Shell sold off its 50% equity in the refinery section to Pemex in May of 2021. The adjacent olefins plant is still with Shell. Fire appears to be from the Shell olefins plant from other news articles
https://youtu.be/2TU28LRto-0
When including an excel function ( say the exponent e ^ (argument) ) in a cell expression, the cell contents has this annoying feature "mailto:.....", which takes you direct to outlook mail express when clicking on the cell.
Is it possible to disable this feature and leave it as a plain math...
Another minor disaster that went under the radar on E tips early August in Texas - 37 personnel treated for minor burns.
Looks like this is the propane - propylene splitter tower on fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkIqwR6iOkg
Regrettably, this is a repeat of similar incidents in the recent past, and yet the US CSB doesnt seem to have the teeth to call for change with these oil companies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkxvkIfafw
Does anyone have the theory, derivation and/or expressions for the heat loss through the bottom of a heated storage tank sitting on the ground.
For example, a heated storage tank holding molten bitumen at 150-170degC, sitting on a layer of sand say 300mm thick followed by a semi infinite depth...
In API 520 part II section 5.4 (5th edition, Aug 2003) and the GPSA, a backflow preventor feature for a pilot operated RV is recommended for scenarios where the RV exit backpressure could exceed the "inlet pressure " on the RV.
The design standard for a reputable supermajor oil/gas operating...
This chemical 2 imidazoline has a high pKaH (similar to piperazine), high boiling point and is water soluble. Piperazine is currently used to enhance the overall absorption rate of the kinetically slower MDEA in activated MDEA solutions(originally patented by BASF).
Anyone come across the use...
In a simplified version of this equation, we have :
Fraction of solute in exit gas as a ratio to that in the incoming gas = (A-1) / ((A^(N+1)) - 1)
Where the LHS = y2 / y1 in this simplifed form of the KSB equation ( which is valid for low values of y, and low values of the same solute in the...
