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Editorial Comment: HP announces 2021 Top Projects award nominees

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2021
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Petrochemicals / Refining / Aromatics / Biofuels / Construction / Products / Africa / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

For the past several years, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> has recognized the top refining and petrochemical projects of the year.

Enhance aromatics production with concurrent reduction of environmental footprint—Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2021
Axens: Claire, F.  |  Cotte, A.  |  Molinier, M.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Aromatics / Environment

Catalytic reforming processes produce olefin contaminants in aromatics streams via paraffin dehydrogenation side reactions.

HPNA woes—A thing of the past

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2021
Honeywell UOP: Singh, S.  |  Clarke, I.
Tüpraş: Önder, E. R.
Aromatics / Catalysts / Equipment

2020 can be viewed as one the most challenging periods in the history of the oil and gas sector.

Editorial Comment: Advancing ideas and best practices by learning from others

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2021
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Environment & Safety / Maintenance & Reliability / Petrochemicals / Process Control / Process Optimization / Refining / Aromatics / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / People / Rotating Equipment / Safety

For 99 yr, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> has provided hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) professionals around the world with the latest technologies, best practices, know-how and case studies.

Oil refinery/petrochemical integration in a CO2-constrained world—Part 2

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2021
Fluor: Baars, F.  |  Oruganti, S.  |  Kalia, P.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Aromatics / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrocracking / Hydrotreating / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Polymers / Products / Pumps / Reactors / Sulfur / Treating / Utilities

Petrochemical demand will increase with gross domestic product, while the demand for motor fuels will only show modest growth and may even decline in certain regions, given environmental/legislative pressures and the introduction of battery-powered electric vehicles.

Aromatic complex: A case study for relief load estimation of a heat integrated refinery unit

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2021
Bechtel India: Saha, J.  |  Chaudhuri, S.
Petrochemicals / Refining / Aromatics / Heat Transfer

Refineries are moving from fuels to chemical production as the demand for fuel derived from crude oil declines in the near future.

MAA refinery—Bunker fuel oil challenge: Stable and compatible VLSFO production

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2021
Kuwait National Petroleum Co.: Matar, M. B.  |  Al-Mane, A.  |  Rajendran, M.
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Aromatics / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Greenhouse Gases / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Loss Prevention / Naphtha / Sulfur / Treating / Middle East

Studies have been conducted on strategies for bunker fuel oil (BFO) production with reduced sulfur and catalytic fines concentration limits.

Best practices for pygas-based styrene extraction

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2021
Sulzer GTC Technology: Liu, Z.  |  Joshi, S.  |  Ma, H.  |  Zhang, R.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Refining / Aromatics / Carbon Management / Construction / Economics / Engineering & Design / Gasoline / Natural Gas / Polymers / Sulfur / Asia/Pacific

Pyrolysis gasoline (pygas) is a by-produced fraction of hydrocarbons generated from a steam cracker.

Fuels and chemicals: Finding the right refinery configuration for a less predictable world

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2021
Bechtel India: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Singh, R.
Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Aromatics / Carbon Management / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Gasoline / Naphtha / Polymers / Products / Reactors / Sulfur / Valves / Asia/Pacific

The refining industry links the upstream production of crude oil with the end markets for fuel products, as well as for the petrochemical/chemical industry.

Hydrocarbon Processing Top Project Awards 2020

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2020
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Refining / Aromatics / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Gas to liquids (GTL) / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrogen / Natural Gas / Polymers / Products / Reactors / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) continues to expand and modernize to efficiently meet growing demand for energy, transportation fuels and petrochemicals.