Asia/Pacific
HP Integration Strategies: Reliability solutions offer unique value propositions
Globally, the process industries lose the equivalent of 5% of production annually because of unscheduled downtime and poor product quality. ARC Advisory Group estimates that almost 80% of these losses..
HP Control: Automation: The path to reliability
Consider the view looking back from 2020. Will the current decade be the decade of process automation? This may seem a puzzling way to frame the question. We have been automating for several decades. ..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
Alfa Laval has an order from a Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) to supply equipment to Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. The Alfa Laval equipment consists of desalin..
HP Construction Profile: Rotterdam LNG facility wins top project award
The Gate megaproject is one of Europe's largest LNG terminals. With two jetties, it can unload simultaneously two vessels of the Q-Max type, the world's biggest LNG carriers.
HP Impact: The modern world of steel
The World Steel Association recently published the 2012 edition of “World Steel in Figures.” This study provides essential facts and statistics about the global steel industry, including inf..
HP Impact: EU chemicals sector output down in 2011
European Union (EU) chemicals production recorded a 1.9% decrease in the first four months of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Monthly..
Fire incident at Jaipur was a wakeup call
After the 2009 accident at Indian Oil's lubricants terminal, new safety standards were developed to help avoid future tragedies. The focus is as it should be, on people, process and technology.
Foster Wheeler to supply waste heat recovery unit for Thai PTT project
Foster Wheeler says it will design, engineer and supply the waste heat recovery unit, including a selective catalytic reduction system and other associated equipment. Financial terms were not disclosed. Delivery of the unit to site is expected during the third quarter of 2013.
Sinopec, BASF sign initial deal to build world-scale chemical plant in China
Under the memorandum of understanding, the financial terms of which weren't disclosed, Sinopec and BASF will each take a 50% stake in the joint venture and will also jointly operate the facility, which will be located in the Maoming Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, according to the statement.
Shell looks to boost investment in downstream China gas sector
Shell is hoping to increase investment in China's downstream gas sector, as it wants to profit from every link in the gas supply chain, the head of the company's China unit said.
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