Tag: Texas
Fluor and Dow team up for Propylene Production Pro
Fluor Corporation has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by The Dow Chemical Company for a propylene production asset project in Freeport, Texas.
Shell Chemical leaves Sabina JV
BASF Corp. and Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc., (TPI) announced a change in ownership of the Sabina Petrochemicals LLC joint venture that operates one of the world's largest C4 complexes, in Port Arthur, Texas. Shell Chemical LP exited the joint venture as of 1 August 2011, leaving BASF
Enterprise to construct NGL fractionator
Enterprise Products Partners LP has announced plans to construct a sixth natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator at its Mont Belvieu, Texas facility that will increase capacity there by 75,000bpd.
Stainless Structurals forms sister company
Stainless Structurals, LLC, has formed a sister company, Stainless Structurals Works, LLC, in Conroe, Texas. The owner of 40 acres in Conroe, Stainless Structurals Works has executed a contract for construction of a 124,000sq/ft facility.
Pflanz, recipient of Bert Krisher Scholarship
Ulrich Pflanz has received the 2011 MTI Bert Krisher Memorial Scholarship from The Materials Technology Institute (MTI). Pflanz recently earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Surface Technology and Materials Science at the Aalen University in Germany. The award was presented by MTI Board Members Robert Sinko of Eastman Chemicals and Paul Manning from Haynes International at NACE’s Corrosion 2011 Conference in Houston, Texas.
GE completes acquisition of Dresser
GE has closed its USD 3 billion acquisition of Dresser, Inc. Dresser is based in Addison, Texas, and has 6300 employees worldwide. With valves, actuators, meters, switches, regulators, piping products and various other products supporting compression, flow technology, measurement and distribution infrastructure, 60% of Dresser’s revenues come from outside North America.
Texas’ largest solar project breaks ground
CPS Energy, Duke Energy and juwi solar Inc. have announced that work crews recently started construction of Texas’ largest solar farm on a 139-acre site in southeast San Antonio.
USA: solar plant
NTR has announced plans to build its first large-scale solar power plant with the deployment of 60 SunCatcher machines in Arizona within 5 months.
USA: natural gas storage facility
AGL Resources' Golden Triangle Storage has started construction of a 12 billion cu/ft working gas capacity salt dome natural gas storage facility at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
Disposal facility in Texas
Waste Control Specialists (WCS), a subsidiary of Valhi, has awarded a contract to URS to lead the design and construction of a new low-level radioactive waste (LLW) facility in Andrews County, Texas.
