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Spanish refiner CEPSA adopts GE technology to meet new emissions rule
Developed by GE’s power generation services business, the fuel-flexible High Hydrogen Fuel DLN1 technology increased the gas turbine’s efficiency by enabling it to use recycled refinery fuel gas (RFG) without needing additional water to generate power.
UOP technology to run world-scale Nigeria refinery
Dangote Oil Refining Company selected UOP technology for a world-scale integrated refinery and petrochemical plant to be built in Lekki, near the capital of Lagos in southwestern Nigeria.
Shell extinguishes olefins unit fire at German site
“We do not comment on the operational status of affected units,” the spokesperson said. "But to make it clear: [there is] no total shutdown of the Wesseling site.”
BASF names Kinetix as gas treatment distributor for ammonia, syngas
Under the OASE brand, BASF offers its novel amine-based gas treatment technology for gases containing hydrogen and/or carbon dioxide for ammonia and syngas applications.
A Schulman to relocate European services center from Belgium to Poland
Plans call for this phased relocation to be completed by May 2016.
AkzoNobel sells paper chemicals unit to Kemira
AkzoNobel has finalized the €153 million divestment of its global paper chemicals business to Kemira. The deal was first announced in July 2014.
Reduce maintenance and production losses by benchmarking asset performance
Benchmarking can help operators identify assets with chronic failures, and it can also drive failure elimination efforts to improve their reliability and availability while cost cutting.
Consider new labyrinth seals to optimize compressor operations
Degradation of labyrinth seals in centrifugal impellers can have a significant impact on not only compressor power consumption but also on plant production rate. Upgrading to rub-tolerant seals can be..
Maximize energy recovery with small steam turbines
Using smaller turbines (50 kW to 300 kW) can aid system efficiency and help conserve energy. We investigate examples in which the application of smaller steam turbines provided return on investment within two years.
Lubrication update for rotating equipment
API-610 is the most widely used pump standard in the petrochemical and refining industries. It includes experience-based recommendations for lubricant applications and one of those recommendations rel..
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