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Business Trends: Battle of the biofuels: Renewable diesel vs. biodiesel

Opportune LLP: O'Brien, P.

As new low-carbon diesel fuels and blends become more readily available, it is important to understand the differences between them and how each impacts engine performance.

Impact of inaccurate water-in-oil measurement

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory: Yang, M.

Water-in-oil content is an important parameter for both the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

What are the latest advancements in HPI technologies? This month’s Innovations section details the tools and technologies that are optimizing plant operations.

Oil refinery/petrochemical integration in a CO2-constrained world—Part 2

Fluor: Baars, F.  |  Oruganti, S.  |  Kalia, P.

Petrochemical demand will increase with gross domestic product, while the demand for motor fuels will only show modest growth and may even decline in certain regions, given environmental/legislative pressures and the introduction of battery-powered electric vehicles.

Oil refinery/petrochemical integration in a CO2-constrained world—Part 1

Fluor: Baars, F.  |  Oruganti, S.  |  Kalia, P.

Petrochemical demand will increase with gross domestic product, while motor fuel demand will only show modest growth and may even decline in certain regions, given environmental/legislative pressure and the introduction of battery-powered electric vehicles.

Industry Metrics

U.S. Gulf Coast margins increased, supported by unplanned refinery outages that limited a stronger recovery in run rates and kept product outputs relatively supressed.

Advances in light ends processing units using DWCs

Sulzer GTC Technology: Martin, G. R.

For those who have been in the refining industry for many years, it is obvious that significant changes are occurring.

Optimize product blending using Excel spreadsheets and LINGO software—Part 1

A.K.C. Technology: Coker, A. K.
Texas A&M University: Alsuhaibani, A.

Linear programming (LP) is an optimization modelling technique in which a linear function is maximized or minimized when subjected to various constraints.

Show Preview: IRPC Process Technology

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

IRPC Process Technology: The latest advancements in process technologies

Executive Viewpoint: It was the best of times

KBC, a Yokogawa Company: Howell, A.  |  Byfield, R.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”. Fortunately, this opening line from A Tale of Two Cities does not often present itself as an appropriate analogy to the oil and gas industry. Yet, here we are.