Americas
One confirmed dead in Pemex refinery explosion
Pemex suffered an explosion at its Cadereyta refinery outside of Monterrey, Mexico.
Honeywell UOP technology to support biomass conversion in California
Honeywell UOP LLC’s technology was recently selected for use in Rentech, Inc.’s Rialto Renewable Energy Center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels.
Verenium closes sale of cellulosic biofuels business to BP
Verenium Corp. has closed the sale of its cellulosic biofuels business to BP Biofuels North America for $98.3 million, subject to the additional financial terms of the transaction announced on July 15, 2010.
Fine-tune processing heavy crudes in your facility
A better understanding of asphaltene stability in crude oils allows refiners to increase blending of ‘opportunity’ feedstocks
Biorenewables update: What is beyond ethanol and biodiesel?
New processing technologies have broadened potential ‘drop-in’ alternatives for transportation fuels
Improve vacuum tower revamp projects
A ‘balanced approach’ investigates separation of vapor and liquids in the flash zone/wash section design
Mitigate corrosion in your crude unit
Real-time analyzers can provide improved monitoring of chloride levels and enable better corrosion control practices
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
Upgrade FCC performance—Part 1
New ceramic feed distributor offers ultimate erosion protection
Case history 58: Piston pin plug wear
A wear analysis can help when failure data are meager
- Johnson Matthey chosen by Liquid Sunshine for new biomethanol fuel plant in China 4/27
- ADNOC receives 6th LNG carrier in $1.2-B fleet order from Jiangnan Shipyard in China 4/27
- Evonik becomes membrane technology partner for public-private biogas upgrader in Asia 4/27
- EAGA to build $10-B, 1-MMtpy green ammonia facility in Egypt 4/27
- Indian Oil Corp. says diesel, gasoline sales up more than 13% in Apr 1–21 4/27
- Burckhardt Compression wins several orders for LNG terminals in Thailand and Taiwan 4/27

