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How to make anything with a catalytic cracker

High Olefins FCC Technology Services, LLC: Dean, C.
Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology: Letzsch, W. S.

Various refined products can be produced via an FCCU only with changes in operating condition, different feedstocks and advanced/specialty catalyst choices.

Case history: Modernization of Russia’s refining industry—Part 1

RAS, A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas: Levinbuk, M.
Gazprom Neft: Galkin, V. V.  |  Makhiyanov, V.

Russian laws governing transportation fuels and crude oil have undergone many changes. These regulatory changes will involve the revamping of Russia’s refining industry. At present, this nation h..

Which margin levers impact Group I and Group II base stock competitiveness?—Part 2

Kline and Co., Inc.: Moncrieff, I.

This is the second in a two-part series assessing the struggle taking place between Group I and Group II/III for market control and price formation in the global base stocks industry. Part I provided ..

HP Industry Perspectives: Tale of two continents

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Growing supplies by non-OPEC countries has introduced some calm for crude oil prices. However, other factors are influencing profitability and margins. In the US, the abundance of shale oil and the 40..

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

API releases three new standards to improve refinery safetyThe American Petroleum Institute (API) issued three new first-edition standards to enhance refinery safety and inspection programs:RP 583, Co..

HP Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Global energy markets are reaching a new equilibrium, according to Wood Mackenzie analysts. As demand shifts to the East, it will expand to extraordinary proportions. However, the world finds itself i..

What is the ‘refinery of the future’?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

For years, technology experts and engineers have discussed the elements and operations that will define the refinery of the future. The refining industry has made great progress from the early days. H..

US sees monthly increase in production, demand for refined products

“Last month saw a continuation of recent trends, with strong demand and even stronger production resulting in falling import levels,” said API chief economist John Felmy.

API launches new campaign for next generation oil and gas workforce

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

Recent reports show that job growth in oil & gas has been 40-times higher than the US economy as a whole, and near 1.3 million additional jobs could be available by 2030.

Phillips 66 buys Beaumont crude, product terminal

The Beaumont terminal is strategically located on the US Gulf Coast. It provides deep-water access with major crude oil and refined product pipelines serving 3.6 million bpd of refining capacity.