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ABB revamps EPC business to cap year of transition

ZURICH (Reuters) — ABB will reshape its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business—including its biggest but least profitable power grids division—by spinning off and winding down some operations, triggering fourth-quarter charges totaling $225 MM.

SABIC PP extrusion line now operational in The Netherlands

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry announced the start-up of its new Polypropylene (PP) extrusion facility in Geleen, The Netherlands.

Steeper Energy, Silva Green Fuel to build advanced biofuel project

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Steeper Energy, a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish JV, to construct a EUR 50.6 MM (DKK 377 MM) industrial scale demonstration plant at a former pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway leading to a future commercial scale project.

Inter Pipeline to build Canada’s first integrated PDH, PP complex

CALGARY, Alberta — Inter Pipeline Ltd. announced that its board of directors has authorized the construction of a world-scale integrated propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene (PP) plant.

INEOS Oligomers to build PAO plant in Texas

Today, INEOS Oligomers announced it had made the Final Investment Decision (FID) to build a new world scale, low viscosity Polyalphaolefin (PAO) unit on the INEOS site at Chocolate Bayou, TX.

CTCI awarded contract for Petronas RAPID project

With years of cultivation and development in the Malaysia hydrocarbon market, CTCI contracted RAPID P1 RFCC Project of PETRONAS in 2014 with a contract value of $1 B.

Saudi Aramco lifts spending plans to $414 B over next decade

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Saudi Aramco plans to raise its spending to $414 B over the next 10 yr, including on infrastructure and drilling, as the state oil giant moves into new businesses, executives said.

Axens expands US catalyst manufacturing plant

Axens completed the expansion of its Calvert City, Kentucky manufacturing plant to produce its Impulse hydroprocessing catalysts Series in North America.

Fluor awarded contract for Vopak fuel storage terminal

IRVING, Texas and WOODMEAD, South Africa — Fluor Corporation announced that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Vopak Terminal Durban (Pty) Ltd. to deliver the Vopak Growth 4 Project in Durban, South Africa.

CB&I to proceed services at petchem plant in Kazakhstan

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced it has received full notice to proceed by Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. (KPI) for the project management services for a propane dehydrogenation unit (PDH) and a polypropylene plant in the western Atyrau region of Kazakhstan.