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ERTC NewspaperKey steps for refiners ahead of IMO 2020 ... Q&A with Diomidis Stamoulis ... Maximising FCC performance and yields with catalyst innovations ... European refineries towards a sustainable world ... Precious metals catalyst: understanding the technology ... Process selection: a refinery study of FCC vs Gasolfin for naphtha cracking into propylene ... Creation of energy efficiency action plan for oil refinery with advanced energy analysis ... Renewable components in European refining companies ... Operating in the jungle of renewables ... Online Cleaning technology applied to a major European refinery ... Accurate, real-time H2S measurement achieved with in-line analyser...... View All Magazines |
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Webinar | Honeywell Predict® Corrosion SuiteOn Tuesday 23rd October, learn how the fight against corrosion never stops - it is a fact of life every day across Oil & Gas, Refining and Pipeline operations, what-if you could have insight into real-time corrosion rates in your process? |
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Advances in benchmarking capital project costsA scope based approach to benchmarking project costs can provide insights to improve competitiveness. |
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CATnap Catalyst Passivation ProcessCat Tech is pleased to present the CATnap® Catalyst Passivation Process - an exclusive, patented technique for unloading catalysts from petroleum processing units. CATnap technology passivates pyrophoric or self-heating catalysts by the application of a proprietary CATnap catalyst coating chemical. The catalysts’ surfaces (and equipment surfaces are coated with an organic film which retards oxygen penetration and reaction...... View All Literature |
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AxensAxens is an international provider of process Technologies Licensees, Catalysts, Adsorbents and Services (technical assistance, consulting) to the Refining, Petrochemical, Gas and Alternative Fuels industries. The main scope of Axens’ business is focused on the conversion of Oil, Gas, Biomass and Coal to fuels and major petrochemical intermediates. Improving the performance of our clients and helping them to be more successful constitute our only mission...... View All Sponsors |
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Q3 Issue of PTQManaging fouling in refinery networks ... Dealing with depleting sour gas reserves: Part 1 ... Revamping a hydrocracker's overhead condenser ... Optimising preflash for light tight oil processing ... Splitting distributed control for a refinery expansion ... Cyber security in the refining world ... Countering marine corrosion in instrumentation tube ... Energy savings from electric capacity control ... Revamp of a reciprocating compressor unit ... Advanced turbomachinery controls improve ethylene plant yield ... Mixing in large crude tanks ... Improved feedstocks for ethane crackers ... Controlling the dew point of natural gas ... Testing and experience in FCC catalyst selection ... Implementing real time optimisation technology...... View All Magazines |
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MESPON 2018What is MESPON? The MESPON Forum is an interactive conference aimed at fostering enduring, cooperative relationships between sour gas and sulphur plant operators across the UAE and the Middle East. |
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Troubleshooting complex FCCU issues
Jul-2009Identifying the leading causes of FCCU feed outages and unscheduled shutdowns, including unexplained or increasing catalyst losses and erratic catalyst ...
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Vacuum unit design effect on operating variables
Jul-2002To revamp vacuum units, process modelling and equipment design know-how are needed, and the understanding of connected equipment performance can lead to ...
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Risks of accumulated sulphur in sulphur recovery unit
Aug-1998Follow-up data to an October 1997 article proves with refinery experience that caustic neutralisation does not improve system operations
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Dividing wall columns for gas plants
Jul-2018Uniting two unit offerings into one column shell can lead refiners to improve the profitability of their gas plants.
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Understanding cloud point and hydrotreating relationships
Feb-2013As the distillate markets allow for increased distribution worldwide, refiners need to be more aware of the additional product specifications that can ...
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New insights into Claus waste heat boilers
Dec-2018(White Paper) - The real plant performance of a waste heat boiler depends on many factors besides heat transfer. The Claus waste heat boiler (WHB) is ...
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An overview of Honeywell’s layered optimisation solution
Nov-2018Advanced process control (APC) and real-time optimisation (RTO) tools have become necessary technologies for today’s process operating companies to compete ...
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Precision comparison between HDXRF® and ICP for Ni, Fe, and V
Nov-2018As petroleum professionals continue to refine their production processes, products such as crude oil can contain higher concentrations of problematic metals ...
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Advanced catalyst characterisation for improved hydrocracking performance
Nov-2018Advanced analytical techniques delivered new insights into catalyst structure and manufacturing leading to improved performance material.
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Hydrofluoric acid alkylation conversion and expansion
Nov-2018Much of the cost of switching from hydrofluoric acid to sulphuric acid alkylation can be avoided by using existing equipment.
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Experimental phase balance assessment for duplex stainless steel welded pipe
Jan-2018This paper discusses the assessment of weld metal ferrite content in duplex stainless steel pipe welded at a 45˚angle
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Computation of heat conduction in welding of thick wall reactor vessels
Sep-2017The 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 ...
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Managing fouling in refinery networks
Jul-2015Modelling heat exchanger and other networks enables the use of dynamic fouling models in performance assessment and predictive studies
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Improved hydrogen yield in catalytic reforming
Jan-2013A process step that sends higher-boiling C6 hydrocarbons to light tops isomerisation delivers an increase in hydrogen production from naphtha catalytic ...
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A novel approach to cleaning furnace coils
Jul-2013A modified pigging operation aims to greatly reduce the time required for coke removal from furnace coils
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Managing fouling in refinery networks
Jul-2015Modelling heat exchanger and other networks enables the use of dynamic fouling models in performance assessment and predictive studies
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Understanding basic principles of flow calculations
Mar-2008Valve 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.
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Spent sulphuric acid regeneration (SAR) process
May-2012Several chemical processes utilise concentrated sulphuric acid as a catalyst or dehydrating agent, in which the acid becomes “spent”; ie, weakened ...
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Hydrogen generation for modern refineries
Jan-2009With increasing demand for diesel, more stringent product specifications for cleaner fuels, reduced fuel oil demand and the economic advantages in processing ...
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Processing high TAN crude: part I
Jan-2010Huizhou, which is the first refinery for processing 100% high TAN crude, started up in 2009. This article describes the challenges of an opportunity crude ...
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New insights into Claus waste heat boilers
Dec-2018(White Paper) - The real plant performance of a waste heat boiler depends on many factors besides heat transfer. The Claus waste heat boiler (WHB) is ...
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NOVATEK Group selects Topsoe hydrogen technology for their first refinery
06-12-2018The hydrogen plant is slated to begin operation in the second quarter of 2020, and basic engineering has already begun. Topsoe delivers all equipment, ...
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Blasch Precision Ceramics sign co-marketing agreement with BD Energy Systems
05-12-2018Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with BD Energy Systems, LLC of Houston, Texas granting exclusive rights to market ...
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Exxonmobil awards Matrix Service FCCU Turnaround at Joliet refinery
03-12-2018Matrix Service Company announced today that its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc., has been awarded the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) turnaround ...
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Burckhardt Compression strengthens service activities in Central Europe
03-12-2018Burckhardt Compression is pleased to announce the opening of a new Service Center for the area of Central Europe, as per December 1, 2018. The Service ...
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Rüeger releases a new high-precision temperature sensor
03-12-2018The Swiss manufacturer Rüeger SA is introducing its new ThermoHybrid, a high-precision temperature sensor for process applications. This modern version ...
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Blasch Precision Ceramics sign co-marketing agreement with BD Energy Systems
05-12-2018Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with BD Energy Systems, LLC of Houston, Texas granting exclusive rights to market ...
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Exxonmobil awards Matrix Service FCCU Turnaround at Joliet refinery
03-12-2018Matrix Service Company announced today that its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc., has been awarded the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) turnaround ...
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Alon Refining selects STRATCO® Alkylation Technology from DuPont Clean Technologies
28-11-2018DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded the contract to supply Alon Refining Krotz Springs (Alon), a part of Delek US, with a license and engineering ...
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hte equips IFPEN with high throughput technology for naphtha reforming applications
27-11-2018hte – the high throughput experimentation company is proud to announce that IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) has selected hte’s proprietary technology ...
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Jiangsu Honggang Petrochemical selects P8 PTA technology from INVISTA
16-11-2018INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Jiangsu Honggang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. have reached agreement ...
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NOVATEK Group selects Topsoe hydrogen technology for their first refinery
06-12-2018The hydrogen plant is slated to begin operation in the second quarter of 2020, and basic engineering has already begun. Topsoe delivers all equipment, ...
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Burckhardt Compression strengthens service activities in Central Europe
03-12-2018Burckhardt Compression is pleased to announce the opening of a new Service Center for the area of Central Europe, as per December 1, 2018. The Service ...
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Woodside selects Jacobs to deliver brownfields engineering and procurement services
02-12-2018Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a three-year outline agreement from Woodside Energy Limited to provide brownfields engineering and procurement ...
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Borealis selects NAPCON Controller applications from Neste Engineering Solutions
29-11-2018Neste Engineering Solutions has been awarded the renewal of Borealis Porvoo Aromatics Plant platform covering Advanced Process Control System (APC) with ...
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Rotterdam refinery expansion enters final stage
29-11-2018ExxonMobil Basestock announced today several key developments at its Rotterdam refinery to meet the company’s most stringent base stocks manufacturing ...
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Rüeger releases a new high-precision temperature sensor
03-12-2018The Swiss manufacturer Rüeger SA is introducing its new ThermoHybrid, a high-precision temperature sensor for process applications. This modern version ...
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Albemarle launches innovative XPLORE™ platform and KF 787 PULSAR™
20-11-2018Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it is launching XPLORE™, a new platform for the ...
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Emerson releases severe service app for optimized control valve maintenance
19-11-2018Emerson has released its Severe Service app developed for process control engineers in need of quick and easy control valve diagnosis and maintenance for ...
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Honeywell launches Honeywell BW Solo
22-10-2018Honeywell today launched the Honeywell BW Solo, a connected, serviceable, single-gas monitor with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity that provides ...
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XOS launches Petra series autosampler
17-10-2018XOS has announced the worldwide release of Petra Series Autosampler, an automatic sampler with sample tracking and continuous sample loading. The autosampler ...
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Tracerco Profiler™ HMI
A Windows based application offering dynamic displays, diagnostics, trending, control and historical logging. The Profiler™HMI, is a ready-made graphical ...
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ELIMINOx™ - flexible combustion promotion with lower NOx emissions
ELIMINOx is Albemarle’s most widely used non-platinum-containing combustion promoter. More than 20 refineries around the world have used it to provide ...
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Want to remove particles from your naphtha gas phase?
Topsoe’s gas phase scale catcher effectively removes particles from the process stream and prevents reduction of bed void fraction and pressure drop ...
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Designing deepcut vacuum units that really work
Every barrel of vacuum gas oil (VGO) you can save from being reduced to coke in the delayed coker unit is a barrel more that can go to the FCCU. That’s ...
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Dewaxing technologies for distillate applications
Cold flow properties improvement process. Catalytic dewaxing is used to improve cold flow properties of diesel fuels by selective hydroisomerization and ...
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PROGNOST®-SenSim
PROGNOST®-SenSim is a portable device for the simulation of sensors that are used for machine monitoring. It simulates sensors with static and dynamic ...
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Simple specifier
This video illustrates how to create Simple Specifiers within ProMax.
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Hyper compressor from Burckhardt
The Hyper Compressor is a high-pressure reciprocating compressor for low density polyethylene plants and compress ethylene with discharge pressure ...
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WirelessHART® remote antenna installation guidelines
This video discusses best practices for mounting the remote antenna for maximum range for different installations.
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ExxonMobil Catalysts and Technology Licensing: The Pursuit
Pursuing Growth. Understanding Challenges. Implementing Solutions.
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From hydrogen production to sulphur recovery - let ceramics pave the way
Learn how to boost the reliability and performance of your hydrogen production and sulphur recovery plants through the deployment of Blasch’s ...
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Intelligently predict and prevent corrosion across your operations
Learn how the fight against corrosion never stops - it is a fact of life every day across Oil & Gas, Refining and Pipeline operations, what-if you ...
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