Brazils economic improvement was remarkable over the past decade, following many years of slow growth. On average, the Brazilian gross output of goods and services increased at an annual average..
The Indian economy has come a long way since the 1991 economic reforms. A decade and a half of economic reform and globalization is yielding returns that cut across all income groups. The domestic eco..
The Japanese economy showed steady recovery for 20032007. However, due to the global recession in late 2008, Japans GDP growth decreased to 1% in 2008 and to 5.5% in 2009. Due ..
Eastwood, A., Economic Advisor, Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
The United Kingdom (UK) is Europes fourth largest chemical economy, after Germany, France and Italy. It accounts for 8% of the European Unions (EUs) $900 billion overall chemical pro..
The debate continues over adding a new delayed coker vs. a residue hydrocracker upstream of an existing delayed coker.
High-performing enterprises draw on external expertise during all project phases, from scouting and front-end engineering and development through to operations.
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Opportunity crudes require more hydrogen addition to upgrade orphan product streams into higher-value ‘clean’ products
Integrating residue hydrocracking operations with advanced fluid catalytic cracking optimizes upgrading of heavy crude oils
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