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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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Albemarle Nebula® catalystNebula® is the latest, highest activity shaped base metal catalyst and is the gold standard in catalytic hydrotreating. Jointly developed by Albemarle and ExxonMobil, Nebula has been successfully applied in practically all HPC applications, from naphtha hydrotreating to hydrocracking pretreatment...... View All Videos |
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MERTC Annual MeetingAcross three days, MERTC connects professionals with both their peers and leading technology and service providers across a variety of event formats conducive for knowledge sharing and networking. Exclusive seminars, high level market keynotes, regional project updates, as well as the latest in process and technology advancements make MERTC the Middle East’s premier platform to gain cutting edge insights and showcase innovations...... View All Events |
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Optimized Gas TreatingOptimized Gas Treating, Inc. (OGT) provides the highly-respected Mass Transfer Rate-Based process simulator ProTreat®, recognized as the industry’s most powerful tool for design, revamp and troubleshooting of gas treating plants by major equipment vendors, E&C firms, most solvent suppliers, major oil refiners and gas processors. While its initial release in 2002 focused only on gas treating with amines, ProTreat now Combines most aspects of gas treating. OGT offers superior technical support...... View All Sponsors |
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Increasing FCC propylene yield
Apr-2016A test run with ZSM-5 additive demonstrated to a refinery that it could significantly raise production of propylene in the FCC.
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Condition Monitoring - the analysis of used oil
Jun-2010The elemental analysis of used lubricating oil has become an essential part of “condition monitoring”, the use of physical and chemical techniques ...
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A flexible approach to refinery olefin alkylation
Apr-2002Safety issues concerning HF alkylation units, combined with incentives to process a wider range of olefin feedstock, has resulted in options for converting ...
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Emulsion breaker and metal removal technology increased FCC residuum processing
Mar-2015Frequent and unexpected changes in crude blending properties result in operational and performance challenges from the desalter to the catalytic crack ...
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Refinery fuel gas in steam reforming hydrogen plants
Mar-2012Fuel gas is an attractive feedstock for hydrogen production, but appropriate catalysts and temperature control are needed to address high olefin le ...
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Chasing the bias – gasoline matrix matching to improve ASTM D2622 sulphur
Jan-2019(White Paper) - With the implementation of the US EPA Tier III, Euro 5, and upcoming Euro 6 gasoline sulphur regulations (Table 1), there is an increasing ...
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Reliable and secure treated water (ERTC)
Jan-2019The downstream oil and gas industry faces a number of challenges: emissions and environmental targets, changes in supply and quality of feedstock, and ...
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Spherical catalyst carriers with unprecedented size uniformity (ERTC)
Jan-2019An 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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Pitfalls in managing precious metals assets (ERTC)
Jan-2019Throughout Sabin’s 75 years in business, we have worked with a great number of petroleum and petrochemical companies, shipping, processing and recycling ...
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Greatly increase FCC residue processing through simple steps of additive control (ERTC)
Jan-2019With oncoming challenges of IMO and further gaseous emissions control regulations, it is becoming a challenge for refiners in the European area to stay ...
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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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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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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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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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Chasing the bias – gasoline matrix matching to improve ASTM D2622 sulphur
Jan-2019(White Paper) - With the implementation of the US EPA Tier III, Euro 5, and upcoming Euro 6 gasoline sulphur regulations (Table 1), there is an increasing ...
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Marathon Petroleum selects Connect’In services from Axens
16-01-2019Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) has implemented Axens’ Connect’In™ services for real-time process monitoring and optimization of ...
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PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe sign methanol unit contract
14-01-2019Today, PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe signed contracts for license and engineering services for a new methanol unit with a capacity of 500,000 ...
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CSPCL Nanhai world scale ethylene cracker passes performance tests
10-01-2019TechnipFMC’s technology and design are part of CSPCL’s 1.0 MTPA cracker which recently passed all performance tests. The tests confirm that ...
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Emerson releases Severe Service app for optimised control valve maintenance
10-01-2019Emerson 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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Practical pathway for digital transformation
10-01-2019What are the latest cases of AI application in oil & gas? How to unlock the full potential of Big Data and Analytics? Is Digital Twin technology ready ...
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Marathon Petroleum selects Connect’In services from Axens
16-01-2019Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) has implemented Axens’ Connect’In™ services for real-time process monitoring and optimization of ...
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PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe sign methanol unit contract
14-01-2019Today, PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe signed contracts for license and engineering services for a new methanol unit with a capacity of 500,000 ...
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CSPCL Nanhai world scale ethylene cracker passes performance tests
10-01-2019TechnipFMC’s technology and design are part of CSPCL’s 1.0 MTPA cracker which recently passed all performance tests. The tests confirm that ...
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Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Hanwha Total Petrochemical
08-01-2019W. R. Grace & Co., the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its ...
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Neste award renewable products facility expansion contract to TechnipFMC
26-12-2018TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement support and Construction management services contract by Neste for the expansion of ...
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Practical pathway for digital transformation
10-01-2019What are the latest cases of AI application in oil & gas? How to unlock the full potential of Big Data and Analytics? Is Digital Twin technology ready ...
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What will be discussed at the petrochemical forum in Moscow
10-01-2019The organizer of the largest petrochemical business forum in Russia, Globuc, has announced the dates for the 7th annual conference. The event will be held ...
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McDermott awarded EPC contract for fuel tanks in Australia
09-01-2019McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) today announced the award of a sizable tank contract by Puma Energy (Australia) Fuels Pty Ltd for the engineering, ...
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BP to expand its petrochemical presence in Korea
09-01-2019BP and Lotte have agreed a major expansion of production capacity at their joint venture Lotte BP Chemical Company Limited facility in Ulsan, South Korea. The ...
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CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemicals achieve China VI diesel target with IsoTherming®
09-01-2019DuPont Clean Technologies is pleased to announce the successful performance test of a 3.4 million tons/year IsoTherming® diesel hydrogenation (DHT) ...
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Emerson releases Severe Service app for optimised control valve maintenance
10-01-2019Emerson 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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Emerson releases AMS inspection rounds
07-01-2019Emerson today released AMS Inspection Rounds, a new application for the AMS Trex Device Communicator that will make it easier for operations teams to capture, ...
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KBR announces a new propane dehydrogenation technology
17-12-2018KBR, Inc. announced today that it has developed a new Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) technology (K-PROTM) that offers high propylene selectivity and conversion. ...
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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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Reactor Internals
State-of-the-art hardware to help optimize catalyst utilization, maximize cycle length and increase process safety. The performance of hydroprocessing ...
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Sensor simulation instead of sensor stimulation
Many of these are rated as critical and call for a reliable and ample machine protection system. These protection systems are available in a variety ...
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Redura® rod sealing systems
As a compressor OEM with more than 170 years of experience, Burckhardt Compression has been setting standards for piston rod packings and packing rings ...
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Ariel Coproration API 618 moderate-speed process compressors
Ariel’s moderate-speed API 618 process compressors are utilized in a wide range of applications around the globe, providing the safety and reliability ...
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Ariel CNG compressors
Ariel compressors are operating in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations around the globe. In over 100 countries, Ariel has built a reputation for safe, ...
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UOP Callidus flare gas recovery
UOP Callidus flare gas recovery systems are designed to reduce emissions from your facility and to save money. In addition to the environmental and public ...
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Topsoe's graded bed technology
Topsoe’s graded bed technology creates significant performance improvements, can in some cases extend the operating cycles from a few months to several ...
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Emerson essential asset monitoring, reliability solutions
The most common cause of unplanned production loss is equipment failure. While on-line monitoring of critical process equipment is standard practice ...
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Simple specifier
This video illustrates how to create Simple Specifiers within ProMax.
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WRA top tips for networking at a conference - 2
Hear from our Marketing Manager Rosie Brewster on our top tips for anyone networking at conferences! Our second video for top tips when attending conf ...
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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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IMO 2020
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MERTC Annual Meeting
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European Gas Conference
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Fertilizer Latino Americano 2019
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SulGas Mumbai 2019
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Digital Transformation in Chemicals
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