Environment & Safety
Trends in catalysis research to meet future refining needs Table 6
Table 6. Processes and new developments for atmospheric and vacuum residue ..
HP Automation Safety: Importance of the safety manual
It is the beginning of 2003, a good time for improving process safety. The new IEC 61511 standard for the process industries has passed voting on part 1 (the meat!). Most in the U.S. ex..
Valve signatures and partial stroke testing
The technology can be used on any valve without shutting down the process
Thermal oxidizing systems
Test your knowledge to improve your refinery’s safety and reliability
What is the optimum U.S. mogas sulfur content?
Simple algebraic optimization method provides the answer to this and other environmental and plant risk management questions
Improve estimations for dynamic pressure waves from an explosion
Using a polar coordinate system, engineers can estimate risks on buildings and structures during the design phase
Improve facility SIS performance and reliability
Use solenoids to partial stroke test block valves
Operator maintenance - key to reducing breakdowns
Here are the benefits and implementation procedures
Pregrouted baseplates reduce installation time and costs
Improving pump reliability is another benefit
Critical situation management – avoid the pitfalls
Guidelines are based on over 50 projects
- Refinery closures may lead to higher gasoline prices on the U.S. West Coast 7/9
- INNIO Group, Gföllner Group establish JV, offering power solutions to the U.S. market 7/9
- U.S. crude stockpiles increase, gasoline falls on July 4 driving demand 7/9
- 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
