell opens new technology hub in India

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

The company says the center will expand its development in downstream sectors such as refining, petrochemicals and nylon technologies and applications.