Environment & Safety
The benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles in plant inspection services
As the technology surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones (FIG. 1), continues to advance, so too do the ways they are used.
Onsite
Jenny Hebert and George Yaluris of Albemarle accept the <i>HP</i> Award for Best Catalyst Technology.
Viewpoint: Reducing the sulfur shadow— Who pays the price?
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) 2020 regulation has been described as the most disruptive change to impact the oil industry in the past 30 yr.
Africa: New maritime emissions rules to impact Africa’s downstream sector
As the 2020 deadline set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the implementation of low-carbon shipping regulations inches closer, African refineries are still grappling with the question of how to finance the upgrading of oil processing plants to enable them to produce the required low-sulfur marine fuels and reduce reliance on noncompliant import fuels for powering the region’s shipping industry.
High-reliability organizing for a new paradigm in safety
Should the chemical industry be satisfied with its existing safety programs, or is change needed to create a new paradigm?
Integrating fire and gas safety with process control systems: Why, what and how
If a fire, smoke or gas leak is detected in a hydrocarbon processing facility, prescriptive actions must be taken by the fire and gas (F&G) safety system, as well as by the process control system (PCS), to mitigate and control the hazard.
Built-up backpressure at the outlet flange of a pressure relief valve
Even for pressure relief valves (PRVs) discharging directly to the atmosphere through short tailpipes, API 520 Part 11 warns that choked flow may develop at the outlet flange, resulting in high backpressure.
Building blocks of process safety
Major incidents continue to strike the oil and gas industry at regular intervals.
Business Trends: Understanding the viewpoints that shape the ever-evolving base oil landscape
In April, ExxonMobil launched its <i>2018 Basestocks Industry Pulse Report.</i>
Industry Perspectives: Refining’s real growth is through secondary unit capacity
According to multiple industry reports, the global refining sector will add between 7 MMbpd and 8 MMbpd of new crude distillation unit (CDU) capacity by the early 2020s.
- WinGD secures world-first ethanol-fueled engine orders for ocean-going ships 5/19
- Aster to invest $80 MM to expand ethylene export capacity at complex in Singapore 5/19
- Energy Transfer withdraws air permit application for $1.8-B petrochemical complex in Texas 5/19
- Green eFuels Producers receive financial backing for first-of-its-kind wastewater-to-green-methanol plant 5/19
- Coega awards electrolyzer cell technology deal to Topsoe for $5.8-B South African green ammonia project 5/19
- Tecnofink and CorrosionRADAR partner to bring advanced CUI monitoring solutions to Brazil 5/19
