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Air Liquide signs contract to supply air separation unit in China

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has just signed a new contract to supply an air separation unit (ASU) to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical, a large chemical company in China.

Alfa Laval awarded $10.6 MM energy-efficiency order in China

LUND, Sweden — Alfa Laval—a heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling company—has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in China.

SABIC appoints group to oversee decommission of 10 petchem plants

Work is underway to clear a suite of redundant assets in the North East of England, in one of the UK’s largest projects of its kind.

Petrobras teams up with CNPC to finish Comperj unit, paper says

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA has teamed up with China National Petroleum Corp to complete construction of a petrochemical compound in Rio de Janeiro that was ensnared in a massive corruption scandal, O Globo newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Sinopec upgrades 11 refineries to meet stricter fuel standards

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's Sinopec says on Monday the company has upgraded 11 refineries in North China to meet the stricter standards for fuel.

S.Korea's GS E&C wins $865-MM order to rebuild ADNOC's fire-hit refinery

SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Abu Dhabi demand for gasoline is expected to stay firm after its plans to restart a gasoline-making secondary unit at its Ruwais refinery were delayed by about a year into early 2019.

CB&I announces multi-technology award in Uzbekistan

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex LLC (SGCC) for a grassroots ethylene complex to be built in southern Uzbekistan. The scope of work includes the license and basic engineering of an ethylene unit, which will use four proprietary SRT heaters, a Hexene-1 unit and a polypropylene unit.

Gunvor refinery completes modernization project with Implico

HAMBURG/INGOLSTADT — Software and consulting company Implico announced the successful completion of a major modernization project for loading processes at the Gunvor refinery in Ingolstadt. Field equipment for tank truck filling was replaced on all 12 loading bays. Work on the project was completed early this year.

Indian refiner HMEL chooses Topsoe equipment for refinery upgrade

Indian refinery company HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) has chosen Topsoe’s diesel hydrotreater unit and hydrogen generation facilities to meet their upgrading requirements.

Dangote awards DuPont clean technology contracts for new oil refinery in Nigeria

WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Clean Technologies announced today that Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd has commissioned a range of advanced proprietary equipment from DuPont for the construction of a new refinery in Lekki, near Nigeria’s capital, Lagos.