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Sulfur

Redesign, simplify and demonstrate facts

Repsol SA: Vila Forteza, M.

The Petronor oil refinery is located in northeastern Spain. Recently, the facility converted its last rolling element-equipped machine from liquid oil lubrication to pure (“dry-sump”) oil mist.

Case histories of amine plant equipment corrosion problems–Part 1

INEOS Oxide GAS/ SPEC Technology Group: Daughtry, J.  |  Teletzke, E.

Lost production from corrosion costs the oil and gas industry more than $1 B/yr.1

Heavy crude oil processing design and reliability

GTC Technology US, LLC: Martin, G.  |  Liu, Z.  |  Wang, S.

Revamping refineries to process heavier crude slates goes well beyond the requirements to meet equipment performance dictated by a shift in the quantity of lighter product yields to heavier products.

S.Korea's SK Innovation to build new desulfurization unit by 2020

SEOUL (Reuters) — The owner of top South Korean oil refiner SK Energy said on Wednesday that it would spend about $897.8 MM to build a new desulfurization unit by 2020, part of a push to churn out cleaner shipping fuels.

Russia's Surgutneftegaz offers up to 3.1 MMt of diesel from Primorsk

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia’s Surgutneftegaz is offering up to 3.1 MMt of ultra-low sulfur diesel at a tender for delivery in January-June 2018 from the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, industry sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

India's BPCL sells its first low sulfur diesel cargo for export

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Indian oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd sold a low sulfur diesel cargo through an export tender for the first time as its refineries upgrade units and due to higher inventory of the fuel, three industry sources said on Monday.

Opportunity or disaster? Traders see choppy waters due to shipping sulfur cap

LONDON (Reuters) — The world's top trading houses, among the most nimble entities in oil, say even they aren't sure how to stay a step ahead of a coming cut in shipping fuel sulfur.

Jacobs signs sulfur recovery technology agreement with Paqell

DALLAS — Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. signed a sulfur recovery technology licensor agreement with Paqell, a joint venture between Shell Global Solutions and Paques BV, for use of its THIOPAQ Oil and Gas technology in refineries and gas treating facilities across the globe.

Industry Perspectives: What is the future of the global HPI?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past year, the world has witnessed significant downstream capacity growth in all sectors of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI).

Diversification: The catalyst for the Middle East’s downstream transformation

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past several years, the Middle East has made substantial investments to increase its downstream processing capacity.