Refining
Improve efficiency of furnaces and boilers
Novel 'control' scheme optimizes operations and reliability of combustion units
Residue upgrading: Challenges and perspectives
New hydrocracking technology efficiently 'cracks' heavy end cuts for distillates
'Green up' air and water pollutant control
Recycling spent activated carbon can offer economic benefits and environmental credits
HPIn Europe: Refiners' great plans look badly awry in 2009
In September 2004, with anticipation of that year's European Refining Technology Conference, I summoned up an image of a ring of refining VPs around the Atlantic basin looking at billion-dollar invest..
Leadership and the art of "issue triage"
  At Marathon Oil Corp., we bring a positive, disciplined outlook to analysis of our industry and its prospects. This is even more important today because of the current economic turmoil, declin..
Costly flawed paradigm means 'shaking up' molecules
Because there's no such thing as throwing things "away," it's time to get out the white coats and do some serious chemistry. We need to use hydrocarbon molecules in a completely different way. Also, w..
HP Control: Glut of stored distillate infers betting on EU's diesel
Just outside the archipelago here, the Danish shipping operator, Maersk, has applied for permission to conduct ship-to-ship transfers to and from large crude carriers at anchor. There's a lot more of ..
HPIn Europe: The future is big; the future is east
Refining margins have been off badly in the first half of 2009. In Europe, a couple of simpler refiners have, at least temporarily, taken their ball home. Is this just the way Europe weathers a recess..
Lead or get out of the way
We do have choices in shaping our future energy market
CO2 constraints 'may be the best news for Shell'—CEO
TIM LLOYD WRIGHT, European Editor Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com As the voluminous correspondence on climate change sparked by E..
- JERA signs time charter agreements with NYK and MOL for fuel ammonia carriers 6/23
- Coperion receives LNO from U.S. FDA for HDPE/PP recycling technology 6/23
- Sky Quarry announces Foreland refinery's entrance into the production phase 6/23
- AGPC awards Baker Hughes long-term service contract for Nigerian gas plant 6/23
- Velan announces closing of sale of controlling shareholder’s interest to Birch Hill for nearly C$204 MM 6/23
- S&B receives AFPM Contractor Safety Achievement Award 6/23
