Yara International and BASF Group have agreed to build a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Texas. The plant will use hydrogen as raw material, reducing capital expenditures (capex), maintenance and carbon dioxide emissions significantly.

Behind any complex pharmaceutical project, stands the supplier with a well-oiled machine, ensuring smooth internal processing and creating an important link between sales, the project manager and the pharmaceutical client. In an interview with Glatt expert Stephan Rüscher, PROCESS took a look inside the engine room. His credo: To make things easy for the customer!

Pepperl+Fuchs continues its long-standing partnership with Yokogawa: The automation specialists have developed a completely new integrated ISBP system with clear benefits in the field of I/O modules for intrinsically safe applications. Especially with Yokogawa I/O systems, the new unit provides unprecedented flexibility.

Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected by Reliance Industries (RIL) to provide engineering and procurement assistance services for the construction of offsites and utilities facilities for a cracker complex at the Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex in Gujarat. The contract is being executed from Jacobs' offices in Mumbai.

Evonik Industries has dissolved its joint venture with Chinese partner Sanzheng Fine Chemicals. This comprises the cyanuric chloride plants in Yingkou and Chongqing, which supplied the agrochemicals markets in the region. The decommissioned Chongqing site remains with Evonik.

Maire Tecnimont and its subsidiary Tecnimont ICB (TICB) of India have been awarded two EPC contracts on lump sum turnkey basis for the realization of a polyolefin plant for PE and PP in Dahej, Gujarat.

Oxea's new oxo derivatives production in China is well on time: Construction works for the plant have just begun, with completion scheduled for late 2013.

The 2022 edition of Ipack-Ima is just around the corner. Taking place in Milan from May 3–6, the event marks the return of exhibitors and visitors, serving as a meeting point for demand and supply of processing technologies, packaging solutions and materials. Valerio Soli, President of Ipack Ima, tells us about the many meanings of an exhibition that brings together the various stakeholders in a complex production chain.

Sibur lays the first foundations for its Zap Sib Neftekhim process plant: This facility for deep hydrocarbon to polyolefin processing in the Tyumen Region of Western Siberia is the biggest investment project in Sibur's history, the company states.

CB&I has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $ 200 million by Venture Global LNG, a US based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export company, for the engineering, procurement and construction of two LNG storage tanks for the company's Calcasieu Pass export facility located in Southwest Louisiana.