Refineries worldwide often face practical challenges and operating issues when processing opportunity crude oils to maximize profit margins.
Many tray designs have been complicated by the hunt for the “perfect distillation tray” design.
The US gasoline market received a boost from a gasoline supply outage on the East Coast, despite overall supply-side pressure resulting from higher regional refinery intakes.
Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database is tracking more than 1,300 projects around the world.
In late June, Hydrocarbon Processing announced the finalists for its third annual awards.
Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with senior-level executives of Merichem Company, Cyndie Fredrick (CF) and Kathy Young (KY), Senior Vice Presidents and General Managers of Merichem’s two business units, to discuss the state of the downstream industry, where it is heading in the future and how their company is helping operators meet their sustainability goals.
While on consulting assignments, observant reliability engineers often uncover (or rediscover) failure initiators that their long-departed colleagues experienced years ago.
In mid-June, I joined Thad Pittman, Senior Research Analyst, Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database, to provide Hydrocarbon Processing subscribers with a global analysis on the downstream processing industry’s capital projects landscape.
Heavy industries like refining, petrochemicals and mining face concerns about the availability of freshwater, as these are affected by local water scarcities and stringent water discharge regulations.
Oil refineries and petrochemical plants rely on steam systems to maintain utility and process unit operations.