Petrochemicals
Ammonia industry – today and tomorrow
Innovations in technology and best practices facilitate economic survival for global operating companies
Maximize butene-1 yields
A new reactor system capitalizes on shifting butene-2 to butene-1 from C4 fractions
Fine-tune cracking efficiencies for larger olefins crackers
Innovations in radiant coil design and layout facilitate leap to greater-capacity single-cell furnaces for ethylene plants
Maximize ammonia production cost-effectively
Operating company chooses to revamp the primary reformer to increase capacity of existing unit
Minimize acid content from reactor exit gases
Plagued with operating problems from solid benzoic acid accumulation, this Canadian operating facility successfully converted the venturi scrubber into a packed tower/ quench unit
Optimize separation efficiency for multipass tray
New calculation method provides better way to distribute flowpaths in distillation column
Optimize phenol production
By using new technologies for intermediate feedstocks, polycarbonate producers can improve manufacturing-chain costs
Improve CO2 removal from ammonia plants
New developments raise the profitability and reliability for existing and grassroots units
Recover lube extraction gasoils from vacuum distillation units
Modeling methods explore revamping the vacuum unit to optimize lube oil production
Middle East: growth and issues for the petrochemical industry
The region's HPI is well-positioned to support plant expansions
- OMV and XRG complete transactions to create Borouge International, boosting global chemicals leadership 3/31
- Gevo announces major ethanol expansion project at North Dakota (U.S.) facility 3/31
- BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF’s newest acrylates based on renewable electricity: Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate RE 3/31
- INPEX extends MoU with Persero for Abadi LNG project in Indonesia 3/31
- Russian oil tanker enters anchorage of Cuba's Matanzas port 3/31
- China's smaller independent refiners to curb output on rising oil prices 3/31
