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HP Project Management: Energy efficiency: Getting in early pays off exponentially

There are many situations and circumstances when it makes good sense to pursue energy efficiency for industrial processes. But when is the best time for such action?Better operating practicesIn existi..

What are the possible impacts on US refineries processing shale oils?

Turner, Mason & Co.: Mayes, J. M.

No singular event has had as significant an impact on the quality of refinery feedstocks as the shale revolution. Not only are shale crudes, such as Eagle Ford and Bakken, generally lighter than other..

Maximize precious metals returns from spent process catalysts

Sabin Metal Corp.: Cook, B. M.

What you think you know, what you do not know, and what you should know about precious metal recovery of spent catalysts can impact your refinery’s profitability. Most hydrocarbon, petrochemical ..

Use cloud-based document collaboration to complete projects

EMC Corp.: Baird, S.

Capital and maintenance projects require the management of thousands of documents, which can be more easily accomplished with cloud-based solutions.

HP Editorial Comment: Take a moment and breathe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

“Don’t panic” is probably the best advice for the downstream industry regarding oil prices. The upstream fully recognizes the present and short-term conditions for its business.

HP Reliability: Does Pareto’s 80/20 rule apply to reliability engineers?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In the 1970s, an oil refinery discovered that 7% of its 3,200 process pumps experienced a disproportionate share of the facility’s yearly pump outage events. Slightly over 60% of the money spent ..

HP Petrochemicals: Update on ethylene tube coating technology

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

Improving the efficiency of ethylene furnaces has been a long-time goal for olefin manufacturers. The steam cracking or pyrolysis of hydrocarbons to yield ethylene also coproduces unwanted coke that a..

HP Project Management: Outsourcing creates opportunities beyond engineering

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions US Inc.: Thorne, A.

The present “shale revolution” has generated opportunities in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry that even a few years ago would have seemed fanciful. Billions of d..

HP Viewpoint: Going our way?—How the US will benefit from natural gas and fuel cell technology

Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association: Markowitz, M. B.

A remarkable convergence is taking place in North America, as rising natural gas production meets the growing market for both stationary fuel cells providing power to businesses and the utility grid, ..

HP Viewpoint: The data revolution

Honeywell Process Solutions: Kapur, V.

The world’s population is expected to exceed 9 B people by 2040, and the corresponding energy demand for many of these newly affluent consumers will rise similarly. For the industrial sector, mor..