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Low cost revamp to process heavy sour crudes
A significant improvement in refining margin can be achieved through a low to moderate cost revamp to enable processing of heavy sour crudes.
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The impact of tower internals on column performance
Full scale testing and analysis of operation demonstrate the importance of tower internals on the performance of masss transfer packings.
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Integrating wastewater reuse with seawater desalination
The ability to turn wastewater and seawater into high quality process water is key to the expansion of downstream oil and gas in water short areas.
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Treatment programme overcomes high TAN problems
Processing high TAN crude with low sulphur shale oil presented challenging corrosion problems for a refiner.
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2016/04/18
China Coal Mengda 500,000 t/y engineering plastic project started up
China Coal Mengda New Energy & Chemical Company Limited’s 500,000 t/y engineering plastic project came into operation and started producing quality products on April 16th.
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2016/04/12
Air Liquide strengthens its partnership with MPCC in China
Air Liquide signed a new long-term contract with Maoming Petrochemical Co. (MPCC). Under the terms of the new agreement, Air Liquide will invest around 40 million euros in a new state-of-the-art ASU (Air Separation Unit), with a total capacity of 850 tonnes of oxygen per day.
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Revamping crude and vacuum units to process bitumen
Revamping crude and vacuum units to process dilbit can involve extensive equipment replacement as well as major changes to the crude preheating scheme.
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Energy savings from electric capacity control
Updated stepless capacity control of reciprocating compressors saved energy and improved process stability at a petrochemicals site.
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Common mistakes when conducting a HAZOP and how to avoid them
The HAZOP methodology is an extremely powerful tool for the identification, semi-quantification, and mitigation of risks in chemical processing plants and production facilities, both continuous and batch or semi-batch processes.