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Shale feedstocks fuel ethylene, LNG and petrochemical derivatives expansion
Apr-2014
In spite of the variability in shale composition causing operational challenges for refiners, monetisation opportunities are seen throughout the energy ...
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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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Jan-2009
The steady progress made in the oil sands industry up to Q3 2008 will eventually resume. For now, an examination of the favourable market conditions and ...
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Jul-2009
As the process industry contemplates future availability of hydrocarbon feedstocks, shale gas could provide an added option to its mix of sources
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Reducing emission treatment costs for gas processors
Mar-2013
Regenerative thermal oxidising abatement technology is effective in amine tail gas treatment operations due to energy-efficient operation and reliabil ...
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Three steps to successful processing of shale and other opportunity feedstocks
Mar-2015
Careful blending of incoming feedstocks makes it possible to create an input 
stream to the refinery that is a better match than any crude source ...
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There are more roads that lead to Rome. Which is the best route for you?
Dec-2013
In our modern society the need for energy is still increasing in a rapid pace, with expectations that hydrocarbon fuels production will have to almost ...
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Latin American shale oil: 
promise or pipedream?
Jun-2016
The challenges faced by Latin American refiners in processing fast emerging sources of shale oil in a low price environment.
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Reducing emission treatment costs for gas processors
Mar-2013
Regenerative thermal oxidising abatement technology is effective in amine tail gas treatment operations due to energy-efficient operation and reliabil ...
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There are more roads that lead to Rome. Which is the best route for you?
Dec-2013
In our modern society the need for energy is still increasing in a rapid pace, with expectations that hydrocarbon fuels production will have to almost ...
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Three steps to successful processing of shale and other opportunity feedstocks
Mar-2015
Careful blending of incoming feedstocks makes it possible to create an input 
stream to the refinery that is a better match than any crude source ...
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Light tight oil crude comparison
Mar-2015
The production method for Eagle Ford and Bakken is via fracturing of the tight or shale formations in two different North America regions. Crude from the ...
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Latin American shale oil: 
promise or pipedream?
Jun-2016
The challenges faced by Latin American refiners in processing fast emerging sources of shale oil in a low price environment.
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The unconventional gas revolution
May-2014
Natural gas has proven to be a clean burning, flexible fuel which has gained global acceptance as a preferred choice in the energy fuel mix.
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Better yield accounting methods improve financial results
Apr-2014
A yield accounting system can improve the efficiency of solving material balance errors and correct measurement errors throughout an entire facility
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Emulsion breaker and metal removal technology increased FCC residuum processing
Mar-2015
Frequent and unexpected changes in crude blending properties result in operational and performance challenges from the desalter to the catalytic crack ...
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Conversion of natural 
gas to liquid fuels
Apr-2009
Companies aiming to bring gas to liquids projects to the 
commercial stage have encountered variable success
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Catalytic oxygen removal from coal mine methane
Apr-2009
A catalytic combustion process for oxygen removal enables maximum production of sales gas from an unconventional source of methane
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Jan-2009
The steady progress made in the oil sands industry up to Q3 2008 will eventually resume. For now, an examination of the favourable market conditions and ...
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Capture and convert - handling mercaptans in hydrocarbon streams
Dec-2008
With the development of increasingly difficult hydrocarbon streams, mercaptans emerge as a major nuisance. The removal and conversion of mercaptans is ...
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Composition variety complicates processing plans for US shale gas
Oct-2008
This article reviews which gas processing technologies are appropriate for the variety of US shale gas qualities being produced and planned to be prod ...
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Analysing economic viability of opportunity crudes
Jul-2008
Challenges to refinery heavy oil upgrades are discussed. Demand for heavy and high-TAN crudes continues to rise as light sweet crude reserves decline. ...
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May-2008
The Shell Claus Offgas Treating (SCOT) process has been developed to remove sulphur compounds from Claus tail gas to comply with even more stringent emission ...
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Low temperature SCOT Catalyst 
pays off
Dec-2004
Jacobs Nederland B.V. demonstrates how new improvements in low temperature catalysts have boosted the Shell Claus Offgas treating (SCOT) process