Tag: petrochemicals
High speed SAW clads tube sheets with SS
Specialised weld overlay cladding from Arc Energy Resources has been specified by Wellman Graham to provide corrosion protection on heat exchanger tube sheets destined for a new methanol plant in Trinidad.
Oman: petrochemical complex
The government of Oman, Oman Oil Company SAOC (OOC) and the Dow Chemical Company will design, build and operate a petrochemical complex in Oman.
Stainless leak-free plugs
Lee Products' new stainless-steel AFO (Axial Force Only) plugs are designed to handle high-pressure, high-temperature manifold applications, such as those occurring in the petrochem and offshore oil industry.
India: ONGC diversifies
India's ONGC is in talks with LNG suppliers in Oman, Qatar and Malaysia like to firm up its plans for setting up an LNG terminal in Mangalore.
NACE revises refinery standard
NACE International announces NACE Standard RP0170-2004, "Protection of Austenitic Stainless Steels and Other Austenitic Alloys from Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking During Shutdown of Refinery Equipment," a revised standard developed by NACE Task Group 173.
Norway: petrochemical expansions
Borealis will expand its Noretyl ethylene cracker, a 50:50 joint venture with Hydro Polymers at Rafnes, and debottleneck its own polypropylene plant at Rønningen.