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  1. Lummus Announces Master Licensor Award In Oman 9/22/2020

    Lummus Technology today announced that it has been awarded a contract for technology licensing, process design package, training and advisory services, and proprietary catalyst and equipment supply by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC), a joint venture between OQ S.A.O.C (OQ) and Kuwait Petroleum Europe B.V.

  2. Braskem Successfully Launches Commercial Production At Its New World Class Polypropylene Production Line In La Porte, Texas 9/10/2020

    Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, today announces the successful launch of commercial production at its newest, world-class polypropylene production line located in La Porte, Texas

  3. Air Products To Supply Four Cryogenic Heat Exchangers To Sonatrach's LNG Facility In Algeria 9/9/2020

    Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world's leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it will be providing four of its MCR® Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHEs) for Sonatrach's GL1Z LNG facility in Arzew, Algeria.

  4. KBR And Johnson Matthey Sign Alliance Agreement To License Innovative Ammonia-Methanol Co-Production Process Technology 9/8/2020

    KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Johnson Matthey (JM), announced today that they have signed an alliance agreement to license a groundbreaking ammonia-methanol co-production process that combines their market-leading ammonia and methanol technologies

  5. Lummus Novolen Technology Awarded Contract For Polypropylene License And Associated Services From Lukoil NNOS 9/4/2020

    Lummus Technology today announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil NNOS for a petrochemical facility in Kstovo, Russia

  6. Africa Energy Spuds Luiperd-1X Well Offshore South Africa 8/28/2020

    Africa Energy Corp. (TSX Venture: AFE) (Nasdaq First North: AEC) ("Africa Energy" or the "Company"), an oil and gas company with exploration assets offshore South Africa and Namibia, is pleased to announce spud of the Luiperd-1X well, the second exploration well on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa following the Brulpadda discovery in February 2019

  7. KBR's Proprietary Cracker Technology Selected By Baofeng Energy For Project In China 8/24/2020

    KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded two contracts by Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. Ltd (Baofeng Energy) for its 500KTA coal to olefins project & 500KTA C2-C5 comprehensive utilization project to be built in Ningdong Town, Lingwu City, Ningxia, China

  8. Chemetry And Braskem To Build EDC Demonstration Plant Based On Breakthrough Chemical Production Technology 8/20/2020

    Chemetry, a technology innovation company dedicated to the development of environmentally sustainable chemical processes with superior economics, and Braskem, the leading producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas, will construct and operate a Demonstration Plant using Chemetry's eShuttle® technology for the production of ethylene dichloride (EDC) in Brazil.

  9. Lummus Technology Announces Successful Start-Up Of CDTaee® Bio-Ethers Unit 8/18/2020

    Lummus Technology today announced the successful start-up of its CDTaee unit for Hellenic Petroleum's refinery in Aspropyrgos, Greece. For this start-up, the existing CDTame® unit was revamped to the latest generation of CDTaee technology for bio-ethers production

  10. California Air Resources Board (CARB) Approves VUV ASTM D8071-19 As An Equivalent Test Method To ASTM D6550-10 8/11/2020

    VUV Analytics Inc. announced today that ASTM D8071-19, the "Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrocarbon Group Types and Select Hydrocarbon and Oxygenate Compounds in Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel Using Gas Chromatography with Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy Detection (GC-VUV)," has been granted equivalency to ASTM D6550-10 for the determination of olefin content in gasoline by the California Air Regulations Board (CARB), under Executive Order G-719-028