Construction
Leveraging digital technologies to create the smart renewable diesel facility
Many companies are modifying existing crude refineries or building grassroots renewable diesel facilities to produce drop-in, green renewable diesel from a variety of agriculturally derived triglyceride feedstocks.
Reducing acid consumption: Maximizing sulfuric acid alkylation unit profitability
Alkylation is a process used to produce highly branched isoparaffins from the reaction of lighter olefins and isobutane in the presence of sulfuric acid as a catalyst.
Converting a petroleum diesel refinery for renewable diesel
As refiners consider renewable, low-carbon alternatives, renewable diesel—refined from agricultural products using petroleum refinery processes—is gaining traction.
Global Project Data
After a tumultuous year, many active capital projects have been deferred, delayed or even abandoned.
Industry Perspectives
The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is steadily advancing through the energy transition.
Editorial Comment: Petrochemicals: Changing technologies and configurations to satisfy future demand
For nearly a decade, capital investments in new petrochemical capacity have skyrocketed. This
Down with downtime: Repair complex petrochemical components with selective electroplating
The volatile impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit at the same time the petrochemical industry was entering a downcycle.
Double-suction centrifugal compressor in ethylene plant inlet piping design
Centrifugal compressors are designed with different suction nozzle orientations and impeller layouts in casing.
Optimizing failure data analysis
A critical objective of engineers who design an automatic protection system is to lower the false trip rate and to lower a key metric called average probability of failure on demand (PFDavg).
Best practices for pygas-based styrene extraction
Pyrolysis gasoline (pygas) is a by-produced fraction of hydrocarbons generated from a steam cracker.
- From corn fields to cargo ships, ethanol gains early traction as marine fuel 6/12
- Indonesia raises price of widely used fuel by 32%, adds to cost-of-living concerns 6/12
- Technip Energies, Safran, Airbus, Tereos to form green jet fuel venture in France 6/12
- Saipem awarded €900-MM gas compression plant project in Saudi Arabia 6/12
- Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada hits full capacity two years after upgrade 6/12
- MB Energy and Zaffra sign MoU to advance commercialization of eSAF in Europe 6/12
