Bilfinger set for human resource expansion after winning couple multimillion pound contracts with INEOS

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Energy service firm Bilfinger UK has said that it will double its Scottish workforce after winning two multi-million pound contracts with INEOS, as per Hydrocarbonprocessing.

Bilfinger will provide a range of maintenance services at Grangemouth and the Forties Pipeline System at Kinneil.

The company’s headcount will double to 220 when 110 people transfer under Tupe regulations.

Bilfinger UK, part of Germany-headquartered industrial services group Bilfinger, did not say who the employees worked for previously.

Both deals run until January 2021. The Grangemouth contract includes a two-year extension option, while the Forties agreement is an extension of a pact signed.

Phill Maurer, managing director for Bilfinger UK, said: "The awarding of these contracts consolidates our significant footprint in the oil and gas and petrochemicals sectors, securing continuous employment in central Scotland.

"They demonstrate our capability to deliver maintenance works on a major scale.

"The Ineos Grangemouth site and the co-located FPS Kinneil asset is a large, complex facility that presents significant opportunities from a maintenance perspective.

"We have developed a sophisticated programme of support that puts safety first while delivering high levels of efficiency.

"Our maintenance concept will help underpin the reliability and productivity of the plants."

Bilfinger Group also has a business which operates offshore operations from Aberdeen - Bilfinger Salamis.

As MRC reported earlier, in September 2018, INEOS announced plans to invest GBP60 million to expand its Grangemouth site. It awarded a contract to build an additional furnace on its KG ethylene plant to Selas-Linde GmbH, Germany.

INEOS Group Limited is a privately owned multinational chemicals company consisting of 15 standalone business units, headquartered in Rolle, Switzerland and with its registered office in Lyndhurst, United Kingdom. It is the fourth largest chemicals company in the world measured by revenues (after BASF, Dow Chemical and LyondellBasell) and the largest privately owned company in the United Kingdom.

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Dow has been included on FORTUNE’s 2019 ‘Change the World’ list, a ranking of 52 companies that have made an important social, or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations, said Refiningandpetrochemicalsme.

Listed as number 26 in the ranking, Dow is recognised for its programme to pilot the use of recycled plastics in roads as part of the company’s long-standing commitment to reduce plastic waste and drive sustainability solutions.

By developing solutions such as this, we are demonstrating that plastics, from design to disposal, have tremendous value and can continue to benefit people and society in new ways. "Dow is honoured to be recognised by FORTUNE for advancing new applications and markets for recycled plastics,” said Dow CEO Jim Fitterling. “By developing solutions such as this, we are demonstrating that plastics, from design to disposal, have tremendous value and can continue to benefit people and society in new ways."

Dow has collaborated with the value chain to build nearly 100km of asphalt roads containing recycled plastic across Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America. The projects, some of which are enabled by Dow’s ELVALOY RET asphalt modification technology, have diverted nearly 200 metric tonnes of plastic, equivalent to 50 million flexible pouches, from becoming litter, or entering a landfill. The roads that are polymer-modified are often more resistant to corrosion from weather, or vehicles than neat asphalt and can therefore reduce the number of dangerous potholes, or traffic jams.

Dow believes that plastic waste has value and can be transformed into new products and energy. In addition to plastic roads, Dow is working with key partners in South America to use recycled plastics to develop construction materials for schools in Colombia. Dow is also at the forefront of developing and scaling chemical recycling technology to take recycled plastic waste back to feedstock for the creation of new products. By reimagining new ways to reuse, recycle and repurpose plastic waste, Dow and its partners are leading the way in the development of innovative circular economy solutions.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Sumitomo Chemical has signed an agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) of India for licensing its propylene oxide (PO) production technology in connection with the petrochemical project which BPCL is conducting, according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.

BPCL is one of the leading government-owned oil companies in India, with a total production capacity of approximately 840,000 barrels a day of crude oil from its four refinery complexes in India. BPCL aims to enter into the petrochemicals market by carrying out a large-scale petrochemical project adjacent to its refinery complex at Kochi in the state of Kerala. The project includes construction of new plants for PO and polyols. For PO production, a decision has been made to adopt Sumitomo Chemical's proprietary technology. From now on, BPCL will conduct front-end engineering design and detailed engineering for the new PO plant, which will have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons upon its completion targeted in 2022.

Sumitomo Chemical's PO technology is based on a PO-only process in which, with cumene recycling, PO alone is manufactured without accompanying co-products. Sumitomo Chemical was the first in the world to commercialize this cumene method. The technology, combined with the use of the Company's proprietary high-performance epoxidation catalyst, offers the distinct advantages of a high PO yield, superior energy efficiency and remarkable stability in plant operation. The technology has a proven track record of reliable operations at Sumitomo Chemical's Chiba Works in Japan and Petro Rabigh in Saudi Arabia. It was also licensed to S-OIL Corp. of South Korea for a new plant with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons, which successfully came on stream in 2018. In addition, it was licensed to a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited of Thailand, whose plant is currently under construction and is due to be completed in 2020, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons.

Sumitomo Chemical intends to enhance the business portfolio of its Petrochemicals & Plastics Sector through the global expansion of its technology licensing activities. The Company will continue to make a contribution to the development of the world's petrochemical industry and help resolve issues the industry faces by licensing the array of technologies it has cultivated over its many years of experience.

As MRC informed before, BPCL plans to build a USD3 billion petrochemical unit to serve the Mumbai region, a company official said in March 2018, to profit from the country's expected surge in demand for petrochemicals as its economy expands.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Woodbridge, Ont.-based custom injection molder Krauss Plastics Inc. has made a series of management changes, including appointing a new owner and president, as per Canplastics.

Frank Krauss has now taken over the leadership of the family-owned company, replacing Roland Krauss, who has retired.

Additionally, Ingrid Krauss is the company’s new vice president, and John Krauss is the new production manager.

Krauss Plastics was founded in 1965 by Hans Krauss, and began injection molding in 1971; it has also been ISO 9001 certified since 1995. The company makes a range of injection molded parts – including micro parts – for industrial and consumer applications, and can also supply molds from partner tool shops in Asia.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Linde has announced it has started up its new air separation plants to supply a combined 720 tons per day of high purity nitrogen to Shanghai EverDisplay Optronics Co., Ltd. (EDO) supporting its sixth generation AMOLED project, as per Linde's press release.

Under the terms of the contract, Linde will also supply EDO with oxygen, helium, argon and hydrogen.

"We are pleased to have started supplying Everdisplay while expanding our industrial gas capacity and pipeline network in Shanghai and Yangtze River Delta." said Steven Fang, Head of Linde Greater China. "These new plants will increase our network density and ability to reliably supply the growing consumer electronics market in China."

Huiran Liu, General Manager of EDO, said, "EDO is committed to the development of AMOLED display technology and we have great confidence in Linde's track record of reliable and high-quality industrial gas supply."

As MRC wrote before, the technology company The Linde Group and the specialty chemicals company Evonik Industries have concluded an exclusive cooperation agreement on the use of membranes for natural gas processing.

Linde is a leading industrial gases and engineering company with 2018 pro forma sales of USD 28 billion (EUR 24 billion). The company employs approximately 80,000 people globally and serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. Linde delivers innovative and sustainable solutions to its customers and creates long-term value for all stakeholders. The company is making our world more productive by providing products, technologies and services that help customers improve their economic and environmental performance in a connected world.
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