Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...

Collaboration aims to enhance refining operations and workforce with advanced AI-Assisted technologies, including a new generation of alarm management solutions These are among the new AI solutions ...

Anticipated growth in post-pandemic global crude distillation capacity through 2027 is poised to strengthen demand for high-performance catalysts to accommodate accompanying capacity growth for ...

A new composite ionic liquid (IL) alkylation process has been proven in a pilot plant and retrofitted into an existing 65,000-tonne/year H2SO4 alkylation unit in China. This article discusses the new ...

Because of an archaic refining infrastructure, America’s oil industry is in the curious position of shipping much of what it extracts to foreign refineries for processing, while importing what it can ...

Operates and monitors refinery process units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, alkylation, isomerization, utilities, tank farm) to meet production ...

I.1 Process monitoring and optimization: Lead daily technical stewardship of assigned units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, hydrocracking, sulfur ...