A combination of planned and unplanned refinery outages affected US gasoline production, resulting in considerable declines in inventory levels.
As the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) nears the middle of 2019, Hydrocarbon Processing is providing an assessment of the global midstream/downstream processing industries’ capital investments.
In Hydrocarbon Processing’s April issue, the editorial comment focused on advancing ideas in the downstream processing industries.
Maintenance activities and turnarounds often prove challenging to a facility’s electrical power system.
A large volume of data is generated during the operation of refining, petrochemical and fertilizer plants.
The refining business needs to change dramatically over the next decade.
The financing of Africa’s petrochemicals industry expansion remains a key issue for a continent on which governments and the private sector are grappling with an infrastructure financing deficit of $130 B–$170 B, despite some investors having found options to fund their petrochemical projects.
Over the past few months, Hydrocarbon Processing’s editorial staff has traveled thousands of miles to attend numerous conferences, events, users’ groups, groundbreakings, etc.
Cybersecurity standards and related practices contain valuable information for both asset owners and solution suppliers.
Geronimo, G. DI, ExxonMobil Rotterdam refinery;
Ceary, P. J.,
Markham, N., ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.;
Groenendijk, S.,
Moreno, Y., Fluor
The blowdown (BD) system in delayed coking units (DCUs) receives waste streams generated during the coke drum (CD) decoking process to recover valuable hydrocarbons and water.