China approves refinery projects
China has approved the building of two oil refineries on the east coast costing more than USD 3 billion to help meet its surging demand for petroleum products.
Battle against corrosion
As part of the annual conference of NACE International held in New Orleans, nine corrosion specialists recently presented their views on the technical challenges facing the global chemical process industry.
Non-lock-out and lock-out plungers
Winco, a supplier of standard industrial machine components, has launched stainless steel short indexing plungers in both non-lock out and lock out types.
Russia: LNG plant for St Petersburg
Gazprom appears to be planning an LNG plant near St Petersburg.
BASF increases production of Oppanol®
BASF is increasing capacity for the production of medium molecular weight polyisobutene, which is marketed by BASF under the trade name Oppanol®.