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An aromatics plant in Sout East Asia had a unit shutdown on a CCR (Continuous Catalytic reforming) unit due to breaching of the centre-pipe support gaskets between each reactor, resulting in loss of containment of...
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A refiner in Asia planned to clean 359 heat exchangers during a shutdown to regain process efficiencies and boost production. The cleaning needed to be completed within a 21-day window. During the shutdown, 40 more...
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An offshore producer in South East Asia was keen to install new internals in each of their compressor train K/O drums to prevent liquid carry-over and improve compressor efficiency. The K/O drums contained mercury (Hg)...
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A refiner in South East Asia decided to replace internals in nine columns during a turnaround to boost throughput and enhance separation. The columns needed to be replaced in a 37-day window.
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A leading integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in Asia had its scheduled turnaround to open, clean, inspect and box up over 150 major equipment items in a 30-day window. During the turnaround, 19 units had...
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An Aromatics producer in Asia needed to change its Parex adsorbent at the end of its useful life to boost production efficiencies and improve yields.
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A refinery in SE Asia had several air-cooled heat exchangers that required maintenance due to reduced cooling capacity. Online monitoring showed that fouling on the external finned tube surfaces of 14 banks of forced draft...
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Many operators see the value of having only one or two in-house contractors to manage the maintenance of their assets to minimise cost while improving safety, quality and productivity. A large refiner in Asia wanted...