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Extensive coverage of refining industry news in the US-Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions.

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Just Released. Technology Solutions to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Meet Business Sustainability Goals.

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Just Released. The Review is a comprehensive guide for refiners designed to highlight the technological aspects of each and every process in a petroleum refinery.

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Hydrotreating is a process that has become synonymous with removing impurities from petroleum feedstocks.

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Solvent extraction and deasphalting processes—or solvent deasphalting (SDA) as it is commonly known—use hydrocarbons such as propane, butanes, pentanes, or a mixture of these to extract light, paraffinic components from heavy residue streams. Solvent deasphalting technology can be flexibly applied in a number of areas in the refinery and in upstream heavy oil upgrading applications.

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The 1Q 2010 issue of the Review features updates on market/technology trends and opportunities, state-of-the-art technology offerings, discussions on plant operations and practices, and a look into research and development work in the areas of Crude Blending, Treating, and Desalting and Isomerization.

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C₄ isomerization provides a suitable feedstock for the alkylation process. C₅-C₆ isomerization, also known as light naphtha isomerization, aims to increase the octane number of light naphtha streams while also helping refiners manage benzene and open naphthenic rings. The process is capable of raising the octane number of the C₅-C₆ cut by as much as 25 points for blending into the gasoline pool, where isomerate accounts for 3-4% of the total pool.

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As crude quality changes and worldwide refining demand grows, treating and desalting crude before it enters the crude distillation unit (CDU) will become a pivotal step to ensure efficient downstream operation and prolonged equipment life. Without proper treating and desalting, corrosion, catalyst poisoning, and fouling can become major concerns for the refinery.

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This issue of the Review includes a thorough evaluation of state-of-the-art commercial technology, plant operations and design, and innovative research and development work for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and light olefins production technologies.

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Annual subscription comprehensively covering eight refinery processes per year.

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This issue of the Review includes a thorough evaluation of state-of-the-art commercial technology, plant operations and design, and innovative research and development work for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) technologies.

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This issue of the Review includes a thorough evaluation of state-of-the-art commercial technology, plant operations and design, and innovative research and development work for light olefins production technologies.

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Comprehensive analysis of semi-regenerative, CCR, and cyclic catalytic reforming processes for the production gasoline, aromatics and hydrogen from naphtha feedstreams. Market conditions and trends are considered in terms of supply and demand for catalytic reforming products, and technology advances are evaluated for both commercial offerings and emerging technologies reveal in patent literature and R&D work.

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Focuses on the implementation of refinery hydrocracking technology to meet current market needs and also includes a comprehensive analysis of commercial and emerging process, operational, and catalyst advances.

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This issue of the Review includes a thorough evaluation of state-of-the-art commercial technology, plant operations and design, and innovative research and development work for hydrocracking and catalytic reforming technologies.

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The product treating and blending topic in the Review focuses on strategies to remove contaminants (mainly sulfur) from refined product without the use of expensive hydrogen. Polishing applications to meet stringent sulfur specifications have emerged commercially with a significant amount of R&D work investigating novel and alternative approaches to product treating. Improved blending strategies utilizing advanced control techniques are also discussed.

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Latest hydrotreating and product treating and blending technology advances, technical challenges, and R&D work. The focus of these technologies in the modern refinery is for removing sulfur and other contaminants from feed and product streams

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This biannual report covers current and future environmental regulations for regions and countries around the world, including government proposals and pending mandates.

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Report answers the ultimate question of how to allocate resources in future operations based on feed availability, product values, operating costs, financial capability, and carbon footprint.

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An examination of the state of the refinery hydrogen network in terms of production, recovery and purifications technologies is covered in this issue of the Review. The primary focus is on hydrogen market developments and commercial and emerging technologies available to refiners to meet expanding hydrogen demands. Additionally, hydrogen supply methods (onsite production vs. over-the-fence supply) are analyzed

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The sulfur plant technology first addresses the latest sulfur market and developments and competition in the Market/Technology Trends & Opportunities section.

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Around the world, increasing demand for ultra-clean gasoline and diesel fuels and the rising use of heavy sour crudes has prompted many refiners to expand hydrotreatinig and hydrocracking capacity. As a result, the hydrogen and sulfur plants have become significant pieces in the refinery puzzle. This issue of the Review covers the expanding role of the sulfur and hydrogen plants in terms of available technology, processing considerations, and innovative R&D work.

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This biannual report covers country-specific supply and demand of oil, refined products, and petrochemicals for all global regions.

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This biannual report provides an overview of existing refinery systems around the world, as well as country-specific plans for new refineries and refinery expansions and revamps.

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This biannual report covers the output and demand of ethanol, biodiesel, biobutanol, and other emerging biofuels, as well as country-specific legislation requiring the production, blending, and use of biofuels.

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The Global Refinery Shutdown Roundup offers details and tracks planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns.

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In this section of the Review the crude distillation unit (CDU) is discussed as a major refinery processing unit. Every barrel of oil processing within a refinery will be routed through the CDU, and as a result, operations of this unit will impact the rest of the plant. Market trends are analyzed in terms of fuel supply and demand and regional capacity and state-of-the-art and innovative technologies are also reviewed.

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Recent fluid catalytic cracking and crude distillation technology advances, technical challenges, and R&D work. The operation of these two primary processing units will be integral to the production of gasoline and other distillate products in the refinery.

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The alkylation process yields a high-octane gasoline blending component (alkylate) with a low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP), minimal sulfur, and no aromatics or olefins. A comprehensive review of market conditions, commercial technology options, and process and catalyst innovations is included, as well as a thorough discussion of the future of alkylation technology focusing on liquid vs. solid acid catalysts.

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This issue of the Review covers recent hydrocracking and alkylation technology advances, technical challenges, and R&D work. Additionally, Section 4, Latest Refining Technology Developments & Licensing, provides updates on various refining technologies.

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Papers presented by various companies at the Opportunity Crudes conference held in Houston, TX in 2008.

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Due to market trends favoring the use of heavier crudes, refiners have begun to focus on technology suitable for upgrading heavy feedstocks. The technology covered in this section of the Review visbreaking converts atmospheric or vacuum residues to gas, naphtha, distillates, and visbroken residue, reduces the quantity of cutter stock required to reduce fuel oil viscosity, and increases distillate yield. Commercial technology, plant operations, and the latest research and development works are evaluated.

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Coking is a major bottom-of-the-barrel upgrading process whose popularity has risen steadily in response to heavier crudes and the dwindling demand for heavy residual oils. This process converts heavy feedstocks such as vacuum residuals, heavy cracked gas oils, and decanted oils into solid coke, gas, LPG and relatively low-boiling distillates. This section of the Review provides a comprehensive evaluation of coking technology in terms of technology advancement, operational practices, and research work.

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Investigates the state-of-the-art technology and plant operations of a refinery gas plant to recover valuable light ends in the refining process. A discussion of the latest patents and research work on this topic is also included.

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In-depth and insightful report on technology advances and economic assessments of solutions to secure steady fuel supplies and comply with increasingly stringent environmental requirements especially related to climate change in the next 10-20 years.

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Lube oils produced from crude refining are often referred to as mineral oils and find use in automobiles, industrial plants, consumer products, and even medical and food-grade applications. Finished lubricant products commonly comprise a blend of base oils of varying qualities and one or more additives. The transition of commercial technology from solvent-based methods to hydroprocessing-based lube production is discussed in this issue along with operational strategies and novel R&D work.

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The Energy Conservation and Management section of the Review includes a compilation of strategies for refiners to improve energy use through optimization, utilities management programs, revamp projects, and investment in novel technologies. Regardless of the financial climate, energy management technologies can provide substantial return on investment for refiners.

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Gasification technologies for refinery application are covered in this section of the Review. A look into state-of-the-art and emerging technologies is included. Additionally, this section touches on the application of integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology for refinery application to cogenerate refinery utilities.

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In the aromatics production section, new products and topics covered include:

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Comprehensive analysis on processing unconventional crudes at petroleum refineries.

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The plant upgrades and revamps section discusses revamps of the entire refinery as well as those of specific units such as distillation towers, hydrotreaters, H₂ plants, and visbreakers. It also summarizes the plant upgrading and revamping activity taking place around the world.

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In the GTL section, the new products and topics covered include:

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Gasoline Reformulation (year 2005 and beyond), Higher Gasoline and LCO Production, Raising Light Olefins Yield, Bottom-of-the-Barrel Processing, NOX and SOX Emission Abatement, and Unit Reliability and Revamps.

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Nearly all MTBE produced is used as an octane enhancer and oxygenate in gasoline.

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In-depth report covering hydrocracking and hydrotreating technologies.

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Technical and Economic Assessments of the Latest Refinery Processes/Catalysts/Hardware; Innovations to Increase Yields of Alkylate, Iso-octane and Isomerate; and Novel Specialty Additives.

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