Q1 2014

01-01-2014

HS-FCC for propylene: concept to commercial operation ... Optimising distillation column product quality ... Extending the treatment of highly sour gases: cryogenic distillation ... Optimising hydrogen sulphide scavenging ... Overcoming high conductivity in process condensate ... Mercury treatment options for natural gas plants ... Role of FCC catalyst in refinery profitability ... Field experience with a Claus furnace checker wall ... Characterising and tracking contaminants in opportunity crudes ... New process arrangements for upgrading heavy oils and residua ... Increasing conversion and run length in a visbreaker ... Troubleshooting refinery equipment with multiphase CFD modelling ... High-fidelity operator training simulators ... What your transmitter may not be telling you

Revamps 2013

02-10-2013

Improving the distillation energy network ... Strategies for improved ... naphtha processing ... Laser surveying a revamp ... Retrofitting a glycol contactor to prevent carryover ... Reactor effluent air cooler safety through design ... Wet scrubbing modifications to reduce emissions ... Online cleaning of an integrated distillation unit

Q4 2013

01-10-2013

Towards a zero gasoline production refinery: part 2 ... Minimising transfer line vibrations ... High-acid crude processing enabled by unique use of computational fluid dynamics ... Processing strategies for metallic and high-acid crudes ... Maintaining reliability when processing opportunity crudes ... How glycols affect acid gas removal ... Extending the treatment of highly sour gases: part 1 ... Gasification for hydrogen supply ... Catalyst raises kero-treating performance ... Refinery power failures: causes, costs and solutions: part 2 ... Heat integration projects for refining processes ... Applying pinch technology to energy recovery ... Multistage reaction catalyst with advanced metals tolerance ... Mitigating fouling in the caustic tower ... Gasoline benzene reduction

Q3 2013

01-07-2013

Towards a zero gasoline production refinery: part 1 ... Refinery power failures: causes, costs and solutions ... Combating green oil formation in a CCR reformer ... Role of fired heater safety systems ... Manufacturing execution systems for the refining industry ... Advances in engineering and design technologies ... A novel approach to cleaning furnace coils ... Extending gasification runtime with antifoulant ... Improving reliability and efficiency in centrifugal pumps ... Oil sands-derived feed processing ... Predicting catalyst lifetime ... Additives provide flexibility for FCC units and delayed cokers ... Preventing ingress of HCN into amine systems ... Optimised hydrogen production by steam reforming: part 2 ... Corrosion control with high-acid crudes ... Chemical analysis in amine system operations.

Q2 2013

01-04-2013

Tackling the gasoline/middle distillate imbalance ... Strategies to control sediment and coke in a hydrocracker ... Simulation of bitumen upgrading processes ... Insulating tank terminals ... Understanding thermal oxidisers ... Diagnostic tools and control parameters for refinery heaters ... Minimising the cost of hydrogen production ... Options for biojet fuel ... HCN emissions in fluid catalytic cracking ... Oil/water separation technologies ... Customised tower design ... Sour water strippers: design and operation ... Online cleaning: a mindshift for improving operational excellence ... Lessons learned from MPC revamp of two naphtha crackers ... Energy-efficient vacuum systems

Gas 2013

01-04-2013

Mercury removal processes ... Solubility of hydrocarbons and light ends in amines ... Industrial gases support the natural gas production chain ... Formulated solvent reduces shale gas processing costs ... Qatar's LNG industry ... Flame interaction and rollover solutions in ethylene cracking furnaces ... Steam reforming natural gas containing higher hydrocarbons

Processing Shale Feedstocks 2013

01-03-2013

Shale gas feeds petrochemical expansion ... Driving down costs in hydrogen production ... Cracking hydrocarbon feedstock with a heavy tail ... Naphtha catalytic cracking for propylene production ... Maximise ethylene gain and acetylene selective hydrogenation efficiency ... Reducing emission treatment costs for gas processors

Catalysis 2013

01-03-2013

Advances in FCC pretreatment catalysis ... New catalyst increases FCC distillate yield ... Best practices for SOx emissions control ... Catalysts for hydrogen management ... Extending the lifecycle of hydroprocessing catalyst ... Predicting FCC  unit performance with laboratory testing ... Refining refiners' spent catalysts