Catalysis 2022

01-03-2022

Catalysis Q&A ... Transition to net zero: steps to decarbonise the oil refining industry ... Study of CCRU first reformer reactor ∆P behaviour using multiple linear regression ... Performance of titania based tail gas catalyst at start-up ... Fiber based specialty catalyst material maximises surface area and catalyst contact ... Low-cost mesoporous zeolites deliver catalytic benefits ... Co-processing renewable and recyclable feedstocks in the FCC unit ... Data quality obtained in refinery catalyst testing ... Forming a sustainable catalyst partnership.

Q1 2022

10-01-2022

Tidings of some comfort ... PTQ&A ... From bench scale to commercial unit ... Refinery off-gas in hydrogen production ... Scaling up an isomerisation catalyst ... Optimising heat recovery in a heat exchanger network ... A simple ejector modification ... Corrosion control in ethylene plants ... Hydrogen production with lower carbon emissions ... Steam ring redesign improves FCC bottoms stability ... Olefins removal at lower cost ... Optimising processes and operations for CO2 emissions reduction ... The cost of hydrogen production ... The role of biofuels in the energy transition.

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.

Q1 2021

07-01-2021

Q&A ... Reducing FCC main fractionator operating risks ... Improving cold flow in diesel fuel ... Boosting profitability in a maximum propylene FCC ... Catalytic reforming in the biorefinery ... Accelerated catalyst screening and scale-up for aromatics alkylation ... Evaluating hydrogen rich fuel gas firing ... Pricing licences for gas processing units ... Trends and developments in gas analysis ... Heat recovery solves carbon capture issues ... Suppressing the steam plume ... AI in refinery modelling ... Delayed coker revamp for a capacity increase ... Increasing hydrogen plant capacity ... A case for renewable hydrogen ... Upgrading a vacuum distillation tower ... Adding value with catalyst testing ... Monitoring processes with radiometric measurements ... Advances in damage modelling.

2020 ERTC Newspaper

16-11-2020

2030 isn’t long off ... the future of advanced biofuels ... Covid-19 provides a warning to refiners that adaption is key to thrive in the energy transition ... Profitably complying with RED II: A Q&A with Shell biofuel technology specialists ... Beyond the renewable energy directive (RED) II: introduction to future of sustainable biochemicals ... Energy transition: solving a global problem requires a holistic pursuit ... Adding value with catalyst testing — supporting refineries in challenging times ... Rare earths weaponised: the impact on FCC units from an escalation in global trade tensions ... Arkema develops new digital features for the sulphiding of hydroprocessing catalysts ... Versatile performance with BioFlux renewable diesel ... Precious metals recycling: quality of service ... Isomalk-2: a low-temperature, non-chlorinated light naphtha isomerisation process.

Q4 2020

03-10-2020

Q&A, FCC catalyst boosts bottoms upgrade ... Halide corrosion in hydroprocessing Mitigating corrosion with a digital twin ... Should you rely on your simulation results? ... Process safety time for fired heaters ... The hazards of fired heater flooding ... Realities of heat flux in fired heaters ... Recovering hydrogen and LPG from off-gases ... IIoT in energy optimisation ... SMR for fuel cell grade hydrogen ... Column revamp boosts diesel production ... Raising diesel yield by chemical treatment ... Selecting turboexpanders for PDH ... Digitalisation for improved operations ... Furnace cleaning by robots ... Technology In Action.

Revamps 2020

02-10-2020

Effective preparation for turnarounds ... Hydrocracker revamp lifts product flexibility ... High performance internals in severe service ... Start-up and shutdown issues in sulphur processing ... Modelling ensures a successful revamp ... lanning a turnaround that fits ... Revamping an integrated hydrocracker and lube base oil unit.

Q3 2020

01-07-2020

Spending your way out ... Q&A ... Capturing carbon dioxide from refinery streams ... Heat exchanger fouling analytics ... Planning to counter economic turbulence ... IMO 2020: meeting the challenge ... Protect control valves when production slows ... Real-time crude and desalter monitoring ... Improving turnarounds and operations with online cleaning ... Molecular management for refinery-petrochemical complexes ... Remote management of hydrogen production ... More petrochemicals with less capital spending ... Types of corrosion and materials to combat them ... Boosting mild hydrocracking performance ... Troubleshooting premature tower flooding ... Managing the life cycle of coke drums ... Technology In Action.

Q2 2020

02-04-2020

Duel dilema ... Q2 Q&A ... Evolution of a digital twin. Part 2: Use of the digital twin ... Improving hydrotreater performance with welded plate heat exchangers ... Cross-unit APC boosts downstream performance ... Steam reforming catalysts raise production efficiency ... Oil-to-chemicals: new approaches ... Model predictive control in a lube oil complex ... When excess air becomes too much ... Increase hydrogen production during a turnaround ... Managing a control system migration ... Increase duty in tube side condensers ... Downtime damages environmental performance too ... Back-up for water treatment ... Petrochemicals from refinery intermediates — beyond polyolefins.

Gas 2020

01-04-2020

To flare or not ... Gas Q&A ... Contamination in gas compression: causes, effects, and solutions ... Amine cleaning in gas treating ... Revamping the sulphur plant ... Efficiency factors in natural gas fired steam boilers ... Gas analysis in petrochemical production ... Growth by association ... Technology In Action.

Catalysis 2020

24-03-2020

It's all in the pores ... Catalysis Q&A ... FCC catalyst accelerates bottoms upgrading ... Developments in refining catalysts ... Boosting hydrocracker heavy feed conversion ... Pilot plant studies of hydrotreating catalysts ... Resid to propylene: the two-step approach ... FCC equilibrium catalyst analysis ... Pre-reformer catalyst in a hydrogen plant.

Q1 2020

01-01-2020

Evolution of a digital twin. Part 1: the concept ... Dividing wall technology in distillation columns ... SMR integration with increased CO2 production ... Dealing with more sulphur post-IMO 2020 ... How refiners can optimise for IMO 2020 ... Preparing for the energy transition ... Cleaning heater convection tubes ... Revamping a crude distillation unit ... Estimating delayed coker yields ... High octane isomerates from light naphtha ... Chloride management in reformer product streams ... Developing a modular SAGD design ... Value from data.

2019 ERTC Newspaper

03-11-2019

Arkema achieved its 6000th sulphiding job in September 2019 -- Sabin Metal Corp. announces capacity expansion project -- Renewables: four options for greater market share and profitability -- Introducing FUSION – the best of both worlds -- Implementing advanced technologies for crude to chemicals projects -- Case study: How Shell is navigating the energy transition -- The future is now -- Celebrating women in the downstream industry -- Be future forward -- Refineries with challenges -- Will electrification trump CCS as a decarbonisation pathway?......