Refining

Honeywell UOP and Crystaphase provide a case study in how refineries can proactively protect against unexpected silicon poisoning.

CB&I has been awarded contracts by four PetroChina refineries for the license, engineering design and proprietary equipment supply of alkylation units.

Following the impact of Hurricane Harvey on US Gulf Coast refiners, the EPA has exercised its emergency fuel waiver authority for Gulf and East Coast states.

Schneider Electric has signed a contract to provide comprehensive process automation systems, solutions and services to the Dangote greenfield refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.

Bapco is using GE’s mobile water technology to convert seawater into usable water at the Awali refinery.

KBC has acquired ebullated-bed kinetic reactor model technology from Princeton Process Engineers (PPE).

PEC has reported a net profit of S$13.9 million in FY17 compared to S$22.3 million in the corresponding period of last year.

Fluor Corp. recently celebrated 20 years of providing engineering, procurement and construction support services for Irving Oil Ltd.

The refining and shipping industries will experience rapid change due to new marine bunker fuels regulations. LNG will be part of the solution, according to IHS Markit.

Burckhardt Compression will deliver its Laby® compressor system for the largest MEG plant in the US.

Sinopec has provided updates and outlooks on its refining and chemicals businesses.

The US IEA claims that it is too soon to assess how long oil production and refining operations will be disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey.

This follows Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the US in June.

The Abu Dhabi International Downstream Summit will focus the digital future, where big data analysis will provide the clues to incremental process improvements.

Pemex will carry out major maintenance works at the Francisco I. Madero refinery in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico.