In light of recent developments and news reports about alleged malpractices at one of its contractors at the new PDH construction site at Kallo, Belgium, Borealis has decided to declare a three day stand-still for its Kallo PDH construction site.
Several major impactful events took place in the global oil and gas and petrochemical industries in the 1980s.
As resources become scarcer, and as costs continue to rise, companies are looking for new methods to reduce their material feedstock costs and remain competitive.
Many large industrial facilities—including refineries, and chemical and petrochemical plants—are increasingly turning to co-generation for process steam and power production.
Flaring is the controlled burning of hydrocarbons at oil refineries, gas processing plants and petrochemical plants.
The 1970s were marked by several historical events that affected not only the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) but nations around the world.
It is widely accepted that new management methods are needed to curb the frequent delays and cost overruns observed in engineering and construction projects.
The author’s company recently completed its data analysis for the 2020 Worldwide Fuels Refinery Performance Analysis (Fuels Study).
Process equipment operating in a brownfield environment is often rerated pertaining to the changes in process parameters during debottlenecking.