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DALLAS, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ReportsnReports adds new market research report 'Refinery Catalyst Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018' to its store. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve steady growth as countries impose stricter environment controls on the manufacture and use of fossil fuels. This new 2012 study on refinery catalysts study has 683 pages, 188 tables and figures. Hydroprocessing catalysts are used to create cleaner...
A team of researchers at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering have discovered that individual atoms can catalyze industrially important chemical reactions such as the hydrogenation of acetylene, offering potentially significant economic and environmental benefits. Hydrogenation – the addition of hydrogen atoms to an organic compound – is critical to the food, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Hydrogenation requires the presence of a...
LONDON, February 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A shutdown and turnaround is the most important period in the lifespan of an oil refinery. If the TAR plan is well-executed, then thousands of man hours and potentially millions of dollars can be saved. If it goes badly, then there is a real potential for both monetary and physical disaster. The 9th annual Shutdowns and Turnarounds Europe [http://www.shutdownsandturnarounds.com/news ] conference will take place from 27th-29th...
DES PLAINES, Ill., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that it has been selected by Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. to provide technologies for the production of key petrochemicals and high-quality diesel and jet fuel at its complex in Daesan, South Korea. The integrated aromatics complex will be the first to employ the latest energy-efficient designs from UOP, allowing Samsung to reduce energy consumption by 33 percent...
BioCee, a Minnesota-based material science and industrial biotechnology company, announced today that it has signed an asset purchase and license agreement to access certain technology from Verenium Corporation, a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, for the development of an environmentally-friendly biological method of removing sulfur from oil and oil distillates Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) October 05,...
DALLAS, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BFX Process, LLC announces a contract with Fort Worth-based Southern Union Gas Services (SUGS) to supply a 350-GPM amine treating plant. The plant will be completed in October 2011 for installation in southeastern New Mexico, a part of the energy-rich Permian Basin. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100810/DA48656LOGO) "Our team is well prepared to deliver a fully restored and updated treating plant which will enable SUGS to continue providing...
SULPHUR, La., Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:00 am, Rain CII officially began construction of a Heat Recovery Project at the Rain CII Sulphur, LA plant. Rain CII's expansion will create five new direct industrial jobs while retaining 47 existing jobs. During the project, Rain CII has estimated employing 140 workers during a 14-month construction process. The project represents a $70 million capital investment from Rain CII. (Photo:...
McLaren Software raises the importance of Document Management and Control to support sucessful and efficient plant shutdowns and turnarounds. Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 10, 2011 McLaren Software, a subsidiary of the IDOX plc, and leader in Engineering Document Management and Control applications has sponsored a study into best practices for plant turnarounds / shutdowns by T.A. Cook. Any major turnaround / shutdown in the process industry have dramatic repercussions on the company...
DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) has selected UOP/Foster Wheeler technology to help process heavy oil and expand fuel and petrochemicals production at a refinery in Sohar, Oman. Orpic will use the UOP/Foster Wheeler Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) process technology to convert heavy crude to low-contaminant deasphalted oil, a product that is further processed in...
DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that it has formed a licensing alliance with ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company (EMRE) to offer integrated solutions for the production of lubricant oils and high-quality fuels. The agreement between Honeywell UOP and EMRE will provide a one-stop solution for refiners to maximize production levels of both lubricant oils and diesel fuel. The alliance brings together EMRE...
