Process Optimization
HP Construction: North America
C&I Engineering has completed the startup of what is said to be the world’s only dimethyl sulfide (DMS) plant, which is a cooperative venture between Hunt Refining Co. and Gaylord Chemical Co. LL..
HP Construction: South America
Ecopetrol has successfully started up two new units for producing ultra-low-sulfur diesel(Prime-D) and ultra-low-sulfur gasoline (Prime-G+), as part of its hydrotreating (HDT) project at its Barrancab..
HP Construction: Europe
Burckhardt Compression will deliver three process gas compressors to LUKOIL for its refinery-upgrade project in Volgograd, Russia. The compressors will be used as hydrogen-makeup compressors in the di..
HP Construction: Middle East
Foster Wheeler USA Corp. has been awarded a project-management consultancy (PMC) contract by Carbon Holdings for a petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, with a nameplate capacity to produce 1.35..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
The Linde Group and Haldor Topsøe will supply the syngas treatment and methanation unit for POSCO’s synthetic natural gas (SNG) plant. The new plant will be erected in Gwangyang, South Korea..
HP Impact: Fieldbus Foundation registers devices with advanced field diagnostics
The Fieldbus Foundation has registered the first FOUNDATION fieldbus devices incorporating advanced field diagnostics technology. The new registration requirements help to standardize how fieldbus dev..
HP Integration Strategies: Future of the collaborative process automation system
ARC conceived the Collaborative Process Automation Systems (CPAS) in 2002 in response to DCS end users’ requests for us to provide a vision of how process automation systems should evolve. Client..
HP Reliability: Wire mesh vs. wire size for temporary strainers
Even an experienced reliability professional may find some customary terminology dealing with wire gauge and wire mesh to be confusing. Our HPIn Reliability column of April 2009 mentioned pump suction..
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 3
In Part 3, we will discuss the typical responsibilities of a utility process engineer to manage their systems and to interface with process engineers at all of the production units within the complex...
Siirtec Nigi lands large Shah gas development contracts
Siirtec Nigi S.p.A. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts by Saipem S.p.A. to design and supply eight packages, each including burner, reaction furnace, steam drum, waste heat boiler, and 20 sulfur condensers.
- TotalEnergies extends its fuel price cap policy in France until the end of April 4/7
- Navigating the montan wax challenge with renewable alternatives for polymers 4/7
- AFR selects Axens as technology provider for Texas (U.S.) refinery 4/7
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf 4/6
- Damietta Green Ammonia completes pre-FEED for $873-MM, 150,000-tpy green ammonia facility 4/6
- EIB and Eni sign €500-MM in financing for new biorefinery in Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi 4/6
