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Environment & Safety

Business Trends: A strategic energy solution

Foster Wheeler: Giglio, R.

Refining is the process of separating crude oil into different hydrocarbon groups through distillation.

Industry Perspectives: The latest advancements in refining/petrochemical technologies on display

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

From September 25–26, Hydrocarbon Processing will bring its International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) back to the US.

Engineering Case Histories: Case 102—Use caution when specifying a safe hydrotesting distance

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Hydrotesting is performed on piping and vessels to verify their integrity.

Editorial Comment: Celebrating the latest advancements in HPI technology

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

At the end of this month, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> will honor the latest technological advances in the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) at an awards gala.

Options for meeting wastewater effluent selenium limits

Brown and Caldwell: Gerhardt, M.  |  Steinwinder, T.

Wastewater treatment units (WWTUs) in petroleum refineries are designed to meet effluent limitations incorporated into National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for “conventional pollutants.”

Selecting flare gas recovery system for a greenfield refinery

Fluor Daniel India (1): Chaudhuri, S.  |  Sengupta, S.

Overall energy management and operational conservation have become crucial factors for profitability in today’s refining segment.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.

Stability analysis of debutanizer columns with hot-vap or bypass pressure control

IHS Markit: Nagpal, S.

A debutanizer column was experiencing unstable operation, with frequent pressure swings and product composition fluctuations from the column overheads system.

Six considerations for turbomachinery control upgrades

Rockwell Automation: Egbuna, C.

Increasing competitive pressures in process industries, including oil and gas, are driving dramatic changes in the operational needs of process plants, utilities and pipelines.

A brief guide to fire zone analysis

IBI Chematur Engineering: Kadam N.

Every process plant has a dedicated disposal system to ensure that gases from equipment, instruments and pressure safety valves are flared to follow environmental norms for the gases vented to the atmosphere from the flare stack.