Air Products signed of a long-term agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to build, own and operate a new syngas production facility at the BPCL Kochi Refinery in Kochi, India.

Honeywell has started the production of the proprietary catalysts in China that are used to convert coal into plastics. The company also inaugurated a new research and development and engineering center to support business development and to meet growing engineering and technical service needs throughout Asia.

The collaboration aims to leverage the combined strengths of development, manufacturing and commercialization of biosimilars. The move is expected to benefit patients across the globe.

Covestro has selected Emerson to provide Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for remote monitoring and predictive maintenance at nine high-utilisation plants.

Yara and BASF broke ground on a world scale ammonia plant at the BASF U.S.-site in Freeport, Texas. Total capital investment for the plant – which is expected to come online in 2017 – is estimated at $600 million.

Jiaxing Petrochemical continues its cooperation with Invista: The Chinese company plans to use Invista's P8 technology for another purified terephthalic acid (PTA) line.

An insight into the demand-supply gap within India’s petroleum industry – The Indian petroleum industry comprises of both the upstream sector, which involves oil exploration and production, and the downstream sector, which includes oil refining. However, the industry is marked by an imbalance between the two sectors in respect of the crude oil required by the downstream and that supplied by the upstream.

The overall materials handling concept for potent APIs is the controlling factor in determining the containment performance of the entire installation. There are two basic choices: stainless steel or disposable systems.

Slurry pumps are real workhorses — under harsh conditions they transport often highly abrasive and corrosive slurries in applications that do not leave much room for compromises. ITT’s Goulds Pumps has spend significant efforts to design a hard-working pump that combines economically sound performance with high reliability, the company says. The result: a design that “provides a leap in productivity,“ John Manna, ITT’s vice president, global marketing, believes.

Petroplus confirmed the shutdown of its Coryton Refinery in Essex, England. According to the Swiss holding company, commercial operations will resume in a few days.