Clean sweep Many fired heaters operate below their design potential due to progressive fouling in the convection section. This case study examines how a large US Gulf Coast refinery restored lost ...

Rompetrol Rafinare SA—jointly owned by Kazakhstan’s state-owned JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG) subsidiary KMG International NV (54.63%) and Romania’s Ministry of Economy, Energy & Business Environment (44.7 ...

CARACAS, June 12 (Reuters) - The delayed coking unit at Venezuela's 640,000 barrel per day (bpd) Amuay refinery has cut crude runs by 50 percent after an operational problem at a furnace, two refinery ...

HOUSTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp began work on a delayed coking unit at its 310,000 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Sunday, according to a notice filed with state ...

A recent study evaluated different processing schemes to produce synthetic crude oil (SCO) from heavy crudes, such as Canadian oil sands. The price spread between SCO and heavy oil can vary depending ...