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HPIn Processing: Tips to prospective authors

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

In my five years as Process Editor, I think this summer has been one of the most uneventful in the HPI. Since there is not much newsy-type stuff to write about, I thought I would take this opportunity..

HPIn Processing: Latin America important to U.S. refiners

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

Last month, I discussed the increased U.S. refining business activity that occurred during the first half of this year. However, not all activity is limited to the U.S. Refiners in Asia are currently ..

HPIn Processing: Deal-making heats up in 1998

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

After a busy first half of 1997, transactions in the refining sector seemed to slow somewhat – virtually no deals were made after my June 1997 column on refining consolidation. This proved to be ..

HPIn Processing: Clean fuels update

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

Last month in the "Editorial," I discussed the new low-sulfur proposal presented by a coalition of U.S. refiners. I mentioned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was due to release a d..

The future of European refining

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

Although recent economic and financial happenings in Asia-Pacific have shifted everyone's focus there, it is not the only area of the world projected to have major changes over the next few years. Eur..

FCCU main fractionator revamp for CARB gasoline production

Process Consulting Services, Inc.: Hanson, D. W.
Koch-Glitsch, Inc.: Hartman, E. L.
Ultramar Diamond shamrock Corp.: Weber, B.

Here is one refiner's experience with a major project to produce clean gasoline

HPIn Processing: The end of MTBE?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

Events unfolding in California over the past few months could signal the end of the use of MTBE as a gasoline additive. Arising concerns over water contamination from leaking gasoline underground stor..

HPIn Processing: Process engineering tools

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

One of the privileges of the editor's job is that we regularly get "desk copies" of newly published books. Although HP does not have an official column for book reviews, recently I have received some ..

HPIn Competitiveness: Greenhouse gases and the refining industry

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

This December, an event will occur that could have significant repercussions on the worldwide refining industry through the next decade. The event is the 1997 Convention on Climate Change in Kyoto, Ja..

HPIn Processing: A refining recovery

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nakamura, D. N.

Great, it happened again. As soon as an “HP In Processing” is printed, along comes some information or an article that supports the opposite of what I had written. Just one of the occupation..