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Crude oil

Refining: Winning strategies for oil producers

Wood Mackenzie: Gelder, A.

The prospect of peak oil demand will put pressure on resource-rich national oil companies (NOCs).

Industry Metrics

Atlantic Basin markets strengthened amid the onset of refinery maintenance season, while US support came from higher gasoline demand and gasoline price adjustments from the switch to summer RVP.

Business Trends: Refining margin time series evaluation

CEPSA: Larraz, R.

Refining margins can be calculated using several different methodologies.

Configuration study and design of sour water stripper units for a refinery revamp

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Das, S.  |  Singh, N. K.

As demand for oil products increases, refiners are expanding the capacity of their crude processing facilities to accommodate higher throughput.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

US refinery margins showed seasonal y–o–y growth, mainly supported by gasoline and diesel stocks drawdowns due to refinery maintenance.

Africa: The challenge of investing in Africa’s additional capacities

Contributing Editor: Oirere, S.

According to BP’s Statistical Review of <i>World Energy 2017</i>, Africa’s total crude oil production is approximately 7.9 MMbpd.

Reliability: Guidance for a lube sampling program

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Suppose your manager asked you to be involved in setting up a lube sampling program.

Enhancing refinery profitability with a novel offgas conversion technology

Siluria Technologies: Aronson, A.  |  Zaziski, D.
Wood Group: Carter, D.

The refining industry is challenged every day to optimize product slates that comply with market demand, product specifications, environmental regulations and refining-petrochemical integration, all while remaining profitable.

Aqueous chemistry principles applied to refinery processes

Phillips 66: Cardoso, R.

In the petroleum refining industry, pH measurement and adjustment are extremely important.

Establishing a plastics processing sector in NE India—A short analysis

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd.: Phukan, P. K.

The Assam gas cracker project was proposed as a part of the implementation of the Assam Accord, which was signed on August 15, 1985.