KBR has plans to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy, a leading provider of systems engineering, assurance and technology advisory services, from Babcock International Group. The move is in line with KBR’s goal of delivering innovative, digitally-enabled solutions to governments and customers across the globe.

Nouryon announced that it would start construction in May on a project to further increase capacity for chloromethanes at its site in Frankfurt, Germany. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2020.

The biogas plant in Hammel near Aarhus can now consider its latest tank as the biggest glycerin tank in Denmark. It contains 4.500 cu m glycerin in a fully insulated digester made from long lasting stainless steel.

Invista shared its views on the future growth of the nylon 6,6 value chain and also updated the audience on the company’s important Adiponitrile investments at the Wood Mackenzie American Nylon Conference that was recently held in Atlanta.

Reliance Jio Digital Services has recently signed a deal with Haptik Infotech, one of India’s leading conversational AI platform. Under the deal, Reliance will hold an 87 % stake in the company and the rest will be held by Haptik founders and employees.

Solvay has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 58.77 % stake in its Thai subsidiary Vinythai PCL to Japanese company AGC Asahi Glass (AGC), thereby exiting its Asian polyvinyl chloride (PVC) activities.

Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has awarded the largest catalyst management agreement in its history to Advanced Refining Technologies (ART). Under the contract, ART will supply its Resid Hydrocracking catalyst technology to Bapco’s oil refinery in order to boost its processing capacity from 267,000 (b/d) to 380,000 (b/d).

The deal will assist Eastman to strengthen and expand its heat transfer fluids product offerings across the globe. The new product line is also expected to become a part of the firm’s Specialty Fluids business in the Additives & Functional Products segment.

KBR’s solvent deasphalting technology – Rose has been finalized by Saudi Aramco for its residue upgrading and clean fuels project at the Riyadh Refinery in Saudi Arabia. According to the deal, KBR will offer a 3-product Rose technology license, basic engineering design, and proprietary equipment for the project.

Claimed to be the largest potassium-fluoride-based plant for halogen exchange (Halex) reactions in the Western world, the Weylchem Group will construct the new facility at its Allessa site in Frankfurt-Fechenheim, Germany.