Distillation

India's MRPL to shut crude unit for maintenance in mid-May

India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will shut its 144,000-bpd crude distillation unit from mid-May for maintenance.

Japan's Eneos restarts two crude distillation units at Kawasaki after shutdown

Japan's largest refiner, Eneos Corp, restarted two crude distillation units at its Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo following an unplanned shutdown.

Venezuela restarts Carbon refinery's FCCU after a year out of service

Venezuela's second largest refinery, Cardon, restarted its fluid catalytic cracker which had been out of service for more than a year due to a failure and lack of raw materials

India's April diesel exports likely hit lowest level in over a decade

India's diesel exports likely hit their lowest level in over a decade in April as major exporter Reliance cut refining output for maintenance at a time when domestic demand was robust.

Vioneo appoints Wood to design world’s first industrial scale fossil-free plastics facility

Vioneo has awarded Wood a contract to deliver the front-end engineering design for its revolutionary plant which will produce fossil-free plastics using green methanol.

Repsol and Bunge to boost development of renewable fuels in Europe with intermediate crops

The companies will collaborate to process intermediate crops into low-carbon intensity oils to be used as feedstock for the production of renewable diesel or sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Hydrocarbon value chain optimization: Non-CAPEX opportunities to improve gross margins for the downstream sector—Part 2

Part 2 will outline additional opportunities across quality giveaway reduction, hydrocarbon loss measurement, refinery mass balance and energy management in downstream functions without the need for capital expenditure (CAPEX) or software infrastructure upgrades.

Optimizing NGL treatment for sulfur and methanol reduction at Pembina NGL Corporation’s Redwater fractionation plant—Part 2

This article provides an in-depth case study on how Pembina NGL optimized NGL treatment at its Redwater fractionation plant in Alberta, Canada.

Sizing PRVs for homogeneous non-equilibrium saturated flashing liquids

thyssenkrupp Uhde, Praj Industries Ltd partner to revolutionize polylactic acid production and circular economy

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s polymer specialists Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Praj Industries Limited announced a strategic partnership to jointly offer an end-to-end integrated technology for the production of polylactic acid.