Environment & Safety
Designing vacuum distillation for deep-cut bitumen service
To process bitumen-derived residue, success depends on the engineering design concepts and methods applied
Consider new methods for bottom of the barrel processing - Part 1
Advanced methods use molecule management to upgrade heavy ends
Catalytic technology: Options for better hydrogen production
It is not just steam and feed costs that determine processing methods for hydrogen generation
Dealing with dieselization
Several processing options can provide cost-effective ways to maximize diesel make and limit gasoline production
Improve usage of regenerated refining catalysts
Common-sense guidelines detail when it is beneficial to reuse catalysts
When does carbon capture make sense?
Here are several options in which carbon capture can provide cost-effective solutions
Designing for pressure safety valves in supercritical service
Use this rigorous method to prevent over-sizing
Requirement engineering and management - Part 2 - performance standards development
Use these guidelines to determine the safety-critical elements and tasks. Free software modules are available at http://www.adepp.com/demo
Ensuring site-wide consistency in relief system analyses
Follow these protocols when evaluating common-cause failure scenarios for flares and headers
Avoid confusion when performing safety integrity levels
Here's how to differentiate safety instrumented fuction demand modes
- CNOOC completes construction on $2.9-B, 1.8-MMtpy integrated complex in east China 8/22
- bp's Whiting refinery (U.S.) continues to flare days after severe thunderstorm 8/22
- Bachmann introduces latest version M-Target for Simulink 8/22
- U.S. to rule on biofuel waivers, but big oil refiners may need to wait 8/22
- Chinese independent refiner Hongrun buys Canadian, Brazilian crude 8/22
- Ukrainian attack suspends Russian oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia 8/22
