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Praxair to boost gases supply for CNOOC refinery expansion in China

Praxair’s product line plants will provide oxygen and nitrogen to China's CNOOC to support the company’s refinery expansion from 250,000 to 460,000 bpd of oil.

Asian partners mull building Ohio ethane cracker

With a site for the ethane cracker now selected, PTTGC and Marubeni will take the next 12-to-16 months to complete the detailed engineering design and permitting at the Ohio site.

Jacobs buys China chemical engineer Suzhou Han

SHCE has two specialty Class A design licenses in China’s chemical and petrochemical industry, which allow the firm to provide engineering design for all types of chemical projects in China irrespective of project size; plus procurement and project management services for various projects in China.

Reliance commissions new India PET, PTA plants

The two plants are forward integrated in the same Reliance complex to decrease costs and capture full chain margins.

Pentair to expand Korean ball valves facility

The expanded facility enables Pentair to supply ball valves for local projects, offering Korean EPC customers high-quality products, shorter lead times and cost savings.

GasLog acquires two LNG carriers from BG Group

The two vessels, built in 2010, are the Methane Becki Anne and Methane Julia Louise and each have a cargo capacity of 170,000 m3 and have on-board reliquefaction plants.

Shell completes ethylene unit upgrade, expansion at Singapore complex

Royal Dutch Shell has completed a revamp of its Singapore ethane cracker. The olefins unit is part of Shell’s integrated refinery and petrochemical complex.

Top seven causes for lost olefin production

HSB Solomon Associates LLC: Cagnolatti, C. L.

Long-term trends in production losses, showing total loss production measured in seven biennial studies, are discussed in this article to determine if these losses are increasing or decreasing over time.

Use vapor distributors to improve fractionation column performance

Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology: Fewel, K. J.

Vapor distribution has often been neglected in fractionation columns. Although the importance of liquid distribution is well understood and has been a consideration in column design from the early sta..

How Cr compounds discolor refractory brick walls of an ethylene cracking furnace

Saudi Basic Industries Corp.: Al-Meshari, A.
SABIC Technology Centre: Maity, M.  |  Al-Zahrani, E.

Unusual pink coloration was noticed on the entire refractory brick wall in the radiant section of an ethylene cracking furnace of a petrochemical plant. The problem was investigated by evaluating the ..