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Improve evaluations for your industrial gas needs

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.: Shahani, G.
Linde Engineering: Koehler, R.

Petrochemical and refining complexes are significant consumers of industrial gases; here are some tips in planning process-gas needs

Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production

Shedded Uhde Pty Ltd.: Singh, D.

New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate

Investigation: Failure of a surface condenser titanium tube

Saudi Basic Industries Corp.: Al-Meshari, A.
SABIC Technology Centre: Al-Enazi, S.  |  Diab, M.

Advanced analytic methods determine contributing factors in heat exchanger corrosion problem

How you can precommission process plants systematically

Engineers India Ltd.: Ramnath, V.

Follow these guidelines for the best logical sequence for startup preparations

HP Reliability: Tutors can provide answers

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

As you read this column, much additional data on the nuclear disaster on the east coast of Japan’s main island will have become available. But, the terms safety and reliability will still be on o..

HP Integration Strategies: HPI needs to develop standards for asset information management

ARC Advisory Group: Miller, Paul

ARC Advisory Group’s 15th Annual World Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 7-10, 2011, attracted more than 650 participants, representing 250 different organizations from 20 different countr..

HPIn Europe: Nervous Petroleum Week crowd thinks the geopolitically unthinkable

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

These are nervous times in energy markets and on the bridges of oil tankers. Things are going belly up for oil users (which is everyone). And, as I fly home from International Petroleum (IP) week in L..

HP Construction: Middle East

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services to support an expansion project at its lub..

HP Construction: Inauguration of the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) Cracker, Qatar

A joint venture between Qapco1 (63.63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36.36%) and QP (Qatar Petroleum)2 (0.01%) was established in June 2002 to implement the Qatofin project. This project includes participation in one of the world’s largest ethane crackers in Ras Laffan, a linear-low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Mesaiseed and the related ethylene pipeline linking both sites.

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

Product line extended on process gas compressors API 618Burckhardt Compression introduced its extended range of process gas compressors, enabling the company to offer a cost-effective compressor solut..