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Indonesia says looking at converting old oil refineries into biofuel plants Indonesia is looking into converting two of the country’s older crude oil refineries into plants for producing biofuels, a cabinet minister said.
Saudi Aramco and Total Launch Engineering Studies To Build a Giant Petrochemical Complex in Jubail Amin H. Nasser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, signed today in Dhahran the joint development agreement for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a giant petrochemical complex in Jubail, on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast.
SOCAR's new oil refinery in Turkey to start up next week The $6.3 billion Star refinery, the first in Turkey built in 30 years, will supply feedstock to Turkish petrochemicals firm Petkim to help to cut Turkey’s dependence on imported refined oil products.
Petrochemicals set to be the largest driver of world oil demand Petrochemicals will outpace cars, trucks and aviation in future oil demand growth, even with ambitious efforts to promote recycling and promote greater efficiency
China's Sinopec plans to build Canadian oil refinery China's Sinopec Corp has joined a group planning to build an oil refinery in Alberta, an enterprise that would strengthen demand for the Canadian province's heavily discounted crude.
Hydrocarbon Processing Award 2018 Winners Honored at Houston Gala August 30, 2018, HOUSTON—Nearly 150 of the downstream processing industry’s brightest minds gathered Thursday to find out, and celebrate, the winners of the 2018 HP Awards. The awards ceremony seeks to recognize and honor the midstream and downstream processing industries top innovations and innovators.
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Industry Perspectives: New downstream project announcements surge 43% over the past year
Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2018
Nichols, Lee, Hydrocarbon Processing Staff

According to the Hydrocarbon Processing Construction Boxscore Database, more than 320 new downstream capital projects have been announced over the past year.

Viewpoint: New thinking to old problems
Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2018
Mestari, Y., Honeywell

The oil and gas industry is aging, and it is time to get wiser when it comes to training and productivity.

More residue processing in FCCUs
Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2018
Genç, M., Karani, U., Er, I., TÜPRAŞ; Kandaz, S., Albemarle Corp.

Resid units have more than 2 wt% Conradson carbon residue (Concarbon) in feed and more than 5,000 parts per million (ppm) of nickel (Ni) and vanadium (V) on equilibrium catalysts (Ecat).

Methodology for model-based, real-time prediction of corrosion in heat exchangers
Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2018
Holzer, G., Jeitler, E., Prozess Optimal CAP GmbH

In the chemical and process industries, gases or vapor mixtures must be cooled to temperatures near the water dewpoint in a variety of thermal unit operations.

Amine pumps upgraded for improved operations and reliability
Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2018
Yusoff, D., PETRONAS; Aronen, R., Bouden International

A gas processing plant in Malaysia eliminated a source of expensive failures in its acid gas removal unit (AGRU).

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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight

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Project: High Density Polyethylene Plant
Location: Zhoushan, China
Operator: Zhoushan Refining & Petrochemical Complex
Cost: TBA
Capacity: 350,000 tpy
Completion date: TBA
Status: Proposed
Project: Integrated Gas Development Expansion (IGD-E) Phase II
Location: Das Island, United Arab Emirates
Operator: ADNOC LNG
Cost: $MM 860
Capacity: 245 MMcfd
Completion date: 2023 Q1
Status: Engineering
Project: Sidi Rezine Refinery Revamp
Location: Baraki, Algeria
Operator: Sonatrach
Cost: $908 MM
Capacity: 3.6 Mtpy
Completion date: 2019
Status: Under construction
Project: Shannon LNG Project
Location: Kerry, Ireland
Operator: Shannon LNG Terminal
Cost: $1,160 MM
Capacity: 1 Bscf/d
Completion date: 2020
Status: Planning