Environment & Safety
Improve sour water stripper unit performance via feed sour water preconditioning
Sour water stripper (SWS) units in refinery operations are often exposed to several challenges, such as corrosion, low efficiency, decreased capacity, solids fouling and equipment plugging. This article explores some of those challenges.
The implementation and automation of an alarm management system in a complex control environment at KNPC’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery
This work details how the integration and automation of alarm management system applications at Kuwait National Petroleum Co.’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery have resulted in numerous benefits that have optimized plant operations.
bp completes turnaround work at 250,000-bpd refinery in Washington (U.S.)
bp's 250,000-bpd Cherry Point refinery has completed a major turnaround, the company said.
Japan's Eneos restarts 77,000-bpd Kawasaki CDU after unplanned shutdown
Japan's largest refiner, Eneos Corp, restarted the 77,000-bpd No.3 crude distillation unit at its Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo
Repsol's petrochemical complex shut down after power supply failure
Repsol is working to restart a petrochemical complex in central Spain after it had to shut it down due to an external power supply failure, a spokesperson said.
John Crane introduces versatile, next-generation dry gas sealing solution
John Crane announced the launch of the Type 93AX Coaxial Separation Seal – a next generation dry gas sealing solution engineered to help customers reduce emissions, improve equipment reliability, and lower operational costs.
Israel's Oil Refineries says pipelines, transmission lines in Haifa damaged in strikes by Iran
Israel's Oil Refineries said its pipelines and transmission lines in Haifa had been damaged by missile strikes by Iran
Russia says it struck oil refinery that supplies Ukrainian army with fuel
Russian forces carried out an overnight strike on the Kremenchuk oil refinery that supplies fuel to Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday.
ADNOC takes FID, awards $5 B in contracts for Phase 1 of its Rich Gas Development project
ADNOC Gas announced it has taken a FID and awarded $5 billion in contracts for the first phase of its Rich Gas Development (RGD) project, which involves expanding key processing units to increase throughput and improve operational efficiency across four ADNOC gas facilities: Asab, Buhasa, Habshan (Onshore), and the Das Island liquefaction facility (Offshore).
Shell reports June 4 fire at ethylene cracker plant in Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Shell on Friday said a fire occurred on June 4 at its ethylene cracker plant in Potter Township, Pennsylvania, and the furnace unit involved remained offline pending an investigation.
- China’s Sinopec begins Xinjiang refining and chemical upgrading project 9/22
- bp abandons plans to build Rotterdam biofuels plant 9/22
- Kisuma Chemical boosts plastics recycling with suite of additive solutions 9/22
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- Methanol Reformer, McAlpha and Ekora sign MoU to advance methanol-based hydrogen and power solutions in Turkey 9/22
- Lummus and Synthomer announce partnership to license acrylic acid esters technology 9/22
