Management
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Fluor Offshore Solutions, a unit of Fluor Corp., has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Woodside for the Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development. The Browse fiel..
Technip awarded EPC contract for Petrobras refinery in Brazil
Brazilian energy major Petrobras awarded Technip, in consortium with Tomé Engenharia, a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for five new units at the Presidente Bernardes refinery in Cubatão, state of São Paulo.
KBR names executives in Hydrocarbons, Oil & Gas, Operations businesses
KBR today announced the executive appointments of Roy Oelking, Dennis Calton and John Rose within its leadership organization.
URS to provide services to BP’s Whiting refinery
URS Corp. today announced that it has been awarded a contract by BP Products North America Inc. to provide construction maintenance services, including electrical, mechanical, piping, instrumentation and civil works to the Whiting refinery in Whiting, Indiana.
Better control-loop management lowers energy costs
This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software
How to properly apply a plant asset management strategy
Facilities employing leak-detection and custody-transfer systems receive many benefits with this program
Keys to successful alarm management
Here are the features you want in alarm management software
HP Integration Strategies: HPI needs to develop standards for asset information management
ARC Advisory Group’s 15th Annual World Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 7-10, 2011, attracted more than 650 participants, representing 250 different organizations from 20 different countr..
HP Construction: Inauguration of the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) Cracker, Qatar
A joint venture between Qapco1 (63.63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36.36%) and QP (Qatar Petroleum)2 (0.01%) was established in June 2002 to implement the Qatofin project. This project includes participation in one of the world’s largest ethane crackers in Ras Laffan, a linear-low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Mesaiseed and the related ethylene pipeline linking both sites.
ExxonMobil opens Shiogama terminal in area affected by earthquake, tsunami
ExxonMobil Japan Group has reopened its Shiogama terminal, enabling delivery of increased fuel supplies into the Tohoku area of Northeast Japan, which was affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

- U.S. oil, biofuel group recommends 5.25 Bgal in biomass diesel mandates 4/11
- Ukraine will add bioethanol to petrol from May, seeks first imports from EU 4/11
- UN shipping agency strikes deal on fuel emissions, CO2 fees 4/11
- S&P analysis: Global refined product demand growth likely to weaken, absolute decline cannot be ruled out 4/11
- U.S. targets China oil storage terminal in new Iran-related sanctions 4/11
- Russia's Novatek plans condensate processing complex in Murmansk 4/11