http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/digital-exclusive-innovative-grassroots-cdu-vdu-configuration-pioneering-energy-efficiency-and-net-zero-pathways-in-modern-refineries/ This article introduces a CDU-VDU configuration tailored for grassroots refineries, decoupling stripping and rectification sections via a dedicated flash drum to enable steam-free rectification. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/01/valero-energy-q4-profit-beats-estimates-shares-surge/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/01/vietnams-nghi-son-refinery-processes-first-batch-of-non-kuwaiti-crude-oil/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/december-2025/process-optimization/technical-considerations-for-solvent-selection-in-extractive-distillation-of-acetonitriletoluene-azeotrope/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/eia-us-crude-stocks-fall-fuel-inventories-rise-on-robust-refining/ U.S. crude inventories fell, while gasoline and distillates stockpiles rose last week amid strong refining activity, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/valero-plans-cdu-upgrades-at-port-arthur-texas-us-refinery-in-february/ Among the improvements will be upgrades to processing of bottoms - heavy, gunky residual crude oil that is usually sent to the coker or used in asphalt. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/november-2025/special-focus-process-controls-instrumentation-and-automation/tales-of-innovative-approaches-for-skin-metal-temperatures/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/11/update-fire-extinguished-at-venezuelan-oil-upgrader-operations-halted/ Incidents and outages are frequent within PDVSA's aging infrastructure, including oilfields, refineries and upgraders that are key to turning the country's extra heavy oil output into exportable crude grades. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/september-2025/special-focus-refining-technologies/vacuum-distillation-unit-ejector-condenser-interplay/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/september-2025/process-optimization/retrofit-hydrocarbon-distillation-systems-using-exergy-analysis-and-product-optimization-a-systematic-framework-and-application-to-ngl-fractionation-part-1/