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Business Trends: Crude-to-chemicals—An opportunity or threat?

Wood Mackenzie: Gupta, S.  |  Xu, D.

For most oil refiners and chemical producers, the need to improve margins and remain competitive has never been greater.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its third annual awards.

Taiwan's naphtha tanker hit by suspected attack

An oil tanker carrying fuel from the Middle East for Taiwan’s state oil refiner CPC Corp was suspected to have been attacked.

Construction

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s ionic liquids alkylation technology to produce high-octane, cleaner-burning transportation fuels.

Details on high-impact refining and petrochemical projects presently under construction, as chosen by HP editors and readers

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) continues to expand and modernize to efficiently meet growing demand for energy, transportation fuels and petrochemicals.

Conceptualizing a mega-integrated refinery and petrochemical complex: A case study

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Dass, T.

<i>Integration</i> is the new keyword for sustainability and profit in today’s oil and gas market scenario.

Technical considerations for the Heydar Aliyev refinery revamp

SOCAR Turkey Enerji: Alkhasli, E.
Fluor Energy and Chemicals: Baerends, M.  |  Baars, F.
SOCAR: Khidirov, B.
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences: Asgar-zadeh, S.

The following case study describes the early development phases of SOCAR’s ongoing major revamp project at the Heydar Aliyev Refinery (HAR) in Baku, Azerbaijan, and its interface with the associated Azerikimya (AZK) steam cracking complex near Sumgait. References are made to the related SOCAR polymer project in Sumgayit, as well.

Advanced process control of debutanizers makes use of inferential predictions

Total: Ferrari, L.  |  Harrison, P.
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

Following good experience with a generalized cut-point calculation (GCC) inferential package, which models main fractionators with side streams, French energy major Total decided to experiment with a generalized distillation shortcut (GDS) inferential package, which models simpler, two-product distillation columns.

Show Preview: IRPC Europe returns to Italy this June

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Andrew, Bob

Gulf Energy Information and Hydrocarbon Processing are pleased to provide a preview of IRPC Europe 2018, which will be held June 5–7 in Milan.

Business Trends: Asia and Europe join the feedstock evolution with steam crackers

Argus: Morse, P. M.

Steam crackers lay at the heart of petrochemical operations.