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Equipment

How pipeline management becomes part of a plant safety strategy

HIMA Americas, Inc.: Liston, C.

A typical refinery or chemical plant contains miles of pipelines.

Optimize your insulation to reduce costs

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a common problem that is shared by the oil and gas (onshore and offshore), refining, petrochemical, power and manufacturing industries.

Establishing a plastics processing sector in NE India—A short analysis

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd.: Phukan, P. K.

The Assam gas cracker project was proposed as a part of the implementation of the Assam Accord, which was signed on August 15, 1985.

Energy losses from the radiant firebox wall of pyrolysis furnaces

Braskem S.A.: Bueno, A.  |  Regueira, V.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Leite, L.

The steam cracking unit is highly energy demanding, requiring high-severity pyrolysis furnaces to break the carbon-carbon bonds, as well as high pressure for the purification of its products.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Andrew, Bob

Hawk Measurement Systems has announced a new OptioLaser S300 that can be used for the detection of all types of liquids, regardless of their dielectric properties.

Business Trends: Rejuvenating the contract “spine” of megaprojects—Part 1

Energy Contract Solutions Pte. Ltd.: Crossley, B.
Chevron: McLeod, G.

Business executives and project managers are grappling with challenging business environments and a 20-yr legacy of failing megaprojects.

Digital: Operational excellence index—Part 2: The digital transformation

Petrotechnics: Lehmann, S.

Without a doubt, digitalization is the engine fueling the growing adoption of operational excellence (OE) in hazardous industries.

Viewpoint: Digitalization is key to increasing the process industry’s productivity

Neste Engineering Solutions: Tuomaala, P.

Consumers are continuously looking for healthier, safer and more environmentally sustainable products.

Preventing wire wooling journal bearing failure

Saudi Aramco: Brashler, K.

This work details the operation of a 21,000-HP, five-stage barrel pump utilized for seawater injection service.

How the “LLF” condition monitoring technique can improve manufactured product profitability

Bahrain Petroleum Co. (Bapco): Das, S.

Technological advances have allowed predictive maintenance (i.e., condition-based maintenance) to overtake preventive maintenance in plant operations. “Look, listen and feel (LLF)” is a condition monitoring technique that improves the reliability of equipment and machinery in manifolds.