http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2022/07/pemex-says-one-dead-one-missing-after-incident-at-madero-refinery/ Mexican national oil company Pemex said one person was dead and another missing on Friday after an "incident" caused by a storm at the Madero refinery in the state of Tamaulipas. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2016/09/astm-seeks-participants-to-develop-cetane-test-method/ ASTM International is welcoming participants to create the first constant volume combustion chamber test method that would measure the generic cetane number of diesel fuels. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/march-2015/refining-developments/shale-oil-characterization-optimizes-refining-process/ The abundance of shale oils is an unexpected gift for US refiners. These new crude oils have different characteristics from conventional oils that will affect refining processes and the operation of p.. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/march-2015/new-in-catalysts-supplement/2015-catalyst-developments-innovation-and-value-creation/ Hydrocarbon Processing invited major catalyst companies and industry consultants to share their insights regarding innovations and trends for new catalytic technologies.Challenges to be solved“As.. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/february-2015/special-report-clean-fuels/consider-the-pros-and-cons-when-importing-heavy-oil-for-cokers/ The recent shift to lighter crudes has starved many US heavy oil units of feed. Maximizing asset use makes importing heavy oil for vacuum distillation and delayed coking attractive. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/february-2015/process-optimization/consider-new-online-analyzers-to-optimize-fcc-operations/ Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and near infrared (NIR) process analyzers are highly effective in quantifying physical properties in hydrocarbons, especially where the feedstock, intermediate and final product streams are all interlinked. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/february-2015/columns/hp-global-2015-outlook-for-oil-price-and-its-refining-sector-implications/ What is the oil price outlook for the next 12 months? As of early January, the price of Brent has effectively halved compared to the 2014 summer peak, similar to the price collapse of 2008. However, u.. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/january-2015/special-report-lng-ngl-and-alternative-feedstocks/shale-gas-drives-new-opportunities-for-us-downstream/ This shift to lighter feeds for the SC will reduce the future availability of other petrochemical feedstocks—in particular, propylene. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2014/december-2014/columns/hp-viewpoint-us-shale-revolution-set-to-spill-over-into-downstream/ The US shale boom is rapidly changing from an upstream story to a broader energy evolution with increased margins migrating to midstream and, more particularly, to downstream. In downstream oil, disco.. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2014/november-2014/trends-and-resources/hp-industry-metrics/ Mid–October crude oil prices slumped as the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced a slight increase in global oil demand by 700 Mbpd. In contrast, oil production is forecast to increase by ..