Maintenance & Reliability
Venezuela's PDVSA sees 2017 oil output stuck near historic lows
(Reuters) -- Venezuelan state energy company PDVSA projects oil production will remain near 23-year lows in 2017, an internal document shows, suggesting more hardship ahead for the crisis-wrought OPEC member country.
Honeywell, Aereon to leverage Industrial Internet of Things for O&G
HOUSTON -- Honeywell and Aereon announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations by leveraging Honeywell's Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem.
G20 task force wants companies to come clean on climate risk
LONDON (Reuters) -- Companies will be asked to disclose how they manage the risks to their business from climate change and greenhouse gas emission cuts by a global task force set up to try to prevent market shocks from the warming of the planet.
LiqTech to install water treatment system at DuPont facility
BALLERUP, Denmark -- LiqTech International, Inc. announced that the company has received a $350,000 order for the company´s water treatment systems for flue gas condensate. The order was received from DuPont and will be installed at their facility in Grindsted, Denmark.
RINA services awarded Chevron, ExxonMobil Indonesian gas contracts
PT RINA Indonesia, in consortium with PT Depriwangga, has been awarded two contracts to provide quality assurance services for offshore and onshore projects in Indonesia.
Saras shuts down catalytic reforming unit at refinery for failure
(Reuters) -- Italian refiner Saras said that due to a failure, it was necessary to shutdown one of the two Catalytic Reforming units of the Sarroch refinery (the CCR unit), which produces high-octane gasoline blending components, as well as hydrogen to be used in the desulphurisation processes, due to a failure.
Saudi's PetroRabigh restarts ethane cracker
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's PetroRabigh said it restarted its ethane cracker after maintenance was completed, according to a bourse statement.
Aramco JV to shut ethane cracker for 21 days
Saudi Arabia's Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. will shut its ethane cracker for 21 days effective from November 14 for maintenance.
Hellenic Petroleum plans Elefsina refinery turnaround in 2Q of 2017
Hellenic Petroleum plans maintenance work at its 100 Mbpd Elefsina refinery in 2Q next year.
ExxonMobil launches Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis in Middle East oil and gas sector
ExxonMobil has launched Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis, a next generation used oil analysis service, which replaces ExxonMobil’s Signum Oil Analysis.
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