July 2010

Let’s take a look at the drivers affecting these commodities

As companies emerge from the downturn, new capital project models will be vital

Here’s how to improve the process design and operation of your facility

Following these procedures will improve measurement accuracy and reliability

Implement these steps to mitigate performance risks

Improved estimation methods accurately calculate vaporized product for LNG and LPG storage and transfer systems

Refiners can find profits by ‘upgrading’ treatment and recycling process water

Several case studies illustrate how automating boiler systems can yield tremendous improvement in equipment uptime and lower total operating costs

Finding the cause can be elusive but calculations help

An effective compensation method improves performance

In the past decade or two, the concepts of key performance indicators (KPIs), continuous improvement, core-competency and best practices have received a lot of attention. What are the relationships be..

In 2009 we were informed about “a nuclear plant that was never commissioned after its original construction. This plant has been sitting idle for 29 years and is only now starting up.” The o..

While we’ve seen many examples of good practices in energy savings and efficiency initiatives, and hear much discussion about the merits of energy-management systems (EMSs), energy management lac..

The European Union (EU) chemical industry is expected to grow by 9.5% in 2010, according to research conducted by the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic). For 2011, “expectations point to ..

The German petrochemical industry can leverage its advantage in technology to secure modest growth in exports to emerging markets in 2010, according to a recent report from BMI. However, the EU remain..

Given the complexities of the global marketplace, the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 currently under consideration in the US Congress could lead to unintended consequences and harm the US economy at the w..

Holly Corp. has selected GTC Technology US to provide process design engineering and its licensed technology for benzene management and reduction at Holly’s Oklahoma and Utah refineries. The lice..

Indian Oil has an agreement for $20 billion with the Corporación Venezolana del Petróleo S.A. (CVP) for the development and production of the Carabobo-1 Project in the Orinoco region of Vene..

LANXESS recently started construction of its first production facility in Russia. In the future, LANXESS subsidiary Rhein Chemie will produce rubber chemicals in Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod regi..

Petrobras has an agreement with Saudi Co. Modern Mining Holding Company Ltd. to study the construction of a green petroleum coke calcining (CPC) plant in Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the agreement..

Cegelec has a turnkey contract with Cameroon’s Société Nationale de Raffinage (Sonara) to upgrade the management system and replace the instrumentation and control systems at the countr..

Technip has two contracts with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. for its diesel hydrotreater project in the Visakh refinery, on the east coast of India. The two contracts are scheduled to be comple..

Intelligent control valve includes high-pressure classes The Neles RotaryGlobe high-pressure offering now consists of valves in the ASME #900–#1500 pressure classes in sizes from 1 in. to 4 ..

“Analyze this” is the fad quote and action that actor Robert De Niro famously demands of his unwilling therapist in the film of the same name. Playing Paul Vitti, a New York gangland supremo..