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DISCUSSION GROUP 1 on TURBOMACHINERY OPERATION and MAINTENANCE
DISCUSSION GROUP 1 on TURBOMACHINERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Charles R. (Charlie) Rutan, Coordinator, is an Engineering Fellow for Lyondell/Equistar Chemicals, LP, at the Chocolate Bayou Chemical Complex, in Alvin, Texas. Initially, he was a Project Engineer for Monsanto Company, then moved into equipment specification, installation, startup, and problem solving. After Monsanto, Mr. Rutan worked for Conoco Chemicals, DuPont, and Cain Chemicals. He was a Mechanical Area Maintenance Manager at the Chocolate Bayou facility prior to being promoted to his present position. Mr. Rutan received his B.S. degree from Texas Tech University (1973). He was appointed to the Texas Tech University Department of Mechanical Engineering Academy of Mechanical Engineers and is a member of the Turbomachinery Symposium Advisory Committee. He has been active in ASME, the Turbomachinery and the International Pump User’s Symposia, the Southern Gas Compression Conference, the Hydraulic Institute, and AIChE. Richard Beck, Coordinator, has been the Equipment Reliability Group Supervisor at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Cedar Bayou Plant, in Baytown, Texas, since 1990. He has been employed with Chevron since May 1980, primarily in the equipment inspection and machinery reliability fields. Mr. Beck serves as the team leader of the Chevron Phillips Chemical Machinery Best Practice team and is one of the implementation coordinators for a company-wide reliability software system. His previous Chevron assignments include work at the Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery; the Belle Chasse, Louisiana, chemical plant; and the Maua, Brazil, chemical facility. Mr. Beck completed his undergraduate studies at Mississippi State University (Education, 1979) and taught high school mathematics prior to his career with Chevron. -
Guide to the American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, 1860S-1980S
Guide to the American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, 1860s-1980s NMAH.AC.0711 Bob Ageton (volunteer) and Kelly Gaberlavage (intern), August 2004 and May 2006; supervised by Alison L. Oswald, archivist. August 2004 and May 2006 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 4 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 6 Series 1: Historical Photographs, 1850s-1950s....................................................... 6 Series 2: Modern Photographs, 1960s-1980s........................................................ 75 Series 3: Miscellaneous -
Toxicological Profile for Jp-5, Jp-8, and Jet a Fuels
TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR JP-5, JP-8, AND JET A FUELS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry March 2017 JP-5, JP-8, AND JET A FUELS ii DISCLAIMER Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Public Health Service, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. JP-5, JP-8, AND JET A FUELS iii UPDATE STATEMENT A Toxicological Profile for JP-5, JP-8, and Jet A Fuels, Draft for Public Comment was released in February 2016. This edition supersedes any previously released draft or final profile. Toxicological profiles are revised and republished as necessary. For information regarding the update status of previously released profiles, contact ATSDR at: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences Environmental Toxicology Branch 1600 Clifton Road NE Mailstop F-57 Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027 JP-5, JP-8, AND JET A FUELS iv This page is intentionally blank. JP-5, JP-8, AND JET A FUELS v FOREWORD This toxicological profile is prepared in accordance with guidelines* developed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The original guidelines were published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1987. Each profile will be revised and republished as necessary. The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for these toxic substances described therein. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a substance's toxicologic properties. -
The Shell Oil Strike of 1962-1963
LABOR’S LAST STAND IN THE REFINERY: THE SHELL OIL STRIKE OF 1962-1963 BY TYLER PRIEST Unless otherwise indicated, all photos from USW Local 4-1, Pasadena, TX. Pasadena, 4-1, Local USW from photos all indicated, otherwise Unless Striking OCAW Local 4-367 employees outside the gate of the Shell Oil Deer Park ❒ Individual: ❒ $15 – 1 yr refinery in 1962. “The true majesty of the oil industry is best seen in a modern along soaring platforms, catwalks, and ladders, the ❒ $30 – 2 yrs refinery,” wrote oil journalist Harvey O’Connor in 1955. catalytic cracking unit affords one of the magic ❒ Student (please include copy Few monuments of industrial architecture could compare to sights of twentieth century technology.”1 of student id): ❒ $10 – 1 yr a refinery’s giant crude oil tanks, topping plants, distilling Today, when driving over the Sam Houston Tollway ❒ Institution: ❒ $25 – 1 yr columns, fractionating towers, platformers, extraction plants, Ship Channel Bridge, even long-time residents of Houston lubricating oils units, and de-waxing units. The centerpiece cannot help gawking at a spectacle that includes not merely Donation: $ of the modern refinery, however, was that “sublime industrial one refinery, but dozens stretching along the Houston cathedral known as a ‘cat-cracker’,” where petroleum Ship Channel and around Galveston Bay. Conspicuous molecules were from this vantage point is Shell Oil’s Deer Park complex. Tyler Priest is Clinical Professor Return to: broken down and Built in 1929 and expanded with a giant cat cracker after Center for Public History and Director of Global Studies rearranged to form at the C.T. -
1 Magellan Crude Oil Pipeline Project* Permian and Eagle Ford
Magellan Crude Oil Pipeline Project* Permian and Eagle Ford Basins to Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas Background Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Magellan”), either through an existing affiliate or a newly formed entity, which new entity may include one or more unaffiliated members (in either case, “Carrier”) intends to develop a new pipeline system to transport crude oil and condensate from the Permian and Eagle Ford Basins to destinations in the Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas area, with an initial planned design capacity of at least 350,000 barrels per day (“bpd”) with the ability to expand up to 600,000 bpd to each destination (the “Pipeline System”). Carrier may elect to adjust the initial design capacity of the Pipeline System based on shipper demand in the open season. Carrier is seeking long-term revenue or revenue/acreage dedication commitments for the Pipeline System (in the form of Transportation Services Agreements or “TSAs”) through a binding open season (the “Open Season”), in exchange for which committed shippers would secure contract capacity rights at incentive tariff rates. Subject to obtaining sufficient commitments from shippers and the receipt of all necessary permits and approvals, the Pipeline System could be operational within 24 months of Carrier’s determination to proceed with the project. Pipeline System *1/31/2018 Version 1 Pipeline System Carrier would develop a new Pipeline System for transporting crude oil and condensate from the Permian and Eagle Ford Basins to the Corpus Christi and Houston Gulf Coast areas. Specifically, the Pipeline System would include the following assets, which could be newly constructed, existing or leased assets, or a combination of such, in each case, as supported by sufficient shipper interest: 1. -
1 Refinery Events June 8, 2012
Refinery Events June 8, 2012– June 14, 2012 The following events were obtained from the Department of Energy (DOE) website: Update: Motiva Continues to Address Corrosion Issue in Fuel Gas System at Its 600,000 b/d Port Arthur, Texas Refinery Motiva Enterprises on Friday provided an update on its progress addressing previously announced corrosion issues on some piping in the plant’s fuel gas system in a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. To remedy the corrosion issue and perform necessary repairs, operators were planning to temporarily place into service three compressors at the West Side Gas Plant (WSGP). The use of the WSGP compressors will help maintain fuel gas system reliability and reduce the potential for a fuel gas flaring event during the maintenance work, the filing said. Motiva submitted a similar notification for the compressors on April 23, 2012, and the follow-up filing today was submitted because the maintenance work identified in the prior notice has not been completed. http://www11.tceq.state.tx.us/oce/eer/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.getDetails&target=169426 Posted to DOE website 6-8-12. Citgo Reduces Rates Due to SRU Upset at Its 163,000 b/d Corpus Christi, Texas Refinery June 7 Citgo reported a sulfur recovery unit (SRU) upset at its West Plant Thursday morning, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Operators reduced West Plant unit rates to reduce the production of sour gas as they worked to stabilize the amine system and SRU unit. http://www11.tceq.state.tx.us/oce/eer/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.getDetails&target=169414 Posted to DOE website 6-8-12. -
AFPM 2019 National Occupational and Process Safety Conference
Safety Awards Gaylord Texan April 24-25, 2019 afpm.org/conferences Program Grapevine, Texas #AFPMNSC National Occupational and Process Safety Conference Preparing for Tomorrow AFPM congratulates all of this year’s award recipients on their outstanding achievements. Best wishes for a safe 2019. Masters of Ceremonies Distinguished Safety Award Master of Ceremonies Presentation of Awards AFPM’s most prestigious award, the Distinguished Randy Patton Joseph Gorder Safety Award (DSA) recognizes those member Vice President, Chairman, President and company refineries and petrochemical plants Health and Safety Chief Executive Officer that have attained a sustained, exemplary level of HollyFrontier Corporation Valero Energy Corporation safety performance in the domestic refining and AFPM Safety & Health Chairman, petrochemical manufacturing industries. Recipients Committee Chair AFPM Board of Directors are chosen by a selection committee composed of members of the AFPM Safety & Health Committee. Sean Horne Chet Thompson It is the DSA Selection Committee’s responsibility to Vice President, Safety President and CEO carefully examine the safety performance records Valero Energy Corporation AFPM of individual plant locations using the specific AFPM Safety & Health screening and selection criteria detailed below. Committee Vice-Chair Elite Gold Safety Award AFPM Safety Awards Program This award is typically presented to the top one percent of member company refineries and The presentation of the AFPM Safety Award plaques petrochemical plants that have -
Refinery MACT Summary Report: Evaluating Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Data
Refinery MACT Summary Report: Evaluating Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Data Established March 2020 Updated: 2021Q2 TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................................................................................................II LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... III BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 1 AIR MONITORING FOR BENZENE ............................................................................................ 1 BENZENE FENCELINE MONITORING ................................................................................................................... 1 TCEQ STATIONARY AMBIENT AIR MONITORING ................................................................................................. 1 EVALUATION OF AMBIENT AIR MONITORING DATA ............................................................... 2 EPA DELTA C CALCULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................. 2 TCEQ LONG-TERM AMCV COMPARISON ......................................................................................................... 2 IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SAMPLERS OF INTEREST .................................................................. 3 FACILITIES WITH SOIS ABOVE THE LONG-TERM AMCV FOR BENZENE ..................................... -
Shell Deer Park Refinery Benefits from Advanced Process Control Application on Gas Oil Hydro Treater Unit
Success Story Shell Deer Park Refinery Benefits from Advanced Process Control Application on Gas Oil Hydro Treater Unit Project Name: Gas Oil Hydro Treater Unit APC Location: Deer Park, Texas, USA Completion: December 2013 Industry: Refining “Shell Deer Park Management was completely satisfied with the way the project was implemented and the results achieved.” About Shell Deer Park Challenges and Actions Taken Shell Deer Park is located about 20 miles east of The Advanced Process Control (APC) application is downtown Houston, Texas. In 1993, Shell Oil Company implemented on the reactor/recycle gas heater, six pack and PMI Norteamerica, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary exchangers, stripper/main fractionator heater, and main of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), formed a 50/50 fractionator, with the core objectives of maximizing ULSD joint venture, resulting in Deer Park Refining Limited production, controlling WABT tightly, and pass balancing of Partnership (DPRLP). The assets of the refinery are flow and temperature for the main fractionator heater. The managed and operated by Shell Oil Company through APC application is always operated in optimization mode to Shell Deer Park Refining Company, a division of Shell meet the objectives with the operation parameters controlled Oil Products Company (a Shell Oil subsidiary). within the specified operation limits. Today, Shell Deer Park is home to the sixth largest One key product of the Gas Oil Hydro Treater (GOHT) refinery in the United States with a crude oil capacity of unit is diesel, and sulfur in the refinery diesel pool was 340,000 barrels a day. The Deer Park Refining complex very difficult to control since the pool has diesel coming has a variety of processing units, including a distillation from various units. -
Petroleum Refinery Consent Decree Emission Reduction Assessment for Ozone and Regional Haze Sips
APPENDIX D PETROLEUM REFINERY CONSENT DECREE EMISSION REDUCTION ASSESSMENT FOR OZONE AND REGIONAL HAZE SIPS 2013-013-SIP-NR Adoption February 26, 2014 Petroleum Refinery Consent Decree Emission Reduction Assessment for Ozone and Regional Haze SIPs Work Order No. 582-07-84005-01 Prepared for: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Austin, Texas Prepared by: ENVIRON International Corporation Steven H. Ramsey, P.E., BCEE Christopher J. Colville, EIT, EPI Alessandra R. Carreon Shagun Bhat, Ph.D. November 2007 Project No. 06-17477A 10333 Richmond Avenue, Suite 910, Houston TX 77042 Tel: 713.470.6546 CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES......................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... iv LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ............................................................................................................v ACCRONYMS .............................................................................................................................. vi 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1 1.1 Purpose.............................................................................................................................1 1.2 Background Information..................................................................................................1 -
Covestro Welcomes New Site Manager Enterprise Products Helping to Lead Way for U.S
Greater LIFE ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST April 2019 $3.95 Covestro welcomes new site manager Enterprise Products Helping to lead way for U.S. energy renaissance KEEP YOU MOVING without joint pain Live life without joint pain. At Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Baytown, we know that joint pain affects every part of your life. With treatment plans customized for you, our specialists offer a full range of advanced nonsurgical and surgical techniques, including: • Innovative pain control methods • Physical therapy to improve mobility and range of motion Baytown • Latest technology, including minimally invasive surgical techniques • Presurgical education programs for joint replacement We can help you fi nd relief from joint pain — so you can keep moving. Schedule an appointment: houstonmethodist.org/jointpain 281.427.7400 Greater LIFE ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST OnBAYTOWN the cover Our staff PUBLISHER EDITORIAL Carol Skewes David Bloom managing editor Michael Pineda ADVERTISING assistant managing editor Dean West manager Alan Dale sports editor Demetri Zervoudis, a native of Greece, will oversee Matt Hollis Covestro’s largest manufacturing facility in North America, the Baytown plant, serving as its senior vice president. ACCOUNT Christopher James EXECUTIVES Mark Fleming See more, pages 20-21 Cathy Loftin Lori Knight ACCOUNTING In this issue P. K. Wolfe Misty Warner business manager We bring you the petrochemical issue of Greater Baytown in April with an introduction to Covestro’s Deborah Robertson new senior vice president, Demetri Zervoudis. IMAGING He replaces Rod Herrick, who will now focus on his new duties as venture manager oversseeing Bridgett Tucker CIRCULATION Covestro’s MDI investment project (page 6 & 20)). -
I. Power Plants and Refineries in the Counties Surrounding Trinity River NWR
Appendix I. Power Plants and Refineries in the Counties Surrounding Trinity River NWR I. Power Plants and Refineries in the Counties Surrounding Trinity River NWR Table I-1. Power Plants Utility Plant Name MegaWatt County Abitibi Consolidated - Sheldon Abiitibi Consolidated Sheldon 97.2 Harris AES Deepwater Inc AES Deepwater 184 Harris Air Liquide America - Pt Arthur Port Neches Plant 38 Jefferson Air Liquide Large Industries Bayou Cogen Plant 300 Harris U S LP Air Products LP Pasadena 6.5 Harris Air Products LP Air Products Pt Arthur 40.6 Jefferson BASF Corp NAFTA Regional Olefins 83.2 Jefferson Complex Cogen Fac Calpine Central LP Amelia Energy Center 0 Jefferson Calpine Central LP Baytown Energy Center 914.6 Chambers Calpine Corp-Texas City Texas City power Plant 450 Galveston Cedar Power Partners LP Cedar Power Project 0 Liberty Chambers Energy LP Harris Energy Facility 0 Harris Channel Energy Center Channel Energy Center, 715 Harris Clear Lake Cogeneration Clear Lake Cogeneration LP Clear Lake Cogeneration Ltd 465.2 Harris Cogen Lyondell CoGen Lyondell 564 Harris Deer Park Energy Center Deer Park Energy Center 996 Harris Entergy Gulf States Inc Neches 295.8 Jefferson Enterprise Products Optg LP Enterprise Product Operating 25.7 Chambers Exelon Generation Co LLC Exelon LaPorte Generating Station 236 Harris Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery 214.9 Harris Co Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply ExxonMobil Baytown Turbine 376.9 Harris Co ExxonMobil Corp ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery 369.6 Jefferson Goodyear Tire and