Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup

31-May-2012 - A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Sandia researchers had worked around the clock following the March 2011 disaster to show ...

UOP Technology licensed to Eurochem to convert methanol to olefins in new Nigerian petrochemicals plant

First commercial-scale plant to use UOP technology to produce olefins from methanol derived from natural gas

01-Feb-2008 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Viva Methanol Limited, a subsidiary of Eurochem, has selected the UOP/Hydro MTO process technology and the Total Petrochemicals/UOP Olefin Cracking process technology to produce light olefins - the basic building blocks for plastics - from natural ...

UOP and University of Southern California developing technology to produce cleaner-burning fuels from carbon dioxide

Technology to produce methanol and dimethyl ether from CO2 aimed at reducing greenhouse gases

13-Dec-2007 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that it will partner with the University of Southern California's (USC) Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute to develop and commercialize new technology to transform carbon dioxide into clean-burning alternative fuels. USC developed fundamental chemistry ...

UOP technology selected for new Jurong Aromatics plant in Singapore

New complex to produce 1.5 million tons of aromatics for polyester and plastics production and 2.5 million tons of fuel per year

25-Oct-2007 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Jurong Aromatics Corp. PTE Ltd (JAC) has selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for a new aromatics plant to be installed in Jurong Island, Singapore. Basic engineering design is underway by UOP, and commissioning ...

UOP to develop biofuel technology for military jets

02-Jul-2007 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced it will accelerate research and development on renewable energy technology to convert vegetable and algal oils to military jet fuels. The goal of the project, which is backed by $6.7 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

UOP selected by Sinopec for new aromatics project

New Shanghai complex to bring 600 KMTA of new para-xylene capacity to China

27-Apr-2007 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., has selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for an aromatics project to be installed at their Shanghai facility. ...

UOP selected by PetrocChina for new aromatics project

New complex to include world's largest para-xylene production plant

22-Jan-2007 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that PetroChina Company Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), has selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for an aromatics project to be installed at PetroChina's Urumqi facility. Basic ...

UOP expands molecular sieve plant in Shanghai

09-Nov-2006 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Shanghai UOP Ltd. (SUOP), a molecular sieve production facility, will expand its capacity and capabilities to meet growing demand in China. Productivity improvements, as well as upgrades to equipment, are expected to boost capacity at the facility by ...

Honeywell'S UOP Establishes Renewable Energy and Chemicals Unit

03-Nov-2006 - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced it has established a new business unit dedicated to introducing new technology for processing renewable energy sources in existing or new petroleum refineries worldwide. The new unit, called Renewable Energy and Chemicals, will accelerate UOP's already ...

UOP LLC and Total Petrochemicals to Integrate Methanol-to-Olefins and Olefin Cracking Processes

Demonstration plant in Belgium to come on stream in 2007

09-Dec-2005 - UOP LLC, a subsidiary of Honeywell, and Total Petrochemicals announced they have signed agreements for a joint development program to integrate technology aimed at increasing the production of light olefins, the basic chemical building blocks for many commonly used plastic products. Under the ...