Distillation
Motiva shuts FCC, alkylation units at its Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) refinery
Motiva Enterprises completed shutting the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker-3 (FCC-3) and the alkylation units at its 626,000-bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Tuesday for planned work, said people familiar with operations.
Emerging Fuels Technology awarded technology licensing contract for seawater CO2-to-SAF conversion plant
Emerging Fuels Technology's proprietary technology platform will be used on Sea Dragon Energy's demonstration plant that will convert CO2 extracted from seawater into synthetic jet fuel (sustainable aviation fuel).
RCM Technologies unlocks increases in ethanol plant capacity
RCM Technologies Inc., RCM Thermal Kinetics, a division of RCM Technologies, has launched its innovative New Ethanol eXpansion Technology (NEXT) program. This solution is designed to revolutionize ethanol plant expansion projects by enhancing production capacity and energy efficiency without requiring costly and time-consuming major equipment replacement.
South Korea's GS Caltex plans Yeosu refinery maintenance in late February
The maintenance at its 330,000-bpd crude distillation unit is expected to last for around 30 days
Decarbonization pathway for net-zero by 2050: Carbon neutrality roadmap strategy for an integrated refinery and petrochemical facility
This article quantifies GHG emissions from various sources, such as fired heaters and boilers, within refinery and petrochemical operations. Based on these quantified emissions, a tailored carbon neutrality roadmap is developed, incorporating carbon reduction, mitigation and offsetting strategies.
Sustainability application of aviation eJet fuel
SAF will be essential to achieving the aviation industry’s ambitious decarbonization targets by 2050. Regulations will play a large part in increasing the share of SAF used in aviation and defining the qualified products. CO2 utilization and bio-SAF have great potential to supplement aviation turbine demands. Combining the production of bio-SAF and CO2-based industrial processes provides advantages regarding the most efficient use of carbon from different sources, with high efficiency and optimized costs.
Distillation of a mixture containing CO2, CH4 and H2—Part 1
This article describes a method for the simultaneous separation of a mixture containing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide, which may result from certain shifted synthesis gas (syngas) mixtures.
Indonesia's B40 palm oil delay causes market uncertainty
Indonesia has yet to implement a higher mandatory blend of biodiesel planned for Jan. 1 as industry participants await technical details of the new regulation, causing confusion among palm oil traders.
Japan's Taiyo Oil to shut two CDUs at Shikoku refinery for maintenance
Japanese oil refiner Taiyo Oil plans to shut down two crude distillation units (CDUs) at its 138,000-bpd Shikoku refinery in western Japan this week for scheduled maintenance.
Chevron upgrades Pasadena refinery to increase capacity, feedstock and product flexibility
Chevron U.S.A. has completed a retrofit of its refinery in Pasadena, Texas (U.S.), which is expected to increase product flexibility and expand the processing capacity of lighter crudes by nearly 15% to 125,000 bpd.

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- SABIC announces closure of Olefins 6 facility in Teesside, UK 6/27
- LyondellBasell's polyolefin technologies selected by SHCCIG Yulin for petrochemicals complex in China 6/27
- Damaged unit of Iran's South Pars refinery back operating 6/27
- hte conducts research for JGC to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking 6/26
- TES and CPC Finland to develop 500-MW e-NG project in Finland 6/26