McGarvey, B.,
McGarvey, C. E.,
Thakkar, B., Imperial Oil;
Tucker, L.,
Spafford, L., Metrohm USA
Many refiners look at discounted opportunity crudes as a way to improve their margin spread. The growing varieties of discounted opportunity crudes on the market contain certain risks for the purchaser, such as high naphthenic acid or sulfur content.
Process unit revamps often do not result in a refiner achieving its desired objectives. This is typically not the result of mechanical defects with process equipment.
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs was selected to optimize the recovery area of Borealis Borstar PE2 plant in Porvoo, Finland with Neste Jacobs' NAPCON Controller solution. The aim of optimization is to reduce energy consumption and production loss and enhance the plant operability.
Neste Jacobs has implemented NAPCON Controller to Forchem Oy's tall oil distillation plant. Forchem Oy owns and operates a world scale tall oil distillation plant in the city of Rauma on the West Coast of Finland.
Distillation as a volatilities-based process is used to separate components of a mixture to a liquid phase richer in less volatile components, and a vapor phase richer in more volatile components.
Qatargas will start operations at its new Ras Laffan 2 condensate splitter by the end of October, doubling the Gulf state's capacity to process condensate.
A methodology was implemented to optimize the operation of a refinery crude distillation unit (CDU) using a combination of process simulation and statistical modeling methods.
Hydrocarbon Processing continues its series on the global refining industry.
Global demand for the refining catalysts market, which includes catalysts used in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), hydroprocessing, alkylation, reforming and other applications, is forecast to grow 3.6%/yr to $4.7 B in 2020.
Dhar, P. K.,
Rao, G. S.,
Bennet, C.,
Rao, P. V. C.,
Choudary, N. V.,
Valavarasu, G., Corporate Research and Development Center, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.;
Madhav, G. V.,
Naidu, A. T.,
SriGanesh, G., Visakhapatnam refinery, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
Global demand for middle distillates, especially diesel, is increasing.