Environment
Improve feedstock selection for your refinery
This simplified approach facilitates screening of crude oil baskets for refiners.
HP Reliability: Pumps and the Bhopal connection
In the 2012 June issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, our readers will find a highly informative article that should remind equipment specialists of their professional and ethical responsibilities. These ..
HP Water Management: Avoid failures in water projects: Part 1
Your company is planning an expansion—building a new process unit or constructing an entire new plant. Regardless of the scope, the facility staff will specify project requirements, complete the ..
Update on valves used in hydrogen service
Recommended practices can better scrutinize performance issues such as design, packing and metallurgy to mitigate failures.
Improve seal designs for ‘dirty’ services
Amid regulatory legislation issues, a compliance strategy can drive solutions to optimize reliability of rotating equipment.
2012 petrochemical outlook: United States
The boom in oil and gas is creating both demand side (e.g., pipe mills, oilfield machinery) and supply-side (e.g., chemicals, fertilizers, direct iron reduction) opportunities.
HPInsight: All hydrocarbons have a place in the global market; timing depends on economics
Remaining profitable continues to be a critical issue for hydrocarbon processing facilities. Balancing new technology with government mandates is a thorny problem. Environmental issues add more cost t..
HP Water Management: Water is the next oil
In the future, increased demands for high-quality fresh water supplies will translate into voluntary and, ultimately, regulatory mandates. These constraints will require facilities to limit or to redu..
HP Viewpoint: The promise and reality of energy independence
The governance of energy by our federal government is broken, dysfunctional and unfixable in its current form, according to the author.
HP Viewpoint: Transportation and alternative fuels in Asia
The region is facing tremendous pressure to develop a radically different energy and power mix.
- Chevron Technology Ventures' Catalyst program selects RapiCure 7/15
- GEA promotes more sustainable refinery processes with energy-efficient high-performance decanters 7/15
- Ariel Green pays claim for plastic recycling facility, demonstrating protection for clean energy projects 7/15
- China taps deeper into oil inventories despite biggest drop in refining on record 7/15
- China's Sinopec establishes four business units in major overhaul 7/15
- Japan refiners to diversify crude sources, explore support for Hormuz bypass routes 7/15
