August 2018

To mitigate leakage, mechanical seals are one of the most critical components for centrifugal pumps.

Increasing competitive pressures in process industries, including oil and gas, are driving dramatic changes in the operational needs of process plants, utilities and pipelines.

Pressure relief valves (PRVs) protect equipment from excessive overpressure and, in case of emergency situations, they should ensure a sufficient discharge of mass to reduce the pressure below the recommended pressure limits.

A debutanizer column was experiencing unstable operation, with frequent pressure swings and product composition fluctuations from the column overheads system.

Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.

Raw wellhead natural gas is a complex mixture of methane (CH₄), hydrocarbon condensates, natural gas liquids (NGL), water, contaminants, hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrogen, mercury and other compounds.

Oil refineries provide a smorgasbord of challenging applications for instrumentation engineers and technicians.

Overall energy management and operational conservation have become crucial factors for profitability in today’s refining segment.

The industrial manufacturing sector is grappling with an unprecedented number of challenges.

Refiners are becoming increasingly dependent on opportunity crudes to stay competitive and enhance margins in the industry’s present uncertain state.

Wastewater treatment units (WWTUs) in petroleum refineries are designed to meet effluent limitations incorporated into National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for “conventional pollutants.”

At the end of this month, Hydrocarbon Processing will honor the latest technological advances in the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) at an awards gala.

In mid-2017, we received a well-written request from a young reliability engineer.

Hydrotesting is performed on piping and vessels to verify their integrity.

If chemical companies want to remain competitive and move forward in a changing world, they must rapidly adopt innovative technologies.

The 2017 process instrumentation and automation (PI&A) market in the US, valued at $13.4 B, is projected to grow 3.7% by 2022 to a total of $16 B.

As the world’s population increases and living standards continue to improve, the demand for energy and chemicals is stronger than ever before.

From September 25–26, Hydrocarbon Processing will bring its International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) back to the US.

Refining is the process of separating crude oil into different hydrocarbon groups through distillation.

With the exception of fuel oil, US product markets showed losses against pressure from across the barrel and high crude oil prices.

According to Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database, nearly 150 new projects have been announced in the downstream processing industries this year.

Carboline has released Carboquick® 200, a high-build, one-coat, quick-drying polyaspartic coating that can be applied directly to metal.

Elliott Group has appointed Mark Babyak as VP of its cryodynamic products business, formerly the cryodynamics division of Ebara Intl. Corp.