Neste Engineering Solutions has completed a PMC project for Socar, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan. The greenfield ammonia-urea fertilizer plant in Sumgayit was inaugurated on January 16, 2019. The start-up of the production plant is now completed and production is in operation.

Ceresana analyzed the global market for paints and coatings already for the third time: About 42 million tonnes were sold in 2017. Currently, almost half of all paints and coatings consumed in 2017 were utilized in the construction industry.

No more ‘business as usual’: The CEO of one of the world’s leading oil companies says the upstream sector needs to transform itself to stay on top of the global energy industry. And the biggest challenge might be yet to come…

Russia, major supplier of oil and natural gas for Europe, is about to enter new territories. While domestic reserves in major are depleting, oil and gas companies eye for the untouched Arctic – now, that Rosneft is about to take over its former competitor TNK–BP, this plans could soon be excecuted...

Lyondell Basell’s Spheripol technology has been selected by Inner Mongolia Baofeng New Material Co. for its new facility which is expected to be constructed in Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China.

A new study reveals that the absence of outside professional management has impacted India's businesses and the country's economy. It further mentions that the lack of managerial delegation is one of the core factors why businesses in India tend to stay small.

At Achema Pulse, Aucotec will be showcasing new solutions that primarily target the engineering challenges faced by EPCs in process plant engineering. To this end, the software provider has expanded its Engineering Base (EB) cooperation platform with automatically generated cross-discipline datasheets that significantly improve consistent communication with clients and subcontractors.

When two parties sign a contract for a major plant construction, the first step in the implementation of a project is done. But how the execution of such project contracts should ideally be designed in order to minimize risks for the subsequent project?

Oxea is studying the feasibility of a new world-scale production plant for the manufacturing of carboxylic acids. At the same time, the company announed measures to further improve and debottleneck its manufacturing processes at its existing carboxylic acid production units.

Starting from raw material transfer through closed systems, the production concept combines recipe management with minimal operator intervention, automated cleaning to avoid cross-contamination, and in-process control systems to ensure consistent product quality.