Americas
Mustang to optimize polymers for Ecopetrol
Mustang was awarded a contract by Ecopetrol, Colombia’s national oil company, to perform conceptual engineering and technology evaluations to optimize the production of polymers at Ecopetrol’s grassroots integrated petrochemical complex in Colombia.
Curtiss-Wright to supply 12 automated coke drum unheading systems to Petrobras
Curtiss-Wright Corp. has received an order from Petrobras for 12 top and bottom DeltaGuard fully-automated coke drum unheading systems. The units are expected to be delivered to the Petrobras Abreu e Lima refinery located in Pernambuco, Brazil.
Norcorom refinery to change hands
AMIN subsidiary International American Refineries, Inc., has acquired all outstanding shares of Norcorom Industries. Norcorom owns a refinery in Ingleside, Texas, with a capacity of 40,000 bpd.
REFICAR selects Merichem technologies for treatment of LPG and jet fuel
Refineria de Cartagena S. A. (REFICAR) has selected Merichem Co. to provide multiple technologies for treatment of hydrocarbons and spent caustic at its refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. Merichem will license its technologies and supply modular equipment to treat coker LPG and saturated LPG at the facility
ProSep awarded $2 million contract for Canadian oil sands
ProSep Inc. was awarded a $2 million contract to provide process engineering and specialized internals for crude separation.
ABB snaps up K-TEK
ABB has completed its acquisition of the Prairieville, Louisiana, company K-TEK, which becomes part of the Measurement Products business unit within ABB’s Process Automation division.
Refinery and petrochemical construction costs continue steady rise
The costs for designing and constructing downstream refining and petrochemical projects rose 1.5 % from Q3 2009 to Q1 2010, according to the latest edition of the IHS CERA Downstream Capital Costs Ind..
US National Biodiesel Board weighs in on RFS2 lawsuits
 In late May, lawsuits were filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit regarding the renewable fuels standard (RFS2) included in the 2007 energy bill. The National Biodiesel Board recent..
KBR and Petrobras come together for ammonia project
KBR has a contract with Petrobras to provide licensing, basic engineering and extended basic engineering, and technical consulting services for the development of a grassroots ammonia plant in Tres La..
Mustang selected for North Dakota refinery study
Mustang, is partnering with Corval Group to study the feasibility of increasing oil refining capacity in North Dakota.
- Australia’s biggest LNG plants suffer outages due to cyclone, straining global supply 3/27
- Iran war chokes petrochemical supply, sends plastic prices soaring 3/27
- Stockholm Exergi taps Inprocess to deliver advanced process simulator for BECCS project 3/27
- Japan to relax rules from April to boost coal-fired power amid LNG import risks 3/27
- Velan releases upgrades to its delayed coker isolation valves 3/27
- AFPM: ‘Baffling’ final RFS will break cost records. In fact, it already is 3/27
