Refining
Schneider Electric reduces risk, enhances maintenance with cyber protection services
Schneider Electric has introduced new cybersecurity protection services designed to help industrial customers manage and secure their connected plants.
Emerson launches holistic asset monitoring platform to improve reliability and plant availability
Emerson introduces the AMS ARES Platform, designed to prioritize and deliver asset and device health data, enabling maintenance decisions that increase operational and asset availability.
Chinese refiner to use Honeywell UOP technology to meet growing fuel demand
China’s Dongying Qirun Chemical Co. will license Honeywell UOP’s Unicracking technology for the production of diesel and naphtha at its refinery in China’s Shandong Province to meet growing domestic demand for transportation fuels.
Croatia looks at options for Sisak refinery
Croatia is considering shutting down or changing the use of one of its two oil refinery sites, implying the government does not expect to secure investment to finance an upgrade of the plant.
Honeywell and Flowserve collaborate on IIoT solutions
Honeywell and Flowserve will collaborate to provide Industrial Internet of Things solutions to help industrial customers make their operations, safer, more efficient and more reliable.
Emerson launches new Plantweb digital ecosystem
Emerson has released the expanded Plantweb digital ecosystem, a scalable portfolio of standards-based hardware, software, intelligent devices and services for securely implementing the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) with measurable business performance improvement.
Air Products invests in Korea to support growing market demand
Air Products will build a new large air separation unit (LASU) in Ulsan, South Korea.
Total says incident at Gonfreville refinery did not affect output
A gas blast that injured five people at Total's 247-Mbpd Gonfreville refinery in northern France did not impact production, because the unit was on scheduled maintenance.
Cost cuts help refiner Valero beat profit estimate
Valero Energy Corp.'s quarterly profit beat analysts' estimate by a wide margin, as the largest independent US refiner kept a tight leash on costs.
Gas leak at Statoil’s Mongstad refinery contained
A gas leak at Statoil’s Mongstad refinery suspended activities and prompted an evacuation, but no injuries were reported.
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