Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a contract by Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC) to provide front-end engineering design (Feed) services for a proposed greenfield, integrated propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene facility located in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada. CKPC is a joint venture of Pembina Pipeline Corporation (Pembina) of Canada and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait.

Italian based Maire Tecnimont will design and construct a large scale, greenfield fertilizer complex for Midwest Fertilizer in Mount Vernon, Indiana (United States). The EPC contract alone is worth US $ 1.6 billion.

A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Statoil to undertake a feasibility study for the upgrade of Statoil’s Mongstad Refinery in Norway.

Eurochem will use KBR's proprietary Purifier technology under a license through Tecnimont for two new ammonia plants located at Kingisepp near St. Petersburg and Nevinnomyssk in southern Russia.

Gazprom cooperates with Sibur's engineering subsidiary Nipigaz on the design, procurement and construction management for the Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) near the town of Svobodny in Russia.

What if ISO 17025 wasn’t a standard, but instead was a technology that automated laboratory best practices? What if following the regulations to the letter – often without even thinking about it – actually led to better overall business performance? In that case, it’s likely every business would aggressively deploy that technology.

The chemical reaction at the heart of the world’s largest gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant starting up in Qatar is borne out of Shell’s long history and expertise in catalyst technology and innovation. A unique catalyst developed for the Pearl GTL plant is key to the efficient conversion of synthesis gas into heavy hydrocarbons that provide feedstock for advanced fuels, base oils and chemicals.

Jacobs Engineering Group received a five-year contract renewal from Shell Canada to provide mechanical maintenance and turnaround services on the company’s Scotford site located in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.

A snapshot of the emerging trends in the global chemical industry – With multiple emerging regions now steering the course of the global chemicals industry, their internal dynamics will likely determine how the industry shapes up in the near future.

Two big players of the oil business join forces: Saudi Armaco and Sinopec of China announced to enter a joint venture for the development and operation of the Yasref refinery, Yanbu, Red Sea (currently under construction). This project marks Sinopec’s first international downstream investment, officials say.