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Yokogawa, UptimeAI partner to enhance asset performance management in industrial plants

Yokogawa Electric Corporation and UptimeAI Inc. announced a strategic agreement aimed at dramatically enhancing asset performance management in industrial plants. The agreement is underscored by a capital investment in UptimeAI by Yokogawa.

Digital Exclusive (sponsored): Improve efficiency via centralized data and advanced collaboration

This article will detail how companies can use digital solutions to transform their engineering and data management by seamlessly integrating real-time data across the entire asset lifecycle, enabling faster, more accurate decision-making to improve efficiency, increase safety, minimize downtime and enhance profitability.

South Korea's GS Caltex plans Yeosu refinery maintenance in late February

The maintenance at its 330,000-bpd crude distillation unit is expected to last for around 30 days

CVR Energy says fire extinguished at Coffeyville, Kansas (U.S.) refinery

CVR Energy said a fire that broke out in the naphtha hydrotreater unit at a Coffeyville, Kansas refinery operated by a subsidiary has been extinguished.

Digital Exclusive: Managing reliability and asset management performance in the Yanbu refinery through the implementation of a reliable operations committee program

One of the most important aspects in having successful reliability and asset management performance is to establish a tracking mechanism to monitor, control and manage key performance indicator (KPI) performance, which is the focus of this article.

Update: Colonial Pipeline's main U.S. gasoline artery likely shut until Friday

Colonial Pipeline's main U.S. gasoline artery is expected to remain shut through Friday as the company continues to search for the source of a suspected leak in Paulding County, Georgia.

Shell, CNOOC take FID on 1.6-MMtpy petrochemical complex expansion in China

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), a joint venture between Shell Nanhai B.V. and CNOOC Petrochemicals Investment Ltd, has taken a final investment decision to expand its petrochemical complex in Daya Bay, Huizhou, south China.

KT-Kinetics Technology, NEXTCHEM awarded contracts for Petronas hydrogen unit

Part of a new biorefinery within Petronas' Malaysian Pengerang Integrated Complex, the 38,000-m3/hr production unit will supply hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogenated vegetable oil.

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical to invest $2.9 B to upgrade Chinese operations

To maintain its capacity in crude oil processing and make other operational upgrades, the company will shut down existing 18 sets of oil refining devices and install new ones. The new installations will have a capacity to refine 1.2 MMtpy of ethylene.

Vioneo to use Honeywell UOP's methanol-to-olefins technology for Antwerp plant

Vioneo will use Honeywell's advanced methanol-to-olefins conversion technology to produce plastics without the need for traditional feedstock made from fossil fuels