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Global LNG supply seen rising under 4% in 2023 with buyers taking any available cargo

Dec 19, 2022

If there aren´t any unplanned outages during 2023, global LNG supply may increase under 4% next year compared with this year´s estimated levels, said Clark Williams-Derry, analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

Petroperu´s inability to restart refinery once key for Panama Canal defense separates Peruvians from $1.5 billion: a case study on a century of crude oil business in the tropics

Nov 9, 2022

Thirty million Peruvians learned slowly about a 30,000 barrels-per-day capacity expansion project, add to that a unit to process residuals, that has so far taken at least a decade and a half and demanded anywhere from $5.5 billion to well over $8 billion, not...

White Paper: US Capital Projects, Maintenance & Supply Chain Executive Insights from the 2019 Downstream Conference

Aug 6, 2019

In the face of this almost unprecedented growth, the Downstream market is dealing with reduced productivity and workforce / skills shortages, instability in oil prices, mega disruptions in technology, and a growing trade war. This confluence of market factors...

Petrochemical firms save millions by automating maintenance files

Jan 26, 2018

Turnarounds and capital projects are more complex than ever, and incur significant financial risks, but some owners are finding multimillion-dollar savings by automating manual paper-based processes.

Downstream technology is more effective when owners connect the human chain - analyst

Jul 26, 2017

Petrochemical project leaders are turning to advanced sustainment and lean operation methods to fill the communication gaps left by high-level process mapping and performance objectives, an industry analyst told Petrochemical Update.

DuPont sees production benefits from new turnaround process

Jun 24, 2016

Initiating company-specific best practices and streamlining its turnaround processes over the last few years has allowed DuPont’s Manufacturing Center in Mobile, Alabama to dramatically improve its turnaround scope management system and start up all its...

US ethane output to rise 27% by 2017; olefins turnarounds to peak in April

Apr 6, 2016

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