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StG Buys Air Liquide UK Site
Scientific and Technical Gases (UK) are pleased to announce that they have completed the purchase of the Air Liquide UK Speedwell Road site in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The 1.5 acre site will be the home to the new Scientific and Technical Gases (StG) speciality gas manufacturing facility.
StG Chief Executive Chris Street said: “This new site is a continuation of our ambitious growth plans over the next 5 years. The new site will house our new Global Head-Quarters and 10,000 sq. ft. state of the art manufacturing plant due to be completed in 2015.”
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Information Can Now Integrate into Fieldbus Systems
The HART Communication Foundation (USA) have announced that, due to the collaborative efforts of the Wireless Cooperation Team (WCT), specifications for transducer blocks for HART and WirelessHART devices have been added to the latest FOUNDATION fieldbus (FF) technical specifications. This addition enables full integration of HART and WirelessHART device information, including device diagnostics, into a FOUNDATION for ROM (Remote Operations Management) system.
"The Wireless Cooperation Team was formed to help facilitate the acceptance of wireless technology in the manufacturing and process industries,” says Ron Helson, HART Communication Foundation Executive Director. “We are seeing one of the first positive results of this unprecedented collaboration; now users can incorporate HART, WirelessHART and FOUNDATION fieldbus information into one standard environment for data and device management.”
The revision to the FOUNDATION fieldbus specifications is significant because now suppliers can create FF transducer blocks which enable HART and WirelessHART device measurement and diagnostic information to be integrated into the FF infrastructure.
“The Fieldbus Foundation is excited to have this new level of cooperation with the HART Communication Foundation and WCT. Our whole strategy around FOUNDATION for ROM is to make things easier, more flexible, and more consistent for our end users,” says Fieldbus Foundation Global Marketing Manager Larry O’Brien.
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Gulf Coast Conference Hosts new Methodology
Bruker’s (USA) new fast gasoline characterisation methodology for optimising multi-dimensional gas chromatography for the PIONA+ Analyser methodology was introduced to seminar attendees at the 108th Gulf Coast Conference recently. A group of Bruker experts presented several papers and poster sessions, all devoted to the progression and knowledge of chemical analysis technology in the fields of petrochemical chemistry and refining.
Of particular interest to delegates attending GCC was the fast PIONA gasoline methodology for the analysis of complex hydrocarbon mixtures, oxygenates containing gasoline, which conforms to ASTM D-6839 methods and related methods may take up to two hours or more. The methodology presents a simple means to reduce analysis time from 115 minutes down to 70 minutes. A considerable gain is obtained by using smart interaction between the individual columns, while the column and methodical optimization result in a significant reduction in the analysis time without jeopardizing accuracy. The repeatability is in the same range as the more lengthy determination.
Further information on this fast PIONA mode and other methodology can be found at PIONAplus website or the globalenergytesting website. Bruker have made available a large amount of downloadable literature covering the highlights of the conference and additional information regarding their PIONA+ Analyser.
Reply Card no 14 Acquisition of Analytical Spectral Devices
Spectris plc (“Spectris” or the “Company”), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES (“ASD”), manufacturer of Near-Infrared (NIR) instrumentation solutions and applications expertise for materials measurement and research, for a debt and cash-free net consideration of $14 million (approximately £8.8 million). The consideration will be met from existing cash and bank facilities and is subject to routine balance sheet adjustments. Spectris expects the acquisition to complete before the end of the year upon ASD shareholders’ approval.
In addition, a contingent consideration of up to $19 million (£11.9 million) may become payable to the sellers, based on achieving growth in sales targets for the 36-month period ending 31 December 2015.
The acquisition of ASD is in line with Spectris’ established strategy of growing and strengthening its businesses via acquisition of complementary businesses. ASD will become part of the Materials Analysis segment and will be integrated with PANalytical (Netherlands).
Jim Webster, Spectris’ Business Group Director, commented: “ASD’s successful NIR solutions for the Remote Sensing, Mining and other Industrial markets complement and extend PANalytical’s offering towards scientific and industrial customers and will add a new contiguous product line with portable, handheld, benchtop and online products. Furthermore, the acquisition of ASD will provide strong synergies in the combination of both companies’ technologies, customer support capabilities and distribution channels.”
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Rafinerija Nafte Brod Selects Technology to Improve Quality of Refined Lubricants and Fuels
UOP LLC, a Honeywell (USA) company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) announced recently that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sole oil refinery, has selected UOP and EMRE technology to improve the quality of refined lubricants and fuels.
The licensing agreement is the first under a joint licensing alliance formed by Honeywell’s UOP and EMRE last year.
The new technology will allow Rafinerija Nafte Brod to improve its product quality and environmental performance. The refiner will combine Honeywell’s UOP Unicracking hydroprocessing solutions with EMRE’s distillate and lubricant de-waxing technologies to produce ultra-clean jet and diesel fuels and high-quality lubricant base stocks.
Pete Piotrowski, vice president and general manager of Process Technology and Equipment for Honeywell’s UOP said, “The new Unicracking complex will help the refinery increase their fuel and lube yields through an integrated and cost- effective approach.”
“The EMRE technology platform provides a one- stop solution for Rafinerija Nafte Brod’s hydroprocessing and fuel de-waxing needs,” said Vince Alberico, manager of Technology, Sales and Licensing for EMRE.
The Unicracking complex will include Honeywell’s UOP two-stage Unicracking process integrated with EMRE’s MSDW process for selective dewaxing lubricant feedstocks and EMRE’s MIDW processes for dewaxing diesel feedstocks. The complex will upgrade more than 45,000 barrels per stream day of kerosene, diesel and vacuum gas oil feedstock into high-quality diesel and jet fuels. It will also produce high-quality base oils that will be used for the production of Group II and Group III lubricants at Refineria Ulia Modricha, which is part of the oil refining production chain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The new complex is scheduled to start operations in 2016.
Rabigh II Project Process Control System Supplier Selected
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Japan) have announced that Yokogawa Saudi Arabia has been selected as the process control system supplier for the Rabigh II project in which Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical have invested.
Yokogawa will supply its flagship products, the CENTUM VP production control system and the ProSafe- RS safety instrumented system for the Petrochemical Complex. This is an indication that Yokogawa’s business partners acknowledge its success in the Rabigh I project and have full confidence in Yokogawa’s capabilities. With phases I and II combined, this is the largest project for which Yokogawa has been selected in the Middle East.
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Since the foundation of Yokogawa Saudi Arabia in 2006, Yokogawa has strengthened its engineering capabilities in the Kingdom through the course of several major projects. Yokogawa’s success in these projects has earned the customer’s confidence in its local project execution capabilities, leading to the decision for the Rabigh II project to be fully executed in Saudi Arabia, at the company facilities in Dhahran Techno-Valley. The execution of this project in the Kingdom follows Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical’s guidance on the maximisation of Saudi Arabian content.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, following through on its commitment to its customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has doubled the size of its facilities in the Dhahran Techno-Valley. In addition to engineering and project execution capabilities, the new facility allows Yokogawa to manufacture specific elements of the control system and strengthen their research and development activities.
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Honeywell’s UOP Unicracking technology provides flexibility to upgrade a variety of feedstocks to high-quality, lighter transportation fuel products. It can also be used to produce low- sulphur naphthas for reforming into gasoline, or to upgrade FCC products for additional distillate production or sulphur removal.
EMRE’s MSDW and MIDW processes are advanced proprietary technologies to optimise production of lubricants and distillate fuels. The MSDW process is designed to overcome high- sulphur environments and provides the highest yields and viscosity available in the industry. MIDW is a selective catalytic dewaxing process that can improve yields of high-quality diesel with excellent cold flow properties.
Honeywell’s UOP has been developing and licensing hydroprocessing solutions, including advanced catalysts and specialty equipment, for nearly 100 years. As a major research and engineering organisation, EMRE develops a broad spectrum of refining technologies to safely and reliably respond to an array of process challenges.
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