Refining
How Bluetooth® technology extends the capabilities and connectivity of wired instrumentation
One day at a refinery, operators call an instrument tech to the control room and point to the screen.
VOC reduction at Raffineria di Milazzo’s SRU complex—Part 2
Based on new environmental regulations focusing on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the emissions point of a refinery’s sulfur recovery unit (SRU), Raffineria di Milazzo—a JV between Eni and Kuwait Petroleum Italia—carried out troubleshooting activities to identify and implement suitable actions to minimize the concentration of VOCs at the emissions point of the SRU complex.
Maximizing profitability by operationalizing performance criteria
In the hydrocarbon and other process industries, engineering and operations teams have a fundamental responsibility to maximize asset profitability.
Maintenance and Reliability: Non-standard flanges for catalytic cracking units
In more complex petroleum refineries, a secondary processing step may be implemented in more complex petroleum refineries to produce more usable end products.
Steam-surface condensers: Lessons from the field
Steam-surface condensers are used throughout the refining, petrochemical and chemical industries.
Chinese refiner Chambroad set to start bitumen plant in Hainan
China's Chambroad Petrochemicals is set to start operating a refining unit in the southern province of Hainan in May to produce mainly bitumen with an aim to export the material used to pave roads.
Neste completed second series of runs at its Porvoo refinery
Neste has successfully concluded its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.
Qantas, Airbus to invest in Australian biofuel refinery
Qantas Airways Ltd and Airbus SE will jointly invest $1.34 MM in a biofuel refinery being set up in Australia's Queensland state that would convert agricultural by-products into sustainable aviation fuel.
Honeywell to support world’s largest renewable fuels plant in Panama
Honeywell announced that SGP BioEnergy will implement Honeywell’s Experion System Technology at its Golden City Biorefinery in Colón, Panama.
CIB to invest C$277-MM in Shell-Suncor biorefinery in Quebec
Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) said on Monday it would invest C$277-MM in a carbon recycling facility in Quebec run by a joint-venture backed by Shell and Suncor Energy Inc.

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