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ExxonMobil awards EPC work to Foster Wheeler to upgrade Antwerp refinery

Esso moves forward with resid upgrade and new delayed coking project

DuPont, Ethanol Europe to develop Macedonia cellulosic biorefinery

This collaboration agreement brings together three critical components for the preparation of detailed feasibility studies for a commercial-scale 2G ethanol plant to supply the European market.

Shell Chemicals offers gas-based fluids, solvents

The high-purity paraffinic fluids are made from gas-to-liquids (GTL) products manufactured at the world’s largest GTL plant -- Pearl GTL in Qatar, a joint venture of Shell and Qatar Petroleum.

North American ethane supply offers opportunity for Western Europe

On the verge of losing competitiveness, a robust supply of US ethane imports present an opportunity for some Western European producers, with a potential to transform region’s feedstock landscape.

Metso to upgrade Borealis automation in Finland

Metso will carry out automation and emergency shutdown system extensions to the existing Metso DNA system when the polyethylene plant is upgraded with third-generation technology.

Integrated software drives improvement in asset management, productivity

Meridium, Inc.: Amos, E.

The evolution is all about connecting people, information and devices to give a holistic view of plant operations used to better manage reliability strategy and operational risk.

Treat security like safety

Honeywell Process Solutions: Gold, S.  |  Baldi, M.

Safety and security work hand in hand in the manufacturing automation arena. As cyber attacks get more sophisticated and costly, there is a growing need to elevate security awareness to the same level as safety.

Access before acceptance: Chip redundancy for SIS

Professional engineer: Modi, R.

Desired automated plant safety functions are implemented via electrical relays, non-programmable solid-state electronics and programmable electronics (PEs) like microprocessors and microcontrollers. I..

The future of HAZOP study software: Break through the clutter

exida LLC: van Beurden, I.

It is no secret that as part of its “CPL 03-00-014–PSM Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program,” the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is conducting ..

Increase polypropylene production via ultra-low levels of carbon monoxide—Case study

BASF: Ali, B.  |  Karrer, L.

This case study investigates using ultra-low levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in propylene to increase polypropylene (PP) production. CO is a severe poison to catalyst systems for both Ziegler-Natta (Z-..