Q1 2017

10-01-2017

Crude oil sourcing: price and opportunity ... Cuba's oil: due for development ... Control system security ... Data operations transform fuels value ... Profiting from plant data ... Optimal processing scheme for producing pipeline quality gas ... Correcting vacuum column design flaws ... Analysing FCC hot spots ... Balanced distillation equipment design ... Firing high sulphur fuel ... Combating reactor pressure drop ... The design temperature of flare systems ... Laser scanning with dimension control ... Identifying contributors to flaring ...

Q4 2016

02-10-2016

Improved distillation efficiency ... Benchmarking and optimising maintenance for turnarounds ... Operating vacuum distillation ejector systems ... Reducing hydrocarbons in SWS acid gas ... VOC recovery in crude oil loading ... Ammonia destruction in the reaction furnace ... Regenerable tail gas treatment ... Upgrading sulphur removal performance ... Data analytics for hydrocarbon processing ... Pressure surge during crude unloading ... Simulating crude unites with preflash ... FCC catalyst for maximum propylene ... Controlling LPG/propylene quality ... Designing storage tanks ... SIL and functional safety in rotating equipment ... Isokinetic nozzles for steam sampling ... Being lean in ethylene ...

Revamps 2016

01-10-2016

Revamps cat feed hydrotreaters for flexible yields ... Achieving turnaround success ... Revamping crude towers for quality and yield ... FCC unit revamps at minimum cost ... Turnarounds deliver process improvements ... Troubleshooting vacuum systems ...

Q3 2016

01-07-2016

Developments in hydrotreating catalyst ... Loss into gain in high-capacity trays.  Part 2: reverse vapour cross flow chanelling ... The future of automation ... Connected data improved refinery operations ... Handling delayed coker disturbances with APC ... Automation of tank farm systems ... Corrosion resistance in tropical environments ... Troubleshooting standpipe aeration ... Refrigeration compressor anti-surge control ... Reciprocating compressors in a hydrogen plant ... SRU simulation: getting the properties right ... High efficiency zero export steam reforming ... Dealing with desalter cleaning challenges ... Automated column start-ups ...

Q2 2016

01-04-2016

The outlook for transport fuels: Part 2 --- Energy saving chemical treatments in the crude distillation unit --- The challenges of crude blending --- Loss into gain in high capacity trays Part 1: excursion --- Improved stripper efficiency raises upgrader production --- Enhancing fractionator efficiency --- Increased margin from updated internals and catalyst --- How dynamic pressure can affect vacuum column readings --- Energy savings in preheat trains with preflash --- Addressing corrosion challenges in refineries --- Integrating capital work into turnarounds --- Retooling APC for improved results --- Removing contaminant fines from process water --- Maximising propylene in the FCC unit --- Remote sensing for process optimisation ---

Gas 2016

01-04-2016

Acid gas treatment upgrade for Qatargas --- The role of tail gas treating unit quench towers --- Integrated design for gas processing --- Nitrogen removal for chemicals production --- Tackling tighter emissions rules --- Multiphase flow analysis in slug catcher design --- Predictions for APC in refinery gas plant

Processing Shale Feedstocks 2016

01-03-2016

Guarding against contaminants --- Increasing FCC propylene yield --- Kinetic engine drives catalyst development --- Revamping for ULSD production --- Look beyond the catalyst --- Calcium containing feedstock processing

Catalysis 2016

01-03-2016

2016 Catalysis Q&A --- Guarding against contaminants --- Increasing FCC propylene yield --- Kinetic engine drives catalyst development --- Revamping for ULSD production --- Look beyond the catalyst --- Calcium containing feedstock processing