29 / 76
July
2020
27
HYDROCARBON
ENGINEERING
D
ownstream oil and gas facilities are responsible for creating
the core components of a vast range of products that are
used in everyday life. As such, the reliability of production
facilities and the cost of operations can have a direct
impact on the prices of commodities that are supplied to other
industries or directly to the consumer.
Jeff Monych, Sulzer, USA,
looks at the
issues that can impair performance and the
most cost-effective solutions to optimise
the performance and reliability of screw
compressors in downstream applications.