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Nuovinox used in Alberta bridge

Stelax Industries Ltd has received a contract for a second project to use Nuovinox™ in Alberta, Canada.

Ethylene furnace at Oyster Creek

Dow Chemical Company will begin construction in November for the addition of a new ethylene furnace at its Oyster Creek plant located in Freeport, Texas.

Kårstø job for Kellogg

Statoil has awarded a contract worth some NOK 650 million for engineering as well as procurement and construction support at Kårstø, north of Stavanger, to M.W. Kellogg.

One-piece pressure sensor stands the heat

Sequoia is to offer a new generation of compact, high-level output, 0-5V DC pressure transducers, with built-in electronics and an operating temperature up to 120C.

India boosts refinery capacity

India's state-owned refining and marketing firm Bharat Petroleum Corp. plans to expand the capacity of its Bombay refinery to 12 million metric tons a year from 6.90 million tons by October 2004.

CHP for two chemical plants in Texas

Nations Energy Holdings LLC will construct, own and operate a CHP Energy centre to supply steam, electricity and related services at two petrochemical production facilities in Bayport, Texas.

Clean fuels at Texas refinery

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV, through its subsidiary Howe-Baker International, has won a contract from Valero Energy Corporation to design and build a 53,000 bpd gasoline desulpuhrisation unit at Valero's 243,000 bpd refinery in Texas City, Texas, USA.

Jacobs to convert Canadian refinery

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced today that its Canadian subsidiary has received a major environmental project from Petro-Canada as part of the Refinery Conversion programme at Petro-Canada's refinery near Edmonton, Alberta.

BASF expands Indonesian plant

BASF is to increase the capacity of its polymer dispersion plant located in Cengkareng, Indonesia, from the current annual 50,000 metric tons to 95,000 metric tons.

Rolls-Royce to upgrade gas pipeline

Rolls-Royce has won an order worth more than USD 40 million from Europe Maghreb Pipeline Limited (EMPL) for additional gas turbine equipment and expertise to enhance the performance of one of the world's most important natural gas pipelines.