The News Review:
- Bentley Announces ISO 15926 OpenPlant PDx Manager
- Aker Solutions wins acid plant deal from US firm Freeport-McMoRan…
- Fundamental Building Block In Flowering Plants Evolved Independently…
- Inpex May Use Floating Plant for Indonesia’s Masela LNG Project
Bentley Announces ISO 15926 OpenPlant PDx Manager
Ten Links – Ten Links (press release) – May 28, 2008
In addition they can access in real time all model data and deliverables and extract them to ProjectWise in order to support globally distributed workflows. Because Bentley OpenPlant PDx Manager makes Bentley applications interoperable with PDS databases the ability to access and share this data in a collaborative environment doesn’t require PDS; the data is available to anyone using the next-generation of MicroStation and ProjectWise. Users also can save data in the ISO 15926 format allowing them to connect to a PDS project and reuse its content in ISO 15926-compliant applications such as ProjectWise Lifecycle Server or Bentley OpenPlant PowerPID. With the project data in an open format and managed by ProjectWise project teams can easily collaborate downstream and upstream even when disparate systems are deployed… These products facilitate distributed-enterprise collaboration spanning disparate systems and include Bentley OpenPlant PowerPID the only commercial P&ID solution to be based on a completely open data model. Today we are announcing Bentley OpenPlant PDx Manager which brings interoperability to users of data created with PDS streamlining their workflows and improving their productivity. In due course we will introduce similar support for other plant design systems. With Bentley OpenPlant PDx Manager users have real-time access to all PDS data via a live link to the PDS project database without translations conversions or extractions. They can see the breakdown structure of the model in a hierarchy browser select individual objects components lines and tags and zoom into the selected item. For each item in the model a property pane displays all of the information in the same order in which users would see the data within PDS itself. This ability to see the live data associated with any component rather than a snapshot review model reduces errors and rework due to out-of-date information saves project costs and improves productivity.
Aker Solutions wins acid plant deal from US firm Freeport-McMoRan…
Forbes – May 28, 2008
Under the terms of the deal Norway’s Aker Solutions said it will provide engineering procurement and design services for the US firm’s planned acid plant at its Safford copper mine located in south-eastern Arizona. While no financial details were given Aker Solutions said construction is expected to start in October with overall project completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2009. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold is building the sulphuric acid plant to provide acid for the leaching pads of its copper mine Aker Solutions said. reed@thomsonreuters.
Fundamental Building Block In Flowering Plants Evolved Independently…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – May 28, 2008
Chapple and his colleagues conducted the recent study as part of a broader effort to understand the genetics behind lignin specifically as the material is an impediment to some biofuel production methods because of its durability and tight integration into plant structures. "Findings from studies such as this really have implications regarding the potential for designing plants to better make use of cellulose in cell walls" said Gerald Berkowitz a program director for the Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster at the National Science Foundation and the program officer overseeing Chapple’s grant. "Different forms of lignin are present in crop plant cell walls; engineering plants to express specifically syringyl lignin could allow for easier break down of cellulose. Overcoming this obstacle is an important next step for advancing second generation biofuel production. " Adapted from materials provided by.
Inpex May Use Floating Plant for Indonesia’s Masela LNG Project
Bloomberg – May 28, 2008
Japan's biggestoil explorer plans to build a floating liquefied natural gasplant at a $5 billion project in Indonesia to contain costs. The technology which is yet to be deployed commerciallywill be used to process gas from the proposed Masela LNG projectin the Timor Sea Hirohisa Ota general manager of Inpex saidin an interview in Jakarta yesterday. A floating plant may costa third of an onshore unit and take less than half the time tobuild Citigroup Inc. said in a report on April 15. “Our preference is to build a floating LNG plant in MaselaBlock with a capacity of 5 million metric tons a year'' Otasaid at an energy conference. “We submitted a development planin Masela Block two days ago. '' Rising natural gas prices and advances in technology aremaking offshore plants increasingly viable to develop gas fieldsthat otherwise would be uneconomic Citigroup said… 3 billion estimated earlier because ofrising steel and raw material prices Ota said. The plant maystart production by 2016. The company may secure the approval of the Indonesiangovernment to develop the Timor Sea field in November afterwhich it will start initial engineering work said NoritoshiIno an exploration manager at Inpex. The field may produce asmuch as 800 million cubic feet a day of gas to supply thefloating plant. Floating Options The Masela project may seek partners once the governmentapproves the development plan Ota said. Shell SBM Offshore NV BW Offshore Ltd.