The Chilean oil group ENAP and the Chilean wood industry underline their interest in Choren technologies for production of sustainable biofuels. Representatives of the joint venture ForEnergy visited the production plant for BTL fuel in Germany.

Amacell, a specialist for flexible insulation foams, announced that it will build a new manufacturing facility in Bahrain. The new plant at the Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) will produce elastomeric rubber insulation for the US $ 3 billion heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) market in the GCC states.

World-wide, 85 percent of oil & gas wells currently use some form of artificial lift, and nearly all wells need stimulation at some point during their production. Common artificial lift mechanisms include beam pumps, gas lift injection, submersible pumps, and hydraulic pumps—all of which require periodic optimization.

Air Liquide and Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), Oman’s national refining company, recently signed a long term agreement for the supply of nitrogen to the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex.

Praxair (China) Investment Company, in a joint venture with Chongqing Chemical and Pharmaceutical Holding Group Company (CCPHC), will supply oxygen, nitrogen and clean dry air to a major integrated chemical production complex in Chongqing (Changshou) Chemical Industrial Park.

Zydus Cadila, a leading Indian pharmaceutical company, bought Macofar technology when it intended to expand production. The machine not only efficiently fills small vials but is also complaint to cGMP regulations. Read on to know more about it.

Pumping is one of the challenging tasks in the process industry. Depending on the company’s area of operations, content to be pumped vary, and hence the choice of pumps also differs. However, peristaltic is one of the pump types that is capable handling various kind of contents including abrasive, viscous, high density, corrosive, etc. This feature makes the pump ideal for varied purposes such as yeast pumping, vending machine applications, chemical pumping and many more.

India and China are the two fastest developing economies in Asia with the pharmaceutical industry being no exception.. As the countries are increasingly catering to the global demands, the present scenario often compels to drastically cut down the new plant designing, erection and commissioning time. Only a company with years-long versatile project management experience and capability can help the user company under such circumstances...

Natural gas production is a complex undertaking – Especially when the whole gas production, refining and liquefaction process has to be carried out at the high seas. Offshore productions, like Shells giant FLNG–facility, need a Laboratory Management Information System that can keep up with this challenge.

Air Products has signed a contract to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal Belgium, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, at its steel mill in Gent, Belgium.