Equipment
Optimize cracked-gas compressors with smart-automation technology
Machine health monitors can provide critical information to avoid unit and plant-wide shutdowns
Better control-loop management lowers energy costs
This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software
Improve evaluations for your industrial gas needs
Petrochemical and refining complexes are significant consumers of industrial gases; here are some tips in planning process-gas needs
Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production
New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate
Investigation: Failure of a surface condenser titanium tube
Advanced analytic methods determine contributing factors in heat exchanger corrosion problem
HP Construction: Inauguration of the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) Cracker, Qatar
A joint venture between Qapco1 (63.63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36.36%) and QP (Qatar Petroleum)2 (0.01%) was established in June 2002 to implement the Qatofin project. This project includes participation in one of the world’s largest ethane crackers in Ras Laffan, a linear-low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Mesaiseed and the related ethylene pipeline linking both sites.
Shaw issues statement on events in Japan
"On behalf of all Shaw employees around the world, I give our deepest sympathy to the people of Japan. This is an extraordinary tragedy, and we can only imagine how painful and challenging this time is for everyone in the country," said J.M. Bernhard Jr., Shaw's chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Energy management toolkit available soon
The US Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) is in the process of developing the Energy Management Toolkit.
Foster Wheeler and consortium partners sign GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco
Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group together with the subsidiary’s consortium partners comprising A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co., (SOFCON) and Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company- Khatib & Alami (SCEC K&A) have signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the provision of services associated with Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative for a duration of five years with options available for extensions.
Improving pH control mitigates corrosion in crude units
Equipment and pipe failures can be avoided through better desalting practices and inhibitor injections
- AVTL to develop ammonia terminal in Pipavav, India 6/20
- Chevron seeks buyers for 50% stake in Singapore refinery 6/20
- Asian refiners seek more Mideast oil after spot premiums jump on Israel-Iran conflict 6/20
- Mexican authorities discover clandestine mini-refinery in crackdown of illegal hydrocarbon trade 6/20
- Italy's Eni eyes new unit to manage oil refineries 6/20
- Inatech's Techoil implemented by Flint Hills Resources for a modern, integrated future 6/20
