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EW ORDERSugust and September saw many ordersrriving for mesh demisters in a widenge of stainless steels, alloys and duplexr projects in the UK, Norway, Syria andatar. Significant contracts were securedr 4 sets of cyclone separator internals fore UAE; and a large crude stabiliser
olumn and separator internals for Iran.ther orders included various types ofndom packings and the supply andstallation of high-capacity distillation
olumn packing for the UK.
ECENT DELIVERIESecently completed contracts include setsf replacement trays and hardware fordonesia; several large separator plateacks to a UK customer; vane mistliminators for fuel gas scrubbers inakistan; high capacity structured packingnd cyclone internals for a gasehydration facility in Qatar; and a set ofini-valve trays for an oil stripper columnr an international process house.
LATEST ISO 9001CERTIFICATELloyds RegisterQuality Assurance(LRQA) hasrecently issuedHAT with a newISO 9001certificate. If youwould like a copyfor your recordsplease contact
artin Stockton, Engineering & Qualityanager, in our Newcastle, UK Operationsffice at [email protected].
MEET US AT THESE EXHIBITIONSHAT International is attending or beingrepresented at the following exhibitions. Ifyou are in the area, please drop by andsay hello:
2008ADIPECAbu Dhabi, UAE, 03-06 Nov (Hall 8)
2009 - TBA
NEW REPRESENTATIVE IN TAIWANWe are pleased to announce we will beappointing of a new representative for HATInternational in Taiwan:
Mr Andy Chang - PresidentFelca International Corp.No. 120-1, Niaosong 3rd StYongkang CityTainan County 710TaiwanTel +886 6 242 3111Fax +886 6 242 5699e-mail [email protected]
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Latest Developments
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West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil $/barrel
Nickel 3mo Unofficial $/m tonne
United States Dollar - Euro
United States Dollar - GBP
Industry & Market News
OIL SLIDES…Continued globaleconomic slowdowncaused oil to continue itssharp falls until thecommodity offered atemporary safe havenmid-September amidstock market melt-down.It starts October at$97/bbl.
NICKEL SINKS...Nickel mirrored otherindustrial commoditiesand steadily shed valueduring September. Themetal traded at $16/kg1st October on acontinuing downwardtrend.
DOLLAR SOARS...The Dollar was the clearwinner as investors fledother sectors,consolidating gains inAugust. The key ratesstand at £1.00 = $1.78and €1.00 = $1.41 on 1st
October.
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EUROPE
GERMANY - Bayer plans to upgrade itschemicals production site at Dormagenand Brunsbuttel, Germany, at a total costof around €300m ($420m). The companyconfirmed that it is planning to replace itstoluene diisocyanate (TDI) production atDormagen. The new TDI plant will have acapacity of 300,000 t/y, come onstream in2012 or 2013, and use the company’s newgas-phase phosgenation process. Bayersays the new process offers hugeadvantages both in terms of cost and theenvironment, reducing energyconsumption by 60%, solvents by 80%and cutting CO2 emissions by some60,000 t/y.
RUSSIA - The World Bank has signed adeal with Russian oil producer Rosneft tocut flaring by making use of gas from theKomsomolskoye oilfield rather than flaringit off. Rosneft says it will cut theequivalent of 5.3 million tonnes of carbondioxide emissions in 2008-2012, whichcan then be sold as carbon offsets underthe Kyoto Protocol, to European countriestrying to meet climate targets.
UK – The Environment Agency hasrecommended that the government shouldonly authorise new coal-fired plants on thecondition that utilities install technology tocapture and store the carbon produced.The Environment Agency adds thatcapture-ready stations, those that leaveroom to add any proven capturetechnology at a later date, are “insufficient”in light of the climate challenges faced.
MIDDLE EAST
INDIA - India's Oil & Natural GasCorporation (ONGC) is evaluating bidsfrom a dozen companies battling to securea contract to assess the feasibility ofdeploying a floating production vessel onits marginal oil discoveries in the ArabianSea. Norway's Aker Solutions andTechnip of France are believed to be themain overseas bidders while the likes ofIndia's Shipping Corporation could beamong the domestic contenders.
ASIA - PACIFIC
SINGAPORE - Keppel Shipyard hasbagged $150 million contracts for theupgrading, modification and conversion oftwo vessels that will work for Petrobras offBrazil. The first contract is from SingleBuoy Moorings (SBM), for the upgradingand conversion of a tanker into a floatingproduction, storage and offloading vessel.The spread-moored P-57 FPSO will becapable of producing 180,000 barrels of oilper day and undertake gas compression of71 million cubic feet of gas per day.
AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA – The Department ofMinerals and Energy has granted stateenergy company PetroSA a manufacturinglicense for its planned 400,000 bbl/dMthombo refinery. PetroSA’s facility now
has permission toproduce refinedpetroleum products,which the companysays is a significantmilestone in fast-tracking the project.The $11b refinerywill be built at
Coega, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.Construction is scheduled for 2010 andstart-up for 2014.
ELSEWHERE
USA – The Senate has approvedlegislation extending billions of dollars intax credits for the solar, wind and biodieselindustries as part of a $700 billion rescueplan for Wall Street. The legislation wouldextend for one year the production taxcredit for wind energy, with an eight-yearextension for investment tax credits forsolar energy projects. The bill alsoprovides incentives for the use ofbiodiesel.
News items courtesy www.the-eic.comwww.upstreamonline.com andwww.tcetoday.com
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Overleaf you will find a copy of our new, handy mousemat with many usefulconversion factors and formulae, rules of thumb, international time zones andIncoterms for international trade.
If you would some original, hard wearing HAT mousemats to keep thisinformation at your fingertips, please drop an e-mail to [email protected] givingyour full mailing address and quantity required.
HAT Mousemat – Useful Information & Conversions …
Your partner for cost effective mass transfer and separation internals…
ConversionsLength 1m.............. = 3.281 ftArea 1m2 ................ = 10.76 ft2
Volume 1m3 ........... = 35.315 ft3
Volume 1m3 .......... = 264.2 US galVolume 1m3 ........... = 6.29 API bblMass 1kg ............... = 2.205 lbDensity 1kg/m3 ...... = 0.0624 lb/ft3
Pressure 1 bar ....... = 14.5 psi = 100 kPaTemperature oC ...... = (oF – 32) / 1.8Velocity 1 m/s ........ = 2.237 mphFlow 1m3/h ........... = 0.59 ft3/min = 4.40 USGPMPower 1 kW .......... = 3412 Btu/h = 1.34 HPForce 1 N .............. = 0.224 lbfSp Heat 1kJ/kg oC ... = 0.239 Btu/lboFEnthalpy 1kJ/kg ..... = 0.43 Btu/lbHTC 1 W/m2 oC ...... = 0.176 Btu/h ft2 oFTh Cond 1W/m oC ... = 0.578 Btu/lb oF
Rules of ThumbGas Pipe Velocity V, m/s = 100 / rg
0.5
Pressure Loss: Inlet Nozzle, Pa = 0.5 rV2 Outlet Nozzle, Pa = 0.25 rV2
Demister Area: m2 = Qg (actual m3/s) K x {(rl – rg) / rg}
0.5
Where K = 0.1 m/s for mesh pads = 0.2 m/s for vane packs
Useful DataASME Flange Rating Max Press @ 100oC 150# 17.7 barg 300# 46.4 barg 600# 92.8 barg 900# 139.2 barg 1500# 231.9 barg
Pressure vessel weight: W (kg) = 35 x D(m) x t(mm) x L(m)
Vessel volume with 2:1 elliptical heads: V = (π x {D2/4} x L) + 2(π x D3/24)
Incoterms 2000EXW - Ex Works Named Place
FCA - Free Carrier Named Place
CPT - Carriage Paid to Named Destination
CIP - Carriage Insurance Paid to Named Destination
DAF - Delivered at Frontier Named Place
DDU - Delivered Duty Unpaid Named Place
DDP - Delivered Duty Paid Named Place
FAS - Free Alongside Ship Named Port of Shipment
FOB - Free On Board Named Port of Shipment
CFR - Cost & Freight to Named Port of Destination
CIF - Cost Insurance & Freight to Named Port of Destination
DES - Delivered Ex-Ship Named Port of Destination
DEQ - Delivered Ex-Quay Named Port
Gas Processing Data1 kg-mol = 22.41 Nm3
Normal Conditions at 0oC & 101.325 kPa
Gas Density, rg kg/m3 = MW x bara 0.0831 x oK x Z
1 lb-mol = 379.3 SCF Standard conditions at 60oF & 14.7 psia
1 Nm3 = 37.3 SCF = 1.056 Sm3
1 Sm3 = 35.3 SCF = 0.946 Nm3
Oil Processing DataCrude Oil SG = 141.5 (131.5 + oAPI)
1 API barrel (bbl) = 159 Litres = 42 US gal = 35 Imp gal = 5.61 ft3
1,000 BPD Flow = 6.62 m3/h
Viscosity, cP ............ = cSt x SG
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