Maintenance & Reliability
Sponsored: Ultipleat High-Fow filter systems: High-performance filtration for large-flow applications in a compact design
With an innovative crescent-shaped pleat design, each Ultipleat High Flow filter is a single cartridge that fully utilizes all media for solids collection across multiple applications. Ultipleat High Flow filters provide exceptional filter service life when dealing with low fluxes and higher levels of incoming contaminants, reducing the number of filter changeouts and lowering the cost of replacement cartridges and disposal of spent filters.
Induce unbalance to reduce vibrations
Rotating machinery generate different types of problems, including misalignment, structural issues, bearing faults, internal faults and process-related issues, among others.
Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia's Rostov region suspended after drone attack
The operations of the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia's southern Rostov region were suspended on June 6 after a drone attack.
Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
In this technical article, written by Saudi Aramco and Siemens Energy, the authors focus on areas where major benefits can be achieved early in the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of flare header piping designs.
Egyptian fertilizer plants shut down temporarily due to gas supply pressures
Gas supplies will gradually resume flowing as of Thursday to fertilizer factories in Egypt after several chemical and fertilizer companies shut down plants on a temporary basis.
Neste completes major turnaround at Porvoo refinery
The nearly 400-MM euro turnaround of Neste’s Porvoo refinery in Finland has been successfully completed, and crude oil processing and renewable and circular raw materials processing has begun operations.
Azerbaijan's SOCAR to suspend refinery for month-long maintenance from Nov. 2024
Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR plans to suspend operations at its only oil refinery for a scheduled one-month maintenance period from November 2024.
Turning turnarounds into a competitive advantage through a digital ecosystem
This article, written by ExxonMobil, details how the company uses a digital reality ecosystem to optimize maintenance and turnarounds.
Aspentech announces new and expanded capabilities in latest version of aspenONE
Aspen Technology, Inc. introduced new and expanded capabilities now available in aspenONE®, helping customers achieve new levels of operational excellence with expanded Industrial AI throughout the portfolio, additional integration of industrial data management across solutions, and advancements in planning and scheduling capabilities.
What's next? The future of predictive asset performance management
Asset performance management (APM) consists of two key elements: predictive analytics and maintenance strategies. Setting a strategic path for APM depends on understanding the current state of equipment health, and then being able to plan improvement based on predicting what will be needed to maintain and bring assets to an even more efficient state.
- BASF starts up the world’s first production plant for 3D-printed catalysts in Ludwigshafen 3/19
- Haffner Energy receives rapid bookings for CORE100 clean-fuel production units 3/19
- ABB launches EmissionVision to automate advanced gas leak detection 3/19
- Ebara Elliott Energy partners with NuScale Power for use of advanced nuclear technology to power petrochemical plants 3/19
- bp agrees to sell 12-MMtpy Gelsenkirchen refinery to Klesch Group 3/19
- Sumitomo Corporation, “K” LINE and NYK Line conclude MoU for new build ammonia bunkering vessel operation in Singapore 3/19
