The refinery capacity in the US continues to slowly increase at 2% each year. Last year the “gross input” of crude oil into American refineries reached 16.5 million barrels per day. This is equivalent to the amount of crude oil pushed through a 2″ schedule-40 pipeline circling the earth at the equator. Read more about … Read more
Photo credit: Shell Prelude, the largest floating LNG platform in the world (for now) is finally on the move. It has set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea and is en route to its first destination at the Browse Basin, in about 250m water depth, off the coast of Australia. Arrival … Read more
Tesoro Corporation announced on June 1st that it will officially change its name to Andeavor effective August 1st of this year. This move comes at the completion of Tesoro’s purchase of Western Refining. All of the legacy Tesoro refineries currently use E*Doc, the AIS Software controlled document management solution to manage their critical infrastructure … Read more
Integrity Operating Windows (IOW) and Design Operating Windows (DOW) are industry terms that relate to the operating limits of process equipment. These are the important limits within which this equipment can be safely operated without the risk of harming its physical integrity (IOW) or resulting in its complete failure (DOW). An IOW plan should be … Read more
Safety first at Lyondell Basell Industries’ Houston refinery We’re glad to hear about the proactive safety-conscious decision to shut down, assess, and quickly return to operations. A 91 Mbpd vacuum distillation unit (VDU) was shut due to a pump failure Tuesday. The 263 Mbpd refinery hoped to return the unit to operation overnight or sometime … Read more
Madison, WI based Virent has developed new technology which is able to convert sugars and other biomass derived feed-stocks into gasoline blend-stocks and aromatics. This is renewable technology at it’s finest. We’re always glad to see our friends in the industry working to commercialize emerging technologies that maintain a the high quality standards we’ve all … Read more
An emerging trend in refinery requirements? Major companies such as ExxonMobil and Chevron Corp. have been reducing their portfolios of non-integrated chemical and production system refineries. Given current market over-saturation of gasoline, refiners will be looking to find every advantage to expand their margins. Software solutions such as AIS’s UTL and E*Doc can play a … Read more
A part of LyondellBasell’s ongoing growth plan, this project is one of many ethylene expansion projects the company is undertaking. We’re always glad to hear of the development of cutting edge facilities in the united states. LyndonBasell will be implementing new technology in the plant: a cascade gas phase process based on LB’s European R&D centers. This … Read more
Wyoming Refining Co. purchased by Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Exciting news coming out of Wyoming as Par Pacific takes control of the Newcastle refinery, the 140-mile Thunder creek crude pipeline, and a proprietary jet fuel terminal in Rapid City, among other things. Par Pacific now has access to Powder River basin crude, a direct connection … Read more
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