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Engineering & Design

Meridian Energy selects Axens for refinery tech

Meridian Energy selected Axens North America to license proprietary clean-tech refinery and hydrocarbon processing technology for the Davis refinery.

Veolia to provide wastewater treatment system for LACC ethane cracker and Lotte MEG plant

CB&I has chosen Veolia Water Technologies to engineer and procure a wastewater treatment package for a Lotte Axiall Chemical Company ethane cracker and associated monoethylene glycol plant being constructed in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Wood Group secures new UK contract with petrochemical manufacturer SABIC

Wood Group has been awarded a new contract by petrochemical manufacturer SABIC for engineering design services for the SABIC Teesside complex in Wilton, UK.

Gunvor secures financing for Rotterdam refinery upgrade

Gunvor secured $200 M in financing for the development and infrastructural upgrade of its refinery in Rotterdam.

Utilize genetic programming to develop new point efficiency correlation

Iran University of Science and Technology: Kasiri, N.  |  Jouybanpour, P.
Isfahan University of Technology: Reza Ehsani, M.

Distillation is one of the most used separation operations in the chemical and petroleum industries.

Design operations-and-maintenance-friendly pressure vessels—Part 1

The Augustus Group: Murti, D. G.

Many scholarly articles have been published on the design, selection and fabrication of pressure vessels.

Distillation—Then and now

GTC Technology US, LLC: Gentry, J. C.  |  Bhargava, M.
GTC Process Equipment Technology: Binkley, M. J.

Distillation is the most often used means to separate two or more components, exploiting the physical properties of different boiling points.

Cylindrical hull concept improves design for offshore FLNG production

Sevan Marine ASA: Odeskaug, L.
Consultant: Mokhatab, S.

As demand for natural gas remains high, the development of offshore stranded gas fields via floating liquefied natural gas production technology will aid sustained growth.

Boost capacity of SRUs with mixing devices for oxygen enrichment

Engineers India Ltd.: Rajasekhar, M.  |  Thakare, V. D.  |  Srivardhan, G.  |  Jayanti, V. K.  |  Nambiar, D. K. R.  |  Singh, S. R.  |  Shukla, V.

The requirement for additional sulfur recovery unit capacity in a refinery may stem from hydroprocessing operations; a refinery expansion project; a shift from lighter to heavier, sourer crudes to improve margins; or the need to remove extra sulfur content to meet tighter environmental regulations.

Analyze abnormal operations of an HDS reactor loop with dynamic simulation

Wood Group Mustang: Garcia, O.  |  Shipman, R.  |  Tong, C.  |  Palmer, R. E.

Hydrodesulfurization units are used in a petroleum refinery to process a variety of feeds to alter composition via the addition of hydrogen.