http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing An innovative process for simultaneously producing high-purity benzene and U.S.-grade gasoline from FCC C<sub>6</sub> heartcut http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/process-optimization/an-innovative-process-for-simultaneously-producing-high-purity-benzene-and-us-grade-gasoline-from-fcc-csub6sub-heartcut/ Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) II regulations restrict the average benzene level in gasoline sold in the U.S. to 0.62 vol%. In India and in several other countries, benzene in gasoline is presently restricted to 1 vol%. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) gasoline contributes to nearly 10%–20% of the gasoline pool in a typical refinery. Pellet handling system for polyolefin plants: Are you specifying it correctly? http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/plant-design-engineering-construction-and-commissioning/pellet-handling-system-for-polyolefin-plants-are-you-specifying-it-correctly/ Product pellets produced in polyolefin plants—such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP)—require transportation from the unit to the end users that process these pellets to manufacture different end-use plastic products. Editorial Comment: As petrochemicals demand increases globally, novel processes, systems and technologies continue to evolve http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/columns/editorial-comment-as-petrochemicals-demand-increases-globally-novel-processes-systems-and-technologies-continue-to-evolve/ Over the next 25 yr, global petrochemicals demand is forecast to increase exponentially, rising from approximately 450 MMtpy in 2025 to > 500 MMtpy in 2035 and upwards to nearly 600 MMtpy by 2050. Business Trends: A 2024 and beyond outlook for the GCC chemical industry http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/trends-and-resources/business-trends-a-2024-and-beyond-outlook-for-the-gcc-chemical-industry/ The global chemical industry faced a challenging year in 2023. Various factors contributed to sluggish demand growth for chemicals globally, including the European recession, U.S. inflation and a lower-than-expected chemical demand rebound in China. These factors resulted in global chemical market growth of < 1% in 2023, with many producers experiencing lower output. Russia's Ryazan oil refinery restores crude processing to 60% of pre-attack level http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/russias-ryazan-oil-refinery-restores-crude-processing-to-60-of-pre-attack-level/ Russia's Ryazan oil plant resumed operations at primary oil refining unit CDU-4 this week, increasing its total crude intake to 60% of normal capacity or 169,000 bpd. Global refinery capacity totaling 3.6 MM bpd at high-risk of closure http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/global-refinery-capacity-totaling-36-mm-bpd-at-high-risk-of-closure/ As much as 3.6 MM bpd of global refinery capacity has been assessed as being under high-risk of closure, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest refinery closure threat analysis.  More than 20% of global oil refining capacity at risk, analysis finds http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/more-than-20-of-global-oil-refining-capacity-at-risk-analysis-finds/ More than a fifth of global oil refining capacity is at risk of closure, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie found in analysis published, as gasoline margins weaken and the pressure to reduce carbon emissions mounts. SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals advances major ethylene project with Lummus technologies and services http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/sabic-fujian-petrochemicals-advances-major-ethylene-project-with-lummus-technologies-and-services/ Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced that SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Co., Ltd.'s grassroots complex in Fujian Province, China, will leverage Lummus' ethylene and co-monomer technologies. Singapore fuel oil stockpiles slip to two-week low http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/singapore-fuel-oil-stockpiles-slip-to-two-week-low/ Singapore's onshore fuel oil stockpiles eased to a two-week low on lower imports. Sri Lanka minister says Sinopec to start work on refinery by June http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/03/sri-lanka-minister-says-sinopec-to-start-work-on-refinery-by-june/ The world's largest refiner, China's Sinopec, plans to start work on a refinery in Sri Lanka by June, the power minister said, advancing a project earmarked as the biggest investment in the crisis-hit island nation