Process Optimization
Zero tolerance requires faultless around-the-clock operation
Troubleshooter Koenraad Herrebout and his 20-strong expert team, are finding that producing zero-sulphur fuels means faultless 24/7 operation. Here, the Head of Technical Assistance at Europe's larges..
European fuel quality snapshot
Fuel quality legislation in the EU today: In 2006, legislated diesel fuel quality in Europe has the following parameters: minimum cetane of 51, maximum density of 845kg/m3, a 95% distillation point of..
Improve your annual report through maintenance cost control
It is possible to significantly better a firm's bottom line through reliability and maintenance. However, this has rarely been the reality and needs to change
New approach to revamps
Case history of a delayed coking unit's main fractionator details a method that delivers a shorter schedule and lower cost, while retaining current best practices
Are resources at the ready to build the future LNG industry?
Here are projections on likely market size and constraints facing the participants
Laser scanning solutions secure accurate dimensional data
This engineering and construction planning tool can reduce schedules, overall costs and exposure to potentially hazardous onsite environments
Use of pipework dampers to reduce piping vibrations
This method has been applied successfully in operating facilities to increase dynamic reliability and plant life
Returning submerged gear drives to temporary service
Follow these guidelines to render the unit operational for a significant period before a rebuild is required
HP Water Management: Monitor cooling water quality – Part 2
Monitor cooling water quality – Part 2Operations personnel are responsible for monitoring cooling water to ensure system reliability. Core focus areas include testing water quality and chemical i..
Operator ownership: myth or achievable reality?
Use these guidelines to transfer plant responsibilities and improve facility performance
- Consortium launches study to create a consolidated hub for recycled plastics 5/22
- Eni strengthens its global LNG strategy with long-term supply agreements in Indonesia 5/22
- Breakthrough shows how electricity could replace heat to turn CO₂ into useful chemicals 5/22
- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22
