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| Clean diesel project |
Luigi Valagussa, Koch-Glitsch Italia
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2011 / Q1 |
A process review, including the improvement of atmospheric and vacuum distillation columns, for the reformulation of the diesel pool.
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| Simulation model increases visbreaker conversion |
Ernesto Agorreta, Carlos Angulo and Aleixandre Soriano, Repsol Tarragona Cristina Font and Marco Respini, Baker Hughes
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2011 / Q1 |
Introduction of advanced analytical monitoring, chemical treatment and process optimisation has raised the profitability of a visbreaker unit.
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| Drivers for zero discharge in refineries |
Gary Howard, Foster Wheeler
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2011 / Q1 |
Wastewater treatment utilising zero-discharge techniques has reduced the impact of effluent discharges
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| Rental strategies counter seasonal performance problems |
Umesh Mathur, Aggreko Process Services
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2011 / Q1 |
Engineered solutions can reverse the adverse effects of high temperatures and humidity
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| Independent verification of refineries |
Donald Payne, DNV Vietnam
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2011 / Q1 |
Independent verification should focus on areas of greatest risk and so contribute to risk reduction measures
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| Bottom of the barrel upgrading |
Alan Kramer, Albemarle
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2011 / Q1 |
The predicted and demonstrated role of additives in raising bottoms product yields and properties from the FCC unit
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| Steps towards optimal refinery blending |
David Seiver, Valero Energy Corporation
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2011 / Q1 |
A practitioner's guide to optimising refinery blending systems by choosing control options with the highest return on investment
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| Processing high TAN crude: part II |
Wu Qing, CNOOC
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2011 / Q1 |
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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| Maximisation of VGO through deep-cut distillation for refinery margins |
Rajeev Kumar, Chithra V, Shalini Gupta, Sonal Maheshwari, Peddy V C Rao and N V Choudary, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, India
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2011 / Q1 |
Appropriate choice of crude and/or crude oil blends as feedstock and a vacuum tower revamp enable higher production of vacuum gas oil for secondary processing
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| Renewable fuels and biofuels in a petroleum refinery |
Jukka Keyrilainen and Matti Koskinen, Neste Jacobs
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2011 / Q1 |
Sound judgement of the process environment, logistics and product properties are necessary to process both fossil and bio-derived raw materials on a single site.
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| Protection analysis in refining |
Robert Absil, Intertek PARK
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2011 / Q1 |
Independent pilot plant testing can serve as an independent protection layer to reduce the technical risks of new process technology
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| Improving crude unit operation |
Tim Olsen and Gary Hawkins, Emerson Process Management
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2011 / Q1 |
Most crude and vacuum units present an opportunity for improvement using modern process control systems
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