Refining
Improve sulfiding of hydroprocessing catalysts
An alternative safer, easier method to activate catalysts
HPIn Europe: As tanks roll, would Europe's T. Boone step forward?
Last month, I wrote my column on the day of the launch of T. Boone Pickens' 10-year plan for a less energy-dependent America. This was followed a week or so later by Al Gore's challenge to the US to a..
Consider upgrading pyrolysis oils into renewable fuels
New research is identifying processing routes to convert cellulosic biomass into transportation fuels
Use modeling to fine-tune cracking operations
Spanish refiner uses next-generation simulation tools to cost-effectively select new catalysts
Increase gasoline production—a case study
Adjusting naphtha product cuts from the crude unit increased gasoline production without a major revamp
Rethink the handling of acid gases
Consider these guidelines to improve management of hydrogen sulfide in your refinery
Is nitrogen really inert as a blanketing medium?
New investigation finds that this gas is soluble in hydrocracker feed
HPIn Europe: And that, sports fans, is a helluva energy plan
Only Nixon could go to China, they said, and they meant that it would have been unthinkable for anyone but a red-baiting, right-winger to shake the hand of Mao Tse-tung. So could it be that it will no..
Climate change and computer models
Apparently some of the climate scientists that are claiming the earth is going through a period of climate change/global warming caused primarily by human activity (mostly burning fossil fuels that pu..
HPIn Europe: Cloaks, daggers and the mystery of the missing NGLs
I had an unsettling conversation at a conference in southern Europe recently with an American who works for a major European oil company. He's a likeable, positive guy whose role bridges term contract..
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