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Optimization study for vacuum offgas amine sweetening unit using simulation model

Tüpraş: Özsağiroğlu, E.

Technology is constantly developing, and the competition is intense.

Editorial Comment: Optimizing operations by advancing process controls, instrumentation and automation technologies

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

When driving by or visiting a refinery or petrochemical plant, one cannot help but gaze at the expansive sea of metal towers.

Business Trends: A sustainable future—Unraveled

Sulzer GTC Technology: Gentry, J.

With the prominence in the oil and gas industry around sustainability, it is worthwhile to examine what it means to be “sustainable.”

Reboiler pinch: An approach to optimize flare system design during FEED

Saudi Aramco: Amin, H.
Siemens: Dhote, P.  |  Kanade, S.

A process plant’s pressure relief and flare systems are critical safety elements.

FTO: An enabling emission control technology for petrochemical plant expansions

Selas-Linde North America: Armstrong, P.  |  Predatsch, E.

For the petrochemical industry, the U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) has the locational advantage of proximity to cheap feedstock, and to an abundance of pipeline infrastructure and terminals for export markets.

Hydrocarbon Processing 2020 Awards WINNERS

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the winners for its third annual awards.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards 2020—FINALISTS

This special section details all finalists within each category for the fourth annual <ital>HP</ital> Awards. The winners will be announced on Oct. 1.

Maximizing diesel hydrotreater profit by multivariable optimization: A case study

Haldor Topsoe: R. Bandyopadhyay  |  Alkilde, O. F.

A diesel hydrotreater (DHT) is a critical unit within an oil refinery. A DHT processes the diesel range fractions obtained from different units of the refinery—such as from the crude distillation unit and the delayed coker unit—to adhere to diesel fuel market specifications.

Alternatives to ladders and platforms for inspection and maintenance of elevated flare tips

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Rastogi, A.

Flare systems are used in refineries and chemical plants as a last line of defense for the plant by burning all unwanted gases and liquid during any upset or emergency condition.

Business Trends: The downstream dilemma: Past, present and future of downstream energy

Global Strategy Consultant: De Vries, A.
IHS Markit: Mohamed, K. F.

The oil industry’s interest in the downstream segment of the business has known ups and downs. This article reviews the past, present and projected future of the downstream sector and its companies.