February 2001

Here’s a view of long-range spending strategies, including new technologies and proper hydrogen management

Refiners may consider using alliances with contractors to shorten design and construction time for environmentally driven projects

A cooperative effort between a refiner, gas supplier and utility / power company enabled construction of a highly integrated refinery upgrade ahead of schedule

To meet ultra-low sulfur specifications for diesel and gasoline, U.S. refiners will 'retool' existing facilities; feedstock changes, operational/processing adjustments and installing new post treatment technologies are some possible choices

A build-own-operate project structure involving refinery upgrade results in increased product yield and power production

Several processing options can create a high-sulfur heavy cat naphtha that concentrates FCC sulfur into one stream

To process 'cleaner fuels,' refiners will seek octane gains from the blending pool; alkylate refinement is a possible solution

New catalyst technology efficiently works at the molecular level to remove thiopenes

This hybrid approach reduced payback time by about 10%

First in a series of bimonthly case histories. This one reveals why belt tensioning was the real cause of failure

Know the conditions that invalidate reliability of this method

Here are new guidelines, checklists and an integrated approach for a successful energy conservation program

Are you or your employees members of a professional society? If so, why? If not, why not? Society membership is declining everywhere. Why is this happening? As a member of multiple societies..

For many years turboexpanders have been used in cryogenic processing plants to provide low-temperature refrigeration. Power recovery has been of secondary importance. Expander efficienc..

Water treatment for cooling systems has three primary objectives: corrosion, deposition and microbiological control. System components with high temperatures on heat-transfer surfaces a..

Safety integrity level (SIL) verification per ISA84.01 and IEC61508 requires that a probabilistic evaluation be done on the hardware used in a safety instrumented function (SIF). Data n..

ABB signs contract for project implementation ABB has signed a lump-sum turnkey contract with Murphy Oil USA, Inc. to implement a major portion of Murphy's Clean Fuels project in its Me..

Hydrocarbon solvents producers have entered into an international agreement to advance their safe use. By creating the International Hydrocarbon Solvents Consortium (IHSC), 18 manu..

Continuing high oil and gas pricing may have long-term effects on the international petrochemical industry through product pricing, feedstock selection and market competitiveness. Currently, both crud..

At an annual press briefing, representatives from the American Petroleum Institute (API) analyzed U.S. petroleum supply and demand statistics and also provided insight into the current energy environm..

Shipments in the U.S. of chemicals rose 6% in 2000, to total $464 billion. Gains were in life sciences, 7-1/4%; specialty chemicals, 6-3/4%; and industrial chemicals, 5%. Exports. According to data fr..

Through the first nine months of 2000, $23 billion in chemical deals were completed. This compares to $29.4 billion in the year-ago period. Including deals that have closed since then, it appears unli..

• The Fieldbus Foundation has released an alpha version of its High Speed Ethernet (HSE) Testing Kit. The kit is intended for testing HSE linking devices, which are critical components of the H..

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In this issue, significant editorial pages are dedicated to "clean fuel" strategies. Sulfur is the leading nemesis of motor-fuel blending streams. Worldwide, many new regulations furthe..

Safety integrity level (SIL) verification per ISA84.01 and IEC61508requires that a probabilistic evaluation be done on the hardwareused in a safety instrumented function (SIF). Data necessary forthat ..