Tanzania: refinery, fuel pipeline
Tanzania has signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding with Noor oil of Qatar for construction of an oil refinery plant and a 1200km pipeline from Dar es Salaam-to-Mwanza.
India: mega refinery complex
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) is planning to invest in setting up a mega refinery complex in the special economic zone in Visakhapatnam.
New Fronius website
The Austrian-based company Fronis Co. has launched its newly designed platform for its website, www.fronius.com.
India: hydro project
DS Constructions has announced that it has bagged the contract o develop, construct and operate a 260MW Kutehr Hydro Project in Himachal Pradesh on a build operate transfer basis through a competitive bidding process involving eight domestic and international players.
China: MTG pilot plant
Uhde has been awarded a contract by the Chinese company Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Mining Co. Ltd for the engineering and supply of a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) plant.
Bulgaria: coal power station
Alstom has won a contract with US-based AES Corporation to build a turnkey clean coal power plant in Bulgaria.
BASF and SINOPEC sign $500 million agreement
Expanding cracker capacity by 25 percent
Extending downstream capacities
Underlining long-term partnership between BASF...
Slovakia: gas turbine contract
Rolls-Royce has signed a USD 20 million contract for two RB211-6761 Dry Low Emission gas turbine generating sets to power a combined cycle heat and power plant that will provide electricity and heating to a new industrial park in the town of Levice, Slovakia.
Mittal and Arcelor merge
Mittal Steel Co. has announced that it has reached an agreement with Arcelor to combine the two companies in a merger of equals to create the world’s leading steel company.
Mittal likely to increase offer for Arcelor
ING group said that Mittal Steel needs to increase its offer a second time to convince Arcelor’s board to recommend it.
