Q1 2015

01-01-2015

Determining safety distance in process design ... Troubleshooting a C3 splitter tower Part 2: root cause and solution ... Optimisation of a diesel hydrotreating unit ... Monitoring and controlling emissions in Europe ... High sulphur recovery with ease of operation ... Safe removal of polymeric deposits ... Hydrotreating challenges and opportunities with tight oil ... Reducing reactor turnaround time ... Monetise off-gases for low cost ammonia ... Business value of hydrocarbon production accounting ... Interface measurement for product quality ... Zeolite membranes for xylenes separation ... Catalyst testing for hydrocracking and hydrotreating ... Dynamic simulation of process controls ...

Q4 2014

02-10-2014

Tail gas catalyst performance:  part 2 ... Predicting future FCC operations via analytics ... Predicting reactive heavy oil process operation ... Integrated hydrogen management ... Structured packing in a CO2 absorber ... Reflux in a gas dehydration plant ... Override control of fuel gas ... 'Snakes and ladders' for maximising propylene ... Troubleshooting a C3 splitter tower.  Part 1: evaluation ... Overcoming tight emulsion problems ... Enhancing bottoms cracking and process flexibility ... Preventing emissions in coke removal ... Troubleshooting steam ejectors ... Asphalt quality prediction and control ...

Revamps 2014

01-10-2014

Maximising energy efficiency in grassroots designs ... Increasing distillate production at zero capital cost ... Laser scanning for revamps ... Revamping heat exchanger tubing ... Estimating bitumen viscosity for revamps ... Options for CO2 capture from SMR ...

Q3 2014

01-07-2014

Tail gas catalyst performance ... Selective control for a total reflux column ... Quality control in biofuels production ... Revamping advanced process control ... Design developments for construction projects ...Overcoming corrosion in heat exchangers ... Meeting production targets for ultra low sulphur transportation fuels ... Improving a compressor protection regime ... Avoiding compressor system downtime ... Meeting tighter NOx emissions rules ... Cloud point and hydrotreating relationships ... Failure analysis of burner piping ... Microbiological causes of corrosion ... Alberta’s crude oil reserves ...

Gas 2014

02-04-2014

• Zero emissions in sulphur recovery
• Eliminating the Claus furnace
• Zeolite based dryers in ethylene plants
• Virtual commissioning of a gas handling system
• Protecting compressors with dynamic simulation

Q2 2014

01-04-2014

Reformer monitoring via in-tube temperature measurement ... Revamping the hydrogen generation unit ... Enhance processing with capacity control of reciprocating compressors ... Removing salts and contaminants in glycol regeneration ... Accurate prediction of tower relief ... Myth of high cutpoint in dry vacuum units ... Coordinating a complex automation project ... Dynamics of operation for flare systems ... Air pre-heater improves energy efficiency ... Maximising the use of process energy ... Real Time Online Energy Management ... Advanced solutions for efficient crude blending ... Performance of waxy crudes as FCC feeds ... Predicting severity, viscosity and yields in fuel oil visbreaking ... Recovering tungsten from spent hydrocracking catalysts ...

Processing Shale Feedstocks 2014

01-03-2014

• Shale feedstocks fuel ethylene, LNG and petrochemical derivatives expansion
• Catalytic solutions for processing shale oils in the FCC
• Shale crudes and FCC: a mismatch from heaven?
• Overcoming the challenges of tight/shale oil refining
• Better yield accounting methods improve financial results

Catalysis 2014

01-03-2014

• HCN and NOx control strategies in the FCC
• Capturing maximum value with tight oil feeds in the FCC
• Maximising distillate while minimising bottoms
• Dewaxing challenging paraffin feeds
• Maximising distillate and alkylation feed from the FCC
• Optimising hydroprocessing catalyst systems