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Secure the best benefits from C4 hydrocarbon processing—Part 1: Separation sequences
Crude C<sub>4</sub> streams from the steam cracker unit or the fluidized catalytic cracker unit contain valuable hydrocarbons, such as butadiene and C<sub>4</sub> olefins.
Global Project Data
According to <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s </i> Construction Boxscore Database, there were nearly 90 new project announcements from January 2015 to June 2015.
A new solution to the challenges of crude selection and scheduling
The state-of-the-art approach to solving the crude selection and scheduling problem is to separate the two challenges.
EIA: China diesel exports grow as refining industry, economy change
China is reforming its refining sector by liberalizing import and export restrictions on crude oil and petroleum products, allowing for increased competition in the domestic transportation fuels market.
GlobalData: Planned projects poised to raise global propylene capacity levels
China and the US are the primary drivers for expanded global capacity that is estimated to increase to almost 130 MMtpy by 2020.
New US PE capacity to help meet rising LatAm demand
Latin America's demand for polyethylene is expanding, but the region's existing and planned PE capacity is expected to fall short of demand.
Marathon lays off 46 employees at Galveston Bay refinery
While the company seeks better efficiencies and cost-saving strategies, no announcements of reductions have been made at Marathon's other six refineries.
Exxon shareholder vote could see climate activist join board
Voters at ExxonMobil Corp.'s annual meeting on Wednesday approved a measure to let minority shareholders nominate outsiders for seats on the board, meaning a climate activist could eventually become a director at the world's largest publicly traded oil company.
Qatar's Texas LNG venture eyes exports by 2021
Top LNG exporter Qatar anticipates exports from its Golden Pass JV in Texas to begin in 2021. State-run Qatar Petroleum owns a 70% stake in an LNG receiving terminal in Texas that is backed by Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips.
US specialty chemicals market softens as oilfield usage leads decline
Weakness in oilfield chemicals and mining chemicals weighed on overall volumes. Of the 28 specialty chemical segments monitored, 11 expanded in April, three were flat, and 14 declined.
- Petrobras delivers LPG sold at steep premiums despite Lula move to annul auction 4/3
- Plug Power to supply 275-MW GenEco electrolyzer system for Hy2gen’s Courant decarbonized ammonium nitrate project 4/3
- Vietnam refinery boosting jet fuel production 4/3
- China plans to upgrade some petrochemical plants, phase out others by 2029 4/3
- Morocco has diesel stocks for 51 days, energy ministry says 4/3
- Nigeria's Seplat Energy hit by strike amid push for higher output 4/3
