Hybrid catalyst loading reduces fill cost and carbon footprint
Delivering FCC Value through Technical Service
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Types of corrosion and materials to combat them
A review of corrosion problems in fluid systems and how to prolong their life in one of the oil and gas industry’s most challenging environments.
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Insights from Shell Rheinland’s transition to net zero
When a refiner is defining its decarbonisation plans, it is likely to face a daunting realisation: of all the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for which ...
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Regenerable tail gas treatment
Cost assessment of tail gas treating technologies that recycle H2S or SO2 to the Claus unit.
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SA-BIN spent catalysts storage/shipping containers
How spent precious metal bearing catalysts can be moved around the globe quickly and cost effectively
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Improvements in random packing performance
Developments in random packing design aim for increased efficiency 
and capacity. Random packing is used extensively in gas processing 
and ...
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Value engineering: a continuous front-end process (ERTC)
The concept of front-end loading of projects is not new, where robust planning and design early in a project’s lifecycle helps to influence changes in ...
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Understanding basic principles of flow calculations
Valve size often is described by the nominal size of the end connections, but a more important measure is the flow that the valve can provide.
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Managing fouling in refinery networks
Modelling heat exchanger and other networks enables the use of dynamic fouling models in performance assessment and predictive studies
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Spent sulphuric acid regeneration (SAR) process
Several chemical processes utilise concentrated sulphuric acid as a catalyst or dehydrating agent, in which the acid becomes “spent”; ie, weakened ...
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Hydrogen generation for modern refineries
With increasing demand for diesel, more stringent product specifications for cleaner fuels, reduced fuel oil demand and the economic advantages in processing ...
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Processing high TAN crude: part I
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 ...
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Sour water strippers: design and operation
Simpler, more cost-effective sour water stripper designs can outperform more generally accepted designs in the refining industry
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More petrochemicals with less capital spending
Even in nations with exceptional dependence on transportation fuels like Brazil, better integration with petrochemicals production is essential for re ...
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Energy management and sustainability of the downstream industry
Energy management must feature in any strategy in the downstream industry for both environmental impact and economic competitiveness.
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Delayed coking as a sustainable refinery solution
Fuel grade coke is a serious environmental pollutant but the producer, the delayed coking process, can be a contributor to future sustainable development ...
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The role of biofuels in the energy transition
Overcoming the challenges of coprocessing renewables.
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Closing the sustainability cycle
Role of plastics recycling technologies in the future of the downstream industry.
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Profiting from the lubricants market
Pursuing a profitable and more sustainable purpose for crude oil through the lubricants market requires examination of lubricants production via hydro ...
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Steam methane reformer tube lifecycle improvement best practices
Reformer tube life assessment can be done via online monitoring, non-destructive testing, and tube harvesting with historical operating, monitoring, and ...
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Custom catalysts: Key enablers to sustainable solutions for the petrochemical industry
Given the almost universal presence of petrochemicals as building blocks for goods of our everyday life, it is no surprise that there has been significant ...
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Maintenance and reliability for rotating equipment closing the loop
Maintenance of rotating equipment is a vast subject that could fill volumes.
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Emerging LOHC technology (TiA)
The use of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) is part of broader research into hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier.
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Innovative vessel internals for enhanced safety when changing media beds (TiA)
In our previous article (PTQ Q1 2024), we discussed the challenges inherent in performing scheduled inspections within confined spaces of fixed-bed downflow ...
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Optimising furnace run length in a steam cracker using AI
Case study on improving ethylene furnace run length by leveraging the synergy of digitalisation and artificial intelligence to provide the necessary i ...
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Steam methane reformer tube lifecycle improvement best practices
Reformer tube life assessment can be done via online monitoring, non-destructive testing, and tube harvesting with historical operating, monitoring, and ...
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Beyond processbook & PI vision: Exploring today’s industrial analytics tools
(Webinar) - In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, industrial organizations have more data at their fingertips than ever, offering the promise of higher production ...
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Sasol provides state of the art catalysts to INERATEC for the production of sustainable e-fuels
The catalysts will be used, among others, in the first large-scale industrial Power-to-Liquid (PtL) plant that INERATEC is currently building in Frankfurt, ...
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Honeywell Technology helping to produce SAF with lower cost and waste
Honeywell today announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass, helping to make sustainable ...
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Worn out: How ignoring valve wear could cost you
Find out how the Neles™ WearBlock solution can give valves in wear-intensive oil & gas applications increased durability, reliability and cost efficiency ...
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Baker Hughes to supply 17 centrifugal compressors to Saudi Master Gas System project
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Tuesday that it has received an order by Worley, for and on behalf of Aramco, to supply gas ...
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IndianOil selects Lummus/Versalis cumene technology
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced IndianOil Corp Ltd, selected the Lummus/Versalis ...
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Baker Hughes to supply 17 centrifugal compressors to Saudi Master Gas System project
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Tuesday that it has received an order by Worley, for and on behalf of Aramco, to supply gas ...
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IndianOil selects Lummus/Versalis cumene technology
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced IndianOil Corp Ltd, selected the Lummus/Versalis ...
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SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals select Phenol yechnology from KBR
KBR announced today it has been awarded a contract by SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals to license KBR's market-leading phenol technology in China. Under ...
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Black & Veatch select electric driven liquefaction technologies from Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Friday it was awarded an order from Black & Veatch, a global engineering, construction and consulting ...
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Samsung E&A wins major Aramco Fadhili gas project
SAMSUNG E&A, a world leading engineering solutions and project management company, announced today, that it had a contracts signing ceremony for the ...
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Clariant and Lummus awarded catalyst technology contract for new isobutane dehydrogenation plant
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, and its process partner Lummus Technology have been selected by Huizhou Boeko Materials ...
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Beyond processbook & PI vision: Exploring today’s industrial analytics tools
(Webinar) - In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, industrial organizations have more data at their fingertips than ever, offering the promise of higher production ...
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Sasol provides state of the art catalysts to INERATEC for the production of sustainable e-fuels
The catalysts will be used, among others, in the first large-scale industrial Power-to-Liquid (PtL) plant that INERATEC is currently building in Frankfurt, ...
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Honeywell Technology helping to produce SAF with lower cost and waste
Honeywell today announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass, helping to make sustainable ...
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Worn out: How ignoring valve wear could cost you
Find out how the Neles™ WearBlock solution can give valves in wear-intensive oil & gas applications increased durability, reliability and cost efficiency ...
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Lummus Expands R&D capabilities to enhance innovation and water and wastewater technologies
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the opening of its cutting-edge research and ...
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Heraeus Precious Metals launches Circlear
Heraeus Precious Metals, a globally leading company in the precious metals industry and one of the largest recyclers of precious metals, has introduced ...
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Clariant launches new CATOFIN® 312 propane dehydrogenation catalyst
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced the launch of CATOFIN 312, its latest propane dehydrogenation catalyst. ...
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Yokogawa upgrades the CENTUM VP Integrated Production Control System
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the May 31, 2024 release of CENTUM™ VP R6.11.10, an enhanced version of the CENTUM VP integrated ...
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Vanzetti Engineering releases ESK-IMO series of retractable submerged pumps
Vanzetti Engineering presents the new ESK-IMO series of retractable submerged pumps, which are used in Small-Scale LNG Terminals and as Emergency pumps ...
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Audubon launches vapor recovery & reuse system for EPA compliance
Audubon Engineering Company, a leading provider of engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication, and technical services, introduced its patented ...
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Evonik expands sustainable catalyst offerings with new product Octamax™
Evonik has launched a highly sustainable new catalyst product, Octamax™, that improves sulfur removal performance for refinery fuel. The technology consists ...
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Clariant launches CLARITY™ Prime
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced the release of CLARITY Prime, an advanced digital service for syngas plants, ...
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SMOOTHFLOW from Albemarle offers a solution to FCC unit fluidization and circulation problems. Fluidization problems sometimes begin suddenly, often as ...
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Seven reasons why maintenance managers choose HVTS vs HVOF
1. Market Recognition - 2. Porosity & Oxides Level - 3. Production Rate - 4. Variable Thickness - 5. Refurbishability - 6. On-site Safety, Quality, ...
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Axens is a group providing a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major ...
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Operate in higher propylene mode without changing your base catalyst. PROvantage olefin/octane enhancement additive provides refiners with the flexibility ...
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The Optimal Valve for Tank Protection
Worldwide, the storage of crude oil, petrol and other refinery products in stationary tank farms is getting more and more important. Investments in storage ...
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The TracercoTM Insights Platform provides fast, secure and convenient access to your process insights, allowing you to rapidly and confidently optimise ...
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Tracerco Nucleonic Instrumentation
At Tracerco, we help you see things you wouldn’t normally see. We do it by measuring the unmeasurable and accessing the inaccessible. Our customisable ...
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Ready-now solutions to help decarbonise syngas production
Syngas is a key building block of many essential chemical and fuels. Our low carbon solutions technologies help our customers in syngas production navigate ...
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EquiFlow™ reactor internals for hydrotreatment reactors
In today’s complex environment, refineries and petrochemical plants around the world need advanced solutions to reach operational excellence. In ...
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OptiDist: Optimizer for continuous temperature monitoring
The Herzog OptiDist continuously monitors temperature without requiring any input from the operator, and also prevents surges or reductions. This predictive ...
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World-leading LNG gas analysis
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is making the transition to green energy possible. See how we support process control, quality assurance and safety with accurate ...
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Flow control part of energy transition
Energy transition and the move toward greener energy production is a hot topic also for our flow control customers who are exploring and investing in new ...
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Optimising the efficiency of shutdowns and turnarounds to improve processes
Tracerco’s diagnostic techniques provide you with the invaluable insights you need to reduce your turnaround times and costs by identifying operational ...
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Decarbonizing process heat with industrial heat pumps and steam compressors
Industrial energy consumption accounts for about 25% of energy demand and CO2 emissions worldwide, with process heat being the most common application. ...
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Proven decarbonisation pathway for sustainable biofuels and chemicals production from waste
The flexibility to make use of varying waste streams as feedstocks to replace primary fossil resources is a common goal in operations today. You may be ...
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Introduction to Sinopec Steam Cracking Technology
Sinopec has been committed to the development and application of steam cracking technology for almost 40 years, and has mastered advanced and complete ...
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Introduction to the Sinopec Closed Coke Handling System
The Sinopec Closed Coke Handling System (S-CCHS) is a safe and eco-friendly closed petroleum coke removal, conveying, and storage system with remote intelligent ...
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Innovative solutions to shape the hydrogen economy
View this webinar for an insightful journey into the future of sustainable energy with Honeywell H₂ Solutions. In this exclusive webinar, we'll delve ...
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Our latest podcast looks at a variety of carbon capture and storage processes available to industry, and the challenges facing operators using ...
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Packed bed performance analytics
Listen to our podcast as we discuss how Tracerco’s Tru-Grid™ Scan and PackView™ technologies can provide critical insights to verify mechanical placement ...
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Servomex’s support for gas analysis applications in Korea is growing, and you can learn all about it in the latest episode of our ongoing podcast se ...
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SS chloride stress corrosion cracking in critical process assets
In this episode of the Efficiency and Reliability Podcast, we delve into how, in 2013, IGS was assigned a significant task: addressing Corrosion Under ...
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In this episode, application experts discuss gas analysis for continuous ammonia (NH3) monitoring in combustion emission.
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HVTS eliminates waste heat recovery boiler corrosion at copper smelter
In this audio case study, we'll talk about the changing maintenance strategy of the power plant operating two Circulating Fluidized Bed boilers. In 2015, ...
