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Process Optimization

Shaw to help engineer a new ethylene plant in India

The Shaw Group Inc. has been selected by GAIL (India) to provide its proprietary technology and basic engineering for a new 450,000 tpy ethylene plant. Shaw also will provide support during detailed engineering, procurement and construction, and commissioning and startup of the plant, which will be part of GAIL's petrochemical complex in Pata, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Jacobs working on desulfurization unit in Taiwan

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from CPC Corp. to design and license Jacobs' proprietary technology for a desulfurization unit as part of the Ta-Lin refinery expansion project in Kaoshiung, Taiwan.

Technip awarded major contract in Algeria

Technip has been awarded by Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, a contract for the refurbishment and revamping of the Algiers refinery.

Maximize return on capital projects

Fluor: Humphries, J.

How to achieve all of your major capital investments objectives on budget and schedule

Operator-driven reliability: Training and implementation

PeopleSoft, Inc.: Hanlon, T.  |  McDougal, T.

Follow these guidelines to help execute the process

Improve engineering via whole-plant design optimization

Process Systems Enterprise Ltd.: Matzopoulos, M.
Repsol (Technology Unit): Martín Rodríguez, H.
Process Systems Enterprise, Inc.: Cano, A.

New simulation methods identify cost-effective advantages early

Viewpoint: Project engineering—myth and reality

MWKellog: Moulik, S.

Today, the term project engineer is used in a very wide spectrum in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry. Starting from an assistant to the project manager, engineering manager..

Convert waste heat into eco-friendly energy

WorleyParsons: Bourji, A.  |  Barnhart, J.  |  Winningham, J.  |  Winstead, A.

New developments, such as the organic Rankine cycle, help operations go ‘green’

Optimize heat exchanger installations

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Mandal, M.

This case study proves that a systematic approach for thermal design can identify substantial savings in projects

Prevent flow-induced vibration in heat exchangers

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.: Wanni, A. S.  |  Ruzek, Z. F.

New technology can be used in existing tube bundles to enable higher flowrates without risk of tube damage