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The following is an overview of Giacomo Rispoli’s presentation “Eni slurry technology: Achieving the goal of residue conversion.” Mr. Rispoli, Executive Vice President of Eni, presented this material at Hydrocarbon Processing’s International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC), which was held in Vienna, Austria, from June 6-8, 2017.
Grace licenses process technology to Canada Kuwait Petrochemical
COLUMBIA, Md. — W. R. Grace & Co., a supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC), a 50/50 JV between Pembina Pipeline Corporation of Canada and Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. of Kuwait.
Quanta Services acquires services company Stronghold
HOUSTON — Quanta Services, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Stronghold, Ltd. and Stronghold Specialty, Ltd., a specialized services company that provides high pressure and critical path solutions to the downstream and midstream energy markets.
HIMA announces partnership with Servelec Controls
HIMA announced Servelec Controls, an independent integrator of mission critical control and safety systems, is an approved systems integration partner in the UK. Servelec Controls’ experienced and functional safety-accredited engineers have been installing HIMA solutions for many years.
Wood Group extends Librestream collaboration on O&G digital solutions
Wood Group has signed an extension to its collaborative agreement with Canadian technology company Librestream Technologies to continue its exclusive industry partnership, providing advanced digitally-enabled solutions for oil and gas customers.
Emerson, Aramco sign agreement to collaborate on digital transformation
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Emerson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Aramco during the recently held Saudi-US CEO Forum in Riyadh. The agreement signed by David N. Farr, Emerson’s chairman and chief executive officer and Amin H. Nasser, Saudi Aramco President and CEO, will help bring advanced digitization and automation technologies to one of the leading energy and chemicals companies.
MCAA Market Forecast projects instrumentation, automation industry to be $14 B by 2021
POQUOSON, VA — The 2016 Process Instrumentation and Automation market in the United States, valued at $11.7 B, is projected to grow 3.6% by 2021 to a total of $14 B.
RigNet awarded systems integration contract for downstream facility
HOUSTON — RigNet, Inc. announced that it was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide communications infrastructure for a new downstream energy facility in North America.
AI company, Beyond Limits, secures $20 MM investment from BP Ventures
PASADENA, Calif. — Beyond Limits, an artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing company, today announced it has secured $20 MM in Series B funding from BP Ventures, the corporate investment arm of global energy business, BP.
Mammoet performs complex shutdown in limited time with limited space
Mammoet, the world’s largest service provider specializing in engineered heavy lifting and transport, completed heavy lifting, transportation and rigging activities at Chevron South Africa in Cape Town for their annual scheduled maintenance.
- New Emerson industrial AI platform delivers enterprise-scale AI 5/11
- Worley to deliver FEED for Dow’s Path2Zero cogen project in Canada 5/11
- L&T awarded EPC contract for BCGCL's coal-to-ammonium nitrate project in India 5/11
- Loop Chemicals licenses chemical looping ammonia technology from Sandia National Laboratories 5/11
- LanzaTech selects North Sea Port, Ghent as site for Europe’s first commercial alcohol-to-jet SAF facility 5/11
- ControlAir releases new signal operated back pressure regulators 5/11
