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HP Flashback: Excerpts from the 1960s: Petrochemicals rise in prominence and new know-how in refining processes
Environment & Safety
/ Gas Processing/LNG
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Control
/ Process Optimization
/ Project Management
/ Refining
/ Safety
/ Utilities
/ Valves
/ Rotating Equipment
/ Reactors
/ Pumps
/ Products
/ Polymers
/ Piping
/ People
/ Octane
/ Natural Gas
/ Naphtha
/ Management
/ Loss Prevention
/ Hydrogen
/ Hydrocracking
/ Gasoline
/ Furnaces
/ Equipment
/ Environment
/ Engineering & Design
/ Economics
/ Distillation
/ Diesel
/ Corrosion
/ Construction
/ Compressors
/ Catalysts
/ Boilers
/ Aromatics
Petrochemicals rise in prominence and new know-how in refining processes
History of the HPI: The 1960s: Synthetic oils, zeolite catalysts, LLDPE, OPEC and and creation of the PLC
Aromatics
/ Americas
/ Catalysts
/ Construction
/ Corrosion
/ Crude oil
/ Diesel
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
/ Europe
/ Equipment
/ Gasoline
/ Hydrocracking
/ Hydrogen
/ Gas Processing/LNG
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Natural Gas
/ Octane
/ People
/ Polymers
/ Products
/ Reactors
/ Middle East
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Control
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
During the 1960s, the global refining and petrochemical industries witnessed new processes and products that enhanced the daily lives of millions of people around the world.
Overview of decarbonization pathways for the oil and gas and petrochemical industries—Part 1
Environment & Safety
/ Gas Processing/LNG
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Utilities
/ Reactors
/ Products
/ Polymers
/ Natural Gas
/ Hydrogen
/ Heat Transfer
/ Greenhouse Gases
/ Equipment
/ Environment
/ Engineering & Design
/ Economics
/ Construction
/ Carbon Management
/ Biofuels
/ Europe
/ Americas
This two-part article will cover the seven pathways to decarbonizing the oil and gas and petrochemical industries.
Reliability: Consider packaged twin-screw compressors
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Equipment
/ Europe
/ Engineering & Design
/ Economics
/ Compressors
Compressors are widely used in the process industries to move fluids and gases within and outside the boundary of a process.
Mechanical impact of rerating process equipment
Environment & Safety
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Compressors
/ Corrosion
/ Engineering & Design
/ Equipment
/ Products
/ Pumps
/ Rotating Equipment
/ Safety
Process equipment operating in a brownfield environment is often rerated pertaining to the changes in process parameters during debottlenecking.
High risk, high stakes: Why digitalization is critical for hydrocarbon processing
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Control
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Equipment
/ Information Systems
/ Loss Prevention
/ Management
/ Safety
/ Utilities
Hydrocarbon processing, by nature, is a high-risk operation.
Air-cooled heat exchanger operation under emergency cooling service
Gas Processing/LNG
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Carbon Management
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
One of the challenges in the operation of air cooled heat exchangers (ACHEs) is to decide whether or not to operate under natural convection.
Combating naphtha reflux section corrosion mechanism and production losses in a CDU
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Corrosion
/ Diesel
/ Distillation
/ Engineering & Design
/ Equipment
/ Naphtha
/ Europe
Corrosion is one of the most important challenges that refineries face (FIG. 1).<sup>1</sup>
HP Flashback: Excerpts from the 1950s: Capacity expands after WW2 and technologies and maintenance mature
Environment & Safety
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Control
/ Process Optimization
/ Project Management
/ Refining
/ Aromatics
/ Catalysts
/ Compressors
/ Construction
/ Corrosion
/ Crude oil
/ Diesel
/ Distillation
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Gasoline
/ Heat Transfer
/ Hydrogen
/ Information Systems
/ Loss Prevention
/ Management
/ Motors
/ Natural Gas
/ People
/ Polymers
/ Products
/ Pumps
/ Reactors
/ Rotating Equipment
/ Safety
/ Treating
/ Turbines
/ Middle East
/ Europe
/ Americas
The following is a mixture of technical articles, columns and headlines published in the 1950s by <i>Petroleum Refiner,</i> the forerunner to <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>.
History of the HPI: The 1950s: Capacity expansion, HDPE/PP, polycarbonate, computers and rocket science
Environment & Safety
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Catalysts
/ Construction
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Gasoline
/ Hydrocracking
/ People
/ Polymers
/ Products
/ Reactors
/ Sulfur
/ Treating
/ Africa
/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Europe
/ Middle East
The 1950s marked an evolution in the use of oil by nations around the world.
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction
