Europe
Technip awarded €100mn EPC contract for Canada oil sands project
France-based Technip said it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) support contract worth approximately €100mn for the Horizon oil sands project in Fort McMurray, Canada.
Deferred maintenance causes upsurge in pump failures
Not addressing the root cause of a failure puts resources and employees at risk
Avoid costly engineering faults, missteps and miscalculations
Experience does count, especially in achieving success in capital and revamp projects
Nickel recycle: Extending service life for reformer tubes
Case studies investigate methods to conserve high-nickel tubes for fertilizer facilities
Consider new materials for ethylene furnace applications
An innovative metallurgy solves maintenance issues
Testing and repair options for critical dry-gas seal: Updates
Do your research when sending compressor seals out for renovations
How to justify root-cause failure analysis for pumps
New method uses annualized risk to determine RCFA analysis levels
Spiral heat exchanger in desalter service solves fouling issues
Technology offers problem-free operation along with considerable maintenance savings
Optimize reordering of critical raw materials and parts
New models evaluate the ‘total’ costs in receiving and storing materials for a refinery
Case 62: Useful shaft stress equations to remember
Committing several equations to memory can be useful
- BASF supports European 1,4‑butanediol supply security through increased production in Ludwigshafen 2/16
- Vitol backs proposed $3-billion LNG power plant for South Africa's Durban port 2/16
- HAMR Energy receives additional funding for low-carbon liquid fuels projects 2/16
- NASCAR names POET official bioethanol partner: Becomes first major motorsports series to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol 2/16
- ExxonMobil starts third advanced plastics recycling unit at Baytown complex 2/16
- Geoinform, subsidiary of the MOL Group, signs strategic cooperation agreement with Baker Hughes 2/16
