Project Management
Motiva halts diesel expansion at top US refinery
“Motiva routinely adjusts our business plans, based on company needs and evolving state and federal regulatory requirements at any given time," a company spokesman said.
BP selects Jacobs as global services supplier for downstream operations
The new contract includes two multi-year regional framework agreements, under which Jacobs is providing engineering, procurement and construction management services as well as personnel on loan at BP’s refinery, petrochemical and terminal sites globally.
Improve execution of capital projects with advanced technologies
The E&C industry is now poised for a major leap forward in utilizing advancements in information technologies and, thus, enabling itself to greatly boost project performance.
Replan: Modernizing Brazil’s largest crude oil refinery
The project included installing two hydrodesulfurization (HDS) units for the cracked naphtha produced by two catalytic cracking units, a coker naphtha hydrotreating (HDT) unit, and a catalytic reforming unit.
3D laser scanning impacts asset lifecycle management
Few technologies have leaped from research lab to everyday use quite as rapidly as 3D laser scanning. Only a few years ago, this technology was a prototype method that captured fuzzy images of plant e..
Mexico’s major grassroots effort: Ethylene XXI project
The federal government, through Pemex Gas and Petroquímica Básica, using the law that regulates Mexican oil, decided to promote private investment to build a new major petrochemical complex called Ethylene XXI.
Experience meets innovation: World-class coke drum replacement project
Six large coke drums at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery, which supplies 20% of Southern California’s vehicle fuel, were showing signs of aging after 46 years in service.
Successful project development and execution: Beyond EPC to ‘T-EPC’
North America is in the middle of a petrochemical renaissance due to the shale gas tsunami. While this new development is most prevalent in North America, similar trends are expected to develop in oth..
How to select compressors for various process services
Every style or type of compressor was developed to serve a particular process purpose. Collective references have devoted hundreds of thousands of pages on this topic. Two books have attempted to summ..
HP Automation Strategies: Embedded virtualization in process automation systems
An earlier ARC Advisory Group column dealt with server-level virtualization in Collaborative Process Automation Systems (CPAS), the company’s process automation system model. Here, we will addres..
- Petrobras wrapping up due diligence to buy back refinery from Mubadala 7/26
- US court rejects EPA denials of 2022 small refinery biofuel waivers 7/26
- Mexico seeks more 2025 fuel import deals after refinery delays 7/26
- PETRONAS, Eni and Euglena reach FID to construct a biorefinery in Malaysia 7/26
- ExxonMobil signs carbon capture agreement with CF Industries in Mississippi (U.S,) 7/26
- WoodMac: LNG truck sales impacting Chinese road diesel demand 7/26
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