http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/haldia-petrochemicals-awards-ethylene-plant-digitalization-contract-to-lummus/ Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. for digitalization services at HPL's ethylene plant in West Bengal, India. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/ineos-completes-purchase-of-lyondellbasells-eod-facility-in-bayport-texas-us/ INEOS Oxide and LyondellBasell completed the sale of LyondellBasell’s ethylene oxide and derivatives (EO&D) business and associated production facilities located in Bayport, Texas to INEOS. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/shell-records-nearly-8-b-q1-profit-on-the-back-of-refining-chemicalsproducts-and-lng-divisions/ Shell reported a Q1 profit of $7.7 B, boosted by Red Sea trading disruptions, Russian refining outages and Shell's LNG production increases. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/special-focus-maintenance-and-reliability/enhance-ethylene-cracker-radiant-tube-integrity-through-innovative-robotic-inspection/ The ethylene cracker plays a crucial role in the petrochemical industry, producing more than 200 MMtpy of ethylene globally, which is the major building block for plastics, synthetic rubber, lubricants and various chemicals. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/trends-and-resources/business-trends-global-chemicals-industry-outlook-for-2024/ After a challenging end to 2022, many in the chemical industry anticipated a modest rebound in production in 2023. However, by mid-2023, several chemical companies significantly lowered their expectations. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/april-2024/trends-and-resources/global-project-data/ Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure (GEI) database is tracking more than 1,200 active projects in the hydrocarbon processing industry. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/uzbekistan-aims-to-achieve-a-chemical-hub-status-with-the-help-of-chinese-polymer-tech/ Uzbekistan is embarking on a significant economic transformation with the help of Chinese technology, aiming to capitalize on its natural gas reserves by producing value-added products rather than solely relying on energy consumption. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/chinas-sinopec-completes-successful-trial-of-crude-to-olefin-technology/ China's Sinopec Corp said it completed a successful trial processing crude oil directly into olefin, making the top Asian refiner one of the world's few companies that have applied the technology at an industrial scale. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/borealis-invests-495-mm-in-porvoo-steam-cracker/ Borealis announced a $4.95 MM investment in the cracker furnaces of its olefins unit in Porvoo, Finland. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/process-optimization/an-innovative-process-for-simultaneously-producing-high-purity-benzene-and-us-grade-gasoline-from-fcc-csub6sub-heartcut/ Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) II regulations restrict the average benzene level in gasoline sold in the U.S. to 0.62 vol%. In India and in several other countries, benzene in gasoline is presently restricted to 1 vol%. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) gasoline contributes to nearly 10%–20% of the gasoline pool in a typical refinery.