ERTC Newspaper

13-11-2023

CCS and hydrogen for decarbonisation ... Reduce, reuse, and repurpose: Minor changes for major results ... Predictive model for maximum feedstock flexibility ... maintenance and calibration intervals with accurate instruments and analysis systems ... Thoughts about leadership in the energy transition times ... ReNewFine for renewable diesel and SAF: Results of a 20-year partnership in 100% HVO ... Transforming a refinery unit into a key component of end-of-life plastic circularity ... REFuelEU has set the rules for SAF in the EU:Refineries now need a game plan for success ... Which future? Using scenario analysis to explore national pathways to decarbonisation ... Balancing act of managing a refinery: New technology vs increasing revenue. Conversion to a green refinery configuration: Assessing options, risks, and viability ... Recycling PVC production byproducts can unlock financial and environmental savings ... Precious metal catalyst sampling: Not a trivial pursuit ... Reducing environmental impact of FCCs with wet gas scrubbers by using SOx additives.

Refining India Newspaper

06-11-2023

Guiding the crude-to-chemicals complex towards a net-zero future ... Nuclear gauges and alternative level technologies in critical refinery applications Applications ... How to keep your risk-based inspection program functioning efficiently ... Benefits of spiral and welded plate heat exchangers ... Enhancing environmental sustainability in the oil and gas industry: the REE concept ... Hybrid loading of regenerated and fresh catalyst for a lower carbon footprint ... Novel reactor for three-phase hydroprocessing applications ... Transforming hydrogen production for a greener future with water electrolysis ... K Model: The future of blending ... Increasing chemicals by integrating refinery with petrochemicals ... Used lubricating oil in India: treasure or trash? ... Enhancing profitability using high-efficiency heat exchangers ... Cost-driven natural gas vs hydrogen power for generators ... CO₂-derived bio-based polycarbonate: A route towards sustainability.

Q4 2023

02-10-2023

Cost factors to consider in 2024 ... Q&A Feature ... An economically attractive carbon capture solution for FCC ... Catalyst testing for renewable fuels and chemicals ... Transforming refineries’ opportunities through FCC ... Crude to chemicals: Part 1 – The basic concept of crudes ... Olefin purification: Why selecting the right adsorbent matters ... Closed-loop sampling systems can lower fugitive emission levels ... Identifying high catalyst losses ... Simulation VGO and waste lubricating/cooking oil co-hydroprocessing ... Big changes in the US octane market ... Managing life cycle assessment and life cycle thinking in refining ... Optimising fouled distillation units ... Estimating natural gas demand at a petrochemical complex ... Assessing LNG feed gas depressurisation ... Enabling safe FCC unit operational changes through ionic modelling ... Control corrosion in refineries and petrochemical plants ... Technology in Action.

Revamps 2023

01-10-2023

Advancements in retrofits for existing NGL recovery plants ... Increasing efficiency of catalytic reformer unit fired heaters ... Resolving low slide valve differentials and catalyst circulation problems ... Technical solutions for hydrotreating ... Enhancing FCC reliability: The impact of cyclone technology developments ... Restoring fired heater furnace heat transfer efficiency.

Q3 2023

01-07-2023

Robust prospects in fuels and petrochemicals ... Q&A Feature ... Improve energy efficiency of your hydrocracking unit ... Focused revamp increases diesel and HVGO recovery ... Proactively preventing reactor runaway events ... Olefins production pathways with reduced CO2 emissions ... Using hydrogen in fuel to eliminate CO2 emissions in fired heaters ... Structured catalyst reactor system for steam methane reforming ... Purifying and upgrading of waste plastics pyrolysis oils ... Maximising renewable feed co-processing at an FCC ... Spent caustic treatment and reuse ... Predicting hydrotreater performance while co-processing vegetable oil ... Debottlenecking product recovery using product pair distillation: Part II ... Reducing emissions while increasing refinery margin ... Technology in Action.

Q2 2023

02-04-2023

PTQ&A ... Refinery of the future: bankable, flexible, and sustainable ... Co-processing alternative feedstocks through the FCC ... Mitigating FCC gas plant impacts when increasing reactor LPG yields ... Importance of effective and efficient data analysis and visualisation ... Debottlenecking product recovery using product pair distillation: Part I ... Kinetic model for TGU hydrogenation reactors: Part 2 Catalyst model validation ... Unrevealed additional WASA additive performance at European refinery ... Minimising unwanted coke formation in FCC operations ... Digital platform for intelligent operation of fired heaters ... From thermal maldistribution to cycle length extension ... Profiting from the lubricants market ... Energy saving with tube inserts for heat exchangers ... Anti-fouling additives to improve heavy oil processing ... Technology in Action.

Gas 2023

01-04-2023

Using model based solutions to increase LNG ... Hydrogen Roundtable 2023 ... Monetisation gas resources through LNG, hydrogen, and ammonia ... COS and mercaptans removal from gases ... Future of LNG demand in Japan ... Methanol from CO2: a technology 2 and outlook overview ... Digitally enhanced reciprocating compressor performance.

Catalysis 2023

01-03-2023

Finding the best catalyst ... Catalysis Q&A ... Optimising FCC economics against changing market dynamics ... Co-processing renewables in a hydrocracker ... Increasing refinery profitability via propylene maximisation ... Lessons from FCC history: through Covid and post economic recovery ... Improved diesel hydrotreating catalyst loading scheme ... Advances in catalyst sulphiding and passivation ... Benefits of simultaneous mesoporisation / metalincorporation ... Reactivated catalysts can offer sustainability benefits in TGTUs ... Welcome to Ketjen.