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Engineering & Design

Continental receives in-principal approval of first refinery

SAMARINDA, KALIMANTAN TIMUR, Indonesia — Continental Energy Corporation announced that its Indonesian subsidiary PT Continental Hilir Indonesia (CHI) has received the in-principal approval of the Governor of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan for the construction and operation of a crude oil refinery to be built at KIPI Maloy located in the Kutai Timur Regency of East Kalimantan.

ABB teams up with Saudi firm Arkad for turnkey oil and gas projects

ZURICH/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB is putting its turnkey projects arm for the oil and gas industry into a joint venture majority owned by Saudi Arabia's Arkad Engineering & Construction, as ABB seeks to "optimize" its business portfolio, the company said on Monday.

CB&I’s MEG-1 project achieves setting 350-ft wash tower

CB&I’s LA MEG-1 project achieved a major construction milestone with the erection of a 350-ft wash tower.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Andrew, Bob

ABB has introduced a new MID/OIML R117 certified high-accuracy CoriolisMaster Coriolis mass flowmeter for custody transfer applications in the oil and gas industry (FIG. 1).

Safety: Process safety and risk management— An industry view

Petrotechnics: Jones, S.

In 2017, Petrotechnics released its process safety and risk management (PSM) survey.

Business Trends: Preparing for a sea change in global refining

Boston Consulting Group: Follette, C.  |  Ruiz-Cabrero, J.

The global oil refining industry has been buffeted by many events in recent years.

Operations: Maximizing the opportunity of discounted crudes

Baker Hughes: Duggan, G.  |  Navarrete, R.

As the oil and gas industry adjusts to a business environment in which crude oil prices will likely remain lower for longer, refiners continue looking for ways to maximize their profitability.

Refining: Alkylation—What’s a refiner to do?

Veolia Water Americas: Pawloski, J.

Within the refining industry, gasoline production and alkylation capacity are running at near all-time highs.

Editorial Comment: Ingenuity out of necessity

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

One of the main focal points in this issue of Hydrocarbon Processing is the environment.

Redesign, simplify and demonstrate facts

Repsol SA: Vila Forteza, M.

The Petronor oil refinery is located in northeastern Spain. Recently, the facility converted its last rolling element-equipped machine from liquid oil lubrication to pure (“dry-sump”) oil mist.