http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/russias-idle-oil-refining-capacity-revised-up-10-for-october/ Russia plans to take offline 4.4 MM tonnes of refining capacity in October, an increase of 10% from an earlier plan, increasing the amount of crude oil available for export. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/us-distillate-fuel-oil-demand-will-increase-in-the-fall-due-to-agricultural-harvest/ The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects distillate fuel oil consumption to increase in the fall as diesel-powered agricultural equipment is used to harvest and transport crops. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/digital-feature-e-methanol-benefits-process-challenges-and-a-novel-technology-to-produce-fuel/ Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Andrew Symes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OXCCU, to discuss the production, benefits and challenges of e-methanol, as well as a novel, one-set process to produce it. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/regulators-approve-cerilons-32-b-gtl-plant-in-north-dakota-us/ North Dakota utility regulators have approved a $3.2-B gas-to-liquids plant project by Canadian company Cerilon, to be built near Trenton in Williams County. The plant will convert natural gas into higher-value products like diesel fuel and lubricants. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/south-koreas-s-oil-shuts-a-crude-unit-for-scheduled-overhaul/ South Korea's S-Oil has shut the No. 1 crude distillation unit (CDU) and some refining units at its Onsan refinery for a scheduled overhaul this week. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/september-2024/special-focus-refining-technologies/thermal-decomposition-of-particulate-mercury-sulfides-in-petroleum-part-1/ Traces of particulate mercury sulfide (HgS) in stabilized crude oils transform to elemental mercury below 400°C in refinery distillation units. The authors evaluated this transformation and measured reaction rates and activation energies in crude oil and Hg-spiked mineral oil, using glass vessels at atmospheric pressure and a microunit at 1,000 psig. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/september-2024/maintenance-reliability-and-inspection/monitoring-cyclone-reliability-in-fluid-catalytic-crackers/ The authors’ company has developed a novel approach with a digital algorithm to effectively estimate the current cyclone erosion and predict future erosion based on operating conditions. With this approach, refiners get an automatic way to better predict abrasion lining erosion for both reactors and regenerator cyclones daily from digital analytics, thus helping refiners quantify their monitoring. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/saffire-renewables-breaks-ground-on-saf-pilot-plant-in-kansas-us/ The SAFFiRE plant, located at Conestoga Energy's Arkalon Energy facility in Liberal, Kansas, will ultimately be capable of processing 10 tons of corn stover daily, yielding cellulosic ethanol that can be upgraded into SAF with a carbon footprint at least 83% lower than conventional jet fuel. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/catalytic-cracker-distillation-units-at-venezuelas-amuay-refinery-resume-operations/ A catalytic cracker and two distillation units at Venezuela's Amuay refinery, the country's largest, have resumed operations following a power interruption earlier this month. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/chinas-newest-refiner-yulong-starts-up-crude-unit/ China's Shandong Yulong Petrochemical on Friday began starting up one of two new 200,000-bpd crude units in eastern China, marking the refinery's official launch after four years of construction.