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Irving Oil announces major refinery turnaround

On September 17, Irving Oil will begin one of its largest turnaround projects in several years at its Saint John refinery.

The importance of operational readiness

JEM Advisors: Ladnier, G.  |  Straker, B.  |  Hanson, T.  |  Kenyon, R.
GMcLeodConsulting LLC: McLeod, G.
Austin Mattson Project Management: Mattson, A.

Over the last 20 yr–30 yr, manufacturing facilities and project teams have spent significant time and money developing tools to navigate the issues of designing, procuring and building projects.

Take the anxiety out of plant turnarounds

Emerson: Lindhjem, E.

The months leading into an impending turnaround (TAR) have never been an easy time for operations and maintenance personnel.

Digital Exclusive: Refineries’ pandemic turmoil—KNPC’s gasoline demand: Opportunities and challenges

Kuwait National Petroleum Co.: Matar, M. B.  |  Alqallaf, D. A.  |  Alesmail, I.  |  Al-Mutairi, F.

In this exclusive digital article, KNPC provides a comprehensive analysis of the difficulties and challenges that the company experienced during the COVID-19 epidemic and how its refineries adapted during this challenging time.

Tune engineering teams in innovative green development projects

The energy sector is executing demanding projects to make LNG plants and refineries greener, and to implement completely new green energy solutions.

Plant Design, Engineering, Construction and Commissioning: Manage the new risk profile of energy transition projects

TritenIAG: Reeves, M.  |  Portillo, C.  |  Borgh, R.

The time is ripe to realize the vision of a clean energy future. However, that future comes with new risks.

HxGN LIVE Global 2023: Optimization at scale

The HxGN LIVE Global 2023 conference is underway June 12-15, 2023, at the new Caesars Forum convention center in Las Vegas. More than 3,600 attendees from some 70 countries are attending the digital reality technology conference, where they can experience the autonomous future, explore and discuss a broad range of challenges and opportunities common across many industries, as well as learn about the latest technologies shaping the future.

KBC launches Visual MESA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management software

KBC, a Yokogawa Company, announces the launch of a revolutionary emissions management solution, Visual MESA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management for industrial process plants.

Critical considerations for retrofit designing a platformer reactor’s partial bypass piping in a NHT plant

Saudi Aramco: Kittur, A.

The naphtha hydrotreater/continuous catalyst regeneration (NHT/CCR) platformer produces reformate to be utilized as a blending stock in the gasoline pool (FIG. 1).

Added benefits of control-valve environmental packing

Emerson: McMahon, T.

Packing selection used to be a straightforward task that played a small part in a valve specification process that was much more involved.