Project Management
Jacobs receives contract from Jubail Chemical Industrial Co. in Saudi Arabia
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received an award from the Jubail Chemical Industrial Company Ltd. (JANA) to provide technical and project management services for its existing epichlorohydrin plant expansion and a new epichlorohydrin plant at the Jubail, Saudi Arabia site. JANA is a wholly owned subsidiary of NAMA Chemicals (NAMA).
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.
Improving pH control mitigates corrosion in crude units
Equipment and pipe failures can be avoided through better desalting practices and inhibitor injections
Avoid brittle fracture in pressure vessels
Key points identify effects from auto-refrigeration on steel vessels
Process safety: Blind spots and red flags
Improving safety for organizations involve more than technological solutions; understanding processes and plant interactions are a must
HP Construction: North America
Sasol plans to construct what is said to be the world’s first commercial ethylene tetramerization unit, capable of producing over 100,000 metric tpy of combined 1-octene and 1-hexene at its Lake ..
HP Construction: South America
Albemarle Corp. and Petrobras have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a world-scale hydroprocessing catalyst (HPC) production plant on the site of their existing joint-venture Fabrica Cario..
HP Construction: Europe
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Sojitz Corp., Japan, jointly with China National Chemical Engineering Corp. (CNCEC), have received an order from Joint Stock Co. Ammoni of the Republic of T..
HP Construction: Middle East
GE has been selected by Saudi Aramco, for agreements totaling nearly $500 million, to supply a broad range of equipment and services for an expansion of the Shaybah gasoil processing facilities. Valua..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) has successfully completed a commercial-scale demonstration test in which more than 2,000 tons of high-ash coal from Queensland, Australia, was gasified at its Zao..
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