Refining
Improve vacuum tower revamp projects
A ‘balanced approach’ investigates separation of vapor and liquids in the flash zone/wash section design
Mitigate corrosion in your crude unit
Real-time analyzers can provide improved monitoring of chloride levels and enable better corrosion control practices
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
Upgrade FCC performance—Part 1
New ceramic feed distributor offers ultimate erosion protection
Upgrade FCC performance—Part 2
New ceramic feed distributor offers ultimate erosion protection
HP Construction: Garyville refinery major expansion facts
Completed on schedule during the fourth quarter of 2009, the Garyville Major Expansion (GME) units are fully integrated with the original refinery operations. With the expansion, the refinery’s r..
Managing projects in a global environment
What does it take to facilitate projects in several time zones away?
Axens technology selected for re-refining plant
PDVSA Intevep selected Axens’ and Viscolube Revivoil technology for its waste oil re-refining plant to be located in San Juan de los Morros or Amuay, Venezuela.
New fuel economy labels proposed by US EPA and DOT
As a new generation of cars and light trucks start appearing on the market, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly proposing changes to the fuel economy labels consumers see on the window of every new vehicle in dealer showrooms.
SNC-Lavalin gets Canadian oil sands contract
SNC-Lavalin has an engineering and procurement (EP) contract with Grizzly Oil Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
- Celanese, Henkel collaborate to offer adhesives made from captured CO2 emissions 11/20
- Aramco, Rongsheng Petrochemical sign framework agreement for SASREF petrochemicals expansion project 11/20
- Asia's jet fuel imports from India to hit multi-year highs in November 11/20
- INEOS, GNFC sign MoU to build a new world scale acetic acid unit in India 11/20
- Sinochem may keep bankrupt refineries as auctions draw little interest 11/20
- bp delays Whiting refinery (U.S.) restart from maintenance 11/20
