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Pemex says one dead, one missing after incident at Madero refinery

News 8/1/2022 12:39:05 PM
Cetane / Environment & Safety / People

Mexican national oil company Pemex said one person was dead and another missing on Friday after an "incident" caused by a storm at the Madero refinery in the state of Tamaulipas.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2019
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<i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its third annual awards.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2018
Acid Gas Removal / Analyzers / Catalysts / Cetane / Construction / Corrosion / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Gasoline / Gas Processing/LNG / Greenhouse Gases / Heat Transfer / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Maintenance & Reliability / Management / Middle East / Europe / Africa / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Natural Gas / Octane / People / Process Control / Process Optimization / Polymers / Products / Pumps / Reactors / Refining / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Sulfur / Treating / Turbines / Utilities / Valves

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.

Build a diesel fuel performance additive, the right way—Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2016
Amalgamated, Inc.: Pipenger, G. G.
Diesel / Octane / Refining / Cetane / Crude oil / Naphtha / Treating / Corrosion

Many diesel fuel additive companies in North America supply different additive products formulated for diesel-powered equipment.

ASTM seeks participants to develop cetane test method

News 9/30/2016 9:21:42 AM
Cetane / Diesel / Refining

ASTM International is welcoming participants to create the first constant volume combustion chamber test method that would measure the generic cetane number of diesel fuels.

Improve refinery profitability by processing low-value streams in a diesel hydrotreater

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2016
Corporate Research and Development Center, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.: Dhar, P. K.  |  Rao, G. S.  |  Bennet, C.  |  Rao, P. V. C.  |  Choudary, N. V.  |  Valavarasu, G.
Visakhapatnam refinery, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.: Madhav, G. V.  |  Naidu, A. T.  |  SriGanesh, G.
Biofuels / Crude oil / Diesel / Refining / Cetane / Desulfurization / Distillation / Hydrocracking / Hydrotreating / Naphtha

Global demand for middle distillates, especially diesel, is increasing.

Shale oil characterization optimizes refining process

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2015
KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.: Sayles, S.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Biofuels / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Naphtha / Octane / Reactors / Treating

The abundance of shale oils is an unexpected gift for US refiners. These new crude oils have different characteristics from conventional oils that will affect refining processes and the operation of p..

2015 Catalyst developments: Innovation and value creation

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2015
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Alcohols / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Catalysts / Cetane / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Middle East / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane / Polymers

Hydrocarbon Processing invited major catalyst companies and industry consultants to share their insights regarding innovations and trends for new catalytic technologies.Challenges to be solved&#147;As..

Consider the pros and cons when importing heavy oil for cokers

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2015
CH2M Hill: Sloley, A. W.  |  Lucke, E.  |  Feyen, M.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Octane / Piping

The recent shift to lighter crudes has starved many US heavy oil units of feed. Maximizing asset use makes importing heavy oil for vacuum distillation and delayed coking attractive.

Consider new online analyzers to optimize FCC operations

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2015
Modcon Systems Ltd.: Shahnovsky, G.  |  Cohen, T.  |  McMurray, R.
Process Control / Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Analyzers / Asia/Pacific / Cetane / Crude oil / Diesel / Engineering & Design / Europe / Gasoline / Information Systems / Middle East / Octane

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and near infrared (NIR) process analyzers are highly effective in quantifying physical properties in hydrocarbons, especially where the feedstock, intermediate and final product streams are all interlinked.