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Halliburton acquires oilfield service firm Multi-Chem

Energy products and services major Halliburton has completed its previously-announced acquisition of oilfield chemicals firm Multi-Chem. Initially announced in September, the acquisition further strengthens Halliburton’s total offering while improving its competitiveness in a rapidly expanding global business, the company said.

Enbridge expands N America crude pipeline access

Enbridge on Monday announced a pair of projects that will provide increased access for refineries in the US Midwest and in Ontario, Canada, to light crude oil produced in the western US and Canada.

Fine-tune diesel hydrotreating operations

Hyperion Systems Engineering, Modeling and Simulation: Harismiadis, V. I.  |  Chaitanya, K.  |  Deshpande, A.

This refinery used a simulator to train operators effectively

Consider model-based inferential properties for reformers

AspenTech: Beautyman, A. C.
Eni: Biroli, S.  |  Autuori, A.
Aspen Technology: Lodolo, S.

A European refiner opts to apply embedded multivariable predictive controllers as part of an advanced process control system

Refinery configurations: Designs for heavy oil

CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum: Garg, M. O.  |  Kumar, S.  |  Nanoti, S. M.  |  Sharma, Y. K.

Conceptualization and economic models looked at scenarios to process clean gasoline, diesel from domestic feedstock

HPIn Europe: Europe warily prepares to enter a newly globalized age of biofuels

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

Biofuels are growing up in Europe. From an exotic outlet for European Union (EU) agricultural product in the 1990s, to a boutique fuel for the green consumer in the 2000s, now today’s industry ha..

HP Impact: Libya at a glance

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

Wood Mackenzie recently undertook an analysis of Libya, attempting to discern how long it could take for a recovery of oil and gas production. One of the key issues in this respect is how quickly the ..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Dominion is proceeding with its next major project in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions, the construction of a large natural gas processing and fractionation plant along the Ohio River in Natrium,..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been released to perform the second phase scope for an existing contract with Ecopetrol S.A. for modernization of the refinery in Ba..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has a contract with Aibel AS to provide detailed design engineering services to support Aibel, which has been appoint..