Although the refining industry is expected to add more than 7 MMbpd of new distillation capacity by the early 2020s, the global refining industry will witness a boost in secondary processing capacity, as well.
According to multiple industry reports, crude oil consumption will continue to increase over the short term.
In the past few decades, new technologies, including both carbon rejection methods and catalytic conversion methods, have emerged.
Hydrotreating is a staple process found in nearly every refinery. The process removes undesirable feed contaminants, such as sulfur, nitrogen and metals, and saturates olefins and/or aromatics to produce high-quality products.
Low-flow, high-head pumping requirements in refining and petrochemical plants make up less than 2% of the total pump population. This minor percentage is creating significant reliability concerns, which result in low mean-time between failures (MTBF), as well as high maintenance costs.
Kumar Dhar, P.,
Meesala, L.,
Kumar, P.,
Valavarasu, G.,
Rao, P. V. C.,
Sriganesh, G., Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL)
Vegetable oils are a renewable biomass resource used in the production of biofuels. Biodiesel production from transesterification of vegetable oils (fatty acid methyl ester, or FAME) is the primary route for producing biofuels from vegetable oils.
The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) continues to expand and modernize to efficiently meet growing demand for energy, transportation fuels and petrochemicals.
Nearly 700 refineries are operating in more than 120 countries around the world.
Proper filtration is one of the most important functions performed inside refineries.
One of the major goals in every refining complex is to minimize the utilization of its hydrogen (H2) generation units by maximizing the H2 recovery from residual streams.