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Oil falls as oversupply weighs

Oil prices fell, reversing earlier gains, as increases in OPEC production and US oil rig additions continued to weigh on the market.

Column: La Nina set to boost US winter heating oil demand

Refiners are hoping distillate will get a further boost from a pick-up in freight movements and a colder winter in 2016/17.

Consider post-design changes to confine a hazardous area

Petrokon Utama Sdn Bhd: Bapat, S. V.

Hazardous area classification (HAC) is carried out while performing basic design engineering, and HAC drawings are produced as one of the deliverables.

Experience with naphtha in sour water emulsions generated in a fractionator overhead accumulator

Syncrude Canada Ltd.: McKnight, C.  |  Rumball, B.

A number of conversion processes, both hydrogen-addition-based and carbon-rejection-based, crack heavy oil into lighter hydrocarbon products.

Oil rally to resume later this year, demand to offset glut

Oil analysts still expect a rise in the crude price this year, thanks to improving demand growth that should help offset any bearish headwinds from a stubborn supply surplus.

Oil steadies just above three-month lows on oversupply

Oil prices steadied just above three-month lows as producers continued to pump more than needed, filling inventories, and economic growth prospects darkened.

Oil falls towards $44, lowest since May, on glut worries

Oil hit its lowest since May, falling towards $44/bl, pressured by concerns that a long-awaited rebalancing of the market would be delayed due to excess supply.

Secure the best benefit from C4 hydrocarbon processing—Part 2: Economic evaluation

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG: Streich, T.  |  Kömpel, H.  |  Geng, J.  |  Renger, M.

Summarizing the outcome of the technical evaluation in Part 1 of this technical study, a tailor-made process route should be chosen for proper C<sub>4</sub> hydrocarbon processing to obtain the best benefits from case to case.

Catalytic advances make chemical upgrading a reality for heavy sour feeds

Auterra Inc.: Burnett, E.  |  Litz, K.  |  Schmelzer, G.

For many years, industry researchers have worked to find more cost-effective alternative processes than traditional hydroprocessing for upgrading petroleum fractions.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

The impact of Canadian and French refinery outages caused margins to fall slightly in the Atlantic Basin and Europe, despite stronger gasoline demand and higher inventories.