KBR and Yokogawa Electric Corporation today announced the formation of a new alliance in which KBR will supply a fertilizer automation package as part of its ammonia process technology solutions to customers worldwide. This solution complements KBR’s industry leading ammonia portfolio of process licenses, basic engineering design package, proprietary equipment and catalyst supply.

The fertilizer automation package will couple KBR’s ammonia process technology expertise with Yokogawa’s know-how of process control systems to streamline the work process, develop standard configurations and simplify interfaces between various suppliers. Yokogawa will supply the CENTUM integrated production control system, the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system and selected solution-based software. KBR will provide “know-how” in the form of enhanced distributed control system configuration and advanced applications, such as operations management, performance monitoring, advanced process control, operator training simulator and dynamic simulation studies for fertilizer plants.

Invensys Operations Management has expanded the territories of its trusted Foxboro® equipment sales channel in North America.

Andon Specialties, Inc., Canada Company and Rust Automation have been Invensys channel partners for a combined 50 plus years. Each has an excellent record of bringing Foxboro products, solutions and services to the marketplace, coupled with a strong reputation for exceptional customer service and product support.

“Broadening the territories of our Foxboro M&I representatives in North America improves our ability to serve and support an important customer base,” said Bob Jones, vice president and general manager of the company’s M&I business. “These select partners bring more than 130 years of combined industry knowledge and expertise to the table, and are recognized for their leadership when it comes to client intimacy, delivery and collaborative mindset. We look forward to working with them as they help our customers improve the efficiency, safety and environmental performance of their operations.”

Andon Specialties, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, will represent Foxboro M&I products for industrial and municipal markets in Texas and New Mexico. In Texas, Andon has expanded its coverage to the counties of Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Clay, Concho, Coryell, Cottle, Crockett, Falls, Floyd, Foard, Freestone, Hale, Houston, Lamb, Lampasas, Limestone, McCulloch, McLennan, Motley, San Augustine, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell and Tom Green. Its coverage excludes El Paso. In New Mexico, Andon will oversee Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties.

Canada Company, based in Tulsa, Okla., has expanded its territory in the Texas Panhandle to include industrial and municipal markets in Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Hall, Hardeman, Parmer, Swisher, Wichita and Wilbarger counties.

Rust Automation and Controls Inc., based in West Jordan, Utah, has expanded its territory assignments to include the industrial and municipal markets in the state of New Mexico, except in Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties. It has also taken responsibility for El Paso county in Texas.

Foster Wheeler AG has announced that a subsidiary of our Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Pecket Energy to perform feasibility, conceptual and basic engineering studies, and develop an overall investment cost estimate for a substitute natural gas (SNG) production facility which is planned to be built near Punta Arenas, Chile.

The value of the award was not disclosed and will be included in Foster Wheeler’s first-quarter 2013 bookings. The main objective of the project is to produce syngas that will be used as a clean feedstock for the production of SNG, which gas is intended to be distributed to the existing grid in the region of Magallanes, Chile for domestic consumption or for industrial purposes.

The new facility intends to include several state-of-the-art units, including air separation, partial oxidation for syngas production, syngas treatment, acid gas removal, methanation and solid sulfur production. Foster Wheeler’s scope of work is expected to be completed by mid-2013.

Pecket Energy is a Chilean company focused on coal-based energy business development. Pecket Energy belongs to ICV, a Chilean company which has been active in mining and infrastructure developments in Chile for more than 50 years.

India’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) market reflects the impact of new technology on SCADA components and cost- effective communications for both data and knowledge transfer. According to a new ARC Advisory Group report, “SCADA Systems for the Water and Wastewater Industry in India Market Research Study”, India’s SCADA systems market is spurred by the need to improve the sustainability of water utility infrastructure. The market for water & wastewater industries is expected to see significant growth over the next five years.

The latest SCADA systems encompass a new generation of technology components. According to G. Ganapathiraman, Country Manager ARC India and co-author of this study, “End users are utilizing SCADA technology for a range of operational improvement applications and linking these to business processes for a variety of purposes, both internal and external to the enterprise.”