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Dow Chemical picks UOP for propylene production technology at Texas project

Honeywell’s UOP has been selected by Dow Chemical to provide technology to produce propylene at a Dow production site in Texas, the companies said on Thursday. The facility, scheduled to start up in 2015, will produce 750,000 metric tpy of polymer-grade propylene.

Jacobs wins engineering deal on new soda ash unit in Saudi Arabia

Jacobs has been awarded a contract from IDEA Soda Ash and Calcium Chloride Co. (ISACC) for engineering and project management on a $300 million soda ash and calcium chloride plant at Jubail's Second Industrial City. Commercial operations are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2015.

Celanese finalizes deal to acquire polyvinyl acetate lines from Ashland

US-based specialty materials producer Celanese completed its acquisition of certain polyvinyl acetate assets from Ashland. The deal was first announced in November, and financial terms were not disclosed.

Enterprise to build ethane pipeline from Appalachia to US Gulf

Enterprise plans to move ahead with a planned 1,230-mile pipeline to deliver growing ethane production from the Marcellus and Utica shale regions to the US Gulf coast. The pipeline will begin in Pennsylvania with 595 miles of new pipeline extending to Missouri, where Enterprise plans to reverse an existing pipeline and place it in ethane service.

Apply new enhanced tubes to optimize heat transfer in LNG trains

Technip France: Ploix, B.
Wieland-Werke AG: Lang, T.

New developments for heat exchangers reduce capital and plot size of key equipment

HP Insight: Global HPI: 90+ years old and still going strong

In 2012, Hydrocarbon Processing (HP) will celebrate its 90th anniversary as a publication for the professionals involved in the daily activities of the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). Mu..

HP Integration Strategies: Inline blending can help process plants cut costs and reduce quality give-away

ARC Advisory Group: Crisafulli, K.

In a traditional batch-blending process, the final product composition is created by combining different intermediate products (held in storage tanks) in a blend tank. The objective is to create final..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract to provide detailed engineering, procurement support and support services during construction of a new ester production plant at OXEA GmbH’s existing ..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Tecnimont S.p.A., the main operating company of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., has an engineering procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract on a lump-sum turnkey basis for a new fertilizers..

HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Davy Process Technology Ltd., a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Co.’s Oxygenated Solvents Business, have announced that Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co., Ltd., has selected LP Oxo S..