Asia/Pacific
Badger licenses technology to China cumene plant
The new cumene plant will be integrated with CEPSA Chemical Shanghai’s phenol plant also being built at the same site. The award includes technology license, process design and start-up services.
Praxair to supply gas to China’s Jinling Huntsman for PO, MTBE projects
Jinling Huntsman will use the industrial gases provided by Praxair to help build a propylene oxide (PO) and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) plant located in Nanjing, East China.
Elevance, Genting plan new Malaysia biorefinery
The collaboration aims to produce renewable, high-performance olefins and specialty chemicals that can be used in multiple end products, including lubricants, surfactants and detergents.
Evonik opens new China hydrogen peroxide plant
Evonik has started operations at a new hydrogen peroxide plant in Jilin, China with an annual capacity of 230,000 metric tons. It has invested more than $136 million in the site.
How to make anything with a catalytic cracker
Various refined products can be produced via an FCCU only with changes in operating condition, different feedstocks and advanced/specialty catalyst choices.
Consider high-fidelity online motor fuel characterization
Motor fuels are complex products. Various diesel fuel and gasoline grades are prepared from a large range of individual blending components whose individual properties may be extremely variable over t..
Case history: Modernization of Russia’s refining industry—Part 1
Russian laws governing transportation fuels and crude oil have undergone many changes. These regulatory changes will involve the revamping of Russia’s refining industry. At present, this nation h..
Which margin levers impact Group I and Group II base stock competitiveness?—Part 2
This is the second in a two-part series assessing the struggle taking place between Group I and Group II/III for market control and price formation in the global base stocks industry. Part I provided ..
HP Reliability: Things to know and do before starting new initiatives
HP editors frequently attend technical conferences to keep informed on the many factors impacting the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). The focus of these conferences often differs. However, one ..
HP Automation Strategies: HPI demands higher availability of rotating equipment
The performance and uptime of heavy rotating equipment play an important role in business profitability in a wide range of industries, including upstream and midstream gas processing and downstream re..
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