Process Optimization
Jacobs buys Aker Solutions' process and construction business
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has reached a definitive agreement with Aker Solutions ASA to purchase a number of Aker's operations within its process and construction (P&C) business area.
Foster Wheeler FEED-ing two Brazilian refineries
Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract from Petrobras for two grassroots refineries in Brazil.
Chiyoda giving Shell a hand in Singapore and Malaysia
Chiyoda Singapore (Pte) Ltd., signed a new engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract with Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd. for a project in its Pulau Bukom manufacturing site in Singapore.
Shaw to help engineer a new ethylene plant in India
The Shaw Group Inc. has been selected by GAIL (India) to provide its proprietary technology and basic engineering for a new 450,000 tpy ethylene plant. Shaw also will provide support during detailed engineering, procurement and construction, and commissioning and startup of the plant, which will be part of GAIL's petrochemical complex in Pata, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jacobs working on desulfurization unit in Taiwan
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from CPC Corp. to design and license Jacobs' proprietary technology for a desulfurization unit as part of the Ta-Lin refinery expansion project in Kaoshiung, Taiwan.
Technip awarded major contract in Algeria
Technip has been awarded by Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, a contract for the refurbishment and revamping of the Algiers refinery.
Siirtec Nigi lands large Shah gas development contracts
Siirtec Nigi S.p.A. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts by Saipem S.p.A. to design and supply eight packages, each including burner, reaction furnace, steam drum, waste heat boiler, and 20 sulfur condensers.
Flint awarded Suncor contract extension
Flint Energy Services Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract extension for work on Suncor Energy's Firebag SAGD projects near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, for site-wide construction and commissioning services.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology joins the Automation Federation
The Automation Federation (AF) reports that the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has joined as the association’s newest member organization.
BlueFire turns to MasTec for Mississippi ethanol facility
BlueFire Renewables, Inc. has finalized and signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi.
- Southern Energy Renewables and Axens Sign MoU to advance SAF projects in Louisiana and beyond 4/8
- One of the largest heat pumps in the world has reached BASF's Ludwigshafen site 4/8
- LANXESS introduces surcharge for Lewatit ion exchange resins 4/8
- HyOrc secures industrial site and accelerated permitting path for Portugal green methanol project 4/8
- India raises HPCL Rajasthan Refinery project cost to $8.6 B 4/8
- Iranian Oil Refining Co. confirms attack on Lavan refinery 4/8
