June 2010

Including the cost of carbon in refinery project economics has the potential to convert previously marginal energy projects into more attractive options

This low-cost project resulted in over $300,000 per year in benefits

Designing the vacuum unit is a challenge. Revamping the transfer line can make this unit more profitable

Here are some of the energy savings benefits routinely produced by implementing advanced process control

Such drives used with electric motors can offer significant process improvements and energy savings for equipment used in explosive zones

The average plant can conservatively achieve 15% energy savings through this technology

Thermal imaging offers advantages over thermocouples

Analytical results showed that potash leached from the catalyst, refractory powder, corrosion products and, to a lesser extent, catalyst fines resulted in tube fouling

The analysis is the most important step for engineering and designing a suitable system

Recommendations for the design, installation and testing of jet mixing systems

Here are several ways to accurately exchange information

These guidelines can help determine peak flowrate

Ever wonder why some main fractionators are designed with partial-draw trays, whereas others are total draws? A typical partial-draw with pumparound configuration is shown in Fig. 1. Liquid is taken f..

The present draft document provides more than performance metrics, it specifically details a single set of mandatory monitoring practices and corrective actions—the "exclusively correct practice..

Energy accounts for a significant portion of overall manufacturing costs. With today's volatile energy prices, HPI and other manufacturers have to keep a close eye on where they get their energy and h..

This month, I had a chance to verify my armchair thesis that all liquid biofuels will end up in the air—diverted to the passenger aviation industry and the world's air forces. At a fuel forum att..

Weak demand and plummeting margins? The answer for greater productivity could reside in your current IT system—and the sky.

Agreement made for MSAR Quadrise Fuels International plc (QFI), the producer of oil-in-water emulsion fuel as a low-cost substitute for heavy fuel oil for use in power plants and industrial diesel eng..

Module for safety monitoring in harsh environments Plants and refineries use Honeywell's safety instrumented system platform, Safety Manager, to safeguard their assets and share critical safety inform..

Dominion and Exterran Holdings, Inc., will team up to provide increased natural gas processing in the Appalachian Basin of the US. Under the agreement, two natural gas processing plants will be design..

Foster Wheeler AG's Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded contracts by PETROM S.A. for a major refinery modernization project being implemented at the Petrobrazi refinery in Ploe..

Qatargas has awarded Fluor the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Jetty boil-off gas recovery project. This project at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, will minim..

Royal Vopak recently opened an import and distribution terminal for oil products in Jakarta, Indonesia. The newly built terminal in Tanjung Priok will support the storage and distribution needs of th..

Energy savings brochure                   Baldor Electric Co.'s new energy-savings brochure examines and defines premium efficiency, and looks at product..

US demand for refinery chemicals US demand for refinery chemicals is forecast to exceed $7.5 billion in 2014, according to a new industry ..

A significant milestone in the development of ExxonMobil's largest integrated chemical and refining complex was reached with the arrival of seven world-scale furnace modules at the Singapore facility...

The Auto Alliance, the American Petroleum Institute and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute urged the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay action on the agency's proposal to allow highe..

Meeting ever-rising demand with hydrocarbon reserves that are becoming more difficult and expensive to exploit will require a makeover of the oil and gas industry over the next 40 years, a panel of o..

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