Maintenance & Reliability
China's refinery output falls for first time in 20 mos due to maintenance
China's refinery output fell 3.3% in April from a year earlier, the first annual decline in 20 mos, as large refiners carried out regular maintenance and small independent plants curbed production due to thin profit margins.
ExxonMobil completes annual maintenance at Joliet (U.S.) refinery
ExxonMobil has finished annual maintenance work at the 250,000-bpd Joliet refinery in Illinois and is in the process of restarting operations.
Motion enters into agreement to purchase electrical/automation company Allied Circuits
Motion Industries Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Allied Circuits, an electrical and automation firm.
Ineos shuts down Canadian unit for maintenance after chemical leak
INEOS confirmed in a statement that it had shut down the Sarnia plant for maintenance and to address an unspecified mechanical issue and did not address the extent or cause of the chemical release.
Case study: Causes and countermeasures of a wall tube leak accident by an SNCR solution of a CO boiler in an RFCC process
Residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) is a process that cracks heavy oil into light oil, such as gasoline, with zeolite catalysts.
Hot or not: The future of thermal management
Effective and efficient insulation solutions remain paramount for the chemical process, oil and gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Maintenance keeps refineries and petrochemical plants healthy
The maintenance of industrial chemical plants is essential to protect and restore equipment, circuits and systems to enhance their function and provide efficient operations.
Editorial Comment: Maintenance and inspection pathways/technologies to optimize unit reliability
Unit uptime is one of the most important aspects in refining and petrochemical plant operations. Work stoppages due to any number of causes can be detrimental to profitability; therefore, it is imperative to utilize best practices, technologies, techniques and know-how to ensure processing units operate efficiently and safely.
Motiva restarts two CDUs at Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) refinery
Motiva Enterprises restarted two crude distillation units overnight at its 626,000 bpd Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) refinery, the nation's largest, after a power outage.
Lukoil expects damaged NORSI refinery units back up in Q2
Russian oil producer Lukoil expects its damaged CDU-6 primary unit and catalytic cracker at the NORSI oil refinery to return to operations in the second quarter following seasonal maintenance.
- DG Fuels awards MyRechemical contract for Nebraska (U.S.) SAF plant 12/4
- Topsoe to provide technology for 40,000-tpy e-Methanol project in Galicia, Spain 12/4
- SwitcH2, CorPower Ocean partner on wave-powered green ammonia 12/4
- Solvay to utilize biomethane to replace a portion of natural gas used at its plant in Mexico 12/4
- MAN Energy Solutions and Bonatti to collaborate on EDF PEI bioenergy plant 12/4
- Airlines not switching quickly enough to green jet fuel, study says 12/4
