Engineering & Design
Willbros granted an EPC contract with Diamond Shamrock
Willbros Group, Inc. has been selected by Diamond Shamrock Refining Co. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the new flare gas recovery facilities at the Valero McKee refinery located in Sunray, Texas.
Greene’s Energy introduces commissioning and nitrogen services
Greene’s Energy Group, a provider of integrated services for drilling, production, pipeline, construction and process operations, has announced the development of its new commissioning and nitrogen services division.
SAIC to help Holly upgrade Oklahoma refinery
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Benham Constructors, LLC has been awarded two new contracts by a subsidiary of Holly Corp., to provide engineering, procurement and construction services. The contracts have a combined value of approximately $27 million.
Fine-tune processing heavy crudes in your facility
A better understanding of asphaltene stability in crude oils allows refiners to increase blending of ‘opportunity’ feedstocks
Consider high-impact constructability issues for refineries
Upfront investment has a positive effect on project execution
Biorenewables update: What is beyond ethanol and biodiesel?
New processing technologies have broadened potential ‘drop-in’ alternatives for transportation fuels
Improve vacuum tower revamp projects
A ‘balanced approach’ investigates separation of vapor and liquids in the flash zone/wash section design
Mitigate corrosion in your crude unit
Real-time analyzers can provide improved monitoring of chloride levels and enable better corrosion control practices
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
Case history 58: Piston pin plug wear
A wear analysis can help when failure data are meager
- Petrovietnam says supertanker with Iraqi oil arrives at refinery port 6/1
- Russia bans aviation fuel exports until November 30 6/1
- Green Fuels Operating breaks ground on $400-MM refinery in Oklahoma (U.S.) 6/1
- SABIC puts 141 lots of industrial assets up for public auction 6/1
- bp sells 5% stake in Australian Browse LNG project to South Korea's GS Energy 6/1
- U.S. gasoline market set for fresh test after near-record stock draws 6/1

