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Spiral-wound or kammprofile gaskets?
There appears to be a shift toward the latter, but the choice isn’t always clear. Here’s where best to apply each type.
HP Control: APC application ownership
Advancec process control (APC) requires skilled control engineers, and where such engineers are not available, even well-implemented APC applications quickly become ineffective. That much is known and..
HP Integration Strategies: Sustainability program management with EAM
Moving to a sustainable manufacturing model requires significant changes throughout the enterprise. Some HPI companies use a top-down approach in which senior managers set targets to which engineers a..
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1
The refining and petrochemical industries employ a large number of process engineers. Plants often assign newly graduated engineers to the utility water area. Process engineers in each operating unit ..
HP Construction: Garyville refinery major expansion facts
Completed on schedule during the fourth quarter of 2009, the Garyville Major Expansion (GME) units are fully integrated with the original refinery operations. With the expansion, the refinery’s r..
Managing projects in a global environment
What does it take to facilitate projects in several time zones away?
Klesch buys German refinery from Shell
Shell has agreed to sell its refinery in Heide, Germany, to Klesh.
Two fires shut down Neste Oil refinery in Finland
Reuters is reporting that two fires broke out at Neste Oil’s refinery in Naanatali, Finland.
US EIA’s short-term energy outlook released today
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) came out with its short-term energy outlook today.
Financing secured for new Egyptian refinery
The Egyptian Refining Co. (ERC) has signed a debt package of $2.6 billion to finance construction of its $3.7 billion second-stage oil refinery in the greater Cairo area of Egypt.
- Methanex to indefinitely idle 860,000-tpy Trinidad and Tobago methanol plant 6/30
- Several injured in fire at Haldia Petrochemicals' plant in eastern India 6/30
- Shell forecast: Global LNG demand expected to grow by 65% by 2050 6/30
- INEOS Enterprises completes sale of its ultra-pure sulfur dioxide and derivatives business to Ecovyst 6/30
- Neste to invest over €400 MM in Porvoo refinery maintenance turnaround 6/30
- Middle East producers push on with oil and LNG loadings despite ship attacks 6/30
