Asia/Pacific
HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 75: Analyzing wear when troubleshooting
Wear occurs frequently on machinery. In its simplest terms, it is the undesirable removal of material. When troubleshooting the root cause of wear in equipment, the engineer’s interest should be ..
HP Industry Perspectives: POLL FINDINGS: Pipelines remain crude route of choice for North American refiners
While the Keystone XL pipeline project remains in limbo, the concept behind it is very much alive.Roughly 70% of industry respondents predict that pipelines will be the most popular crude oil transpor..
HP Impact: Lukoil projects energy trends out to 2025
Lukoil recently offered an outlook on the long-term prospects for the global hydrocarbon processing industry. The outlook’s objective is to analyze trends that will (in Lukoil’s view) determ..
Sulfur-recovery solutions for small-scale petchem processing
Ongoing concern about the sulfur content of natural gas and processed fuels is leading to tighter regulations and more stringent standards for sulfur emissions from processing facilities. In particula..
Shell, Technip to collaborate on improving CO2 capture technologies
The agreement enables both Technip and Shell Cansolv to offer a full chain of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for post-combustion CO2 capture projects.
Wison to build new China coal-to-methanol project
The latest award is due to be completed in the third quarter of 2014. Wison Engineering is partnering with Erdos for the second time at the Jinchengtai coal-to-methanol project, which marks an important milestone for Erdos in achieving its strategic transformation into a coal-to-chemicals business.
Wison commercializes new methanol-to-olefins technology in China
Wison Engineering, China’s largest private EPC provider for chemicals, started up its designed methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant featuring Wison’s proprietary technology.
Indonesia could drive gasoline markets by 2018
Indonesia’s gasoline deficit and imports will exceed the US and Mexico, reversing trade flows and replacing the US as the main driver of global gasoline trade and prices.
China may raise fuel prices amid tighter standards
The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planning agency, said higher costs to improve nationwide fuel quality will be borne by both the refining industry and its consumers.
India approves new HPCL refinery in Rajasthan
Hindustan Petroleum will own 74% of the project, while the Rajasthan state government will own the rest. The refinery, located in Rajasthan's Bamer town, is expected to go on stream in four years.
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