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Business Trends: Global refining overview—Part 2

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> continues its series on the global refining industry.

Freedonia Group: Global demand for refining catalysts to reach $4.7 B in 2020

Global demand for the refining catalysts market, which includes catalysts used in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), hydroprocessing, alkylation, reforming and other applications, is forecast to grow 3.6%/yr to $4.7 B in 2020.

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

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.

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

Saudi Aramco and partners’ CAN-15 recognized with JPI award

Saudi Aramco and its research and development (R&D) collaboration partner, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals—a leading catalyst developer and manufacturer in Japan— have been awarded the Japan Petroleum Institute (JPI) 2015 International Technology Exchange Award.

EIA: US crude oil, distillate stockpiles exceed expectations

US crude oil stockpiles and distillate inventories increased more rapidly than expected last week, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Utilize genetic programming to develop new point efficiency correlation

Iran University of Science and Technology: Kasiri, N.  |  Jouybanpour, P.
Isfahan University of Technology: Reza Ehsani, M.

Distillation is one of the most used separation operations in the chemical and petroleum industries.

Distillation—Then and now

GTC Technology US, LLC: Gentry, J. C.  |  Bhargava, M.
GTC Process Equipment Technology: Binkley, M. J.

Distillation is the most often used means to separate two or more components, exploiting the physical properties of different boiling points.

Teaching an old plant new tricks: The rise of the methanol plant revamp

Jacobs Consultancy: Stanbridge, S.

The last time we saw such marked activity in the methanol industry was back in the 1990s and early 2000s, when methanol production in North America plummeted by almost two-thirds.

Use model predictive control to achieve real-time management of a DWC

Emerson Process Management: Blevins, T.
Eastman Chemical Company: Downs, J.
University of Texas: Donahue, M.  |  Roach, B.

A dividing-wall column (DWC) can provide significant savings in energy and capital cost compared to a conventional distillation column design.

Use vapor distributors to improve fractionation column performance

Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology: Fewel, K. J.

Vapor distribution has often been neglected in fractionation columns. Although the importance of liquid distribution is well understood and has been a consideration in column design from the early sta..