Construction
HP Construction: Europe
BASF will increase its capacity for cyclohexane oxidation at its Antwerp Verbund site by about 50,000 tpy. The total investment amounts to about €10 million. Cyclohexane oxidation products are im..
HP Construction: Middle East
W. R. Grace & Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture (JV) with Al Dahra Agricultural Co. to build and operate a fluid catalytic-cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives pla..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Solvay for a major, specialty polymers production plant to be built at Solvay’s industrial site in Changshu, Jiangsu, China. Officials estimate t..
UOP licenses propane dehydrogenation technology for major China project
The new unit from Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co., expected to start up in 2014, will produce 600,000 tpy of propylene at the site in China's Jiangsu province.
CB&I to build storage tanks for Kinder Morgan oil terminal in Canada
CB&I has been awarded a storage tank contract, valued in excess of $55 million, by Trans Mountain Pipeline, operated by a subsidiary of a Canadian subsidiary of Kinder Morgan. The project is scheduled for completion in 2013 and will go in the company’s books as a first quarter 2012 award.
SABIC picks Jacobs for engineering on Netherlands olefins cracker upgrade
Jacobs has been awarded a contract from SABIC to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services to support the upgrade of an olefins at SABIC's complex in Geleen, The Netherlands. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2013.
Williams picks CB&I for engineering on Louisiana petrochemical expansion
CB&I was awarded a $300 million contract by Williams for a petrochemicals expansion project in Geismar, Louisiana. Plant capacity is expected to be increased from 1.35 to 1.95 billion lb/year. Ethylene, mainly produced via steam cracking, is the world’s largest volume hydrocarbon.
Fluor to design Petronas LNG terminal in Malaysia
Fluor was awarded a contract by Petronas to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Malaysia. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the first quarter of 2012. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Total taps Foster Wheeler for hydrodesulfurization revamp at Belgium refinery
Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Total for the revamp of a hydrodesulfurization unit at Total’s refinery in Antwerp, Belgium. The value will be included in the company’s first-quarter 2012 bookings.
Foster Wheeler inks global services pact with Dow
Foster Wheeler has signed a strategic umbrella agreement with Dow Chemical for the provision of project management, consulting, engineering, procurement, construction management, and construction services. The deal offers support by Foster Wheeler to selected Dow global capital projects, the companies said.
- Lummus Technology selected for major ethanol-to-jet SAF project in India 5/1
- INEOS sells sulfur dioxide and derivatives business to Ecovyst for $190 MM 5/1
- Perpetual Next selects JPB Logistics as storage partner for Dutch biomethanol facility 5/1
- Trump signs order authorizing oil pipeline project partially reviving Keystone XL 5/1
- Asia-Pacific ports advance cross-sector hydrogen and eFuel readiness 4/30
- THUNDER project launches to advance carbon-neutral eMethanol production in Europe 4/30
