Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) signed an agreement Baltic Chemical Plant LLC (BCP) and JSC RusGazDobycha subsidiary for the supply of alpha-olefins production technology for the construction of a gas chemical complex as part of an ethane-containing gas processing complex on the…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Bukhara Refinery LLC, a subsidiary of JSC Uzbekneftegaz, will use UOP technology to increase crude oil conversion and produce cleaner-burning Euro-V standard gasoline and diesel fuel in compliance with the government of Uzbekistan’s stricter specifications…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland) announced that its specialized process engineering company in France, Cellier Activity, has been awarded the contract to install new blending technologies and a process control system at Shell’s Marunda Lube Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) in Jakarta, in…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announces the start-up of a new world-scale industrial adhesives plant in Japan. Those new capacities will enable Bostik to serve its Japanese customers in the continuously growing markets of diapers, hygiene, packaging, labeling, transportation and electronics.…
Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) is acquiring the business of TLS Technik GmbH & Co. Spezialpulver KG, an internationally leading manufacturer of metal powders for 3D printing, and thus strategically expanding its Eckart division. “By acquiring the TLS business, we are…
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Lessons learned from past failures provide insight and know-how needed toinspect and operate storage tanks reliably Storage tanks are a common sight at many facilities of the chemical process industries (CPI). Tanks are part of our everyday life and they…
After four years of project development and execution, the new PolyFuel unit at Petrobrazi petroleum refinery in Romania has been started-up and is fully functional since April 2019. Based on the PolyFuel technology licensed by Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), the…
Closing off pressure upstream can minimize the need for pressure-relief systems to open, avoiding product waste and possible environmental damage Any system within a chemical process industries (CPI) manufacturing plant that is pressurized, or could experience pressure during an upset…
The pitfalls in cost estimating that cause project overruns have been well known for decades, yet they continue to plague the CPI When I first started writing this article, I set out to summarize the mechanics of project cost estimation.…