Americas
REG acquires US renewable diesel firm Syntroleum
The assets acquired from Syntroleum include 50% ownership in Dynamic Fuels, which owns a 75 million gal/year nameplate capacity renewable diesel biorefinery located in Geismar, Louisiana.
GE buys Cameron reciprocating compression line
The division provides reciprocating compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services for oil and gas production, gas processing, gas distribution and independent power industries.
Michell Instruments celebrates 40-year anniversary
Established in 1974 in Cambridge, UK, the company started off in a small building with just a few employees but now has three manufacturing locations and several offices in 10 countries.
Brenntag acquires Philchem to bolster US chemical supply chain solutions
Philchem is specialized in managing individual supply and demand imbalances in selected product groups utilizing long term relationships with key suppliers and an excellent logistics expertise.
Linde, Siluria partner on ethylene technologies
Linde will license an optimized and integrated package to petrochemical producers for revamps or expansions at existing ethylene plants and for new world-scale plants.
Study: GHG from US-refined crude oils unchanged by Canadian oil sands
The rise in Canadian oil sands imports was offset by declines in imports of other heavier sources of supply that have a GHG intensity within the same range as oil sands, the study says.
Use crowdsourcing to boost process simulation
There are many ways to enhance the user experience of next-generation simulators by borrowing concepts from crowdsourcing, data mining and related fields.
Improve performance of exchangers in quench-water services
Dual-enhanced (DE) tubes are widely used in shell-and-tube heat exchangers (HEXs) in a range of industries. They have become a standard in multiple clean services for the hydrocarbon processing indust..
A chemist’s perspective on organic fouling in ethylene operations
Since organic fouling cannot be completely eliminated, ethylene producers must use operational, chemical and mechanical methods to minimize heat transfer losses and equipment downtime.
Automate furnace controls to improve safety and energy efficiency
Furnace firing is the biggest single operating expense in any refinery. Consider a medium-size refinery (250,000 bpd) that consumes 2,000 MMBtu/h. At a cost of $5/MMBtu, that’s $87.6 MM/yr being ..
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- OQ courts other partners for petrochemical complex in Oman as SABIC drops out 12/12
- Brazil's BNDES approves $71 MM for carbon storage project 12/12
- Cuba on edge as U.S. seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk 12/12
- China oil demand to plateau between 2025 and 2030 12/12
- Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak 12/12
