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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Cornelius Weitzmann has been appointed managing director of the Power, Oil & Gas business division at Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG. He will be taking over from Matthias Grawe, who is leaving the company...

Safety and environmental updates for HPI storage tanks

   © leungchopan—Shutterstock.com Storage tanks are common in any hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) facility or receiving/shipping terminal. Crude oil, refined produc..

Shintech commits to new US Gulf ethane cracker, contracts Toyo, CB&I

The new facility will use the licensed ethylene technology by Lummus Technology. The produced ethylene will be supplied as feedstock to Shintech’s existing PVC resin production facilities.

Asian partners mull building Ohio ethane cracker

With a site for the ethane cracker now selected, PTTGC and Marubeni will take the next 12-to-16 months to complete the detailed engineering design and permitting at the Ohio site.

Top seven causes for lost olefin production

HSB Solomon Associates LLC: Cagnolatti, C. L.

Long-term trends in production losses, showing total loss production measured in seven biennial studies, are discussed in this article to determine if these losses are increasing or decreasing over time.

Use vapor distributors to improve fractionation column performance

Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology: Fewel, K. J.

Vapor distribution has often been neglected in fractionation columns. Although the importance of liquid distribution is well understood and has been a consideration in column design from the early sta..

Bolivia expands petrochemical capability with Bulo Bulo ammonia complex

Contributing Writer: Nogarin, M.

The Bulo Bulo ammonia-urea facility will be Bolivia’s first petrochemical venture. This new facility is expected to produce sufficient urea/ammonia supplies for domestic demand and will provide surplus product for export.

HP Editorial Comment: Accessing the value of methane and the North American petrochemical revolution

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

The North American (NA) petrochemical industry is experiencing a renaissance of new project announcements and manufacturing expansions. This wave of activity is supported by abundant, low-cost natural gas supplies. In particular, many ethylene projects are under various stages of development.

HP Reliability: The true cost of poor quality

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Knoxville, Tennessee-based System Improvements, Inc., has been in the forefront of teaching structured root-cause analysis throughout the world. System Improvements, Inc. has used its proprietary soft..

HP Project Management: Inside look at financing biorenewable projects

Nexant: Cascone, R.

Financing biorenewables technology companies and their projects involves a unique set of challenges. The global emergence of biorenewable fuels, chemicals and polymers is driven by public policies, su..