Tag: project

Texas refinery revamp

Cyntech Fuels of Chambers County LLC has awarded a contract to Eagle-Pro Engineering Inc. of Beaumont, Texas, USA, for the renovation and construction activities of the hydrocarbon processing facility in Mt. Belvieu, Texas.

Upgrade at Arkansas nuclear plant

Entergy plans to replace ANO-1's steam generators and reactor vessel head during a refuelling outage in autumn 2005.

Saudi firm plans formaldehyde plant

The Saudi private enterprise Al-Babtain Arabian Co. is planning to set up a new petrochemical plant in Jubail to produce formaldehyde at the cost of SAR 60 million.

Bioprocessing expansions

Cambrex Corporation has approved a USD 26 million expansion of its GMP contract bioprocessing capacity.

Korea LG to boost styrene capacity

South Korea’s LG Chemical plans to boost its styrene monomer capacity at Yeochon by 100,000 metric tons (mt) per year around November 2003.

Co-generation for Canadian refinery

Irving Oil Ltd., St John, NB, and TransCanada Energy Ltd, a unit of TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., Calgary, plan to build an USD 80 million co-generation plant at Irving Oil’s refinery at St John, Canada’s largest.

Research warns of declining welding skills

Following completion of research undertaken last year on behalf of the British Stainless Steel Association, Director Duncan Munro has suggested the association act to co-ordinate efforts to counter the threat of declining fabrication and welding skills in the industry.

Afghan oil and gas

Russian energy companies have agreed to help rebuild Afghanistan's devastated oil and gas industries.

North American paper

GL&V’s Pulp and Paper Group has landed contracts totalling more than CAD 10.0 million from three North American pulp and paper manufacturers.

Saudi methanol plant

Japanese plant engineering firm Chiyoda Corp. and a subsidiary have won an order to build a methanol plant in Saudi Arabia.