Refining
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
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New ceramic feed distributor offers ultimate erosion protection
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New ceramic feed distributor offers ultimate erosion protection
HP Construction: Garyville refinery major expansion facts
Completed on schedule during the fourth quarter of 2009, the Garyville Major Expansion (GME) units are fully integrated with the original refinery operations. With the expansion, the refinery’s r..
Managing projects in a global environment
What does it take to facilitate projects in several time zones away?
Axens technology selected for re-refining plant
PDVSA Intevep selected Axens’ and Viscolube Revivoil technology for its waste oil re-refining plant to be located in San Juan de los Morros or Amuay, Venezuela.
New fuel economy labels proposed by US EPA and DOT
As a new generation of cars and light trucks start appearing on the market, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly proposing changes to the fuel economy labels consumers see on the window of every new vehicle in dealer showrooms.
SNC-Lavalin gets Canadian oil sands contract
SNC-Lavalin has an engineering and procurement (EP) contract with Grizzly Oil Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Jacobs providing services for Indian delayed coker unit project
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd. (formerly Indian Oiltanking) to provide engineering services for Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.'s (IOCL) delayed coker unit (DCU) project.
TUPRAS Selects Merichem Technologies for jet fuel and spent caustic treatment
Turkish Petroleum Refining Corp. (TUPRAS) has selected Merichem Co. to provide multiple technologies for the treatment of kerosene/jet fuel as well as technology for on-site treatment of associated spent caustic at the company’s refinery in Izmir, Turkey .

- CLG and INA successfully produce SAF from biogenic feedstock 7/29
- HAMR Energy announces plans for Australia’s first major methanol-to-jet fuel facility 7/29
- Johnson Matthey’s tech enables successful start-up of the world’s largest single-train methanol plant 7/29
- Clariant and Shanghai Boiler partner to develop green methanol/ammonia and SAF projects in China 7/29
- China ramps up exports of refined fuels as margins rise 7/29
- Baker Hughes to acquire Chart Industries for $13.6 B 7/29