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Environment

The new normal in petrochemical revamp projects

Linde Engineering: Prajapati, J.  |  Sheth, C.  |  Nilesh Mangukia

You have made the decision to increase plant capacity—with a change in feed—in the existing facility.

Equipment life assessment—An exercise to help ensure plant equipment integrity and reliability

Contributing Editor: Anwer, A.

Numerous plants around the world operate with hazardous oil and gas, petrochemicals and refining fluids that have surpassed their design life.

Raman spectroscopy for the optimization of hydrogen usage in refineries

SpectraSensors: Sutherland, S.

Approximately 700 refineries are in operation worldwide, producing a range of petroleum products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and fuel oils.

Mitigating corrosion challenges from opportunity crudes

Emerson Automation Solutions: Wold, K.

High-quality crudes are not always readily available, or at a price that is acceptable to the producer’s budget.

The benefits of automatic batch distillation

Chevron: Ingham, H.  |  Sverdlov, G.

Process control methods have been applied to batch distillation of crude oil and intermediate oils performed in the Chevron DPST labs in Richmond, California.

Welded plate heat exchangers cut refinery process costs—Part 2

GESMEX Exchangers GmbH: Broad, R.
CDE Projects Ltd.: Kauders, P.

Plate-and-frame (P&F) heat exchangers were first manufactured 100 yr ago for use in the dairy industry.

ExxonMobil progresses growth plans and efforts to advance lower-emissions technologies

In its downstream and chemical businesses, ExxonMobil is on track to more than double earnings potential from 2017 adjusted results by 2025.

SkyNRG chooses Topsoe technology for Europe’s first sustainable aviation fuel plant

SkyNRG, the Amsterdam-based global market leader for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s world-leading technology for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel for their planned facility at Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

Can nuclear power plant methodologies help improve hydrocarbon processing reliability?—Part 1

Consulting Engineer: Pradhan, S.
Tecnicas Reunidas: Zamora, A. A.

Safety requirements within nuclear power plants (NPPs) have encouraged the development of several rigorous methodologies that, in turn, have stimulated excellence in operability, availability, reliability and maintenance to the extent that numerous guides and standards now regulate that industry.

Selection of cooling water system for gas, petroleum and petrochemical plants located on coastline—Part 2

Namvaran P&T: Safamirzaei, M.

The main options for the cooling water systems of gas, petroleum and petrochemical plants located on coastlines are studied here, and alternatives are compared with the consideration of several technical and economic parameters.