http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/petrobras-inks-deal-to-supply-vale-with-fuel-with-renewable-content/ Petrobras has agreed to sell diesel with renewable content to Vale in a deal that might also include the supply of other low-carbon fuels going forward. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/brazil-totalenergies-sells-its-fuel-distribution-activities-to-sim-distribuidora/ TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to sell its fuel distribution activities in Brazil to SIM Distribuidora, a Brazilian company. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/at-least-21-injured-in-fire-at-venezuelas-la-salina-oil-terminal/ At least 21 people including workers, neighbors and firefighters were injured on Tuesday in a fire at a crude storage tank in Venezuela's La Salina oil terminal, operated by state company PDVSA. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/trader-vitol-sells-venezuelan-oil-to-indian-refiners/ Two Indian state refiners have bought 2 MMbbl of Venezuelan crude from trading house Vitol for November delivery, as shipments to what previously was Venezuela's second largest oil market continue to grow. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/exxon-director-joins-elliott-group-seeking-to-acquire-citgo-petroleum/ ExxonMobil board director Gregory Goff recently joined a newly formed Elliott Investment Management-backed company seeking to acquire control of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum. 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/global-refiners-face-profit-slump-as-new-plants-come-online/ Oil refiners in Asia, Europe and the U.S. are facing a drop in profitability to multi-year lows, marking a downturn for an industry that had enjoyed surging returns post-pandemic and underlining the extent of the current slowdown in global demand. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/venezuelas-biggest-refinery-suffering-power-outage-since-sept-12/ Venezuela's Amuay refinery, the country's largest, is almost completely offline following a power outage last week. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/colombias-diesel-price-hike-leads-to-trucker-strike-and-unrest/ Colombia's decision to reverse a diesel price hike that sparked a strike by truckers could adversely affect public finances, as majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol said it would begin shutting off some operations amid the unrest. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/august-2024/process-optimization/meet-gasoline-quality-and-process-safety-requirements-through-new-alkylation-technologies/ The catalytic alkylation process is very attractive to countries with high gasoline consumption and a sizable availability of LPG. This process can produce high-octane gasoline with low levels of contaminants, although there are high capital investment and operational costs associated with this technology.