Construction
Shell begins operations at polymers plant in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania facility is the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the Northeastern United States and has a designed output of 1.6 MMt annually.
Online Feature: Crude C4 alternatives for a successful grassroots petrochemicals project
The C4 value chain configuration chosen for a new petrochemical complex greatly depends on key project business case drivers, such as steam cracker feed slate, commercial and market conditions, and product value-uplift potential.
Fire breaks out at Chevron's El Segundo, California refinery
Chevron said fire crews responded to an isolated fire inside its 269,000-barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery in California on Tuesday, with no injuries due to the incident.
Kuwait's KIPIC says first phase of Al-Zour refinery starts commercial operations
The commercial launch comes after the project started last month to produce and sell primary quantities of fuel oil and supply it to local power stations.
ADNOC Refining secures new international partners furthering the UAE’s industrial growth
Under the agreement ADQ, Veolia, and Vision Invest consortium will own and operate two world-scale waste management plants, which sustainably treat and dispose of industrial waste generated from across ADNOC’s operations.
Leading capital projects in a VUCA environment
A convergence of events has disrupted the construction industry.
Shift focus to more open control technology
Plant control system modernizations that are necessary to meet today’s goals and strategies often come with organizational hurdles.
Guyana opens tender for its first oil refinery
Guyana has called for proposals to design, finance and build a 30,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery, the first for the South American country as it becomes a force in crude oil production.
Hydrocarbon Processing Award 2022 Winners Honored at Houston Gala
Nearly 150 of the midstream and downstream oil and gas industry’s brightest minds gathered Wednesday to find out, and celebrate, the winners of the 2022 HP Awards.
2022 HP Awards Finalists
<em>Hydrocarbon Processing</em>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its sixth annual <em>HP</em> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.
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