Asia/Pacific
Baker Hughes, Intertek sign global cargo services alliance
Baker Hughes has formed a strategic alliance with Intertek Group plc to provide cargo treatment additive services to the global petroleum industry.
Invensys signs long-term technology deal with Thai Oil
Invensys Operations Management has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract to deliver a comprehensive refinery-wide optimization solution for Bangkok-based Thai Oil Public Co. Ltd.
AVEVA responds to customer demand for migration-ready instrumentation solution
This capability enables process plant businesses to more easily upgrade entire instrumentation and control design systems from smart plant instrumentation (SPI/INtools) to AVEVA instrumentation technology.
Conduit body features double coating
The newly designed OCAL-BLUE Type 4X Form 8 conduit bodies from Thomas & Betts offer double-coated exteriors for enhanced protection in corrosive environments, as well as extending the service life of the conduit bodies.
International Electrotechnical Commission calls for a global taskforce
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is calling for a global taskforce to coordinate technology-based energy efficiency initiatives in an effort to increase coherence and reduce duplication and wasted time, as it launched its white paper, “Coping with the Energy Challenge,” at the World Energy Congress in Montreal.
Greene’s Energy introduces commissioning and nitrogen services
Greene’s Energy Group, a provider of integrated services for drilling, production, pipeline, construction and process operations, has announced the development of its new commissioning and nitrogen services division.
ExxonMobil and Badger to market a new catalytic process
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE) has signed an agreement with Badger Licensing LLC (Badger) to jointly market EMRE’s BenzOUTTM technology, a novel catalytic process to reduce benzene in gasoline while delivering other additional benefits.
IOCL selects Axens' coker gas oil hydrotreating technology
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOCL) has chosen Axens to supply the technology for its coker gas oil (CGO) hydrotreating unit at its refinery in Haldia, India.
Hangzhou Hangding Nylon orders PA-6 plant
Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech have signed a contract for the delivery of a PA-6 polymerization plant to produce textile grade chips, based on Uhde Invtenta-Fischer’s techn..
Fine-tune processing heavy crudes in your facility
A better understanding of asphaltene stability in crude oils allows refiners to increase blending of ‘opportunity’ feedstocks
- U.S. tariffs on Brazil are a bitter pill for sugar and ethanol makers 7/17
- India launches first hydrogen-powered passenger train 7/17
- U.S. refiner margins hit new records as fuel shortage concerns grow 7/17
- Indonesia president aims to increase sugarcane, bioethanol production 7/17
- Morgan Fuels & Lubes achieves approval under the renewable fuels assurance scheme 7/16
- JERA and Samsung C&T to strengthen supply security of hydrogen and ammonia value chains 7/16
