Advances in crude to chemicals

(White Paper) - In mature markets like the US, refineries are revisiting their business models, asset base and technology options. This is due to regional ...

Catalytic answer to a steam cracking challenge

(White Paper) - Rapid growth in steam cracker capacity has encountered a developing problem – contamination of opportunity naphtha feed by carbon disulphide. Ethylene ...

Accurate analysis of chlorine in vacuum gas oil and low sulphur fuel oil

(White Paper) - Why measure chlorine in vgo and vlsfo? Vacuum gas oil, more commonly referred to as VGO, is primarily used as a feed for cracking units ...

More from the barrel

An alumina-supported catalyst for ULSD production or hydrocracking pretreat provides longer catalyst cycles, higher throughput, and better product qua ...

Why doesn’t a great maintenance process equal great results? - Part 2

In Part 1 we observed that some of the best results come from organisations with poor maintenance work processes and some organisations with a great work ...

Driving change across the downstream industry

Asian Downstream Insights Exclusive Interview with Andy Saunders-Tack, Director, Asia-Pacific and Mel Larson, Strategic Consulting Manager at Becht

Fired equipment TAR reviews

Fired equipment is a critical part of most refinery process units. Operating at high temperatures and potentially high pressures make these equipment items ...

HF alkylation capabilities

Becht has a team of HF Alky experts that have established and led the alkylation networks and licensing activities for companies like XOM, BP, P66, Shell, ...

More petrochemicals with less capital spending

Even in nations with exceptional dependence on transportation fuels like Brazil, better integration with petrochemicals production is essential for re ...

Managing fouling in refinery networks

Modelling heat exchanger and other networks enables the use of dynamic fouling models in performance assessment and predictive studies

Experimental phase balance assessment for duplex stainless steel welded pipe

This paper discusses the assessment of weld metal ferrite content in duplex stainless steel pipe welded at a 45˚angle

Delek brings refineries into synchronised digital maturity

Since the company was founded in the early 2000s, the business strategy at Delek US Holdings, Inc. has focused on rapid growth through acquisition of downstream ...

Computation of heat conduction in welding of thick wall reactor vessels

The welding of reactors in refinery is complex due to various phase formation during and after welding. Each phase was unique with success of welding lies ...

CCS from refinery emissions: CO2 purity must be analysed and controlled

One of the most promising measures to decarbonise refinery operations is carbon capture and storage (CCS) from existing combustion processes, such as process ...

IMO 2020 - Maritime CEMS and refinery changes

For several years, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has stipulated low levels of sulphur emissions close to densely populated coastal areas, ...

Hydrogen SMR energy efficiency optimisation

Steam methane reformers (SMR) are the most common hydrogen production technique in the oil and gas industry.

Understanding basic principles of flow calculations

Valve size often is described by the nominal size of the end connections, but a more important measure is the flow that the valve can provide.

Managing fouling in refinery networks

Modelling heat exchanger and other networks enables the use of dynamic fouling models in performance assessment and predictive studies

Spent sulphuric acid regeneration (SAR) process

Several chemical processes utilise concentrated sulphuric acid as a catalyst or dehydrating agent, in which the acid becomes “spent”; ie, weakened ...

Processing high TAN crude: part I

Huizhou, which is the first refinery for processing 100% high TAN crude, started up in 2009. This article describes the challenges of an opportunity crude ...

Hydrogen generation for modern refineries

With increasing demand for diesel, more stringent product specifications for cleaner fuels, reduced fuel oil demand and the economic advantages in processing ...

Sour water strippers: design and operation

Simpler, more cost-effective sour water stripper designs can outperform more generally accepted designs in the refining industry

Naphtha catalytic cracking for propylene production

Investment in on-purpose propylene production technology based on 
naphtha-based feedstock is taking on various process configurations

Gasifying coke to produce hydrogen 
in refineries

Coke gasification to produce hydrogen for hydroprocessing is more capital intensive than steam methane reforming, but not so vulnerable to natural gas ...

Advances in crude to chemicals

(White Paper) - In mature markets like the US, refineries are revisiting their business models, asset base and technology options. This is due to regional ...

Catalytic answer to a steam cracking challenge

(White Paper) - Rapid growth in steam cracker capacity has encountered a developing problem – contamination of opportunity naphtha feed by carbon disulphide. Ethylene ...

Accurate analysis of chlorine in vacuum gas oil and low sulphur fuel oil

(White Paper) - Why measure chlorine in vgo and vlsfo? Vacuum gas oil, more commonly referred to as VGO, is primarily used as a feed for cracking units ...

Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Enter Engineering

W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP ...

Honeywell Technology enables large carbon capture and storage project

Honeywell today announced Wabash Valley Resources LLC has selected a range of Honeywell UOP technologies to capture and sequester up to 1.65 million tons ...

Shell Catalysts & Technologies to supply ethylene oxide catalyst to Jiangsu Dynamic Chemical

Shell Catalysts & Technologies will supply ethylene oxide catalyst to Jiangsu Dynamic Chemical after demonstrating high selectivity, desired ...

Indian Oil Corporation selects Technip Energies to upgrade Barauni refinery

Technip Energies has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited for ...

South Refineries Company selects technology from Axens for Basrah refinery upgrading project

Part of Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, the state-owned South Refineries Company (SRC) executed the upgrading of its refinery located in Basrah, Iraq by implementing ...

Lummus Novolen Technology awarded major polypropylene contract

Lummus Technology today announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a PP contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at its petrochemical ...

ECB Group selects renewable fuels technology from Honeywell UOP

Honeywell today announced that Brazil-based ECB Group will use the UOP Ecofining™ process to convert vegetable oils and inedible animal fats into renewable ...

Petrojet selects industrial wastewater treatment plant from Nijhuis Saur Industries

The main EPC contractor Petrojet has awarded the Engineering, Manufacturing and Procurement order to supply the industrial wastewater treatment plant for ...

Burckhardt wins large compressor order for a refinery hydrocracking unit

Burckhardt Compression has been selected by Technip Energies as the compressor supplier for the Assiut hydrocracking complex in Egypt. The order includes ...

Best Practice: Screening and QC testing of petroleum products and fuels

(Webinar) - Screening and quality control of petroleum products and fuels can be a tedious and expensive process when performed utilizing traditional methods. Near-Infrared ...

Understanding Alarm Management Standards

(Webinar) - Alarms are an essential layer of protection, enabling industrial facilities to avoid abnormal situations that may put people, the environment, ...

Ensuring business continuity with reliable and secure treated water webinar

(Webinar) - Learn how you can mitigate risk by improving security and reliability of treated water supply with mobile and temporary water treatment services ...

Tidewater chooses Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for renewable diesel production

Topsoe has signed a contract with Tidewater for the  delivery of Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology in Canada. The technology will be utilized in ...

Panipat refinery selects multiple technologies from Chevron Lummus Global

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.’s Panipat Refinery in Haryana, India. ...

Chevron start up the world's first commercial scale ISOALKY™ process unit

Chevron Corporation and Honeywell today announced the commissioning and start-up of the world's first commercial-scale ISOALKY process unit that utilizes ...

XRG Technologies appoints Joe Tleimat as senior principal engineer

XRG Technologies, a fired equipment engineering firm located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Tleimat as a Senior Principal ...

Everything you always wanted to know about radiometric measurements webinar

Radiometric measurements are reliable even under the most challenging process conditions and are used where other technologies fail. But what exactly is ...

CB&I and New Energy complete engineering for green hydrogen generation facility

McDermott International, Ltd and New Energy Development Company LLC today announced the completion of engineering for two transformative 50-megawatt energy ...

Axens announce SeLene™ a new selective hydrogenation family of catalysts

Axens is pleased to announce the launch of SeLene™, a newly created family brand dedicated to selective hydrogenation. Selective hydrogenation is ...

Lotte GS Chemical selects Honeywell technology for PHENOL and acetone production

Honeywell today announced that Lotte GS Chemical Corp . will use Honeywell UOP Q-Max™, Phenol 3G, and Evonik MSHP technologies to produce more than 565,000 ...

Regenerable hydrogen sulfide scavenger technology for sour gas streams

Merichem® is proud to introduce EcoTreat®, a revolutionary modular treatment system that completely removes H2S from sour gas streams using a sulfur-catalyst ...

Grabner Instruments launches MINIFLASH FPA vision autosampler

Grabner Instruments, a leading manufacturer of analytical laboratory testing equipment, is pleased to launch the new MINIFLASH FPA Vision Autosampler, ...

Dräger releases new multigas detector, X-act 7000

Concentrations of hazardous substances in the ambient air at the workplace should not exceed specified limit values. Monitoring these sometimes very low ...

Honeywell introduces virtual reality-based simulator

Honeywell today announced the introduction of an advanced industrial training solution that combines 3D immersive technology with industry-leading operator ...

Yokogawa to release plant resource manager (PRM) R4.04

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the November 20 release of Plant Resource Manager (PRM™) R4.04, the latest version of a software package in the ...

SPECTRO introduces SPECTROGREEN TI ICP-OES analyzer

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced the newest version of its SPECTROGREEN inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) ...

BASF adds to its selective hydrogenation catalysts portfolio

A new series of commercially proven alumina catalysts is now available with new performance features that can benefit selective hydrogenation applications ...

Hoekstra Performance Curve Model part 1

A 5-minute demonstration of our spreadsheet model that predicts octane loss in gasoline desulfurizers when making 10 ppm sulfur Tier 3 gasoline.

See inside our Systems Engineering Centers

With proven experience in sampling systems, watch the Servomex experts at the Houston, TX, engineering center showcase how systems are assembled and tested ...

ERTC 2018 | Interview with Tracy Ellerington, Solomon Associates

Tracy Ellerington, Director, Europe and Russia Operations, Solomon Associates spoke at ERTC 2018 on the World’s Best Refineries. In this Interview, ...

Ariel Corporation - how its made

Take a factory visit that will help you understand the processes involved in manufacturing an Ariel reciprocating compressor.

WRA top tips for networking at a conference

Hear from our Marketing Manager Rosie Brewster on our top tips for anyone networking at conferences!

ERTC 2018 | Interview with Dorothee Arns, Petrochemicals Europe

Dorothee Arns, Executive Director, Petrochemicals Europe (Cefic) took part in the Petrochemical Panel on "Increasing Chemical Production to Match ...

Torus™ quench mixer - internals design, reimagined

As fuel specifications worldwide tightens, the role of reactor internals has become crucial to achieve optimal conditions in hydroprocessing reactors. ...

Competitive product analysis helps simplify catalyst selection.

How to make sense of the overabundance of catalyst brands.

Tier 3 gasoline - a wolf in sheep's clothing? Part 2 the octane problem

This is the second of three video segments analyzing the US refining industry's readiness for the Tier 3 gasoline standard which requires an annual average ...

How turbocompressors drive and safeguard downstream plant operations

This webinar reaches out to end users in the hydrocarbon industry who face the challenge of achieving operational availability, equipment reliability, ...

How to achieve operational excellence with safe and profitable operating windows

Plant of the Future’ is making headway towards operational excellence using technologies that enable safe and efficient operations to improve your bottom ...

Learn how to build refinery models quickly and easily to support your LP model

In this webinar we will present refinery modelling workflows, features and functionalities, which showcase Honeywell Forge Process Simulation’ refinery-wide ...

Ensuring business continuity in industrial operations

Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and safety of ...

A layered approach to achieving plant-wide optimization goals

Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and safety of ...

Driving machine learning through fundamental machinery diagnostics

Join Honeywell’s APM specialist, Ben Berwick, as he discusses how Honeywell leverages Asset Performance Management technology to recognize the earliest ...

High-Performance Tail-Gas Treating

Discover the benefits of applying the latest technology in modern, low-temperature Shell Claus offgas treating (SCOT™) units. See how next-generation, ...

Digital Reliability: 24/7 Real-time Machinery Diagnostics

Dynamics SPC discusses our turnkey solution we call COMPACS. COMPACS monitors the health of your equipment in real-time. We’ve spent close to three decades ...

Simplify crude assay importing in UniSim design by utilizing H/CAMS

Haverly H/CAMS is the industry leading assay crude management software with over 2000 assays. Honeywell's UniSim Design software links to Haverly H/CAMS ...