November 2005

Several successful applications were implemented at this refinery

New technology improves safety and reliability for this critical plant structure

Follow these guidelines for the most effective and economical installations

Flexibility of liquid redox processing can optimize refinery sulfur handling

Twenty years ago, on December 3, 1984, water contaminated a tank of methyl isocyanate (MIC) in Bhopal, India, initiating a series of events that led to a catastrophic release of toxic MIC, ultimately ..

Continuous online methods fine-tune safety and control operations for these storage tanks

Follow these system design and installation guidelines

Safety transmitters provide a higher level of protection than conventional instruments

Heat transfer and hydraulic problems need to be considered simultaneously

Use these guidelines to transfer plant responsibilities and improve facility performance

Pierre Latour has been a pillar in our advanced process control (APC) industry for as long as anyone can remember. His long and turbulent career started upon graduating from Purdue University with a P..

Effective filtration of lubrication and hydraulic systems is of real importance to the reliability professional. The general idea is to allow no particles larger than the clearances in system componen..

Paraffin wax and asphaltene modifier Nuritchem 508MM claims to modify paraffin wax by liquefaction at room temperature. It allows heavy petroleum paraffin waxes and asphaltenes to stay dissolved in..

Refineries and petrochemical plants use large volumes of water for indirect cooling. The cooling tower (Fig. 1) removes heat from water via evaporation and returns the water to the heat exchangers to ..

KBR completed engineering, procurement and construction for Innovene's Chocolate Bayou, Houston, Texas, facility and is now supplying startup and operations support services for a plant expansion. Usi..

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (PETROBRAS), a Brazilian international energy company, has an agreement with the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). The companies will construc..

Koch Supply & Trading completed a project that expanded capacity at its Rotterdam, The Netherlands, refinery by more than 20%. It also increased production capability to allow flexible blend processin..

Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., a Foster Wheeler Ltd. subsidiary, has a project management consultancy contract with Societe Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie de Raffinage (SAMIR). The agreement is for..

Aker Kvaerner has a contract with PetroChina International Co. Ltd., for the basic engineering design and supply of certain equipment for a new full-density polyethylene plant. The facility will be lo..

LNG compressor with unique sealing system For LNG ship transportation, a cryogenic receiving terminal is required at the port of destination. Exposure of materials to cry..

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