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Hydrogen plant at Illinois refinery

BOC has begun construction on a new hydrogen plant at CITGO Petroleum Corp.'s Lemont, Ill., oil refinery.

Oman fertiliser

Uhde GmbH has signed a letter of appointment with Sohar International Urea & Chemical Industries in Muscat, Oman, to build a turn-key large-scale fertiliser complex on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula.

International tender on PVC plant

Iran is in the final stage of an international tender on the establishment of a 300,000-ton-a-year plant to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh, head of the state National Petrochemical Co., has said.

Venezuela to develop LNG project

Venezuela has signed an agreement with an Anglo-Dutch company and another firm from Japan to start developing a USD 2.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project which aims to make the oil-rich nation a net gas exporter by 2007.

Petrochemical award for Technip

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded by CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd an EPC contract for a SM/PO and MPG/Polyols complex at Huizhou, Guandong Province, in southern China.

Saudi gas project in the balance

Saudi Arabia is unhappy with the latest responses from oil majors on three core ventures in its multi-billion-dollar gas initiative but has left the door open for further consultations.

Custom valve configuration arrives in Europe

KIP Norgren has expanded its offering of solenoid valves by introducing its KIP product range to the European market.

Software for valve mounting kits

Rotork Valvekits is the first specialist valve mounting kit manufacturer to develop and introduce a bespoke CAD software program to optimise design, production and delivery for virtually all of its range of kits.

Control valves help boilers save money

Spirax Sarco stainless-steel control valves are at the heart of a money-saving system that enables boilers to run on tallow instead of fuel oil.

Diverter valve takes control

The R04H3 is a normally open, spool type with vent to close diverter valve.