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Process Optimization

HP Insight: How long is an economic cycle for the HPI?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

As summer takes hold in the Northern Hemisphere, demand for energy in various forms increases. In looking back over the past 90 years, energy demand and pricing cycle through high and low points. In 2..

HP Reliability: Consider best-of-class lubrication practices

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Last month’s column explained that all hydrocarbon processing (HP) facilities use machinery, and these machines require lubrication. Periodically auditing one’s lubrication practices is part..

HP Integration Strategies: Reliability solutions offer unique value propositions

ARC Advisory Group: Hollywood, Paula

Globally, the process industries lose the equivalent of 5% of production annually because of unscheduled downtime and poor product quality. ARC Advisory Group estimates that almost 80% of these losses..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

TWD Technologies has been selected by Great Lakes Biodiesel to build what is said to be Canada’s largest biodiesel plant. It is scheduled to be operational by the autumn of 2012.TWD is providing ..

HP Construction: Latin America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, has a contract from Exmar Group for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of what..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Haldor Topsøe has selected UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, to provide technology to purify hydrogen from a steam-reforming unit to be installed at the Antipinsky refinery in Tyumen, Russia. Honeywe..

HP Construction: Africa

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Naftec SpA, a subsidiary of Sonatrach, is reported to be nearing mechanical completion of a new paraxylene production plant in Skikda, Algeria. Anticipated to be fully operational later this year, the..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a design contract from Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co., an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), to develop a process design package (PDP) and front-end en..

HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Alfa Laval has an order from a Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) to supply equipment to Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. The Alfa Laval equipment consists of desalin..

HP Construction Profile: Rotterdam LNG facility wins top project award

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

The Gate megaproject is one of Europe's largest LNG terminals. With two jetties, it can unload simultaneously two vessels of the Q-Max type, the world's biggest LNG carriers.