Process Optimization
Pemex contracts SENER, Samsung on clean diesel at Salamanca refinery
Engineering and technology group SENER has signed a contract with Samsung for the development of a ULSD (ultra-low-sulfur diesel) project to modernize the Salamanca oil refinery in Mexico.
Uhde Inventa-Fischer wins work to build Polish polyamide 6 facility
The multiline plant will be built at Grupa Azoty's headquarters in Tarnow, Poland, and will have a total capacity of 80,000 tpy of polyamide 6 for film applications and engineering plastics.
Precision Polymer Engineering opens Texas hub
The new site manufactures compression-molded components for the oil and gas industry as well as critical components for semiconductor and heavy equipment applications.
BP enlists Jacobs to upgrade German hydrotreater
Jacobs is bringing technical expertise and best practices to help BP reach its goals of optimizing operational performance of the BP Gelsenkirchen refining facilities in Germany.
Sasol picks GE to supply main compression trains on Louisiana PE project
This LDPE plant is a central element of Sasol’s proposed $8.9 billion petrochemical complex, which will include a world-scale ethylene plant and ethylene derivatives plants.
Hydrogen perspectives for 21st century refineries—Part 2
H2 is the lifeblood of 21st century refineries. The application of various technological advancements and core developments has been raising the bar in the design, build, operations and maintenance of H2 facilities.
Case history: Innovative resid-cracking catalyst debottlenecks FCC unit
Tamoil is a major operator in the oil and energy industry with operating refineries in Hamburg, Germany, and Collombey, Switzerland, in addition to distribution networks in Italy, Germany, Switzerland..
Consider the pros and cons when importing heavy oil for cokers
The recent shift to lighter crudes has starved many US heavy oil units of feed. Maximizing asset use makes importing heavy oil for vacuum distillation and delayed coking attractive.
FCC 101: How to estimate product yields cost-effectively and improve operations
The feed to fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) is the most important process variable. FCCU feed has the greatest impact on operating conditions, yield and product quality. A typical FCCU feed consi..
What are the possible impacts on US refineries processing shale oils?
No singular event has had as significant an impact on the quality of refinery feedstocks as the shale revolution. Not only are shale crudes, such as Eagle Ford and Bakken, generally lighter than other..
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf 4/6
- Damietta Green Ammonia completes pre-FEED for $873-MM, 150,000-tpy green ammonia facility 4/6
- EIB and Eni sign €500-MM in financing for new biorefinery in Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi 4/6
- India's Reliance buys Venezuelan oil directly from PDVSA 4/6
- Japan to boost intermediate chemical imports amid tighter naphtha supply 4/6
- Five EU countries call for windfall tax on energy companies 4/6
