Petrochemicals

ChemCatBio, a Department of Energy consortium, has collaborated with Gevo to optimise ethanol-to-olefins catalyst performance.

LyondellBasell has awarded Fluor a contract for the world’s largest propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol plant.

Ecopetrol has signed a contract to deliver propylene to its Comai subsidiary.

TKH Security Solutions is set to present on automatic flare stack monitoring at ATCE 2017.

ValvTechnologies, Inc. has appointed Cliff Horsburgh as Regional Director, Asia Pacific.

John Flannery succeeds Jeff Immelt as chairman of GE while Lorenzo Simonelli is named chairman of Baker Hughes GE.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has sold its 40% interest in Neste Jacobs Oy to the Neste Corp.

Chevron Corp. has announced that its Board of Directors elected Michael K. Wirth chairman of the board and CEO.

Borealis is set to proceed to the next phase for its new propane dehydrogenation plant in Belgium.

Honeywell UOP’s technology is set to be sued to produces high-yield of ethylene and propylene at lower costs.

Burckhardt Compression has provided a turnkey solution for an LDPE plant overhaul in France.

The AFPM and API have issued statements in support of the US tax reform proposal.

The shareholders of Praxair have approved the merger of the company with Linde.

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a new contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corp.

Kaspersky Lab has announced the international industrial Capture the Flag (CTF) security competition.