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HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the ..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels and Aromatics Project, the first major project to be awarded under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project m..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Thai Oil Public Co., Ltd. for the basic design engineering package and engineering, procurement and co..

Prevent fouling in 1-butene storage vessels

Reliance Technology Group, Reliance Industries Ltd.: Sivalingam, G.  |  Divey, J. D.  |  Vakil, S. M.
Central Technical Service, Reliance Industries Ltd.: Bokde, N.

Investigation finds root cause for polymer formation in Horton spheres

AkzoNobel to buy German coatings firm Schramm

AkzoNobel has struck a deal to acquire coatings manufacturer Schramm and the coatings activities operated by Schramm's largest shareholder, Korean company SSCP.

NOVA Chemicals to build new polyethylene lines in Canada, expand ethylene output

As a part of a strategy to capitalize on emerging feedstock opportunities and growing North American demand, NOVA Chemicals said it has begun feasibility and engineering work for the construction of two new polyethylene assets to be located at its sites in Alberta and Ontario.

Specialty chem firm Momentive plans regional hub, R&D center for India

Momentive Performance Materials and Momentive Specialty Chemicals will open a new regional business headquarters and state of the art Global Research and Development Centre in Bangalore, India, the company said on Wednesday.

Westlake shuts PVC pipe plant amid excess supply

Westlake Chemical said on Thursday that its subsidiary North American Pipe has shut down its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe production facility in Springfield, Ky., in an effort to reduce costs and optimize production operations amid excess capacity in the PVC pipe market.

AkzoNobel plans €140mn expansion, upgrade to German chlorine plant

AkzoNobel will invest €140 million to convert its chlorine plant in Frankfurt, Germany, to state-of-the-art membrane electrolysis technology, the company said on Monday.

IEA sees increasing natgas use, warns of high oil prices curbing demand

Annual growth in oil demand could average 1.2 million barrels per day (mb/d) between now and 2016, while natural gas demand could grow by around 500 billion cubic meters – around 2.5 times Russia’s current gas exports – during the same time, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) medium-term oil and gas market outlook.