Engineering & Design
Clariant completes acquisition of BASF’s U.S. Attapulgite business assets
The finalized deal also includes an agreement for the long-term supply of attapulgite-based products to BASF. The transaction will improve the EBITDA margin profile of Clariant’s Business Area Natural Resources while supporting the company’s path towards reaching its 2025 targets.
Why sulfur plants fail: An in-depth study of sulfur recovery unit failures—Part 2
Equipment malfunction or an unplanned shutdown of a sulfur recovery unit (SRU) can have a significant effect on a production company’s profitability, along with an equally serious impact on personnel safety and the environment.
Chart Industries and CarbonCure Technologies announce agreement for CO2 storage and transport equipment
With this agreement, the two companies will support opportunities for the use of Chart’s cryogenic CO2 microbulk storage tanks to support CarbonCure’s suite of carbon removal technologies for the concrete industry.
Leading capital projects in a VUCA environment
A convergence of events has disrupted the construction industry.
Integrated remote operations drive collaboration and autonomy
Sensors, equipment and devices are becoming more intelligent, opening the door for autonomous operations, which is the ability for machines and processes to run while self-diagnosing and handling problems.
Shift focus to more open control technology
Plant control system modernizations that are necessary to meet today’s goals and strategies often come with organizational hurdles.
Optimization of ethylene in the processing of hydrocarbons
The measurement of moisture or humidity is very important in most industries, including the petrochemicals sector. Excess moisture in instrument air can cause pipes to rust or pneumatic equipment to malfunction.
Qatar Airways partners with Gevo to purchase 25 MM gallons of certified SAF
Qatar Airways and SAF producer Gevo, Inc. have signed an offtake agreement, where the airline will purchase 25 MM US gallons of neat SAF over the course of five years with deliveries expected to commence in 2028.
Topsoe supports SGP BioEnergy in renewable fuels production in Panama
Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has been appointed by SGP BioEnergy to support the production of renewable fuels in South America’s largest upcoming renewable fuels plant, located in Panama.
World's largest CO2-to-methanol plant starts production
The cutting-edge facility is the first of its type in the world to produce methanol — a valuable fuel and chemical feedstock — at this scale from captured waste carbon dioxide and hydrogen gases.
- Rompetrol completes DCU project at Petromidia refinery 7/17
- U.S. SAF production forecast to eclipse 50,000 bpd by 2026 7/17
- Pertamina expects Balikpapan's CDU IV to resume later this month 7/17
- Exxon shut Joliet, Illinois, refinery after power outage 7/17
- ExxonMobil introduces Enable™ 1617 performance polyethylene 7/17
- Tribunal rejects TC Energy's $15-B claim for Keystone XL 7/17
- Digital Exclusive: SPECIAL FOCUS: Digital Technologies—Utilize process simulation digital twin to optimize condensate yield
- Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
