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DTL process technology converts light olefins, present in fluidized-bed catalytic cracking (FCC) off-gas, coker off-gas and other refinery streams, into high-octane gasoline blend stock.

Honeywell will provide process technology and advanced automation controls to Iraq’s Karbala refinery, now under construction in Karbala Province, about 120 kilometers south of Baghdad.

Daqing Petrochemical Company will use the HIMA FlexSILon TMC solution for safely controlling turbomachines at its gasoline desulfurization plant being built in Daqing City, in China’s Heilongjiang province.

LCD Displays are certified for Class 1 Division 2 environments such as oil and gas drilling platforms, underground and surface mining, chemical processing, pharmaceutical and food processing, and outdoor HMI.

Control loop audits, advanced process control project management, and model predictive control project support have together helped MOL achieve savings of over $9 million since 2006.

Emerson will supply 600 Fisher control valves and regulators, including rotary, globe and butterfly type devices. The valves will be deployed throughout the refinery, including within the residual fluid catalytic cracking unit, naphtha processing units and new LPG storage unit.

Cemtrex is now marketing NIR and NMR Analyzer systems with a unique value proposition to monitor and control oil refinery process to maximize profits for the facility owners.

The Flowserve pumps are designed to operate at the high pressures and temperatures required in the DuPont IsoTherming process for petroleum refiners.

MOL upgraded the plant’s distributed control system to Emerson’s DeltaV process automation system, and reduced energy costs by 1,200,000 Euros per year.

The Training Package provides a complete environment for teaching safe and effective operations of distillation columns.

Standard-Knapp supplied a bottle packer that almost eliminates bottle breakage while increasing packer speed.

Hindustan Petroleum implemented Honeywell’s Mobile Stations in their $200 million Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) project at their Mumbai refinery.

Topnir offers consulting services including Audit of existing blending, logistics facilities and laboratory practices, and guidance on NIR applications.

Dr. Douglas White received the AIChE Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (FPD) award, one of two FPD annual awards, for his outstanding technological contributions to the advancement of these industries.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi Corporation and Duro Felguera, a Spanish heavy machinery manufacturer, have jointly received orders for large-scale flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems from two major Spanish electricity providers: Iberdrola Generacion, SAU and Endesa Generacion, SA. The FGD system for Iberdrola will be an altogether new installation while that for Endesa is to upgrade a previously delivered FGD system.

Mustang formed an alliance with Cutler Technology Corporation to be the preferred independent service provider for CTC's [ADMC] adaptive multivariable controller and CTC-Sim operator training technology.

Rosemount Analytical Oxymitters have replaced the previous sample extraction-based oxygen measurement system used on the catalyst regeneration unit at Total Raffinaderij Antwerpen, Belgium. The more reliable readings from the Oxymitter have improved continuous catalyst regenerator (CCR) performance, helped the plant increase safety, and reduced maintenance time.