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Technip has received the engineering and procurement services contract from Nova Chemicals for its polyethylene one expansion project at the Joffre facility in Alberta,...
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Evonik, OPX Biotechnologies to jointly develop bio-based chemicals
Evonik Industries and OPX Biotechnologies (OPXBIO) have signed an agreement to jointly develop certain bio-based specialty...
Sun Capital to explore sale of Emerald Performance Materials
US-based private investment firm Sun Capital is planning to divest its specialty chemicals company, Emerald Performance...
Celanese-Mitsui JV to construct US methanol production facility
US-based technology and specialty materials company Celanese has signed an agreement with Japan-based business Mitsui & Co to establish a 50:50 joint venture...
LyondellBasell to shutdown HDPE facility in Germany
LyondellBasell will close down its high density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Wesseling, Germany, in the third quarter of 2013, as part of the company's European restructuring...
Chiyoda JV receives condensate refinery contract in Qatar
Japan-based Chiyoda, along with its partner CTCI Corporation, has received an engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning (EPSCC) contract for the Laffan Refinery Phase 2...
Mosaic postpones potash mining expansion due to market conditions
North American fertiliser producer Mosaic has postponed its expansion plans for potash mining in western Canada, until the global market conditions for the soil nutrient industry become...
BP commissions diesel hydrotreater / hydrogen plants in US
BP has commissioned diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plants at its Cherry Point Refinery in Blaine, Washington,...
MAI to acquire majority stake in ChileAgro
The Makhteshim Agan Group (MAI) and ChileAgro Solutions have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in ChileAgro, as part of MAI's global geographical expansion...
Air Products commissions DOE carbon-capture facility
Air Products has commissioned its carbon capture project in Port Arthur, Texas, US, as part of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Demonstration Project that will capture approximately one...
Flotek Industries to acquire Florida Chemical
Flotek Industries, through its subsidiary, has signed a Definitive Agreement to immediately acquire all of the outstanding stock of Florida Chemical, a US-based...
Lanxess opens Brazilian high-performance bladders production facility
Lanxess's wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie has opened the first production facility for high-performance bladders (curing bladders) at Porto Feliz,...
Valvoline Cummins opens Indian automotive lubricants production facility
Valvoline Cummins, a joint venture between Ashland and Cummins India, has opened a new manufacturing and packaging plant in the Ambernath Industrial Area, Mumbai, India, expanding the...
Northern Plains Nitrogen to construct US fertiliser plant
Northern Plains Nitrogen (NPN) is planning to construct and operate a new nitrogen fertiliser manufacturing plant at Grand Forks, North Dakota,...
BASF licenses Genomatica technology for butanediol production
BASF has licensed US-based Genomatica's technology to manufacture 1,4-butanediol, based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO), which will be available in the second half of 2013 for sampling...
DuPont and OCP partner for safety and sustainability
DuPont has formed a joint venture (JV) with Morocco-based phosphate producer OCP to offer consulting and training services to enhance the safety, operational and environmental performance...
Air Products to construct air-separation unit in South Africa
Air Products is planning to construct a new air-separation unit in the Eastern Cape's Port Elizabeth Coega Industrial Development Zone, in South...
BNDES funds GranInvest’s second-generation ethanol manufacturing plant
GranInvest, a Bioflex Agroindustrial group company, will receive a loan of $ 300.3m from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) to construct a second-generation...
OMV to construct new German butadiene facility
OMV will invest approximately €230m to construct a new butadiene facility at its Burghausen refinery in Germany, as well as upgrade the existing plant in Schwechat, Austria, as part of its...
KBR receives turnaround services contract from chemical company
KBR has received a contract from an undisclosed chemical company on the Gulf Coast to provide turnaround services for its pyrolysis gasoline (pygas)...
AkzoNobel, Solazyme partner for surfactants and coatings markets
Specialty chemicals producer AkzoNobel and renewable oil and bioproducts manufacturer Solazyme have signed an agreement, to develop components for AkzoNobel's surfactants and coatings...
