Browse Editions : 2010 / Q4
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Processing high TAN crude: part I

Wu Qing, CNOOC

2010 / Q4

Huizhou, which is the first refinery for processing 100% high TAN crude, started up in 2009.  This article describes the challenges of an opportunity crude operation.

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Strategic options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

 Bill Keesom, Amalia Pantazidis, Ian Moore and Jon Moretta, Jacobs Consultancy

2010 / Q4

 Refiners need to develop a roadmap of their future business and technology requirements to address emerging climate change legislation.

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Partial upgrading of heavy oil reserves

Mitra Motaghi, Priyanka Saxena and Rahul Ravi, KBR Technology

2010 / Q4

Partial upgrading using solvent deasphalting addresses multiple issues associated with the recovery of stranded heavy oils.

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Improvements in random packing performance

Izak Nieuwoudt, Christine Corio and Jeff Degarmo, Koch-Glitsch

2010 / Q4

Developments in random packing design aim for increased efficiency and capacity

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Energy management: raising profitability, reducing CO2 emissions

 Claire Weber and Thomas Yeung, Hydrocarbon Publishing Company

2010 / Q4

Case studies show how lower energy demand via revamps and improved maintenance can save money and abate CO2 emissions in refinery operations

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Monitoring and controlling corrosion in steam generation

Jerry Jones, Nalco Energy Services

2010 / Q4

 At-temperature oxidation reduction potential (ORP) technology enables real-time measurement and control of corrosion potential in steam generation

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Designing trays for selective gas treating

 Ralph Weiland, Nathan Hatcher and Jaime Nava, Optimized Gas Treating

2010 / Q4

Field data from eight gas treating plants show how tray design parameters can be selected to improve contactor performances.

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Online real-time optimisation helps identify energy gaps

Marcelo Galleguillos and Michel Maffet, ENAP Refinerias

Marcos Kihn, Ruben Monje and Carlos Ruiz, Soteica

2010 / Q4

Real-time supervision of a refinery's energy system enables optimisation of its fuel consumption and emissions levels.

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Real-time downstream dashboard

 Toto Nugroho Pranatyasto and Agus Witjaksono, Pertamina

Craig Harclerode, OSIsoft

2010 / Q4

Real-time infrastructure enabled an organisational transformation to achieve integration in a highly complex downstream supply chain.

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Separation in ethylene plants

Lee Siang Hua and Yang Quan, Sulzer Chemtech

2010 / Q4

Separation technology is not complex, but separators deliver a range of benefits in ethylene cracking.

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Advances in FCC catalyst performance

Charles Keweshan and Daniel Neuman, BASF Corporation

Jeffrey Sexton, Mike Skurka and Scott Simon, Marathon Oil Company

2010 / Q4

Upgraded manufacturing processes have produced an FCC catalyst with increased gasoline yield and high hydrothermal stability at high severity operation

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Estimating compressor power and condenser duty in a refrigerant system

 Alireza Bahadori and Hari Vuthaluru, Curtin University

2010 / Q4

A simple-to-use predictive tool calculates compressor power and condenser duty per refrigeration duty in a three-stage propane refrigerant system.

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