Refining
HPIn Europe: Commission threatens action against lax safety planning
A leadership committed to safety has to ensure that an ethos of safety permeates the culture. We know this is an issue for companies—and BP is currently on people's minds in this regard—but ..
Temperature variation and its effects on pH
This important parameter is often overlooked in day-to-day operations
HPIn Europe: Europe's Asian corridor builds a new downstream
The southeast of Europe can feel more or less impenetrable to an English speaker based in the snowy north, so I was pleased to bump into my old friend Ozren in Italy the other day. Ozren lives in Serb..
HPIn Europe: Ministers meet to discuss milestone energy proposal
Gasification is to be a key topic during the upcoming discussion at European Council level of Europe's Strategic Energy Review. The review is ambitious in scope, dramatic in its language and clear in ..
Use real-time optimization for low-sulfur gasoline production
As the main sulfur source in the gasoline pool, fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) gasoline cuts must undergo severe hydrodesulfurization (HDS) processing to achieve ultra-low-sulfur gasoline (ULSG) pool s..
Debottleneck operations due to 'cleaner fuels' production
Oxygen enrichment is an option to reduce loadings for Claus plant
Update processing operations to handle heavy feedstocks
Processing synthetic crudes will impact quality and quantity of transportation fuels; thus, modifying refinery configuration is necessary
Biofuels today and tomorrow
Next-generation technologies can impact the world's transportation fuels market
Canadian oil sands: Opportunities, technologies and challenges
Energy resources found at the Arctic Circle have potential
Optimize your hydrocracking operations
The hydrocracking experience for a Gulf Coast refinery illustrates potential problems with poor catalyst selection
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