Refining
Leadership and the art of "issue triage"
  At Marathon Oil Corp., we bring a positive, disciplined outlook to analysis of our industry and its prospects. This is even more important today because of the current economic turmoil, declin..
Costly flawed paradigm means 'shaking up' molecules
Because there's no such thing as throwing things "away," it's time to get out the white coats and do some serious chemistry. We need to use hydrocarbon molecules in a completely different way. Also, w..
HP Control: Glut of stored distillate infers betting on EU's diesel
Just outside the archipelago here, the Danish shipping operator, Maersk, has applied for permission to conduct ship-to-ship transfers to and from large crude carriers at anchor. There's a lot more of ..
HPIn Europe: The future is big; the future is east
Refining margins have been off badly in the first half of 2009. In Europe, a couple of simpler refiners have, at least temporarily, taken their ball home. Is this just the way Europe weathers a recess..
Lead or get out of the way
We do have choices in shaping our future energy market
CO2 constraints 'may be the best news for Shell'—CEO
TIM LLOYD WRIGHT, European Editor Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com As the voluminous correspondence on climate change sparked by E..
Consider practical conditions for vacuum unit modeling
A good simulation model is a tool that reveals critical operating conditions and can be applied to daily operations
HPIn Europe: Sacrificed to the money system: engineering workforce
Because of the shortage of an artificial commodity known as money, people who produce a real commodity known as oil will shortly be losing their livelihoods and, quite possibly, their homes. We're use..
Advances in delayed coking heat transfer equipment
Designs are evolving to meet changing process needs, while improving the onstream factor and extending run-length
Measuring total hydrocarbon and H2S in amine acid gas streams
Gas analyzer uses both ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopy
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