Petrochemicals
Fluor awarded Sasol oxygen train project in Secunda, South Africa
Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by Sasol Group Technology, a division of Sasol South Africa Ltd., for EPC of the Additional Oxygen Capacity Train 17 outside battery limits project at its Secunda plant in South Africa.
Industry Metrics
US margins fell due to the slowing of domestic gasoline demand, as the driving season ended amid high inventories.
Pentair Valves & Controls facilitates total cost of ownership improvements
Pentair is working with major chemical and petrochemical companies around the world to promote and implement standardization programs and processes with the goal of increasing efficiency and reducing total cost of ownership in areas such as procurement, installation, and maintenance of valves and controls equipment, and inventory control processes across multiple plant sites.
Schneider Electric acquires MaxEAM, strengthens asset performance management portfolio
Schneider Electric has acquired MaxEAM, a software company with complementary applications that extend Avantis.PRO Enterprise Asset Management.
Amec Foster Wheeler wins contract for steam reformer heater in Egypt
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by The National Company for Fertilizers & Chemicals to supply material and detailed engineering for a steam reformer heater for its fertilizer facility in Alexandria, Egypt.
Pepperl+Fuchs acquires supplier of mobile devices for hazardous areas
Pepperl+Fuchs has purchased ecom instruments of Germany, a global supplier of cell phones, 4G smartphones and tablets designed specifically for hazardous areas.
GE and Baker Hughes to create fullstream digital industrial service company
GE and Baker Hughes have entered into an agreement to combine GE’s oil and gas business and Baker Hughes to create a world-leading oil and gas technology provider with a unique mix of service and equipment capabilities.
Rockwell Automation expands information solutions offerings
By the year 2020, more than 50 B devices are expected to be connected to the internet. These devices are getting smarter and consequently, will help make manufacturing smarter.
China’s Jilin Connell to use Honeywell UOP’s technology to make plastic from coal
China’s Jilin Connell Chemical Industry Co. has selected Honeywell UOP’s Advanced methanol-to-olefins process to tap domestic coal resources to produce ethylene and propylene.
ExxonMobil begins production at Port Allen aviation lubricants plant
The 90,000 square foot facility is part of a $200-MM investment to expand ExxonMobil’s integrated chemical and lubricants complex in Baton Rouge, which is already one of the largest petrochemical hubs in the world.
- KBR to provide technology for mega-scale ammonia plant in Angola 11/25
- Indian refiners' October crude processing up over 3% y/y 11/25
- Air Liquide strengthens partnership with TotalEnergies through renewable H2 project in France 11/25
- Hexagon collaborates with Microsoft to enhance industrial operations 11/25
- China issues extra crude oil import quota to teapot refineries 11/25
- McDermott achieves ISO 50001 Certification for energy management at four fabrication yards 11/25
