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Project Management

Reliability: Safe fluid machines are our responsibility

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Early in our training as engineers, we developed the ability to collect and evaluate data.

Editorial Comment: Where some see roadblocks, we see opportunities

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In the January issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, the editorial comment focused on the roadmap to advancing ideas.

Business Trends: How plastics waste recycling could transform the chemical industry

McKinsey & Co.: Hundertmark, T.  |  Mayer, M.  |  McNally, C.  |  Simons, T. J.  |  Witte, C.

If plastics demand follows its current trajectory, global plastics-waste volumes would grow from 260 MMtpy in 2016 to 460 MMtpy by 2030, taking what is already a serious environmental problem to a new level.

Comparative analyses of common project execution alternatives

ShureLine Construction: Shahani, G.

With major projects (FIG. 1), alternatives are generally considered in overall project execution and in construction.

Ultra-deep desulfurization of FCC gasoline: Reactive adsorption strategy

SINOPEC Engineering Inc.: Tao, Y.

With an increase in concern for the environment, countries around the world are implementing stringent environmental regulations and are continuously pressuring refiners to reduce the amount of sulfur in transportation fuels—primarily gasoline and diesel—to combat airborne pollution caused by vehicles.

Project Management: Estimate skid and package dimensions

Consulting Engineer: Abid, J.

In the absence of vendor quotations or detailed engineering, preliminary dimensions of skids or packages can be estimated quickly using the ratio method.

Industry Perspectives: What are the opportunities for the global HPI?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In the February issue of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> our editors provided the results of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> survey on the challenges that the downstream processing industry may face this year.

Petrochemicals: Which network can fulfil the petrochemical sector’s desire to exploit Industry 4.0?

Rajant Corp.: Smith, G.

The global petrochemical industry has not been short of success.

Project Management: Intelligent 3D model for digital project execution

Baker Hughes: Romano, R.  |  Cortesi, M.  |  Magarotto, A.  |  Minnucci, C.  |  Pinto, A.
TechnipFMC: Zannori, R.  |  Tittobello, A.  |  Semeraro, G.

Digital transformation offers the chance to reorganize and develop new models of collaboration that fully leverage the opportunities offered by digital technologies and their benefits across the oil and gas business—particularly for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors.

The critical maintenance team: Do you have one?

Consultant: Thorman, G.

Larger plants typically have planners and maintenance supervisors onsite, as well as operations personnel.