Chevron Corporation announced a seven-year partnership with Microsoft establishing the company as their primary cloud provider, accelerating the application of advanced technologies including analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to drive performance and improve efficiencies.

Repsol’s had a successful start of 2015. The company’s polyolefin sales increased by 20 per cent compared to 2014 and they restarted their updated and downsized cracker in Puertollano, after an investment of €60 million.

Praxair has started up three new vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plants at the Daesan petrochemical complex located on the west coast of the Korean peninsula. Early 2018 the company will start up a fourth plant.

German specialty chemicals company Lanxess plans a 55 million Euro investment in a new pigment production plant at Ningbo, China.

Technip signed a Project Management Consultancy contract for the upgrading of the Basra refinery in Iraq. Together with its partner Unico, a Japanese engineering consultant, the company will provide expertise for the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and warranty management phase.

Worley Parsons has completed of the acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler Oil and Gas UK Limited announced on 9 October 2017.

The contract has been signed between Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary Tecnimont and Gemlik Gübre for the construction of a new urea and urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) facility in Turkey. The new plant is expected to have a capacity of 1,640 MTPD of granular urea and 500 MTPD of UAN.

There is a number of obstacles which can make the transport of raw materials considerably more complicated and expensive. In many cases local factors such as mountainous terrain, heavily populated areas or wide rivers interfere with a smooth material flow. There is an alternative system of transport with which almost all obstacles can be overcome.

For the 6th year, the trade journal PROCESS presented the Innovation Award in recognition of ingenious new or enhanced technologies. Prizes were awarded in six categories during a ceremony at Powtech 2013.

Project management can become the make–it–or–break–it–factor for engineering ventures, experts agree. While tight schedules and limited budgets put pressure on all EPC ventures, adapting the right strategy can help to make your project a success.