Europe
Fine-tune processing heavy crudes in your facility
A better understanding of asphaltene stability in crude oils allows refiners to increase blending of ‘opportunity’ feedstocks
Biorenewables update: What is beyond ethanol and biodiesel?
New processing technologies have broadened potential ‘drop-in’ alternatives for transportation fuels
Improve vacuum tower revamp projects
A ‘balanced approach’ investigates separation of vapor and liquids in the flash zone/wash section design
Mitigate corrosion in your crude unit
Real-time analyzers can provide improved monitoring of chloride levels and enable better corrosion control practices
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
Case history 58: Piston pin plug wear
A wear analysis can help when failure data are meager
Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports
The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied
Spiral-wound or kammprofile gaskets?
There appears to be a shift toward the latter, but the choice isn’t always clear. Here’s where best to apply each type.
HP Control: APC application ownership
Advancec process control (APC) requires skilled control engineers, and where such engineers are not available, even well-implemented APC applications quickly become ineffective. That much is known and..
HP Integration Strategies: Sustainability program management with EAM
Moving to a sustainable manufacturing model requires significant changes throughout the enterprise. Some HPI companies use a top-down approach in which senior managers set targets to which engineers a..
- Indonesia's Pertamina merges refinery and logistic units 2/5
- Baker Hughes to provide downstream chemicals for Marathon Petroleum refineries, becoming preferred provider across North America 2/5
- About 2 MMbbls of Venezuelan oil being shipped to Spain's Repsol for refining 2/5
- Aster to complete Singapore refinery expansion, berth works in 2H 2026 2/5
- India exports first fuel to Europe since ban on Russian crude-derived products 2/5
- Indonesia discussing oil refinery plan with India's Essar Group 2/5
