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Safety Components of Downstream Oil and Gas Systems
Downstream oil and gas processing and storage systems have complex challenges not only with their operation but also in their development. During the design phase, safety and system integrity are just as important as optimization and efficiency. This requires careful...
Process Simulation and Why It Is Important
In recent years, the role of process simulation in the downstream oil and gas sector has grown immensely – and with good reason. Process simulation is a powerful software tool that allows refinery owners, operators, and engineers to virtually model a process in...
Congested Rights of Way Make Pipeline Construction More Difficult
Between due diligence, permitting, facility negotiations, database administration, survey coordination, document preparation, estimating, and condemnation support, right-of-way acquisition can be a highly complex undertaking. In recent years, the process has grown...
The Role of Feasibility Studies in Upstream and Downstream Projects
When engineering and industrial companies contemplate a new project or expansion, they always bring plenty of questions to the table. Can a plant be made profitable and efficient given a set of circumstances? Is a particular configuration feasible for meeting a...
Using P&IDs and PFDs in Downstream Development
For downstream markets, process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) are two important tools used in designing systems. These diagrams provide a common language and notation to describe the equipment and connections of a process in...
Many Benefits of Modular Processing Equipment
The construction of refineries, distillation plants, and drilling platforms has traditionally involved a systematic, piece-by-piece approach. Parts are shipped in, and systems are incrementally built with connections scattered throughout the design. This approach has...
The Current Outlook for Offshore Drilling
Recently, we have heard quite a bit of news concerning offshore drilling. At the end of January 2015, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its 2017–2022 offshore lease draft plan offering 14 new offshore drilling leases, including one for the...
Process Simulation Increasingly Important to Petrochemical Operations
Even a cursory glance at oil and gas extraction and processing activities provides the layman with enough information to deduce that these activities require significant planning, mindful operation, and a strong knowledge base. Yet a shrinking pool of qualified...