Refining
The greening of the downstream industry: A carbon investment case for clean refining
<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> was pleased to speak recently with Mark Fonda, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technical Officer for Meridian Energy Group, which is building two grassroots refineries in the US.
Electric vehicles are coming, but their impact will be evolutionary, not revolutionary
Alternatively fueled vehicles (AFVs) are getting plenty of press these days, but their market penetration is still a long way from critical mass.
FCC metal trap additives to process more residue
Most refiners frequently need metal trapping or bottoms cracking additives for residue operations.
Next-generation catalyst improves reliability of LPG mercaptan extraction
For decades, sulfur reduction processes have been an integral part of refinery operations.
To reduce security vulnerabilities in downstream facilities, try unikernels
Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, oil and gas facilities have joined financial, government, hospitality and other companies as tempting targets for cybercriminals.
Advanced crude management by NIR spectroscopy combined with topology modeling
Crude characterization is critical for refinery optimization.
ExxonMobil, SABIC to proceed with project
ExxonMobil and SABIC announced the decision to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 million metric ton ethane steam cracker.
Air-cooled steam surface condenser case study: Retrofit vs. revamp
It is difficult to revamp an existing air-cooled steam surface condenser (ACSSC) for higher throughput, since most ACSSC suppliers have changed to a single-tube row design and have discontinued their multi-tube row design.
Executive Viewpoint: Trends in the global process furnace market
Whether it is heating process fluids to achieve enough temperature in crude atmospheric and vacuum distillation units, or reaction temperatures inside furnace tubes to produce ethylene, vinyl chloride monomer, synthetic gas and continuous catalytic reformer reactors, or simple process heating (thermal fluid), process furnaces play a critical role in refineries and petrochemical complexes.
Risk: Navigating energy volatility: Understanding the principles of commodity risk management
The persistent volatility of energy prices is well known, and sustained price movements have fueled a boom-and-bust cycle in different energy sectors for decades.
- TotalEnergies and Bapco Energies launch BxT Trading, a new player in the trading of petroleum products in the Middle East 1/14
- Advent Technologies and Airbus expand fuel cell technology for the aviation industry 1/14
- Moeve and Galp negotiating to combine downstream activities to form leading European energy and mobility platforms 1/14
- Moeve supplies SAF to Condor flights from Tenerife South Airport to several German cities 1/14
- Chinese refiners' 2025 oil imports, December inflows both hit record highs 1/14
- Vietnam's Nghi Son refinery processes first batch of non-Kuwaiti crude oil 1/14
