Diesel
Hovensa closing units and reducing crude distillation capacity
Hovensa plans to shut down certain processing units on the west side of its refinery in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. This action will reduce the refinery’s crude oil distillation capacity from 500,000 bpd to 350,000 bpd, with no impact on the capacity of its coker or fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit.
Consider different alternatives for enriching lean acid gases
New developments improve operation of Claus sulfur recovery units
HPIn Europe: European consumers mull their options as
Although I’ve watched it coming, it still feels like a historic moment to see the oil industry pack up its things and leave. If you sell catalysts, pumps, inspection services, display ads or anti..
Gushan Environmental Energy to assess impact of new Chinese consumption tax exemption
Gushan Environmental Energy, a producer of biodiesel in China, announced that it is currently in the process of assessing the effect of a recently issued notice on consumption tax from the Chinese Ministry of Finance and the Chinese State Administration of Taxation.
ASTM Petroleum Committee working on ETBE test method
The eventual approval of a proposed new test method currently being developed by ASTM International Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants will allow a recently approved D02 specification to attain full compliance with form and style for ASTM standards.
US biodiesel tax break extended through 2011
The legislation, which reflects the framework of the tax agreement reached by President Obama and Congress, retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive through 2011. The bill has just been signed into law by President Obama.
Merichem introduces product to sweeten mercaptans in jet fuel
Merichem has launched MERICAT J, a next-generation technology to remove heavy mercaptans in jet fuel, kerosene and other middle distillate streams.
ASTM International wants to launch new standards on diesel exhaust fluid
ASTM International, with support from the American Petroleum Institute (API), will be hosting an organizational meeting to discuss the development of consensus standards for support testing of diesel exhaust fluid.
Sulfur content in US diesel fuel significantly reduced
This week marked a major milestone for theUS’ transition to ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel as all highway diesel fuel in the US complies with the landmark 15 parts per million (ppm) sulfur standard – a 97% reduction in sulfur content from diesel’s 2006 levels.
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Cobalt Technologies has an agreement with the US Navy to develop technology for the conversion of biobutanol into full performance jet and diesel fuels. Under the agreement, n-biobutanol produced by C..
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