In April, ExxonMobil launched its 2018 Basestocks Industry Pulse Report.
According to multiple industry reports, the global refining sector will add between 7 MMbpd and 8 MMbpd of new crude distillation unit (CDU) capacity by the early 2020s.
According to Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database, there are nearly 470 active refining projects around the globe.
Readers have witnessed that throughout the life of the publication, Hydrocarbon Processing has always published information on new technologies to increase efficiency, safety and profitability in downstream processing operations, while introducing techniques to decrease environmental footprint and emissions and produce high-quality, clean fuels and petroleum products for consumers around the world.
Recent storage tank and industrial plant explosions around the world bring into focus the importance of engineering and building standards.
In today’s economic environment, new capital spending is harder to find than loose change buried under the couch cushions.
Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the winners for its second annual awards.
Nagu, M.,
Al-Ajwad, H.,
Al-Jabran, A.,
Al-Malki, A.,
Shaik, K.,
Zhu, X., Saudi Aramco
The role of octane boosters on the corrosivity of petroleum products for gasoline/diesel engines has attracted more attention in the auto fuel market due to the depletion of fossil fuels in the world’s feedstock.
While electrical equipment typically has a lengthy lifespan, it is not meant to last, or be relevant, forever.
This work is a follow-up article to “Automate furnace controls to improve safety and energy efficiency,” which was published in the June 2014 edition of Hydrocarbon Processing.