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Honeywell to expand Louisiana plant to produce low-global-warming blowing agent

Honeywell will invest $33 million in its Baton Rouge, La., manufacturing facility – one of the leading suppliers of refrigerants in the U.S. – to produce a low-global-warming material used in insulation and aerosols.

Worker dies at ConocoPhillips refinery in Illinois during maintenance work

A contract worker died on Tuesday afternoon after falling from a large tank at ConocoPhillips’ refinery in at Wood River, Illinois, according to a local news report.

Chipeta awards work for new Utah natgas project

Power conversion specialist Converteam has been commissioned by Chipeta Processing to supply a complete variable speed drive system (VSDS) to control two natural gas compressor trains at the Chipeta processing plant in Utah.

ExxonMobil updates Montana oil spill response

ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. issued the following statement as cleanup operations continued on Tuesday following an oil spill over the weekend into Montana’s Yellowstone River. The release originated from a 12-inch crude pipeline operated by the company that runs from Silver Tip to Billings in Montana.

PDVSA awards Foster Wheeler with design deal for new refinery in Venezuela

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a process design and front-end engineering design (FEED) services contract by PDVSA for the new Batalla Santa Ines refinery Phase I hydroskimming section to be built in Barinas, Venezuela.

Improve decision-making for LNG projects via an integrated technology

Aspen Technology Inc.: Beck, R.

This approach to modeling and economics cuts through the complexity of project capital investment

Two-phase fluid cycle efficiently recovers power from FSRUs

Ebara International Corp.: Kimmel, H. E.

Compact design is efficient and economical

What are the benefits from mass transfer rate-based simulation?

Optimized Gas Treating: Weiland, R. H.

Models are highly detailed and predictive

Rethink lubrication and steam issues on emergency equipment

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

‘Best available technology’ is a must for backup systems

Seal off costly refinery leaks

Sealing Corp.: Paterson, J.

Older refinery seeks better method to be leak-free