Petrochemicals
AkzoNobel to expand Indonesia coatings capacity
The investment will add capacity to help meet growing demand for the company's International brand products, which are supplied by the Protective Coatings and Marine Coatings businesses.
Uhde Inventa-Fischer wins work to build Polish polyamide 6 facility
The multiline plant will be built at Grupa Azoty's headquarters in Tarnow, Poland, and will have a total capacity of 80,000 tpy of polyamide 6 for film applications and engineering plastics.
Huntsman to cut European TiO2 capacity by 13%
Huntsman is proposing to close certain operations at its site in Calais, France. Huntsman says it will close the 'black end' manufacturing operations and ancillary activities during 2015.
TPC begins FEED process on polyisobutylene expansion in Houston
This project is targeted to satisfy future industry growth, mainly resulting from anticipated changes in fuel and lubricant additive standards beginning in the second half of 2017.
Air Liquide to supply oxygen, technology on US Gulf methanol project
The new Yuhuang Chemical manufacturing complex will produce approximately 5,000 tpd of methanol, making it one of the largest methanol facilities in the US based on capacity.
Williams starts up expanded US Gulf ethylene site after unexpected delay
The plant was taken down from its final ramp-up procedure after it was determined that a brazed aluminum heat exchanger became plugged, requiring cleaning and maintenance. The unanticipated work is now complete, and the plant was turned back over to operations today to resume start-up.
Technip venture to provide technology for new China styrene, EB plant
The new plant, one of the largest EB/SM plants in China, will utilize Badger’s proprietary EBMax™ technology integrated with Badger’s styrene technology.
Qatar’s QAFCO taps GE for downstream services
The long-term service agreement covers the standard maintenance and repairs of existing GE on-site power and compression equipment as well as training for QAFCO workers and site operators.
Sasol picks GE to supply main compression trains on Louisiana PE project
This LDPE plant is a central element of Sasol’s proposed $8.9 billion petrochemical complex, which will include a world-scale ethylene plant and ethylene derivatives plants.
Hydrogen perspectives for 21st century refineries—Part 2
H2 is the lifeblood of 21st century refineries. The application of various technological advancements and core developments has been raising the bar in the design, build, operations and maintenance of H2 facilities.
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