Corrosion
Digital Feature: U.S. EPA’s new Chemical Accident Prevention rule takes effect: What to know
On March 11, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a final rule amending its Risk Management Program regulations. Here is what facility owners need to know about this new regulation.
Digital Feature: Minimizing the cost of corrosion: Budgeting for industrial asset preservation
Advanced budgeting for corrosion protection is critical to industrial facility management. Since the urgency of the matter is often not realized until a failure or accident occurs, the article provides several tips to help maintenance, purchasing or corporate teams start budgeting for preservation before an emergency happens.
Shutdown and startup of an amine system
A smooth startup of an amine system begins with properly taking the system out of service.
Decarbonizing steam crackers: Key technical challenges of transitioning from natural gas to hydrogen
In the petrochemical industry, olefin crackers utilize significant amounts of heat to crack hydrocarbons into essential chemicals, such as olefins and aromatics.
PTT Global Chemical redefining maintenance with remote piping inspection robots
PTTGC is refining the concept from Hackathon to innovate and enhance the efficiency of the Remoted Piping Inspection Robot system in factories, addressing issues and reducing costs.
Case study: Causes and countermeasures of a wall tube leak accident by an SNCR solution of a CO boiler in an RFCC process
Residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) is a process that cracks heavy oil into light oil, such as gasoline, with zeolite catalysts.
Hot or not: The future of thermal management
Effective and efficient insulation solutions remain paramount for the chemical process, oil and gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Enhance ethylene cracker radiant tube integrity through innovative robotic inspection
The ethylene cracker plays a crucial role in the petrochemical industry, producing more than 200 MMtpy of ethylene globally, which is the major building block for plastics, synthetic rubber, lubricants and various chemicals.
Henkel closes acquisition of specialized supplier for protective coating and sealing solutions
Henkel has successfully completed the acquisition of the U.S.-based Seal for Life Industries LLC from Arsenal Capital Partners.
Do not overlook the base when insulating hot storage tanks
Hot storage tanks in petrochemical facilities, terminals and industrial sites globally house valuable and often volatile products, including organic liquids, raw materials, intermediate fuels and byproducts.
- Honeywell carbon capture technology to create hydrogen and ammonia fertilizer at Indiana gasification facility 11/4
- MENA Biofuels begins Phase 1 of the UAE's first SAF production facility 11/4
- Avantium’s plant-based plastic PEF Releaf® receives CPBR approval for recycling in Japan 11/4
- Plug Power to supply electroylzers to Allied Biofuels eSAF project 11/4
- ExxonMobil explores more refinery upgrades as it hones in on higher-value products 11/4
- Fluor selected for FEED of SAF hub in England 11/4
