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Maire Tecnimont wins EPC work for upgrade of Poland’s Gdansk refinery

The deal includes the implementation of a delayed coking unit, a coker naphtha hydrotreating unit, a hydrogen production unit (licensed by KT) together with ancillary units at the Gdansk refinery.

Use advanced automation and project management to simplify refinery construction

Yokogawa Corp. of America: Spiropoulos, E.

Process automation in oil refineries is undergoing major changes, driven by customers frustrated by what they consider to be slow and incremental advances from the main automation OEMs in the industry.

China’s ‘energy revolution’ strives for sustainable growth

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

China's energy demand, particularly for petroleum and other liquids, is rapidly increasing as its industrial and transportation infrastructures expand.

Better risk-management methods ensure project success

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.: Shahani, G.  |  Rentschler, C.

Management of project risk is a challenge under normal times, and this crucial activity is exasperated in complex projects as a result of the shale gas revolution.

HP Global: Investment in Egypt’s downstream on the rise

Contributing Editor: Oirere, S.

Egypt is adopting a mix of investment strategies in refinery upgrades and construction of new capacity to meet the nation’s target for more high-quality light and middle distillate products and a reduction of transportation fuel imports.

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Recent news events in the global HPI.

PetroVietnam awards work to Technip to revamp, expand ammonia facility

Technip’s operating centers in Rome, Italy; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam will execute the contract. The expanded plant will be brought into operation in late 2017.

Stress Engineering Services launches Houston-based EPC company

The company works with construction partners to develop cost-saving strategies for project execution.

HP Project Management: Consider a modular approach to constructing condensate splitters

Audubon Engineering Solutions: Senf, S.

Although the 1975 ban on crude oil exports remains in place, US oil producers have found more opportunities in shipping condensate both domestically and internationally. This practice is possible due to condensate splitters, which provide a workaround solution by separating crude oil into lighter byproducts. Because these lightly refined byproducts can be exported, investment in new condensate splitter capacity has grown.

HP Global: Outlook for UK chemical industry still optimistic

Chemical Industries Association: le Roux, S.

The recovery following the Great Recession has been long and hard for both the UK economy and its chemical industry. The chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the UK has not expanded on an annual ba..