Environment & Safety
New API Standard provides comprehensive information on flares
The mechanical aspects for safe design and operation of flaring systems are defined for the first time publicly
Improve your facility's PHA methodology
Engage, motivate and challenge your process safety team
HP Automation Safety: Let the numbers answer the question
Many companies in the hydrocarbon processing industry are working to understand and implement the new functional safety standards. I am not sure why there is so much interest, but many say they are lo..
Avoid retrofit pitfalls through improved FEED
Incomplete front-end engineering efforts can be costly oversights and contribute to project overruns and missed goals
Case history: Fawley FCCU olefins project
Careful planning enabled the delivery, construction and installation of a replacement 860-ton reactor within a 64-day turnaround
Review fundamentals when retrofitting for ULSD
The success of revamps is driven by accurate front-end process design. Performing feasibility studies controls cost estimates and ensures meeting goals for upgrades
Case history: Desulfurization of FCC naphtha
This refiner used pilot-plant testing of actual refinery FCC streams to find the best technology for blending 10-ppm gasoline
Apply new strategies for your clean fuels programs
Credits and allotments for early compliance with low-sulfur fuels can be effective business tools
Apply online analyzers to monitor 'sulfur-free' fuel
New x-ray fluorescence methods enable real-time detection of low sulfur concentration in hydrocarbons
Plan for success with your clean fuels program
Producing low-sulfur transportation fuels involves more than selecting process options. Here are other vital key issues to consider
- TotalEnergies extends its fuel price cap policy in France until the end of April 4/7
- Navigating the montan wax challenge with renewable alternatives for polymers 4/7
- AFR selects Axens as technology provider for Texas (U.S.) refinery 4/7
- Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, IRGC says 4/7
- Iran's Marvdasht Petrochemical complex attacked by US and Israel 4/7
- Fluor awarded engineering and design contract for America First Refining's refinery in South Texas 4/7
