Project Management
HP Automation Strategies: A portfolio approach to operations IT solutions management
The need for more automated and efficient operations has led end users to accumulate large and increasingly complex collections of operations-related information technology (IT) solutions.
HP Global: Forthcoming tax hike could hamper Russian refining
Russia plans to increase the volume of oil it refined this year, despite Western sanctions and the ever-deteriorating business environment, according to an official spokesperson for Alexander Novak, Russia’s minister of energy.
HP People
Michael D. Scott has been named an International Society of Automation (ISA) Fellow, a distinguished grade that is granted to ISA senior members in recognition of outstanding achievements in scientific or engineering fields.
Chevron’s El Segundo refinery wins award for coke drum reliability project
Under the awarded project, Fluor has replaced six coke drums and incorporated seismic upgrades to the coker structure at Chevron’s 269,000-bpd El Segundo site in California.
Improve plant operations with enterprise technology
In early 2009, the author was asked a rhetorical question by a senior executive with a major international oil company: “How do you run a business when your product unit price rises from $60/bbl to $140/bbl in the space of 14 months, and then drops to $40/bbl in less than six months?”
HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 87: How an engineering consultant can help your company
While engineering consultants are available for a wide range of client requirements, such as developing or reviewing specifications for new equipment, this article is only concerned with analyzing equipment failures.
CB&I wins EPC on new US Gulf chemicals project
CB&I was awarded a contract in excess of $100 million by a major chemical corporation to engineer, procure, fabricate and construct a specialty chemicals plant in the US Gulf Coast region.
KBR adds partnerships to streamline contracting
“With this announcement, KBR has achieved another milestone in our implementation of the strategic plan we announced last year to transform our business,” said Stuart Bradie, KBR 's CEO. “These partnerships further streamline our business so that we can continue to deliver for our customers.”
CB&I wins $60MM in operational services work for Louisiana chemicals site
"CB&I is pleased to be selected for the continuation of these operational services [at the Louisiana plant]," said Chip Ray, president of CB&I's capital services operating group.
Managing the recovery from the Jaipur oil terminal fire
In October 2009, a devastating fire at the oil terminal in Jaipur, India, killed 11 people, injured many more and incurred a significant financial loss.
- 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
