Process Optimization
Aker Solutions building a technology experience center in Oslo
In April 2012, Aker Solutions will open the doors to the company's new 2,000 square meter technology experience center in Oslo, Norway. The center aims to demonstrate the art of engineering at its best, and show how science subjects contribute towards development of technology and what this means to society as a whole.
Shaw issues statement on events in Japan
"On behalf of all Shaw employees around the world, I give our deepest sympathy to the people of Japan. This is an extraordinary tragedy, and we can only imagine how painful and challenging this time is for everyone in the country," said J.M. Bernhard Jr., Shaw's chairman, president and chief executive officer.
KBR Awarded FEED for Kitimat LNG Development
Houston-based KBR announced that it has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by KM LNG Operating General Partnership for the Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Development near Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.
Energy management toolkit available soon
The US Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) is in the process of developing the Energy Management Toolkit.
Foster Wheeler and consortium partners sign GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco
Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group together with the subsidiary’s consortium partners comprising A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co., (SOFCON) and Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company- Khatib & Alami (SCEC K&A) have signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the provision of services associated with Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative for a duration of five years with options available for extensions.
Foster Wheeler studying ZADCO in the UAE
Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has received a contract from Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), to perform an availability and reliability study in connection with the expansion of the Zirku oil processing facilities in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Saudi Aramco awards EPM contracts to consortiums
Saudi Aramco has signed two engineering and project management services contracts as part of its General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative.
US senator urges IOCs to cease Libyan operations
All American and international oil companies should immediately cease operations in Libya until violence against civilians ceases. The Obama administration also should consider re-imposing U.S. sanctions that were lifted during the Bush era
Contract issued for Saudi polyamide 6.6 plant
Jacobs Engineering Group announced today that it signed a contract in December 2010 with the Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Co. (ACP) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a polyamide 6.6 manufacturing plant and a number of polymer conversion projects.
BP proceeding with PTA debottlenecking in Guangdong
BP confirmed that it is proceeding with its project for a major increase in purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production capacity at the BP Zhuhai Chemical Co. Ltd. site in Guangdong Province, China. BP is also planning to build a new world-scale PTA plant at the same site.
- How laser technology cuts through traditional reliability and confidence concerns in industrial gas analysis 5/28
- Lummus Technology launches Thermacrack™ C5 to unlock higher-value specialty chemicals production 5/28
- Million-dollar award awaits winner in clean fuel race for ships 5/28
- PTT Global Chemical and SCG sign MoU to explore olefins/polyolefins JV in Thailand 5/28
- Pembina greenlights 750-MMft3d Heartland Extraction Plant to provide ethane feedstock to Dow Chemical 5/28
- Honeywell and McNeese State University partner to train the LNG workforce of the future 5/28
