Middle East
World’s largest GTL facility turns to LIMS for enhanced operations
Pearl GTL is using a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) to manage, analyze and integrate data that keeps the plant functioning securely and efficiently.
HP Reliability: Four-stage, low-flow process centrifugal compressor can fill important industry gaps
In the 1970s and 1980s, multistage centrifugal compressors in the 3,000 acfm (about 5,000m3/hr) and lower flow ranges were largely confined to instrument and plant air duties. Three stages with interc..
HP Integration Strategies: Consider procedural automation at a commercial-scale pilot plant
“All processes are batch processes to some degree. Even in ‘continuous’ process plants, processing units will need to be shut down at some point and then restarted to resume production...
HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: Outlook for major revamp projects—Part 2
Worldwide, refiners are investing billions in upgrading and modernizing projects. These efforts are focused on:Increasing flexibility to process heavier, sourer crudesImproving energy efficiencyMeetin..
HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 74: How to determine impact forces when troubleshooting
When troubleshooting failures, it is not unusual for the metallurgical report to indicate that the failure was the result of an impact type of force. The investigator who receives this information mus..
HP Industry Perspectives: US oil and gas executives energized for the year ahead
A recent survey of US executives by the KPMG Global Energy Institute supports growing optimism in the domestic energy and manufacturing industries. Much of the renewed enthusiasm is strongly linked to..
Kazakhstan to upgrade, expand Pavlodar refinery
The project will boost processing capacity to 7 million metric tpy of oil, up from 5 million tpy now. The works are slated for completion in 2018. Built in 1978, Pavlodar is the largest oil refinery in Kazakhstan.
Technip, ExxonMobil to license cumene technology for Saudi Rabigh project
Technip and ExxonMobil Chemical were awarded a contract to provide proprietary technology for a 384,000 tpy cumene plant as part of the Rabigh phase two project in Saudi Arabia. The contract includes technology license, engineering, training and start-up services for the cumene plant.
Dana Gas rebuilds, expands LPG production facility near northern Iraq
Dana Gas and its partners have invested some $1 billion in Iraq's Kurdistan, where it is producing joint gas from the Khor Mor in a joint venture with Crescent Petroleum, OMV and MOL.
China's Cnooc considers investment in Uganda refinery, pipeline plan
Cnooc has expressed interest in investing in Uganda's oil refinery and a crude export pipeline. The Chinese company reportedly expressed interest in two projects following a meeting between company chairman Wang Yilin and Uganda's prime minister Amama Mbabazi.
- Transition Industries signs agreements for the Pacifico Mexinol Project, an ultra-low carbon chemical production facility 7/3
- Bangkok Airways introduces SAF on commercial flights 7/3
- EcoCeres secures SAF contract with British Airways to help reduce carbon emissions 7/3
- Air Liquide to invest up to $200 MM in Louisiana, U.S. to support industrial growth 7/3
- MOL completes the acquisition of LBC Tank Terminals 7/3
- BHP awards charter contracts for two ammonia dual-fueled vessels 7/3
