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Spiral heat exchanger in desalter service solves fouling issues

Alfa Laval: Wajciechowski, C.

Technology offers problem-free operation along with considerable maintenance savings

Design an efficient exchanger network

KBS Co: Rikhtehgar, F.

Advanced heat integration and pinch technology reduces energy consumption

HPIn Europe: Biofuels audience warms to advocate for third industrial revolution

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

Here is a thesis on energy that’s being expounded at the heart of European policy-making these days: Thirty years after peak oil per capita and at the apex of peak globalization, the machines and..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP, is advancing a feasibility study to construct a world-scale ethane cracker and ethylene derivatives at one of its existing facilities in the US Gulf Coast region. Th..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Braskem-Idesa, the joint venture between Braskem and Idesa, has taken another important step in developing its Ethylene XXI project in Mexico. The JV has chosen Technip as the technology provider for ..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Uhde has begun construction of what is said to be its first-ever skid-mounted chlor-alkali electrolysis plant in Leuna, Germany. Leuna-Harze GmbH, one of Europe’s leading producers of epoxy resin..

HP Construction: Neste Oil celebrates the grand opening of its ISCC-certified renewable diesel plant in Singapore

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Neste Oil with Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Mr. Teo Chee Hean; Finnish Minister for Ownership Steering, Mr. Jyri Häkämies; and some 200 guests celebrated ..

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

EYESIM Virtual Reality now available on iPhone and iPadFollowing the successful launch of the innovative Virtual Reality training system EYESIM, Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of te..

Mexico needs new oil investment to avoid becoming net importer by 2020 - study

Without sufficient investments in upstream oil field activities utilizing new and advanced technologies, Mexico faces the prospect of becoming a net oil importer in 10 years, according to a new research study.

EIA releases annual US energy outlook, sees strong growth in shale production

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) this week released the complete version of its 2011 annual energy outlook (AEO2011), which includes 57 sensitivity cases that show how different assumptions regarding market, policy, and technology drivers affect prior projections of energy production, consumption, technology, and market trends.