Process Optimization
Protect tanks with pilot-operated vent valves
A number of devices are available for protecting low-pressure American Petroleum Institute (API) tanks against overpressurization. A case study demonstrates the need for the designer to analyze the en..
Optimizing turbomachinery energy savings with control technologies
Plant managers who work in a hydrocarbon-processing-industry (HPI), power-generation or other industrial facility can relate to the need to optimize energy consumption. Opportunities to reduce unneces..
HP Refining: Peru: Modernization of the Talara refinery
The mega-project expansion at the Talara refinery is the foundation of Petroperu’s new strategic plan to increase refining capacity and reduce the sulfur content in refined products.
HP Viewpoint: Must devices be certified for use in safety instrumented systems?
For decades, process industries have used different forms of safety control based on what was available in the market. The simple answer to the question of whether SIS devices need to be certified is, "No," but operators and the industry as a whole continue to ask for certification anyway. Why is this?
HP News
Russian blending facility utilizes advanced control technologyLUKOIL’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez gasoline blending facility in Kstovo, Russia, will integrate Honeywell software, which is designed ..
HP New Developments
NEO Monitors’ mid-infrared (IR) sensors will help global industries better control emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides.
Louisiana refiner contracts CB&I on $100M project for Tier 3 clean fuels
The scope of work at the refinery in Louisiana includes detailed engineering, procurement, module fabrication and site construction of a naphtha hydrotreater and a revamp of an existing gasoline selective hydrotreater, which uses CB&I's CDHydro and CDHDS technology.
INEOS starts building Europe's largest ethane tank to import US feedstocks
The investment in the Grangemouth tank and infrastructure is part of the company’s £450 million rescue package to equip the site to import ethane gas from the US.
Maire Tecnimont wins EPC work for upgrade of Poland’s Gdansk refinery
The deal includes the implementation of a delayed coking unit, a coker naphtha hydrotreating unit, a hydrogen production unit (licensed by KT) together with ancillary units at the Gdansk refinery.
CB&I wins maintenance work on Canadian coker
"This award demonstrates CB&I's ability to provide comprehensive solutions throughout the lifecycle of a refining project," said Chip Ray, president of CB&I's capital services operating group.
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