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Middle East

KBR wins management deal for US Army in Iraq

Engineering and construction major KBR was awarded a task order by the US Army to provide management support to US Embassy staff in Baghdad and services at other diplomatic posts throughout Iraq. The task order is valued at over $500 million over a time period of one base year plus one option year.

Control-valve seat leakage

GE Energy: Sanders, D.

Enhancing initial performance, extending service life of valves offers benefits

Avoid failures with pump power-end upgrades

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Designing-out maintenance and failure risk starts with simple upgrading measures, culminates in re-thinking entire bearing housing configuration

Consider life-cycle costs in specifying control valves

Samson AG: Kiesbauer, J.  |  Vnucec, D.

Latest approach improves sizing valves while also incorporating total ownership investment

Use a new calibration method for gas pipelines

University of Boumerdes: Guemana, M.  |  Aissani, S.
University of Djelfa: Hafaifa, A.

An advanced method improves calibrating orifice flowmeters while reducing maintenance costs

Decrease vibration in piping with reciprocating compressors

Reliance Engineering Group (REG): Choudhury, M. G.
BecRel Engineering Pvt. Ltd.: Tripathi, R.

Case study identifies problems in new compression unit

Pre-engineered solutions drive down advanced control costs

Emerson Process Management: Sharpe, P.  |  Hawkins, G.

Process control can improve quality and operating efficiency

Reevaluate the activity of your catalyst system

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.: Choudary, N. V.  |  Gokak, D. T.  |  Ravichander, N.  |  Voolapalli, R. K.
Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd.: Siddiqui, M. A.  |  Chiranjeevi, T.

Selecting optimum conditions for fluid catalytic cracking requires micro activity testing through an improved method

Limit the damage from a vapor cloud loss

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Energy: Allen, G.

Risk reduction ideas from personal experience

HP Reliability: Reliability pros: Hear what others say about you

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

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