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Driving higher return with fuel-grade butanol at the refinery
Since the advent of the combustion engine, gasoline and automobile manufacturers have utilized additives as a means of improving overall fuel characteristics.
Hydrocarbon Processing Top Project Awards 2020
The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) continues to expand and modernize to efficiently meet growing demand for energy, transportation fuels and petrochemicals.
Global Project Data
<i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database is tracking nearly 1,400 projects around the world.
Industry Perspectives: Top Projects 2020—Voting is still open
As mentioned in the editorial comment of the October issue of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the nominees for the 2020 Top Project Awards are out.
Improving process pumps requires technical and managerial action
For many years, manufacturers have emphasized low price over high reliability.
FTO: An enabling emission control technology for petrochemical plant expansions
For the petrochemical industry, the U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) has the locational advantage of proximity to cheap feedstock, and to an abundance of pipeline infrastructure and terminals for export markets.
South America: State reform to boost investment attractiveness of Brazilian refining
Brazil’s refining industry is on the verge of large-scale change. Its recent steps toward de-monopolization and liberalization, as well as the divestment of refining assets by state-owned oil major Petrobras, are propelling Brazilian refining in a more attractive direction for investment.
Safety: Addressing corrosion at petrochemical plants starts with carbon
Maintaining the structural integrity of a pipeline is a significant investment of time and resources for organizations in the oil and gas industry.
Maintenance: Zero-based, custom-built, reliability-driven—A new kind of maintenance organization
In the October 2018 issue of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the authors published an article—“Improving plant performance by changing a maintenance culture”—describing the first two years of Eastman Chemical Co.’s Longview, Texas site’s journey to maintenance excellence, which began in 2016.
Editorial Comment: Hydrocarbon Processing’s 2020 Top Projects award nominees revealed
<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> has announced the nominees for its annual Top Projects awards.
- ABB enhances AI capabilities of flagship industrial device digital solutions 4/17
- XCF, DevvStream, Southern Energy Renewables partner to bring transferable 45Z clean fuel credits to market 4/17
- HyOrc completes independent process and technology verification for waste-to-methanol platform 4/17
- Bottled lightning makes a cleaner fuel: Research shows how bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without high heat and pressures 4/17
- Evonik launches high performance isodewaxing catalysts for fuels and lubricants production 4/16
- BASF to increase its price for neopentylglycol in the U.S. and Canada 4/16
