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MAN Diesel & Turbo acquires Mecos Traxler

 

12.03.2012  + + +  MAN Diesel & Turbo Schweiz AG has completed the acquisition of Swiss based magnetic bearing specialist Mecos Traxler AG. Following several years of joint research and development and a first successful compressor train installation with Mecos’ magnetic bearing technology, a further step towards a close partnership has been taken. The acquisition by MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Oil & Gas Business Unit in Zurich (Switzerland) will further push the joint growth, especially in the Oil & Gas business.... more

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Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz:
Construction of Oleum/Sulphuric Acid Plant for BASF SE 

 

04.01.2012 + + +  BASF SE, the largest chemical group in the world, announces the successful commissioning and acceptance of the world’s largest oleum/sulphuric acid plant at BASF’s integrated production site in  Antwerp, Belgium. In future, the industrial plant will produce 420,000 tons SO3 per year – processed into oleum and sulphuric acid.HUGO PETERSEN, a subsidiary of Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC), has provided the technological know how for one type of basic engineering. Together with HUGO PETERSEN, the engineers of CAC were responsible for detail engineering, procurement services including delivery of main process equipment, construction and erection supervision as well as the commissioning support for the staff of BASF ... more
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Metso's automation and safety solutions guarantee efficient operations at Europe's largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam

 

Neste Oil has successfully started up Europe's largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Metso has delivered comprehensive automation and safety solutions for the greenfield plant, which was commissioned in September 2011. ''The Rotterdam plant is a significant milestone in Neste Oil's cleaner traffic strategy and consolidates the company's position as the world's leading producer of renewable diesel. We are proud to be chosen a partner for this demanding project, where high automation reliability and safety as well as demanding operational features cannot be excessively emphasized, '' says Kari Karppinen, Sales Director, Automation business line, Metso  ... more 

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Siemens: Process control system with extended hardware and software functions

 

22.12.2011 + + + The Siemens Industry Automation Division has equipped Version 8 of its Simatic PCS 7 process control system with a host of new functions. The new features range from improved data exchange and an easier engineering workflow, more powerful communication, redundancy-related and fault-tolerant functions to new controllers and extended functionalities for the software tools. In Version 8 of Simatic PCS 7 the data exchange between the Cosmos plant management software and the PCS 7 engineering tools has been improved and the engineering workflow simplified. This now offers the user enhanced planning quality and an easier way to document the tracking of changes ...more

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TMK and Lukoil Sign Agreement on Pipe Supplies for 2012

 

14.12.2011   + + +   TMK, one of the world’s leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, and Lukoil, one of the largest global vertically integrated oil and gas companies, have signed an agreement on pipe supplies for 2012. Under the agreement, TMK guarantees to supply 100% of pipe products required by Lukoil for use in all stages of oil production and refining. The supply volumes are planned to be not fewer than 260,000 tonnes per year ... more

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Qatar Petroleum and Shell sign agreement to develop petrochemical complex

 

05.12.2011  + + +  Qatar Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have signed a heads of agreement that “sets scope and commercial principles” to develop a petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The HOA follows the conclusion of a joint feasibility study by the two companies ... more

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Linde Engineering: Natural Gas Liquifaction Plant Hammerfest LNG:
Performance test exceeds expectations

 

29.11.2011 + + + The world's northernmost natural gas liquefaction plant Hammerfest LNG on the island Melkøya, 800 km north of the Arctic Circle near Hammerfest in Norway, passed the performance test in August, exceeding the expectations. The highly efficient plant produces now with a capacity of up to 109 per cent of the design capacity. Overall Statoil ASA and Linde AG make a positive assessment of the project ... more

Voith Turbo: Stay cool and be fully loaded with Special Bearings

 

 The maximum permissible temperature in gearbox bearings plays an increasing important role in critical applications, e.g. the oil and gas industry. For example, if the bearings overheat the oil will age faster and residue forms in the bearings. In a worst-case-scenario, this residue can cause a complete system shut down. The hydro dynamic "Ultra Cool Bearing" by Voith achieves top-of-the-line results even in sophisticated applications with pitchline velocities of 100 m/s. With certain design modifications, in this bearing the temperatures can be 5 to 15 °C cooler ... more

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Siemens:  Threaded PVDF antenna opens up new applications for radar level transmitter
16.11.2011 + + + Siemens Industry Automation Division has launched the Sitrans LR250 radar level transmitter with a new threaded PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) antenna for liquid and slurry measurement. The antenna opens up new applications in extreme conditions for this non-contacting level transmitter.  A threaded PVDF antenna opens up new applications for liquid and slurry measurement in extreme conditions for Siemens Industry Automation Division's non-contacting level transmitter Sitrans LR250  ... more
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MAN Diesel & Turbo new 6 MW gas turbine
First commercial deployment
15.11.2011  + + +  Shortly after the development completion, MAN Diesel & Turbo is set to launch the prototypes of the new gas turbine family into the market. MAN is installing a CHP cogeneration unit at the Rheinberg production plant of Solvin GmbH & Co KG, a joint enterprise of Solvay and BASF. The first of MAN's new 6 MW gas turbines will be used commercially for the plant. 
At the Rheinberg production plant, Solvin manufactures chemical products including PVC (polyvinyl chloride), which is used for example in building construction, consumer products, health and safety equipment and electrical applications ... more

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Siemens expands WinCC by adding a flexible notification option

 

11.11.2011 + + + The Siemens Industry Automation Division has expanded its Simatic WinCC V7 process visualization software with the Simatic WinCC Event Notifier option. With this option, notifications and persons to be notified can be planned for any time slot and for different escalation levels. The recipients are then automatically informed by e-mail or SMS about the occurrence of an event selected from the WinCC message system, such as an operational fault or machine failure ... more

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MAN Diesel & Turbo wins order for compressors over 50 million Euro
Largest-ever order for screw compressors

 

05.10.2011  + + +  MAN Diesel & Turbo secures order for 24 compressor units for an integrated chemical complex in Chongqing, China. The order size is about 50 million Euro. Designed as a combined plant, the chemical complex will be involved in the large-scale production of industrial gases and chemical raw materials for further processing, e.g. to produce plastics such as polyurethanes (PU) and PVC. MAN delivers the process gas screw compressor units. The total capital investment is over 4 billion Euro. Screw compressors for process gas applications are a core product of MAN Diesel & Turbo. Thanks to their robust and low-maintenance design, screw compressors are increasingly being used in the chemical and petrochemical industries, as here in this process for manufacturing acetylene from natural gas ... more

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Implico: OpenTAS 5.0 to launch in Q4 - Product demo at User Conference in Hamburg

 

23.09.2011 + + + The new OpenTAS Version 5.0 will be available before the end of this year. Yesterday, on the last day of the 2011 OpenTAS User Conference, customers were able to get an initial impression of the wealth of new features and optimizations offered. Highlights include the incorporation of the EMCS 2.0 standard, support for 64-bit operating systems and a completely revamped user interface. In addition, this new release of the leading terminal automation and distribution system is already Windows 7-certified ... more

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Frost & Sullivan Award for Implico´s downstream solutions

 

12.09.2011  + + +   Implico is the recipient of this year's "Global Customer Value Enhancement Award" from Frost & Sullivan. The global business research company thus recognizes the role that Implico's integrated, high-end software products play in creating direct added value for its customers, who thereby secure competitive advantages. The prestigious award is presented in a number of categories. Implico is the recipient in the category "Downstream Distribution Automation Solutions for Oil and Gas industry" - more

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Siemens to provide core compressor train for world’s largest propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit

 

29.08.2011  + + +  Siemens Energy has received an order from China for the supply of two gas-turbine-driven axial-flow compressors trains for the first propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project in China. Purchaser is Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group Co. Siemens will supply two sets of axial- flow compressors with the largest flow rate in the world driven by SGT-700 gas turbines. The plant in Bohua with a 60mt/year polymer grade is the world´s largest PDH plant to date, utilizing the Catofin dehydrogenation process developed by the U.S. company Lummus Technology - more

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Linde signs partnership agreement for a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas facility

 

08.07.2011  + + +  The Linde Group’s Engineering Division and project partner SBM Offshore have signed a partnership agreement with PTT FLNG Limited and PTTEP Australasia for the development of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in the Timor Sea off Northern Australia. 
The project is planned to produce LNG from three gas field groups including Cash/Maple, Oliver and Southern fields. Preliminary studies have started in March 2011. Assumed that the gas resources being found meet expectations, the project will enter into front-end engineering and design studies by the end of 2011. The final investment decision is targeted for the end of 2012, and first commercial operations for the end of 2016 - more

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Sasol and Linde conclude long-term agreement for engineering services

21.01.2011: + + + Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd of South Africa has appointed the Engineering Division of The Linde Group as preferred Licensor’s Engineering Contractors for a major portion of the Sasol®, Fixed Bed Dry Bottom (FBDB™) Gasification Technology for an initial term of 10 years + + + Linde’s mandate covers the downstream aspects of the FBDB™ Gasification Technology (raw gas cooling, raw gas shift, by-product processing and overall integration of the gas island). Hatch has been appointed for the remaining upstream aspects of the technology (coal delivery, gasification proprietary equipment and ash handling) > more 

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Linde AG: Natural gas liquefaction plant in Hammerfest, Norway
One hundredth tanker successfully loaded with LNG

Photo:StatoilHydro

21.12.2010  + + +  The world's northernmost natural gas liquefaction plant Hammerfest LNG on the island Melkøya, 800 km north of the Arctic Circle near Hammerfest in Norway, had started commercial production by beginning 2008 and produces now with a performance of up to 104 percent of its design capacity. A performance test will be carried out after the turnaround in Q2 2011, in order to finally verify plant performance. On the occasion of the hundredth loading of a LNG tanker Linde Engineering as general contractor and technology supplier makes a positive assessment of the project > more

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Gazprom Neft and BASF Hold Joint Workshop on Further Cooperation
in Oil Processing and Construction

09.12.2010 + + +  Gazprom Neft and the BASF Group of chemical companies have held a joint workshop focused on further cooperation development between the companies. During the workshop, a wide range of issues for implementation of BASF's innovative solutions at Gazprom Neft's refining facilities was considered. In particular, the production of high-quality engine fuels, the use of additives, and the development of Gazprom Neft's fuel brand were discussed during the workshop > more

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Siemens awarded maintenance contract by Turkish oil refinery

26.11.2010 + + + The Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation Tupras (Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri Anonim Sirketi) has contracted Siemens to service and maintain around 1500 motors in its Istanbul refinery. The maintenance contract will run for three years, and is intended to contribute toward both increasing plant availability and reducing maintenance costs and downtimes > more

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Siemens: Monitoring and controlling
plants and machines worldwide by mobile radio 

15.11.2010 + + + The Siemens Industry Automation Division is expanding its TeleService (remote maintenance/diagnostics) and Telecontrol ranges with three new products for remote access by mobile radio. The CP 1242-7 module adds a GSM/GPRS (Global System for Mobile Communications/General Packet Radio Service) networks interface to the Simatic S7-1200 controller ... Remote access solutions from Siemens enable plants to be economically monitored, controlled and maintained from afar. The technology also facilitates communications from machine to machine (M2M) > more.

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MAN: Giant reactor supplied for the petrochemical industry

02.11.2010 + + + MAN Diesel & Turbo has recently delivered a petrochemical reactor weighing over 600 tonnes. The FCC reactor (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) is 33 metres long and has a diameter of around nine metres. It is one of the most important components of a petrol refinery and is indispensable for producing fuels such as petrol and diesel from crude oil. MAN Diesel & Turbo was commissioned by the customer not only with the construction of the FCC reactor, but as a specialist in refinery technology also with the detailed engineering of the complete FCC plant. The order is valued at around Euro 10 million > more 

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ACHEMA 2012:
World’s trend-setting technology summit with a new hall concept

ACHEMA 2012 will again be the leading international meeting place for experts and decision-makers from chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology. The addition of the two-storey Hall 11 to the Frankfurt exhibition grounds has provided a welcome opportunity to showcase the individual exhibition groups better than ever before. Furthermore the western part of the exhibition grounds in particular benefits from the newly created entrance at Hall 11 + + + This chiefly affects the exhibition groups Instrumentation, Control and Automation Techniques and Pumps, Compressors, Valves and Fittings which have been allocated far larger areas than hitherto. Laboratory and Analytical Techniques, Pharmaceutical, Packaging and Storage Techniques and also Mechanical Processes will similarly find the reorganization to their advantage > more

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BASF and CWK sign agreement to market molecular sieves

01.11.2010 - BASF SE and Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH (CWK) signed an agreement for the worldwide marketing of molecular sieves made by CWK for use in natural gas treatment, refineries/petrochemical industry and drying > more

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Metso’s new intelligent valve technology for Shell
Eastern Petrochemicals’ Houdini project 
 

12.10.2010  + + +  Shell’s largest petrochemicals investment to date, the so-called Houdini project in Singapore, was managed with the strong intention to use the latest technology, intelligence and diagnostic potential on the pneumatically operated on/off valves. As the technology leader, Metso was awarded the umbrella contract for all pneumatically operated on/off valves in the new parts of the plant. Metso’s contribution to the project includes some 1,350 valve assemblies with new technology. All pneumatically operated on/off valves in the project are equipped with Neles ValvGuard VG9F intelligent safety valve controllers > more 

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RWE Dea signs agreements for processing of Breagh field gas production 
at the Teesside Gas Processing Plant as from mid-2012
29.09.2010 + + + RWE Dea announced today the signature of a suite of agreements providing for the processing and redelivery at the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP) of gas to be produced from its operated Breagh gas field in the UK North Sea, including agreements to facilitate the construction of a 10km long onshore section of pipeline across Teesside and required construction works at the TGPP (a plant owned by Teesside Gas & Liquids Processing (TGLP) > more
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Rosneft to acquire refinery assets in Germany 
30.08.2010 + + + As reported by the Wall Street journal citing the sources close to the deal, major Russian oil company Rosneft is planning to buy a 50% stake in Germany's Ruhr Oel GmbH, which in turn has stakes in four oil refineries. The asset is being sold by Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA for USD 1bn-USD 2bn. The rest of Ruhr Oel is owned by British oil major BP. Source: PennEnergy - © 2010 Written by IntelliNews, Internet Securities, Inc - Russia Today
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OPEC: Investing heavily in downstream activities

27.08.2010 + + + Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, will be investing heavily in downstream activities over the coming years despite uncertainty about the global economic climate, OPEC Secretary General Salem El-Badri said in the latest OPEC Bulletin. "Over the next decade, members were expected to invest around $40 billion in refining capacity expansion," El-Badri said according to the emailed bulletin.

He added that in 2009, around 30 projects came onstream in OPEC member countries, resulting in an increase of 1.5 million barrels a day in net crude and liquids capacity. Furthermore, over the next five years 140 projects are expected to be completed and this will add about 12 million barrels a day of gross crude and liquids capacity.  "This represents a huge level of investment, estimated at $160 billion. However, it should be enough to satisfy growing demand for OPEC crude, as well as provide a comfortable cushion of capacity, which already exceeds 6 million barrels a day," El-Badri said.  Source: OPEC Bulletin  
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Linde starts up New York carbon dioxide plant
24.08.2010 + + + Linde North America has begun production at one of its newest plants, 
which makes carbon dioxide (CO2) from ethanol in Fulton, New York. Linde North America is a member of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company. The new 600 ton-per-day CO2 plant is located at the Sunoco ethanol plant, housed in a former brewery in the Riverview Business Park, some 25 miles north of Syracuse > more

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Georgia Refinery Project
August, 2010 + + + Seven companies expressed interest in the preparation of technical and 
economic feasibility study of the project to build a refinery in Georgia, the country's 
Oil and Gas Corp. said.  According to information, Engineers India Limited, Granherne, Purvin & Gertz, FLUOR, SK  Engineering & Construction, PDC and OTC Capital have expressed interest. The companies, which participated in the expression of interest announced by the 
corporation, got final bids > more 
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Heurtey Petrochem picks Jacobs Engineering for Serbian refinery work
10.08.2010 + + +  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. received a contract from Heurtey Petrochem SA, France, to provide engineering services for a new hydrogen plant generation unit at the Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) refinery. The NIS refinery is located in Pancevo, Serbia and is under a license from Haldor Topsoe > more 
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02.08.2010 + + + The OIL & GAS JOURNAL is the Industry Authority for over 100 years. It is 100% paid (subscribed) and reaches more subscribers than any other industry publication ... 106.022 in 124 countries plus innumerable add-on readers. 18.711 Oil & Gas Professionals are subscribed to the print issue and 87.311 to the digital issue. Subscribers of the digital version can read their issue two days prior to the official publishing day (Monday) ... even in remote areas ... wherever they are based in the global petroleum industry  + + +  Editorial content is splittet into timeless and timely value to the subscribers ... and delivered via Monthly Technology Issues (print and digital) and Weekly News and Statistics Issues (digital). More information: sicking-media@email.de 
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INEOS Oxide plans to build and to operate a new one million tonne,
deep-sea Ethylene Terminal

01.08.2010 + + + INEOS Oxide confirmed its plans to build and operate a new one million tonne per annum Ethylene Terminal, to be constructed at its Zwijndrecht facilities in Belgium. Operation of the new deep-sea terminal, which is expected to start in 2012, will significantly change the shape of the ethylene market in Europe > more 
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Siemens selected as
main electrical contractor for natural gas liquids fractionation plant
 

22.07.2010 + + + Siemens Energy has been awarded a USD40 million project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The customer is a joint venture between Petrofac and GS E&C on behalf of Abu Dhabi ... more 
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Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH: New projects

15.07.2010  + + + Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC) has concluded a new contract for the construction of the 2nd stage of extension of a plant for the production of expandable polystyrene in Perm. (See illustration)  The first engineering works were already started. This order with a value of approx. Euro 25 Million is just one of several others that fill CAC’s order books for the upcoming years. Projects in natural gas storage technology and chlorine-alkali electrolysis account for a major proportion of the good order development ... more

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