Refining
Consider new methods to debottleneck clean alkylate production
Solid-acid technology enables an inherently safer approach to produce high-octane blending components
Zero tolerance requires faultless around-the-clock operation
Troubleshooter Koenraad Herrebout and his 20-strong expert team, are finding that producing zero-sulphur fuels means faultless 24/7 operation. Here, the Head of Technical Assistance at Europe's larges..
European fuel quality snapshot
Fuel quality legislation in the EU today: In 2006, legislated diesel fuel quality in Europe has the following parameters: minimum cetane of 51, maximum density of 845kg/m3, a 95% distillation point of..
Boutique diesel in the on-road market
E. BENAZZI and C. CAMERON , Axens Worldwide demand for diesel fuel in 2005 is expected to be 22.8 Mbpd: on-road, 12.6 Mbpd and off-road,10.2 Mbpd. The distribution of on-road diesel usag..
Diesel market development 2001–2004
These data represent the latest information on reported diesel sales volumes in the European Union, including 2004 data for the ten new memb..
V-Power and Shell's quest to be a different kind of best
Photo C. Watkins On a wild and wintery afternoon, when it felt as if the Irish sea were about to come through the Stanlow refinery..
Case study of V-Power diesel trials in The Netherlands
Shell Nederland launched Shell V-Power Diesel during September 2004, six months after a V-Power gasoline was introduced. The company makes its offer to customers on the following basis: A new premiu..
Profile: BP Ultimate Diesel
Marketing 'Europe's first' premium performance diesel
Leading UK biofuels retailer moves into manufacturing
A subsidiary of the growing independent fuels group Greenergy International will operate a new rapeseed methyl ether (RME) biofuels plant situated near the ConocoPhillips and Total refineries at Immin..
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- Maire launches new technology to produce PTMEG, the key polymer composing the spandex fiber. 2/12
- Verde Clean Fuels announces suspension of development of Permian Basin gas-to-gasoline project 2/12
- Global shipping industry sticks with green investments, despite carbon price delay 2/12
- GTT receives order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new very large ethane carriers 2/11
- Emerson introduces hybrid continuous gas analyzer for improved regulatory compliance and emissions control 2/11
