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HP Control: Inferential control model input selection

Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

It is not a secret that I prefer to base inferential models on engineering principles, rather than on regression. Having said that, the use of regression is widespread, and being a consultant in the f..

HP Reliability: Alignment choices have consequences

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Optimists tell us about steady industry trends toward reliability-imparting procedures and work processes, while realists continually make us aware of pressures to reduce expenditures. As outside obse..

HP Integration Strategies: Data historians provide effective decision support in near real time

ARC Advisory Group: Avery, Allen

Plant data historians are moving beyond their traditional role as a tool for collecting and archiving data to better understand past plant performance, to becoming a powerful tool that can be used to ..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

CB&I has announced that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Liaoning Tongyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., for the license and engineering design of grassroots olefins-conversion technology (OC..

HP Impact: Team overcomes obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ..

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

Siemens expands anaerobic- digestion product offeringSiemens Water Technologies has acquired the JetMix hydraulic mixing system from Liquid Dynamics Corp. This proprietary system agitates sludge withi..

Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service

Fluor Canada Ltd.: Grande, M.  |  Gutscher, M.

Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach

Cameron’s enhanced nozzle check valve

Cameron’s re-designed ENTECH DRV-BN nozzle check valve introduces a modularity that allows for customized solutions, in-field reconfiguration and a consistent spring force mechanism for quick and easy maintenance.

Technip awarded engineering contract for a FLNG in Malaysia

Technip, in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, has been awarded by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and MISC Berhad a front-end engineering and design contract for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. The FLNG, which will have a capacity of 1-million tpy, will be located in Malaysia.

BP says emerging economies will lead energy growth to 2030

World energy growth over the next 20 years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030.