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  1. KBR's SCORE™ Technology Successfully Commissioned At Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Plant 12/7/2020

    KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today the successful startup of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s (Sinochem Quanzhou) 1,000 KTA ethylene plant in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China

  2. Monolith Materials Receives Investment From Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) To Support Clean Hydrogen Production 11/29/2020

    Monolith Materials, Inc., a leader in clean hydrogen and chemical production, today announced it has received an investment from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. to support its innovative commercial-scale, emissions-free hydrogen manufacturing technology

  3. Lummus Awarded Double CATOFIN® PDH Contract In China 11/23/2020

    Lummus Technology today announced that it has been awarded a contract from Ningbo Kingfa Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. for two propane dehydrogenation units in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. Lummus' scope includes technology licensing, process design package and technical services, and catalyst supply through its partner Clariant

  4. Braskem And Haldor Topsoe Achieve First Production Of Bio-Based MEG From Sugar 11/23/2020

    Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas and a world leader in the production of biopolymers, and Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe, a global leader in supply of catalysts, technology, and services for the chemical and refining industries, have announced that they achieved their first-ever demo-scale production of bio-based monoethylene glycol (MEG)

  5. Lummus Technology Awarded Contract For Shandong Yulong Refining And Petrochemical Integrated Project 11/16/2020

    Lummus Technology today announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China's Nanshan Group. Lummus will provide Master Licensor services for multiple licensed units, consisting of two mixed feed crackers, an EB/SM plant and two polypropylene (PP) lines

  6. Renewable Fuel Production Begins At Preem's Refinery In Lysekil 11/11/2020

    For the first time, renewable raw materials are being converted to Swedish Environmental Class 1 diesel at Preem's refinery in Lysekil. The aim is to annually produce up to 950,000 cubic meters of renewable fuel by 2024

  7. Mcdermott Earns Next Phase Of Russian Ethane Cracker Project From CC7 11/9/2020

    McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has secured the next phase of the ethane cracking project from China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven, Ltd (CC7). In 2019, McDermott was awarded a contract for the extended basic engineering on the project

  8. Lummus To Supply 14 Ethylene Cracking Furnaces To Baltic Chemical Plant 11/2/2020

    Lummus Technology announced that it will supply 14 cracking furnaces for a Gas Chemical Complex that is part of the Ethane-rich Gas Processing Complex (GCC EGPC) located near Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the Gulf of Finland

  9. World's Sole Owner Of PERKLONE And TRIKLONE Now Supplying Saudi Arabia Oil & Petroleum Refineries; PERKLONE EXT; Catalyst Grade, UOP Approved 10/24/2020

    PERKLONE EXT is a very special high purity grade of Perchloroethylene for use in the regeneration of oil refining catalysts. Perklone EXT has Universal Oil Products (UOP) approval. Perklone EXT is required by UOP Penex Process and CCR Platforming Process for Refining Petrochemicals and Naphtha Isomerization

  10. MPLX Announces Extension Of Binding Open Season For Proposed Expansion Of SLC Core Pipeline System 10/23/2020

    MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) announced today that it will extend its binding open season for the expansion of the SLC Core Pipeline System by two weeks. In response to feedback from potential shippers, MPLX is making modest revisions to its transportation service agreement under the open season process