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English translation: streamline

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Spanish term or phrase:	descuellamiento
English translation:	streamline
Entered by:	DLyons

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01:30 Jan 17, 2012

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Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng

Spanish term or phrase: descuellamiento

TIA for an help with this term!

In context:

XXX anunció que comenzará un proyecto de *descuellamiento* para la planta del acrilonitrilo (ACN) situada en XXX.

Cesar Serrano KudoZ activity Questions: 227 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1410 United States
Local time: 00:17

streamline

Explanation:
i.e. remove bottleNECKS.

Selected response from:

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 06:17

Grading comment

Thank you, DLyons!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

overhaul

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz

revamp

Astrid Walter

reconfiguration/configuration

liz askew

streamline

DLyons

Summary of reference entries provided
	liz askew

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

1 hr confidence:

revamp

Explanation:
Definition: descuellamiento o reconfiguración de unidades existentes para volverlas más aptas a las condiciones del mercado, además del cierre de plantas tecnológicamente obsoletas.

China agreed terms to finance a $1.24 billion oil refinery revamp in Costa Rica, the Central American country's state oil company said on Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/costarica-idUSN1E7...

REFINERY REVAMP-1: ConocoPhillips revamps crude unit to increase flexibility, profitability
http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-104/issue-31/proces...

Example sentence(s):

Technip has been awarded a refinery refurbishment and revamping contract by Sonatrach for the Algerian company's Algiers refinery.
A subsidiary of the Swiss engineering contractor Foster Wheeler recently was chosen to revamp catalytic crackers at production plant of the Thai refinery operator Star Petroleum.

Reference: http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-8138-technip-wins-al...
Reference: http://www.process-worldwide.com/management/markets_industri...

Astrid Walter
Mexico
Local time: 00:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

2 hrs confidence:

streamline

Explanation:
i.e. remove bottleNECKS.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you, DLyons!

7 hrs confidence:

overhaul

Explanation:
Another alternative.

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 07:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 days7 hrs confidence:

reconfiguration/configuration

Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?q=un proyecto de descuellamient...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 80

Reference comments

2 days7 hrs

Reference

Reference information:
1a parte petrol
www.sener.gob.mx/res/PE_y_DT/pub/petroliferos2003.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Premcor Refining Group Inc., una empresa “es- pecializada”, clausuró .... ha traído consigo el “descuellamiento” o “reconfiguración” de uni- dades existentes ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 80

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thank you for the reference info, Liz! Long time no see...Happy New Year!

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Jan 20 - Changes made by DLyons:
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