Overview of Hydrotreater

Hot spots – localized areas of overheating in pressure equipment – can lead to deformation or even loss of process containment. It is important to understand the effects of elevated temperature caused by hot spots on the mechanical integrity of...

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Inspectioneering recently had the opportunity to chat with Barney Smith, Turnaround Manager at Aggreko, a global leader in power, heating, cooling, and oil-free compressor rental solutions. Our discussion focused on catalyst cooling during...

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Gecko’s patented robots and software build large, data-dense corrosion maps of vessels and pressure equipment. We compile hundreds of thousands of thickness readings, with photos, and X-Y coordinates to give you incredibly accurate and...

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This publication outlines 101 Essential Elements that need to be in place and functioning well in order to effectively and efficiently preserve and protect the reliability and integrity of pressure equipment (i.e. vessels, exchangers, furnaces,...

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Exxon Mobil Corp completed the restart on Wednesday of the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 369,024-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Beaumont, Texas, sources familiar with plant operations said.

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Valero Energy Corp reportedly shut down a diesel hydrotreater on Saturday at the company's 335,000 bpd refinery in Port Arthur, Texas.

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PBF Energy began restarting the cat feed hydrotreater at its 190,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Chalmette, Louisiana, oil refinery on Monday, a day ahead of schedule, two sources familiar with the plant’s operations said.

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Total plans to return the 66,000 bpd Diesel Hydrotreater 3, which was shut on Aug. 20, to production later on Monday, sources said. Total has repeatedly pushed back the restart date as repairs have taken longer than expected to complete.

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Motiva Enterprises plans to shut the big crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 607,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, the nation’s largest, by Sept. 5 for a 60-day overhaul, said sources familiar with plant operations.

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InVista is a lightweight, hand-held ultrasonic in-line inspection tool (intelligent pig) capable of detecting pipeline wall loss and corrosion in unpiggable or difficult-to-inspect pipelines. The pipeline geometry inspection data captured by the...

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Over the next 18 months, Phillips 66 plans to modify units at its Wood River and Bayway refineries to reduce high-sulfur fuel oil production in accordance with certain changes to marine fuel rules.

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ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand the Fawley refinery in the United Kingdom to increase production of ultra-low sulfur diesel by almost 45 percent, or 38,000 barrels per day, along with logistics improvements.

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