Piping
Arranging lines in a pipe rack: How to standardize pipe spacing in the oil and gas industry
This article provides deep insight to piping layout engineers, presenting a holistic/systematic approach for pipe spacing based on different pipe supports—e.g., rest, guide, shoe and clamps (rather than assuming spacing based on 50-mm or 75-mm clearance between pipes).
Differential thermal expansion and welding problems in dissimilar joint of carbon steel to austenitic stainless-steel piping in high-temperature applications
Joining dissimilar piping materials has found widespread application in various process plant piping, most notably in jacketed piping with carbon-steel jackets and austenitic stainless-steel core piping with stainless-steel end closures that require welding to carbon-steel jacket piping.
Control reciprocating compressor pressure pulsations to ensure long-term operational reliability
Reciprocating compressors receive and deliver gas in discrete slugs (or pulses) as the pistons move back and forth.
Digital Technologies: A sustainable approach for digitalizing the petrochemical industry
In the petrochemical industry, business leaders are continuing to push for new approaches to optimize technology applications without disrupting their operational targets and key performance indicators.
TC Energy shares rise on spinoff plans
Shares of TC Energy rose nearly 3% in premarket trading after the Keystone pipeline operator disclosed plans to spin off its oil pipelines business to focus solely on transporting natural gas.
CPC limits oil intake due to power outage in Kazakhstan
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium has stopped three pumping stations in western Kazakhstan because of a power outage in the region, the CPC said.
Direction of cost-effective carbon capture and storage technologies
Around the world, many nations and companies are transitioning toward the decarbonization of energy.
Critical considerations for retrofit designing a platformer reactor’s partial bypass piping in a NHT plant
The naphtha hydrotreater/continuous catalyst regeneration (NHT/CCR) platformer produces reformate to be utilized as a blending stock in the gasoline pool (FIG. 1).
Enbridge reaches toll agreement with shippers for Mainline system
Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest transporter of crude oil, said it has reached a 7-1/2 year toll agreement with shippers for its Mainline system.
Borouge enters into agreement to expand footprint in East Africa
Borouge Plc, a leading petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, has entered into a Distribution Agreement with one of the biggest polyolefin distributors in East Africa, Somochem.
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