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I followed my April 2010 call for renewal of process control and IT practice with editorials on purpose in August, performance in October and consequences in December. Now I turn to selection of contr..
HP Reliability: Packing not best practice for firewater pumps
Statistics show that for every 1,000 pump failures in hydrocarbon processing plants, there will be a fire. Fig. 1 shows a typical visible outcome, and the final bill for remedying such disastrous resu..
Specialty chemical plant being built in Louisiana
Myriant Technologies, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Myriant Lake Providence Inc., will soon begin building a new 392,000-square-foot plant at the Port of Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myrant hopes the plant will be the world's largest bio-based succinic acid plant.
Jacobs buys Aker Solutions' process and construction business
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has reached a definitive agreement with Aker Solutions ASA to purchase a number of Aker's operations within its process and construction (P&C) business area.
Chiyoda giving Shell a hand in Singapore and Malaysia
Chiyoda Singapore (Pte) Ltd., signed a new engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract with Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd. for a project in its Pulau Bukom manufacturing site in Singapore.
Jacobs working on desulfurization unit in Taiwan
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from CPC Corp. to design and license Jacobs' proprietary technology for a desulfurization unit as part of the Ta-Lin refinery expansion project in Kaoshiung, Taiwan.
Technip awarded major contract in Algeria
Technip has been awarded by Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, a contract for the refurbishment and revamping of the Algiers refinery.
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