Processing news briefs, Aug. 30

Aug. 30, 2001
Statoil ... M.W. Kellogg ... Conoco ... Honeywell ... Fisher-Klosterman ... Marsulex Environmental Technologies ... Linde

Statoil has recommended to other partners in the Statpipe partnership that they build an extraction plant at the Kårstø complex north of Stavanger to process gas from Statoil's Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil has awarded M.W. Kellogg Ltd. a 70 million kroner ($7.75 million) contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction assistance for the upgrade. The unit would be ready when Mikkel comes on stream Oct. 1, 2003 (OGJ Online, Aug. 2, 2001).

Conoco Inc. has awarded a $5.3 million automation services contract to Honeywell's Industrial Controls business for its gas-to-liquids semi-works facility under construction at Ponca City, Okla. Front-end engineering was completed in May and automation is expected to be completed by August 2002.

Fisher-Klosterman Inc., Louisville, Ky., has acquired the Buell Mechanical Collector Division of Marsulex Environmental Technologies. The division supplies high efficiency cyclones for petroleum and petrochemical refining processes.

Linde AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, is investing 40 million euros in the expansion of its gases business in eastern Germany. Linde is building a fourth hydrogen plant in Leuna, and has extended a pipeline to move gases from Leuna to Zeitz.

China has approved a feasibility study report for a 900,000 tonne/year ethylene project in Shanghai. The $2.7 billion project is led by Sinopec Corp. (30%), with partners Shanghai Petrochemical (20%) and BP PLC (50%).