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Foster Wheeler, GE team up in South America for mining solutions

Foster Wheeler said on Wednesday that the Chilean subsidiary of its global engineering and construction group has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Energy to explore the pursuit of selected mining and metals projects in South America.

Technip inks Venezuela production equipment deal

Technip was awarded a procurement, installation and operation support contract by Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) covering subsea, onshore and offshore facilities, for an accelerated production system at the Mariscal Sucre Dragon development in offshore Venezuela.

FMC Technologies to supply subsea equipment in North Sea

FMC Technologies has been awarded a contract by BG Group for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Knarr oil and gas field.

Cameron inks services pact for offshore oil work of Brazil's Petrobras

Cameron has renewed an agreement with Petrobras for the supply of aftermarket services and support for their developments in offshore Brazil.

Consider new processes for clean gasoline and olefins production

Stone & Webster Inc., A Shaw Goup Co.: Dharia, D.
SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP): Long, J.  |  Xu, Y.  |  Zhang, J.
Shaw Energy & Chemicals Group: Batachari, A.  |  Yuan, E.  |  Gim, S.  |  Xu, S.

Advanced technologies promote propylene yield while reducing olefins in gasoline

Case 64: Averages can be misleading on service life data

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Take care when making important decisions on data

Air Liquide to engineer, license coal-to-propylene project in China

The engineering and construction division of Air Liquide signed a contract with the Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (SNCG) in China to build a 500,000 tpy methanol-to-propylene (MTP) plant, following the successful commissioning of the first industrial scale unit built with the same client.

Foster Wheeler wins supply deals in Spain for solar steam generators

Foster Wheeler has been awarded contracts to supply solar steam generator systems to two separate solar projects in Spain. The company has received full notices to proceed on both contracts.

Optimize cracked-gas compressors with smart-automation technology

Emerson Process Management: Cox, P.

Machine health monitors can provide critical information to avoid unit and plant-wide shutdowns

Better control-loop management lowers energy costs

LyondellBasell: Lang, L.  |  Montes, G.
Equistar: Mahlstadt, J. R.

This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software