Process Optimization
Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports
The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied
Spiral-wound or kammprofile gaskets?
There appears to be a shift toward the latter, but the choice isn’t always clear. Here’s where best to apply each type.
HP Integration Strategies: Sustainability program management with EAM
Moving to a sustainable manufacturing model requires significant changes throughout the enterprise. Some HPI companies use a top-down approach in which senior managers set targets to which engineers a..
HP Reliability: Eccentric reducers and straight runs of pipe at pump suction
Questions relating to proper reducer application in centrifugal pump suction lines date back many decades. Until his death (at age 84, in 1995), world-renowned pump expert Igor Karassik frequently cor..
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1
The refining and petrochemical industries employ a large number of process engineers. Plants often assign newly graduated engineers to the utility water area. Process engineers in each operating unit ..
HP Construction: Garyville refinery major expansion facts
Completed on schedule during the fourth quarter of 2009, the Garyville Major Expansion (GME) units are fully integrated with the original refinery operations. With the expansion, the refinery’s r..
Managing projects in a global environment
What does it take to facilitate projects in several time zones away?
Mustang’s MSA in Colombia
Ecopetrol S.A. has awarded Wood Group’s Mustang a two-year master service agreement (MSA) to provide pipeline engineering expertise and related services in order to optimize engineering design and maximize operating efficiencies, with the goal of increasing Colombia’s oil and gas production transmission capacity and safety.
Stratco to design plant for PT. Pertamina
Stratco, Inc. has added PT. Pertamina , the state oil company of Indonesia, to its growing roster of international customers in a deal for the design of a modern grease manufacturing plant in Jakarta
Fluor to aid Cobalt in commercializing biobutanol
Cobalt Technologies has signed an agreement with Fluor Corp. Under the agreement, Fluor will provide engineering consulting services as Cobalt gears up to commercialize its biobutanol production technology. Additionally, Fluor will offer a broad range of EPCM services for Cobalt’s demonstration and commercial-scale butanol production plants.
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