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Management

Keys to successful alarm management

HP Editorial Staff: Gooch, J.

Here are the features you want in alarm management software

HP Integration Strategies: HPI needs to develop standards for asset information management

ARC Advisory Group: Miller, Paul

ARC Advisory Group’s 15th Annual World Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 7-10, 2011, attracted more than 650 participants, representing 250 different organizations from 20 different countr..

HP Construction: Inauguration of the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) Cracker, Qatar

A joint venture between Qapco1 (63.63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36.36%) and QP (Qatar Petroleum)2 (0.01%) was established in June 2002 to implement the Qatofin project. This project includes participation in one of the world’s largest ethane crackers in Ras Laffan, a linear-low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Mesaiseed and the related ethylene pipeline linking both sites.

ExxonMobil opens Shiogama terminal in area affected by earthquake, tsunami

ExxonMobil Japan Group has reopened its Shiogama terminal, enabling delivery of increased fuel supplies into the Tohoku area of Northeast Japan, which was affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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