2019 Asian Downstreasm Summit Newspaper

01-11-2019

Meeting IMO 2020 demands in Asia with better level instrumentation ... Getting ready with IMO 2020: checking the blind spot in refineries ... How digitalisation is transforming downstream operations ... Acceleration in digital innovation in the oil and gas sector ... The future is now ... Pitfalls in managing precious metals assets ... Next evolution best practices for shutdowns and turnarounds ... Exhaust scrubbers are a viable option for IMO 2020 ... Case study: optimising refineries with artificial intelligence at the edge ... Manage your downstream petroleum supply chain business ... Be future forward ... Three forces fuelling industrial energy transition.

Q4 2019

02-10-2019

Fouling and cleaning analysis of a heat exchanger network ... Preventing yellow metal corrosion ... Addressing the sour gas challenge ... The digital approach to asset integrity management ... Retrofitting selective catalytic NOx reduction for gas turbines ... Fouling and cleaning analysis of a heat exchanger network ... Preventing yellow metal corrosion ... Addressing the sour gas challenge ... The digital approach to asset integrity management ... Retrofitting selective catalytic NOx reduction for gas turbines ... Vent gas treatment in platforming ... Removing acid droplets produced by alkylation reaction ... Simulation of Caus unit performance... FCC additive technology for sox reduction ... Laser based analysis for thermal incinerators ... Advances in catalyst testing ... Flow maldistribution in shell and tube heat exchangers ... Digitalisation is only scratching the surface ... Sampling system design ... Digitalisation in refining and petrochemicals.

Revamps 2019

01-10-2019

Respond to changing markets with revamps ... Troubleshooting instability in a debutaniser tower ... Revamping an air separation unit ... Successful turnaround planning ... Maximising crude value in base oil production ... Improved distribution of spent catalyst ... Improve the value of plant based project portfolios.

Q3 2019

01-07-2019

Fundamentals of refinery safety ... Digitalisation is transforming KPI setting ... Optimising desalter control ... Simulating and optimising an FCC naphtha post-treater ... Eliminating phosphorus from cooling treatment ... Piston design method makes recips more reliable ... The origins and fates of chlorides in hydroprocessing units ... Fieldbus – is interest fading? ... Racing to meet IMO 2020 regulations ... Process schemes to solve the fuels/chemicals imbalance ... Sustainable technology for cleaning a crude preheat exchanger network ... Residuum hydrocracking: chemistry and catalysis ... Best practice for refinery flowsheets ... Preventative maintenance of piping systems.

Q2 2019

02-04-2019

Solving hydrotreating fouling problems ... Refinery catalyst testing ... New catalysts for low and medium pressure hydrotreating ... Forecasting crude oil prices ... Troubleshooting a heavy crude topper ... Development of a naphthenic acid corrosion model ... Problems in processing discounted crudes ... Part 2: crude and vacuum columns ... Sizing relief valves for real gas or vapour ... Claus waste heat boiler economics ... Part 2: mechanical considerations ... Revamping a bitumen heating system ... Flue gas heat recovery through the acid dew point ... Operational challenges in sour water stripping.

Gas 2019

01-04-2019

War stories from the foaming front ... Digital twins enhance LNG plant performance ... Technology selection for a natural gas plant ... Liquefaction technology for mid-scale LNG production ... Developments in sulphur recovery.

Catalysis 2019

26-03-2019

Impact of sulphiding agents on ULSD catalyst performance ... Bottoms upgrading of FCC resid feedstock ... Generating value in the FCC ... Life cycle stability of ULSD catalysts ... Unloading spent catalyst ... Increase FCC residue processing by additive control.

ARTC 2019 Newspaper

25-03-2019

Forecast of global crude oil price 2019 ... Shell Catalysts & Technologies helps find solutions in the ever-changing energy landscape ... Pitfalls in managing precious metals assets ... The IMO regulations and their impact on the world of refining ... Celebrating women in the downstream industry ... Refining’s digital transformation ... In-line H2S analysis during sulphiding ... Residue conversion enhances the pulse of Asia-Pacific refining ... A new generation of catalyst is born: TK-6001 HySwell ... The dichotomy of the energy landscape ... Activity still key for FCC catalyst to improve profit margin ...