Refining
Flint Hills to close North Pole refinery in Alaska
Flint Hills will permanently shut its 85,000 bpd North Pole refinery, Alaska’s largest by capacity, citing poor economics and high costs for cleaning up soil and groundwater.
Elevance picks URS to build Mississippi biorefinery
Elevance Renewable Sciences has selected URS Corp. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Mississippi.
Neste Oil launches new system at Porvoo refinery for emission recovery
Located at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery in Finland, the new system is capable of recovering up to 70% of the volatile organic compounds released into the atmosphere when loading gasoline.
GE launches new global business for downstream technology solutions
GE Oil & Gas on Monday announced the launch of its new downstream technology solutions (DTS) business to more efficiently supply equipment and services to refining and petrochemical markets.
Marathon Petroleum acquires Ohio biodiesel plant
The Ohio plant currently produces several products including biodiesel and glycerin, with a total capacity of about 4,100 bpd. The transaction is expected to close in April 2014.
Case history: Characterization of shale oils and heat exchanger performance
LTOs are paraffinic, low in asphaltenes but high in filterable solids. Understanding the impact of these mechanisms can shed light on preheat exchanger performance and the prediction of fouling rates.
Optimize hydrogen plant efficiency with new MTS catalysts
To study the impact on plant efficiency of using MTS catalysts, a comparison case study was held between the HTS-based and MTS-based H2 designs currently in operation.
Russian refiners use oxygenates to preserve octane
A case study was conducted regarding the physical and chemical properties of key gasoline oxygenates, such as methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME) and other blending components.
Improve the isomerization of alkanes by catalytic distillation
The isomerization of light gasoline fractions is crucial to producing high-octane fuels and to reducing the benzene content in gasoline. One of the most promising options for isomerization is catalytic distillation.
A biofuels roadmap for Europe to 2030
What will the transport sector use as an energy source in 2030? If you answered gas, electricity or hydrogen, you could be on the right track. These sources are becoming increasingly useful to meet cl..
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