Jacobs Engineering says it has renewed its frame agreement with Borealis for work at Borealis’s manufacturing facilities at Stenungsund, Sweden. Jacobs, under the five-year frame agreement, is providing engineering, procurement, project management, and...
Flexitallic Group (Houston) is in the process of being acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint (London), Flexitallic has announced. The €450-million ($590 million) transaction, which is subject to competition clearance, is anticipated to close this...
Rosneft (Moscow) and Mitsui & Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop jointly Rosneft's previously announced Far East Petrochemical Co. (Fepco) project near Nakhodka, Russia, Rosneft announced today. The world-scale petrochemical...
Honeywell says its UOP subsidiary was selected by Crosstex Processing Services to provide technology and equipment to extract petrochemical feedstocks from natural gas liquids (NGLs) derived from shale gas. Honeywell's UOP will build and install UOP Russell...
Wison Engineering (Shanghai) has developed proprietary butene oxidization and dehydrogenation technology to produce butadiene, the company announced. The novel technology, featuring a new catalyst with better performance, was developed in-house using...
Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a three-year process engineering contract to supply services at BASF's integrated chemicals complex at Antwerp, Jacobs announced today. Jacobs, under the terms of the contract, is providing process, piping, and...
ABB (Zurich) has been selected by BHP Billiton (Melbourne) to supply mine-hoisting systems for the Jansen Potash Project, located 130 kilometers east of Saskatoon, SK, ABB announced. The contract includes the overall design, manufacturing, supply, and...
W. R. Grace says it has acquired Chemind Construction Products (Brisbane, Australia), a privately held specialty manufacturer and distributor of waterproofing coatings technologies and materials for the design and construction industry. Financial details of...
Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says it has signed a comprehensive engineering partnership agreement with BASF for Asia/Pacific. The agreement, which is for a period of three years, covers basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction...
Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says it has been jointly awarded with the Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries (Enppi; Cairo), a contract to build a 400,000-m.t./year polyethylene (PE) plant at Alexandria, Egypt. The contract, which is...