Equipment
Improve sour water stripper unit performance via feed sour water preconditioning
Sour water stripper (SWS) units in refinery operations are often exposed to several challenges, such as corrosion, low efficiency, decreased capacity, solids fouling and equipment plugging. This article explores some of those challenges.
Gulf Energy Information and CompareNetworks announce strategic media partnership to elevate pharma and lab content at ChemE Show 2026
Gulf Energy Information, a global leader in B2B media, data, and events for the process industries, announced a strategic media partnership with CompareNetworks, a premier media and technology company serving the life science, applied science, engineering sectors.
Ch0C gas boiler: A French consortium innovates for industrial decarbonization
The low-carbon gas boiler Ch0C has just been commissioned at the Villers-Saint-Paul site (Oise) after only three years of agile and collaborative work.
BEL Valves supplies six-figure order for Europe’s largest processing plant
BEL Valves, which manufactures high integrity valves, complete with actuation and control systems for oil and gas, hydrogen (H2) and carbon capture installations, has supplied valves worth six figures to Norwegian multinational energy company, Equinor for its Kårstø processing plant in Norway.
PETRONAS Lubricants India secures aftermarket service fill contract from Mahindra Automotive Division
PETRONAS Lubricants (India) Pvt. Ltd. (PLIPL), a subsidiary of PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI), has been awarded the aftermarket service fill contract by Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Mahindra), India's leading SUV manufacturer, strengthening its footprint in the country's automotive lubricant segment.
Yokogawa collaborates with Shell on robotics and AI technology for plant maintenance
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has formalized a long-term agreement with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. to integrate and further develop technologies for utilizing robots and drones in plant monitoring and maintenance.
Alder Process Technology uses APS to produce low-carbon marine fuels
Alder Process Technology has provided recent progress on its efforts to accelerate decarbonization of the marine fuel sector using Alder Pyrolytic Sugars (APS). APS is created using our proprietary biocrude oil fractionation technology, which converts fast pyrolysis oil derived from sustainably sourced biomass into two products: the pyrolytic sugar fraction, resulting in APS, and the pyrolytic lignin fraction, resulting in Alder Renewable Crude (ARC).
Phoenix Contact introduces intrinsic safety versions of the MINI Analog Pro Ex conditioners for hazardous areas
Phoenix Contact introduced intrinsic safety versions of the MINI Analog Pro Ex signal conditioners, featuring both energy-limiting and functional safety in a compact package. With these new signal conditioners, process engineers can isolate, convert, filter, and amplify signals in the most hazardous areas.
Carbon capture tops agenda at GPAE Conference 2025
Gas Processors Association Europe brings together leading specialists at annual event in Netherlands to analyze the challenges and opportunities presented by technology at heart of Europe’s decarbonization strategy
bp completes turnaround work at 250,000-bpd refinery in Washington (U.S.)
bp's 250,000-bpd Cherry Point refinery has completed a major turnaround, the company said.
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- SABIC announces closure of Olefins 6 facility in Teesside, UK 6/27
- LyondellBasell's polyolefin technologies selected by SHCCIG Yulin for petrochemicals complex in China 6/27
- Damaged unit of Iran's South Pars refinery back operating 6/27
- hte conducts research for JGC to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking 6/26
- TES and CPC Finland to develop 500-MW e-NG project in Finland 6/26
