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Conceptualizing a mega-integrated refinery and petrochemical complex: A case study

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2018
Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Dass, T.
Aromatics / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Environment & Safety / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Gasoline / Asia/Pacific / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Naphtha / Octane / Piping / Polymers / Products / Pumps / Reactors / Petrochemicals / Process Control / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Safety / Utilities

<i>Integration</i> is the new keyword for sustainability and profit in today’s oil and gas market scenario.

Improve refinery production and efficiency with asset monitoring

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2018
Emerson Automation Solutions: Donnangelo, M.
Analyzers / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Motors / Products / Pumps / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Turbines / Utilities / Valves / Refining / Process Control / Maintenance & Reliability

The sheer volume of equipment in a refinery—from vessels, columns, huge structures and mazes of pipes to pumps, valves, controllers and instruments—is staggering.

Getting onboard with modernization

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2018
Schneider Electric: Robling, D.
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Maintenance & Reliability / Petrochemicals / Process Control / Refining / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Utilities

While electrical equipment typically has a lengthy lifespan, it is not meant to last, or be relevant, forever.

Business Trends: A strategic energy solution

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2018
Foster Wheeler: Giglio, R.
Environment & Safety / Biofuels / Corrosion / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Greenhouse Gases / Products / Process Optimization / Refining / Turbines / Utilities / Americas / Middle East

Refining is the process of separating crude oil into different hydrocarbon groups through distillation.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2018
Acid Gas Removal / Analyzers / Catalysts / Cetane / Construction / Corrosion / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Gasoline / Gas Processing/LNG / Greenhouse Gases / Heat Transfer / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Maintenance & Reliability / Management / Middle East / Europe / Africa / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Natural Gas / Octane / People / Process Control / Process Optimization / Polymers / Products / Pumps / Reactors / Refining / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Sulfur / Treating / Turbines / Utilities / Valves

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.

Digital: Looking to boost safety? Reliable operations are the key

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2018
Emerson Automation Solutions: Carugo, M.
Environment & Safety / Maintenance & Reliability / Process Control / Process Optimization / Refining / Analyzers / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Pumps / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Turbines / Utilities / Valves

Equipment failures are the thorn in every industrial plant’s side.

Digital: Maximize return on capital investment with predictive maintenance

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2018
AVEVA: Newton, M.
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Corrosion / Analyzers / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Utilities / Valves

Oil and gas professionals are well aware of the pressures companies face in the market.

Configuration study and design of sour water stripper units for a refinery revamp

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2018
Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Das, S.  |  Singh, N. K.
Process Control / Refining / Crude oil / Engineering & Design / Treating / Utilities

As demand for oil products increases, refiners are expanding the capacity of their crude processing facilities to accommodate higher throughput.

Prevent buckling of tanks with external rafters

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2018
Suncor Energy Inc.: Tharakan, J.
Maintenance & Reliability / Engineering & Design / Safety / Utilities

Most cone roof tanks are designed with roof-supporting structures inside the tank.

Keep a floating roof on an even keel

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2018
Emerson Automation Solutions: Skogberg, P.
Maintenance & Reliability / Safety / Utilities

Users of large liquid hydrocarbon storage tanks at refineries and terminals must solve a variety of problems and make trade-offs related to vapor emissions and general structural integrity for these massive containers.