The first production facility in a $ 1.4bn expansion of BASF-YPC Co. Ltd. has started its operation, including expansion of the steam cracker – from 600ktpa to 740ktpa ethylene – butadiene extraction plant and non-ionic surfactants plant. The overall project, which broke ground in Q3/09, including expansions at three existing plants, and ten new plants. Most of the remaining plants will be due on-stream Q4/11. Butadiene plant, which extracts butadiene from C 4 cracker stream, is the core of an integrated complex C4. Factory surfactant is part of an integrated value chain of ethylene oxide derivatives will also include new amine complexes.
China National Coal Group Corp. recently selected Dow's UNIPOL polypropylene process technology for new units 300ktpa and 450ktpa produce homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers .. ChinaCoal will use technology to 300ktpa units that will be designed in 2011 and was built in 2012 with start-ups since 2013. Second plant will commence in 2011 the design and construction in 2013 with startup expected in 2015. Both facilities will use Dow's catalyst and donors and will be located in Yulin, Shaanxi province.
Pipe Center has completed one of the largest contract the supply valve has been done with great goggle valves for Tata steel plant in Scunthorpe. Valves, 8ft long, weight 6 tons and with a bore of 42in, mounted in gasholder used to store the coke oven gas at the steelworks. Gas used as fuel in iron and steelmaking processes in plant varieties. Tata placing second with a central pipe for the same valve, this time operated manually through the chain and gears, for use in various parts of the plant.
Int Process Engineering (PEI), Part of the Process Engineering Associates., Is to study the cooling system for Saudi Aramco. Contract issued by Aramco Services Co. (ASC) in Houston. PEI, which will work on the study with both ASC and Saudi Aramco personnel, will implement the project from his base in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The project is expected to produce a preliminary design process for improved cooling system.
After a series of meetings over the last few weeks, RWE and Gazprom have agreed to continue talks about a possible joint venture. Gazprom Chairman Alexey Miller and Jürgen Grossmann, CEO of RWE AG met in The Hague, Netherlands, earlier this week. Their negotiations, including the possible cooperation of existing and / or new-build gas and hard coal plant to power in Germany, Britain and the Benelux countries are to continue until the end of 2011.