Utilities
Consider post-design changes to confine a hazardous area
Hazardous area classification (HAC) is carried out while performing basic design engineering, and HAC drawings are produced as one of the deliverables.
Innovations
Planned shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STOs) are often scheduled for preventive maintenance and new equipment installation that must be performed to keep a plant running and in regulatory compliance.
Codes and Standards: How much fireproofing do we need?
This article is the first under the Codes and Standards series. The purpose of this series is to make readers aware of code requirements, the interpretations and the limitations as they stand today, and what engineers can do as an alternative engineering. This series is based on the actual implementation of what is narrated and the satisfactory experiences drawn.
Central American nations beef up import infrastructure, fuel production amid demand shift
   Methanex’s methanol facility in Trinidad.
Editorial Comment: Corrosion prevention is a necessary cost
Corrosion is a major maintenance and reliability concern because it has the potential to impact not only plant operations and costs, but also the environment and worker health and safety.
Viewpoint: A four-step approach to ensure pipeline integrity
North America’s vast oil and gas pipeline network spans more than 2.6 MM mi in the US alone, delivering fossil fuel feedstocks to refineries, gas processors and petrochemical manufacturers, and finished fuels to end users.
Business Trends: Special report--Global LNG overview
Liquified natural gas is forecast to become one of the most valuable commodities in the world.
HP Innovations
EGC Critical Components has announced its dures brand of materials, a new family of proprietary thermoplastic polymer composites developed specifically for the manufacture of bushings, bearings and wear rings in pumps handling a wide range of liquids, including those that contain solid matter.
HP Innovations
New valve offers zero leakagePentair Valves and Controls has expanded its Vanessa triple offset valves (TOVs) product line with the launch of the Series 30-RS.
HP News
Russian blending facility utilizes advanced control technologyLUKOIL’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez gasoline blending facility in Kstovo, Russia, will integrate Honeywell software, which is designed ..
- Evonik presents innovative "Debonding on Demand" concept for more sustainable bonding 4/3
- Oil, gas and refined product imports exempted from Trump’s sweeping tariffs 4/3
- Reliance: India's gasoline demand to peak by 2035, diesel by 2041 4/3
- Mabanaft, HIF Global sign agreement to accelerate e-methanol adoption in the shipping industry 4/3
- Burckhardt Compression awarded digital monitoring services contract for a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia 4/3
- Lummus completes successful startup of electric heater demonstration unit 4/3
