Distillation

Nigeria's Dangote refinery says crude unit and petrol block running at capacity in tests

The tests are intended to confirm operational efficiency and verify that key parameters meet global standards.

Idemitsu Kosan plans maintenance at Keihin refinery in April

Digital Exclusive: Innovative grassroots CDU-VDU configuration—Pioneering energy efficiency and net-zero pathways in modern refineries

This article introduces a CDU-VDU configuration tailored for grassroots refineries, decoupling stripping and rectification sections via a dedicated flash drum to enable steam-free rectification.

Valero Energy Q4 profit beats estimates; shares surge

Vietnam's Nghi Son refinery processes first batch of non-Kuwaiti crude oil

Technical considerations for solvent selection in extractive distillation of acetonitrile/toluene azeotrope

EIA: U.S. crude stocks fall, fuel inventories rise on robust refining

U.S. crude inventories fell, while gasoline and distillates stockpiles rose last week amid strong refining activity, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Valero plans CDU upgrades at Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) refinery in February

Among the improvements will be upgrades to processing of bottoms - heavy, gunky residual crude oil that is usually sent to the coker or used in asphalt.

Tales of innovative approaches for skin metal temperatures

Update: Fire extinguished at Venezuelan oil upgrader, operations halted

Incidents and outages are frequent within PDVSA's aging infrastructure, including oilfields, refineries and upgraders that are key to turning the country's extra heavy oil output into exportable crude grades.