Refining
Enterprise agility: the impact of e-commerce on the hydrocarbon marketplace
Markets are changing fast. Are you ready?
Use ATG for tank-based custody transfers
The technology is now accurate and reliable enough for these applications
Optimize alkylate production for clean fuels
New processing technology and catalysts enable revamping existing MTBE facilities into high-quality, alkylate processing units
Use FCC feed pretreating methods to remove sulfur
Refiners should consider partial-conversion hydrocracking techniques to make 'clean fuels,' increase product yields and improve refinery margins
The simple things...
Process engineering includes both simple and complex tasks. Naturally, we spend more time thinking about how to do complex jobs instead of simple ones. That can be a mistake. Even simple tasks need to..
General reactor model improves HPI applications
Applying new tools, refiners can optimize revamp, and modernize existing process units
HPIn Processing: Why are gasoline prices so high? They're not!
As I sat in my hair-cutter's chair last week, she asked me, "Why are gasoline prices so high?" Since many people in my local area know I'm involved in "making gasoline," it seems like this question is..
HPIn Processing: Uncertainties
As this issue of HP hits the "newsstands" (i.e., your desk), U.S. refiners are gearing up their operations for the summer driving season. This year, it officially starts after May 31. This season diff..
Knowledge capital
As oil industry companies continue to merge, consolidate and downsize, a natural outcome is a decline in the number of workers. This trend that started in the late '80s has resulted in what Joseph Sta..
Maximize competitive advantage with a supply chain vision
Eliminating 'silos' of information is essential
- Indian Oil buys first Colombian oil under Ecopetrol contract 12/31
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire, damages equipment at Tuapse refinery 12/31
- Chile's $2.5-B Volta green ammonia project wins environmental permit 12/31
- China begins issuing second batch of 2026 crude import quotas to refiners 12/31
- EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories rose in the week ended December 19 12/30
- Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown 12/30
