Environment & Safety
Catalytic technology: Options for better hydrogen production
It is not just steam and feed costs that determine processing methods for hydrogen generation
Dealing with dieselization
Several processing options can provide cost-effective ways to maximize diesel make and limit gasoline production
Improve usage of regenerated refining catalysts
Common-sense guidelines detail when it is beneficial to reuse catalysts
When does carbon capture make sense?
Here are several options in which carbon capture can provide cost-effective solutions
Designing for pressure safety valves in supercritical service
Use this rigorous method to prevent over-sizing
Requirement engineering and management - Part 2 - performance standards development
Use these guidelines to determine the safety-critical elements and tasks. Free software modules are available at http://www.adepp.com/demo
Ensuring site-wide consistency in relief system analyses
Follow these protocols when evaluating common-cause failure scenarios for flares and headers
Avoid confusion when performing safety integrity levels
Here's how to differentiate safety instrumented fuction demand modes
Software tools are never a substitute for competency
Sound practice, experienced-based judgment and teamwork are still needed for safety engineering success
Prevent storage tank fires
Implementing these safety rules can reduce risk
- Brazil's Petrobras to invest $4.8 B in integration between Reduc refinery and Boaventura complex 7/8
- Braskem completes first sale of circular polyethylene in South America 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
