Refining converts mixed crude oil into specification fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, and other products by physical separation, chemical conversion, and product treating/blending. It ...
Purpose: Convert heterogeneous crude oil into on-spec products (LPG, gasoline, jet, diesel, petrochemical feedstocks, base oils, asphalt) via staged separation, conversion, treating, and blending. I.1 ...
The story of gasoline as a potential fuel source begins back in 1859 when Edwin Drake tapped the first crude oil well in Pennsylvania. His most immediate use for the oil was the production of kerosene ...
A revamp of the crude unit in ConocoPhillips’ Ponca City, Okla., refinery has allowed the refiner to process a lower-cost slate and increased overall refinery profitability. This article, the second ...