Petrochemicals
Neste Jacobs to analyze energy efficiency to Borealis Porvoo site
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and Borealis have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform an energy screening for all production units at Borealis’ site in Porvoo, Finland.
Shell’s Singapore ethylene cracker to restart in a few weeks
Shell is expecting to restart its ethylene cracker at Pulau Bukom, Singapore, in the next few weeks following an unplanned shutdown.
Westermo switches used in control networks at Czech petrochemical plant
Unipetrol’s Chempark Záluží has installed a new network for power control and distribution using Westermo switches to support applications in the ethylene unit.
Jacobs to provide EPCM services to Olin Gulf Coast chemical plants
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a multi-year contract from Olin Corp. to provide EPCM services to several US facilities.
Lessons learned in commercial scale-up of new chemical processes
Commercializing a new chemical process can be as simple as installing one or more homogenous batch reactor(s), or as complex as designing a fully integrated chemical complex requiring one or more heterogeneous reaction steps processing gas, liquid and/or solids, with other units required to prepare feeds, recover products/byproducts and recycle streams.
Measure naturally occurring radioactive material in polypropylene plants
In the petrochemical industry, process plants often rely on radiation-based level and density detectors.
The history, and possible future, of model-less multivariable control
Terms such as “model-less,” “small-matrix” and “operational” do not, as yet, evoke the same excitement that accompanied the historic arrival of model-based predictive multivariable control three decades ago.
Optimize a CDU using process simulation and statistical modeling methods
A methodology was implemented to optimize the operation of a refinery crude distillation unit (CDU) using a combination of process simulation and statistical modeling methods.
People
Dr. Christoph Wegner will become president of BASF’s Information Services and Supply Chain Operations division, effective December 1, 2016.
Innovations
Where large machines are in use and the overall processes depend on a smoothly functioning plant, companies often rely on fixed maintenance schedules and diagnostic tools.
- Methanol Reformer to supply Mitsubishi Gas Chemical with L18 methanol reformer technology 12/10
- Clariant’s CATOFIN™ catalyst innovation boosts performance in Ningxia Runfeng’s PDH operations 12/10
- Opinion: Trump sanctions on Lukoil, Rosneft could reshuffle global oil map 12/10
- HF Sinclair forecasts lower CAPEX in 2026 on reduced maintenance costs 12/10
- Aster to carry out further upgrades at Singapore Bukom refinery 12/10
- EIA: U.S. crude stocks fall, fuel inventories rise on robust refining 12/10
