http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/chinas-refinery-output-falls-for-first-time-in-20-mos-due-to-maintenance/ China's refinery output fell 3.3% in April from a year earlier, the first annual decline in 20 mos, as large refiners carried out regular maintenance and small independent plants curbed production due to thin profit margins. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/exxonmobil-completes-annual-maintenance-at-joliet-us-refinery/ ExxonMobil has finished annual maintenance work at the 250,000-bpd Joliet refinery in Illinois and is in the process of restarting operations. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/motion-enters-into-agreement-to-purchase-electricalautomation-company-allied-circuits/ Motion Industries Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Allied Circuits, an electrical and automation firm. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/ineos-shuts-down-canadian-unit-for-maintenance-after-chemical-leak/ INEOS confirmed in a statement that it had shut down the Sarnia plant for maintenance and to address an unspecified mechanical issue and did not address the extent or cause of the chemical release. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/special-focus-maintenance-and-reliability/case-study-causes-and-countermeasures-of-a-wall-tube-leak-accident-by-an-sncr-solution-of-a-co-boiler-in-an-rfcc-process/ Residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) is a process that cracks heavy oil into light oil, such as gasoline, with zeolite catalysts. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/special-focus-maintenance-and-reliability/hot-or-not-the-future-of-thermal-management/ Effective and efficient insulation solutions remain paramount for the chemical process, oil and gas, and petrochemical sectors. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/special-focus-maintenance-and-reliability/maintenance-keeps-refineries-and-petrochemical-plants-healthy/ The maintenance of industrial chemical plants is essential to protect and restore equipment, circuits and systems to enhance their function and provide efficient operations. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/columns/editorial-comment-maintenance-and-inspection-pathwaystechnologies-to-optimize-unit-reliability/ Unit uptime is one of the most important aspects in refining and petrochemical plant operations. Work stoppages due to any number of causes can be detrimental to profitability; therefore, it is imperative to utilize best practices, technologies, techniques and know-how to ensure processing units operate efficiently and safely. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/motiva-restarts-two-cdus-at-port-arthur-texas-us-refinery/ Motiva Enterprises restarted two crude distillation units overnight at its 626,000 bpd Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) refinery, the nation's largest, after a power outage. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/lukoil-expects-damaged-norsi-refinery-units-back-up-in-q2/ Russian oil producer Lukoil expects its damaged CDU-6 primary unit and catalytic cracker at the NORSI oil refinery to return to operations in the second quarter following seasonal maintenance.