Tag: Purified Terephthalic Acid

A finished, machined solid titanium agitator shaft for a PTA plant

SE Asia a growing market for specialized equipment

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing allows 3D-printing of large objects at less expense and in a far shorter time. After years of extensive research, commercialization has begun, and heavy industry is set to be transformed.

India: petrochemicals plant

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will be investing in its Hazira petrochemicals plant within the next year.

Thailand: PTA plant

Foster Wheeler International Corporation has been awarded an engineering, onshore procurement, project and construction management services contract for a PTA plant in Thailand.

IOC to invest in naphtha cracker

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is planning to invest Rs 7000 crore in setting up a naphtha cracker complex by 2006–7.

Sinopec chem expansion

BP PLC and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec Corp., are in talks to expand a Sinopec unit in eastern China to meet the country's growing need for purified terephthalic acid.

PTA plant in Montreal

Interquisa Canada, a Spanish-Canadian joint venture between Compania Espagnola de Petroleos's chemical division Interquisa (San Roque, Spain) and Societe Generale de Financement's subsidiary SGF Chemie has started construction of a new Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant in Montreal, Quebec.