June 2003

New solvent systems cost-effectively remove high-CO 2 concentrations from natural gas to meet pipeline specs

Maximize your ability to safely store products

New refining concept encapsulates future capacity expansion for developing markets with least cost

First-principles dynamic simulation models can be used instead

This checklist details several common problems associated with sour-water strippers and the workarounds to correct them

The ability to schedule the crude oil blendshop more effectively provides substantial downstream benefits

Just a slight rub can self-generate more heat

Here’s a systematic approach for storing and retrieving valuable information that may be fragmented between various departments

Mist eliminator and gravity settling methods are reviewed

The industry's renewed focus on frontline measurements for improving asset management (AM) and extending condition-based monitoring (CBM) to more process equipment is certainly good new..

For well over 30 years, Texas A&M University's Turbomachinery Symposium has guided the most profitable user companies toward achieving equipment reliability optimization. Similarly, Tex..

Information technologies have percolated from the enterprise domain into process control and automation since the 1980s. Soon Wi-Fi wireless local area networks (WLAN) will become widel..

Although much of the publicity in the past couple of years has been on how the downstream industry around the world has been reacting to the latest fuel specifications, behind the scene..

New catalyst boosts gasoline yields Engelhard Corp. has released a new proprietary catalyst technology named Flex-Tec. It is estimated to significantly improve gasoline yield from heavy resids. Flex-T..

Australian energy businesses sold Aquila, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, is selling its Australian interests for approximately $589 million which - after fees, expenses and taxes - is projected to yield..

Masks provide respiratory protection X-plore masks and filter respirators offer new levels of comfort and protection from hazardous compounds. The new materials and design provide a comfortable face s..

ExxonMobil is expanding a cogeneration facility at its Baytown, Texas manufacturing complex. This expansion is expected to increase the energy efficiency at the complex's refinery and t..

Alstom has two separate orders for a total of four GT35C power generation sets. The orders were placed by Bechtel International Inc. and the units will be incorporated into a new LNG fa..

Sasol is constructing a new 1-octene production plant at Secunda, South Africa, to meet growing global demands. The chemical is claimed to help impart special performance features such ..

Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., a Foster Wheeler Ltd. subsidiary, has a five-year, long term agreement (LTA) for ExxonMobil project work in Europe, including projects at ExxonMobil's integr..

Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., and its Korean subsidiary Matheson Gas Products Korea, completed a new high purity ammonia facility located in Chonan, Korea. The plant is designed to produce an..

Axens has several contracts to expand the Ecopetrol Cartagena, Colombia refinery. The project is to increase refinery capacity from 75,000 bpsd to 140,000 bpsd, while increasing residue..

Boiler system offers savings Miura steam boilers reportedly provide instantaneous backup systems. By going from zero pressure - cold - to operating pressure in five minutes, they are ideal w..

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The steam cracker remains the fundamental unit of the global petrochemical industry, and its key product - ethylene - the most important base feedstock. What is becoming increasingly cl..

In the past, PET has been the darling of the petrochemical industry, with double-digit growth rates and higher margins than most other plastic resins. PET has outpaced other resins in g..

Many factors affect global polyethylene (PE) prices. Several major business conditions include: consumer spending, retail sales, oil prices, ethane (propane) inventories and values, nat..

The polypropylene (PP) industry continues to evolve as more challenges materialize for this polymer. The 1990s was an unusual development period; continuing high demand and high polymer..

PVC production consumes nearly half of the chlorine consumption. North America and Europe have been the major PVC users. However, PVC demand is rising in developing nations; thus, marke..

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Major events quickly force paradigm shifts for individuals, industries and even nations. Disasters and tragedies galvanize groups to demand change. Recent history is littered with catas..