Process Control
HP Viewpoint: Must devices be certified for use in safety instrumented systems?
For decades, process industries have used different forms of safety control based on what was available in the market. The simple answer to the question of whether SIS devices need to be certified is, "No," but operators and the industry as a whole continue to ask for certification anyway. Why is this?
HP Innovations
Endress+Hauser’s Loading Metering Skid (LMS) is a solution for the custody transfer of light hydrocarbons—including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and marine gas—to and from tanker trucks, railcars and ships.
Honeywell to measure flow on new China LNG line
The Guangxi LNG project across China will use gas measurement, equipment and software from Honeywell Process Solutions to measure the flow and pressure in the pipeline.
Lukoil selects Honeywell controls to boost efficiency at Russian refinery
The Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery will use Honeywell software for on-line blend optimization and reformulation, allowing for efficient production of fuels to required specs.
Use advanced automation and project management to simplify refinery construction
Process automation in oil refineries is undergoing major changes, driven by customers frustrated by what they consider to be slow and incremental advances from the main automation OEMs in the industry.
HP Automation Strategies: Safety lifecycle management challenges in hydrocarbon processing plants
Many automation and SIS vendors to the downstream HPI do not provide safety lifecycle management software that extends beyond initial commissioning work. In many cases, only the bare minimum SIF proof testing has been performed for the most critical protective and mitigative functions.
HP Free Literature
Paper, publication, video and mobile library app support the spread of HPI information and technology.
HP New Developments
New product developments in the hydrocarbon processing industry.
Ecolab buys China water treatment firm Jianghai
Jianghai provides water treatment technologies, chemistries and services to several industries in China, including customers in power and chemicals.
YASREF selects Intergraph’s SmartPlant solutions to run Saudi refinery
The implantation team not only gathered large amounts of accurate data but has also validated and audited the data prior to final handovers by EPCs, the company said.
- KazMunayGas and Uzbekneftegaz partner to build 50,000-tpy linear alkylbenzene plant 11/17
- Abra Group and Sumitomo sign MoU to advance affordable SAF in Brazil 11/17
- Verso Energy awards FEED contract to Rely for the DEZiR eSAF project 11/17
- Iran confirms seizure of tanker with petrochemical cargo headed for Singapore 11/17
- Allied Biofuels and Praj Industries sign MoU to build Central Asia’s largest ethanol refinery in Uzbekistan 11/17
- Aduro Clean Technologies signs non‑binding LOI for Hydrochemolytic™ technology demonstration plant site in Europe 11/17
