PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the most recent plant engineering projects from all over the world. Right from breakthrough technologies to big ticket EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) contracts, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) announced the completion of construction at the ammonia plant of its subsidiary Maaden Waad Al Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC), and the commencement of trial operations.

Mehrer Compression introduces its TVx-Compressor Series to the North American markets. With this move, the company has made its series ready for the ASME world market.

Novatek requires the specialised turbo machinery for its Arctic LNG 2 project. With the machinery, the firm aims to produce 6.6 million tonnes of LNG annually.

The chemical sector has a long-lasting and increasing demand for carbon that is embedded in its products. Today, 450 million tonnes of carbon are contained in chemicals and polymers, mostly sourced from fossil resources. The free report “Turning off the Tap for Fossil Carbon”, shows how the demand is met today and could be covered by renewable carbon in the year 2050.

Chevron Phillips Chemical announced plans to expand its alpha olefins business with a second world-scale unit to produce on-purpose 1-hexene. Expected capacity for the new unit is 266 KTA with targeted startup in 2023 and its location will be Old Ocean, Texas, near the company’s Sweeny facility. At its peak, the project anticipates supporting more than 600 construction jobs and 50-plus full-time positions.

Lonza has plans to make the mega investment in order to build two new mammalian facilities in Visp (CH) and Portsmouth (US). The large-scale facility in Visp (CH) is expected to expand capacity by six 20,000L bioreactors which aims to meet the growing market demand for biologics. The small-scale facility planned in Portsmouth (US) will have a capacity of up to eight 2,000L bioreactors.

With an aim to advance the circular economy, Lyondell Basell has started producing virgin quality polymers from raw materials derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling site in Germany.

Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, and Lin Shaochun, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, signed a Framework Agreement in Ludwigshafen setting out further details of BASF’s plan to establish a new smart Verbund site in Guangdong, China. The total investment is estimated to reach up to $ 10 billion and will be implemented in phases.

Thyssen Krupp through has recently won a contract from Arcelor Mittal to supply a new coke battery for the Tubarão steel plant, located in the Espirito Santo state in southeastern Brazil. The new coke battery will replace an existing one thus ensuring the production of 600,000 tons of coke per year.