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Thai Oil's refinery to produce only clean fuels from 2022

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thailand’s largest refiner Thai Oil PCL will stop producing fuel oil from 2022 once it completes a $4-B upgrade that will boost output of clean fuels, officials said.

IMO: Ships will be "unseaworthy" if miss sulfur emission rule

LONDON (Reuters) — Ships which do not meet cuts to the amount of sulfur they can burn in their engines risk being declared "unseaworthy," the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said on Thursday.

Sulphur ’17: Oil and gas market outlook

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Andrew, Bob

ATLANTA — James Preciado, liquid fuel markets team leader, US Energy Information Administration (EIA), spoke about an “in-balance” global oil market, but at what price, during the CRU Group’s Sulphur 2017 conference in Atlanta. In Q4 2017, the market is tight, but in future years oil may need to go over $100/bbl to meet supply demands.

Business Trends: Preparing for a sea change in global refining

Boston Consulting Group: Follette, C.  |  Ruiz-Cabrero, J.

The global oil refining industry has been buffeted by many events in recent years.

Operations: Maximizing the opportunity of discounted crudes

Baker Hughes: Duggan, G.  |  Navarrete, R.

As the oil and gas industry adjusts to a business environment in which crude oil prices will likely remain lower for longer, refiners continue looking for ways to maximize their profitability.

Refining: Alkylation—What’s a refiner to do?

Veolia Water Americas: Pawloski, J.

Within the refining industry, gasoline production and alkylation capacity are running at near all-time highs.

Editorial Comment: Ingenuity out of necessity

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

One of the main focal points in this issue of Hydrocarbon Processing is the environment.

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.