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.

Researchers at Osaka University have developed a new catalytic system for efficiently splitting water and making hydrogen with energy from normal sunlight. Their study was recently reported in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Water, Pharmaceuticals and polymers are pushing the demand for chlorine. Especially output in Europe grew considerably, despite the end of mercury based production in December.

Engineers responsible for oil/gas production at remote field sites that lack easy access to electric power will find constant power technology thermal mass flow meters from Fluid Components International (FCI) can provide a solution to their gas flow metering needs.

There are very few genuine new developments in the valve world, new ideas are mostly developed along a theme, however, one completely new concept in valve design is the Rotary Gate Valve (RGV) developed by Weir Valves & Controls UK – a part of the Weir Power & Industrial Division in the UK.

Topsoe has been awarded by Technip FMC a contract for license and basic engineering of two gas-based ammonia plants for Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan (Hurl).

Nuberg EPC has been awarded a $ 53 million turnkey project contract by Middle East Chemicals Company (Midchem), Saudi Arabia. The exclusive agreement covers EPC & LSTK services and solutions for chlor alkali plant and calcium chloride plant in Riyadh

SP Olefins, a subsidiary of SP Chemicals, one of the largest ion-membrane chlor-alkali and aniline producers in China, is constructing the first gas cracking ethylene plant in China. Technip entered into a contract to support the construction of the Greenfield grassroots gas cracker with a capacity of 650,000 t/a in Taixing, Jiangsu Province.

Modular engineering with future proof flexibility  — Unprecedented flexibility in engineering with safe installation in shorter timeframes. Modular engineering could bring a construction kit for 'plug and produce' process plants — and thus fits right into the portfolio of an engineering specialist that focuses on a functional turnkey approach. It nevertheless might require engineers to think outside the box...

Maire Tecnimont announced that its subsidiary KT — Kinetics Technology has been awarded two EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts by Lukoil Nizhegorod Nefteorg Syntez. The contracts are related to five refinery process units as part of the oil residue upgrading project for the Kstovo Refinery, in Central Russia.