Process Optimization
Vitol finishes design of small South Sudan refinery
With the refinery design complete, Mark Ware, director of corporate affairs, said Vitol is now working with the South Sudan government to review the next phases of implementation for the project.
Technip wins FEED for Dow Texas ethylene cracker
Dow Chemical awarded Technip the FEED contract and cracking furnaces engineering and procurement services for a world-scale ethylene project in Freeport, Texas. The facility will be based on ethane feedstock.
Foster Wheeler, Amec win Kuwait refinery work
Amec was awarded the consultancy contract for building a new 615,000 bpd refinery, while Foster Wheeler was appointed as consultant for the so-called clean fuel project, under which two of Kuwait's three existing refineries at Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah will be upgraded.
Saudi Aramco chooses engineering contractors for Jazan refinery project
The Jazan refinery and terminal project is a 400,000 bpd refinery with associated terminal facilities on the Red Sea near Jazan. Scheduled for completion in late 2016, the refinery will process Arabian Heavy and Arabian Medium crude oils, and produce gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel, benzene and paraxylene.
CB&I licenses technology to China coal group for new polypropylene project
The new plant will use the Novolen advanced gas-phase polymerization technology for the production of the full scope of polypropylene homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers. The 200,000 tpy polypropylene project is expected to start up operations in 2014.
Lanxess picks Foster Wheeler for engineering on Singapore polybutadiene project
The new facility, which LANXESS says is expected to be the largest of its kind in the world, will be designed to produce 140,000 tpy of Nd-PBR and will include process and finishing buildings, a central control room, a substation and a tank farm. Financial terms were not disclosed by the companies.
Ecolab to buy services firm Champion Technologies
Champion is a Houston-based global energy specialty products and services company with approximately 3,300 employees in more than 30 countries. Its 2011 sales were $1.2 billion. Closing is expected to occur by year-end 2012, subject to regulatory clearance and other customary closing conditions.
Fluor to build Canada carbon capture plant for Shell
The Athabasca project produces bitumen, which is piped to Shell’s Scotford upgrader. Fluor will provide full EPC services, using its patented third-generation modular execution approach for the 1.1 million tpy facility at the Scotford upgrader site. It is located near Edmonton, Alberta.
OxyChem picks CB&I for engineering on proposed Texas ethane cracker
The scope of work for CB&I includes the basic engineering for the ethylene technology and five SRT (short residence time) cracking heaters from CB&I's Lummus Technology business unit. Feedstock for the proposed cracker is anticipated to be ethane derived from domestic shale gas.
Fluor, Construcap target client executives for new Brazil engineering venture
Earlier this summer, Fluor and Construcap formed CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A., to pursue engineering, procurement and construction management services in Brazil. Construcap has been active in the Brazilian market for nearly 70 years and is one of Brazil’s largest EPC companies.
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- Hygenco selects Topsoe as technology provider for green ammonia production 11/26
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- Russia's oil and gas revenue down by a third in November m/m 11/26
- Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges 11/26
- Oil majors betting big on biofuels with more than 40 projects by 2030 11/26
