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Gasification

Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production

Shedded Uhde Pty Ltd.: Singh, D.

New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate

Global demand for catalysts to exceed $17 billion in 2014

World demand for chemical synthesis, petroleum refining and polymerization catalysts will rise 6%/yr to $17.2 billion in 2014, reflecting a combination of healthy volume and price growth from a weak 2..

Rare earth dilemma forces catalyst changes

The success from catalysts depends on its structure and composition. Tremendous research has been devoted in fine-tuning the melding of structure and raw material makeup to provide efficient catalyst ..

Slurry-phase hydrocracking—possible solution to refining margins

Opportunity crudes require more hydrogen addition to upgrade orphan product streams into higher-value ‘clean’ products

Convert bottom-of-the-barrel into diesel and light olefins

Lummus Technology: Sieli, G.  |  Rama Rao, M.  |  Soni, D.
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Bhattacharyya, D.

Integrating residue hydrocracking operations with advanced fluid catalytic cracking optimizes upgrading of heavy crude oils

Fine-tune processing heavy crudes in your facility

Baker Hughes: Falkler, T.  |  Sandu, C.

A better understanding of asphaltene stability in crude oils allows refiners to increase blending of ‘opportunity’ feedstocks

Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics

GE Energy: McKenna, P.  |  Sheikh, F.

Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions