Environment & Safety
What are the market opportunities for carbon dioxide?
Recovery of greenhouse gases has potential positive economics benefits
How to choose a ball valve that curbs fugitive emissions
Increasing environmental regulations require better choices for commonly used valves with greater reliability and leak-tight seals
Consider options to lower benzene levels in gasoline
New regulations further limit this aromatic from the refinery blending pool
HP Control: Condenser hot vapor bypass control
What is the worst mistake? It is the one that is repeated in practically every refinery, and yet, we haven't managed to learn from it. I have chosen to discuss the very simple distillation column pres..
Fine-tune compliance requirements for your company
Internet-based technologies improve managing environmental and safety information in petrochemical facilities
Psychrometric effluent water evaporation
This novel zero-discharge method can reduce your operating costs
HP Automation Safety: Biggest design mistakes in SIS
I can just imagine the debate and opinions that arise regarding design mistakes. So, what is the biggest design mistake in safety instrumented systems (SISs)? Some would quickly explain that the great..
E85—it's a whole new ballgame
Additive programs must be designed to handle higher ethanol concentrations in renewable fuels
Use new catalyst technologies to process ultra-low-sulfur diesel
Innovative dewaxing methods can be used to improve cold-flow properties for 'clean' diesel in cold winter climates
Avoid catalyst replacement pitfalls
Lessons learned on a gasoil hydrotreater revamp show how to mitigate problems
- 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
