The Linde Group has been awarded a major contract by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) to supply an olefin plant in the city of Nizhnekamsk, located in the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation.

The World Refining Association will focus their upcoming event ERTC Ask the Experts on June 20 and 21 in Cologne on the opportunities digital technologies offer for remote plant operation.

For the fertiliser industry, a golden age could lie ahead–American shale gas, exploding population figures and climate change are driving the demand for artificial fertilisers. Drawing on the GROAB project database, PROCESS summarises for you plant construction projects worldwide in 2014 and looks into the future of the fertiliser industry.

Air Liquide will invest in a new carbon monoxide production unit in the Port of Rotterdam, to be located next to the company’s existing facilities. The plant, which will be commissioned in the first half of 2015, will double Air Liquide’s carbon monoxide production capacity in the basin.

Invista, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, will establish a new manufacturing operation in McPherson, Kansas, in order to expand production of its Raptor nylon pipe product. The company plans to complete conversion of an existing building in McPherson into a nylon pipe extrusion facility and expects to begin production by early spring.

Veolia has announced that it will build and operate one of the world's largest waste-to-energy facilities in Mexico City.

Akzo Nobel has opened a new Performance Coatings production facility in Chonburi, Thailand. The company invested $ 31 million in this ninth production site in South East Asia.

Honeywell UOP announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical will use four of its Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for its new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province.

Construction chemicals are one of the important sectors in the chemical industry. It is used for various reasons with the main objective being - protection. Anti carbonation coating is one such solution that protects concretes in the building from pollutants and harsh weather.

BP is increasingly investing in projects that have a promising potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Turning household waste into jet fuel, carbon dioxide into concrete and trucks into energy-saving convoys, are three examples for the company's venturing in transitional technologies and high-tech start-ups.