Environment & Safety
Axens and Orbeo team up
Axens and Orbeo have signed an agreement to form an alliance and offer their clients a single-source solution for improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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.
SNCR systems headed for Indiana
Nalco Mobotec, Inc. has signed a contract with Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. to provide two Rotamix selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) systems for nitrogen oxide (NOx) control at the Frank E. Ratts generating station in Petersburg, Indiana.
One confirmed dead in Pemex refinery explosion
Pemex suffered an explosion at its Cadereyta refinery outside of Monterrey, Mexico.
Honeywell UOP technology to support biomass conversion in California
Honeywell UOP LLC’s technology was recently selected for use in Rentech, Inc.’s Rialto Renewable Energy Center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels.
Biorenewables update: What is beyond ethanol and biodiesel?
New processing technologies have broadened potential ‘drop-in’ alternatives for transportation fuels
Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports
The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied
Hydrobulging of storage tanks and its effect on first support selection
Case studies prove that installing variable spring supports is a viable option
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1
The refining and petrochemical industries employ a large number of process engineers. Plants often assign newly graduated engineers to the utility water area. Process engineers in each operating unit ..
Second edition of Alarm Management Handbook now available
PAS recently published the second edition of The Alarm Management Handbook. It is the most comprehensive best-practices book available for designing and maintaining an effective alarm management system.
- Brazil's Petrobras to invest $4.8 B in integration between Reduc refinery and Boaventura complex 7/8
- bp's 440,000-bpd refinery in Whiting, Indiana (U.S.), reported flaring due to operational conditions 7/8
- UK's insolvent Lindsey oil refinery secures some crude supply to keep running for now 7/8
- Brazil's energy minister hints at possible fuel price cuts 7/8
- Marathon Galveston Bay refinery (U.S.) hydrotreater to remain shut until September 7/8
- Saudi Arabia, Indonesia sign several deals worth around $27 B 7/8
