Under the agreement, KBR will be responsible to debottleneck Train 2 of Satorp's existing 440,000 barrels per day refinery in Jubail. Once complete, the project is expected to increase the refinery’s capacity by 15 %.

Under the contract, Mc Dermott will carry out front-end engineering and design activities at the FPU for the Scarborough natural gas development in Australia. The agreement also includes the option to award an EPCI contract to the firm when the project progresses to full development.

Both the companies have got together and set up a demo unit for developing renewable MEG. The demonstration plant is expected to produce more than 100 tonnes of glycolaldehyde per year.

The Indian Oil Corporation has awarded two engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contracts to Mc Dermott International. The first contract is for a new diesel hydrotreating unit at the Barauni Refinery in Bihar while the second one is for a catalytic dewaxing unit at the Haldia Refinery in West Bengal, India.

Russian gas and petrochemicals company boosts its production capacity for butyl rubber: The company's subsidiary Tolyattikauchuk has expanded its production capacity from 48 ktpa to 53 ktpa with a new, third butyl rubber separation line.

Particularly extractive gas analysis systems are in many cases fully sheltered in sealed houses, thus only affected by less stringent safety requirements than stand-alone applications. System integrators and OEM’s appreciate in such cases the availability of components equipped to satisfy the reduced standards and easy to install.

With its optical infrared (IR) sensor and intelligent transmitter, the two channel Triton Turbidity Analyzer from Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) combines precision turbidity analysis with the flexibility to add a second measurement, including dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, oxygen reduction potential (ORP), conductivity or various pION parameters.

A light in the dark: Safety specialist and lightings solution expert R. Stahl now offers energy-efficient LED linear luminaires for zone 1 in hazardous areas with gases and vapours of all types – even in environments with highly combustible substances of gas group IIC.

Glatt’s PHOS4green technology is used to recover phosphorus from sewage sludge ashes which is then used for manufacturing new phosphate or compound fertilizers. Seraplant’s plant has selected Glatt’s technology to produce recycled fertilizers.

Specialists from the nova-Institute were able to recognize 25 applications or plastic products for which biodegradability is a viable or the best end-of-life option. All the details have been shared in the report titled ‘Biosinn – Products for which biodegradation makes sense’.