Refining
China’s Wonfull starts up world’s first solid acid catalyst alkylation unit
The unit employs CB&I’s breakthrough AlkyClean technology, jointly developed by CB&I, Albemarle and Neste. The unit has a capacity of 2,700 bpd of alkylate production (100,000 metric tpy).
Elliott to supply compressor for Holly Refining’s upgrade in New Mexico
The H2 recycle unit will be built and tested in Elliott's manufacturing facility in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. Delivery is to the Navajo refinery is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.
Pemex to invest $23 billion to expand, upgrade many Mexican refineries
With the $23 billion in investment, Pemex aims to increase its production of clean fuels and expand its crude processing capacity at several refineries, according to government officials.
Shell to upgrade Pernis refinery in Rotterdam with new solvent deasphalter
Construction work is planned to start next year, subject to permit approvals, with completion expected by the end of 2018. The new unit will not change the refinery’s total processing capacity, but will allow a different product mix.
Takreer taps Jacobs for waste heat recovery FEED work at Ruwais refinery
Jacobs has been contracted to provide FEED services that focus on raising efficiency at the plant to enhance power generation and water production, while reducing adverse environmental impacts.
SOCAR contracts Axens on Baku refinery upgrade
Axens is recognized by SOCAR as a key provider for clean fuel technologies after its involvement in the STAR refinery project in Turkey, where it supplied the naphtha, kerosene and diesel hydrotreating processes.
Improve acetylene hydrogenation selectivity using dynamic deactivation estimation
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSPC) has been closely working with the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) on technical research to improve operational efficiency, reduce energy consumption and increase ethylene production.
Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed
With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased.
Optimize alkylation unit operation by using response surface methods
A new methodology can be used to optimize the operations of an alkylation unit based on response surface methods.
Use model predictive control to achieve real-time management of a DWC
A dividing-wall column (DWC) can provide significant savings in energy and capital cost compared to a conventional distillation column design.
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