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Hi, how do you determine the amount of utilities during contruction of a refinery revamp project e.g construction water,utilities. do you have some rules of the thumb to do this?i need this information so that this utilities are available during the revamp without affecting the refinery...

thanks guys, for now let me use Katmars formula but generally speeking it seems its its difficult to calculate

would like to know how to compute the pressure drop through a reducer from 20 inches to 12 inches if the inlet of the reducer has 195 centrigrade 77t/hr of crude oil column overhead vapour

Hi all, Which type of Gas turbine is the best for a plant that needs both steam (23tonnes/hr ,18 bar,350 degrees centigrade ) and power (10MW) a)Dual pressure Combined cycle with condensing extraction steam turbine b)Single pressure Combined cycle with condensing extraction...

The gas turbine doesnt exist and no one seems to know how to go about it. They have just put the whole HRSG problem on me to come up with the specs for the HRSG.They have also asked acompanies to come up with proposals in the newspapers. My major problem now is to come up with the best HRSG...

Hi all, I am new in the oil nad gas industry. Recently i have been employed as a projects engineer to design a HRSG for a gas turbine in a refinery which is so new to me. Where should i start? Can some one help with some write up on the design to execution of this project?. thanks in advance

thanks guys for your advice at least i followed your instructions and i now got my job description. Regads

Hi, am new in the oil and gas industry employed as a project technologist. What is its job description. i work in a refinery due for upgrade. please advise since there is also an engineering department dealing with projects. i am a chemical and process engineer. regards. Dickens K. Seroney...

hi, i think outo plant is the best. Dickens K. Seroney (B. Tech in Chem and process eng.)Moi,Kenya Planning and development engineer.

hi, has anyone started a business in proposal/ project engineering please advise me on how i can start.thanks Dickens K. Seroney (B. Tech in Chem and process eng.)Moi,Kenya Planning and development engineer.

Hi, am happy it worked,i even got a promotion . i wish i would invite you all.i dont know how i will reciprocate. Dickens K. Seroney (B. Tech in Chem and process eng.)Moi,Kenya Planning and development engineer.

There existing PID and PFD s are there though since they are of different plants they are also differentin style hence I have to come up with an overall one. Thanks Dickens K. Seroney (B. Tech in Chem and process eng.)Moi,Kenya Planning and development engineer.

Hi, Thanks a lot for your replies since I have got many dimensions of my problem. Just to tell you about myself I will help solve my problem further. In life I have learnt to keep quite especially during meetings and talks since it’s easy to control the words I own. Experience has taught me...

Hi, The other day in the staff appraisals I had the highest percentage in the company .the most disappointing thing that my boss commented was that I lacked self confidence. I don’t know what to do to improve my self confidence? Is it because am a young engineer heading older people? Please...

hi, I am encouraged by your comments, since am now convinced that I had an idea. I had adopted these; 1.I coded each plant a number e.g. water treatment as 1 2.All equipment has been given a symbol e.g. a centrifugal /dynamic pump, while a displacement pumps as PD. 3.The fist centrifugal pump...