November 2004

Installing new technology provided this refiner with more flexibility with fuel gas and reduced total plant emissions

Here's where they can be used to improve reliability and reduce emissions from oil-mist lubrication systems

This Gulf-Coast refinery used an innovative approach to debottleneck wastewater treatment to raise site processing capability

Statistical process control and an expert system reduced nuisance alarms

Using multipurpose instrumentation can save time and money

Active listening is one of the most important tools a leader can apply. It facilitates greater understanding of situations, challenges and, most importantly, of the people who do the work

Use these materials to reduce sulfide stress cracking in corrosive refinery environments

When this unit fails, environmental violations are possible

Use these guidelines to qualify equipment

Repair-welding process machinery cast components is frequently not possible. Fortunately, however, there are salvaging methods that do not involve welding: Controlled-atmosphere furnace brazing ..

Manufacturers have improved the reliability of online hardness analyzers, increasing the feasibility to automate many water treatment units. The most common applications are boiler feedwater quality a..

It is difficult to find a trade, business or even a general news publication that has not given extensive coverage to recent developments in the field of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). With this lev..

They're doing some unusual things with alkylate here. ?Here? being on the archipelago where I live in Sweden. There's alkylate in little plastic tanks and on the pump at a local station here. Now it a..

Building products defend against explosions A joint collaboration has developed a new patent-pending construction technology. The new construction materials can be cost-effectively used to build bla..

Software delivers greater control Process Perfecter version 7 is claimed to allow manufacturers to reduce energy costs, get more capacity from existing assets and differentiate their products. New f..

Valero Energy Corp. has approved funding for its McKee refinery. CB&I Matrix, a CB&I subsidiary, is performing engineering, procurement and construction for the project which is valued at approximatel..

Linde's technology group and ENAP Refinerías S.A., The National Chilean Oil Co. ENAP subsidiary, has a 15-year contract for hydrogen supply. This project is claimed to be the first onsite project..

FUTURE ENERGY GmbH (FE), Freiberg, Germany, formerly NOELL KRC and BBP Power Plants, has a contract with Chemoprojekt a.s., Prague, Czech Republic. The agreement is for extended basic engineering work..

QNI Pty Ltd, a wholly owned BHP Billiton subsidiary, has a contract with Aker Kvaerner Australia Pty Ltd. The agreement is for preliminary studies and engineering, procurement and construction managem..

Onsite hydrogen generation Making hydrogen onsite with a HOGEN hydrogen generator from Proton Energy Systems is said to be the new cost-efficient way to meet your hydrogen needs. These generators of..

  Upswing in India's product demand After three years of ..

The HPI can use the process of compliance with the Seveso II directive as a stimulant to improve not only its safety and environmental performance, but also its business performance, says Graham Benne..

The growing cost of energy is one of a host of current challenges facing US manufacturers, but the ability to expand imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at reasonable cost could help rebuild the gl..

Global methanol supply and demand remains in a stalemate, according to a new industry analysis. "The proverbial planned and unplanned production outages, the delay of two world-scale facility startups..

Prices for natural gas will have a profound impact on the markets for US steam coal, according to a new long-range forecast of the coal and electricity industries by Hill & Associates. The forecast al..

Global pricing for light and heavy feedstocks greatly affects costs and margins for petrochemicals producers. In particular, the pricing of natural gas, oil derivatives and propylene has an enormous i..

Refinery capacity restraints, European regulatory issues, high demand for diesel and gasoline, and Old Man Winter could have a "chilling" impact on supply. So says an ICF Consulting report that cautio..

The Chemists' Club Over one hundred years ago, The Chemists' Club was established as a non-profit organization to foster professional and social interaction between people who share an interest i..