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HP Project Management: German refinery successfully modernizes safety system

Heide Refinery-Klesch Group: Romahn, T.
HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH: Cisler, M.

In September 2014, the Heide refinery in Germany used two weeks of planned downtime at its pyrolysis plant to migrate to new safety systems. The new system emphasized high plant/equipment availability..

HP Petrochemicals: Global PE demand growth to drive downstream expansions

IHS Markit: Asaro, M.

According to IHS Chemical, global demand for polyethylene (PE) is expected to increase by more than 25% during the next five years, from approximately 85 million metric tons (metric MMt) in 2014, to m..

HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: Malaysia embarks on ambitious downstream transformation program

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Goals include more production at offshore fields, as well as constructing downstream projects in Pengerang, Bintulu and the launch of the world’s first floating LNG vessel.

Golar to develop Africa’s first floating LNG project located off Cameroon

Golar LNG Ltd. today announced the signing of an agreement for the development of an FLNG export project off the coast of Cameroon.

Motiva halts diesel expansion at top US refinery

“Motiva routinely adjusts our business plans, based on company needs and evolving state and federal regulatory requirements at any given time," a company spokesman said.

Fluor works on new delayed coker for ExxonMobil at Antwerp refinery

Fluor is responsible for the new delayed coker unit that will convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuel products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel.

Improve execution of capital projects with advanced technologies

Bechtel Corp.: Avidan, A. A.

The E&C industry is now poised for a major leap forward in utilizing advancements in information technologies and, thus, enabling itself to greatly boost project performance.

Replan: Modernizing Brazil’s largest crude oil refinery

Petrobras: Perissé, J. B.

The project included installing two hydrodesulfurization (HDS) units for the cracked naphtha produced by two catalytic cracking units, a coker naphtha hydrotreating (HDT) unit, and a catalytic reforming unit.

3D laser scanning impacts asset lifecycle management

LFM Software Ltd.: Farrow, G.

Few technologies have leaped from research lab to everyday use quite as rapidly as 3D laser scanning. Only a few years ago, this technology was a prototype method that captured fuzzy images of plant e..

Mexico’s major grassroots effort: Ethylene XXI project

Contributing Writer: Nogarin, M.

The federal government, through Pemex Gas and Petroquímica Básica, using the law that regulates Mexican oil, decided to promote private investment to build a new major petrochemical complex called Ethylene XXI.