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Refining

Shell to upgrade Pernis refinery in Rotterdam with new solvent deasphalter

Construction work is planned to start next year, subject to permit approvals, with completion expected by the end of 2018. The new unit will not change the refinery’s total processing capacity, but will allow a different product mix.

Takreer taps Jacobs for waste heat recovery FEED work at Ruwais refinery

Jacobs has been contracted to provide FEED services that focus on raising efficiency at the plant to enhance power generation and water production, while reducing adverse environmental impacts.

SOCAR contracts Axens on Baku refinery upgrade

Axens is recognized by SOCAR as a key provider for clean fuel technologies after its involvement in the STAR refinery project in Turkey, where it supplied the naphtha, kerosene and diesel hydrotreating processes.

Improve acetylene hydrogenation selectivity using dynamic deactivation estimation

East China University of Science and Technology: Wang, Z.  |  Du, W.  |  Qian, F.
SSPC: Tian, L.
ECUST: Jiang, D.

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSPC) has been closely working with the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) on technical research to improve operational efficiency, reduce energy consumption and increase ethylene production.

Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL): Shidhaye, H.  |  Kukade, S.  |  Rao, P. V. C.  |  Choudary, N. V.
Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum: Kumar, P.

With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased.

Optimize alkylation unit operation by using response surface methods

Valero Energy Corp.: Bird, J.  |  Seillier, D.  |  Teders, M.  |  Jacobson, G.

A new methodology can be used to optimize the operations of an alkylation unit based on response surface methods.

Use model predictive control to achieve real-time management of a DWC

Emerson Process Management: Blevins, T.
Eastman Chemical Company: Downs, J.
University of Texas: Donahue, M.  |  Roach, B.

A dividing-wall column (DWC) can provide significant savings in energy and capital cost compared to a conventional distillation column design.

Advances in dry gas seal technology for compressors

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
AESSEAL plc: Carmody, C.

Compressor owner-operators now have unprecedented and solidly verifiable options.

Improve performance and reduce costs of wastewater treatment plants

TMC Chemical BV: Putra, Z. A.

The increasing costs of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) motivated a major specialty chemical plant to improve the performance of its treatment unit.

HP Automation Strategies: A portfolio approach to operations IT solutions management

ARC Advisory Group: Cosman, E. C.

The need for more automated and efficient operations has led end users to accumulate large and increasingly complex collections of operations-related information technology (IT) solutions.