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Singapore's middle distillates stocks fall 7.5% on robust jet fuel outflow

Middle distillates stocks held at key storage hub Singapore slipped by 7.5% week on week as robust jet fuel outflows outweighed a surge in gasoil total imports from regional sellers.

Singapore's middle distillates stocks rise as imports from India emerge

Singapore's middle distillates inventories clawed back earlier weeks' of losses and rose on higher gasoil imports, with Indian-origin cargoes arriving for the first time in more than three months.

Digital Exclusive: Refineries’ pandemic turmoil—KNPC’s gasoline demand: Opportunities and challenges

Kuwait National Petroleum Co.: Matar, M. B.  |  Alqallaf, D. A.  |  Alesmail, I.  |  Al-Mutairi, F.

In this exclusive digital article, KNPC provides a comprehensive analysis of the difficulties and challenges that the company experienced during the COVID-19 epidemic and how its refineries adapted during this challenging time.

Asia oil markets eye Kuwait Al Zour's exports as final CDU starts up

Oil markets in Asia are bracing for further growth in exports from Kuwait's newest Al Zour refinery as the complex started up its third and final crude distillation unit this week, with trade sources saying the full impact was likely to be felt later in the third quarter as it ramps up operation.

Reliable naphtha reforming catalyst testing

Avantium: Vilela, T.  |  Otyuskaya, D.

Naphtha-to-gasoline refining plays a significant role in the petrochemical refining industry.

Ethanol and benzene extractive distillation simulation on DWSIM utilizing p-xylene as solvent

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University: Laturkar, K.
Validation Associates LLC: Laturkar, K.

Ethanol and benzene extractive distillation simulation on DWSIM utilizing p-xylene as solvent

Select the right capacity control technique for centrifugal compressors: Refinery case studies

Avantium: Pongboot, N.
Global R&D: Boonwong, K.
PetroQuantum: Dyke, S.

The centrifugal compressor has been the workhorse of the oil and gas industry for decades.

Maintenance and Reliability: Non-standard flanges for catalytic cracking units

Garlock: Knauf, M.

In more complex petroleum refineries, a secondary processing step may be implemented in more complex petroleum refineries to produce more usable end products.

VOC reduction at Raffineria di Milazzo’s SRU complex—Part 1

Raffineria di Milazzo: Falzone, S.  |  Licandro, G.  |  Lagana, F.  |  Tarantino, M.  |  Arces, I.  |  Grillo, R.

Based on new environmental regulations focusing on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the emissions point of a refinery’s sulfur recovery unit (SRU), Raffineria di Milazzo—a JV between Eni and Kuwait Petroleum Italia—carried out troubleshooting activities to identify and implement suitable actions to minimize the concentration of VOCs at the emissions point of the SRU complex.

Crude C4 alternatives for a successful grassroots petrochemicals project

Saudi Aramco: Delgado, J.  |  Khvastunkov, M.  |  Marwan, K.  |  Marri, A.

The disposition of the crude C<sub>4</sub> stream from a steam cracker is a project configuration topic that deserves some discussion.