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Achieve success in gasoline hydrotreating

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2011
Alon USA: Sanghavi, K.
Axens North America: Schmidt, J.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Catalysts / Environment / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East

Case history describes how to achieve superior performance during FCC gasoline hydrotreating

Alternative transport fuels: An Indian perspective

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2011
Department of Chemical Engineering: Jain, A.
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum: Singal, S. K.  |  Kamei, W.  |  Garg, M. O.
Environment & Safety / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Environment / Europe / Hydrogen / Middle East

Many factors influence the possibility of new fuels replacing gasoline and diesel

Improve evaluations for your industrial gas needs

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2011
Linde Engineering North America, Inc.: Shahani, G.
Linde Engineering: Koehler, R.
Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Catalysts / Construction / Economics / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Europe / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Naphtha / Polymers / Reactors / Utilities

Petrochemical and refining complexes are significant consumers of industrial gases; here are some tips in planning process-gas needs

Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2011
Shedded Uhde Pty Ltd.: Singh, D.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Europe / Furnaces / Gasification / Gasoline / Heat Transfer / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Octane / Reactors

New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate

Innovation drives new catalyst developments

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2011
The Shaw Group: Letzsch, W.
Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Catalysts / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Ethers / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane / Polymers / Reactors / Safety

Future challenges in environment and product specifications involve more sophisticated catalyst systems

Global demand for catalysts to exceed $17 billion in 2014

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2011
Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Europe / Gasification / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane / Polymers / Safety

World demand for chemical synthesis, petroleum refining and polymerization catalysts will rise 6%/yr to $17.2 billion in 2014, reflecting a combination of healthy volume and price growth from a weak 2..

Slurry-phase hydrocracking—possible solution to refining margins

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2011
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Acid Gas Removal / Alcohols / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Ethers / Europe / Gasification / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Management / Middle East / Naphtha / Octane / Reactors / Treating

Opportunity crudes require more hydrogen addition to upgrade orphan product streams into higher-value ‘clean’ products

Convert bottom-of-the-barrel into diesel and light olefins

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2011
Lummus Technology: Sieli, G.  |  Rama Rao, M.  |  Soni, D.
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Bhattacharyya, D.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Acid Gas Removal / Alcohols / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Ethers / Europe / Gasification / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Middle East / Naphtha / Octane / Reactors / Treating

Integrating residue hydrocracking operations with advanced fluid catalytic cracking optimizes upgrading of heavy crude oils

What are the future fungible transportation fuels?

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2011
Foster Wheeler, Reading: Stockle, M.
Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Alcohols / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Ethers / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrogen / Middle East / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane

Alternatives hold promises to decrease dependence on crude oil, but they also uncover other challenges in distribution and engine use

Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2011
Fluor Canada Ltd.: Grande, M.  |  Gutscher, M.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Boilers / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Europe / Furnaces / Gasoline / Heat Transfer / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Naphtha / Octane

Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach