May 2009

Advanced designs incorporate axial-spiral design casing internals and fully recessed impellers

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Understand the limitations for an effective implementation

Make sure the same failures are not repeated at your affiliated plant sites

Better early design of steam generators can save lots of money in operating cogeneration plants

Here is a closer look at commonly used sensors

Applying commodity products instead of engineered solutions can cause premature failure

This methanol-based petrochemical has growing options within energy markets

New equation provides highly accurate estimates

It is more reliable and accurate than existing equations

A reduction program based on your company's unique nature can ensure that budget slashes implemented today will not jeopardize the ability to deliver projects tomorrow

Companies should take a second look at identifying and analyzing hazards associated with temporary buildings

An old friend once told me that even the thinnest pancake has two sides. He meant to say there are at least two sides to any argument and listening to only one will be a mistake. In harmony with this..

In this environment of cost cutting, plant personnel are reviewing ALL expenses including water treatment. Operations personnel often target water treatment costs for reductions for two reasons: 1) th..

Most companies are looking to contain costs and preserve cash. At the same time, manufacturers are being pressured to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Most process manufacturers..

 Mustang has completed its low sulfur gasoline project at Placid Refining Co. LLC's refinery in Port Allen, Louisiana. Mustang provided the engineering, design, procurement and construction mana..

   CB&I has an approximately $50 million contract with Flota Petrolera Ecuatoriana (FLOPEC) to design and build storage facilities for a grassroots liquefied petroleum gas marine terminal in..

 BASF has idled the smaller of its two steam crackers at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, due to continuing weak demand. The temporary shutdown of the cracker, which has a capacity of 220,000 ..

 Chiyoda and Technip joined with Qatargas to celebrate the inauguration of the Qatargas 2 project in Ras Laffan, Qatar. The recently completed trains 4 and 5 have a unit capacity of 7.8 million t..

 Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) has awarded Larsen & Toubro (L&T) two large project orders for Rs 1344 crores, including a 3.7 MMtpy diesel hydrotreating unit and a 70,000 tpy..

US refiners ending maintenance season By April, refiners in the US are typically coming out of maintenance and ramping up production of gasoline fo..

After 17 years of continuous strong growth, China has become the world's third largest economic power and the country's economy has been more integrated into the global economy than ever in its histor..

US refineries, particularly those in the East Coast and Gulf Coast regions, are most vulnerable to utilization cuts and will have to reduce throughputs further as a result of the economic downturn, ac..

The worldwide 2008 market for Plant Asset Management (PAM) systems has grown an average of over 13%/yr since 2006. The PAM system market expanded over $400 million dollars since 2006, according to a ..

A proposal to build a futuristic coal-burning power plant in central Illinois that languished under the Bush administration has received a fresh look from the new US Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Suppo..

  The US refining industry is still alive and vital The 107th NPRA Annual Meeting took place in San Antonio, Texas, last month. Global economic..