Hydrocarbon Engineering September 2014 Issue

Hydrocarbon Engineering 09/2014 edition. The September issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering magazine will take a special look at Heavy Crude Processing, and includes articles from both Nalco Champion and Baker Hughes.

Other features include Catalyst Recovery, Flow Metering, Flaring Technology, Corrosion and Heat Exchangers. The 15 facts at the end of the issue focuses on the AFPM. You can also read latest news, technical and analytical information for the downstream oil and gas processing in this issue.

FEATURES

World News
Contract awards, project updates, industry latest, news digest, diary dates, mergers and acquisitions

In the limelight
The Russian oil industry’s return to centre stage

Seize the opportunity
Proven technologies to help refiners safely process more heavy crudes

Lightening the solid load
How to overcome the processing challenges related to high solids laden crudes

The flange protection challenge
Corrosion protection for flanges, fastenings and associated pipes

Corrosion inhibition
The use of corrosion inhibitors in open cooling water systems using desalinated water

Retrofitting for lower emissions
The use of compact design burner technology in order to achieve challenging emissions levels

Driving refinery change: Part two
The search for alternative and sustainable fuel sources in part two of Linde’s emissions monitoring series

Key advantage
How to enhance platinum group metals and rhenium returns from spent hydrocarbon and petrochemical process catalysts

Value added
How fluid catalytic cracking unit performance and profitability can be enhanced through value added technical support

Additives for low severity FCC operations
The development of SOx additives specifically suited for FCC units operating at low severity

Opportunity needn’t cost
Vivek Srinivasan, Parag Shah, P.N. Ramaswamy, John Sigmon, David Comer, and Mahesh Subramaniyam, Dorf Ketal Chemicals, USA, describe chemical additives that can help refiners overcome the problems inherent with opportunity crudes in order to profitably exploit their advantageous prices

The petrochemistry of paraxylene
How paraxylene manufacturing can be made more efficient by understanding the basics of the process

Non-invasive metering solutions
The use of ultrasonic flow meters in storage terminals

Heat tracing design
Heating cable designs for industrial process control

Data collection methods
Ventyx outline the benefits of automating field process data collection

Optimised ship loading
The optimisation of planning, loading, inventory management and administration

15 facts
This week we give you 15 facts on the AFPM

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Geographic Eligibility: Canada, Mexico, Selected International

About Hydrocarbon Engineering Magazine:
Hydrocarbon Engineering is leading source of technical and analytical information for the downstream oil and gas processing sector. It provides a blend of well researched international reports, regional forecasts, technical articles and case studies, and including the annual “World Review”, and “Engineering Contractor’s Overview” features.

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