Refining
Upgrade catalytic cracking operations
New processing methods fine-tune gasoline for the Chinese market
HPIn Europe: Beginning of the start of the end of oil
Here's a long view, a very long view, on the way hydrocarbon processing for energy and transport may develop over the next 50 years, starting quite possibly with a billion dollars of investment here i..
Improve catalytic cracking to produce clean fuels
Update the cracker heat balance to minimize coke make
HPIn Europe: Opportunity and resolution for the year ahead
During the holiday season, I asked a few people what their goals in the year ahead were. It was a haphazard kind of poll. But, interestingly, each answer points to an area of significant new business ..
HPIn Europe: What if we've got it all wrong about diesel?
What a harbinger of doom I feel at this festive time of year. There you all are investing in no-sulphur diesel for Europe ? building these great big hydrocrackers from Huelva refinery in the South of ..
HPIn Europe: The $3,500 metric ton of gasoline
They're doing some unusual things with alkylate here. ?Here? being on the archipelago where I live in Sweden. There's alkylate in little plastic tanks and on the pump at a local station here. Now it a..
Reduce energy costs for distillation column
Steam ejectors as part of the auxiliary water circuit can optimize energy and improve reliability
HPIn Europe: Keeping the barricades away from your refinery gate
What I like about reading Isaac Asimov (I'm on the last book of his classic sci-fi series) is the way it gets me to see the history in current events. This month, I've had a think about how history mi..
Consider an integrated execution methodology for your next project
Two major refiners used a new project approach for their Clean Fuels Projects that ensured a quality, and timely, startup while minimizing expenses
Consider retrofits to handle high-viscosity crudes
Refiners must fine-tune crude unit process design and energy balance to process a heavy feedslate
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