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Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2021
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Refining / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Engineering & Design / Environment / Gasoline / Natural Gas / Octane / Polymers / Products / Sulfur / Treating / Africa / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

TechnipFMC has begun construction on Assiut National Oil Processing Co.’s new hydrocracking complex in Egypt.

Ras Tanura: The creation of a clean-fuels complex

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2021
Saudi Aramco: Halvaci, M.  |  Subaie, E. A.  |  Fudhail, N. A.
Axens: Pierre, C.  |  Rousseau, E.
Environment & Safety / Project Management / Refining / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Loss Prevention / Products / Sulfur / Treating

The primary objective of the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels Project is to enable the Ras Tanura refinery—the largest refinery in Saudi Arabia—to produce transportation fuels that will be compliant with future specifications.

Hydrocarbon Processing Top Project Awards 2020

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2020
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Refining / Aromatics / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Gas to liquids (GTL) / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Natural Gas / Polymers / Products / Reactors / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) continues to expand and modernize to efficiently meet growing demand for energy, transportation fuels and petrochemicals.

Industry Perspective: IRPC Americas ONLINE: A sincere thanks

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2020
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Aromatics / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Desulfurization / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Hydrocracking / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Octane / Polymers / Products / Treating / Americas

Each year, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> hosts events to bring together professionals in the oil and gas industry to share ideas and knowledge on the latest advancements in processing technologies and operations.

Hydrocarbon Processing 2020 Awards WINNERS

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2020
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Maintenance & Reliability / Petrochemicals / Process Control / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Analyzers / Aromatics / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Corrosion / Desulfurization / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Furnaces / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Heat Transfer / Hydrocracking / Hydrotreating / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Motors / Natural Gas / Octane / People / Polymers / Products / Pumps / Reactors / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Sulfur / Treating / Utilities / Valves / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

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

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards 2020—FINALISTS

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2020
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Maintenance & Reliability / Petrochemicals / Process Control / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Analyzers / Aromatics / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Corrosion / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Furnaces / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Heat Transfer / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Natural Gas / Octane / People / Polymers / Products / Pumps / Reactors / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Sulfur / Treating / Valves / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

This special section details all finalists within each category for the fourth annual <ital>HP</ital> Awards. The winners will be announced on Oct. 1.

Intensification of sulfur processing units by oxygen enrichment and process flowsheet optimization

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2020
Hyundai Oilbank Co. Ltd.: Yang, W.
Advisian, a Worley Company: Lewis, J.  |  Racz, A.
Environment & Safety / Maintenance & Reliability / Process Optimization / Refining / Acid Gas Removal / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Gasoline / Heat Transfer / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Octane / Products / Reactors / Sulfur / Treating

The consistent global trend toward improvements in air quality and tighter regulations on emissions, as well as the International Maritime Organization’s shipping regulations, continue to mitigate sulfur levels—not only in conventional transport fuels (petrol and diesel), but also in jet fuels, fuel oils and other heavier distillates.

Maximizing diesel hydrotreater profit by multivariable optimization: A case study

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2020
Haldor Topsoe: R. Bandyopadhyay  |  Alkilde, O. F.
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization / Refining / Desulfurization / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Octane / People / Products / Sulfur / Europe

A diesel hydrotreater (DHT) is a critical unit within an oil refinery. A DHT processes the diesel range fractions obtained from different units of the refinery—such as from the crude distillation unit and the delayed coker unit—to adhere to diesel fuel market specifications.

Business Trends

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2020
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Refining / Aromatics / Biofuels / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Gas to liquids (GTL) / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane / Polymers / Products / Sulfur / Utilities / Africa / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

Rovuma LNG, a JV comprised of ExxonMobil, Eni and China National Petroleum Corp., will likely delay its final investment decision (FID) on the group’s $30-B Mozambique LNG project.

Brazilian developments in the biofuels market

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2020
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Process Optimization / Refining / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Environment / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrogen / Loss Prevention / People / Natural Gas / Products / Sulfur / Middle East / Europe / Asia/Pacific / Americas / Africa

Since the 1970s, Brazil has been a world reference in automotive biofuels, especially bioethanol produced from sugarcane. In 1973, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) forced a sharp rise in oil prices, triggering a massive slowdown in the country’s economic growth, which had been going through what was dubbed the “economic miracle,” with growth at an average of 12% of GDP. This study gives an overview of the biofuel sector in Brazil, along with the main business challenges and opportunities in this area.