Refining
OSHA to recognize Veolia safety program at Valero refinery in Houston
Veolia's site-based team at the Valero Houston refinery facility provides vacuum and hydro-blasting services. The company has worked on-site at the Houston refinery since 2009.
Siemens to supply wastewater treatment systems for Sinopec refinery
Siemens has received an order from Sinopec Jiujiang Petrochemical Co. for the supply of a refinery wastewater treatment system that includes PACT biological treatment, Wet Air Regeneration and a Hydro-Clear filter system, and a Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system for spent caustic treatment.
Foster Wheeler wins PMC work in Turkey for new grassroots refinery
Foster Wheeler was awarded a contract by SOCAR Turkey for project management consultancy (PMC) services for its grassroots Aegean Refinery to be built within existing facilities at Aliağa, Turkey.
Ethanol plant sales reflect doubt over EPA mandate
Bunge has decided to sell its stake in an ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi, reflecting uncertainty over US biofuel use. The sale is the first in what will likely be a series of ethanol industry divestitures.
Decrease tube metal temperature in vacuum heaters
Various options for reducing the TMT of a vacuum heater, such as changing the transfer line size and adding extra surface area in the radiation and convection sections, are examined here. The best option generally depends on the limitations under which the heater operates with regard to the process requirements and the downstream equipment limitations and flexibility.
Optimize viscosity control in refining operations
Petroleum is one of the most important hydrocarbons in the global marketplace. It remains the primary source for liquid and transportation fuels, and it is the building block for product manufacturing..
HP Water Management: Best practices for RO operations
Widespread use of reverse osmosis (RO) technology in industrial applications began in the late 1980s, following the introduction of polyamide materials that had a significantly higher permeate flow an..
HP News
US, Norway seek to improve CO2 capture The US and Norway have announced their commitment to support the global carbon capture and storage (CCS) test center network. In a joint release, the two co..
HP Innovations
Standardization aids gas compressionMidstream companies traditionally build a few compressor stations in a year, with periodic upgrades to implement new instrumentation technology, increase compressio..
Chemical-grade operation—or not?
The quality of transportation fuels has evolved. Earlier, the fuel quality was based on octane to power larger engines for automobiles and cetane for commercial trucks. As lead was phased out of gasol..
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- HWI officially opens state-of-the-art Fulton (U.S.) lightweight monolithics facility 3/23
