Environment & Safety
HP Automation Safety: Still not using a safety PLC?
The concept of using a special-purpose programmable logic control (PLC)/controller designed for fail-safe operation started over 25 years ago. The early programmable machines were designed applying th..
Choosing the wrong flame arrestor can prevent capacity enhancement
This Iranian gas facility debottlenecked its process and increased production
Clean fuel trends in Asia: Contribution of MTBE
Growing vehicle population requires innovative solutions to curb air emissions
Improve prediction of cetane index and smoke point
New correlations more accurately estimate properties for conventional and oil sands-derived middle distillates
New power approach reduces air emissions
Integrating binary power plants conserves heat energy and generates electricity for bitumen extraction site
Consider coal for olefins production
Advanced methods use methanol as a valuable processing step to convert coal into various petrochemicals
HP Automation Safety: All failures are systematic
      For many years, a debate has been ongoing over random vs. systematic failures. Why all the fuss? In functional safety work, one must treat "systematic" failures very differently f..
Your control room may not be in the safest plant location
Here's how to ensure that operators can provide their peak performance
Capture the long-term benefits of operator training simulators
Here are the prerequisites, pitfalls and vision for the future
Use real-time optimization for low-sulfur gasoline production
As the main sulfur source in the gasoline pool, fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) gasoline cuts must undergo severe hydrodesulfurization (HDS) processing to achieve ultra-low-sulfur gasoline (ULSG) pool s..
- 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
