Asia/Pacific
HP Reliability: Alignment choices have consequences
Optimists tell us about steady industry trends toward reliability-imparting procedures and work processes, while realists continually make us aware of pressures to reduce expenditures. As outside obse..
HP Integration Strategies: Data historians provide effective decision support in near real time
Plant data historians are moving beyond their traditional role as a tool for collecting and archiving data to better understand past plant performance, to becoming a powerful tool that can be used to ..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
CB&I has announced that Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Liaoning Tongyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., for the license and engineering design of grassroots olefins-conversion technology (OC..
HP Impact: Team overcomes obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production
A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ..
HP Innovations: HPInnovations
Siemens expands anaerobic- digestion product offeringSiemens Water Technologies has acquired the JetMix hydraulic mixing system from Liquid Dynamics Corp. This proprietary system agitates sludge withi..
Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service
Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach
Cameron’s enhanced nozzle check valve
Cameron’s re-designed ENTECH DRV-BN nozzle check valve introduces a modularity that allows for customized solutions, in-field reconfiguration and a consistent spring force mechanism for quick and easy maintenance.
Technip awarded engineering contract for a FLNG in Malaysia
Technip, in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, has been awarded by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and MISC Berhad a front-end engineering and design contract for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit. The FLNG, which will have a capacity of 1-million tpy, will be located in Malaysia.
BP says emerging economies will lead energy growth to 2030
World energy growth over the next 20 years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030.
Rubber technology licensed in East Asia
FasTech Srl recently licensed its proprietary technology to manufacture high-cis polybutadiene rubber, based on the neodymium catalyst, to a petrochemical operator in East Asia. The license agreement includes engineering and other technical services.
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