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IEA cuts global oil demand outlook, citing economy

Market observers are puzzled over the ‘paradox’ of weakening economic growth and oil demand indicators on one hand and $110/bbl crude on the other, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which on Tuesday cut forecasts for oil demand growth in 2011 and 2012.

BP sells stakes in southern Africa fuels marketing

BP has completed the sale of its fuels marketing businesses in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania to Puma Energy. The sale of the final business in Tanzania completed on September 1, the company said.

Alfa Laval wins order for heat exchangers from Qatar natural gas project

Alfa Laval has received an order from Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. to supply heat exchangers for a major natural gas project in Qatar. The order value is approximately SEK 90 million and delivery is scheduled for 2012.

Consider new processes for clean gasoline and olefins production

Stone & Webster Inc., A Shaw Goup Co.: Dharia, D.
SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP): Long, J.  |  Xu, Y.  |  Zhang, J.
Shaw Energy & Chemicals Group: Batachari, A.  |  Yuan, E.  |  Gim, S.  |  Xu, S.

Advanced technologies promote propylene yield while reducing olefins in gasoline

Maximize propylene from your FCC unit

UOP LLC, a Honeywell Co.: Knight, J.  |  Mehlberg, R.

Innovative use of catalyst and operating conditions increases on-purpose olefin production

Refining outlook: Capacity expansion and rationalization

Muse, Stancil & Co.: Ruwe, P.

Many factors are reshaping the global refined products industry, leading to inevitable change

Achieve success in gasoline hydrotreating

Alon USA: Sanghavi, K.
Axens North America: Schmidt, J.

Case history describes how to achieve superior performance during FCC gasoline hydrotreating

Understand differences between thermal and hydrocracking

KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.: Sayles, S.  |  Romero, S.

Successful operation and product yields are controlled by reactions at the molecular level

Alternative transport fuels: An Indian perspective

Department of Chemical Engineering: Jain, A.
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum: Singal, S. K.  |  Kamei, W.  |  Garg, M. O.

Many factors influence the possibility of new fuels replacing gasoline and diesel

New era in refining — Keys to sustenance

Changes in feedstocks, environmental rules can alter past and future process investments, profitability