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Problems in processing discounted crudes Part 2: crude and vacuum columns

Webinars     Intelligently predict and prevent corrosion across your operations ON-DEMAND Learn how the fight against corrosion never stops - it is a fact of life every day across Oil & Gas, Refining and Pipeline operations, what-if you could have insight into real-time corrosion rates......       From hydrogen production to sulphur recovery - let ceramics pave the way ON-DEMAND Learn how to boost the reliability and performance of your hydrogen production and sulphur recovery plants through the deployment of Blasch’s proven ceramic systems. Benefits include..... Articles     Problems in processing discounted crudes Part 2: crude and vacuum columns Project costs must be considered to fully understand whether or not an opportunity crude really does deliver on savings. The term ‘opportunity crude’ has, for years, described crudes that......     Best practices in boiler replacement When you are processing 100 000 barrels or more of crude in a day, reliability is of the utmost importance. There is no justification for unscheduled shutdowns due to a lack of process.......     Process development for Tier 3 low sulfur gasoline Gasoline sulphur is being reduced in the United States to meet the EPA’s Tier 3 standard which requires an annual average of 10 ppm sulphur by 2020. In 2015, anticipating a need......     How ceramic solutions simplify field installation and address skilled labor gap Innovative ceramic designs simplify field installation and address critical manufacturing skills gap. There has been a steady decrease in skilled labourers in the US in recent years......     Simple lubricant additive package quality control using HDXRF Professionals in the field of lubrication and tribology are at the forefront of solving many of today’s biggest problems. Long recognised for their contributions ensuring safe, reliable, and...... Literature     Get the best from your compressor How’s your compressor running? How should it run? How could it run? The reliability, efficiency, and environmental soundness of compressors dictate the cost-effectiveness and......     Celebrating a century of innovation in the oil & gas industry UOP celebrates its 100th year in business in 2014, and in many ways our history is analogous to the development of the world’s oil and gas industry. We have accomplished many great......     ITW Online Cleaning Will revolutionize turnaround operations and operational excellence by optimizing: productivity, operability, safety health and environment, reliability, product quality, energy efficiency, CO2......     Sulfur recovery - SUPERCLAUS® / caustic scrubber process Applications: Selection of an appropriate and cost effective Tail Gas Treatment process to follow existing Claus plants is a challenge facing refiners and natural gas plant owners around the......     Delivering world class hydrogen plant performance The world that we live in today is constantly changing; 50 years from now it will be unrecognisable. We live during a period of significant population growth, with increasing urbanisation and...... Video     OSIsoft: What We Do How do you access and learn from critical data that resides in multiple incompatible systems across the enterprise? It's a complex problem with a surprisingly simple solution - the PI System™......     Monitoring of compressor valves Tutorial Monitoring of compressor valves is a key task to ensure efficient compressor operation. Machine operators have three options for reliable failure detection: 1) segmented analyses of the......     Scottsville refining facilities tour Would you like to see how we maximize returns in precious metals refining? Please take a brief tour of our Scottsville refining facility......     Inside the Servomex UK Technical Centre A look inside Servomex's world-leading UK Technical Centre in Crowborough, East Sussex – where Hummingbird sensing technologies and Servomex gas analyzers are built to the......     Shell Reactor Internals - Transforming Energy Together Shell’s experienced Reactor Internals team reduces the fear and nervousness associated with shutting down a part of your refinery, making the process quick, simple, easy and pain-free...... News     Grace licenses UNIPOL® PP process technology to Hyundai Chemical W. R. Grace & Co, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to......     INEOS selects SK E&C to build new propane dehydrogenation unit INEOS has today announced the next step forwards in the design and build of its state-of-the-art PDH (propane dehydrogenation unit) at the centre of its €3bn investment to be located at its......     LyondellBasell and Neste announce production of bio-based plastic from renewable materials LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel from waste and residues, today jointly....     Grace acquires the business of Rive Technology Inc W. R. Grace & Co. today completed the acquisition of the business  and assets of Rive Technology, Inc., including its Molecular Highway™ zeolite technology. As part of the transaction......     Zachry Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries awarded two-train polyethylene unit contract Zachry Group and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. have been selected to construct a two-train polyethylene unit that will be part of a new chemical complex near...... Featured Sponsors Featured Events