
chemicals
BASF awards Fluor Ludwigshafen TDI EPCM contract On February 19th 2013, the Germany-based BASF chemical company selected the Fluor from the USA to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the new toluene diisocyanate (TDI) production in the Ludwigshafen chemical complex. Ludwigshafen is already one of the largest chemical complex in the world […]
Oman to invest $1 billion in new Chemical EOR Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is working on the expansion of its Marmul Polymer project with flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique to maintain and increase the current production of heavy crude oil. Oman is one of the first country in the Middle East to explore and […]
Energizing Chemistry Lanxess AG (Lanxess) is a young company founded in 2005 with 150 years of history in the chemical industry as the result of Bayer strategic spin off of plastics and synthetic rubber assets. Still home-based with Bayer in Leverkusen, Germany, will relocate headquarters next door in Cologne, in 2013. Lanxess is covering 31 […]
Chemistry that matters Based in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, SABIC stands for the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world with 40,000 employees running operations in 40 countries. SABIC was established in 1976 by Royal Decree to develop the downstream industries in Saudi Arabia while Saudi Aramco was focusing on the […]
Solvay and Sibur to produce oil field process chemicals The Russian petrochemical company SIBUR and the Belgium chemical group Solvay signed Heads of agreement in London to produce jointly surfactants and oil field process chemicals. According to the agreement, SIBUR and Solvay Novecare will create a 50/50 joint venture called RusPAV. The joint venture RusPAV should […]
Initiate, Create and, Deliver Established in 1947 with its headquarter in Tokyo, Japan, Mitsui & Co. Ltd (Mitsui) is a diversified industrial company with a global presence in 67 countries and listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange. With more than 44,000 employees, Mitsui manage a large portfolio of products and services covering: – Iron and Steel […]
Carlyle targets emerging markets with DuPont Performance Coatings DuPont and The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) signed a definitive agreement by which Carlyle will buy DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC), the DuPont’s Coatings Division. Still submitted to regulatory approval, the transaction should be effective on the first quarter 2013. Carlyle is a global alternative assets manager having already […]
CB&I to broaden energy portfolio from LNG to Nuclear July 30th, 2012, CB&I and The Shaw Group (Shaw) announced to have closed a deal by which CB&I will acquire The Shaw Group. Shaw is a 25 years old engineering and services company well established as global provider of: Engineering and construction – Technology – Fabrication […]