Process Optimization
Jacobs wins Canadian oil sands engineering deals
Jacobs Engineering Group has received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta oil sands region of Canada to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.4 billion, the company said.
Shaw Group, EBSE to form Brazil manufacturing JV
Engineering major The Shaw Group will form a new joint venture between its fabrication and manufacturing unit and Empresa Brasileira de Solda Eletrica S.A. (EBSE), a leading manufacturer and fabricator in Brazil.
Fluor wins engineering deal on new Canada refinery
Fluor was awarded a contract by the North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2011.
Technip inks Venezuela production equipment deal
Technip was awarded a procurement, installation and operation support contract by Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) covering subsea, onshore and offshore facilities, for an accelerated production system at the Mariscal Sucre Dragon development in offshore Venezuela.
Axens to design, license technology to Iraq refinery
Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), part of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, has awarded Axens the basic design and license contracts for the construction of the new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq.
Find benefits in automating boiler systems
Dynamic models unravel potential problems in high-pressure steam production and consumption
Process gas chromatography: Avoid the iceberg of hidden expenses
Total cost of ownership can quickly add up for field analytical equipment
Consider model-based inferential properties for reformers
A European refiner opts to apply embedded multivariable predictive controllers as part of an advanced process control system
Intelligent severity optimization project pays off in two months
Major olefin producer uses new process control to fine-tune energy consumption
Refinery configurations: Designs for heavy oil
Conceptualization and economic models looked at scenarios to process clean gasoline, diesel from domestic feedstock
- How laser technology cuts through traditional reliability and confidence concerns in industrial gas analysis 5/28
- Why good-enough doesn’t make the grade in high-consequence gas measurements 5/28
- Lummus Technology launches Thermacrack™ C5 to unlock higher-value specialty chemicals production 5/28
- Million-dollar award awaits winner in clean fuel race for ships 5/28
- PTT Global Chemical and SCG sign MoU to explore olefins/polyolefins JV in Thailand 5/28
- Pembina greenlights 750-MMft3d Heartland Extraction Plant to provide ethane feedstock to Dow Chemical 5/28
