Refining
How to support condition monitoring with wireless instrumentation networks
When <i>Wireless</i>HART first hit the market in 2008, most of the native devices using it were process measurement instruments.
Ras Tanura: The creation of a clean-fuels complex
The primary objective of the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels Project is to enable the Ras Tanura refinery—the largest refinery in Saudi Arabia—to produce transportation fuels that will be compliant with future specifications.
Optimize the selection of sulfur unit blocks and process technology combinations
Since the 1940s, the present form of the Claus sulfur recovery unit (SRU) has been successfully applied in the refining and gas processing industries.
Executive Viewpoint: The talent pipeline: The construction industry’s quest to find a skilled workforce
The oil and gas industry experienced unprecedented disruption in 2020.
Executive Viewpoint: How digital transformation improves safety and reduces emissions
Digital transformation is a strategy for improving performance by applying technologies for measurement, connectivity, data storage, analytics and visualization
Workforce: Five lessons to get the most out of remote training and tools
The past year has been a time of great challenges, and of great opportunities, for people to adapt and overcome the current restrictions on in-person meetings.
Business Trends: Why we value engineering data
In the 21st century, one cannot escape the concept of data.
Editorial Comment: HPI spending forecast to reach $491 B in 2021
Who could have known that the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) would have been hit with such market volatility entering the new decade?
Stress qualifications for standard and nonstandard valves in piping systems
Various types of valves are used in refineries, petrochemical plants, fertilizer plants and utilities.
Industry Perspectives: New project announcements suffer in 2020 due to pandemic
According to <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database, more than 290 new projects have been announced in 2020.
- AUMA releases new explosion-proof electric actuator series 1/13
- “The corridor to the future runs through the UAE”: Abu Dhabi powering the AI era with molecules, gigawatts and partnership 1/13
- Stamicarbon awarded two chemical licensing contracts in China 1/13
- JERA on track for 20% ammonia co-firing at Hekinan power plant 1/13
- Whiting refinery workers begin contract negotiations with bp 1/13
- Sinochem says Quanzhou refinery to resume operations soon 1/13
