Middle East
Rethink lubrication and steam issues on emergency equipment
‘Best available technology’ is a must for backup systems
Seal off costly refinery leaks
Older refinery seeks better method to be leak-free
Case 63: Analyzing off resonance amplitudes
It is important to know the amplitudes of vibration away from resonance
Use glycerol to dehydrate supercritical carbon dioxide
This technology increases hydrocarbon recovery
What is the outlook for advanced control engineering?
New view strips away the myths over automation technology
HP Control: Lose the pyramid (and find process control success)
Most people would classify multi-variable control—or advanced process control (APC)—over the past 20 years as a “slam dunk” in terms of process control, automation and optimization..
HP Integration Strategies: Future of hydraulic fracturing depends on effective water treatment
The benefits of using hydraulic fracturing (HF) to stimulate gas and oil flow from both new and existing wells are obvious. However, the downside is that this technique consumes huge quantities (along..
HP Reliability: Pump switching: What is the best practice?
From a recent sequence of correspondence, we discern that certain rulings were being made years ago, although the rationale used to make these rulings has not been explained. This example involves a r..
HP Construction: Middle East
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels and Aromatics Project, the first major project to be awarded under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project m..
Prevent fouling in 1-butene storage vessels
Investigation finds root cause for polymer formation in Horton spheres

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