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Tesoro announces North Dakota expansion

Tesoro Corporation plans to expand the crude oil throughput capacity at its Mandan, North Dakota, refinery from 58,000 bpd to 68,000 bpd by the second quarter of 2012, subject to permitting requirements.

Shaw issues statement on events in Japan

"On behalf of all Shaw employees around the world, I give our deepest sympathy to the people of Japan. This is an extraordinary tragedy, and we can only imagine how painful and challenging this time is for everyone in the country," said J.M. Bernhard Jr., Shaw's chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Foster Wheeler and consortium partners sign GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco

Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group together with the subsidiary’s consortium partners comprising A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co., (SOFCON) and Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company- Khatib & Alami (SCEC K&A) have signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the provision of services associated with Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative for a duration of five years with options available for extensions.

Improving pH control mitigates corrosion in crude units

Equipment and pipe failures can be avoided through better desalting practices and inhibitor injections

Avoid brittle fracture in pressure vessels

Chagalesh Consulting Engineers: Khazrai, F.  |  Haghighi, H. B.  |  Kordabadi, H.

Key points identify effects from auto-refrigeration on steel vessels

Process safety: Blind spots and red flags

Mustang Engineering Inc.: Shephard, T.

Improving safety for organizations involve more than technological solutions; understanding processes and plant interactions are a must

HP Integration Strategies: Terminal automation: More challenging than it looks

Due to increasing market, competitive, regulatory and social pressures, terminal automation is more important today than ever before. Nevertheless, many smaller petroleum-product terminals continue to..

How would you rate leadership of your capital projects?

Consultant: Patty, R. M.  |  Denton, M. A.

To achieve substantially improved benchmarks in project performance, profound change is needed

Atlas Inspection Technologies expands across US

Atlas Inspection Technologies, a Seattle-based provider of remote visual inspection solutions for the industrial and manufacturing sectors, announced further expansion across North America.

Mubarak exits stage right

What will this mean for IOCs doing business in the region?