Marathon Oil Corp. has installed new process-control equipment and systems at its Garyville, La., refinery. Migration to the new control system required close cooperation with its primary automation ...

Geared to young and seasoned professionals alike, “Beyond back-to-basics: Process principles and concepts” is a series of articles designed to present a straightforward approach to mastering the ...

PLC evaluation board applications for industrial process-controlsystems are diverse, ranging from simple traffic control to complexelectrical power grids, from environmental control systems ...

Operates and monitors refinery process units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, alkylation, isomerization, utilities, tank farm) to meet production ...

Historically speaking, optimizing the refinery has been mostly focused on final products (e.g., gasoline and diesel), slowly shifting focus to conversion and upgrading process units across the ...

The unit features speed and accuracy for advanced process control, and helps users capture millions of dollars of refinery product yields and catalyst life extension. A relatively small shift in the ...

I.1 Process monitoring and optimization: Lead daily technical stewardship of assigned units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, hydrocracking, sulfur ...

Vacuum degassing processes in low carbon steel production improve material properties, with real-time gas analysis critical ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras received a license on Monday allowing it to boost crude processing by 35 percent at its controversial RNEST refinery, the local government said, a ...