With this massive investment, Exxon Mobil plans to increase its production of ultra-low sulfur diesel by 45 % at the Fawley refinery. Ultra-low sulfur fuels aim at improving air quality when powering the latest technology.

Ametek Drexelbrook has expanded its open-air radar level offering with the addition of the DRX400 (24 GHz) and DRX500 series (80 GHz) level transmitters. Both incorporate state-of-the-art features and components.

Favourable government initiatives, a strong ‘green’ approach and robust R&D are propelling the Indian chemical industry to new heights.

Branching into various industries, blockchain is now strongly making its presence felt in the oil and gas as well as the chemical process industries. PROCESS brings you the many plus points of this dynamic technology in chemical process industries.

Clariant’s new supply base in Indonesia is expected to offer the firm’s oil service customers with improved, more sustainable supply chains for its Pour Point Depressants (PPD) and Drag Reducing Agent (DRA) products.

Cooec-Fluor has carried out module fabrication work for its Dongfang Gas Fields Development Project. The modules are expected to be a part of the new offshore oil and gas production platform situated in the western South China Sea.

FCI, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect systems, has been evaluating Silver Max Phase, a gold plating replacement technology of Impact Coatings. This has now resulted in the parties entering into an agreement to commercialize the contact finishing solution.

Lyondell Basell’s technology will be used for three of Petro China’s facilities in China and aims to add 1100 KTA of high density polyethylene capacity to the region.

Thanks to their large specific surfaces, microprocessing plants are usually significantly more efficient than conventional technology in terms of the transport of materials and heat. In concrete terms this means: greater selectivity, larger yields and increased safety for fast exothermic reactions. Enough of the theory. How this translates into practice was shown at conference entitled “Industrial use of microprocessing technology” staged by Dechema.

American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST) has achieved ATEX certification of its Explosion Proof Pressure Transmitters for Class I Zone 0 Exd hazardous locations. The added approvals enhance the ability for equipment manufacturers to specify AST pressure transducers as the sensors can now operate in both North America and Europe.