Making innovative catalysts to trigger a reaction in chemical, gas and refining processes

(White Paper) - When you are creating high-quality petrochemical end products, you must first trigger a reaction. The keys that unlock this process are ...

Precision Comparison Case Study — HDXRF® vs ICP (IP 501 & IP 621)

(White Paper) - As petroleum professionals continue to refine their production processes, products such as crude oil, residual fuel oils, and VGO can contain ...

Capturing value through integrated improvements at the FCC-PT–FCC complex

(White Paper) - Introduction: the importance of fcc-pt–fcc unit integration. As they strive to remain competitive in the face of changing market dynamics, ...

Decarbonization, electrification and the case for modern electric process heaters

(White Paper) - Companies in liquified natural gas (LNG) and other industries have been taking bold steps to reduce their carbon footprint. The overall ...

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 ...

Detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) – past, present and future Part 1

A Historical Perspective. In the 1990s, gasoline regulations were changing rapidly. Lead antiknock compounds were banned. Typical gasoline benzene levels ...

2019: The Year of Gasoline Analysis on the VUV Analyzer™ Platform

VUV Analytics™, pioneers of developing analytical tools based on vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) detection technology, is dedicated to providing fast, easy, ...

Detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) – past, present and future Part 2

In part two of this series I want to focus on the future of detailed hydrocarbon analysis. If you remember my first article, I talked a little about my ...

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

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.

Environmental monitoring and management in the downstream oil and gas sector

Keeping it clean, keeping it green. Ground water, rain water run-off and effluent. Contaminated soil replacement in spillage areas, excavated soil disposal ...

Hydrogen – making the move from industrial gas to fuel

Our sun creates energy through the fusion reaction of hydrogen to form helium: that’s been going on for millions of years.

Managing fouling in refinery networks

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

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.

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 ...

Making innovative catalysts to trigger a reaction in chemical, gas and refining processes

(White Paper) - When you are creating high-quality petrochemical end products, you must first trigger a reaction. The keys that unlock this process are ...

Precision Comparison Case Study — HDXRF® vs ICP (IP 501 & IP 621)

(White Paper) - As petroleum professionals continue to refine their production processes, products such as crude oil, residual fuel oils, and VGO can contain ...

Capturing value through integrated improvements at the FCC-PT–FCC complex

(White Paper) - Introduction: the importance of fcc-pt–fcc unit integration. As they strive to remain competitive in the face of changing market dynamics, ...

Decarbonization, electrification and the case for modern electric process heaters

(White Paper) - Companies in liquified natural gas (LNG) and other industries have been taking bold steps to reduce their carbon footprint. The overall ...

Pertimina selects Honeywell Forge Process Advisor for its Cilacap refinery

Honeywell today announced that Pertamina (Persero) will use Honeywell Forge Process Advisor to maintain high operational reliability of crude oil upgrading ...

ANOPC selects TechnipFMC for a new Hydrocracking complex

TechnipFMC has signed a major Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC) for the construction ...

McDermott awarded EPFC contract for storage tanks in Canada

McDermott International Ltd. today announced CB&I Storage Solutions has been awarded a large* contract by a major EPC contractor for the engineering, ...

Axens Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts Selected for the Largest Petrochemical Projects in China

ZheJiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) has selected Axens’ catalysts for its pyrolysis gasoline (Pygas) selective hydrogenation units part of the 1400 ...

Wison Engineering awarded an engineering and procurement service contract

Wison Engineering, through its wholly-owned US Subsidiary, has just been awarded an engineering and procurement service contract from Air Products & ...

Johnson Matthey awarded methanol technology contract

Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, is pleased to announce that its combined reforming methanol technology has been selected ...

ADNOC selects API 610 VS4 pumps from Amarinth

Amarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, ...

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company selects Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity Software

Honeywell and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) have extended their strategic collaboration, signing a five-year, multi-million dollar ...

ClearSign receives order from ExxonMobil

ClearSign Technologies Corporation, an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and ...

Ensuring business continuity in industrial operations

(WEBINAR) - Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and ...

A layered approach to achieving plant-wide optimization goals

(WEBINAR) - This webinar will introduce Honeywell’s layered approach to optimization, and demonstrate how refiners can unlock the benefits of plant-wide ...

Mammoet completes heavy lifting and transport scope at Dangote Refinery

With the final 1,240t propylene mounded bullet installed at Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical complex in Nigeria, Mammoet is demobilizing equipment ...

Honeywell hydrogen solutions help customers reduce carbon emissions

Honeywell today announced a strengthened focus on harnessing hydrogen energy to enable industrial and commercial thermal process customers to reduce their ...

PKN ORLEN invests to develop its refining and petrochemical production

PKN ORLEN has commenced the construction of a visbreaking unit, a key project for the Płock refinery. Worth approximately PLN 1bn, it will significantly ...

Neles opens state of the art valve technology center in China

Neles’ new valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, has started its operations. The new plant strengthens Neles’ valve and related products production ...

Sulzer’s mass transfer technology supports development of Dangote Refinery

Sulzer Chemtech has been selected as the sole supplier of column internals, packings and trays for the Dangote integrated oil refinery and petrochemical ...

Driving machine learning through fundamental machinery diagnostics

(WEBINAR) - Join Honeywell’s APM specialist, Ben Berwick, as he discusses how Honeywell leverages Asset Performance Management technology to recognize ...

Air Products and thyssenkrupp sign strategic cooperation agreement

Air Products, a world leader in industrial gases megaproject development, and thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, the world leader in technologies and ...

BASF SE and ExxonMobil introduce OASE sulfexx

BASF SE and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC have released a new highly energy efficient amine gas treatment technology named OASE® sulfexx™. ...

Yokogawa releases IIoT predictive asset management solution in North America

Yokogawa Corporation of America announces the release in North America of its Sushi Sensor, an OpreX™ Asset Management and Integrity wireless solution, ...

Dow and Shell team up to develop electric cracking technology

Dow Inc and Shell today announce a joint development agreement to accelerate technology to electrify ethylene steam crackers, which supply chemicals used ...

KBC and OLI Systems announce predictive software solution

KBC (A Yokogawa Company) is extending its Petro-SIM® simulation capabilities through its partnership with OLI Systems, the leader in electrolyte thermodynamics ...

New Swagelok® GB series ball valve

Swagelok, a leading solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services has announced the release of the full-bore, bidirectional ...

McDermott awarded second CATOFIN PDH technology contract

McDermott International, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a sizeable* technology contract by Advanced Global Investment Company, a wholly ...

Yokagawa releases TDLS8100 probe-type Tunable Diode Laser spectrometer

Yokogawa Corporation of America has released the TDLS8100 probe-type Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer (TDLS). Industrial process heating operations, fired ...

KBC to deliver a site-wide process digital twin to Rompetrol

KBC (A Yokogawa Company) will deliver a site-wide process digital twin to Rompetrol to sustain the value of ongoing margin improvement and digital transformation ...

Koch Engineered solutions launches OnPoint Digital Solutions Business

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), a unit of Koch Industries, Inc. (Koch), today announced the launch of “OnPoint,” a connected solutions business ...

FCC gasoline desulfurization - the octane / sulfur squeeze

The gasoline octane sulfur squeeze is happening now. Refiners,we have the hard data and tools your need to prepare for the day of reckoning.

Fast analysis of non-traditional gasoline additives with GC-VUV

Fast analysis on non-traditional gasoline additives with gas chromatography-vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy.

Alan Gelder, VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets from WoodMackenzie

As part of the WRA Interview Series, we sat down with Alan Gelder, VP Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets at Wood Mackenzie. We delved into the challenges ...

UOP Russell modular gas processing plants

Learn how UOP Russell modular plants can be up and running six months faster than competitive offerings. This full-length animation demonstrates the UOP ...

Offsite cleaning cost comparisons

Dunn Heat Exchangers offsite heat exchanger cleaning cost comparisons to onsite cleaning can be misleading. There are many hidden costs associated with ...

Introducing Shell Turbo Trays

Shell's new absorption column internals to further enhance process performance.

Dustless CATnap catalyst unloading

CATnap catalyst passivation - dust free catalyst unload

Refinery power outages: causes, impacts and solutions

From 2009 to 2014, there were 2,837 reported unplanned shutdowns, within US refineries. This video looks at the major causes of refinery shutdowns, the ...

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, ...

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 ...

Intelligently predict and manage sour water corrosion in refinery applications

One of the primary concerns in refinery operations, especially when processing sour crudes, is management and mitigation of NH4HS (Sour Water) corrosion ...

Understanding the financial impact of a collapsed flue gas tunnel in your SMR

The overall influence of tunnels on the flue gas flow in a steam methane reformer has been modeled and documented, and the concept that running a reformer ...

Maximising naphtha through hydrocracking: Refinery of the future

Globally the demand for petrochemicals is increasing at rates nearly 1.5 times GDP. In regions where there is a heavy investment in large-scale para-xylene ...

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 ...

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 proven ...