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Mustang selected for North Dakota refinery study

Mustang, is partnering with Corval Group to study the feasibility of increasing oil refining capacity in North Dakota.

HPIn Europe: Technology goliaths vie with startups to crack biojet processes

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

This month, I had a chance to verify my armchair thesis that all liquid biofuels will end up in the air—diverted to the passenger aviation industry and the world's air forces. At a fuel forum att..

HP Viewpoint: When it comes to information technology, the skys the limit

Weak demand and plummeting margins? The answer for greater productivity could reside in your current IT system—and the sky.

Design your sulfur facility with market uncertainty in mind

These strategies can effectively deliver sulfur to the marketplace

Heat-exchanger failure analysis in a naphtha cracking unit

University of Tehran: Mazuchi, M.  |  Monemian, S. A.
Shahid Chamran University: Sababi, M.

This case history analyzed the failure and makes recommendations to prevent future failures

Strategize preshutdown work to enhance productivity

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Kumar, A.

Adopt these principles from a refinery revamp project

Consider CFD analysis to support critical separation operations

Koch-Glitsch Canada LP, University of Calgary: Remesat, D.
Institute of Geonics AS: Riha, Z.

This modeling method can help eliminate chronic problems caused by feed mal-distribution and poorly designed feed devices

HP Viewpoint: How refiners can thrive in an uncertain market

Süleyman M Özmen  Comments? Write:editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.comWhile there was much talk in the media at the end of 2009 of "green shoots" and possible signs of recovery from..

Consider new methods for bottom of the barrel processing-Part 2

New principles of molecule management dictate the best economics when upgrading residuum

HPIn Europe: Industry grapples with downshift as its greatest structural change looms

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

With all the handwringing over downstream losses for the end of 2009, it's been interesting to note the absence of what is often the first barricade that a CEO will duck behind. Apparently, this bad n..