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Alfa Laval continues to expand its product portfolio

Alfa Laval has acquired the Olmi S.p.A., an Italian company specialized in the designing and manufacturing of shell and tube heat exchangers and air coolers for niche applications in the petrochemical, power and oil and gas industries.

Merichem introduces product to sweeten mercaptans in jet fuel

Merichem has launched MERICAT J, a next-generation technology to remove heavy mercaptans in jet fuel, kerosene and other middle distillate streams.

Nalco and LUKOIL form energy chemicals JV for Western Siberia

Nalco’s Russian subsidiary has formed a joint venture with a subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL to provide energy chemicals and services in Western Siberia.

Best practices in treating liquefied petroleum gas are defined

Energy Industries Engineering and Design Consultant Company (EIED): Ardalan, B.  |  Khorsand Movaghar, M.  |  Maleki, M.

Advantages of removing H2S before the LPG unit and energy optimization of the LPG splitter

Maximize return on capital projects

Fluor: Humphries, J.

How to achieve all of your major capital investments objectives on budget and schedule

Consider new coatings for maintenance turnaround

SemCrude: Karner, C.
Sherwin-Williams: Toews, B.

Epoxy system provides speed of application as well as environmental benefits for large storage tanks

Improve engineering via whole-plant design optimization

Process Systems Enterprise Ltd.: Matzopoulos, M.
Repsol (Technology Unit): Martín Rodríguez, H.
Process Systems Enterprise, Inc.: Cano, A.

New simulation methods identify cost-effective advantages early

Viewpoint: Project engineering—myth and reality

MWKellog: Moulik, S.

Today, the term project engineer is used in a very wide spectrum in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry. Starting from an assistant to the project manager, engineering manager..

Convert waste heat into eco-friendly energy

WorleyParsons: Bourji, A.  |  Barnhart, J.  |  Winningham, J.  |  Winstead, A.

New developments, such as the organic Rankine cycle, help operations go ‘green’

Optimize heat exchanger installations

Fluor Daniel India (1): Mandal, M.

This case study proves that a systematic approach for thermal design can identify substantial savings in projects