A sensitivity analysis study evaluates uncertainties in a model’s output based on the changes in the input parameters of the model.
During the 1960s, the global refining and petrochemical industries witnessed new processes and products that enhanced the daily lives of millions of people around the world.
This two-part article will cover the seven pathways to decarbonizing the oil and gas and petrochemical industries.
The author’s company recently completed its data analysis for the 2020 Worldwide Fuels Refinery Performance Analysis (Fuels Study).
To operate reliably and profitably, oil refineries, petrochemical plants and gas processing facilities must avoid equipment failures.
Oil and gas companies are finding creative ways to look for solutions to new problems in the face of climate change and growing environmental awareness.
Donald Campbell, Eger Murphree, Homer Martin and Charles Tyson—often called the ‘Four Horsemen’—are credited with the landmark invention of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC).
The following is a mixture of technical articles, columns and headlines published in the 1950s by Petroleum Refiner, the forerunner to Hydrocarbon Processing.
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Viceral, B.,
Thomas, K.,
Goff, S.,
Contreras, J.,
Nyadong, L.,
Stavros, J., Phillips 66;
Hatcher, N., Optimized Gas Treating
In May 2021, Phillips 66 started up a new methyl diethanolamine (MDEA)-based tail gas unit at its Belle Chasse, Louisiana, refinery.