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Nigeria businessman plans to build new refinery, petrochemical plants
Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote, labeled by Forbes as Africa's richest man, announced plans to build a refinery as well as petrochemical and fertilizer plants worth some $9 billion, promising to cut Nigeria's dependency on imported fuel. The plans were announced by Dangote Industries.
EU approves Nynas takeover of Shell’s specialty oils refinery in Germany
The Commission said the Harburg refinery assets in the Hamburg region would be likely to close if there were no deal to buy them, which would significantly reduce production capacity in the European Economic Area, leading to higher prices for consumers of many oil-based products.
Case history: Optimization of FCCU with multivariate statistical modeling
Process models and simulation methods can be used to simulate the fluidized-bed catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) process.a,b Likewise, kinetic or multivariate statistical models have been used. Rigorous..
Processing shale oils in FCC: Challenges and opportunities
Detailed feed analysis and cracking studies aid refiners in understanding how best to optimize operations and maximize FCC value when processing shale oils.
Mitigate fouling in crude unit overhead—Part 1
In a refinery crude distillation column, up to 40% of the total heat removal may be found in the tower overhead condenser. The quantity of duty available makes heat integration (HI) between the column..
Use modeling to evaluate processing solutions for heavy oils
To optimize processing and reduce design and operating costs, refiners should consider using accurate simulation models that are specifically tailored for heavy crudes.
Improved oxidation process increases sulfur recovery with Claus unit
Since its development in 1936, the “modified Claus” technology has been the preferred process used by refineries and gas processing plants for the recovery of sulfur from acid-gas streams. M..
Update: Russia’s capacity and modernization program
Since 2008, Russian regulations regarding the crude oil and refining industry have changed substantially. At present, Russia has 22 large refineries, each with an individual throughput capacity exceed..
Consider accurate feed characterization with improved simulation methods
Assay definition is crucial for accurate process simulations. The performance of process simulators depends on the feed definition to the processing unit. Modern analytical laboratories can offer comp..
Optimize slop-wax bed height in the vacuum unit
The vacuum distillation (VD) unit in the petroleum refinery separates the heavier fraction of crude oil from the atmospheric distillation unit (ADU) into light vacuum gasoil (LVGO) and heavy VGO (HVGO..
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