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Total Water Management For The Petroleum And Petrochemical Industries

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:56:00 GMT

There are advantages to working with Siemens Water Technologies, a global company whose core business is the processing and treating of water and wastewater

LO-CAT®

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:42:00 GMT

The LO-CAT� process is a patented, wet scrubbing, liquid redox system that uses a chelated iron solution to convert H2S to innocuous, elemental sulfur. It does not use any toxic chemicals and does not produce any hazardous waste byproducts. The catalyst is readily available and since it's continuously regenerated in the process, less catalyst is used, more money is saved.

Heat Exchanger And Condenser
Air Fin Coolers

Thu, 29 May 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Sleeving can consist of a full-length tube liner, or - in cases of only tube-end erosion/corrosion - a short, metallic tube insert or "shield". Sleeving material ranges from 300 series stainless steel to nickel alloys, typically increasing the erosion/corrosion resistance to that of the finned, carbon steel, parent tubes

Amine HSS-PAKT

Fri, 18 May 2007 15:48:26 GMT

Eco-Tec's Amine HSS-PAKT is a quick, easy-to-use portable analysis kit to aid in the reliable, consistent monitoring of heat stable salts (HSS) levels in amine.

GC Columns And Supplies

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:25:00 GMT

Agilent J&W GC Columns are designed and manufactured to offer excellent and reproducible performance for the benign to the most difficult types of samples.

Endress+Hauser Introduces Installed Base Audit Program

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:02:00 GMT

Endress+Hauser introduces the Installed Base Audit program, an instrumentation support program that helps plant managers and maintenance departments identify all the process instrument and analyzer measurement devices in the plant, determine maintenance and calibration procedures for each device, keep the devices and processes running at peak efficiency, and reduce Total Cost of Ownership.

Integrated Gas Detection On Vacuum/Pressure Washer Rigs

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:28:00 GMT

Vacuum trucks are often used to remove water around sub-surface pipes (or any type of underground equipment) in the oil and gas industry to conduct maintenance.

Safety Integrity Level (SIL) - IEC 61508/61511 Overview

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:16:00 GMT

Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is defi ned as a relative level of risk-reduction provided by a safety function, or to specify a target level of risk reduction.

Gas Detection On Off-Shore Platforms

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:50:00 GMT

Twenty years ago, fire swept through the Piper Alpha oil rig in the Scottish sector of the North Sea. Panic and confusion were the order of the day as the doomed installation buckled into the frigid water. By Starr Tze, T�V FSEng. Net Safety Monitoring Certifi cation and Quality Engineer

Smoke & Oil Mist Detection Safeguards Against A Dangerous Visitor In Gas Compressor Stations

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:03:00 GMT

Lubrication oil is often circulated through natural gas compressors to provide cooling and to prevent engine wear. The lube oil system is pressurized and as a result there is a high risk potential for leakage.

Powering Safety Systems - Giving Yourself Significant Power 'Head-Room' Is Good Practice When Installing Safety Instrumentation

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:53:00 GMT

One of the most common sources of Fire and Gas detection system failure is power supply interruption and disturbance. Power supply specifications of an instrument refer to the voltage that must appear at the instrument power terminals, not the power supply rated output.

Global EMC Requirements For Gas And Flame Products

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:44:00 GMT

When certification is considered for Hazardous Location (HazLoc) products, the first thought that comes to mind is safety.

Utilizing Nano Technology Greatly Improves Metal Oxide Sensor Performance

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:40:00 GMT

The measurement of toxic gases in harsh environments has been well proven using metal oxide sensors.

Advancing The Art Of Optical Path Verification In Infrared Flame Detectors

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:38:00 GMT

The primary intention of the Visual Integrity test feature on optical flame detectors has historically been to detect and report the presence of accumulated material on the lens of a flame detector that would prevent it from detecting flame.

SIL Certified/Rated Fire And Gas Systems - Device Selection

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:44:00 GMT

When selecting a detection device to achieve a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) within a Fire and Gas System (FGS), there are many options in the marketplace. By Starr Tze, T�V FSEng. Net Safety Monitoring Certification and Quality Engineer

Functional Safety And SIL - What It Means To The Customer

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:34:00 GMT

The adoption of functional safety standards continues to grow rapidly worldwide. This trend is especially evident in process industries. By Starr Tze, T�V FSEng. Net Safety Monitoring Quality and Certification Engineer

ARC S1

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:43:00 GMT

An advanced composite formulated to protect metal surfaces from corrosion and chemical attack. It is normally applied at a thickness of 250 microns (10 mils) per coat. Non-shrinking, 100% solids.

Ultra-Violet/Infrared Flame Detector

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:18:00 GMT

Net Safety's Ultra-violet/Infrared ( UV/IR ) flame detector delivers high performance security with functions and features that set it apart. The flame detection reacts to both UV and IR flame radiation delivering accurate and reliable fire monitoring, yet is immune to arc welding, hot body radiation, lightning or sunlight.

CTI Industries

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:01:58 GMT

CTI Industries, Inc. is a service company that specializes in the restoration of condensers and heat exchangers

Brochure: Heat Exchanger Reliability Program

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:56:00 GMT

The design and function of heat exchangers present one of the most difficult sealing applications in a plant. The wide range of operating conditions subject heat exchangers to severe thermal cycling and hydrostatic pressures.

Honeywell's UOP Creates Dedicated Gas Processing And Hydrogen Business Unit

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:45:00 GMT

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced recently it has established a new business unit dedicated to gas processing solutions and hydrogen

Foster Wheeler Awarded Feasibility Study For Refinery Modernization In Albania

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a feasibility study by Albanian Refining & Marketing of Oil sh.a. (ARMO) relating to the modernization of two refineries, located at Ballsh and Fier in Albania

MarkWest Announces Significant Processing And Fractionation Infrastructure For The Marcellus And Utica Shales

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:35:00 GMT

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. recently announced expansion plans for the Marcellus and Utica shales that include more than 600 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of additional processing capacity and 140,000 barrels per day (Bbl/d) of incremental fractionation capacity

Cheniere And KOGAS Sign 20-Year LNG Sale And Purchase Agreement

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:02:00 GMT

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. ("Cheniere Partners") (NYSE Amex: CQP) announced today that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ("Sabine Liquefaction"), has entered into a liquefied natural gas ("LNG") sale and purchase agreement ("SPA") with Korea Gas Corporation ("KOGAS") under which KOGAS has agreed to purchase approximately 3.5 million tonnes per annum ("mtpa") of LNG upon the commencement of train three operations

Air Liquide Acquires Air Separation Unit From Georgia Gulf Corporation In Louisiana

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:14:00 GMT

Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP ("Air Liquide") announced that it has purchased an Air Separation Unit (ASU) from Georgia Gulf Corporation in Plaquemine, La. The ASU produces oxygen, nitrogen and argon and is interconnected via pipeline with Air Liquide's existing gas production facilities in Plaquemine, which are located within a mile of the newly acquired ASU

Plains All American Announces New Bakken Area Gas Processing Plant

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Plains Gas Solutions, LLC ("PGS" and formerly known as CDM MAX, LLC) plans to construct a cryogenic gas processing plant with deep cut ethane plus recoveries and specification product fractionation capability, at its multi-product Ross Complex near Ross, North Dakota

High Pressure Feedwater Heater Repair - TVA Presentation

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:53:00 GMT

In late 1988 and early 1989, two of the four high pressure feedwater heaters at each of the three generating units at the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Thomas H. Allen Fossil Plant were replaced.

Heat Exchanger Tube Restoration - MTI Presentation

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:44:00 GMT

Many failures of heat exchanger tubes occur within the first six inches. Inlet-end erosion, impingement attack, stress corrosion cracking, pitting and crevice corrosion are typical damage/failure mechanisms encountered in the chemical, petrochemical and oil refining industries.

I.P. FWH Restoration - Detroit Edison

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:29:00 GMT

In August of 2006, Detroit Edison contacted CTI Industries of Orange, CT about the possibility of restoring failed tubes at St. Clair Station's, Unit 7, #5 IP Feedwater Heater.

Lessons Learned With A Partial LPFW Re-Sleeving - Ameren

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:14:00 GMT

This paper references slide 12 of the slide presentation for explaining further the Ameren "5%-Rule" expected remaining service life criteria evaluation for the AmerenUE Labadie unit 4, 5A LP feedwater heater.

Feedwater Heater Tube Sleeving - Con Edison

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:56:00 GMT

This paper describes utility experience with a tube sleeving technique used for extending the remaining life of two heaters that have been rapidly degrading.

Condenser & Heat Exchanger Tube Restoration - Indian River Power Plant

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:38:00 GMT

It is common experience that many failures of condenser tubes in the electric utility industry occur within the first six inches of the bundle. By Peter Tallman CTI Industries, Inc. And Jim Smith NRG

Condenser Restoration At Exelon's Schuylkill Station

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:36:00 GMT

In late 2007, CTI Industries was contacted to consider installing our Full Length Tube Liners into the Main Condenser at Exelon's Schuylkill Station in Philadelphia, PA. The condenser at the Exelon Schuylkill Station is an older vintage CH Wheeler, two pass divided water box configuration with 16,500 tubes. By Kevin Shugrue, CTI Industries

A True Condenser Tube Restoration Compostilla Power Plant

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:15:00 GMT

Endesa's Compostilla Power Plant is located in Ponferrada (Le�n), Spain, commissioned in 1964. It is a coal-fired power plant with a capacity of 1292 megawatts spread across five (5) turbines, which are a combination of Westinghouse and Mitsubishi. By Peter Tallman - Cti Industries, Inc.
Jose Manuel Armesto Gomez - Endesa
And Fernando Millan - Sirem

Honeywell UOP Technology For Upgrading The Bottom Of The Barrel Selected For Refinery Expansion In Pakistan

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:26:00 GMT

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its new process technology designed to help refiners get more high-value product from each barrel of crude oil has been selected by National Refinery Limited (NRL) to maximize diesel and lubricant production in Pakistan

LUKOIL To Build A Tar Hydrocracker At Burgas Refinery

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:39:00 GMT

A turnkey project-implementation contract was signed in Sofia today for a heavy-residue hydrocracking complex to be built at the LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas refinery

Synenergy Limited LLC And Allard Energy, Inc. To Revolutionize Medium-Scale Distributed Ethanol Fuel Refineries

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Synenergy Limited, LLC, a global green solutions provider, today announced their distributorship with Allard Energy, Inc. (formerly, Allard Research and Development LLC), a leading innovator for small to medium scale ethanol production

New Media Reduces Cadmium From Electroplating Wastewater Discharge

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:51:00 GMT

Cadmium has many industrial uses and is predominantly used in rechargeable batteries, in yellow and red pigments and is widely used in the aircraft industry electroplating applications due to the excellent resistance to corrosion for cadmium plated steel components. By Siemens Industry, Inc. — Water Technologies

Williams Partners' Springville Pipeline Starts Up, Connects 300 MMcf/d Of Marcellus Natural Gas To Northeast

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

Williams Partners L.P. today announced another significant milestone in building large-scale infrastructure in the Marcellus Shale with the start up of its Springville natural gas gathering pipeline

Selas Fluid Wins Contract For Ethylene Furnace

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:43:00 GMT

Selas Fluid, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Linde Group's Engineering Division, has been awarded a contract by BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP for a cracking furnace with flexibility for ethane, naphtha and LPG feedstock

Pressure Field Units GP10, AP10, DP20

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:09:00 GMT

Accutech offers three pressure-sensing field units designed for use in a variety of industrial applications.

Foster Wheeler Wins Engineering And Procurement Contract For Petron Refinery Upgrade In The Philippines

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Foster Wheeler announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petron Corporation (Petron) for the Petron Refinery Master Plan-2 Project in Bataan, Philippines

OGX Announces The Presence Of Hydrocarbons In Wildcat Well OGX-63 In The Santos Basin

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:47:00 GMT

OGX Petr�leo e G�s Participa��es S.A. ("OGX") (Bovespa), the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, today announced that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian and Aptian sections of well 1-OGX-63-SPS in the BM-S-57 block, in the shallow waters of the Santos Basin

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation : Sinopec, Saudi Aramco Sign YASREF Joint Venture Agreement

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:49:00 GMT

China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) and Saudi Aramco recently signed a joint venture agreement related to the ongoing development of Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Limited, formerly the Red Sea Refining Company

OriginOil And Department Of Energy To Develop Direct Conversion Of Algae Into Renewable Crude Oil For Existing Oil Refineries

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:01:00 GMT

OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced its plans to co-develop an integrated system with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for direct conversion of raw algae into a renewable crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries

Hoover Energy Partners LP Acquires Midstream Assets And Commences Construction Of Crude Oil Pipeline In The Permian Basin

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:15:00 GMT

Hoover Energy Partners LP ("Hoover") announced today that it has acquired a 50-mile natural gas gathering system, water transportation system and water disposal well located in Reeves County, Texas from Eagle Oil & Gas

Qatargas Signs Diesel Hydrotreater Contract For Laffan Refinery

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:16:00 GMT

Qatargas recently signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Samsung Engineering Ltd. for a Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT) Unit that will treat 54,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) of diesel, from high-sulfur into ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel, at the Laffan Refinery

Eco-Tec President Recognized For International Engineering Contributions

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:00 GMT

The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) has awarded Eco-Tec Inc. President and CEO, Dr. Phillip (Rocky) Simmons, the K.Y. Lo Medal for significant engineering contributions at the international level.

ONEOK Partners Announces Completion Of Garden Creek Natural Gas Processing Facility

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:12:00 GMT

ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) today announced that its new 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) natural gas processing facility in eastern McKenzie County in North Dakota - the Garden Creek Plant - is now operational and serving producers in the Bakken Shale region.