Neste Jacobs will perform the EPCM services for an upgrade and expansion of the Haltermann Carless’ production site in Speyer, Germany.

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.

Temperature control is an essential conditions of many industrial processes. Pressure changes, nevertheless can quite drastically interface with temperature monitoring. Here’s a look at some controls that when used correctly give the desired results...

BASF offers the packaging industry a variety of barrier solutions that demonstrate a high effectiveness in preventing mineral oil residues from migrating from cardboard food packaging into food. Mineral oil residues in food packaging pose a potential threat for the consumers' health.

The use of Kynar Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) is gaining traction across industries where chemicals are extensively used, thanks to the special attributes of this material that have proven its viability in various applications.

Processing plants usually operate for decades and therefore it becomes important and essential to modernize its systems. Carrying out the necessary activities during ongoing plant operations becomes difficult when the process control systems become old and thus should be modernised or completely replaced.

Miami based investment firm H.I.G. Capital goes on shopping spree in Germany: the private equity investors recently acquired hydrocarbons specialist Halterman Products from Dow.

A union of giants: Dow and Saudi Aramco recently announced the building of a joint-venture chemicals complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, 100 kilometers northwest of Dammam. Aramco officials expect the project to be the first of its kind in the kingdom's fast growing chemical industry.

Novatek, one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, takes over oil & gas company Severneft-Urengoy from fertilizers conglomerate Eurochem for an undisclosed sum.

Total has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months. This event marks the completion of the upgrade program launched in 2013 of one of the largest and most efficient integrated refining & petrochemicals platforms in Europe.