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Redefining reforming catalyst performance: High selectivity and stability

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Axens: Le Goff, P.-Y.  |  Lopez, J.
Axens North America: Ross, J.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Catalysts / Cetane / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Hydrotreating / Middle East / Naphtha / Octane / Polymers / Reactors

Highly developed CCR catalysts are more robust to ensure extended service over 7–9 years.

Upgrade heavy oil more cost-efficiently

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Ivanhoe Energy: Cabrera, C. A.  |  Silverman, M. A.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Europe / Gasoline / Heat Transfer / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Middle East / Octane

A new technology can economically upgrade and significantly improve the properties of heavy oil by reducing viscosity, increasing gravity and removing contaminants.

Increase FCC processing flexibility by improved catalyst recycling methods

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company: Wolschlag, L. M.
UOP LLC, a Honeywell Co.: Lippmann, M.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Catalysts / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Europe / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Middle East / Octane

The dynamic global refining market emphasizes the need for greater operating flexibility in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit.

HP Brief

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy
Environment & Safety / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Economics / Environment / Europe / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Middle East / Safety / Treating

European refiner affirms renewables project Total has reaffirmed its partnership and financial backing to the technology of renewable products company Amyris, the companies said in a recent statement...

HP Impact: Taking a glance at mergers and acquisitions

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy
Refining / Americas / Crude oil / Diesel / Economics / Gasoline / Natural Gas

Energy price fluctuations present both near-term challenges and interesting opportunities for the oil and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market. As Deloitte Consulting points out in a recently rel..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen
Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Americas / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Engineering & Design / Management / Polymers

CB&I has a contract from Enterprise Products Partners L.P. for the license and basic engineering of a propane dehydrogenation unit on the Texas Gulf Coast. The unit will use the CATOFIN propane dehydr..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen
Gas Processing/LNG / Process Control / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Americas / Construction / Crude oil / Engineering & Design / Gasoline

Honeywell has been selected to upgrade the safety and control system at Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname’s refinery to Honeywell’s Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) solution. The u..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen
Petrochemicals / Project Management / Refining / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Europe / Gasoline / Polymers

INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene G, Innovene S and Innovene PP processes to ZAO Vostochnaya Neftechemicheskaya Co. (ZAO VNHK), a subsidiary of OJSC NK Rosneft, for VNHK’s new petroche..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Aromatics / Construction / Crude oil / Engineering & Design / Middle East / Naphtha

Saipem has signed a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical for the naphtha and aromatics package of the PETRORabigh II Project, expan..

HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2012
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Asia/Pacific / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Engineering & Design / Gasoline / Polymers

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has awarded Technip a contract to supply a license, basic-engineering package, and engineering and procurement services for the refinery offgas cracker (ROGC) plant. Thi..