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| Achieving optimal visbreaker severity |
Gaetano Petralito, ISAB Marco Respini, Baker Hughes Europe
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2010 / Q1 |
A refinery has managed to run a visbreaker unit continuously for more than two years without any loss of conversion
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| Increasing diesel production from the FCCU |
Maurice Korpelshoek, Gary Podrebarac, Kerry Rock and Rajesh Samarth, CDTech
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2010 / Q1 |
FCC naphtha desulphurisation technology produces low-sulphur heavy catalytic naphtha as a separate product for blending into the diesel pool
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| Achieving excellence inprocess safety management |
Graham Bennett, DNV Energy
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2010 / Q1 |
The management of major accident hazards in refineries must recognise that all areas of the business have vital roles to play to ensure process safety management.
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| Choosing a hydroprocessing scheme |
Alpesh Gurjar, Fluor Daniel India
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2010 / Q1 |
A systematic approach to selecting hydroprocessing technology meets process objectives with optimal operating and capital costs
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| Interface management in complex projects |
Richard Collins and Robert Durham, Foster Wheeler Raafat Fayek and Walid Zeid, GASCO
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2010 / Q1 |
Managing the interface between contractors, owners and a host of authorities and affected groups is vital to the success of large and complex energy projects.
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| Can refiners afford carbon capture? |
Erich Mace and Thomas Yeung, Hydrocarbon Publishing Company
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2010 / Q1 |
CCS is not widely considered an economical way of reducing refiners' carbon footprints, but case studies indicate great variation in the cost of implementation.
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| Are there alternatives to an expensive overhaul of a bottlenecked flare system? |
Detlef Gruber and Dietmar-Uwe Leipnitz, BP Lingen Refinery Prasad Sethuraman, BP Refining Technology Miquel Angel Alos, Jose Maria Nougues and Michael Brodkorb, Inprocess Technology and Consulting
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2010 / Q1 |
Changes in regulation or the revamp of an existing plant need not require an upgrade to a refinery's flare system configuration.
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| Planning for a pipestill clean |
Cody Nath, Refined Technologies Uwe Klingler, BP
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2010 / Q1 |
A combination of proven technology, setting expectations and developming a detailed plan helped a refiner achieve optimum results from unit clearing and cleaning plans
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| Choosing quench interbed technology |
Ed Schouten, Jan Stolwijk and Ed Ouwerkerk, Shell Global Solutions International Sujatha Degaleesan, Wenhua Yang and Sandro Mazzini, Shell Global Solutions US
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2010 / Q1 |
A design for hydroprocessing interbed internals favours separate mixing of gas and liquid phases before contacting of the two phases occurs
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| Unique qualities of Canadian bitumen and synthetic crudes |
Pat Swafford, Spiral Software
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2010 / Q1 |
As production of Canadian bitumen and synthetic crude oil expands, North American refinery feed slates enter new territory in terms of crude oil quality.
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| Entrainment issues in vacuum column flash zones |
Mark Pilling, Mario Roza and S M Wong, Sulzer Chemtech
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2010 / Q1 |
For a vacuum tower to operate effectively, the flash zone and the wash section must work together to provide the best possible feed quality to the sections.
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| Installing a power recovery system on FCC or RFCC units |
Tek Sutikno, Samsung Engineering America
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2010 / Q1 |
Full examination of the design options and operating issues related to the installation of a PRS on a FCC or RFCC unit will increase energy efficiency and unit availability.
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| Monitoring heat exchange systems |
Loree Fields, URS Corporation
Jason Bradford, Marathon Petroleum Company
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2010 / Q1 |
Anticipating final federal standards, the cooling tower monitoring programs at two refineries have been beneficial in estimating VOC emissions from the towers.
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