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Process Optimization

HP Control: Lose the pyramid (and find process control success)

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

Most people would classify multi-variable control—or advanced process control (APC)—over the past 20 years as a “slam dunk” in terms of process control, automation and optimization..

HP Reliability: Pump switching: What is the best practice?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

From a recent sequence of correspondence, we discern that certain rulings were being made years ago, although the rationale used to make these rulings has not been explained. This example involves a r..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

CB&I has been awarded an additional project, valued at approximately $50 million, for storage tanks at an oil-sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. CB&I’s scope of work includes the ..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

CB&I has been awarded a storage tank project, valued in excess of $40 million, by Bahamas Oil Refining Co., Intl., Ltd. CB&I’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the ..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels and Aromatics Project, the first major project to be awarded under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project m..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Thai Oil Public Co., Ltd. for the basic design engineering package and engineering, procurement and co..

Prevent fouling in 1-butene storage vessels

Reliance Technology Group, Reliance Industries Ltd.: Sivalingam, G.  |  Divey, J. D.  |  Vakil, S. M.
Central Technical Service, Reliance Industries Ltd.: Bokde, N.

Investigation finds root cause for polymer formation in Horton spheres

Toyo wins design deal for new India urea plant

Toyo Engineering has finalized a licensing and development contract for the basic design of a urea production plant in the fertilizer complex to be constructed at Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Haldor Topsøe inks engineering deal for Rio Seco wet-gas sulfuric acid plant in Peru

Haldor Topsøe signed a contract to build of a wet-gas sulfuric acid (WSA) plant for the production of sulfuric acid at Rio Seco’s new industrial operation in Peru.