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COMMENT
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WORLD NEWS
Contract awards, project updates, industry latest, news digest, diary dates, mergers and acquisitions.
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FOCUS ON INDIA
Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, provides an overview of India’s hydrocarbon and product market.
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CRACKING THE CAPACITY CONUNDRUM
Heurtey Petrochem, France, explores the ethylene industry and discusses cracking furnaces.
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A LONG LIFECYCLE IS THE KEY
Carl Schuster, Elliott Company, USA, looks at power recovery expanders and discusses the importance of lifecycle performance.
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AN EDUCATED CHOICE
Jan Theron, CERAM, UK, outlines a new method to compare different materials when considering a change in refractory lining.
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THUMBS UP FOR TAIL GAS TREATMENT
L. Micucci, Siirtec Nigi, Italy, introduces the newly improved HCR™, a tail gas treatment unit with economic and environmental advantages.
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CONTRACTORS DIRECTORY
Hydrocarbon Engineering provides an overview of some of the major global engineering contractors operating within the hydrocarbon processing industry.
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OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND?
Stephen A. Anderson, Intertek, USA, discusses the importance of understanding and protecting against corrosion under insulation.
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BREATHING LIFE BACK INTO AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE
Thomas R. Kline, Structural Group, Inc., USA, presents a repair case history to illustrate the implementation of a repair cost alternative that rehabilitates and provides enduring restoration.
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COOL COMPRESSORS PROVIDE PROPYLENE SOLUTION
Rolf Habel, Kay Ritter and Toni Rieth, MAN Diesel & Turbo, Germany, describe the use of advanced large scale gear type compression technology for refrigeration processes.
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PICKING UP GOOD VIBRATIONS
André Eijk, TNO Science & Industry, The Netherlands, explains how better vibration guidelines have been developed to judge the integrity of a reciprocating compressor system.
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A PROPER COAT
Joe Drury, Sulzer Turbo Services, USA, explores recent developments in corrosion resistant and antifouling coatings.
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