Fluor has been contracted by BASF in North America

(process-worldwide) -- American Fluor Corporation has been contracted by German BASF. Fluor has received a service contract for all BASF-sites in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Engineering-giant Fluor will be developmental partner for german chemical-giant BASF. The american Corporation has signed an umbrella service contract including all sites in the USA, Kanada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Fluor Corporation announced today that Germany-based BASF has chosen the company as its engineering partner for chemicals capital projects across North America. BASF has awarded Fluor an umbrella services agreement for an undisclosed contract value.

Services provided on projects covered by the agreement will include conceptual and front-end engineering and design (FEED), detailed engineering, procurement, project management and construction management services.

Fluor was selected by BASF in mid-2011 as its engineering partner in Asia and Europe. Fluor currently has multiple projects active under the partnering agreements including the FEED phase for BASFs TDI (toluene diisocyanate) project in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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(chemmonitor) -- The Belarusian state-run petrochemical company Belneftekhim significantly raised its refining capacity through first 2 months of the current year.

The volumes reached 3.7 million tonnes, up by above 141 percent year on year.

Production volumes of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) also grew. Their increase was estimated at around 1.2 times, in comparison with January-February of the previous year.
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(chemmonitor) -- The Russia-based petrochemical company JSC Gazprom neftekhim Salavat, headquartered in Salavat (Bashkortostan) completed the first phase of technical modernization of ethylbenzene production.

The company is implementing a technical modernization of benzene transalkylation unit at the Monomer plant.

The project will be a transition from the gas-cycle to the liquid-phase transalkylation, which will allow the company to reduce energy and resource consumption, raise the efficiency of the process and receive an additional 10% of ethylbenzene and styrene.
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(chemmonitor) -- US polystyrene (PS) manufacturers continue to fight against bans on the usage of the material in foodservice ware products as well as grab-and-go packaging.

One of most recent bans was adopted in Hermosa Beach (California).

The new law us to take effect by the end of the current year. It prohibits the utilization of the product in takeout packaging.

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(hydrocarbonprocessing) -- Enterprise Products, Anadarko Petroleum and DCP Midstream agreed to build a new NGL pipeline that will start in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Weld County, Colorado, and extend 435 miles to Skellytown, Texas. Enterprise will build and operate the pipeline, which begins service in the 2013 fourth quarter.

Enterprise Products, Anadarko Petroleum and DCP Midstream have agreed to design and construct a new natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline that will originate in the Denver-Julesburg Basin (DJ Basin) in Weld County, Colorado, and extend 435 miles to Skellytown, Texas, in Carson County. Each party will hold a one-third interest.

The new Front Range pipeline (Front Range), with connections to the Mid-America pipeline system and the recently announced Texas Express pipeline, will help producers in the DJ Basin maximize the value of NGL production by providing takeaway capacity and market access to the Gulf Coast, the largest NGL market in the US, officials said.

Depending on shipper interest to an upcoming binding open commitment period, initial capacity on Front Range is expected to be approximately 150,000 bpd, which can be expanded to about 230,000 bpd.

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