Environment
Mitigating corrosion challenges from opportunity crudes
High-quality crudes are not always readily available, or at a price that is acceptable to the producer’s budget.
The benefits of automatic batch distillation
Process control methods have been applied to batch distillation of crude oil and intermediate oils performed in the Chevron DPST labs in Richmond, California.
Welded plate heat exchangers cut refinery process costs—Part 2
Plate-and-frame (P&F) heat exchangers were first manufactured 100 yr ago for use in the dairy industry.
ExxonMobil progresses growth plans and efforts to advance lower-emissions technologies
In its downstream and chemical businesses, ExxonMobil is on track to more than double earnings potential from 2017 adjusted results by 2025.
SkyNRG chooses Topsoe technology for Europe’s first sustainable aviation fuel plant
SkyNRG, the Amsterdam-based global market leader for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s world-leading technology for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel for their planned facility at Delfzijl, the Netherlands.
Can nuclear power plant methodologies help improve hydrocarbon processing reliability?—Part 1
Safety requirements within nuclear power plants (NPPs) have encouraged the development of several rigorous methodologies that, in turn, have stimulated excellence in operability, availability, reliability and maintenance to the extent that numerous guides and standards now regulate that industry.
Selection of cooling water system for gas, petroleum and petrochemical plants located on coastline—Part 2
The main options for the cooling water systems of gas, petroleum and petrochemical plants located on coastlines are studied here, and alternatives are compared with the consideration of several technical and economic parameters.
Separate fine solid particles from dusty air with a uniflow cyclone
Fine particles are usually collected by dry collectors, wet collectors, electrostatic precipitators and filters, at the commercial level.
Case study for a high-performing refinery loss control program
Most refineries have some sort of mass balance and loss control program in place for accounting, planning and scheduling, as well as for financial and operational evaluation purposes.
Cloud-based condition monitoring solutions optimize reliability of rotating equipment
Hydrocarbon processing (HP) companies are seeking opportunities to improve productivity, optimize equipment availability and increase process uptime.
- Avina Clean Hydrogen completes FEED for 800,000-tpy clean ammonia facility (U.S.) 1/13
- INEOS closes last remaining synthetic ethanol plant in the UK 1/13
- Montana Renewables announces closing of $1.44-B U.S. DOE loan for renewable fuels and biomass energy facility 1/13
- USA BioEnergy secures land for $2.8-B SAF plant in East Texas (U.S.) 1/13
- Vioneo to use Honeywell UOP's methanol-to-olefins technology for Antwerp plant 1/13
- Solvay and Hankook sign Memorandum of Understanding for circular silica 1/13
