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Petrochemicals

Global Project Data

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database is tracking nearly 1,600 projects around the world.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Refinery margins came under added pressure, affected by the downturn in product consumption inflicted by COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Business Trends

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Rovuma LNG, a JV comprised of ExxonMobil, Eni and China National Petroleum Corp., will likely delay its final investment decision (FID) on the group’s $30-B Mozambique LNG project.

Editorial Comment: The impact and response of an industry during trying times

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

On behalf of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, we hope that you and your families and colleagues are healthy and safe during these unprecedented times.

Flow modeling as a tool for WHRU performance optimization

Petro-Chem Development Co. Inc.: Gupta, A.
Airflow Sciences Corp.: Gentry, M. R.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become a growing concern for many industrialized countries over the past few years.

Highlights from a maintenance and reliability audit

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Staffers in many plants in modern industry are assigned to job functions related to reliability assessment and implementation.

People

The board of directors of Haldor Topsoe A/S has appointed Roeland Baan as new CEO as of June 1.

Innovations

BASF has commercially launched Fourtune, a new fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst product for gasoil feedstock.

Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries

Ingersoll Rand: Diacumakos, S.

PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that, since 2014, the oil and gas industry has put off noncritical spending to reduce costs.

Root cause analysis for low yield of p-diethylbenzene produced by catalytic alkylation

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Reddy, J. K.  |  Warke, V.  |  Jasra, R. V.  |  Mantri, K.

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) manufactures para-diethylbenzene (PDEB) at one of its plants by alkylation of ethylbenzene (EB) with ethylene, using RIL's own technology and super-selective catalyst.