Crude oil
Convert heavy oil residue into synthetic fuel
Over the past several decades, oil extractors and refiners have been maximizing the production of easy-to-drill, high-quality light sweet oil, mostly concentrated on the Arabian Peninsula. With “..
HP Editorial Comment: The silent assassin: Corrosion
This month’s special report focuses on corrosion. Often, uncontrolled corrosion undermines the mechanical integrity of process equipment and infrastructure. It is often identified as the root cau..
HP Global: Africa’s drive to a clean fuel regime
The challenges facing Africa’s drive to a clean fuel regime are captured by a success story in South Africa and a heartbreaking tale in Kenya, with both countries striving to achieve low-sulfur (..
HP Petrochemicals: Rail safety becoming key issue for US, Canadian producers
The first five years of the modern shale revolution have been a boon for petrochemical producers throughout North America. While proposed energy exporters must go through lengthy approval processes an..
HP Viewpoint: Sound energy policy needed to support 21st century economy
The shale energy revolution has overturned every assumption we once held about the US long-term energy outlook. Thanks to technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, we hav..
HP Industry Perspectives: The best modern-day inventions according to chemical engineers
The best inventions are often influenced by an individual’s background, job, education and so forth. So what are the top 10 inventions according to chemical engineers? The Institution of Chemical..
HP News
Country spotlight: KazakhstanAccording to data from the Kazakhstan Ministry of Oil and Gas, the country’s three oil refineries processed nearly 14.3 million tons (MMt) of crude in 2013. The 2013 ..
HP Industry Metrics
According to the US Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook February 2014, forecast global petroleum and other liquids supply will increase by 1.7 million bpd (MMbpd) in 201..
Catalyst demand to increase over the next five years
The global demand for petroleum refining, chemical synthesis and polymerization catalysts will rise 5.8 %/yr to $19.5 billion in 2016, as listed in Table 1. The growth is directly related to increasin..
Catalyst news
Catalyst development—both fundamental and applied scienceHaldor Topsøe’s HyBRIM catalyst technology is an improved production technique for both CoMo and NiMo hydrotreating catalysts. C..
- INEOS Inovyn agrees to sell its Italian chlor-alkali business to Esseco Industrial 4/21
- LOTTE Chemical to merge into integrated corporation after spinning off Daesan plant 4/21
- Petronor and H2SITE partner to pioneer high-purity hydrogen production in refining through advanced membrane technology 4/21
- Emerson accelerates edge ecosystem for real-time enterprise operations intelligence 4/21
- Tracerco launches DrumVision™ to deliver real-time process visibility in delayed coking and demanding interface measurement applications 4/21
- IMI signs global framework extension with Solvay for the provision of IIoT sensors 4/21
