Refining
Reliability: Monitor electric motor vibration and optimize motor bearing lubricant application
Follow our discourse with a reliability professional employed by an owner-operator with a number of ammonia and urea plants in locations where blinding sandstorms are prone to occur.
Distillation—Then and now
Distillation is the most often used means to separate two or more components, exploiting the physical properties of different boiling points.
Choose the most appropriate modeling approach for reactors
The efficient operation and design of any reactor depends on the know-how regarding the chemical reaction and the hydrodynamics inside the reactor.
Boost capacity of SRUs with mixing devices for oxygen enrichment
The requirement for additional sulfur recovery unit capacity in a refinery may stem from hydroprocessing operations; a refinery expansion project; a shift from lighter to heavier, sourer crudes to improve margins; or the need to remove extra sulfur content to meet tighter environmental regulations.
Extend ethylene plant run length with compressor chemical treatment
An aging ethylene plant historically suffered from plant run length limiting compressor fouling that resulted in a loss of polytropic efficiency and intercooler backpressure buildup.
Analyze abnormal operations of an HDS reactor loop with dynamic simulation
Hydrodesulfurization units are used in a petroleum refinery to process a variety of feeds to alter composition via the addition of hydrogen.
Phillips 66 says refiners to cut production as margins shrink
Phillips 66 seconded rival Valero Energy Corp.’s statement that refiners are expected to process less crude in the second half of the year as margins shrink due to a gasoline glut.
PBF Energy's Torrance refinery running above historic average
PBF Energy’s newly acquired Torrance refinery has been running above its historic throughput rates for the last month after it took ownership of the facility from ExxonMobil on July 1.
Column: La Nina set to boost US winter heating oil demand
Refiners are hoping distillate will get a further boost from a pick-up in freight movements and a colder winter in 2016/17.
South African refineries operational despite strike, fuel supply stable
Production at South Africa's oil refineries has continued despite an indefinite strike by workers demanding higher wages.
- Transitional Industries and CFEnergia sign feedstock supply contract for $3.3-B Pacifico Mexinol project 2/17
- Neste and World Fuel Services extend partnership, expanding SAF availability at more than 100 airports in Europe 2/17
- U.S. refined product exports by tanker increase to > 6.3 MMbpd in January 2/17
- Japan's oil and gas independence climbs to highest since 2009 2/17
- Dangote signs $400-MM equipment deal with China's XCMG to speed up refinery expansion 2/17
- Former Lukoil-owned ISAB refinery in Sicily exits crisis procedure 2/17
