Europe
HP Integration Strategies: Making the business case for reliability
The global process industries lose $20 billion, or 5% annual production, due to unscheduled downtime and poor quality. ARC estimates that almost 80% of these losses are preventable. In fact, 40% of th..
HP Water Management: Avoid failures in water projects: Part 1
Your company is planning an expansion—building a new process unit or constructing an entire new plant. Regardless of the scope, the facility staff will specify project requirements, complete the ..
HP Construction: Europe
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Afipsky Refinery, located in the Krasnodarskij Region of Russia, to develop a basic-engineering package for an amine regenerator unit, a sour-water st..
HP Construction: Africa
ABB has started up a new lube-oil blending plant (LOBP) built by Oryx Lubrifiants Togo SA, an affiliate of Oryx Oil and Gas, part of the Addax and Oryx Group, in Togo, West Africa. Located in the free..
Update on valves used in hydrogen service
Recommended practices can better scrutinize performance issues such as design, packing and metallurgy to mitigate failures.
BP may sell stake in Russian crude venture TNK-BP
BP said Friday that it had received unsolicited indications of interest regarding the potential acquisition of its 50% stake in Russian crude oil venture TNK-BP. The company was formed in 2003 as the result of the merger of BP’s Russian oil and gas assets and the assets of Alfa Access Renova.
Eni rebrands Italy chemicals unit as Versalis, plans €1.6bn of investments
Eni has rebranded its Italy-based chemicals division as Versalis while setting forth a €1.6bn investment plan through 2015. The prior name was Polimeri Europa. The new figure is 60% more than the older plan.
HB Fuller to close five adhesives plants in Europe
HB Fuller will close five manufacturing facilities in Europe and cut about 100 jobs in sales, finance, customer service and research and development (R&D). The facilities scheduled for closure are: Chatteris, UK; Pirmasens, Germany; Vigo, Spain; Borgolavezzaro, Italy; and Wels, Austria.
Gunvor to buy idled Petroplus refinery in Germany
The trader says its purchase of the 100,000 bpd Ingolstadt refinery is in line with an infrastructure investment program and a company strategy to become vertically integrated.
Petroplus refinery in UK poised to shut down after no buyer found
The permanent closure of Petroplus’ Coryton refinery in England has become more likely after the plant's administrator said Monday it has been unable to sell or refinance it, but the UK government said any closure was unlikely to result in fuel shortages. The refinery will be idled in a matter of days.
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