Tag: Chemical

In the oil and gas business, Downstream is the segment that converts hydrocarbons (liquid and gas) into finished products. It is commonly associated with refining and fuel production, but there is another set of operations pertaining to Downstream that are vital to our lives; we are talking about the petrochemical industry.

As a manufacturer of high performance and engineered ball valves, we are often asked about what industry standards affect these products and what should be referenced when specifying and ordering. The answer to that question is not nearly as straightforward as with the gate, globe, and check valves that have historically been the primary go-to valves in refining.

Throughout the petrochemical industry, plants are constructed to produce a range of products, including methanol, ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, polypropylene, ammonia, urea, benzene, toluene, and xylenes. Over the next five years, benzene, toluene, and xylenes are expected to see little capacity growth in the Americas; however, methanol, ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, and polypropylene are expected to see a significant capacity rise.

Fugitive emissions have always been dangerous to employees, communities, and the health of the environment and the planet as a whole.

Entrained Gas Management and In-situ Verification Improves Reliability and Decreases Downtime. Global chemical company, BASF, opted for the new Coriolis meter technology as the centerpiece of its Freeport, Texas plant’s safety instrumented system (SIS).

US-based company Baker Hughes recently broke ground on their first chemicals manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia. The company held a ground-breaking ceremony at the facility’s PlasChem Park location in Jubail to celebrate the milestone and formalize an agreement with Sadara Chemical Company to supply the facility with feedstock chemicals.The facility will deliver the company’s full portfolio of chemical services and technology solutions for the hydrocarbon production, processing, transmission and petrochemical industries.

Joe and Mike work in a chemical plant. The former is a field operator and the latter is a piping specialist. They meet at the cafeteria and the following dialog ensues:“Hi Mike, the new valve you specified is working beautifully.

Throughout the process industries, emission control has become increasingly important in valve selection, seal design and ultimately system reliability.

The chemical and petrochemical industry in Brazil is driven by one well-reputed player, Braskem. Valve World Americas was pleased to sit down with Celso Ferreira Ramos Neto, Procurement Manager for Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo at Braskem to discuss the company’s product procurement protocols, vendors list, material selection methods, plant turnarounds and what the future holds in the increasingly digital industrial environment.

Fugitive Emissions are emissions of gases and/or vapors due to an unanticipated leak from pressurized equipment such as valves, pumps, compressors typically in a Chemical, Petrochemical, LNG or Refinery applications. TEmissions from Refineries and Chemical/Petrochemical plants can be broadly referred as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emitting in the atmosphere in plant applications or Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs).