2021 ERTC Newspaper - Day 2

17-11-2021

Shaping the future of refining with advanced technologies ... The carbon negatives: impact of increasing carbon and coke in spent precious metals catalysts ... Optimising hydrotreating catalyst reuse with Excel rejuvenation technology: a circular economy story ... Value engineering: a continuous front-end process ... How to successfully upgrade plastic pyrolysis oil and make it suitable for a steam cracker ... Advanced biofuels: where are the long-term Opportunities? ... A streamlined approach for FCC catalyst and additive management and order fulfilment ... Game-changing catalytic dewaxing : Zeopore reaches 30°C cloud point improvement ... Controlling hyper-active catalysts with amine injection.

2021 ERTC Newspaper - Day 1

16-11-2021

Building blocks to zero emissions ... Getting European refining fit for 55 ... Decarbonising refining: key insights from Pernis refinery ... Sulphur spiking agents for hydroprocessing units activation - Renewing the fight against phosphorus ... From refining to chemicals, a switch of the yield in four stages ... Female faces of the refinery boardroom ... Energy efficiency: project optimisation through proven tools and practices ... Environmental impact of the precious metal value chain on refineries ... Catalytic benefits of mesoporised zeolites ... Sustainable process recovers ultra high purity styrene from waste polystyrene ... Refiners weigh opportunities for circular asset decarbonisation polymer production ... Precious metals catalyst management: measuring quality of service.

Q4 2021

03-10-2021

PTQ&A ... Premature foam-flood in an amine absorber: Part 2 ... Carbon capture with least opex and capex ... FCC pathways to co-processing ... Optimising refinery margins with rejuvenated catalysts ... Improved SOx reduction in partial burn FCC ... Mitigating overhead corrosion and reducing downstream costs ... A modular approach to technology enhancements ... Oxygen enrichment in the petrochemicals Industry ... Turquoise hydrogen production by methane pyrolysis ... 50 years of industrial gas treatment ... Sludge dewatering technologies ... The digital route to sustainability ... A model for refinery profitability ... Retrofitting the thermal stage of a SRU unit ... Convection section retrofit ... Preventing corrosion with membrane degassing ... Intelligent signalling.

Revamps 2021

02-10-2021

Hydroprocessing routes for flexible residue upgrading ... FCC petrochemicals production at minimum capex ... Impact of not integrating capex in shutdowns ... Updating fluid systems ... High capacity valves for distillation towers ... Turnaround at a crude unit.

Q3 2021

29-06-2021

Signs of recovery ...  ptq&a ...  Premature foam-flood in an amine absorber: Part 1 ...  Impact of chlorides on fluid catalytic cracking ...  Desalter chemical programmes for opportunity crudes ...  Enhancing hydrocracking units potential with pretreat and tailored ...  Maximising yields and profits from the FCC unit ...  Lower operating costs with liquid phase hydroprocessing ...  Maximising stripping section performance ...  Don’t let furnace emissions derail your expansion project ...  Sulphidation corrosion in a Claus waste heat boiler ...  Recovering silicon poisoned catalyst ...  Improve profit with augmented digital twins ...  Managing ammonium salts corrosion and fouling ...  Crude oil vapour pressure testing ...  Modelling and optimising bitumen hydrocracking ...  Technology in Action.

Q2 2021

02-04-2021

As you were, almost ... Q&A ... A smart approach to tank dewatering ... Delivering drop-in renewable fuels ... Protecting your hydroprocessing reactor ... Amine anomaly in a mild hydrocracker ... Dividing wall revamp boosts octane and throughput ... Taking a holistic approach to a revamp ... Selecting catalysts for marine fuels production ... FCC SOx additives and security of supply ... Designing steam heat exchangers and tracing systems ... Neutralising amine selection for crude units ... Energy network monitoring and optimisation ... Delayed coking as a sustainable refinery solution ... Boosting tube-side heat transfer ... Crude logistics scheduling.

Gas 2021

01-04-2021

The blue bridge ... Acid gas fired reheater control ... Stable vessel design for FLNG ... Cleaning amine units cost effectively ... The case for blue hydrogen ... Monitoring gas emissions ... Getting the most out of syngas.

Catalysis 2021

01-03-2021

Q&A ... Tail gas hydrotreating in a high H2S gas plant ... Catalytic answer to a steam cracking challenge ... Refinery’s performance confirms catalyst testing ... Increased propylene from heavier residues ... More from the barrel ... Increasing profit in hydrocracking and diesel hydroprocessing ... Catalyst switch solves NOx removal issues.