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Gazprom development plan to include new petrochemical projects, polymer production

Gazprom's development plan for the next 10 years will include new petrochemical projects.

EnerMech partners with KENT for FAST project at ExxonMobil's Fawley petrochemical complex

EnerMech has become the integrated service contract supplier of choice to KENT Energies Ltd. for ExxonMobil’s new low-sulfur diesel facility at its Fawley Petrochemical Complex, located in Hampshire, UK.

Truly effective reliability requires predictive maintenance

Emerson: Kleinubing, R.

To navigate this new digital world, organizations must find ways to bring in new technologies to support the limited personnel they have, but without increasing the complexity of those people’s jobs or overwhelming them with raw data they are not trained to use. The solution is to implement a predictive maintenance technology plan founded on a boundless automation vision of seamlessly moving contextualized data wherever it is needed.

Refinery/petrochemical makeup water treatment: A general guide for technical personnel—Part 2

Buecker & Associates: Buecker, B.

A very important—and sometimes overlooked—unit operation within processing facilities is makeup water treatment for steam generators and other processes. Many cases have been documented in which makeup system upsets have led to boiler tube failures that partially or completely shut down unit processes. This article serves as a guide for those employees who may be on a steep learning curve when it comes to makeup system understanding.

Bridging the innovation gap in the chemical industry

Productive collaboration between established chemical companies and agile climate startups is key to bridging this gap and accelerating decarbonization within the global petrochemicals/chemicals industry.

Wood to operate and maintain one of the world’s largest plastics recycling facilities

Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has been awarded a three-year contract to operate and maintain the Freepoint Eco-Systems plant in Hebron, Ohio (U.S.).

Seven tips to achieve a smoother plant turnaround

Swagelok: Aughenbaugh, M.

This article provides seven best practices that should be kept in mind for successful plant turnaround management. 

YECC awards ECI Group licensing contract for 150,000-tpy copolymer plant

ECI Group has signed a licensing agreement with Shaanxi Yanchang China Coal Yulin Energy & Chemical Co., Ltd. (YECC) to deliver a 150,000-tpy copolymer plant project, using ECI Group’s proprietary hybrid reactor technology.

MOL invests in HIF Global to decarbonize mobility industry with synthetic fuels

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary MOL Clean Energy, US. LLC, has decided to invest in HIF Global LLC (HIF), a company developing and operating e-fuels projects globally.

Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim petrochemical plant announces major maintenance

Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil processing, petrochemical and fertilizer complex located in the Bashkortostan region has announced major maintenance.