Refining
HPIn Europe: Little-reported statement that changes everything
As far as I can see, the G8 Communiqué on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development (the summit was held July 6 – 8 in Perthshire, Scotland) changes just about everything we do. You..
HPIn Europe: European refiners pocket 60ยข/gal premium for octane
Shell's marketers in Germany and elsewhere are doing some pretty cool stuff with their gasoline. And then there're surprising, some might say, slightly crazy things happening in biogasoline in Sweden ..
Recover lube extraction gasoils from vacuum distillation units
Modeling methods explore revamping the vacuum unit to optimize lube oil production
HPIn Europe: Congress mulls problem of small-minded engineers
Europe's largest meeting of chemical engineers will this month attempt to reconcile an increasing divergence between the nuts and bolts of practical engineering and the sometimes mystical science of t..
HPIn Europe: Compliance projects grow as deadlines loom
If it feels to you as if a trickle of small capital projects is turning into a flood, then you're not on your own. A lot more is on your plate these days if you're running a process plant in Europe...
Optimize process operation with new vacuum distillation methods
Advanced fluid dynamics modeling fine-tunes vacuum separations that improve products' qualities and increase unit reliability
HPIn Europe: Biodiesel new builds and a green superfuel
Greenergy will go ahead and build its first biodiesel plant in the Humber Estuary in the UK, near the ConocoPhillips refinery. Greenergy may be a seasoned "early bird" in new fuels, but it certainly w..
HPIn Europe: Spilled wine and our split industry
The top tier of oil majors held a fairly united front almost to the end over the Clean Air Act and Auto Oil, but the split in our industry has never been so marked as it is over climate change. Now th..
HPIn Europe: Drilling down into the prospects for gasification
Last month, I went off into some blue skies thinking about the energy shortfall, gasification, hydrogen and CO2 capture and storage. This month, I want to grab the string on that balloon and p..
Biodiesel: clean fuel of the future
New processing technologies uncover means to produce low-sulfur biomass-based diesel
- Evonik launches high performance isodewaxing catalysts for fuels and lubricants production 4/16
- EU warns of prolonged energy shock, forced cuts if Iran war continues 4/15
- Europe's summer flights at risk as Iran war exposes refining decline 4/15
- Slovak refiner says no deal yet on Adria pipeline tests 4/15
- Japan's weekly gasoline prices largely flat as subsidies offset price spikes 4/15
- Botswana has not requested stake in Lobito refinery, Angola's Sonangol says 4/15
