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Australia's Viva Energy expects to restart Geelong refinery units in June

News 5/4/2026 12:00:00 PM
Asia/Pacific / Crude oil / Cracking / Diesel / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Refining

Fluidized catalytic cracking process decarbonization

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2026
KBR: S. Jewell
Carbon Management / Cracking / Refining / Reactors / Scope 1 Reduction Program / Refinery Energy Optimization

Taiwan's CPC brings naphtha cracker online a week early

News 4/2/2026 12:00:00 PM
Asia/Pacific / Economics / Ethylene / Cracking / Crude oil / Naphtha / Petrochemicals / Polymers

A flexible crude-to-chemicals and fuels technology

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Saudi Aramco: A. Bourane  |  MD Ashraful Islam  |  A. Z. Akhras  |  G. Juttu
Axens: R. Le Masson  |  A. Paillier  |  D. Le Bars
Technip Energies: Golczynski, S.
IFP Energies Vouvelles: J. Verstraete
Crude oil / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Economics / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Refining / Naphtha

High-temperature heat electrification: Lessons from operating the world’s first industrial-scale electric steam cracking furnace

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Linde Engineering: T. Hoefel  |  M. Hofstaetter  |  F. Roessler  |  M. Mayerhofer  |  G. Kracker
Carbon Management / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Ethylene / Greenhouse Gases / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Reactors

Cutting-edge catalytic technologies deployment in a modern aromatics complex

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing: J. Cao
Axens: T. Leflour
China National Offshore Oil Corp.: D. Ming
Aromatics / Cracking / Catalysts / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Reactors

Innovative in-situ batchwise/continuous regeneration scheme for high coke CCR reforming catalyst at the Saudi Aramco Jazan Refinery Complex

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Saudi Aramco: Ali, S. A. W.  |  Ghadeer, A. S.  |  A. Rodriguez
Crude oil / Cracking / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Middle East / Refining

The octane boost: How FCC chemistry and ingenuity fill the last barrel of the alkylation unit

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Marathon Petroleum: B. Burton
Catalysts / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Economics / Process Optimization / Refining / Reactors

Quantifying Europe’s steam cracking closures and implications for the polyethylene market

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Stratas Advisors: A. Banerjee  |  S. Hussein
Cracking / Economics / Ethylene / Europe / Loss Prevention / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Products

Ketjen and Aramco collaborate to support the development of next-generation FCC catalyst innovation

News 3/24/2026 12:00:00 PM
Catalysts / Engineering & Design / Cracking / Middle East / Process Optimization / Refining / Reactors