CST News: what happens around us?

Switching toward a conscious and data driven Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) has always been the Santo Graal for the maintenance of critical rotating equipment, for which typically OEMs recommend a planned and time based maintenance. Planned maintenance is proven not necessarily preventing from failures, thus impacting the Mean Time Between Failure of a unit, it also in many instances introduces a waste of time and money to perform unnecessary inspection of a unit. CST combines rotating equipment design knowledge with experience in the field, helping end users to take better decision about maintenance, operations and upgrades challenges.

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CST received a very important order for a Methane emission control system for one of the world's leading gas infrastructure operator. This new system will contribute to cut the fugitive natural gas emissions from the centrifugal compressors of a pipeline compression station, thus contributing to combat climate change.

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CST presented a paper at the 12^th Congress of the EFRC in Warsaw on an investigation made by a dedicated test plant with a two stage 800 kW compressor. The work was done to compare the therethical pulsation values calculated with its proprietary multi-physics software with experimental measurements. The research validated the software and allowed also to determine the effect on pulsations of alternative capacity control systems.

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Compression Service Technology – CST and Blackstone Industrial decided to joint their capabilities to create a “unique integrated machinery service provider”. The CST’s deep design know-how combined with the Blackstone Industrial’s experience and field/shop capabilities will provide an unparalleed value to the end-users for the whole life-cycle of their assets.

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On November 11th-14th 2019, the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre will host the ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE - 2019 edition. This Forum is the leading venue to discuss topical issues of the industry, where decisions that provide direct impact on formation of the global gas market will be taken. Cosimo Carcasci, Consultative Senior Leader and Stefano Catastini consultative service engineer will be present at booth n. 1450 in hall 1, realized in partnership with Sirio Sistemi Elettronici (SSE), to present our full range of products and services for the Oil&Gas and petrochemical industry.

From 15th to 17th of July 2019, CST participated in the ASME PVP - Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference in San Antono (Texas, USA), presenting the article: PVP2019-93077: Tuning of the Acoustical Analysis Model for Hypercompressors through Strain Gage Pulsation Measurements. Moreover our Consultative Senior Leader Cosimo Carcasci was Chair of the special session HPT-4-2, dedicated to High Pressure Compressor Pulsation/Vibration Tuning and Pressure Relieving Components. The ASME PVP Conference is the outstanding international technical forum for participants to further their knowledge-base by being exposed to diverse topics, and exchange opinions and ideas both from industry and academia in a variety of topics related to Pressure Vessel and Piping technologies for the Power and Process Industries. The PVP Conference is a recognized forum for fruitful exchange of ideas with participants from over 40 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and the Oceania islands.

From 17th to 19th of June 2019, CST participated as Silver Sponsor in the 14th LDPE Plant Improvement Conference in Gdansk (Poland), presenting the article: Solving Recurring Failures on the piping system of a High Pressure LDPE Compressor. The conference discussed all technical aspects of building, running and maintaining an LDPE or co-polymer high pressure plant - especially process, mechanical, electrical, safety and control considerations. It brought together all relevant stakeholders of this industry, well balanced between suppliers and operators, to discuss technical challenges, case studies and improvement initiatives around LDPE technology.

How to lower the OPEX by means of a modern lubrication system that improves machine availability, saves lubricant and keeps the unit under constant and sharp monitoring? Within the workshop "Predictive analysis & 4.0 monitoring for the component and system integrity", Alessio Butini (CST's Sales and Marketing Manager) presented “Cost reduction by means of smart lubrication” where fluid control and digital monitoring converge in the PLS-100. PLS-100 lowers oil consumption, component wearing, jamming of process streams, adsorbed power, downtime for repairs... A lean & modern approach to an ancient need of any motion part.

On November 12th-15th 2018, the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre hosted the ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE - 2018 edition. This Forum is the leading venue to discuss topical issues of the industry, where decisions that provide direct impact on formation of the global gas market will be taken. Our Engineers Massimo Colzi and Stefano Catastini were present at booth n. 1450 in hall 1, realized in partnership with Sirio Sistemi Elettronici (SSE), to present our full range of products and services for the Oil&Gas and petrochemical industry.

The Gas Machinery Research Council (GMRC) is a community of proactive natural gas companies dedicated to investigating technical issues within the rapidly evolving gas machinery industry and uncovering innovative solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of mechanical and fluid systems.

CNG compression package designed and built by CST and Alphagas in joint production with GAZPROM GAS ENGINE FUEL, presented to Mr Miller, CEO of Gazprom, during Saint Petersburg International Gas Forum 2018. Great interest from Gazprom top management and Gas Forum participants!

From October 2nd to 5th, the Expoforum of St. Petersburg hosts the 8th International Gas Forum. This Forum is the leading venue to discuss topical issues of the industry. The principal objective of the Forum is to provide a platform for substantive dialogue between leaders of gas industry. The Forum is by rights a unique gas industry event in Russia: besides an extensive exhibition program, every year the Forum provides a convention program that ensures substantive discussion of the most acute and pressing issues. You can find CST at booth n. B7.1 Pavillon F where you are invited to speak with our Member of the Board Giovanni Bucaneve, our Sales and Marketing manager Alessio Butini and our Service & Site Operation Project Manager Massimo Colzi.

On September 13th and 14th 2018, CST has participated to the 11th Conference of the European Forum for Reciprocating Compressors in Madrid. During the conference, our mechanical engineer (Pamela Tani) has presented an article: "New concept lubrication system application on a HP reciprocating compressor"

From 15th to 20th of July 2018, CST has participated at the PVP - Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference in PRAGUE, presenting the article: PVP2018-84666: From Piping Deformation To Pressure Pulsation Measurements To Solve LDPE Plants Vibration Issues The ASME PVP Conference is the outstanding international technical forum for participants to further their knowledge-base by being exposed to diverse topics, and exchange opinions and ideas both from industry and academia in a variety of topics related to Pressure Vessel and Piping technologies for the Power and Process Industries. The PVP Conference is a great place to exchange ideas and to meet colleagues as we all work to create and advance Pressure Vessels and Piping technologies for our global community of practice. The PVP Conference is a recognized forum for fruitful exchange of ideas with participants from over 40 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and the Oceania islands.

From the 6th to the 9th of May 2018, CST's sales and marketing manager Alessio Butini has partecipated to the 23rd international Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition held in Teheran, Iran.
CST booth has been hosted in the Italian Pavillion, the ideal stage , to present Company experiences, capabilities and services that can be made available for that challenging Market space.

The Iran Oil Show is among the most significant oil and gas events in the world in terms of the number of participants and its diversit

From 7th to 8th of May, 2018, the Petrochemical & Refining Congress 2018 has been hosted in Berlin
CST was present with its booth Cosimo Carcasci, consultative service leader and Massimo Colzi, Service & Site Operations Project Manager, had the opportunity to introduce CST capabilities and services to Industry representatives, Manufacturers , End Users and Maintenance Companies leaders.
PRC Europe 2018 is a significant international downstream oil and gas event. The Congress is, dedicated to European Refining and Petrochemical sector: the vision of the Organizers is that the European petrochemical and refining industry is to be recognized as one of the growth platform in European present and future economic scenario

PRC Russia & CIS is an annual event dedicated to oil refining and petrochemical industries, extending the PRC Europe series organized by BGS Group. More than 200 representatives from the global industry sector and particularly from Russia and CIS gather in Moscow every year to discuss topical issues of industry development, as well as to find new and strengthen existing contacts. The main goal of the event is to create a platform for networking for top- and mid-level executives, sharing experience, technologies and solutions.

CST news: From November 13th to 16th, the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company of Abu Dhabi hosted the 2017 edition of ADIPEC. This Forum is the leading venue to discuss topical issues of the industry, where decisions that provide direct impact on formation of the global gas market were been taken. Our maintenance engineering manager Cosimo Carcasci and our service and operation engineer Massimo Colzi were been at our booth, realized in partnership with SSE.