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Securing fuel supply and reducing GHG emissions
Apr-2008
Six strategic options are available to refiners to satisfy future energy and environmental requirements in the light of surging oil prices and public concerns ...
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As cold as ice, liquefying LNG beyond the arctic circle
Aug-2013
Building a low-carbon economy is one of the great challenges of our time. In order to protect the climate, the world needs clean energy and natural gas ...
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Retrofitting lower emission burners into existing ethylene cracking furnaces
Sep-2014
The increasing supply of global shale gas feedstocks has rekindled interest worldwide in olefins production. Many petrochemical companies are restarting ...
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The age of turbulence: charting a course for refiners to a profitable future
Nov-2012
Relentless turbulence has profoundly affected the global refining landscape in recent years. Moreover, the turmoil is likely to continue unabated in the ...
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Aug-2019
Analysing desalter performance and improving crude blending capacity with multi-phase instrumentation and control.
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Identifying very small 
equipment leaks
Jan-2008
Very small leaks in feed/effluent exchangers can be identified using chemical tracing. This online technique can detect leaks as low as 5.0 ppm, avoiding ...
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Decarbonisation, electrification and the case for modern electric process heaters
Jul-2020
Companies in liquified natural gas (LNG) and other industries have been taking bold steps to reduce their carbon footprint.
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Improving level control in desalters to aid in use of opportunity crudes
Sep-2019
Refineries are a complex set of various operating units designed to process crude oil into refined products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuels and feedstocks ...
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2030 isn’t long off — the future of advanced biofuels (ERTC)
Nov-2020
The use of biofuels is increasing industry-wide due to legislation incentives aimed at producing low greenhouse gas-emitting transport fuels. Feedstock ...
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Troubleshooting premature tower flooding
Aug-2020
Thorough analysis of field data and tray hydraulics together with gamma scanning were key factors in the successful troubleshooting of premature flooding ...
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Creation of energy efficiency action plan for oil refinery with advanced energy analysis (ERTC)
Nov-2017
The INA Group plays a major part in the exploration, refining and distribution of oil, gas and oil derivatives in Croatia, and has a number of affiliates ...
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Digitalisation is transforming KPI setting
Aug-2019
Digitalisation means turning numbers on a dashboard into profit on your income statement.
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Real time online energy management
Apr-2014
Creating a model of a refinery energy system validated with real time data increased energy efficiency and reduced total energy costs
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Enhanced energy recovery for 
crude preheating
Jun-2018
Replacing shell and tube heat exchangers with a compact welded exchanger increased heat transfer efficiency and reduced fouling issues in a crude unit ...
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Versatile performance with BioFlux renewable diesel (ERTC)
Nov-2020
Clean fuel from renewables is an important element in meeting energy requirements of the future. Renewable diesel has become the leading alternative as ...
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Mitigating corrosion with a digital twin
Nov-2020
Data-driven engineering helps engineers to identify ways to improve predictions of corrosion. Processing plants depend on assorted metallic equipment and ...
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The journey to sustained profitability
Nov-2020
The refining industry is critical to the world economy, providing essential energy and materials required for global development.
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Refineries can reduce leak repairs by monitoring emissions
Jul-2023
Cutting oil refinery leak repair times by 80 percent through game-changing fixed, continuous emissions monitoring.
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Preparing for the energy transition
Feb-2020
The industrial energy transition is characterised by fast-moving changes, technological developments, and a high degree of uncertainty.
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Increase duty in tube side condensers
Jul-2020
A retrofit is shown to improve several aspects of tube side condensation processes.
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FCC co-processing of biogenic and recyclable feedstocks: Part I
Apr-2024
Refinery sustainability drivers predicate a focus on renewable and recyclable feedstocks and the challenges and solutions for co-processing them in FCC ...
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Improving hydrotreater performance with welded plate heat exchangers
Jul-2020
Pressure has never been higher on refiners to improve the efficiency of their energy-intensive processes.
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Revamp of a methanol wash column
Jun-2022
Installation of high performance trays and internals enabled a successful revamp for a syngas purification process.
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Raising diesel yield by chemical treatment
Dec-2020
A chemical treatment programme combined with process monitoring enables increased production of middle distillates.
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Best practices in boiler replacement (TIA)
Nov-2018
When you are processing 100 000 barrels or more of crude in a day, reliability is of the utmost importance. There is no justification for unscheduled shutdowns ...
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Jul-2019
Building a good time series model is the primary requirement for generating good oil price forecasts.
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Improve energy efficiency of your hydrocracking unit
Aug-2023
Reduced fuel firing in HCU product fractionators enables higher diesel yields and improved product properties while reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
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2030 isn’t long off — the future of advanced biofuels (ERTC)
Nov-2020
The use of biofuels is increasing industry-wide due to legislation incentives aimed at producing low greenhouse gas-emitting transport fuels. Feedstock ...
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Aug-2019
Analysing desalter performance and improving crude blending capacity with multi-phase instrumentation and control.
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Reforming exchanger system in large-scale methanol plants
Jul-1997
By eliminating a tubular fired furnace, the Kellogg Reforming Exchanger System (KRES), used in the production of methanol, is proving to be profitable ...
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Energy recovery with compact 
heat exchangers
Jan-2012
Compact heat exchangers are used for heat recovery applications where high efficiency is vital, space constraints apply, or exotic materials are requi ...
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Apr-2012
Operators of process equipment have an obligation to understand the existing and future potential for unit reliability and operability.
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Installing a power recovery system on FCC or RFCC units
Jan-2010
Full examination of the design options and operating issues related to the installation of a PRS on a FCC or RFCC unit will increase energy efficiency ...
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Assessing the impact of carbon pricing on refinery profitability
Apr-2012
The carbon cost to the European refining industry arising from EU policy will depend on the carbon price and on the refinery’s carbon footprint
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Towards a zero (net) carbon refinery
Jan-2013
Review of options for refiners to reduce the carbon emissions from their refineries. The technologies already exist to develop a refinery that has zero ...
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Converting two columns into one
Nov-2017
Dividing wall column technology can be tailor-made to meet specifications for product quality with less utility consumption and lower capital costs
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Estimating natural gas demand at a petrochemical complex
Nov-2023
A robust model has been developed to predict a plant’s natural gas demand, accounting for fluctuating capacities and anticipated fuel gas and steam ...
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Adding CHP to refinery power infrastructures
Feb-2024
CI scores and delivered economic impact at downstream facilities improve when adding CHP units to increase electrical and thermal efficiency.
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Business value of hydrocarbon production accounting
Jan-2015
The gains that a refiner made by implementing an enterprise-wide hydrocarbon accounting system were both financial and cultural
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Improving level control in desalters to aid in use of opportunity crudes
Sep-2019
Refineries are a complex set of various operating units designed to process crude oil into refined products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuels and feedstocks ...
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High performance trays for a fractionator in an aromatics plant
May-2015
Distillation is a very important separation technology in refineries and downstream chemical processing. Mass transfer internals in distillation columns ...
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Retrofitting crude furnace burners
Jan-2018
A burner retrofit has delivered more robust operation with reduced NOx emissions from a crude process furnace
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Practical flare gas recovery for minimising flaring
Apr-2015
Flares play a critical role as a safety device in refineries, and in most oil and gas producing or processing facilities.
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Apr-2011
An integrated programme of process integration techniques lowers CO2 emissions levels in refineries through energy savings
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Heat integration projects for 
refining processes
Oct-2013
Heat integration projects can deliver substantial savings, but they require detailed simulation and case-specific heat integration analysis
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Energy conservation in a crude unit
Feb-2016
Online cleaning of a CDU/VDU heat exchanger network saved on time, energy and environmental impact.
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Determining temperature class for electric process heaters
Jan-2020
Electric process heaters that interface with flammable materials in explosive environments need to be properly evaluated to protect the equipment against ...
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Process improvements in the direct hydration of olefins to alcohols
May-2014
Synthetic alcohols produced by direct hydration have wide application in the process industries as solvents, in the production of cosmetics and as intermediates ...
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Real-time refinery energy management
Oct-2009
An online model installed at Repsol Cartagena refinery enables optimal balance between internal energy production and demand
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Can refiners afford carbon capture?
Jan-2010
CCS is not widely considered an economical way of reducing refiners’ carbon footprints, but case studies indicate great variation in the cost of imp ...
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Downtime damages environmental performance too
Jul-2020
Advanced technologies can reduce the environmental impact of unexpected shutdowns.
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Improving hydrotreater performance with welded plate heat exchangers
Jul-2020
Pressure has never been higher on refiners to improve the efficiency of their energy-intensive processes.
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In-situ refinery and storage terminal environmental remediation
Jun-2020
In the 1960’s there were five refineries built close to Ingolstadt. The location was central to the major refined products markets in Bavaria. The TAL ...
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Jun-2020
Petcoke gasification. The chemistry of gasification fits somewhere between combustion and pyrolysis. Combustion is a high temperature reaction in an excess ...
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Preparing for the energy transition
Feb-2020
The industrial energy transition is characterised by fast-moving changes, technological developments, and a high degree of uncertainty.
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SMR integration with increased CO2 production
Feb-2020
Optimising the efficiency of a plant producing hydrogen by natural gas reforming reduces CO2 emissions and lowers fossil fuel consumption.
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Determining temperature class for electric process heaters
Jan-2020
Electric process heaters that interface with flammable materials in explosive environments need to be properly evaluated to protect the equipment against ...
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Three forces fuelling industrial energy transition (ADS)
Dec-2019
The energy transition is challenging every industrial sector, whether it is the energy consumed, the emissions produced, or the products created.
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Case study: How Shell is navigating the energy transition (ERTC)
Dec-2019
Although the transportation sector’s trend towards electrification offers important climate change and air quality benefits, it presents many energy ...
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Custom boilers meet capacity, emissions challenges (TIA)
Nov-2019
Many refinery complexes in Texas are ageing. It is not uncommon to find boilers that are 50 or more years old. As a result, these facilities can be liable ...
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Improving level control in desalters to aid in use of opportunity crudes
Sep-2019
Refineries are a complex set of various operating units designed to process crude oil into refined products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuels and feedstocks ...
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Aug-2019
Analysing desalter performance and improving crude blending capacity with multi-phase instrumentation and control.
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Best practice for refinery flowsheets
Aug-2019
Refinery-wide flowsheets can demonstrate the true representation of changes in key operating variables and their associated impact on refinery operati ...
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Desalter interface control optimises crude processing (TIA)
Aug-2019
To improve margins, refiners continuously look to optimise feedstock blends. Variability can bring significant operational challenges during the refining ...
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Digitalisation is transforming KPI setting
Aug-2019
Digitalisation means turning numbers on a dashboard into profit on your income statement.
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Jul-2019
Building a good time series model is the primary requirement for generating good oil price forecasts.
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Digital twins enhance LNG plant performance
May-2019
Digitalisation technologies offer new and disruptive ways to overcome the challenges of increasing margin, reducing carbon emissions and addressing talent ...
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America’s energy transformation to bring 10,000 energy executives together
May-2019
U S petrochemicals are set for significant growth in output as new production capacity comes online and demand strengthens in key end-use markets, but ...
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What the Energy and Chemical industry should learn from the music industry
Feb-2019
The Energy and Chemical industry is in desperate need of a shake-up. It is at or near the bottom of every industry digital maturity league table.
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Spherical catalyst carriers with unprecedented size uniformity (ERTC)
Jan-2019
An increased demand for small diameter (less than 4 mm) spherical catalyst carriers led to the development of Saint-Gobain NorPro’s Accu® Spheres.
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Analysis, active filtration unlock guard vessel stability (ERTC)
Jan-2019
For the first time in years, they did not need jackhammers to unload the guard vessel. It was another short cycle, and there was another crust layer.
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Getting the best out of your hydrocracker unit with new Equiflow® internal reactors (ERTC)
Jan-2019
In today’s complex environment, refineries and petrochemical plants around the world are on the lookout for advanced solutions to help them reach operational ...
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Best practices in boiler replacement (TIA)
Nov-2018
When you are processing 100 000 barrels or more of crude in a day, reliability is of the utmost importance. There is no justification for unscheduled shutdowns ...
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Structured catalyst for steam reforming
Sep-2018
A catalyst system for steam methane reforming for improved heat transfer, pressure drop and catalyst effectiveness.
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Dividing wall columns for gas plants
Jul-2018
Uniting two unit offerings into one column shell can lead refiners to improve the profitability of their gas plants.