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Crude oil storage facility to be constructed in India

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd. (IOT) (formerly Indian Oiltanking) to provide engineering services for the Cavern project to be built for Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd.(ISPRL). The project is for the storage of crude oil in Visakhapatnam, India.

EIA’s annual energy review

The Annual Energy Review 2009 (AER), released on August 19, 2010, provides the US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) most comprehensive look at integrated energy statistics. Summary statistics from the report indicate some interesting data.

Increase crude unit capacity through better integration

Gulf Advanced Process Technologies (GAP-Tech): Amin, M. S.  |  Ibrahim, M. S.  |  Aseeri, A. S.

In revamp projects, better energy integration provides more benefits with less capital investment and lower operating costs

New oil spill containment system planned by major oil companies

A plan to build and deploy a rapid response system that will be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico was announced today by Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell.

Norcorom refinery to change hands

AMIN subsidiary International American Refineries, Inc., has acquired all outstanding shares of Norcorom Industries. Norcorom owns a refinery in Ingleside, Texas, with a capacity of 40,000 bpd.

ProSep awarded $2 million contract for Canadian oil sands

ProSep Inc. was awarded a $2 million contract to provide process engineering and specialized internals for crude separation.

Discover new trends in oily wastewater reclamation

Refinery Water Engineering & Associates: Kujawski, D.

Refiners can find profits by ‘upgrading’ treatment and recycling process water

Advice for 2011: Be dynamic, be flexible; more pain to come

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

“Analyze this” is the fad quote and action that actor Robert De Niro famously demands of his unwilling therapist in the film of the same name. Playing Paul Vitti, a New York gangland supremo..

Consider validating process data to develop realistic hydrogen balances

Jacobs Consultancy Nederland B.V.: Kerkhof, F.  |  Sentjens, J.

With accurate information, refiners can apply new assessment tools to fine-tune plant networks

Flue gas analysis - a storehouse of information

Haldia Refinery, Inidan Oil Corp.: Ghosh, R. K.

Here's a step-by-step procedure to determine heater performance