Maintenance & Reliability
Japan's Eneos says unplanned shutdown began at 145,000-bpd Sendai CDU on May 23
Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp., experienced an unplanned shutdown of the 145,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sendai refinery in northern Japan, starting May 23.
ADNOC, TotalEnergies announce national launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants in Egypt
ADNOC Distribution, in partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt (TEME), has announced the launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants across Egypt.
Process safety management in transfer and stockpiling operations—Part 1
The stockpiling of assets requires a significant amount of energy that can be stored in tanks and pipes. Because of this, the most adverse scenarios related to process safety can occur in the transfer and stockpiling areas.
Enhance rotating equipment reliability: Implementing a bad actor program in the oil and gas industry
Bad actor programs—a process for identifying and addressing assets that are causing problems in a system—play a critical role in enhancing equipment reliability and optimizing maintenance costs within industrial plants. This article explores the implementation of such a program at Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu natural gas liquids Fractionation Department, focusing on rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors, turbines and motors.
ExxonMobil ramps up unit at 250,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) to full capacity
ExxonMobil's 250,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) brought the catalytic cracker unit back to full capacity.
Hunt Refining's Tuscaloosa refinery (U.S.) expedites maintenance, repairs on fire-damaged coker unit
Hunt Refining has expedited and started maintenance and repairs on the fire-damaged coker unit at its 63,000-bpd petroleum refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama last week.
ExxonMobil Joliet refinery (U.S.) running unit at reduced rate
ExxonMobil was operating the catalytic cracker unit at its 275,000-bpd Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) refinery at reduced rates earlier this week. The refinery ran its 98,000-bpd catalytic cracker unit at approximately 50% capacity due to unspecified mechanical issues.
ExxonMobil working to resolve operational issue at refinery in Illinois (U.S.)
ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it was working to resolve an issue at its 275,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.).
Indonesia's Pertamina refinery unit plans 30-day shutdown of Dumai plant in October
The refining unit of Indonesian state energy company Pertamina plans a 30-day shut down of its Dumai refinery in October, chief executive Taufik Aditiyawarman said.
Russia's idle oil refining capacity revised up by 30% in May
Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity has been revised up by 29.5% in May from the previous plan to 3.41 MM tonnes (t).
- Chiyoda, AVEVA forge strategic partnership to power plantOS with AVEVA CONNECT 6/27
- 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
