Maintenance & Reliability
Unipetrol profits jump after cracker restarted, impairment reversed
PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Czech oil refiner Unipetrol's fourth-quarter net profit jumped to 4.17 billion crowns ($166.15 million) after the restart of some facilities and the reversal of an impairment allowance, the company said on Thursday.
GE proposes investing in Nigeria's ailing oil refineries
LAGOS (Reuters) -- General Electric Co has proposed investing in Nigeria's oil refineries, potentially convening a consortium of companies to improve capacity at the run-down facilities.
Japan's Idemitsu shuts desulphurisation unit after fire
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co said it conducted an emergency shutdown of a desulphurisation unit at its 200,000-bpd Chiba refinery after a fire near a heat exchanger.
AVEVA: New report lays bare the current state and impact of handover
Owner operators in the oil and gas industry have called time on the inefficient and cost-heavy handover process, after nearly 100% said they had experienced operational delays and unexpected costs as a result of poor handover of engineering information, during the construction of rigs and refineries.
Petrotechnics technology selected for Aramco Jazan refinery
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia – Petrotechnics, the developer of Proscient – the hazardous industries’ first software platform for Operational Excellence – has been selected by Accenture to deliver its solution for Saudi Aramco’s new Jazan refinery complex. Proscient will be implemented as part of Saudi Aramco’s integrated manufacturing operations management system (imoms) to reduce risk, improve productivity and lower costs.
Statoil says mistakes, lack of maintenance led to Troll, Mongstad accidents
OSLO (Reuters) -- Operational mistakes and a lack of maintenance led to two near-fatal accidents at Norway's Troll field and at the Mongstad refinery, operator Statoil said on Friday.
Venezuela's PDVSA sees 2017 oil output stuck near historic lows
(Reuters) -- Venezuelan state energy company PDVSA projects oil production will remain near 23-year lows in 2017, an internal document shows, suggesting more hardship ahead for the crisis-wrought OPEC member country.
Honeywell, Aereon to leverage Industrial Internet of Things for O&G
HOUSTON -- Honeywell and Aereon announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations by leveraging Honeywell's Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem.
G20 task force wants companies to come clean on climate risk
LONDON (Reuters) -- Companies will be asked to disclose how they manage the risks to their business from climate change and greenhouse gas emission cuts by a global task force set up to try to prevent market shocks from the warming of the planet.
LiqTech to install water treatment system at DuPont facility
BALLERUP, Denmark -- LiqTech International, Inc. announced that the company has received a $350,000 order for the company´s water treatment systems for flue gas condensate. The order was received from DuPont and will be installed at their facility in Grindsted, Denmark.
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