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Case 64: Averages can be misleading on service life data

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Take care when making important decisions on data

Prevent failures in olefin-cracking operations

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Gupta, R. P.  |  Pathak, H.

Failure analysis identifies root causes for damages to selective exchangers

HP Automation Safety: Are you a lawyer or an engineer?

exida LLC: Goble, W.

Have you ever questioned some legal decision? I have certainly wondered about the logic behind certain legal cases. When I read the “warning labels” on certain products, for example, I reall..

HP Reliability: Consider a new twist on data collection

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

The following abbreviated sequence of correspondence is real, although we quite obviously had to hide some names. Still, it is quite typical of many discourses our editors carry on with readers or con..

HP Integration Strategies: Standards needed for laboratory system integration

ARC Advisory Group: Hollywood, Paula

Organizations in the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) and elsewhere frequently underestimate the value of the analytical laboratory to the enterprise. The perception is that the lab is a cost cen..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Gevo, Inc. has plans with South Hampton Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co., to build a hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant at its facility just outside of Houston..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

As of 2013, Braskem will reportedly have yet another alternative feedstock source. In addition to sugarcane ethanol, which is used to make green plastic, the company will begin using naphtha made from..

Crescent Point buys North Dakota shale acreage

Crescent Point Energy has acquired approximately 750 boe/d of production and more than 78 net sections of lower-risk land in North Dakota through a pair of acquisitions. As a result of the deals, Crescent Point said it was upwardly revising its 2011 capital expenditure plans and production guidance.

Magellan Midstream to reverse Texas pipeline, take crude to Houston refineries

Magellan Midstream is proceeding with the reversal and conversion of a portion of the partnership's 18-inch Houston-to-El Paso pipeline to crude oil service. The reversed pipeline system is expected to have an initial capacity of 135,000 bpd to refiners in Houston and Texas City, supported by long-term committed volumes for a portion of this capacity.

Univar acquires Brazil chemical distributor Arinos

Brazil-based distributor Univar has acquired Arinos Quimica, a leading distributor of specialty and commodity chemicals in Brazil. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.