Maintenance & Reliability
Digital Feature: The perfect match: How to evaluate chemical resistance and fluid compatibility of materials
Matching the right elastomer to an application is key to ensuring an o-ring's optimal performance and mitigating premature failure.
Lukoil's Romanian refinery shuts down for planned maintenance works
Romania's Petrotel Lukoil refinery, owned by Russia's Lukoil, will shut for one month from Wednesday for planned maintenance works.
Pemex shuts large CDU at Deer Park, Texas (U.S.) refinery
Pemex shut down the 270,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit at its Deer Park, Texas, refinery on Monday because a process line ruptured.
Vietnam's largest refinery Nghi Son says major maintenance completed
Vietnam's largest refinery Nghi Son completed major maintenance at the facility, one week ahead of schedule.
Vietnam's largest refinery Nghi Son restarting after maintenance
Vietnam's largest refinery, Nghi Son, is in the process of a restart after major maintenance that began late August.
Implement innovative corrosion management solutions for biofuel refining—Part 2
The production of carbon-neutral and renewable transportation fuels is growing rapidly, driven by the need to find feedstocks beyond fossil resources. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives—along with accelerated consumer demand for sustainable and carbon-negative fuel products—are also driving demand.
Sharing insights beyond the fencelines with digital technologies
In refineries and petrochemical plants globally, breaking down silos and barriers among departments, teams and functions remains one of the largest challenges when it comes to processing data and operational insights.
CPT testing: An important measure of how stainless steel resists pitting corrosion
Pitting corrosion can seriously impact the service life of stainless steel components in hydrocarbon processing applications.
Vietnam's Nghi Son refinery to restart some units from Oct 7-9 after maintenance
Vietnam's largest oil refinery will restart some of its units from Oct 7-9 after it was shut down late last month for maintenance.
Galp's Sines refinery to shut down for two months
Portugal's 226,000-barrels-per-day Sines refinery, owned by Galp Energia , will shut down for two months between October and November for planned maintenance.
- DOMO Chemicals responds to surging demand in China with its new TECHNYL polyamide production plant 4/29
- Ineos shuts down Canadian unit for maintenance after chemical leak 4/29
- India's Chennai Petroleum sees two-year delay in building new 180,000-bpd refinery 4/29
- PetroChina profit boosted by stronger gas sales and fuel demand 4/29
- thyssenkrupp Uhde completes EnviNOx project for Dyno Nobel in Australia 4/29
- India receives fuel oil cargo in Russian SCF tanker after brief halt 4/26
