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GE to supply compressors for Shell Australia FLNG

GE Oil & Gas has entered into an agreement with Technip to supply two steam turbine-driven compressors for the Shell Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. The facility, which is to be based offshore Australia, will be the largest floating offshore facility in the world.

Case 64: Averages can be misleading on service life data

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Take care when making important decisions on data

Siemens to supply core compressor train for China propane dehydrogenation unit

Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of two gas-turbine-driven axial-flow compressors trains for the first propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project in China.

Decrease vibration in piping with reciprocating compressors

Reliance Engineering Group (REG): Choudhury, M. G.
BecRel Engineering Pvt. Ltd.: Tripathi, R.

Case study identifies problems in new compression unit

Kobe Steel boosts compressor production in China

Kobe Steel has increased production capacity at its compressor plant in Shanghai, China, with a new manufacturing line starting commercial operations. Approximately 74 million yuan (600 million yen) was invested in the expansion.

Elliott Group to supply compressors for Petrobras refinery expansions in Brazil

Elliott Group has won contracts from Brazilian oil major Petrobras to supply compressors for expansion projects at the company's REGAP and REMAN refineries as well as the new northeast refinery RNEST. The projects will aid the Petrobras' efforts to increase domestic production of high-quality diesel fuel, officials said.

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.

Rethink lubrication and steam issues on emergency equipment

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

‘Best available technology’ is a must for backup systems

Dresser-Rand, Statoil begin compressor R&D plan

Rotating equipment firm Dresser-Rand Group and refiner Statoil have launched a joint research and development project based on Dresser-Rand's integrated compression system (ICS).

Fine-tune ethylene unit startups

Lamar University: Yang, X.  |  Li, K.  |  Xu, Q.

Advanced modeling methods provide useful information on operating main compressor system and feeds