Process Optimization
HP Construction: Middle East
Foster Wheeler USA Corp. has been awarded a project-management consultancy (PMC) contract by Carbon Holdings for a petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, with a nameplate capacity to produce 1.35..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
The Linde Group and Haldor Topsøe will supply the syngas treatment and methanation unit for POSCO’s synthetic natural gas (SNG) plant. The new plant will be erected in Gwangyang, South Korea..
HP Impact: Fieldbus Foundation registers devices with advanced field diagnostics
The Fieldbus Foundation has registered the first FOUNDATION fieldbus devices incorporating advanced field diagnostics technology. The new registration requirements help to standardize how fieldbus dev..
HP Integration Strategies: Future of the collaborative process automation system
ARC conceived the Collaborative Process Automation Systems (CPAS) in 2002 in response to DCS end users’ requests for us to provide a vision of how process automation systems should evolve. Client..
HP Reliability: Wire mesh vs. wire size for temporary strainers
Even an experienced reliability professional may find some customary terminology dealing with wire gauge and wire mesh to be confusing. Our HPIn Reliability column of April 2009 mentioned pump suction..
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 3
In Part 3, we will discuss the typical responsibilities of a utility process engineer to manage their systems and to interface with process engineers at all of the production units within the complex...
Siirtec Nigi lands large Shah gas development contracts
Siirtec Nigi S.p.A. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts by Saipem S.p.A. to design and supply eight packages, each including burner, reaction furnace, steam drum, waste heat boiler, and 20 sulfur condensers.
Flint awarded Suncor contract extension
Flint Energy Services Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract extension for work on Suncor Energy's Firebag SAGD projects near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, for site-wide construction and commissioning services.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology joins the Automation Federation
The Automation Federation (AF) reports that the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has joined as the association’s newest member organization.
BlueFire turns to MasTec for Mississippi ethanol facility
BlueFire Renewables, Inc. has finalized and signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi.
- ABB enhances AI capabilities of flagship industrial device digital solutions 4/17
- XCF, DevvStream, Southern Energy Renewables partner to bring transferable 45Z clean fuel credits to market 4/17
- HyOrc completes independent process and technology verification for waste-to-methanol platform 4/17
- Bottled lightning makes a cleaner fuel: Research shows how bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without high heat and pressures 4/17
- Evonik launches high performance isodewaxing catalysts for fuels and lubricants production 4/16
- BASF to increase its price for neopentylglycol in the U.S. and Canada 4/16

