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HP Petrochemicals: Ammonia production booms on cheap natural gas

IHS Markit: Keel, T.

Thanks to the availability of a steady supply of affordable natural gas as a feedstock, the ammonia and fertilizer industries in North America are experiencing a renaissance that has not been witnesse..

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

EU-US Energy Council discusses European energy security The EU-US Energy Council met recently in Brussels, Belgium. Following the gathering, the council issued a statement indicating that developments..

HP Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

The OPEC Reference Basket for crudes fell $1.23 in March. Changes in the crude oil markets are attributed to a slowdown in China’s economy and reduced crude oil demand by refineries. Non-OPEC sup..

Suncor Energy reports employee death at Alberta oil sands facility

Suncor emergency service personnel responded at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when an employee was severely injured while working at the Fort McMurray oil sands site.

New catalyst increases FCC olefin yields

BASF Corp.: Keeley, C.  |  Riva, S.  |  Komvokis, V.
BASF: Miranda, M.

The new catalyst helped enable the refinery to maximize propylene and isobutylene yields, expand total LPG production, maintain LCN yield, improve bottoms upgrading and expand the FCCU operating window.

Major refinery uses reliable fiscal metering system

Emerson Process Management: Gupta, T.

Reliance Industries Ltd., ranked 99th on the Fortune 500 list of the world’s major corporations, operates the largest refinery and petrochemical complex. Located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India (Fig...

HP Editorial Comment: What is the future for hydrocarbons and their prices?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Have we reached peak oil, again? No; the naysayers have predicted peak oil five times already, and innovative technologies continue to overcome previous barriers and to find new methods of developing ..

HP Industry Perspectives: It is not dirty oil, just oil with dirt in it

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

There are an estimated 8 trillion bbl of heavy oil reserves located throughout the world, as shown in Fig. 1. The quest now is how to cost-efficiently bring these reserves of “dirty oil” to ..

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

 Irving Oil refinery begins $60-million turnaroundA major turnaround is underway at Irving Oil’s refinery in Saint John, Canada. It began in early March and is expected to last until mid-Ap..

AFPM ’14: BNSF executive outlines rail safety priorities to handle volatile crude

HP Editorial Staff: HP Editorial Staff

Rose said BNSF and railroads across the country are concerned with three critical safety components: preventing derailments, mitigating their severity and mobilizing response measures effectively.